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Evening star., 1952-12-30
| IRear-Area Troops
| Need 7 More Points
IFor Rotation Home
BY the Associoted Press

TOKYO, Dec. 30.-Behind- the
lines troops in Korea will need two
additional points for rotation
home after January l..
Gen. Mark w. Clark's head
quarters today gave lack of re-
placements from the United States
as the reason.
There was no change in the ro-
tation requirement of nine months
service-36 points-for soldiers al
the front. Rear area troops will
need 40 instead of 38 points.
Troops at the front get four
rotation points a month. Those
near the front get three and
soldiers far to the rear get two.
Soldiers in Japan whose families
are with them get one point
monthly. Others get IA.
Recent Disagreement.
Gen. Clark. Far Eastern COM
mander, and Washington have
disagreed in recent months on the
problem of adequate replacements
Pentagon pressure forced Gen
Clark on October % to withdraw
an order increasing the battle
line rotation requirement from SO
to 38 points.
There was no comment on Gen
Clark'S latest order from the De-
fense Department or the Army.
Saturday the Army's February
draft call was increased to $4,000
men-the highest quota since
early in the Korean war.
New Increase Explained.
Gen. Clark's headquarters said
the new increase "is made neces-
sary because of lack of receipt OF
sufficient requirements from the
United States to continue rotation
in January on the basis of 80
(pointS) and still maintain the
combat efficiency of the 9th Army
and other Army units throughout
the command"
1t added that rotation require
ments after January would depend
on requirements.
"The decision to retain the ro-
tation criteria at 36 (points) fol-
Zone A (front line) is in line with
the previously announced policy
of giving primary consideration tC
troops in the forward combat
zone who are daily exposed to the
greatest dangers and hardships, "
the statement added.
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Might Have Ignifed Home,
UnIoved' Son Tells Court
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-A man
who said he thought his mother
didn't care for him is accused Of
ransacking her home and setting
it on fire on Christmas Day.
Dallas c. Cullison, jr, 26.
pleaded not guilty to the charges
at Police Court hearing yester-
day and was ordered held for the
grand jury without bail.
Il might have set the fires in a
fit of temper because I didn't
think my mother cared for me-"
Cullison told Magistrate Avrum
K. Rifman.
Police testified Cullison left
home in a fit of anger two weeks
ago and returned on Christmas,
not knowing whether his mother
was home. She was away for the
holidays.
Firemen put out three small
blaZeS in the basement before
much damage was done.
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Aide to McGronery Defends Him in u. N. Red Probe

Mr.. Lane should not be CEN
sured too severly because "he was
in the middle" and really wanted
to help the jury but latter all,
he had superiors in Washington"
I'VE wanted the public to know
how we felt about subverM7es ~
the U. NJ" he declared. If we
mad been frustrated and had to
withhold the report, he probably
would have called in newspaper
reporters"
Evening star., 1952-12-30

