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ARM[ST|CE: TALKS ARE
 PROGRESSING SLOWLY
By Jim Becker

bY Jim beCker
 MUNSAN. KOREA (AP) Cease-Fire talks are progressing in cold military formality" with every reason to be optimistic, a United Nations briefing officer said tonight,
 The talks now are on the tracks" said the spokesman. Col. George Ruhlen of Los Cruces. N. M. An armistice is much nearer tonight than ii was 24 hours ago"
 An official communique was less enthusiastic. but hopeful. Ii said "a better understanding between negotiating partie S developed Wednesday. It credit ed change of attitude by the five Communist generals.
 The comrnunioue said inc Red negotiaiors showed Tess stiff ness ard less formaiify."
 Neither the conmunique nor inc brieiiAg officer mentioned 3hree Communist demands re- por1ad by Red radios.
 But Allied delegates, return ing Wednesday afternoon rom the second day of talks in Kae- song, made it clear they would n't talk about one Of the three points-a demand that foreign troops get out of Korea immedl- ately.
 Rear Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, a member of the five man U.N, team, said it was political question. Allied n e g o tia a o $ won't discuss political issues,
 The briefing officer said nego- tiators "maY not get down to brass lacks" ia Thursday ses- sions. They still are discussing what times are 10 go on the agen- oa and in what order they will be taken up.
 Ruhlen said there was much l-ss tension at Wednesday s meet ing. Things went forward in a business like manner"
 He sad he could not disclose just what has been accomplish ed.
 Conferaes are operating with out a Chairman. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy leads Allied discus slOnS as U N. spokesman. North Korean Gen. Nam Il, Chief Com munist delegate, is the "domin- ant force on their side" Ruhlen described him as dynamic and a man with strong character"
 He said neither dominates the sessions-held around a Iona table in a room decorated only by the JUN. banner and the North Korean flag.
 Improvement in the atmos- phere of negotiations was reflect ed in a communique announce ment that 20 Allied news repre- sentatiVes would be authorized to go to Kaesong for Thursdays s negotiations.
 Previously they had been ban ned on Communist insistance. Five Allied photographers went to the Red-guarded city Wednes day after the U. N. delegation had left.
 They traveled along roads guarded by motley assortment of Chinese, armed with Ameri can, British and Russian-type weapons. The Reds stood with their backs to the road. They said they were protecting the peace delegates against "guerrillas."
 The language barrier has slow ed negotiations considerably. Tn
Seward seaport record., 1951-07-11
AUSTRALIA HAS CCLDEST DAY OF WINTER

SYDNEY (AP)-Southeastern Australia had it's coldest day of the winter Monday. Snow fell in the highlands and icy winds swept Sydney. Temperature in the snow country fell to 25 de grees. It was 45 in Sydney.
Seward seaport record., 1951-07-11
TERRITORIAL NURSES SEC.-TREAS. VISITS

Mrs. Richard Bruce and chil- dren, Susan and John, of An chorage, are visiting the Walter Blues for several weeks.
 Mrs. Bruce is Secretary-Treas- urer of the Territorial Nurses Examining Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12
Two in Rescue Squad
Freed in Speed Case

