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Korea
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sorties before noon, including
many strikes at frontline Reds.
Flights going to relieve the
embattled Allies near Yonchon
were so heavy at times that the
roar of the engines shook win
dows in Seoul as the planes
passed over the South Korean
capital. They carried everything
in the Marine and Air Force ar
senal - bombs. rockets. machine
gun bullets and napalm Gellied
gasoline).
New Offensive Seen.
The Red attack came only a
few days after U. N. command
headquarters in Tokyo said Com
munists might launch a new Of
fensive. The U. N. estimated Red
strength at 40 frontline divisions
and 80 in reserve including "Cau-
casian Soviet puppet troops" And
1T said the Reds have a "puppet
air force" OF 1000 planes in Man
.churia.
An 9th Army spokesman said
the Chinese tank attack docs not
necessarily mean" there would be
an all-out Red offensive. He de-
scribed the action as a "local af-
fair" but highly significant.
Maybe the enemy saw a good
opportunity to hit at US with a
sharp blow" he said. I'VE will
have to wait and see."
He said it was the first time in
months that Red tanks have been
sighted on the front.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
British Support Reported
On Using German Forces
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

LONDON, Sept. g. Informed
sources said yesterday the British
government has decided to sup-
port the creation Of a unified
European army with strong West
German formations.
Britain had long hesitated over
the idea, originally advanced by
Rene Pleven of France and ap-
proved by various American Of
ficials, including Gen. Eisenhower.
The decision-reported reached
by the cabinet Tuesdays held
to mark a major break from
Britain's traditional policy of op-
posing the development of strong
military power blocs in Europe.
No British troops would be in
volved in the plan. The plan
looks to the buildup of unified
force by 1856. The army would
serve as part of Gen. Eisenhower's
North Atlantic command.
Evening star., 1951-09-06

small group as late as the fall Of
l949. 1t spread in the spring of
so and mushroomed to approxi-
mately ninety cadets, from the
examination period in December
so to March 81, due primarily to
spread among football players,
their room mates and close asso-
ciateS. Men were added to the
ring in two general ways. First,
athletes low in studies had the
system explained to them by their
upperclass teammates. Second,
one cadet might either ask anoth-
er cadet for legitimate help or
receive unsolicited aid. In either
circumstance the men receiving
the advice would find next day
that he had been given the same
problem that appeared on the
examination. The cadet giving
the aid had used information
given to him by members of the
ring from the other regiment who
had already taken the examina-
ton.
Had Double Standard.
When this happened consist
emily a cadet might become sus-
picious and ask about the matter
He would then be told that he was
now in the ring, perhaps given
the names Of many personal
friends sometimes true, some
times false) using the system, and
in general placed under great
pressure to stay in the ring. Many
cadets in the ring seemed to have
a double standard of values and
acted as If they were especially
exempted from the honor code.
Sworn testimony shows that indi-
viduals were aware that they were
doing wrong. The secrecy with
which they concealed operations
from other cadets and their con-
tlnual fear of detection bear wit
ness to this fact.
Explains System.
Statements have been made
that our examination system puts
temptation in the way of weak
ness by giving the same examina-
tion to two groups hours apart.
West Point procedure and organ
ization have an important bear
ing on this point. The graduation
standing of cadet is based largely
on his academic grades. Thus, his
academic standing is of lasting
Importance. 1t determines whether
he gets the branch of the armed
service of his choice, and in gen.
eral fixes his relative rank with
other members of his class. These
considerations make it important
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Reds Link Prisoners
To Koesong Murders

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. s (E).
The Peiping radio asserted yes
terday that Red forces have cap
tured q number of American and
South Korean soldiers who were
closely related" to the murder"
OF Communist military policemen
in the Kaesong neutral zone.
The broadcast recorded by the
Associated Press in San Fran
cisco said the Communists had
proof that the prisoners invaded
the neutral zone August 10 and
80. The Red radio quoted a
Pyongyang correspondent.
The broadcast raised the ques-
ton of whether the Communists
would formally accuse some Al
lied prisoners Of the murders" ="
The Communists broke of the
truce talks after the first alleged
shooting incident. The U. N.
command has denied the Red
charges.
Evening star., 1951-09-06