Testimony late yesterday by Jo-
seph P. Kelly, New York coal COM
pany executive, who was foreman
of the grand jury.
Mr.. Kelly testified that Mr.,
Lane and Mr.. Cohn, who was
working directly with the jury,
went to Washington in October to
see their superiors about the jury's
plan to file a report. Mr.. Cohn,
he said. came back after a re-
portedly stormy session" in
Washington and told him that Mr..
Acheson didn't want the present.
ment handed down."l He also
quoted Mr.. Cohn as saying the
Attorney General did not favor
the filing of report.
"a little obstruction came from
the Justice Department, but most
of our trouble came from the
State Department" he said. Il
think the State Department is re-
sponsible for all those people
(subversives) being employed by
U. N"
Fisher Stand Started Trouble.
The first real trouble developed,
Mr.. Kelly related, when Mr.. Fisher
refused in October to tell the
grand jury the names of State
Department personnel who sent
information to the U. N. that
such and such an American citi-
zen was or was not good security
risk" The jury never got that
information, Mr.. Kelly explained.
! When the jury prepared to
submit its report December 2, Mr..
Kelly testified, Mr.. Lane had
Charlie Murray" on the phone and
was told that the presentment
should be held up by the jury.
Mr.. Kelly and other former jurors
described how the wires were
burned up" between New York
and Washington that day and
how Mr.. Lane asked the jury to
delay long enough to let Mr.. Nc
Granery see a copy of the pre-
sentiment.
! Mr.. Kelly and the other jurors
said they decided to prepare
report because so many of the
jury witnesses refused to answer
questions. Almost half of the
approximately 100 United States
citizens holding U. N. staff jobs
refused to reply to questions about
Communist affiliation or whether
they would actively support the
United States in a war with Rus
Sia, he disclosed.
He added that so far as he knew
only about Is of the so or more
employees have been discharged
by the U. N.
Another juror, Max M. Zim-
norman. New York editor of a
trade paper, said he personally
was not intimidated or even i'm
Ipressed by Mr.. Lanes mention Of
libel suit possibilities to the grand
jury. But others on the jury
seemed to be. he said.
Woman Was Frightened.
Mrs. Corinne l.. Geist. one of
the jurors, told the subcommit-
tee that the statement about
possible libel frightened" her.
Richard L. Strobridge, a former
juror prevented by illness from
testifying yesterday, sent a sworn
statement in which he said my
own deduction was that this
Statement by Mr.. Lane) was an
attempt to frighten jurors some
what"
Mr.. Fisher came in for espe-
cially bitter comment from Mr..
Zimmerman.
Il think the State Departments
interest was to try to pass off
the report" he'testified. That is
why Mr.. Fisher did not come be-
fore the jury until November 81
three weeks after We agreed to
hear some State Department Off
cial at the request of Mr.. Lane.
Some of the jurors wanted to
summon Secretary Acheson. FL
naJly Mr.. Fisher came. I think
he was talking himself out of say
ing too much
Mr.. Zimmerman remarked that
Evening star., 1952-12-30
U. N. Press Officer Killed
In Korean Plane Crash
By the Associated Press

TOKYO. Dec. 30.-George Teo-
doro. 40, United Nations press Of
ficer in Korea. was Unidentified to-
day as one of IA persons killed
Saturday in the crash of Greek
Air Force plane between Seoul
and Pusan.
Mr.. Teodoro, former Manila
newspaper man. was a son OF
Judge AnaStacio Teodoro of Ma
Mia.
Names of the other victims
have not been announced.
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Wet Nam Recoqnized

SAIGON. 1ndo-China, Dec. &c
(Py.-Officials of Wet Nam, one
of the three associated states o1
French Indo-China, today an
nounced that Canada is the 34tf
country to extend official recog.
milton to the new state.
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Five Die in Fireworks BIust

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 80 (Pl.-
Six barrels of gunpowder exploded
in a home fireworks factory here
yesterday, killing five persons and
injuring five more. The dead in
cluded Florentino Villanueva
owner of the factory. his wife
and two grandchildren.
Evening star., 1952-12-30

