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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16

S. martial pistols and Kentucky
rifles and pistols. Also in his
collection are American dueling
pistols of the 10Th century.
The collection started in 1884
when a lumberman gave Ernst a
gun which later turned out to be
a Walker Colt army revolver, 1647
model.
It was the first military revolver
ordered by the United States Gov
ernment.
Ernst's collection of ConfeGer-
ate swords is one of the largest
in the country. The largest sword
is a 6.foot, 4-inch flamberge with
a wavy blade. 1t weighs 18 pounds.
Made in Nuremberg, Germany, in
1920, it also came from the col
lection of the Archduke Eugen
Armor From Persia
Ernsts favorite set of armor, a
helmet and shield, is inlaid with
silver and gold. Ornate and un-
usual etchings decorate these early
18th century Persian pieces.
The student has 400 publica-
tions on arms and armor. One of
the books on French military
weapons was published in 1899.
An entire issue of The Gun Col
lector, a monthly magazine, was
devoted two years ago to Ernst's
"Sharps Pistol Survey"
Ernst is member OF the board
Of directors of the Ohio Gun Col
lectors Association, the largest and
Oldest organization of its kind in
the United States He is u Navy
veteran who plans a career in his
torical research.
The student, who does some
hunting, is q member of the Uni
vcrsitv Rifle and Pistol Club and
the historian of Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
BIRTHDAYS
ANNIVERSARIES

March Is - Gerald Robinson,
Donald Nieman, Robert Colston,
Betty Jane Skinner, Alba Smith,
Edward Paul Riehl.
March 16-Marlo Snyder. Low
ell Druckenmiller, George Wheel,
Sr., Richard Ingold, Viola Ander-
son, James Petersen, Carol Jean
Fillinger
March 17-Gordon Gates, Will
liam Younker, Ike Buck, Mrs. Jo-
Seph Payne.
March 18-MrS. Melvyn Cooley
Charles Anderson, Joseph Drus.
backy, Robert Hopfnger, Mrs
Dewey Fielder, William Zelms, Jr.
Henry Ford, Donna Joan Snyder
Wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Stuart, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur G. Cook.
March 19-Ervin JohannSen
John Won Eitzen, Georgiana Mack
ey Wedding anniversary of Mr.
ana MIS-. Joseph EVerS, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Wilson Kirk.
March 20-Mary Papcun, Mrs. c
c. Cooper, Karen Holm, Mrs. Pat
rick Barrett, Julia Rofkar, Mrs
Chester Owen, Sam Cont, Robert
Hetrick.
March 21-Mrs. Ralph Ander
son, Lawrence Gonya, Ward Dru
yor, Lawrence Lieske, Franklin
Rofkar, Harmon Pussehl, Lorett;
Ann Foster, Mrs. J. c. Heckler
Junior Schroeder, Ellen Cochran
Wedding anniversary of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Donald Truck, Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon CroSley.
March 22-Herman Gates, How
ard Park, James Patz, James Arm
bruster, Howard Harrod, Jr., Mrs
Delbert Wilson, Mrs. David Nc
Gowan, Clarence Cooley. Wed
ding anniversary OF Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon Welch.
Elmore-E. T. Reed celebrates
bis seth birthday here Saturday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16

