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Evening star., 1951-05-01
Fly Asks Senators
why Kaiser Interests
Got Big RFC Loans
By Robert K. Walsh

James L. Fly. former Fed
eral Communications Commission
chairman. today asked Senate
committee to determine why the
Henry j. Kaiser interests got
preferential treatment" from the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
He described the Kaiser enter
prises as largely child of the
Government" because of the huge
loans they obtained and the speed
and short cuts he said they got in
dealings with RFC.
Mr.. Fly testified at the final day
of Senate Banking Committee
hearings on several bills to revive,
reform or abolish RFC. He re-
fused to name any one in WASH
ington he suspected of having ex-
erted influence on RFC in behalf
of Kaiser Frazer loan applications.
He promised, however, to submit
a detailed memorandum suggest
ing lines of investigation" which
he said might uncover specific in
stances and individuals involved in
undue influence and favoritism.
Meanwhile the White House said
today no decision has been reached
as to whether Donald S. Dawson
will accept the committees invita-
tion to testify.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short told news conference:
"The matter is still before the
President. No decision has been
reached and I have nothing fur
ther to say about it"
Mr.. Dawson, named by the sub
committee as one of a clique that
influenced RFC. recently was
asked to testify May 10. The sub
committee gave him until yester-
day to say whether he would
comply.
When no answer came last
night Chairman Fulbright of the
Senate subcommittee investigat-
ing the RFC commented that its
deadline was not as Interchangeable
as tax collectors.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
British Royal Family Appears
On V, But King Stays at Home

the news. Britain's lone Tv sta
ton went back for more of the
family, this time at a fashionable
Mayfair ball.
Princess Elizabeth was there,
smiling happily from her table.
Princess Margaret sat alongside,
nonchalantly lingering a cigarette
in her left hand.
Elizabeth's husband. the Duke
of Edinburg, peered from behind
a curtain with a surprised look,
then took a place besides his wife
and beamed politely through the
rest of the program.
King Georges spent the sight at
Buckingham Palace.
Evening star., 1951-05-01

freesboro as. Jean Faircloth and
had not returned since before her
marriage to the general IA years
ago yesterday.
A county fair atmosphere filed
Murfreesboro. where an estimated
$4,000 visitors swelled crowds to
$4,000. Confederate and Amer.
ican flags and bunting draped
buildings in the town, scene OF
an important Civil War battle.
Mrs. Macarthur received a silver
tray. as an anniversary present
from her homefolks. At a coun-
try club luncheon, she also was
given Six-star generals insignia,
evidence that she outranked her
f1ve-star husband. for the day at
least.
Meanwhile, in New York the
Sons of the American Revolution
presented in absentia a Good
Citizenship Medal to Gen. Mac
Arthur.
Gen. Macarthur telegraphed
birthday greetings to Publisher
William Randolph Hearst, who
was SO years old Sunday. The
message was printed on the front
page of yesterdays New York
Journal-American. It read, in
part:
May God grant us many more
years of your service that the
country may continue to benefit
from your wise, calm and vigor-
GUS leadership"
Hearst papers have been ardent
supporters of the general.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Farley Urges Leaders 10 Sci
Good Example for Youth
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 1.-James A.
Farley says the "scandalous con-
duct of many public officials" as
disclosed in recent Investigations,
has had a bad effect on youth
full minds.
Mr.. Farley says some officials
shave been shown up as violators
Of the ordinary decencies which
govern the lives of honest men
and women"
The former Democratic national
chairman and Postmaster General
did not mention any names in
making the comment at a dinner
in his honor last night.
Proceeds of the dinner will be
used for the Gold Star gymnasium
of Power Memorial Academy.
MIR. Farley said the present gen.
Grafton must teach youngsters the
meaning of clean citizenship. and
that "our leaders must, by their
own public acts. set a good ex-
ample"
Mr.. Farley predicted that the
public will raise a sharp and
peremptory" demand for. honest
leadership and good government.
1.-The people are, for the mo-
ment. confused and disappointed,
but this confusion will not be of
long duration" he declared.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
May Day
CONTINUED From First Page.)