transferred the call to Mr.. Nc
Granery, Mr.. Cohn said.
Explained to McGranery.
"Mr. McGranery came on the
phone and said he had not read
the presentment, although il
probably was all right" Mr.. Cohn
said. Il was apologetic but eX-
planned to him that I had called
the department several days
earlier and was assured the report
was all right if it was approved
by Mr.. Lane. At my suggestion
the jury put off the filing of the
report until that afternoon, but
the teletype copy of the report
did not reach Washington in time
Mr.. McGranery. however, said to
go ahead and file it, and he could
make some comment later"
The indication that Mr.. Acheson
might be questioned came mainly
from Representative Heating OF
New York. He is ranking Repub-
lican on the subcommittee, which
opened three days of hearings
yesterday on whether the Justice
and State Departments tried to
prevent the jury from issuing a
report on December 2.
The subcommittee today was
to hear, in addition to Mr.. Cohn
Mr.. William Foley. the depart
ment's security chief, and MIR
Lane.
! Mr.. Heating declared he was
"incensed" by what he heard yes
terday.
! He and several other members
of the subcommittee commented
that the testimony of six former
jurors was even more unf1atter-
ing to the State Department than
to the Justice Department. Mr.
Keatlng said he was especially an
! gered because the United States
Government apparently has been
Ineffective, to say the least, in
keeping Communists or Red SYM
pathiZers out of it's own citizen
group on the U. N. staff.
Would Continue Investigations.
He told reporters he would urge
the next Attorney General, Her
bert Brownell, jr.. to see that an
other Federal grand jury carries
forward the investigation made
during the past year by the jury
disbanded early this month in
New York. The former grand
jury made a similar recommends
ton in its December 2 report.
The State Department has Off
cially denied that it attempted to
delay or block the grand jury
report.
Officials said today that there
may have been some comment to
the effect that such a report would
not be helpful in the delicate sit
uation in which this Government
was attempting to get pro-Com-
munist American employees of the
U. N. fired. But they said that it
was emphasized at the time that
the State Department was making
no recommendation one way or
the other whether the report
should be presented or held up.
Ridiculous, Lane Says.
In New York. Mr.. Lane said:
Under the law, nobody. not
even the U. S. Attorney, can in
terfere with workings of a grand
jury except to guide it in confer
ence with the rules Ct procedure
"At the specific request Of the
grand jury subcommittee here,
I sat in on the draft of that pre-
sentiment and approved it in form
and substance.
Would you call that blocking
a report? Ridiculous ON the face
of it, isn't it?"
Committee Chairman Chelf,
Democrat. Of Kentucky and other
members showed particular inter-
est in indirect testimony yesterday
that Mr.. Acheson as we'll as At
torney General McGranery per-
sonally were opposed to issuance
of the grand jury report concern
ing subversives in the U. N. Or
ganiZation.
4 hint to that effect came in
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as we'll as Mr.. Murray, were
named by Mr.. Cohn as the prin-
cipal objectors to issuance of a
presentment last October. Mr..
McGranery, he recalled, merely
sought the views of the various
officials at the conference and
then concurred in the majority
vote that the jury should listen
to the State Department spokes-
man.
Favored Immediate Report.
At the october conference here
there was mention of the possible
effect that a jury statement might
have on the forthcoming election"
Mr.. Cohn testified. He added
that this was only one of several
reasons brought out in the dis
cussion as to whether the Justice
Department should encourage the
jury to file a report in mid
October.
Some of the other reasons, Mr..
Cohn continued, were that the
State Department wanted to ex-
plain its position to the jury, that
there might be libel suits if names
were mentioned in the statement,
and that a statement on the eve
of the meeting of the United Ma
tions General Assembly might
raise questions as to the authority
of the grand jury to deal with
United Nations matters.
Mr.. Cohn said that he was the
only one who favored an imme-
diate report. He told how he tried
to convince his colleagues that the
grand jury was dealing entirely
with American citizens and pos
sible violation of American laws
and not with any strictly U. N.
matter.
The outcome of the conference
in the Attorney Generals office in
October was that Mr.. Lane sug.
'gested to the jury that it delay
its report until it could hear a
State Department representative
The jury consented to do this.
Adrian S. Fisher, State Depart
Iment legal adviser, appeared on
November 6, but later refused to
provide certain personnel informa-
ition requested by the jury. Mr.
Fisher is scheduled for question
ing by the subcommittee tomor-
row.
Mr.. Cohn's defense of Mr.. Nc
Granery came amid indications
that the subcommittee might call
Secretary of State Acheson to-
morrow. Members said, however
that there has been no decision.
Kept Department Informed.
The subcommittee wants to
know whether the State and JUS
tice Departments meddled with
the grand jury investigation and
attempted to stop, or needlessly
delay, the jury's report. The sub
committee yesterday heard testi-
mony of six former jurors. Most
of them criticized what they re-
garded as undue interference by
both departments. They placed
the major share of blame on the
State Department.
Mr.. Cohn disclosed that as early
as last April, he informed Justice
Department officials here that the
jury in New York probably would
file report. He said he kept the
department informed that there
probably would be no indictments
because approximately so of the
100 witnesses, all of them United
States staff employed by the U. N,
refused to answer questions about
Communist afflliation or associa-
ton.
Mr.. Cohn said he was assured
personally by Mr.. McGranery that
the department was supporting
the jury's investigation. Last
December 2, when the jury was
about to file its report, Mr.. Cohn
continued, he received a telephone
call from Mr.. Murray. He said
Mr.. Murray suggested that the
report be called off," When told
Evening star., 1952-04-25

