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.Ex-RFC Aide Wi||ett
Holds Pentaqon Post

Former RFC Director William
E. Willett, who was sharply crit
icized by a Senate subcommittee
for his associations with alleged
influence peddlers. has turned up
at the Pentagon as an $11, 800-a-
year assistant to Navy Undersec-
Rotary Francis P. Whitehair.
A Navy spokesman said Mr.
Willett is the Undersecretary's
special assistant for housing mat.
ters." He is the Navy member
of the Defense Departments Hous.
ing Agency, set up recently tt
alleviate servicemen's acute hous.
ing shortages.
Mr.. Willett, Sc, came in for :
rugged time in the witness chail
before a Senate committee prob.
ing favoritism and influence III
RFC loans.
A report by the Senators de.
|clared that CLOSE personal re.
lationships" existed between Mr.
Willett and E. Merl Young, in.
dicted only yesterday for perjur,
before the same committee.
The group also saw close rela.
tionships between Donald Dawson
White House administrative assis.
tant in charge of personnel-alse
a close friend Of Mr.. Whitehair.
Mr.. Willett was an RFC director
from June, 1910, to June 1850
when the old board Of directors
was'abolished under the reorgani-
zation act which made w. Stuart
Symington the administrator.
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had positive proof that the mer
actually we're alive.
If the list supplied Tuesday Is
accurate it tends to upset the ex.
IRENE estimates of atrocitie.
which were put out last month
These ran as high as 5000 anC
came from Gen. Matthew B. Ridg.
way, the Far East commander.
The addition of the Reds 3,19S
POWs to the 5000 alleged TRACE.
dies would exceed the Defense De-
partment's 11,051 missing figure
And this still would not allow
for the undoubtedly large number
of soldiers who were killed in &C.
ton or who died of wounds or ex.
posure during the several retreat.
under conditions which preclude
the recovery Of their bodies. Such
casualties are carried in the miss.
ing category.
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Prisoners
Continued From First Page.)

dresses and next of kin by the
Pentagon today caught up with
the notifications by telegram tt
the relatives.
A total of 3,441 messages were
sent. It was explained that ir
"a number of cases messages were
sent to both parents and wives
in different localities which ex-
planned the fact that a larger
number of messages had beer
sent than the total number Of
names released.
Pentagon spokesman could moi
say how long it would take Il
clear up the status of those pris.
oners previously reported killed
in action.
1851 Officially Missing.
There are 11,051 Americans Of
ficially listed as missing in actor
in Korea, so the release Of tn,
names meant tragedy in at leas
three homes for every one il
which it brought happiness.
President Truman joined higi
military officials yesterday in EN-
Iphasizing that the list is com,
|pletely unverified." What tn,
Pentagon has done is check thu
lists turned in by the Reds agains
its own next of kin listings ane
sent out notifications.
But the Army made it plair
that it would continue to carry
all Of the 3,198 names in its miss.
ing ID action" category until Il
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A native Of Baltimore, Corpl
Bailey entered the Army more
than three years ago. He went
to Korea in July of last year
after two years Of occupation duty
in Japan. ., n w.
Corpl. Bailey was declared miss
ing on November /. 1850. In q
letter to his parents. written this
past August, he said he was be-
ing treated all right by the Com
munists and not to worry be-
cause he would be home sooner
or later" He was with the Isl
Cavalry Division when captured
Corpl. Bailey has two brothers
and q sister.
Corpl. Webster L. johnson, "a
whose mother. Mrs. Bertha r
Johnson. lives at II Hicks street
Annapolis. Md. was with the
Second Infantry Division before
being captured on the third OF
December, 1850, when he was
declared missing.
Corpl. johnson was born ir
Anne Arundel County. Md. ano
received his schooling near Anna
polls. He worked in the Annapolis
Navy Yard before entering the
Army in 1945. He went to Korea
in August, 1850.
Mrs. johnson received a letter
from her son in Pyko-don prison
camp three months ago. It was
dated last January. The youth
wrote that he had been captured
and was all right.
He has four brothers and -four
sisters.
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Embassy
Continued From First Page }