and crops and animals. But every
citizen must be as well educated In
these defenses, as acutely awarel
Of the danger, and az alertly CON-
scious of just what action to take
as he is of any chore Of his daily
life; for 1t Is possible we shall bel
living with these dangers for many
years to come If we Live at all.
So the job Of the civilian defense
administration Is to educate thsl
people. to organize defenses. to
set up this volunteer army. to-
see that state Legislatures pass
such enabling legislation and ap1
propriations as are necessary
and to train men and women inl
scores Of facets incidental to al
Catastrophe such as certainly Will
happen IL a bomb Ia dropped In
their midst.
These include. not only protec-'
tion against the bomb itself to min
imize loss Of life and injury. butt
efficient first aid. fire fighting,
evacuation, health facilities. water
supply, medical attention. food sup,
plies, social services, warning sig,
nails, and an efficient organization
for any contingency, which spreads
from the cities into the small towns
and rural sections of every area in
the nation.
The help Of every organization
in the nation and of every individ-'
ual will be enlisted not only to join
In the civil defense, but to help,
make the masses Of the people
homb-conscious, to prevent fear
and hysteria so that major catas-
trophe may be averted.
The government has been for
months making detailed studies Of
the bombing of European cities in
World War II, of the effects Of the
atomic bombs at Nagasaki and
Hiroshima. They have worked out
pattern and effects and defenses.
The public health service and the
American Red Cross have worked
out detailed plans for health pro-
lection. The bureau of animal hus-
bandry and the bureau Of plant in
dustry of the department of agri-
culture have a plan of action for
defense against release of gases.
pests and plant disease aimed at
animal and crop destruction.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
New Faces With
Globe Trotters

Toledo, O.-Two new faces will
be in the lineup of the Harlem
Globetrotters when the celebrated
Negro magicians of basketball in
wade Toledo's Sports Arena Tues
day night, March 27, to play the
Philadelphia Sphas in the feature
of the mammoth double header
plus program.
The Trotters have signed on
Bill Roseborough, six-foot nine
inch pivot giant, and fashy Joshua
Grider, former Tennessee State
College wonder. Thed had been
performing with the New York
Rens who are associated with the
Globetrotters and will appear on
the Sports Arena card in the first
game at 7:30 against st. Louis
All-Stars.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
COLLEGE STUDENT POSSESS0R
OF MANY ARMS AND ARM0R

A Port Clinton college student
is the proud possessor of the can
non priming horn of Commodore
Oliver Hazard PeTy's flagship,
the Lawrence, used in the Battle
of Lake Erie in 1912.
The owner is Robert Ernst, %
year-old history student and Sc
nior at Bowling Green University.
He is the son of w. J. Ernst, 302
West Third Street. He finds his
hobby of collecting arms and ar
NOR interesting and romantic"
American weapons and unusual
European guns and armor pre-
dominate.
The horn, engraved with pic
lures of Commodore Perry, an In
dian chief. ships and several Of
General William Henry Harrison'S
Kentucky militia mon, came from
The Perry homestead in Rhode
Island.
Fills Two Rooms
ErnSt'S collection, which fills
two rooms at home, also includes
helmets, shields, gauntlets, swords,
tomahawks, bIaded weapons and
steel cngravings of battles of ia
nous generals.
OF the 900 guns in Ernst's col
lection, a Florentine wheel lock
with q feh.tail butt is one Of the
rarest. Dated 1902 on the barrel,
this sporting gun has several hun
drcd ivorv inlavs picturing Euro
pean and Oriental arms and ar1nor
Of the period.
Metal parts OF this gun are GOV.
cred with ctchings and chiGelings
OF mythical figures. william Ran
dolph Hearst American newspa-
per publisher, formerly owned the
GUN.
The collection includes the 70
volver which Geronimo, Apache
war chief carried when he surrcn-
dered to General Nelson Appleton
Miles in 1896. Geronimo led onc
of the last Indian uprisings in the
United States.
Oldest gun is a heavy wall gun
made in Suhl Prussia, in the early
1500's. The long, massive weapon
came from the collection of Arch
duke Eugene of Salzburg, Austria.
II was made for use in his castle.
Ernst specializes in collecting U.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
LOUIS a. MILLER

Services were held Thursday for
Louis A. Miller, "a, who died Mon
day at his home on Water street,
Oak Harbor.
Mr.. Miller came to Oak Harbor
several years ago, after having
lived 40 years in Toledo. He was
the son of John and Mary Miller
Surviving are the wife, Mrs.
Stella Miller, and three sisters,
Mrs. Charles Gatzke, Toledo; Mrs.
Carrie Williams, Wauseon, and
Mrs. Minnie Ziegler, Delta.
The Robinson mortuary had
charge of arrangements. Burial
was in Union cemetery. Rev. o.
C. Doenges, pastor of st. PauPs
E. & r. Church, officiated.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16