Chief Donald Huntington and
two other members of the
Bethesda Rescue Squad were
found not guilty today of speed
ing charges arising out a wedding
party January 81.
Magistrate James r. Miller,
however, told the three defend
ents in Bethesda Police Court that
he thinks they are guilty. But
on the basis of the evidence, he
said, II am unable to find that
you were guilty beyond a reason
able doubt"
Chief Huntington and the other
two defendants, Norman F. Titus
and Cleveland A. Withers, were
charged by Policemen William p.
Hunter with exceeding reasonable
and proper speed while driving on
the Rockville pike from the
church to the wedding reception.
Chief Dunn was carrying as
passengers in his car Mr.. and
Mrs. Myer c. Loomis. the newly
weds.
"You are supposed to know bet
ter" Judge Miller told the three
defendants, because you see the
results Of reckless driving every
day. I hope I never see you back
in this courtroom again."
Chief Huntington denied that
he or either of the other two
defenents had exceeded the speed
limit although he said he didn't
notice his exact speed because he
was Joking and laughing.
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charge. He IS a state highway
Department employee.
He admitted Saturday night,
Prosecutor Paul c. Younger said,
that he set the blaze because he
thought "a little fire" would get
him probationary sentence and
keep him out of the Army.
Safe From Induction.
Actually, said draft officials,
Shay was in no danger of being
indicted, although he had re-
ceiyed orders to take a pre- induc-
ton physical. His 18-year-old
wife Roberta and their 7-month-
old daughter were ample exemp-
tons, said Chairman Dwight c.
Rich of the Ingham County draft
board.
But the fellows in my depart
ment kept telling me I would be
in the trenches in a couple OF
months" Shay told police.
Shay, who was an Eagle Scout
and had an honorable discharge
after 10 months in the Naval Re-
serve. told of touching a match
to some cotton cord in the build
ing's micro-film Office just before
noon Thursday.
He Turned in Alarm.
He told police he went home tc
lunch, but hurried back and found
terrific heat and smoke" He
turned in the alarm.
1--WE been through a lot, listen
ing to the radio and praying ano
hoping that no one would be in
jured. would rather give my oWr
life than have some one else killed
because of something did," he
said. No one was hurt in the
blaze.
State Building Director A. N
Langius said Shay's little fire.
would keep the building useles.
for many months" officials are
setting up emergency quarters fol-
IA homeless agencies and abou
1900 Stat workers.
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Korea
Continued From First Page.l

Continued From First Page.)
columns had thrust from to
nearly II miles in a fan-shaped
drive West, North and Northeast
of the town.
The Red offensive wiped out
most of these gains and threatened
to crumple the whole center of
the 150-mile Allied line across
Korea.
Temperature Down to Zero.
Hoengsong is in rugged hill
country where the terrain favors
the enemy. Roads are narrow and
two mountain passes south of
Hoengsong normally permit only
one-way traffic.
The Communists move along
these icy, precipitous roads like
mountain goats, but transport is
dangerous for the mechanical
Allied forces.
/ The temperature had dipped te
zero.
| Three Red regiments drove the
main wedge to a point S miles
southwest of Hoengsong.
A United States 9th Army
spokesman said elements of three
Chinese Communist army corp.
and two North Korean corps were
attacking in the whole Hoengsone
AREA.
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|Trumans Attend Rites
AT Memorial MARKING
|LincoIn's Birthday

President and Mrs. Truman to.
day attended Lincoln Day serv.
ices at the Lincoln Memorial.
The annual ceremonies, spon.
sored by the Military Order Of
the Loyal Legion, were attended
lby approximately 500 persons, in.
Guiding representatives of II
patriotic organizations.
The Presidents motorcade ar
rived at the Memorial at 1926
pm. After his wreath was pre-
sented by Maj. Gen. Harry H
Vaughn and Brig. Gen. Robert
Landry the President and Mrs
Truman left for Blair House al
1928 pm.
One of the 40 wreaths pre-
sented was from Mrs. Adelaide
johnson, 104. native of Illinois
who knew Lincoln before he be-
came President.
Met by Gen. Grant.
Also present at the ceremonies
was William A. Hickey, Sc, a
member of the Irish War Veter-
ans. Mr.. Hickey was born in
Washington February /, 1865.
about 10 weeks before Lincoln
was asSasSinated.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III, Dis
trict Commander of the Loyal
Legion, and Rear Admiral Regi-
maid Belknap. National Com
mander of the order. were in
charge of the ceremonies. They
met President and Mrs. Truman
when the motorcade arrived.
Business-except for Maryland
banks and the courts in Prince
Georges County operated as
usual.
February IL is a legal holiday
in Maryland, but most county
government activities, including
schools, operated normally.
Virg inia does not mark
Lincoln's birthday as a holiday,
Likewise. District government and
business are not affected.
The New York Stock Exchange
and some commodity markets
were closed.
A number of observances are
scheduled this evening.
Butler to Make Talk.
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Maryland, will address the Prince
Georges County Republican Club
at its dinner at 7 o'clock at the
Prince Georges Country Club.
The Montgomery County Re-
publicans will hear Senator Wiley,
Wisconsin Republican, at the
Manor Club, Norbeck, Md, at
7:30 pm.
The Lincoln Day dinner of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church will be held at $50 o'clock
at the Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets NV.
Virginia Republicans will gather
at the John Marshall Hotel, Rich
mond, for Statewide Lincoln Day
dinner
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Parallel
Continued From First Page