NSOAltIA1ucQ 1IOtu TASt EdBe.J
rested. Otherwise there were no
early reports of violence.
In Moscow. for what was ex-
pected to be the biggest May Day
celebration, Prime Minister Stain
made one of his rare public ap-
Ipearances. The aging Soviet die
tator joined other high Kremlin
officials atop Lenin's Tomb in Red
Square to view a march of Soviet
military might and thousands of
Russians waving banners calling
for peace"
Soviet Foreign Minister ViShin-
sky was absent and his ministry
was represented by his deputy. v.
A. Zorin. The Foreign Ministry
reported a month ago that Mr..
Vishinsky was recovering from an
illness.
The Moscow celebration was
keynoted by attacks on the United
States and insistence that the
Soviet policy is one of peace.
Around the world in Southeast
Asia about 200,000 workers turned
out in Indonesia's S capital, Jakarta.
About half of them thronged
"Merdeka" freedom) Square in
the city's heart to hear leftist
speakers spout anti-imperialist,
anti-capitalist oratory. The crowd
carried hundreds of Communist
slogans. Red flags and blue ban
ners displaying the Picasso peace
dove, but pictures of Stain and of
foreign Communists were banned
by the Indonesian government.
Both Communist and anti
Communist trade unionists plan
ned rival torchlight parades in
Rangoon tonight.
Brief Scuffles in Berlin.
In Berlin a pro-Western throng
of 100000 massed in the Platz
der Republic to hear speeches by
and British labor lead
ers. A mile away, in the Russian
zone, a half million more truoped
to a mass meeting under Com
munist banners. Except for brief
scuff1eS there was no violence.
Life in Paris slowed to a walk
as bus, subway and taxi men
obeyed union orders to take the
day off. Most cafes and bars
we're closed. Newspapers did not
publish. The rival rallies were
under the banners of the Com
munists and of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle's Rightist political group.
About 10000 Romans, many of
them youths and children, gath
cred at Rome's ancient Colosseum
for a Communist-sponsored rally.
Non Communist unions also held
D rally, but most Italians cele-
brated the holiday quietly and
many took picnic baskets to the
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Marines Hold Firm
As Chinese Plays
Open the Door
BY the Assoeioted Press

WITH UNITED STATES MA
RINES, Korea, April % delayed
by Censors) Chinese Reds hurled
massed attacks at 5th Regiment
Marines few nights ago. AS the
fighting mounted in intensity, the
Chinese stormed a ridge position
shouting:
Give up your arms"
Then, from the Chinese side of
the ridge, the clear soft notes of
a flute drifted down on the Leath-
ernecks in a familiar refrain
"Open The Door, Richard"
But all that night the door
stayed closed.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
New Zealand vigiIantes
To Combat Strike Violence
BY the Assoeioted Press

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May
New Zealand took steps today
to form a vigilante committee to
combat terrorism and sabotage
inspired by an 11-week -old water
front strike.
Prime Minister Sidney Holland
announced in a national broad
cast that the government has de-
cided to set up a civil emergency
organization to help protect life
and property. He called on every
able-bodied man to register for
duty.
Mr.. Holland said government
attempts to quell the violence at
tendant on the waterfront walk.
out have so far been unsuccessful.
He charged that a small group of
men who called the strike have
used every means in their power
to cripple trade and force the
country to surrender.
Evening star., 1951-05-01

tanks and artillery down from the
north to bulwark their planned
May Day attack on Seoul. Seven
tanks were hit.
U. N. scouting parties knitting
through the hills north of the
South Korean capital today found
no trace of large-scale mobiliza-
ton needed for an attack on the
city.
They found only bodies of Reds
caught in the explosive barrage
of Allied planes and guns and a
few hungry prisoners.
The nine-day toll of Reds
mounted toward $4,000 casualties.
Behind the smoke screen of
smudge pots the Chinese appeared
to be shifting their main force
for a new stab over familiar
backgrounds. With the shift
their next blow might fall around
Hongchon in the center of the
peninsula.
Censorship Relaxed.
The respite was welcome to Al
lied fighting men. In the lull
censorship was relaxed to permit
correspondents to report it was
the 1st Marine Division and a
British BEigade that checked the
crushing Red smash at the center
of the Allied line April % and %.
High praise for the British 9th
Brigade came from John Castle,
representing the United States En-
bassy in Korea. The 9th, COM
posed of British, Canadian, Aus
tralian and New Zealanders,
plugged the Allied gap north of
Kapyong in the center when the
South Koreans collapsed.
The 9th took the full assault
of another Chinese thrust on the
west. One of its units. the Glouces-
tershire Regiment, was surrounded
and hacked to pieces.
Mr.. Castle expressed official
United States condolences of the
British Commonwealths for the
losses of the valiant fighting unit.
The 1St South American warship
assigned to U. N. fleets operating
off Korea arrived in Japan Mon
day. She is the Colombian frigate
iAlmirante Padilla. formerly the
United States Destroyer Escort
Groton.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Back k-to-Work Trend
indicated in Southern
Textile Plant Strike
BY the Assoeioisd Press