DO you always look at the Embassy
in the morning."
mo. sir. A citizen called The
Star and reported the sign was
gone" w..
He asked why they didn't cal
the Washington Post, which i
closer?
Because The Star is the best
newspaper in Washington" Loyalty
volunteered Photographer Routt.
The Embassy spokesman re.
NAMED frozen-faced.
DO you plan to replace tn,
sign?" asked Hansen.
Eyes, I think so-sure. IL
Washington buildings are identi
fed that way"
"Will you give me your name
sir?"
ut is not necessary"
"Will you tell me what YOU
position is here?"
"It is not necessary"
If no further information wa!
forthcoming, Hansen said h,
would leave.
Good day, Mr.. Hansen" sale
the Embassy spokesman, his fac,
frozen in a grim grin.
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FumiIies
Continued From First Page.)

been mailed from a prison camr
in North Korea.
1--WE were always hopeful" Mrs
Trip said today.
The following names were in.
Icluded in yesterdays total of AZ
but were not printed:
Corpl. Donald E. Wilson, RI
13292431. husband of Mrs. Mar.
garet w. Wilson, Martinsville.
Corpl. Russell Warner. jr., RA
13292117, son Of Mrs. Alpha 8
Warner, AL Rockbridge street
Covington.
Pvt. Amos L. Scott, RIA 13320110
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Scott. Rose Hill.
Pfc. Henry D. Williams. jr, RA
13320133, son Of Mrs. Nellie VIII
liams. Indian.
Pfc. Thomas H. Nicholson, Us
5206300l. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas n. Nicholson, ST., Nor
folk.
Pfc. Vernon 8. Rea. RIA
13261608. son Of Mr.. and Mrs
William II. Rea. Glen Burnie.
Pfc. William II. Rhodes. RA
33378079, son Of Mrs. Mary Jane
Rhodes, Cumberland.
Pvt. Gray M. Norman, US
52022898. son of Mrs. Annie z
Norman, Cumberland.
Pvt. Howard L. Ripple, RA
13276951. son OF Mrs. Catherine
Ripple. Sharpsburg. .-.
Here are facts about seven serv.
icemen whose names have ap.
peared on the Communist prisoner
Of war lists today.
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few instances during the investi-
cation Of security cases the poly
graph has been used and in those
cases only when the individual
being investigated felt it was to
his advantage to take a polygraph
test.
1T is reiterated that the de-
Ipartment never forces or urges a
person under investigation to SUBJ
NIT to a polygraph test. Any en-
lploye who takes the test does Sc
Iof his own free will and volition
Under no circumstances does the
department regard the results OF
Ia polygraph test in any way con-
elusive. The test, extremely rarely
used, is only an investigating
technique"
An Acc official said that from
the start of the commission con-
troll. OF the Oak Ridge, Tenn.
plant in 1916. the lie detector
procedure has been used under
very limited circumstances. 1t is
not used in any of the commits
sion's other installations. he said
Applicants for certain highly
sensitive" jobs at Oak Ridge are
asked to take the test and if they
refuse they are not employed, the
official explained. Applicants for
other jobs there are not asked
or even offered an opportunity to
take such a test, he said.
Employees in certain sensitive
jobs in the production plan at
Oak Ridge. he said, are required
to take the test at periodic inter-
walls. II such an employee refuses
to take it he is not dismissed
but is transferred to q less sen
Isitive" job.
Oak Ridge employees not ir
sensitive" jobs can take the test
on a voluntary basis. If they dc
not want to do so they can still
remain on the job.
Defense Department officials
said that use of the lie detecto1
had been discussed on various &C.
casions, as recently as six months
ago. They added that so far as
they know its use is not general
throughout the department and in
any event is considered as expert
mental and voluntary.
The Army. it was recalled, gave
lie detector tests on a voluntary
basis to PIX employees in the Mill
'tary District of WASHINGTON.
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rs American p0Ws
Named In Malik Cable
|Are Not on Red List
BY the Assoeiassd Press

