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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Korea Visitors and Generals
Deny Shows Were STAGED

Generals familiar with Korea
and congressman who visited
there Joined today in denying a
published report that American
ammunition has been wasted on
shows" for distinguished Wis
itors to the torn peninsula.
Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith,
commanding general of the
United States 7th Division,
termed the charge ridiculous"
A Louisville ky Times story
had quoted Garrett Dick of
Louisville to the effect that hun
dreds of artillery shells had been
fired in shows" for Congress-
men, generals and correspond
ents. Mr.. Dick is former lieu,
tenant colonel who commanded
the 57th Artillery Battalion with
the 7th Division on the central
front from April 6 to November
Is last year.
Directed Operation Smack"
Gen. Smith was in command
at the time of Operation
Smack" in which a staged as
sault on Communist positions
resulted in American losses. He
was subsequently ordered trans
ferred home, although the Fent-
agon denied that the order had
any relation to Operation
Smack" Gen. Smiths transfer
is expected to take place shortly.
Il do not put on shows" Gen.
Smith said today. "The sugges-
ton itself is ridiculous"
Gen. James Van Fleet, retiring
commander of the 9Th Army,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

said Mr.. Dicks report is simply
mot true"
Chairman Short of the House
Armed Services Committee called
it ''poppycock." He was one of
the legislators for whom a
show was supposed to have
been put on.
Representatives Gavin, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania and Will
son. Democrat, of Texas. who
accompanied Mr.. Short OH his
recent trip to Korea, also denied
that there was any truth in Mr..
Dicks story.
Tells of Three "ShOws."
The Louisville Times quoted
Mr.. Dick as saying he took part
in three such shows last summer,
one for the congressman, one for
Maj. Gen. Stephen Newton
Shoesmith, deputy chief of staff
for Gen. Mark Clark, United
Nations commander in Korea,
and one for two New York
Times correspondents" whose
names he did not know.
The 7th Division public rela-
lions officer. Maj. Stanley r.
Broskley, jr., said today the
Army from time to time fires
artillery test and training mis-
sionS to train artillery officers
and men"
Such training missions, he
said, "are called for by Army di-
receives. These training missions
would be fired regardless of
whether there were visiting
dignitaries in the area"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Senate Due 10 Pass
Bill for d. Delegate

The Senate was expected to
pass early this afternoon a bill
providing for election of nom
voting District delegate in the
House.
The bill was taken up shortly
after the Senate met today on
an unopposed motion by Senate
Majority Leader Taft.
Senator Case, Republican, of
South Dakota, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, said
the bill was designed to give the
District "a voice. in Congress by
the election of a delegate to the
House.
$50 far as I know" he said,
there is no particular oppoSi-
ton"
Senator Johnston, Democrat,
of South Carolina, arch foe of
District ''home-rule" bills, re-
called that it was he who OBJ
jected to passage of the delegate
bill on a call of the consent cal
endar last Monday. He said to-
day he did not believe that a
bill of this Importance should
be passed by unanimous consent.
He added that he thought he
would vote for the delegate bill
when it came up later today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Second Front
Red POWs: See Themselves
AS Fighters Behind Lines

800 miles by air, train, boat and
jeep, and trudging many other
miles afoot.
I talked to high-ranking COM
manderS and to buck private
compound commanders, watched
the prisoners at work, play and
rest, and visited their compounds
and workshops. ! saw some pris-
onerS so savagely anti American
they spat curses as we passed
and others so friendly they
Serenaded us with a brass band.
You cannot see eevrything in
nine days, but I can say without
qualification that not once in
any camp did I see a single act
Of U. N. brutality or miStreat-
ment-not even minor "hazing."
On the contrary, saw many
positive acts of genuine kindness
and friendliness by allied troops.
Conditions Above ReprOach.
It is true that there always
was a steady display of Allied
weapons, and the continual
presence of overwhelming mill
tary force. But as long as the
individual prisoner behaved him.
self, he got far more considera-
ton from his guards, both Am
erican and South Korean, than
any American rookie gets from
his sergeant at recruit camp.
AS for prisoners food, clothing,
shelter and medical care, it was
beyond reproach.
To explain the sudden bloody
outbreaks that have haunted the
prisoner of war command for
more than year, the American
officers and men give these
general reasons:
l. Prisoners in the Communist
camps have never SURRENDERED"
mentally and still wage war as
Red soldiers at every opportunity.
2. Die-hard Communist leaders
in the Red camps hold daily
and nightly rabble-rousing ses-
sions to goad their men into
even more bitter hatred of the
Americans and the U. N.
3. There is a possibility. that
messages of instructions still
reach some of the Red COM
pounds by means of Communist
espionage agents.
4. Many Reds, most of them
confined for more than two
years, are going stir crazy" and
would commit acts of violence
under any circumstances.
Arlington Colonel in Command.
THE biggest reason is that
these prisoners are not prisoners
at all in their own minds" ex-
plains Col. H. L. Taylor of 4213
Twelfth road south, Arlington,
Va. AS Koje camp commander
Col. Taylor has general supervi-
sion over three sub-camps at
Chogu, Pongam and Yoncho.
They see themselves as Red
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Reds Protest to Iron

