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3 sANDILANDs, WILLIAM SCOTT, 81

on Friday, May u, 1893, WILLIAM
SCOTT SANDILANDs, sr, Of A-A
Parkway, oreenbelt. Nd, beloved hua.
band OF Mary Ann sandilands and
and wiilism scett sandiiands ir
He also IA survived by two Rrand-
children, william and Marianne
sandilands Services Al the oasch
Funeral Home, Also baltimore ave
Hyattsyille. Nd on Mondsy .,i NAY
invited interment Fort Lincoln
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DAWN, ALFRED PHmLIP, Q

DAWN, ALFRED PHILLIP, on
vsur'G HItiR MAJ SHIi SS " p SHJIHls
pauyin, father Of Mrs. Charles P
Reckert IN. OF Washington, ID. c.,
Mrs Patricia Smith and Alfred
Phillip pauvIn, u Services At
birehs Funeral Home, 5O34 N at,
am. Interment Washington Ma
tional Cemetery. ~
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ANNA S3 3 oiEMoR Fss1 N TasM h Rensor
st NV. devoted wife Of oliver B
Gilmore. mother Of oliver j. Gil
williams sister OF Hattie Washing
ton, Frances Landrum. .Ayrie Morse
and James Jackson Also survivtne
are I'VE grandchildren. other rela.
tives and many friends. After Z
pm. Monday, friends are invited tC
Call at the Mcclure Funeral Home
1920 9th st NV. Notice Of funeral
later. Family may be contacted al
Rn12 TliinOis ~
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0'NEILL. ROBERT. In loving memory
of our dear father. ROBERT
O'NEILL who passed away forty
eight years ago to-day. May II, 1910
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H Nav u. ~ TEE ESTHER e. aoIMEs
beloved wife OF George M. Holmes,
mother Of Mrs Frances Kalla and
Linda d Holmes She also is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Annie
Albert zWisI E"O Friends may cal cal
at the Gilbert C. Vincent Funeral
Home, 2525 Bladensburg I'd ne
where services will be held on Mon.
day, May IL. at pm. Interment
NuAlli
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Financial Secy.
PAGE, FREDERICK w. On Friday
May ., 1858. FREDERICK W. PAGE
OF 25S4-B Holman ave, Silver
Spring, Nd, beloved husband Of the
late Mary Louise Page and uncle
Of Lloyd J. Page and George Page
call at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Funeral Home Of Robert A. Pun
phrey. Bethesda Nd, where serv-
Ices will be held on Monday. May
II. at 10 am. lnterment Rockville
PARIS. LEANDER GONNIE,. Sud-
Casualty Hospital LEANDER lion
NIEl PARIS Of 1855 X ST. NV,
WASHINGTON, D.. G., beloved brother
Of John Paris of Lanham, Md: Min
Jeanette Albright Of washington,
p e and Ruth Dunnington Of
Gssch Funeral Home, 1879 Balti-
more ave. Hyattsyille Md, on, Mon
and friends invited Interment Ever
green Cemetery. Bladensburg, Mo
PETTY R sgss ST S on Friday,
81 PLUME s. Petty 0e fStSer n oi Giil
liam r. Petty Of New York City,
N. Y: Russell Petty, IT,; Phyllis
Petty and Vera Ann Petty: grand
fh CT f py ah Lee r ana 9 TSSSpsS S
of Gaffney, S. c He also is sur
viyed by other relatives and friends.
After 5 pm. Monday, May l2.
friends are invited to call at the
Jarvis Funeral Chapel LAB. YoI
be held on Tuesday May l3, at 1880
pm. 1nterment Arlington National
Cemetery. a. IL
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WEBSTER, ANNIE H. On FrId,