the terms Of that agreement. MY
guarantee remains effective.
That you should permit the
forces of your side to indulge in
their constant deceit and invective
is incomprehensible. unless you
have the ulterior motive of COM
pletely breaking of negotiations
with the further scurrilous accu-
sation that the blame therefore
rests upon the United Nations
command rather than upon you.
In the interest of the millions
OF people in the United Nations
whom ] represent as the COM
mander of their forces. in the field.
I call upon YOU, to cease these
deSpicable practices which have
received worldwide condemnation.
These military armistice discus
sions at Kaesong have been in
progress seven weeks. You must
share my concern over the lack
of progress achieved.
I have repeatedly emphasized
that my principal concern is to
achieve a just and honorable mill
tary armistice. Events of the past
weeks have made it plainly evi-
dent to me and to the world at
large that further use of the
present conference site at Kae-
song will inevitably result in
additional Interruptions Of our
talks and further delays
in reaching agreement. When
you decide to terminate the sus-
pension Of armistice negotiations
which you declared on % August,
I propose that our liaison officers
meet Immediately at the bridge
at Panmunjom to discuss the
selection of a new site where
negotiations can be continued
without Interruptions.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Senators BaIk al Plan
For Daily Broadcast
OF Capital Sessions

A Senate subcommittee holding
Hearings on a bill to create a
citizens advisory board on radio
and television today baked at a
suggestion Senate proceedings be
broadcast.
The subcommittee also heard
witnesses explain move under
way in various parts of the coun-
try by educators to set up tele-
vision stations for educational
Ipurposes-once channels are as
signed by the Federal Commune
cations Commission. A similar
move already is under way in the
Washington area.
Radio Executive Poses Plan.
Wallace ]. Campbell, president
of a Washington FM radio station,
WCFM, suggested that he would
like to put the Senate on the air
every day it is in session as part
Iof a program Of public service.
To this Senator Mcfarland,
Democrat. of Arizona and Sena-
tor Benton, Democrat. of Con-
.necticut immediately objected,
Senator Mcfarland said such a
broadcast would play up the
Ishowmen instead of the worker" f"
Senator Benton declared it would
I"completely ruin the Senate's efi-
cheney"
New Yorker Testifies.
The educational television sta
tions came into the discussion
when Carroll v. Newsom, associ-
ate commissioner Of education OF
the State of New York, testified.
Mr.. Newsom told the subcom-
mittee that the State has plan
for establishing set Of IL nom
commercial television stations to
broadcast educational programs
not only to classrooms. but also to
homes for adult education.
In the Washington Metropolitan
Area petitions have been fled with
the FEC by School Supt. Hobart
M. Corning for a channel to be
used here for educational pur-
poses. Similar petitions have been
fled by colleges and universities
here, the Arlington County public
schools and the parochial school
system of the archdiocese of
Washington.
Evening star., 1951-09-06

Isponsibility for 1t. A cadet still
has an individual responsibility
to uphold the code by reporting
any violations. This current sit-
luation was not reported immedi-
ately because it started as an or
ganized effort by a small group
determined to live outside the
code. 1t spread as a conspiracy
Failure to report this cheating
has not been a primary reason
for discharge of this group. Prac-
tically all these men have admit
ted to active participation In
cheating.
Could Produce Witnesses.
when the Cadet Honor Com.
mittee investigates an honor vio-
lation, the investigation is con.
Quoted so as to protect the mar
accused. He is given every op-
portunity to produce witnesse:
and to face his accuser. When
the Cadet Honor Committee i:
certain Of guilt. and only then
the case is turned over to the au-
thorities. The authorities deaI
finally with separation from
West Point.
| "The reporting of honor viola.
tions remains the responsibility
of every cadet. The cheating was
first reported in April by two
cadets to their cadet honor rep
resentatives. These two cadets
had been invited to join the ring
The investigation of the informa-
tion by representatives of the
Honor Committee proceeded care
fully during May. The cadet
honor representatives told the
commandant of cadets of theil
belief that a material violation OF
the honor code was occurring. BY
the end Of May it was clear that
a substantial number were in
volved. The matter was ther
turned over to board of off.
GERS. The board reported to the
superintendent in mid-June thai
about ninety cadets Undergrad
uates) were implicated. Most hac
admitted participation.
"The situation, as whole anc
on a caSe-by-caSe basis, was given
the most lengthy and careful in
veStigation by the authorities oi
the Military Academy and by the
authorities in Washington.
| This has been an organized
cheating ring. 1t has not been
a number Of isolated groups OF
individual cases. Because of the
nature of the evidence, no one
knows for certain when the ac.
tivities OF the ring began or in
what numbers the ring began. 1t
was certainly confined to a very
Evening star., 1951-09-06