The NoiionoI Society for
AEipPIed Children and Adults, lne.A
chieaso 3. illinois
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
Q. H. DEATHS
MRS. CHARLES JESSEN

Mrs. Ed Anderson received a
telephone call Tuesday morning
from Petaluma, California, advis-
ing her that her sister, Mrs.
Charles JeSsen nee Laura Hoff-
mani had died Tuesday morning
in the hospital at San Francisco.
Survivors are her husband,
Charles; daughter, Mrs. AL. Collin;
granddaughter, Barbara, of Peta-
luna; sister, Mrs. Ed Anderson,
and brother, William Hoffman,
both of Oak Harbor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
PLEDGED AT BOWLING GREEN

Miss Elizabeth Ayers, daughter
of Mrs. Kathryn l. Ayers, 343 Will
son Avenue, freshman at Bowling
Green University, has been pledg-
ed at Alpha Gamma Delta, it was
announced this week. To. be eli
gible for pledging women students
must attend Bowling Green Uni
verSity one semester and have an
accumulative average of 20 which
is above C rating enthusiastically.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
PLAN STREET WIDENING

City officials have given their
approval to plans for widening
East Second sereet from Fulton
Street to Hayes Avenue, it was
announced last week. Three feet
will be added to the thoroughfare.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
WORK EFFORT REQUIRED

COLUMBUS = JObleSS workers
who claim unemployment compen-
sation are denied benefits unless
they can show that they are ac-
lively seeking suitable work
while they are unemployed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-16
CIVIL DEFENSE
Volunteer Army of Civilians
Will Guard us From Disaster
BY Walter A. Shead
lTbi, ], Ns t,s. of tig. sreele, on e;pa aeten,.,

(Tbh IS the first OF f'Ds SrfseLes on SDa detesss)
TALL, LEAN, SQUARE-JAWED broad-shoudered man sits
in temporary office in of the converted
buildings short two blocks from the White
destined to become well known millions Of Americans
He is Mlard F. Caldwell former governor of Florida who
has been handed the tremendous responsibility the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21
IOxon Hill Firemen
Elect New Officers

The Oxon Hill (Md.) Volunteer
Fire Department has elected the
following officers:
| William G. Fawsett. president;
Clarence Phelps. jr.. first vice
president; George Talbert, second
vice president; Lucius Lathen,
treasurer; Charles Arnold, record
ing secretary: Carol Masbrook,
corresponding secretary.
Also. Elmer Talbert, chief; Mr..
Arnold, assistant chief; Joe
Campbell. captain; Thomas Fla
herty. first lieutenant; Leonard
Adams, second lieutenant; Joseph
Cox, sergeant and Clarence
Phelps, ST.. fire marshall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21
Admiras Watkins, Smoof Given New Assignments

Rear Admiral Frank r. Wat
kins, 1871 Mount Eagle place,
Alexandria, is being detached
from duty as assistant chief of
naval personnel and will get sea
command, the Navy Department
said today.
He will be succeeded by Rear
Admiral Roland N. Smoot. 1900
South Twenty-eighth street, Ar
lington, who has been on duty in
the Navy's operations section.
Both admirals are from Provo,
Utah.
Meanwhile, Presid. 1T Truman
approved a Marine Corps Selec-
ton Board report recommending
the promotion of six brigadier
generals to the rank of major
general. They are:
Vernon E. Mcgee, 2311 Connec-
ticut avenue NV, deputy intel
ligence director, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Walter w. Wensinger, 2021
North Roosevelt stree Arlington,
legal aide to the commandant;
Edwin A. Pollock, 1858 North
Oakland street, Arlington, direc-
tor OF plans and policies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21
Cincinnati Is Coal Center

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is the
soft-coal shipping center of the
United States. Cincinnati handles
100000 railroad cars of coal
about 80 million tonS-a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21