May ., 1855. at her residence.
l693 T st. Sc, ANNIE H., WEB
STER. the beloved wife Of the late
James Z. Webster and sister of
Nellie Rodgers, James Kline and
Eva Rathbun. Funeral from the
Simmons Bros Funeral Home, / 66I
May ~, at $50 am: thence 10
st Teresa's Catholic Church. where
mass will be offered at 9 am
for the repose of her soul Inter-
ment Confessional Cemetery. IL
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NEWMAN. WILLIAM. On Friday, May
3, 1858, at District General Hos
pltal. WILLIAM NEWMAN, husband
OF Luella Newman He also is sur
Vived by three daughters, three
sons, five grandchildren, other rela-
tives and friends. ARRANGEMENTS
by the Johnson g. Jenkins
Funeral Home. Notice Of funeral
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JOHN ALEXANDER. On
Thursday, May =. 1858, at the
Washington Sanitarium and Hos
pital, JOHN ALEXANDER McIsAAC
OF S215 Roanoke ave. Takoma Park,
Md, husband Of IneZ v. McIsaae
jr, and Mrs Frank Neal Of New
Hampshire and Mrs. Harry james
Of Lester, Pa: brother OF Mrs. Gene
Dussault. Mrs. Edward Rowland,
Maj. Charles p. and Donald w
McIsaac. There also are two grand
Warner Z. Pumphrey Funeral Home,
S434 Georgia ave, Silver Spring
Nd, where services will be held on
Monday, May IL, at 1890 pm.
parking facilities). Interment
Parklawn Cemetery. IL
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DONALD A, on wednes.
aay, Nay 1898, q HsElsn, Hos
eiRssAEfhcsE yrs Il ANA YiitPRo s "A 0.r =
beloved aon Of Vernon and Mary b
crayton and beloved godmeyheF, MFs
Loretta Pearson OF New York City
ne IL also survived by one grand
mother two aiateIa. three aunts
sssst .,,nsiss ana 10y inf@' ~ ~,
relatives and friends. After = pm
sunday, May III, friends may eall Al
the. Latney'a Funeral Home. 1885,
18th ~, nv, Funeral Monday. MAJ
III, q ih, salem Baptist Church
d, N Travis ofieiatinR, tntermeni
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
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IANCIL, MARY ETA. on Friday
May q, 1855, MARY ETA TANC1L
Of 1921 Raum st. ne. Apt. >, wife
Of the late George Taneil. devoted
moin Sr q MIS- sn Cleme nv Zen, renn
to mourn their loss two sisters, Mrs
Molly Branch and Mrs, Bessie John
son: one brother. John Anderson.
three grandchildren, Robert Carter
IT.: William and Raymond Gaines
three great-grandchildren and q
host Of other relatives and friends
Remains resting at the John T
Rhines Co. Funeral Home, 901 Sd
st. sw. Notice OF funeral later.
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May 10. 1858. al he Nstionai instl.
oPEz ., sfoo hilss Atrh dr. 'o siiSs1
spring, Nd, son OF Mrs. Ella b
Lopez, brother of Cadet John s
LOPEZ and nephew of Miss Essis
Jerry Morgan. Mr.. Lopez rests al
the Warner Z Pumphrey Funeral
Home, S43f Georgia ave Silver
Spring. Nd parking facilltieSl
Services. on Monday, Nav H. at 2;aO
pm. at the Woodside Methodist
SPRING, Nd. Intefment Rock Greek
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Ssgi NAY sA 1sss, SADIE 81 S e. Me-
WRITER of "a Quincy pk ne,
devoted sister Of William A. and
Leona Wanamaker and Mrs. Julia
Norman Many other relatives and
friends also survive After II noon
at the Frazier Funeral Home. 3Sa
Rhode Island ave NV. Funeral
services on Monday. May II. at
1890 pm, at the John Wesley
A M z. Zion Church, l4th and
lington National Cemetery. IL
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Spiritual Director.
B REAdI2IT B. BR sAA,xxIIooH, Pres.