GREENSBORO, N. c., May L.
There were indications today that
a gradual back-to-work move
ment may be under way in the
month-long strike of $4,000
Southern textile workers.
Two strike-bound mills employ
ing more than 4,50O workers mus
tered enough help yesterday to
resume operations on a one-shift-
a-day basis.
At the same time an independ-
ent union which has been honor
ing picket lines ordered it's work.
ers back on the job.
Observers at Danville, Va,
scene of much violence at the
Dan River Mills, noted an increase
in the number of cars parked
within the gates.
Twenty-Five machine printers of
the independent Machine Printers
Benevolent Association reported
for duty at the Cone Mills here
today. The machinists walked out
with members of the CIO-Textile
Workers Union of America on
April /.
About 30 machinists belonging
to the printers union reported for
duty at the Rock Hill Is. c. Print
ing & Finishing Co. today. The
mill, which has normal payroll of
$1,000, started one-shift operations
yesterday when about 700 work.
ers reported.
The Huntsville .(Ala.) Manufac-
turing Co. reopened yesterday with
10 workers on hand. Thirty police
men had gathered for the reopen
ing, but no trouble developed.
TWUA officials say, however,
that most of the workers going
back to the job are non-union.
Evening star., 1951-05-01

States Marines of Baker and
Charlie Companies stared at the
shadowy ridges in front of them.
They stared because the word had
spread-the Chinese had struck at
the division on their left flank and
that left flank had disappeared.
Suddenly the off-key bleat of a
bugle rolled across the rocky ridges
of the central front.
1T sounded like drunk at a
New Years eve party" said Corpl.
John Handwerger.
Machineguns opened full blast
at the Marines. A wave of Chi
nese rolled through the valley and
up the ridge. Corpl. Merwin A.
Perkins said:
"a machinegun can kill 20
Cinnamon a minute" They were
coming at the rate of Is min
ute.
Opposing soldiers closed at point
blank range. A Marine looked up
from his machinegun and saw a
Chinese only five yards away. He
drew his As and killed him.
Black Eye Is Only Wound.
Bayonets flashed in the dim
moonlight. Marines battled other
Reds with their bare fists. One
prisoner was taken to a first-aid
station-a blackened eye his only
wound. The lines held firm.
The Reds bounced off Charlie
Company and struck headon into
Baker Company of the 7th Marine
Regiment. The Chinese and Baker
Company are old foes-the men
of Baker Company were the first
U. N. troops to meet the Chinese
in this war. That was November 2
when the Reds struck at Sudong in
Northwest Korea. Seven Marines
we're bayoneted in their sleeping
bags that night.
For eight hours, until almost 8
am. Monday, April %. the Reds
poured at the Marines in one con-
tinuouS wave. Then they broke
of the attack.
Not foot of U. N. ground had
been yielded.
Without a left flank, the Ma
rineS were forced to withdraw
Monday and by midnight were
dug in farther to the south.
The new line was to become
known as "Bugle Call Ridge"
At 2::30 am. Tuesday "bugles
began blowing all over the place.
The fighting that followed was
worse than anything we had up
north" said 1t. Col. Webb D.
Sawyer of Alexandria, Va, 1st
Battalion commander.
Red Guns Open Up Again.
The Chinese guns opened up
again and when the Marines an
swered they discovered some Reds
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Marines Stand off Red Assault,
Unhappy at Order to Pull Back