that all cadets be graded under
like conditions. The man who
cheats at. West Point cheats every
man who will graduate with him.
I'VE have small GALS mem
classroom sections, which are
given daily writs or marked prob
lens and term examinations. Nor
mally all the cadets in the same
class. in the same company at
tend the same subject at the
same time. These men attending
the same lesson at a different
time live, in other parts of the
barracks. J. There is no natural
temptation for a man who has
taken an examination to pass in
formation TO another. With few
exceptions the passing Of infor-
nation requires visit to another
section OF barracks or a rendez-
vous at special place.
Cites Former Years.
ITO cheat in this fashion re-
quires a planned conspiracy.
1T is significant that for gen.
erations the corps of cadets has
not regarded the repetition of test
questions TO successive groups as
an invitation to cheat. In former
years, cadets living in the same
company. and even in the same
room, often attended the same
lesson at different hours. Those
cadets did not give improper as
slstance even to their room mates.
The change to the current system
OF class attendance was made
only for administrative reasons.
Our cadets are proud Of their
reputation for integrity. The
Military Academy has complete
faith in them. )"
An unofficial inquiry into the
scandal meanwhile produced an
interim report which said the
ousted cadets were "shockingly,
Ishamefully treated"
The report was issued by Rob-
Iert Daru, counsel for the Com
mittee on Justice of the New York
Criminal and Civil Courts Bar AS
Sociation. who has been examin-
ing witnesses for several days.
An amendment to Mr.. Darius
report added:
"Thirty-three of these cadets
and possibly more were guilty of
mo wrong, legal or even moral.
"As to the remainder, few, If
any, were guilty of any conduct
which could possibly justify such
harsh punishment with the pos
sible exception of handful, per-
.haps seven, who instead of being
fr0" and candid, tried to or did
y" cir way out of the situa-
finn -
Evening star., 1951-09-06
I0-PuIIman Strike
Settled by Mediaiors
BY IN. A..oeia,.d Pres,


Government mediators today
announced settlement of a q
month-old strike Of 5000 CIO
steel-workers at the four plants
Of the Pullman Standard Car
Manufacturing Co.
The walkout had halted pro-
duction of about 5000 freight
cars monthly - about one third
OF the Nations normal output.
The settlement was reached
after an all-night meeting of
company and union representa-
tives with a three-man mediation
panel headed by Louis Lopez.
The dispute involved union de-
mands for a wage increase and
for a contract clause permitting
the reopening of wage negotia-
tions December 81.
Cyrus Ching, head of the
Mediation Service, told reporters
of the settlement but said both
sides had agreed to withhold
settlement terms pending a report
to local union officials.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
U. 5. and Portugal Sign
Pact on Azores Bases
by ihe Asseeioted PrA.s

The United States and Portu-
gal today signed new agreement
which is expected to enable North
Atlantic alliance nations to use
bases in the Azores "for the pur-
pose of the common defense"
The agreement takes the place
OF the postwar arrangement by
which the United States uses
Lagens Field in the Azores. It was
signed at Lisbon by Foreign Min
lister Paulo Cunha and United
States Ambassador Lincoln Mac
Veagh.
A State Department spokesman
said that IAN entirely new rela-
tionship is being established"
Evening star., 1951-09-06
BY the A..eeie,.d pr..s