of the u NJ drive back up the
Korean peninsula is a reassess.
ment of U. N. and American policy
in Korea-provided the Allied
forces can hold what they have
taken. American policy, supported
in this respect by Britain and
other nations actively backing the
campaign, is reported to have been
expressed recently in a decision
to halt south of the border.
The rapid advance of the 9th
Army may have put a new face
on the situation.
Informed officials inclined to
the view, however, that the issue
of crossing the Parallel may be
made largely academic by the de-
veloping Communist counterof-
fenSive.
The buildup for this has been
going forward steadily. particu-
larly in the last week. Korean
reports have told of Chinese. Com
munist movements of more than
1000 motor trucks nightly south
ward from the Manchurian from
tier, regardless of Allied air at
| tackS.
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Senate Crime Probe
May Be Permanent
BY the Associated Press

A permanent commission to ex-
pose big-time criminals may be
recommended to take up where
the Senate Crime Committee
leaves off when it goes out of
existence March 81.
Chairman Kefauver said that is
one of the proposals now under
serious study by the committee
which, he added, still has worlds
of work to do"
He and Senator Hunt, Demo
crat, of Wyoming, a committee
member, told a reporter in sep
arate interviews yesterday a full
time commission is one of the steps
under consideration to throw road
blocks in the way of interstate
criminal operations.
Both suggested that such a COM
mission might pool information OF
all Federal agencies concerning
criminal activities, since no such
co-ordinating is being done now.
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Eisenhower's Views
Asked on One Defense
Unit for Pact Nations
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-Twenty-
two members of the Atlantic
Union Committee have asked Gen.
Eisenhower for his opinion on set
ting up a single department Of
defense for all IL Atlantic Pact
members, the committee said yes
terday.
The %. all members of the COM
mites national council, addressed
their request to Gen. Eisenhower
in a letter which read in part:
I'VE believe. with you, that the
speedy construction of an ade-
quate joint military defense in
Western Europe. including Amer
lean and Canadian troops, is the
best medicine for the fears-both
real and imagined-of the allies
on whom we depend.
Korean Situation Cited.
eve believe that the Atlantic
democracies should agre to an un-
qualified pooling of all defense
resources, in order to turn blue
prints into troops and build an
Atlantic army capable of de-
terring, or if necessary, rebuking
Communist aggression in Western
Europe.
e.. 1t is our belief that a single
Atlantic policy of defense and
foreign affairs-instead of the
present IBIS vital to prevent
repetition of the Korean misad-
venture"
At present. the letter said, the
Atlantic Council only can recon-
mend but not act.
Headed by Owen ]. Roberts.
The letter said that the So
called Atlantic Union resolution.
introduced last month in Con-
gress, provides the best opportu-
nifty for expanded agreement.
This resolution seeks the calling
by President Truman of a con-
vention of Atlantic Pact members
to study the principles of fuller
union.
The Atlantic Union Committee
is headed by former Supreme
Court Justice Owen j. Roberts.
It's vice president is Robert P.
Patterson, former Secretary Of
War.
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Walter Reed Patients
To See 13-Act Show

The Gene Thomas show, made
up OF Is acts, will be presented
for convalescent patients at the
Forest Glen annex of Walter Reed
General Hospital at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow.
Sponsored by the Red eros;
entertainment and instruction
services, the show will be repeated
at the Naval Medical Center anc
at the main hospital at Walter
Reed. Dates for these two per.
! fOrmanceS have not vet been set
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Sunny
with highest temperature about SIS
degrees this afternoon. Fair and
mild with lowest about AZ degrees
tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy,
milder with chance of showers.
Maryland-Fair, milder, lowest
around 40 tonight. Tomorrow
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partly cloudy, milder with a few
showers likely.
Virginia-Fair and milder, low
est around 40 to As tonight. To-
morrow partly cloudy, milder with
a few showers likely west and
north portions
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, 10 miles per hour;
direction, south southeast.
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Senator'S Will Probe
Military Assignments
In kanpower Hunt
By George Beveridqe