May 10, 1858, RAYMOND B. WARD
OF 1901 Perry ST.. Mount Rainier.
Md. husband of the late Gertrude
Z; Ward, father Of Raymond B,
Ward it, and william W Ward
There are also four grandchildren
and twelve Observation-Disclosures Mr..
Ward rests at the Warner E.
Humphrey Funeral Home, SABA
Georgia ave, Silver Spring, Md,
where services will be held on Tues
day. May 10, at 10 am. parking
facilities) Interment Glenwood
Cemetery, 10
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S Max Msy q E 4C sSS sac GSR s Mount
Rainier, Md, beloved wife Of the
late Alexander L.. Mikules, mother
of Abilene NJ Bickerdyke, 7. Leon.
ard. Alexander j.. Harold P. and
Paul F. Mikules and Mrs. MARY
E. Bounviri. She also is survived
by nine grandchildren and one great
grandchild Friends may call at the
Nalley Funeral Home, 1900 Rhode
Island ave, at Eastern ave. ne
Funeral on Tuesday May l3, al
$40 am: thence to ST. James
be offered at Q am. for the reposG
of her soul Relatives and friends
invited Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. (Wilkes-Barre anc
Hazleton, Pa, papers please copy.
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May 8, 1865, EDNA T MENCKEN
Nd. beloved wife OF the late John
H Mencken and mother Of Mrs.
Louise M Walters, Miss e Vir-
ginia Meneken Arthur B. ana Cal
Robert B Coulter. ST., of Baltimore,
Md Friends may call at the Ia
koma Funeral Home, 254 Carroll
st NV. parking opposite), after
10 am. Saturday. May To-. where
May 10, at / pm. Interment
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore,
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BARNES. MRS. LILLIAN. How pain
full Il was TO lose you one year
ago, May b, 1857, but what q iov u
Is TO remember you In our daily walk
with the Master Painter"
HER DAUGHTER AND GRAND
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IEMENbAUM, kUIH. buddenIy, on
burg. Va, R1TH Z TE is1sS "A be-
loved wife Of Harold Tenenbaum
Services at the c D Goldberg 4
Son Funeral Home. 1917 9th St
NV. ON SUNDAY. May II, at 2
pm lnterment King David Me-
mortal Garden. In mourning at
l7-A Ridge I'd. Greenbelt. Nd. IL
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Rinaldi Funeral Home
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Veterans Burial Allowance. S1bC
SIS H St NE. Ii 3-4SS0
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Hyattsvilie. Nd, on May 10, 1885
aunt OF Duke Robertson. Clarics
Bishop and Edna M Musick. Re-
mains at Chambers Funeral Home
1901 Cleveland ave, RiVerdale, Nd d.
until Monday May IL 81 10 am
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Fewer in u. S.
Get JobIess


Workers requesting unem-
ployment CO m pensation de-
clined last week, but at a rate
less than normal for mid
March, according to a Labor
Department report released late
yesterday.
New claims filed during the
weekly period that ended March
is were 4l0,500 as compared
with 10000 for the previous
week. But the total was about
twice the comparable week a
year ago.
Workers receiving benefits
totaled 3,274,000 in the week
that ended March 8, a small
decline from the record figure
of 3,282,400 for the preceding
week. However, the figure off,
cials said. might have gone up
instead Of down If numbers of
workers had not exhausted
their benefits under the exist
ing system.
The drop in jobless claims
was taken as an indication that
layoffs we're declining. But the
overall indications we're that
unemployment for March might
show an increase over the Feb
ruary figure of 5.173.000.
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Pearson Offers Conodo
.Six-Week Tax Holiday

TORONTO, Mar % (R.-
Liberal Party Leader Lester
Pearson is promising a six.
week tax holiday to lick Cana
da's recession If the Liberals win
control Of Parliament in the
March 81 elections.
Mr.. Pearson disclosed his
plan last night at a rally for
party workers. He has already
promised a tax cut as a major
anti-recession measure.
Conservative Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker is campaign
ing on an expanded public
works program to provide jobs.
Yesterday he promised protec-
ton for Canadian farmers
against agricultural imports,
but did not say what the pro-
lection would be.
Mr.. Pearson outlined his tax
program this way:
First a Liberal government
wouAd enact q $500 million tax
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reported seeing the flash OF
light at 2:05 am. (MST) about
20 airline miles from the CAA
communications station at
Grants.
He called me and I took of
with Bill Hopwood as an
observer. Z
I'VE few the direction. Mr.,
johnson pointed out the flash
After about 81 minutes, Mr..
Hopwood noticed a thin column
of smoke.
I'VE had trouble seeing very
much of terrain because the
ground was partly obscured by
fog. Mr.. Hopwood saw this
little column of smoke down
in a small valley.
1T turned out to be the
wreckage."
The surrounding peaks run
up to about $500 feet.
THE peaks were covered with
low clouds.
I'D guess the valley floor is
about 1000 feet high.
The outer portions of the
wings and a small portion OF
the tail was all that was left
There wasn't enough left tc
see anything"
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cut affecting all income since
January /. Since it would take
at least until May 81 to pass
a new tax and budget bill, the
old rates would continue
through that time.
Starting June l taxpayers
would be credited with what
would become overpayments
made through payroll deduc-
tons since the start Of the year,
They would pay no taxes until
their overpayment credit was
used up-in about six or seven
weeks.
When taxes resume, they
would be at a lower rate on
personal income and on the
corporation tax on small busi-
ness.
Mr.. Pearson estimated that
this would pump 500 million
Of extra take-home pay into
Canada's sagging economy.
stimulating economic activity
AM creating new jobs.
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President Flies
South for Golf
Augusta Weother
Clear and Brisk