Also John T. Selden, former
public information director here
and now commander of the Pa
cific troop training unit; Thomas
y. Cushman, commander. First
Marine Aircraft Wing, and Will
liam o. Brice, assistant wing
commander. First Marine Air
craft Wing.
Evening star., 1951-12-08
Five Teen-Agers Killed
In Michigan Tragedy
BY the Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 8
Five teen-agers were killed
shortly before midnight Friday
when their car was sideswiped by
a truck on U. S. 16 east of nearby
Cascade.
Sheriff's officers said the auto
was on the wrong side of the high
way and the truck driver Swerved
to avoid hitting it head-on, struck
lit obliquely and crashed into a
ditch. Another car then hit the
back end of the truck.
Four of the dead. all passengers
in the first car, were tentatively
identified as:
Mary c. Gless (no age available,
but in teens) of Alto, Mich; Ber-
lnard Kilmartin. 10, of Caledonia,
Mich; Virginia Bryant. II. of
Alto; Irene Porritt, 16, of Alto.
The other victim, also a young
girl. was not identified immedi-
ately.
Deputies said all but the Gless
|girl were dead when officers
reached the wreckage of the de-
molished car. She died a short
time after reaching st. Mary's
Hospital here. !
Evening star., 1951-12-08
The Borings
Are eHOnored

Representative and Mrs. Wal
ter S. Barring were honored Thurs
day at $50 to 8 o'clock party
given by Mr.. William C. Broad
gate, member of Montana Sena-
tor Murray's staff. Mr.. William
Ariste Broadgate assisted hi.
father at the party.
Among the more than $50 guests
who came to pay their respects tc
the honoreeS we're Undersecretary
OF the Interior and Mrs. Searles
the Deputy Administrator of the
defense Minerals Procurement
Agency and Mrs. James Murray
Senator Murray's son and daugh.
Iter-in-law; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
wv. Keuhl, and Mr.. James Dougla.
tof Arizona, brother of the former
Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr.
Lewis Douglas.
Also on hand for the festivitie!
were Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Car.
Ipenter. Mr.. and Mrs. Ellen Hears
Iof Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. A
IB. S, Seth. Mr.. Paul Eaton, Mrs
Robert Imbrie. Nine. Ulysse.
Espaillat. former Senator Henr,
F. Ashurst and Judge Harry Blair
Evening star., 1951-12-08
Traffic in Times Square
SnarIed by 9-Car Crash
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-Trafic ii
Times Square - famed Gross.
roads of the World" was snarlec
for an hour and a half yesterday
by a nine-vehicle smash-up.
Eight persons were injured il
the collision that quickly drew 9
crowd estimated by police at 1000
Firemen and patrolmen made on.
lockers stop smoking as gasoline
from the smashed vehicles spilled
over the area.
The series of accidents cam,
when a Broadway bus rammed 6
taxicab on 43rd street. Tn,
vehicles veered into another cab
then smashed into a row of 81,
parked cars.
Seven of the injured were hos.
Ipitalized. Only one was listed a.
serious. The victims included thu
1.-TWO cab drivers, their four pas.
,eengers and two pedestrians.
Evening star., 1951-12-08

The Yugoslav Ambassador anc
Nine. Popovic entertained at din.
ner last evening, their guests in.
Guiding the Indian Charge DAT.
flares. Mr.. M. K. Kirpalani.
Others in the company were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward r. Finkenstaedt
DR.. and Mrs. Edward Acheson, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Russell Bishop, Mrs
E. Dent Boyer, Nine. Bebler. wifi
| Of the Yugoslav representative il
the United Nations who is a CUES
of the Ambassador and Mime
Popovic. and Mr.. Nenad Popovic
Yugoslav director of the Interna
Itional Monetary Fund and Mime
Popovic.
Officers of the embassy included
were the First Secretary and Nine
Bruner and the Second Secretary
Mr.. Vosa.
The retiring Commandant O
the Marine Corps and Mrs. Cliftor
B. Gates were the guests in who's
honor Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin K
Ellis entertained at dinner las
evening.
Army Adjutant Gen. and Mrs
Evening star., 1951-12-08
Gunner Truman
Joins Canadian
Artillery Outfit
BY the Associated Press