committee soon will launch an in
vestigation of armed forces assign
ment policies to see how many
combat-qualif1ed men can be re-
placed by women.
Chairman Lyndon Johnson, DEM
ocrat, of Texas announced plans
for the new probe as his commit
tee made new bids for bipartisan
support of the 18-year-old uni
versal draft plan.
The draft-expansion proposal,
approved with only one dissenting
subcommittee vote, comes before
the full Senate Armed Services
Committee tomorrow, with gen.
eral approval virtually assured.
Senator johnson said as soon as
the committee action is over, his
group will make a spot check of
all air bases, Army posts and
Navy Marine Corps installations
to see how many women could be
used to replace able-bodied men.
Ceilings Would Be Eased.
One provision of the draft bill
would wipe out ceilings on the
numbers Of women who can be
recruited. At present, that limit
is fixed at 2 per cent of total
armed forces strength. To date,
about 10000 women are on active
duty.
There is no thought of draft
ing women for the armed forces"
Senator Johnson said. "But we
certainly can make military
career more appealing once we
learn how many could be used.
I'm certain we will find plenty
OF combat men pecking type
writer's at Podunk Airfield, or is
suing clothing reports, or index
ing files. or doing other jobs that
best could be handled by women. I"
Mrs. Horton Asks Draft.
Going one step further, how
ever, Mrs. Mildred McAfee Hor-
ton. wartime leader of the WAVES,
proposed that women be drafted
for non-combat duty. She called
for changes in the policy which
treats women as a national
luxury instead Of an available
asset"
Senator johnson said the in
vestigation will be made through
out the Nation by employment
experts.
Meanwhile. Senator Smathers,
Democrat, of Florida urged that
instead of drafting 18-year-olds
for service in military camps, they
should be permitted to take their
training at colleges and UNIVERSE
ties, while continuing studies.
This, he said. would save the Gov
eminent 81 billion a year.
To Ask Hearing.
The freshman Senator said he
would ask to be heard when
Chairman Russell opens full COM
mittee hearings on the draft pro-
pOSal tomorrow.
The draft measure permits
drafting of men at Is. but only
after draft boards have no more
available men between the ages
of 10 and Is. It also would ex-
tend draft service from q to "a
months, not counting furloughs.
Senator johnson said he thinks
the bill is the most carefully
prepared draft bill ever presented, Z"
and strong support for it also
came from Senator Bridges, of
New Hampshire, ranking COM
mittee Republican.
Senator Johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado served notice that he
will press for a definite restric-
ton against sending any draftee
overseas before the age of 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12
By George Weller
Foreign Correspondent of The Star and
the Chicago Dolly News


ROME, Feb. IA confessed
courier for the American Commu
mist Party is being secretly held b,
the Swiss police in Geneva, despit,
efforts by the State Department t,
get him back to the United States
This mysterious figure is Charlie
Davis, a Negro, of Pasadena, Calf
who claims he was sent to Europ,
is months ago by the Communis
daily newspaper Of the Pacifi,
Coast, the Peoples World.
Davis was betrayed to the Swis
police three months ago by hi
own comrades in Switzerland. H,
is charged within the party O.
being a traitor" to communism
Swiss comrades are avenginl
themselves for Davis having re.
vealed the details of his Swiss ant
French contacts to American Stat.
Department officials in Paris ane
Geneva-after a year of under.
ground operations.
The American embassy in Paris
and the consulate general in &C.
neva noted carefully everything
Davis confessed to them, but they
refused to arrange for him any
paid permanent listening post
such as he requested and cut him
loose.
Worked With Detective.
Rejected by the State Depart
ment and broke, yet ardently
anti Communist, Davis looked fol
non-ofticial work in the same field
He opened dealings indirectly with
another independent enemy of the
Communist underground, Senator
Mccarthy of Wisconsin. Without
telling the State Department
Davis, according to his own story
arranged in Paris to work with an
American detective operating in.
dependently for Senator McCar-
thy in investigating Communism
and alleged homosexuality in
American missions overseas.
Preached in Milwaukee via teIe.
phone, Senator Mccarthy ad-
mitted today that he employs q
secret agent in Paris for anti
Communist investigation. But he
denied that the agent had hired
Charles Davis, backSlid American
Communist now being held as a
spy by Swiss police.
("Davis wrote to me about q
month ago, and I had my in
vestigator in Paris contact him.
the Senator said. He refused to
name his agent, described in
George Weller's dispatch as an
American detective.
("The investigator reported the
boy didn't have any specific in
formation" Senator Mccarthy
continued. HE just made a lot
of general statements with moth
ing to back them UP.
owe turned over some of his
information to the Central In
telligence Agency and the FBI,
but it was nothing we considered
Of any value.
owe didn't pay him for that
information, and we didn't hire
him. The investigator wasn't
much impressed with him.
According to what he has told
the Swiss police and American
Consular officials, Senator Nc
Carthy's agent in Paris-still un-
named-instructed Davis to re-
turn to Switzerland and look for
a villa where he Davis could
centralize his double operation for
Senator Mccarthy of monitoring
the State Department and OBJ
serving Communist contacts be-
tween the French and Swiss Com
munist Parties.
Hopes for Big Spy Trial.
In recent spy trials in Switzer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12
Roy Sinutru Hurt in Crush