had inf1ltrated to within a few
yards of their positions.
II saw two Chinese carrying a
basket full of hand grenades with
Ia third grabbing them out of the
basket and throwing them. 1
lowered the boom on them" said
ICorpl. Richard H. Stevens.
The Chinese charged to within
a few feet Of the Marine line but
were beaten off.
They reformed and once again
the bugles sounded and once again
the Chinese charged the 1st Bat
talon.
| Pfc. William F. Foote, mortar
man, tossed away his carbine
when it wouldn't fire, picked up
a Browning automatic rifle that
jammed, threw it away, found
another rifle and joined the in
lfantry on the firing line.
Five separate times the Reds
made banzai charges.
Fire for effect" ordered Col.
Sawyer.
The Reds were yards away.
Col. Sawyer. eligible for rotation
under the Marine plan, said casu-
ally: This is a hell of place for
a man who should have been home
three days ago"
Other Tales of Valor.
His battalion gave not a foot of
territory while hurting back the
five charges.
| Other tales of valor were numer-
GUS.
1t. William H. Peck of Wash
Iington. son of retired Marine
Corps Gen. D. D. Peck, stood and
fired his rife with Chinese almost
close enough to touch him.
Meanwhile. the sturdy 1st Ma
rine Regiment. with one battalion
completely surrounded, was stand
ing off the Red horde on the van
ished left flank of the Marine
division. The Korean Marine
Corps and the United States 5th
Regiment stood firm to the right.
But the military situation die
tated another pullback to straight
en- and strengthen U. N. lines. By
midnight this withdrawal had
been completed, with the lst Bat
talon guarding an important river
bridge until the last unit had
icroSSed.
Marine 1t. Col. Webb D. Sawyer,
son OF Mrs. Mabel Sawyer, Toledo,
Ohio. lived at 2206 Valley circle.
Alexandria. He was promoted to
lieutenant colonel while serving
with the 7th Marine Division in
Korea last March IA. He has a
son. Duane R.. 2.
During World War II he served
in the Marshall Islands campaign
and was awarded bronze stars for
the Saipan- Tinian and Two Jima
campaigns.
During the Korean fighting last
November he was awarded a
Silver Star by the Army for his
leadership in preventing a break
in UN lines. Col. Sawyer was born
in August, 1918. and is graduate
|of the University of Toledo.
1t. William H. Peck. son Of re-
tired Marine Maj. Gen. Dewitt D.
Peck. Green Park, Pomfret, Nd,
will celebrate his 30th birthday to-
morrow. He was commissioned at
Annapolis in 1945, and the fol-
lowing year was assigned to the
occupation forces in Japan. He
also served in China. His parents
Originally were from Washington
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Church Ruins Purchased

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May
R.-The Washington County
Historical Society announced yes
terday it has purchased the tract
containing the remains of Old
Dunkard Church, riddled by shot
during the Battle of Antietam in
the Civil War.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, May /. - Most Of
Britain's royal family did a few
turns on television last night.
Mama nodded graciously. One
sister smiled. The other toyed
with a cigarette. Papa stayed
home.
Queen Elizabeth, wearing an
oyster white crinoline gown and
a diamond coronet, stole the show
at a needlework exhibition at st.
James's Palace. She toured the
exhibition while an announcer de-
scribed the needlework in hushed
tones.
After a short interruption for
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Red Envoy First 10 Call
On New Iran Premier
AS Oil Is NationaIized
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN. Iran, May Dip
lomats of the East and West today
began calling on Premier Mo-
hammed Mossadegh, probably to
seek details of the governments S
oil naturalization plans.
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Sad
chikov was the first diplomat to
call on the new nationalist Pre-
mier since the explosive nation
|alization issue thrust him into
office.
The Iranian Senate last night
unanimously ratified seizure of the
British-controlled Anglo -Iranian
Oil Co., but few details as to how
DR.. Mossadegh plans to effect the
enforced takeover and run the
$500 million industry have been
announced. The company is the
sole developer of the rich fields
in this strategic southern neighbor
Of the Soviet Union.
Has Friendly Talk
Mr.. Sadchikov, dean of the dip
lomatic corps because of his long
residence in Teheran, was en-
titled to the first visit with the
premier. Informed sources said
the Russian congratulated. DR..
Mossadegh on his appointment
and stayed for friendly talk"
lasting half an hour.
British Ambassador Sir Francis
Shepherd planned to see DR.. Mos
sadegh later. United States Am
bassador Henry F. Grady is to
see the premier tomorrow.
The naturalization, already ap-
proved by the Mails Qower house
of Parliament), becomes effective
on PRONUNCIATION by Shah Mo-
manned Reza Pahlevi. He has
no veto power.
Praise God. Iran has regained
her rights!" shouted DIR. Mossa-
degh, leader Of the minority Ma
'tionalist group which, with the
aid of widespread terrorism.
pushed the naturalization through
Parliament and seated DR.. Mossa-
degh in the Premier's chair yes
terday.
Negotiations Necessary.
Regarding future operation OF
the company. which supplies the
bulk of the British Navy's oil, the
premier said only that an 11-man
board created by the act will serve
at first only in a supervisory ca
pacity, not as actual managers.
"The company Anglo-Iranian)
is now working in our behalf" he
declared.
Presumably negotiations will be
necessary to work out an ar
rangement for any British opera
tion of the properties under
Iranian supervision. In London
the British government, which
owns 81 per cent of Anglo-Iran-
ian. and officials of the company
anxlously studied the situation.
Britain has protested to the
Iranian government that the ma
tionalization and cancellation of
Britain's oil concession violates
international law.
Though the A Senators present
finally voted unanimously, several
attacked the bill as being hastily
and vaguely drafted. Criticism
was quieted only by an impas-
stoned appeal from the new
premier.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
By the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, May 1.-"All
they know how to do is keep on
coming and all we have to do is
keep on shooting"
That viewpoint on the war in
Korea was given yesterday by
Mai. Gen. Oliver P. Smith, COM
Evening star., 1951-05-01