AUGUSTA. Ca. Mar. % (Pl.
President Eisenhower few
here today for a week end of
warm sunshine and golf.
The Presidential plane Col
umbine III landed at Bush
Field at 1898 am, making the
trip from Washington in an
hour and 48 minutes. The fly
ing time was shorter than the
usual two hours or longer.
Augustus weather was clear
and brisk.
When the President left
Washington he wore only a
light topcoat against the cold
wind. The sun was shining in
termittently but the mercury
was in the 30s.
AS the President left the
plane here a 38-voice boys and
girls choir from the Columbia
Is. c. Bible College sang, "a
Mighty Fortress Is Our God. F"
His FavOrite Hymn
Mr.. Eisenhower shook hands
with several of the singers and
told them they had sung his
favorite hymn.
He inquired as to their de-
nomination and when told they
were Baptists and Presbyte-
rians, he laughed and said, I'VE
have something in common. !"
He drew smiles when he OBJ
served, You sound like you
have been drilling for a long
time"
The President left soon for
the Augusta National Golf Club
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the schools will have a different
makeup schedule for the re-
mainder of the year.
Fairfax County lost two days
this week. bringing the total
lost because of snow this year
to nine days. In addition, va
rious schools lost from two to
five days because Of the flu
epidemic last fall.
Today was scheduled as a
makeup day for flu closing in
% schools, but this had to be
Cancelled. Flu makeup days
will vary among schools.
Undecided on 2 Days
School officials have not de-
cided how to make up the two
days lost Thursday and Friday.
Five other snow days still not
made up have been rescheduled
as follows:
Monday, April z; Saturday,
April IL: Memorial Day, May
80. and two days added to the
end of the year. June IL and IS.
In Montgomery County. Supt
c. Taylor Whittier said that
local officials apparently have
no authority to schedule Satur-
day classes. so probably will
have to add days to the end
of the year.
Montgomery has lost eight
days because of the weather.
-Four of them will be made up
shortening the Easter vacation
and two already have been re-
scheduled for June IL and 10
DR.. Whittier said the two days
lost this week probably will be
rescheduled for June Is and II
II they cannot be made up on
Saturdays.
Three days lost in District
schools in earlier snowstorms
will not be made up. District
schools remained open during
this weeks snow.
other Schedules
Other Jurisdictions schedules
are:
Prince Georges-Eight days
lost. Easter vacation reduced
four days; two days will not
be made up because the CAL
endar had an extra two days;
undecided on two days lost
this week, but probably will be
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miles southwest of Grants, a
Western New Mexico uranium
boom community.
The plane was on the way
from Burbank, Calf, via Tulsa,
Okla. to New York. A Civil
Aeronautics A dmini tration
employee said he saw a flash in
the direction of the crash at
2:05 am.
Mr.. Todd had been in Albu-
querque, 78 miles east. only
Wednesday as his movie ex-
travaganza, Around the World
in 80 Days" began.
Todd's secretary, Dick Hand
ley. said in Los Angeles. that
Mr.. Todd, a pilot named YER
nor, screen writer Art Cohn
and a copilot. had left Burbank
at 10:41 O'Clock last night.
The CAA employe at Grants
called Dick Lane. operator of
the Grants Airport, when he
saw the flash. Lane started
out in a light plane with an
observer at daybreak.
About 20 air miles southwest
) of Grants, through fog, the
observer spotted a wisp of
smoke arising from a small
valley between cloud-shrouded
mountains.
Mr.. Lane said they circled.
the plane was almost COM
pletely destroyed. and there was
no sign of life. He air-directed
State police to the spot.
The officers reported no sur
vivors sighted.
The country is in the tim
bered Zuni Mountains.
Mr.. Lane said Mr.. Johnson
told him the plane reported
over the CAA station at nearby
Zuni that it was encountering
moderate" ice at 11,000 feet.
The pilot requested approval to
change altitude to $4,000 feet.
Then it reached $4,000 and
reported to Zuni. and that was
the last heard of it," Mr.. Lane
said.
Mr.. Lane said Mr.. johnson
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added to the end of the year
moving It up to June is.
Arlington-Six days lost
Saturday classes scheduled
March 90; April 3 taken from
Easter vacation: two days will
not be made up because the
calendar had an extra two
days; undecided on when to
make up two days lost this
week.
Alexandria-Four days lost.
April 8 and 8 taken from
Easter vacation; school yeal
heightened one day to June
IA: undecided on day lost this
week.
Falls Church-Six days lost,
Elementary school heightened
four days to June IL and
classes scheduled on April Z
and May 10 holidays. High
school heightened three days
to June IL and classes sched-
uled on March "a, April Z and
June 6 holidays.
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Mike I odd Feared Dead
In Private Plane Crash
Producer and z or Others Aboard;
Elizabeth TuyIor Kept Home With Cold