LEBANON, Pa, Feb. IL (P).-
Ray Sinatra, As, of Los Angeles
arranger-composer for vocalist
Evelyn Knight, was injured today
in an auto-truck collision on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
former band leader and cousin of
Singer Frank Sinatra was en-
route to New York when he
rammed q stalled truck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12

of job seekers a chance to secure
practically all types of clerical jobs
in Government, including CORE
spondence, pay roll, statistical
personnel. information and others
The starting pay will be $4,000
to $2,875 a year.
The appointments will be on a
temporary indefinite basis, in ac-
cordance with the Government S
emergency program regulations.
However, there is a chance that
those who pass their exams and
secure appointments will be elig-
ible for permanent status when
the emergency program is over.
After the exam is announced on
Friday, application forms will be
available at the commission s,
main Office at Seventh and F
streets NV. The written test will
include questions of the following
general types: alphabetizing,
arithmetic reasoning, name and
number comparison, word mean
ing, reading ability, spelling and
grammar.
LONGEVITY RAISES-A total
of 3.100 Federal employees during
the past year were given longevity
pay raises in accordance with
provisions Of the Pay Act of 1910.
These are employees who have been
at the top of their respective
salary grades for many years
without promotion.
PAY HEARINGS-Some men,
bers OF the Senate Civil Service
Committee are now predicting that
the committee will begin hearings
on Federal pay raise legislation
around March /. The committee
twice has postponed hearings on
the pay measure.
4 X X
DAN CUPID DEPT. - Thomas
Walters, popular operations direc-
tor Of the AFL Government EN-
Iployes Council. is foresaking the
bachelors ranks. On February "a
Mr.. Walters will marry Miss Jerry
Lee Ayers of Oklahoma City in
that city.
LEAVE-A number of bills have
been introduced in the House and
Senate to pay Federal employees
for all of their 1850 annual leave
that they are unable to use By
next July /. However, no hearings
on the bills have been scheduled
by the House and Senate Civil
Service Committees.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Muir
ray of the House Civil Service
Committee has sponsored a bill
to permit immediate suspension
of Government employees in emer-
gency situations, such as worker
going berserk, and other in
stances in which fellow employees
or Government property would be
threatened. At present the Gov
eminent has no legal authority
for immediate suspension of en-
ployeS in such cases.
X X y
PRAISE - Donald S. Dawson,
administrative assistant to Presi-
dent Truman on personnel affairs,
highly praised the Federal Recre-
alton Committee at the groups
meeting last Friday. Mr.. Dawson
said the Recreation Committee is
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SEQ OF Jooon

WHERE RED BLOWS ENDANGER UNITED NATIONS DRIVE
Black indicate the where Chinese
have struck back at United Nations forces On the Central
lA the Reds have rammed dangerously deep
United Nations lines with column southwest of Hoengsong
threatening the Womb road In the Red deenes Seoul
B) forced patrols withdraw from the of the
city, On the coast South Korean column into
yang north of the SSth Parallel but later driven
broken line is the approximate front prior to the Reds attack
WirephOtO.
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thought Of leav-
ing his wife and
baby to 60 into
military service.
Full Of re-
morse over the
81 million fire
that burned As
hours and all
but halted OPP
Grafton Of the
State govern
ment, 19-year-
old Richard C..
Shay is Jailed
pending a for
m al a r S O n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12

nlre without 1e-
gard to civil
service registers
in several types
of clerical posi-
tons, but for
the most part
agencies still
have to hire
from existing
registers for
most types of
clerical jobs.
The commits
sion's new ex
animation will
give thousands
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Two Killed in Crush

DOVER, Del, Feb. IL (P.-An
automobile crashed into a culvert
on the Dover arydel road yes
terday and burst into flame, burn
ing to death a man and a woman