TEHRAN. Iran, Mar. II (P).-
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Sadchi-
kov called on Foreign Minister
Hossein Fatemi today to protest
anti-Russian comments in Teh-
ran newspapers. Mr.. Fatemi in
reporting the visit said he told
Mr.. Sadchikov that unless the
Russians cited specific cases of
violations of the Iranian press
law. the government could take
no action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Bad Weather Limits
Korea War 10 Patrols
And Scattered Raids
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

SEOUL. Mar. 11.-Rain, snow
and clouds restricted the Ko-
rean war to scattered small raids
and patrol fights today.
United States Sabre jets pa
trolled MIG alley but found no
MICS to fight. All other allied
warplanes were grounded.
Superf0rtS Bomb School.
Last night II B-29 Superforts
pushed through heavy weather
and showered high explosives on
q combination officers school
and supply dump 10 miles north
Of Sinanju on the west coast.
Another Superfort plastered the
Red front lines.
Rain which fell most Of yester-
day and throughout the night
washed out most ground fight
ing on the western and central
fronts. A few patrol clashes
were reported.
On the rugged eastern front,
Republic of Korea troops pa
trolled through new fallen snow
and tangled 10 times with North
Korean Reds in no mans land.
They reported 43 Communists
killed or wounded.
The United States 9th Army
said Red casualties for the week
ended Saturday were 1880 killed.
900 wounded and 4 captured. The
1904 total was about 800 higher
than the previous week.
Missouri Shells WOnsan.
On Korea's east coast the bat
tleship Missouri yesterday shelled
the Red-held port of Wonsan for
the third time in six days. The
Navy said the Mighty Mo" de-
stroyed seven heavy gun positions
and damaged 10.
Northward the cruiser Roches-
ter. operating in the vicinity of
Songjim, destroyed 43 supply
buildings and II supply stacks.
Her guns made 10 railroad cuts
and damaged 4 bridges. Also
on the east coast the cruiser
Manchester harassed 10 target
areas. Her guns destroyed II
bunkers and 2 trucks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

demonstrators were killed by po-
lice fire.
About 800 persons have been
taken into custody throughout
Moslem Pakistan during the past
week as a result of similar dis
turbances. The rioters have
been demonstrating against All
medya sect members and de-
handing the resignation If the
ForeSn Minister. Many PAX
istanis resent Zafrullah Khan's
failure to settle the nations dis
pute with India over Kashrnir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
500 Arrested in Pakistan
Riots Against Minority Sect
By the Associated Press

LAHORE, Pakistan. Mar. IL
Riots against a minority MoSlem
sect and Foreign Minister Sir
Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
one of the Sect's most influential
members-have led to the arrest
of more than 600 persons in the
Lahore area since Sunday, police
officials said today.
Special military courts yester-
day sentenced SO persons to
punishments ranging from
lashes to seven years imprison-
ment. for breaking martial law
regulations. Military rule was
imposed here last week after six
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
More Nickel Mined

MONTREAL.-The free worlds
output of nickel in 1852 is esti-
mated at more than BIS million
pounds. compared with 295 mil
lion in 1851. Canadian produce
ton amounted to approximately
$50 million pounds, or about 90
per cent of the total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington. D. c.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH IL. 1AES

soldiers cut off behind enemy
lines. AS Communists, they must
go on fighting at the risk Of their
lives to do us all the damage
they can--to tie down our
troops, try to shake our nerve,
and try to make us look bad in
the eyes of the world"
To combat this Red strategy.
the men who run the camps try
every remedy they know. Com
pounds are kept small enough
to handle-not more than 500
men in each. A strict eye is
kept for trouble brewing, and
too ambitious compound leaders
are pulled out and isolated
whenever they can be located.
Handling ScrupulOusly Fair.
Informers are planted in dan
gerous compounds whenever
possible, and two American SOL
diers are kept in each one dur
ing the daylight hours. Sharp
inspections are made at random
intervals at night. Day and
night, the strictest isolation is
maintained to keep down the
possibility of message sending.
Every camp, too, has a quiet
and Woodworking intelligence
section that keeps its fingers on
the pulse of each compound
often predicting and thereby
avoiding trouble in advance.
At all times, prisoners are ham
died with firm but Scrupulous
fairness. If there is a threat of
riot, overwhelming force is dis
played to discourage any Red
attack in advance-and tear gas
or vomiting gas grenadeS are
always at hand to stop it merci-
fully if it begins.
But if all else fails, the orders
to the Allied soldiers are simple.
direct and inevitable:
IF a prisoner attacks United
Nations personnel. the guard will
shoot the prisoner"
THE second of Mr.. Ran
dOlph'S three articles will ap-
pear tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Ammunition Probers
Vote Tomorrow on
Continuing Inquiry
By John A. Giles