MONTREAL, Dec. 8.-President
Truman. an old artilleryman him
self. has Joined Canadian artil-
lery outfit in an honorary capacity
Defense Minister Brooke Clax-
ton, also an old time gunner. an
nounced last night at mess
dinner of the Sd Divisional Royal
Canadian Artillery, Montreal, that
the President has accepted an
honorary membership in the off,
GERS mess.
He also has accepted from Mai,
Gen. A. E. Walford, honorary
colonel of Mr.. Claxton's old regi-
ment, a Royal Canadian Artillery
gunner'S tie with blue and red
stripes.
Explaining how it came about,
MIR. Claxton said that on a recent
visit to the United States Mr.
Truman admired the gunner's tie
ne was wearing. The Canadian
defense minister expressed sur
prise that the "best-known gunner
in the world" didn't have one and
said he would fix it UP.
President Truman was a captain
In the United States artillery dur
ing World War I, serving in
France. Mr.. Claxton, in the Ca
madam Army. rose to rank of
sergeant-major In France.
Evening star., 1951-12-08

ernment circles of every member
Of the Western coalition. Mr..
Churchill, who enjoys a reputa-
ton as an oracle. said last week
that the critical point in the
East West conflict was reached
in 1948 during the Berlin air.
lift. Ever since, he feels, the
overall situation has improved
In fact If not in appearance.
Western European newspapers
and political men describe the
American people as caught in a
wave, of war hysteria and are
convinced that we have been
panicked into a feeling that war
is inevitable.
Some lay this attitude of ours
to "the usual American emo
tionalism";; others to politicians
who are trying to cover up
domestic troubles by a war;
threat cry. and finally. the Eu-
ropean leftists, to "big bus
mess" and Wall Street, which
they accuse of framing this
mentality to avoid a depression
and increase their dividends"
The fact that the General AS
sembly in Paris has got nowhere
with the different schemes for
limitation of Grmaments. and
the obvious failure of secret
negotiations between Russia and
America, Britain and France,
are taken only lightly. 1t is
admitted that Foreign Minister
Vishinsky has not been CO.
operative. But neither has he
used his usual strong vocabulary.
This is interpreted by European
diplomats as a clear indication
that Russia wants no war and
wishes to continue it's saber
rattling only as a means to
coerce Western Europe to trade
with the U.S.S.R.
The French remember the
words of one of their Kings in
the Middle Ages: "One good
treaty is worth ten military vic
tories" That is what Western
Europe Is bent on obtaining now.
Evening star., 1951-12-08
CUAIunnnue
ANNUAL Mass

The annual mass of the Cath
Iolic University Alumnae Associa-
ton will be celebrated by the Most
Rev. Patrick j. Mccormick, rector
Iof Catholic University, at 9 am.
tomorrow in the Shrine of the Inn
maculate Conception.
The Rev. DR.. James A. Magner,
procurator of the university, will
be guest speaker at the breakfast
following at Avignone Freres. He
will tell of his observations during
an air tour which he took around
the world last summer.
The Rev. DR.. Joseph B. Meal
lister. chaplain of the association,
will be another honor guest.
Mrs. William M. Carrigan Is
chairman of the annual event.
She is being assisted by Miss Mary
Breen, Mrs. Daniel Carroll, Miss
Phyllis Gray. Miss Winifred Nc
Neill, Mrs. Frederick v. Murphy
and Mrs. Richard J. Purcell.
Evening star., 1951-12-08