Then came Korea, the Chief
Executive said, when the North
Korean Communists staged their
march against the United Nations
republic in the south-a move
that was against the whole world,
as he put 1t.
Back home at Missouri at the
time-June IS. 1950-Mr. Truman
said that he made an emergency
flight to Washington. Here, de-
cisions were made to send the
7th Fleet of the coast of West
ern Korea. and more troops
into the area to meet the situa-
tion.
This was done. and we have met
the situation there, he stressed.
South Korea still is free coun-
try, Mr.. Truman said, adding the
hope that Korea ultimately will
be the republic that the U. N.
set up.
Mr.. Truman then took up the
uniting of Atlantic nations in
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Murderer Awaiting
Execution Insists
Life Wasn't Wasted
BY the Asseeiased Press

SAN QUENTIN, Calf, April IS
Lloyd E. Sampsell, convicted
bank robber and murderer. awaited
his execution today insisting, "Yor
can't say my life was wasted"
Barring last-minute delay, the
pale, thin 52-year-old yacht
bandit" of the 1920s was to die al
10 am. Il pm. EST in the San
Quentin Prison gas chamber.
He was convicted of killing q
bystander in 1948 San Diego
bank holdup.
The State Supreme Court yes
terday turned down his plea for a
stay Of execution. And a Federal
judge refused his plea for a writ
of habeas corpus.
"They say I've led a wasted life. "
said the man who spent half his
life in prison and whose name
once appeared on the FBI list of
public enemies.
But. look" he told a reporter
Here's something I've never told
any one. I've got a son. He's g.
foot-3, ITO pounds. He's married,
got two kids. He's in the service,
overseas right now. A good boy.
So I've left something good. You
can't say my life was wasted"
Evening star., 1952-04-25

same policies, Mr.. Truman as
serted.
About two and a half hours
later. the White House "correc
tion" was issued-to a surprised
Iand confused group of reporters
Explaining that a number o1
Questions had been asked abour
Mr.. Truman's use of the wore
"ultimatum," Roger Tubby, assist.
ant press secretary, told a hastily
assembled conference:
THE President was using the
term in a non-technical layman's
sense. He was referring to the
United States leadership in the
United Nations, particularly in the
Security Council, and through dip
lomaN1 channels, in the spring oi
1916, which was a major factor
in bringing about Soviet with
draWal.
Note Made Position Plain.
On March 6, 1916, he said, q
note was dispatched to the Soviet
government through the State De-
partment, making our position
perfectly plain with regard to the
situation in Iran"
This note was published the
following day, he added, and in
May, the Russians pulled out of
Iran.
He said he thought that the
President had in mind what this
Government had done in the Sc
curity Council. and in conjunc-
ton with the Allies. in discussing
the warning to Russia. We were
taking a strong position, he am
|plified.
The press aide thought the
deadline about which the Presi-
dent spoke probably referred to
an agreement at Teheran in jan
uary, 1943, under which the United
Kingdom and Soviet agreed to re-
move their forces from Iran six
months after the end of the war.
Russia ignored that agreement.
in which this country partici-
pated and went so far as to set up
a puppet regime in Northern Iran.
No Personal Note Sent.
Asked if the President had sent
a personal note to Stain asking
him to get out of Iran on GER
tain date, Mr.. Tubby said, II don't
believe he did"
He said in answer to further
questions that there was no rec
ord, either, of another note.
Mr.. Tubby repeated that no ul-
|timatum "in the usual diplomatic
sense Of the word" had been sent
to Russia, and he said the March,
note in 1916 was published at the
time.
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Five Lawyers Begin Terms
For Contempt in Red Trial
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Auril 25.-Fiv'
Court yesterday to begin serving
sentences for contempt of cour'
growing out Of their conduct al
defense counsel for II convicted
top Communist leaders.
They were sent to the Federal
House of Detention.
The five and their sentences:
Harry Sacher, 40, New Rochelle
N. Y. six months; Richard Glad
stein, 43, Sausalito, Calf, six
months: George w. Crockett, jr.,
~ Detroit, four months; Abra-
ham j. Isserman, So. New York
City, four months, and Louis F.
McCabe, 56, of Philadelphia, 80
days.
The United States Supreme
Court last month upheld the SEN
tcnces. imposed by Federal Judge
Harold r. Medina after the jury
convicted the II Communist lead
pTS
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Raised Eyebrows
In Europe Follow
Truman Statement t