NEW YORK, Sept, 6.-West
Points cheating scandal has been
described by the academy's super
intendent as an organized effort
by a small group Of cadets de
termined to live outside" the
honor code.
The cheating. said Maj. Gen,
F. A. Irving. West Point super
intendent, spread to others as a
conspiracy" and the cheating
was concentrated in and asso-
ciated with the football players .
Gen. Irving's statements were
made in a letter addressed to
$4,000 members Of fthe Association
Iof Graduates Of the Military
Academy. The letter was made
public yesterday by two trustees
of the association.
80 Were Accused.
In the crihbing scandal, 80 ca
diets were accused of trading ex.
animation information in viola
ton of the academy's honor code.
Most of them have been ousted
from West Point. Those dismissed
included most of West Points
varsity football team.
The academy's honor code re-
quires that cadets report any
cheating by classmates, but Gen.
Irving's letter said practically all
these men Chose ousted) have
admitted to active participation
in cheating"
THE ring has been cleaned
out" Gen. Irving said in his let
ter. adding:
Gen. Irving's letter to the alum
nj said in part:
." Although some ninety
cadets will leave West Point,
want to assure you that the honor
system will continue with the full
support of the officers and the
corps of cadets at West Point. The
recent and regrettable situation
was revealed by two cadets who
reported separately to their cadet
company honor representatives
that the code was being violated.
This fact, and the strong attitude
of the 2,400 cadets who did not
cheat. indicate that the code is
still a vital part and the way OF
life of the corps. The code oper-
Iates exactly as it has in the past !:
Initial indoctrination in the code
lis accomplished early in cadet S
career by upper classmen. A
cadets honor is unquestioned
until he commits an overt act
such as cheating. lying or steal
ing. Every cadet knows the code
and feels a strong personal re-
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Gen. Joe Kelly to Head
FEAT Bomber Forces
~ m. As,eeiatsd Pres,

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf, Sept. 6.-Brig. Gen. Joe w.
Kelly, commander of the 14th Air
Division here. has been named
commanding general Of the Far
East Air Forces bomber command
in Japan. the Air Force announced
today.
Gen. Kelly replaces Brig. Gen
Robert H. Terrill. who will take
over the 14th here.
Air Force spokesmen said the
transfers, effective September Is
were made under the rotation pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Text of Ridgwoy's Message

TOKYO, Sept. 6.-TeTt OF
message from Gen. Mdttheto B.
Ridgway, Allied supreme COM
mander, broadcast at 1880 pm.
1880 pm, EDIT, Wednesday):'
General Kim II Sung,
General Peng Teh-huai:
Your message to me-. dated l
September, 1851, and received 2
September, is yet another of your
false charges in which, without
the slightest basis in fact, you
have again impugned the good
faith of the United Nations forces.
The charges you have levied In
these alleged incidents are baseless
and Intentionally false. I have
stated, and will again positively
state. that our thorough investi-
cations have indicated no in
stances where forces under my
command have violated any Of the
agreements made by me or my
representatives. Therefore, if the
incidents did, in fact. occur. they
were presumably initiated and
perpetrated by your forces in or
der to provide spurious evidence
for false and malevolent accusa-
tions against the United Nations
command.
cannot provide you with guar
antees against your own failure to
exercise control in an area for
which you are responsible. I can
not prevent the occurrence Of in
cidents deliberately and mali
ciously manufactured by your
forces in an area under your con-
troll. I previously guaranteed that
our forces would not violate the
terms of the agreement concern
ing Kaesong neutral zone. My
forces have scrupulously observed
Evening star., 1951-09-06
PIuns Strike Continues

LONG BEACH, Calf, Sept. 6
P.-Douglas Aircraft Co.'S Long
Beach plant was still strikebound
today. The CIO- United Auto
Workers membership of 10000
voted at a mass meeting yester-
day to reaff1rm the rejection of
their negotiators Of company Of
fers in a long standing dispute
over wages and working condi-
kionS
Evening star., 1951-09-06
TaIaI | Takes Throne
OF Jordan as Crowds
Hail Him in Streets
BY tn. Asseeiotsd Press

AMMAN, Jordan. Sept. 6.-King
Talal I today took the throne OF
the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan,
succeeding his father, the latr
King Abdullah. !.
The 4O-year-old monarch took
the constitutional oath before
parliament shortly after his return
from Switzerland, where he had
undergone a rest cure. -
Crowds lined the streets OF Am
man to greet the new king as he
drove from the airport. All gov
Iernment departments were closed
The black flags Of mourning
which have been flown since Alb
dullah's assassination July 20 were
hauled down.
The new kind was accompanied
from Switzerland by his younger
brother, Prince Naif. who had been
acting as regent of this British
backed Arab kingdom since his
fathers assassination in Old Jeru-
salem. Jordan's Parliament unan-
imously proclaimed Talal king
yesterday.
The elevation of King Talal
raises the question Of Jordan's fu-
|ture relations with Britain, which
carved the kingdom OF Jordan
from some of the land it took over
from Turkey after World War I.
King Abdullah was Britain's
staunch ally in the Middle East
land controlled the British
financed Arab Legion commanded
by Brig. John Glubb Pasha.
Dispatches from the region
have called Talal anti-British, but
lin a statement in Athens last
might he said he would continue
I"the same old, friendly relations
his father had with Britain.
A British Foreign Office spokes-
man said his country wishes Talal
"a long life and prosperity" and
that relations between the two
countries would go on as before.
Intimates of the new king said
ITalal now believes the existence
Iof his kingdom is dependent on
continuance of good relations
with Britain. The London Weekly
Observer said recently he had
given the British government
written assurances that he will
not depart from his fathers poll
EcieS.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Seven Die in Fire
SEPT LES. Quebec