Russia's Jacob A. Malik last
August distributed a cable at the
United Nations, purportedly
signed by 81 American prisoner.
of war in Korea. A breakdown
shows that IL names on the Malik
list appeared on the Communist
list Of United States prisoners re-
leased today, and rs were missing
from the final list.
The discrepancy has not beer
explained.
Mr.. Malik said the men in the
petition asked that American
troops withdraw from Korea to
end "this senseless bloodshed. .
The statement was typical OF
many which have been attributed
to captured prisoners by the Com
Imunists in their propaganda
broadcasts.
| Mr.. Malik indicated that all 81
signers were then at a North
Korean camp. Why the names OF
Is of them are not on the Com
munists' total list of prisoners is
a mystery.
American sources at the United
Nations at the time Mr.. Malik dis
closed his list said they had no
way Of knowing whether the men
who allegedly signed the cable ac-
|tually were prisoners. or the cir
|cumstances under which they
signed, whether voluntarily or I'M
lder duress.
These are the names of the IL
men on both lists: Maj. j. j. Dunn,
Capt. Alexander M. Boysen. Capt
Jessie v. Booker, Capt. Marvin w
Green, 1t. Herbert E. Marlatt, LIST
1t. Ralph e. Culbertson, LIST 1t
Wade Jerome Rountree. 1st 1t
Stanley G. Zimmerman, 1st 1t
Charles o. Minietta, 1st 1t. j. A.
Fox. Maj. N. w. Lantron (whom
Mr.. Malik listed as Lantpon) and
I'd 1t. I. o. Peppe.
Here are the Is whose names
appeared on the Malik list, but
were missing from the Communist
Hist: Maj. L. r. Durham, Maj. C. r
Barter, Capt. D. r. Henderson
Capt. A. H. Nugesit, Capt. w. B
Macomber, 1st 1t. P. A. Thomas
zewski, LIST 1t. r. N. Layton, 1st 1t
ID. S. Sirman, LIST 1t. j. j. Brook
man, LIST 1t. B. NJ. Gramberg, 1st
1t. C. Thornton, LIST 1t. r. I
Amams. LIST 1t. w. j. Bergman, 1st
1t. J. c. Ruddel, LIST 1t. G. w
Krestanof. LIST 1t. E. w. Maynard
I'd 1t. B. F. Roth, I'd 1t. R. w
Barmen, I'd 1t. A. H. Brooks, I'd
1t. j. c. Cox, I'd 1t. w. F. Jester
I'd 1t. w. G. Lewes, I'd 1t. j. Stab
rakes. I'd 1t. R. E. Pearson, Ensign
K. Thomson.
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Pfc. Everett w. Ritenour, 20, q
native of Woodstock, Va. was de-
clared missing on November l,
1850, in Korea. He has been in
the Army three years and was with
the LIST Cavalry Division when
captured.
Pvt. Ritenour is the ward of
Mrs. Clara E. Keller. She said
she received a letter from him
in Pyok-dong camp last August
The letter had been mailed on
the previous March %, and In it
he wrote he was well.
I'm so excited about the good
news, I can hardly talk" ex-
claimed Mrs. Keller.
Corpl. Dallas L. MARBLE, who is
%, was born and educated at
McGaheysville. Va, near Harrison
burg. He is the brother of Mrs.
Edith v. Bigar of that city.
In the Army about four years
and a member Of the LIST Cavalry
division, he was listed as missing
early in the Korean War. Corpl.
Marble evidently was in a hos
pital before being taken to Pyok-
dong prison camp. according to
a family member.
A brother, Lawrence, %, was
killed In World War II, and an
other brother. William H. Marble,
n, is a veteran of that conflict.
Pfc. Calvin j. Mack, is 20 years
old, and his mother, Mrs. Nellie
M. Mack, lives in Severna Park,
Md.
He entered the Army in Febru-
airy, 1947, and went to Korea ir
August, 1850. He was captured on
December l of that year. His
mother last heard from him in
July. when he wrote that he was
treated all right but was not get
ting enough to eat.
Pvt. Mack was born in Severna
Park. He has six brothers and siz
sisters.
| Mrs. Mack said she felt won
derful about the news"
Sergt. Linden b. ZirkIe, 26. Il
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John w
zirkle, of New Market, Va. 6
He was born and educated thers
land has been in the Army longs
than three years. being a sergeant
in the Engineers.
Sergt. Zirkle was listed as miss
ing in November. 1850, and is il
the Pyok-dong camp. His famiiy
received a letter, in which he sale
!: he was getting along all right aflG
was In good health.
/ The sergeant has three brothers
and seven sisters.
AAxunN C0Epl Iamez II. Dixsa. n
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Some u. S. Agencies Admit Use
of Lie Detectors on Personnel