President Truman's news
conference statement about
sending an ultimatum to
Stain raised some eyebrows
in Europe.
In diplomatic talk, "ulti-
matum" is regarded as a step
just short of war.
The Associated Press re-
ported that British newSpa-
pers splashed the story under
such headlines as Sensation
at Truman Talk" and Blum
ders by Mr.. Truman"
Evening star., 1952-04-25
$4,000 Acres in Virginia
Scared by Forest Fires
BY the Associated Press

The worst Virginia outbreak OF
forest fires in 10 years had died
out today, the flames conquered
by a 12-hour rainfall.
State Forester George Dean said
the rash of blaZes, which started
about nine days ago. had burned
across more than $4,000 acres in
80 counties.
He placed the damage toll at
between $860.000 and 100000.
1t was Virginia's wort series of
outbreaks since 1912 when 112,450
acres were ravaged.
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Most Autos 8 Years Old

DETROIT.-About % per cent
of the passenger cars in use today
are 13 or more years old compared
with 4 per cent in 1941. Another
33 per cent are 8 to IL years old
compared with 20 per cent in 1910
Evening star., 1952-04-25

that the CIO steelworkers already
had held up the strike for more
than that period and that he could
not ask for additional time.
The questioning then turned
back to the Stain incident, anc
Mr.. Truman said it was correct
when asked if he had said previ-
ously that an ultimatum had gone
to the Soviet in 1945. telling them
to get out of Iran.
"Is that something you are tell
ing us for the first time, or are
you summarizing what happened
in 1882" he was asked.
cit Is on the Record"
That took place in 1945, Mr.
Truman responded firmly.
Asked if this ultimatum is
something that has been published
before?" Mr.. Truman said it had
not, but. he explained, it is on the
record.
WAS it a message from you to
Stalin?" he was asked.
Mr.. Truman said it was a mes
sage from him to Stain to get out
of Persia-unless he did get out
we would put some more people in
there. And he got out, said the
President.
Mr.. Truman told another ques-
toner that he would not consent
to publication of the message to
Stain, nor would he give addi-
tional details.
One reporter indicated that he
was not quite clear on the Presi-
dents remark about telling Stain
to get out of Persia and then add
ing something about people,"
Prepared to Take Steps.
Responding, the President said
we were prepared to take the nee
essary steps if Stain did not gel
out. And we had a fleet at that
time in the Persian Gulf. he am
plified and we had a lot of soldiers
over in that neighborhood-whic
we haven't got now, or anywhere
else, unless Congress goes ahead
and gives us a chance to put oul
defense program into effect. as he
phrased it.
At this juncture, under ques-
tioning, the President said that his
story Of the Trieste affair also wai
being disclosed for the first time
did Stain give you q written
reply?" he was asked.
He got out Of Persia, the Presi-
dent laughed.
Timing Then Discussed.
The timing of the ultimatum
then got into the discussion. Mr.
Truman said it was sent before his
Potsdam conference with Stain
Churchill and Attlee. in the sum-
mer of 1945. The Trieste incident
was recalled by the President as
having taken place in 1945 ALSO.
Then he held a whispered con-
ference with Press Secretary Jo-
seph Short, and when some one
suggested that the date should
be 1916. the President said that
Mr.. Short also thought that pos
sible. and that this might be
right. He said that the office
would check.
Asked If the ultimatum carried
a deadline. the President said that
he had given the Soviet a certain
day-as he put ito get out. He
would not say how much leeway
was in the order.
Finally Mr.. Truman was asked 3:
"Aresyou saying that we could
be more forceful then because we
had a bigger force?"
Modified Forces at Time.
He repeated that we had q
modified Army and Navy at the
time, and said that is what we are
trying to get now-notf for aggres-
sion, but to prevent it.
One reporter told the President
that he was looked on as the
world leader for peace. and wanted
to know what would happen when
he left Office.
Well elect a Democratic Presi-
dent. and he will carry on the
Evening star., 1952-04-25
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