After hearing more than six
hours of conflicting testimony
on Korean war ammunition
shortages, Senators were letting
tempers cool today. They will
vote tomorrow on whether to
investigate further. No meeting
was scheduled today.
Chairman Saltonstall of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee sought to assure the public
last night, however. that stocks
Of ammunition in Korea today
are adequate for the operation
contemplated and are rapidly
improving"
He also said Gen. James A.
Van Fleet, who stirred up the
congressional uproar by testi-
mony last week. testified in Sc
cret that shortages in the past
sometimes had been "acute."
Impressed After November.
Asked when that situation had
occurred, the Massachusetts Re-
publican would only say pro
duction began to improve very
substantially last November"
He added committee members
believed Van Fleets testimony
was frank, accurate and sim
cere as he saw the situation as
commander of the 9th Army
in Korea"
The issue of whether a new
United Nations offensive is
planned in Korea also was in
jected into the inquiry yester-
day.
The Armed Services Commit
tee heard Secretary of Defense
Wilson say ammunition supplies
have been built up sufficiently
to enable the field commander
TO embark on a more active
type of operations" if such a step
should be decided on.
Faces PentagOn Officials.
During long morning and aft
ernoon sessions yesterday, the
general sat face-to-face with top
Pentagon officials, including Gen.
j. Lawton Collins, Army Chief
OF Staff, Secretary Wilson
and Army Secretary Stevens.
Reporters outside the closed
door session were handed a Sc
ries of prepared statements ty
the Pentagon spokesman, but
not of Gen. Van Fleets testi-
mony or Senators questions.
This will be released later, after
screening. with any military Sc
cretS deleted.
Gen Collins asserted fatty
there has never been a shortage
OF ammunition in the hands Of
our troops IunlesS some isolated
instances because of local diff
culties of distribution either to
repel an attack that actually de-
veloped or to conduct our own
operations. 1t is important that
this be understood. :"
Senator SaltonstaIl said that
differences between the two gen.
erals were differences of opin-
ion" between a field commander
and higher headquarters.
Senator Saltonstall went to
great lengths to reassure the
public of the adequacy of pres
ent stocks in Korea regardless
of what went on in the past"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Ex-NLRB Member
Defends Unit Against
Charges by Denham
By jones Y. Newton

"A former FeQeraI OIlClal To-Day
defended Government employees
in general, and the National
Labor Relations Board in partic-
ular, against charges of bias and
incompetence.
The testimony was given by
James ]. Reynolds, jr.. a former
member of the NLRB now in
private business, before the House
Labor Committee. The commit
tee is holding hearing on revi-
sion of the Taft-Hartley labor
relations law.
Mr. Reynolds, who resigned
from the labor board voluntarily
a year ago. answered an earlier
witness before the committee,
Robert N. Denham. former NLRB
general counsel, who was fired
by President Truman 212 years
ago.
Mr.. Denham charged the FIVE
member NLRB with interpreting
the Taft-Hartley Act in favor
of labor. He said also the large
board staff was pro-labor in its
thinking. He urged Congress to
abolish the agency and "all of
the Jobs in it" and build a new
one.
Reckless" Charges Hit.
1T strikes me that the time
is long overdue" Mr.. Reynolds
said, when those of us who
know the facts should make it
known that our Government
employees are. as a group. people
in whom we. as citizens and tax
payers, can take pride. 1t is just
such reckless charges as voiced
by the ex-general counsel that
the seeds of lost confidence
in governmental processes are
soWn,"
Mr.. Reynolds said it was the
hundreds of loyal and compe-
tent members" of the NLRB
staff he wished to defend. He
added the five members of the
board can we'll brave the en-
barassment of appearing to de-
fend themselves against these
slanderous charges" of Mr.. Den
ham
He said that a few years ago
Mr.. Denham had described
these Selfsame" NLRB employees
to Congress as the best damn
public servants in Government"
The fact of the matter is"
Mr.. Reynolds said, that they
are probably not quite as good
as his (Mr. Denham'S boaStful
claims of a few years ago would
indicate, nor nearly as bad as
his present cavalier-like suggeS-
ton of dismissal would support.
They are just decent, intelligent
Government employees, no better
or worse than their counterparts
in private practice or industry"
Was Conservative"
Mr.. Reynolds was regarded as
a supporter of the conservative"
point of view during six years
service on the NLRB. He pointed
out that frequently he had dis
Sented from majority board de-
clsions, and won the doubtful |
distinction of being the most an
noying nonconformist in board |
history"
As for charges the five-mem-
Der board interpreted Taft
Hartley in favor of unions, Mr..
Reynolds added:
Il would not for one moment
suggest that the majority de-
Cision was caprlciouS or biased
or based on anything other than
a searching inquiry and a deter
mination to reflect the intent of
Congress. So long as each of us
is the sum of all the moments
of our lives reasonable men will
differ and it is in the recorded
expression of their views that
dynamic and healthful progress
resides"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