yided by the United States and
Great Britain. The provision of
ground forces must fall in the
first instance to other European
countries, particularly the
French"
Then, answering Senator Ar
thur Vandenberg. he declared
emphatically: circumstances
set the fact that If there are to
be effective ground forces in
Europe, they must be primarily
French, with some assistance
from others"
Thus in approving the ex-
penditure of billions of dollars
for the military assistance pro-
gram, Congress had been under
the impression that France and
the Western continental nations
would furnish the main ground
effort. Unless there is some
spectacular change, this evalua-
tDn by our Secretary of State
will prove mistaken.
Neither the French nor their
associates seem capable of liv-
ing up to the expectations of
our Government. The overall
situation has not been helped
by the declaration of Prime
Minister Churchill in Commons
Thursday that his government
could not carry out the defense
program-and by implication
the NATO commitments-of
his predecessors. Mr.. Attlee's
Labor government.
The lag in preparedness is
attributed by American OBJ
servers to two causes: Cd Tht
very bad economic situation in
Britain and a corresponding
economic crisis in the rest of
Western Europe. and (2) the
conviction of our friends across
the Atlantic that the Russians
will rattle the saber and con-
tinue the cold war. but do not
intend to start a shooting war.
This confidence exists not
only among the wishfully think
ing masses but also in the gov
Evening star., 1951-12-08
|RondoIph-Mocon
ProQrun Planned

The Greater Washington Alum
nae of Randolph Macon Woman's
College. Lynchburg. will plan theil
1852 program at a meeting at 4
p m. tomorrow at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ezra Brainerd, 2234 Cal
Iifornia street NV.
Mrs. Claude G. Turner Of Falls
Church, District director Of the
Alumnae Association of the Col.
lege. will be guest speaker.
The local chapter expects te
focus it's immediate attention or
entertaining and chaperoning 2s
girls from Randolph Macon whe
will perform with the Nationa
Symphony Orchestra at a chill
dreri's concert January II at Con-
stitution Hall.
Evening star., 1951-12-08
John Carroll Letter of 1909
Given Archbishop 0'BoyIe

Catholic University today pre-
sented Archbishop Patrick A.
OBoyle with a letter written by
John Carroll, Archbishop of Bal
timore. 140 years ago.
The presentation was made
after Archbishop O'Boyle. who is
chancellor of the university. had
pontif1cated at the annual pa
tronal mass in the National Shrine
OF the Immaculate Conception on
the university campus.
Archbishop Carroll, first Cath
olic bishop in the United States,
wrote the letter in 1909 to his sis
ters, Elizabeth and Mary. At that
time. his nephew, Robert Brent.
was Mayor of Washington.
The Archbishop asks in the let
ter. Would the Mayor obey INV
|lnjunctions. If I, John, Archbishop
OF Baltimore. were to command
him to keep home till his ankle is
well?" "
Evening star., 1951-12-08
Constantine Brown:
Worth TenMi|itory Victories
Western Europe Seen Bent on Obtaining One Good Treot
Lacks Ability to Provide Adequate Defense Army
Constantine Brown:

Everything in Western Europe
is as it was in the beginning.
Somebody, somewhere, has made
serious miscalculation regard
ing the return to full economic
health of our European allies
and their ability to provide an
adequate defense army.
Except for the addition of four
American divisions to the occu-
patton forces in Germany, the
NATO armies which were sup
posed to reach 80 combat divi-
sions by the end of next year
are still nearly at their 1949
strength.
q. The war in Indo-China has
deprived the French military
establishment of large propor-
tion of its officers and noncoms.
Thus. besides the financial and
domestic difficulties encountered
by the Paris government in in
creasing its combat divisions,
there is also the difficulty of pro-
viding its draftees with instruc-
tors.
French political leaders have
Informed us frankly that even
If allocations for military ex-
penditures were increased, out
of whatever funds the United
States might find available,
they would still have serious
troubles in organizing the
ground forces estimated by Gen.
Eisenhower as necessary for
European defense. This is
far cry from the situation con-
templated two years ago, when
Secretary Acheson explained to
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee the principles under
which the military assistance
program would work.
On August 8, 1949, replying
to a question from Senator
Walter George, Mr.. Acheson
said: "It is perfectly clear and
1t requires no guess that inso-
far as naval action is concerned,
for the defense of the North
Atlantic area. that will be pro-