the west near Seoul, where the
Reds had hoped to celebrate theil
international holiday.
Threat Seen in Silence.
Associated Press War Core.
spondent Stan Carter reported
from the western front fewer Reds
were seen today than at any time
in nine days.
Some officers regarded this as a
threatening silence foreboding
preparations for new onslaught
on U. N. lines north of the Han
Others felt it meant the Chinese
had shot their wad in an attempt
for a May Day victory.
Three Allied tank columns
probed northeast of Seoul this
morning in an unsuccessful hunt
for Reds. Only a few bodies re-
manned in one sector where 1,00C
dead Chinese were seen yesterday
Reds had removed or buried their
dead during the night.
A censored dispatch from As
sociated Press War Correspondent
George Macarthur said U. N
commanders estimated the main
body of Reds still in the West was
staying far enough north to keep
out of range of devastating Amer
lean artillery.
Allied Batteries Silent.
So~few targets we're left within
their range that Allied batteries
spent a comparatively silent May
Day after yesterdays terrific bar
RACES. The Red pullback created 9
no mans land between the ex-
treme range of U. N. guns and
forward Chinese elements. Small
advanced Red pockets were hit by
fire bombs.
1t was a different story yester.
day when the Chinese maSse.
were threatening to sweep or
Seoul.
Allied big guns massed in tn,
Seoul suburbs pumped thousand
of shells into the hills to the nortl
where the Communists wer'
Swarming. Warships of Inchol
port laid down a heavy curtain o
fire northwest of the old Soutl
Korean capital. 5~
Allied planes mounted 9Th
greatest air effort of the Korea,
war"
Far Eastern Air Forces reported
1,277 sorties, a new air record
smashed a determined large.
scale Communist supply build UP.
Red jets made a brief challenge
OF Allied air supremacy today
One was probably shot down anc
four were damaged.
The battle was fought ovel
Northwestern Korea between q
Russian-made MIG-15s and q
American F-86 Sabre jets. The
battle started at 10000 feet ano
swirled down to 1000 feet, where
the Reds broke off and streakeo
back across the Yalu. River tc
Manchuria.
Victorious American pilots said
one Red jet was seer plunging
toward the earth at 1000 feet
-Four others were hit. United
States jets were untouched.
Allies lost two fighter planes
yesterday to ground fire.
Red ground forces had brought
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Arthur Macarthur
Hopes He Will March
In Fathers Footsteps
BY the Associated Press

MURFREESBORO, Tenn,
May Arthur Macarthur
has let it be known he wants
to follow in his fathers foot
steps.
When asked by a reporter
if he would accept an ap-
pointment to West Point, the
13-year-old son of Gen. Mac
Arthur answered with an en-
thuSiastic "yeS!"
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Europe Poekoqe Fuir

Europe's packaging methods
Will be displayed in a fair at Am
sterdam. the Netherlands, al
which all types of paper, wood
and metal containers will be ex-
hihited
Evening star., 1951-05-01

Until todoy. censorship withheld the story
Of how the lst Marine Division held
firm in the poth Of a Chinese Red
breokthroush April u and q. It is
told in this dispoteh. released by Army
censors.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
By Jim Becker
Associated Press Wur Correspondent

Assoeioied Press War Correspondent
WITH u. S. MARINES, Korea,
April Is delayed by Censors) -
Sunday night april 22) was clear
and a little nippy and the only
sounds came from far away. Rifles
popped and shells burst occasion
ally, but the sounds that drifted
back were muff1ed and lazy.
It was shortly after midnight
but no one was asleep. United
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Koreu

Continued From First Page.)
the west near Seoul, where the
Reds had hoped to celebrate their
international holiday.