Mr.. Randolph mode nine-doy tour
Of Communist prisoner Of wor
comps to see why violence persists
long otter the United Motions
commend thought it had been
brought under control. This is the
first Of three articles on his find
ines.
~---------------~-
United Nations command - as
the bitter Red radio at Peiping
claims again and again? Is it
the work of trigger-happy guards
supplied by the United States
and Republic of Korea armies?
Or is it some peculiar madness
inside the prisoners themselves
some innate Communist frenzy
fueled by unreasonable hatred
and magnif1ed by the mental
pressure of long confinement?
Saturdays riots on the islet of
Yoncho, where Is North Korean
Reds were killed and AZ wound
ed, raises these questions.
KOje Violence Cited.
Such violence was understand
able and probably inevitable in
May and June last year after
the Reds had gained control of
their huge, 5,000-man COM
pounds on Koje Island and had
seized the camp commander,
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd.
But Gen. Dodd's rescue and
the breakup of the Reds into
smaller, more manageable COM
pounds has not ended even the
major violence-as many hoped
and expected it would do.
Last October, we'll after the
breakup, more than so Chinese
Communists were killed in a
riot in their new camp on Cheju
Island, far off Korea's southeast
coast. Only last January nearly
80 North Korean Reds met a
like fate on the iSlet of Pongam.
In between have been more
than a score or more of other
incidents that include MUIR
derous attacks on allied guards,
shooting of mutinous single pris-
oners and frequent compound
suicides" that look suspiciously
like Communist lynchings.
Travelled 1,5OO Miles.
What are the reasons for this
unending, bloody violence so
completely different from Amer
ica's World War II experience
with German, italian and Japa-
nese prisoners of war?
To get these answers and
others like them I made a nine
day tour of U. N. prison camps in
South Korea-traveling nearly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Second Front
By John Randolph
A.soeioted Press Foreign corsspond.

KOJE ISLAND, Korea, Mar.
IL. - Why do Communist cap
tives still riot in bloody battles
on the prison islands of South
Korea?
Is it the result Of any mis-
treatment or brutality by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

THE second of Mr.. Ran
dOlph'S three articles will ap-
pear tomorrow
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Evening star., 1953-08-14
Williams Wins by One Homer
In Slugging Duel With ZernioI

time with the pressure off-and
maybe a little of his edge-and
hit a couple of ground balls and
a pop-up before driving another
one up into the lights.
Zernial, who has 20 home runs
this season, cracked two more
into the upper deck in left cen
ter, drives which carried to the
405-foot mark. Then Gus drove
another one into the upper deck
again inches foul.
Says He Hasn't Changed.
Connie Mack Stadium meas
ures $50 feet down the left field
foul line. 331 down the rightfield
boundary. The lefteld fence is
about 10 feet high and the right
field fence about 40 feet high.
Kidded beforehand about spot
ting Zernial 80 feet of fence,
Williams laughed.
"Shucks," he gibed. II don't
expect to beat that guy"
Williams seemed more mild in
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Democrat Club Holds
Horse Show Sunday

A record number of District
area show horses are expected
to compete Sunday at the James
B. Bland estate at Suitland, Md.
The 24-claSs, championship
card will be sponsored for the
18th year by the Prince Georges
County Democratic Club.
Judging of ponies will begin
at 8 am. The junior, hunter,
jumper and Western classes will
start at pm.
Mrs. Naomi L. Perrie, program
director. said keen rivalry is ex-
pected for three trophies which
have been dangled before Wash
ington. Maryland and Virginia
horsemen since 1941.
They are the Del Rio trophy
for ponies, the Howard Bruce
trophy for working hunters and
the Elmer Humphrey Memorial
trophy
Refreshments will be served
on the grounds and pony rides
will be offered to children.