SEPT LES. Quebec. Sept. 8 (Pl.I
Fire wiped out seven members
of a family In this port city on the
north shore of the st. Lawrence
River today. The flames raced
through the two-story home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leger Lapierre. kill
ing them and their five children.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Fashion Show Bars
Men After Women
Are Crowded Out
BY tn. Associated Pres.

LONDON, Sept. GA Lon
don department store banned
men from its fashion shows
today because they were
crowding out the women.
An official at C. and A.
modes said all 500 seats will
be reserved for women.
IF a man arrives with his
wife or girl friend. he will be
politely asked to wait out
side" he said.
Evening star., 1951-03-17
Stomp Brings $500

/ A Cape of Good Hope triangular
stamp recently was sold in London
for S3,360-tfle first stamp to ex-
ceed $1,000 since 1898.
Evening star., 1951-03-17
Army Blasts Chaplain
Story Of incompetence
In Korean Command

The Army today branded as
irresponsible and ill-considered'
anonymous charges that some
officers in Korea were corrupted
with a luxurious love of the COM
forts of life as well as with the
lack of courage, bravery and in
terest in men that are expected.
Senator Knowland, Republican
of California made public the
Army reply by Maj. Gen. Floyd
L. Parks, chief of information, to
complaints by an unidentified
Marine Corps chaplain.
The chaplain made his charges
in an unsigned article published
last month by a Los Angeles
magazine. Fortnight" He said
he landed in Korea last August
and found the Army "riddled with
incompetency in its officer corps
and guilty of "deplorable and dis
graceful lack of leadership"
Courts Martial Urged.
Senator Knowland forwarded
the charges to the Army fol
comment and at the same time
asked the Senate Preparedness
subcommittee to investigate.
The anonymous Marine chap.
lain, now back in the United
States, wrote that "a suffocatine
censorship" had prevented what
he called reports of Army failures
from reaching this country. He
proposed "a wedding out of in
competent officers, a series o1
courts-martial in high COM
mands."
In replying, Gen. Parks pointed
out to Senator KnoWland that
there was no censorship in Korea
until last January IA when the
present reasonable censorship
was imposed at the request of the
working neWsmen for guidance
and regulations"
Isolated Cases Conceded.
The general added:
Nov as to the alternating in
nuendo and attack on the article
itself, state respectfully that the
United States Army has too good
a record against such irreSponsi-
BILE and ill-considered abuse.
Certainly, in any fighting or
ganization as an army, there
might be isolated instances in
which the conduct of an enlisted
man or an officer might have left
something to be desired, but ]
think you will agree with me that
If our Army ever approached the
state of incompetency and cor
ruption claimed in this attack. it
would long ago have fallen far
short of its past and present ac-
compliShmentS."
The chaplain told of seeing
Army officers living directly be-
hind the front" in comfortable
tents with enlisted men serving
them.
At times, he said. officers left
frontline troops without orders
and few back to Tokyo for the
week end. At one time. he added
"160 Army officers were appre-
hended" in Tokyo who had no
right to be away from the lines. "
Evening star., 1951-03-17
Ghrtatuhrlrlrtan
CHAPEL

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Evening star., 1951-03-17
BY the Associated Press

The United States has granted
SIS million loan for wheat to tide
Spain over "a temporary shortage
prevailing prior to the Spanish
harvest"
The Export Import Bank was
directed yesterday to parcel out
the SIS million for wheat purchases
as directed by the Economic Co
operation Administration. The
loan is IN addition to S12.2 million
Evening star., 1951-03-17
us. Lends Spain S. Million To Ease Wheat Shortage

in loans granted Spain February
13. Both sums come out of an
appropriation for aid to Spain
amounting to $62.5 million made
by Congress last year.
Evening star., 1951-03-17
Finger Noqqinq

Because her husband nagged
her necessarily on his fingers, a
deaf and dumb woman in Sgd
.ney, Australia, has been granted
Ia divorce.