State Department and Atomic
Energy Commission Spokesman
said today that some of their en-
ployes or job applicants are tested
by lie detectors for security pur-
poses.
The Central Intelligence Agency
repeatedly uses lie detectors tt
supplement Investigations of their
own personnel. and the Defense
Department on occasion has made
such tests on a voluntary basis
Civil Service Commission Off
Gals. however. said they had not
known that any agency was using
the device. A spokesman for
Chairman Robert Ramspeck said
the commission has issued no Or
ders or suggestions of that kind
to any of the agencies within its
employment jurisdiction. He add
ed that it has not taken any pol
icy stand in the matter.
AS recently as last September
there have been proposals that
Congress provide for the use OF
lie detectors for various types oil
Government personnel or Con-
gressional witnesses. Representa-
tive Moulder, Democrat, of Mis-
souri, introduced a bill authoriz.
ing use of the polygraph-an in.
strument purporting to test a per-
sons truthfulness by measuring
his blood pressure as he answers
questions-on employees appearing
before Federal loyalty boards
other security agencies and Con-
gressional committees.
In recent years several members
Of the House Committee on I'm
American Activities urged volun.
tary use of the device on wit
nesses. f 5
Results Of lie-detector tests are
not accepted in courts as legal
evidence. Government officials
who commented today on the use
of the device in their agencies
emphasized that its use, even
where mandatory. is to supple
ment other security measures and
not for the purpose of obtaining
evidence against any one.
The State Department, a spokes-
man explained. applies the lie
detector test only in "a very few
instances" involving security.
THE department" he said, "has
never used the so-called lie de-
tector in a loyalty case. In a very
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Dare Costs Flyer $3.50

LONDON. Dec. 20 P.-Frani
Miller, 39-year-old amateur pilot
was fined $3.50 today for flying his
light plane under the London
Tower Bridge November Is. He
told the court he did it on a dare
from his 13-year-old son. who was
with him.
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was born and educated in Anna.
polls. Md. He is the stepson Of
Joseph Jacobs. Of 81 Norris street
The youth entered the Army If
1850 and was reported missing ir
September Of that year. His family
has not heard from him since. He
is listed as being In Pyok-done
camp. Corpl. Diggs has -four
brothers and three sisters.
Corpl. Richard e. Bailey, 20
also is in Pyok-dong. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis E
Bailey. Route 8, Powhattan Beach
Pasadena, Md.
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POW List Speeded to Homes
By Teamwork All ALONG Line

down onto smog -shrouded Haneda
Airport, II miles south of Tokyo.
The bulky packages were I'M
loaded into the back of an Army
sedan and speeded to Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway's headquarters in
Tokyo.
Within IS minutes, the pack
ages were broken open and the
lists delivered to press association
offices.
The A. P. radio-printer circuit
to San Francisco had been cleared
for exclusive movement of the
list.
At 9:19 am. G:19 pm, EST.
Tuesday, the first bulletin went
to the radio circuit.
It reported that on the list
were the names of Mai. Gen. Will
liam F. Dean, heroic former CON-
mander of the trail blazing
United States oath Division,
thrown into Korea piecemeal to
halt the Reds at the wars Begin
ming. and A. P. Photographer
Frank Noel. -
Rivals Cooperate.
Then the list began to roll.
The first name moved at 9::25
am. G:25 pm, EST Tuesday,.
In seven hours and eight min
Iutes the A. P's Tokyo bureau re-
Ilayed to San Francisco it's half
of the 3,198 American names with
identifying data. United Press
was handling the other half on q
pooled arrangement. (The lists
were divided in Tokyo and re-
assembled in San Francisco.
simultaneously the A. P. relayed
names of other United Nations
troops-Filipinos. French, Greek,
Dutch, a lone Canadian.
Later came the names of other
III. N. missing Turkish, South
African, Australian, British.
Then the A. P, to speed move
ment of the American names, re-
layed to San Francisco the last
300 or SO names on the United
Press portion.
The A. P. in Tokyo moved about
$500 of the AIT names of U. N.
prisoners. excluding South Ko-
reans. The remainder was handled
by U. P.
Lists Move Smoothly.
In San Francisco, the job Of
patching together the two lists
and moving them out to news
paper and radio members went
ahead smoothly. The foreign desk
| staff was built up to twice its nor.
NAL strength to handle the job.
| The first name-Philip Aaron
son-hit the United States tele-
TYPE wires at 1855 pm, EST.
Tuesday. Names moved in an al
most steady stream until the last
American name was cleared at
l8:45 am. EST, Wednesday.
The A. P. scored with a story
on AaronSon.
A quick check of A. P. files com.
lpiled over months of listening to
hroadcasts from Red China's Pei
lping radio showed that Aaronson
was from Harrisburg, Pa. His
name and street address had
been mentioned by the Reds Feb
ruary l in broadcast.
Meanwhile. in Washington, mil
1itary authorities in the Pentagon
carried on the long job Of check
i ing the Communist list against
their files and supplying home
towns and other information,
This list was moved by the
A. P. from Washington.
/ All along the line, A. P. men
/ stayed on their jobs overtime.
One in Tokyo stuck for 81 hours.
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SpeIImun Flies to Korea

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 tR.-
Francis Cardinal Spellman left by
plane yesterday to spend Christ
mas with American troops in
Korea. The cardinal had been
invited to make the trip by Gen
James Van Fleet, 9th Army COM
mander in Korea. The prelate's
plane is due in Tokyo at 2::30 pm.
Saturday, Tokyo time.
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New Snow and Cold
Again Buffet Wide
Section Of Country
BY the Associated Press

~ WS %sSoStofSu FteeS
1iustery, wintry weather landed
another knockout blow today from
the Rocky Mountains to Northern
New England.
A fresh snow storm whistled
out of the Pacific Northwest,
pelted the Rocky Mountain region
and spread over the Plains States,
the Upper Mississippi Valley and
the Upper Great Lakes region.
Temperatures tumbled along
the route of the snow storm, dip
ping far below zero in many
areas. The colder weather headed
into the storm-buffeted Midwest
as it moved eastward in the wake
Of the snow.
It was sub-zero, also, in North
ern New England and north parts
Of New York State.
22S Deaths Listed.
The severe weather appeared to
follow the pattern of the past
week, heavy snow and the ensuing
cold. The storm-battered areas
have reported a total of 228 deaths
attributed to the severe weather
nf the no st week
There was considerable drift
ing and blowing in the fresh snow
belt, adding further danger to the
already hazardous driving condi-
tons.
The United States Weather
Bureau in Chicago said the sub
zero belt extended as far south
as northeastern Colorado and
northwestern Kansas.
It was IS below zero in Havre,
Mont, early today and -19 in
Sheridan, Wyo. The cold spots in
the northeastern section Of the
country included IL below zero
at Burlington. VT, and Albany,
N. Y.
Chilly An South.
It was chilly in parts of the
South. A freezing rain and sleet
pelted areas in the middle Mis-
sissippi Valley, the lower Ohio
valley and in parts of Georgia.
Rain fell southwark into the low
er Mississippi Valley and the East
Gulf States.
There appeared no immediate
relief from the severe cold in the
Midwest. Temperatures generally
were above zero in most of the
north central region today but
the icy blasts were expected to ]
move in during the day. The
forecast was for below zero read
ings tonight and Friday.
Between 5 and 10 inches Of
new snow was in prospect for
most of the Midwest storm belt. |
1t was generally fair over most |
Of the Eastern States but the
fresh fall of snow which put rec
ord amounts on the ground in
many areas was expected to reach
the Northeastern region tonight
or Friday.
Memorial Unroofed.
The snowstorm hit Utah and
Southern Idaho yesterday. High
winds struck in parts of Nevada.
At Carson City, winds of up to so
miles an hour tore 800 square feet
of roofing off the Heroes Memorial |
Building, broke several windows
In the State Capitol Building and |
felled scores of trees.
Storm deaths by States since
last Friday: Ohio, 80: Indiana, 20;
Illinois, %; New York. %; Wiscon-
sin, 10; Massachusetts,, 10; New
Jersey, 10: Michigan. II; Alabama,
8; Maryland, 6; Iowa, S; Kentucky,
3: Missouri, S: Kansas, 4 Nebraska,
4; Pennsylvania, 4; Tennessee, 4;
Maine. 3; Colorado, 2; Connecti-
cut, 2; Delaware, 2: Georgia, 2;
Nevada. 2; Oregon, 2: North Car
DINA, l Virginia, !: Utah, /;
Wyoming, /.
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Camera Plant BIust Kills !

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 20
R.-One person was killed and 10
injured in an explosion at the Agfa
camera plant here today. The
plant management said tanks filled
with lacquer apparently were set
afire by stray sparks from a weld
ing machine nearby.
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Rabbi SiIverstone to Speak

Rabbi Harry Silverstone will
speak on "The Meaning of Cha
nukah" at $50 pm. tomorrow
in the Young Peoples Synagogue,
Fourteenth and Euclid streets
NV.
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