GRANTS, N Mex Mar. % GA light private
plane carrying Mike Todd, famous for around the
World in 80 Days" and either two three others
crashed and burned near here today. Three bodies
have been recovered but not identified
One report said the bodies were so badly burned
they could not be identified.
Original reports said Mr.. Todd, Writer Art Cohn
and two pilots were aboard when the plane left Bur-
bank Calf.
Mr.. ToddS famous wife, Elizabeth Taylor, stayed
at home with cold.
The crash was in rugged mountain country 20
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Decker Visits Quemoy
After Reds Shell Isles

TAIPEI, Formosa. Mar. %
| (R.-United States Gen. George
H. Decker. commander Of
United Nations forces in Korea.
visited Nationalist-held Quemoy
of Red China's mainland to-
day shortly after the Commu-
nists shelled two nearby isles.
The Reds fred AZ shells at
Little Quemoy, and Tatan in a
22-minute pre-dawn barrage.
but no casualties were reported.
The Defense Ministry as usual
did not say whether Nationalist
guns replied.
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German Coal Miners
Ask U. S. Imports Cut

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany,
Mar. % (P.-The president OF
the West German Coal Miners
Union today demanded that the
government reduce coal imports
His remarks we're aimed at inn
ports Of United States coal.
Heinrich Gutermuth told a
conference Of 1900 union off,
Gals in this Ruhr city that full
employment in the mines can
be maintained only If imports
are reduced. Some l6 million
tons Of American coal were i'm
ported last year.
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East GERMANY
Warns Bonn
Would Act if West
Gets Atomic Arms

BERLIN, Mar. % (R.-East
German Premier Otto Grote-
wohl has warned that the East
European satellites will take
countermeasures if West Ger
many arms with nuclear weap-
ons.
The Communist leader did
not specify what countermeaS-
ures he had in mind but ne
said they would be more than
Just protests.
Russia is believed to be
keeping nuclear weapons from
her satellites, possibly in fear
of another uprising like the
Hungarian revolt in which the
Hungarian Army truned its
weapons against the Red Army.
Mr.. Grotewohl's speech yes
terday was an apparent answer
to West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer, who said
Thursday in Bonn his nation
would accept nuclear weapons
if the Atlantic alliance consid-
cred it necessary.
Mr.. Grotewohl told a rally
at Suhl that West Germany's
entry into the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization has al
ready made German reunifi-
cation more difficult. Nuclear
armament of the West German
Army would make peaceful
reunification completely i'm
possible" the Premier said.
Mr.. Adenauer's statement
was made at the opening Of a
parliamentary debate on his
foreign policies. The Social
lists and Free Democrats oppose
nuclear armament but Mr..
Adenauer commands a parlia-
mentary majority.
A NATO decision on nuclear
weapons for West Germany has
not yet been announced.
In the parliamentary debate
in Bonn today Socialist Carlo
Schmid challenged the Ade-
nauer government to gamble
for German identification in
"the poker game of interna-
tional politics"
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Senator'S Ask
Stronger Joint
Chiefs Setup
Mansfield, Bridges
Also Wont to Fire Id
Defense Secretaries
BY L. EDGAR PRINA
star Stan Writer

Senators Mansfield and
Bridges, in a bipartisan attempt
to outmaneuver the admins
tration, are planning to intro
duce legislation Monday to
strengthen the present Joint
Chiefs of Staff system and
slash sharply the number of
assistant and undersecretaries
! at the Pentagon.
The Mansfield Bridges meas
ure. The Star learned, will
be exactly the same as the
one introduced in the House
several weeks ago by Chairman
Vinson and two other members
of the Armed Services Commit
tee - Representatives Kilday,
Democrat of Texas, and Arends,
Republican of Illinois.
In confirming his legislative
plan. Senator Mansfield said:
I'VE have simply taken the
VinSon bill and pasted it up for
introduction on Monday"
Under provisions of the House
bill, IA of the 20 assistant Sec
retaries Of Defense, Army, Navy
and Air Force would be elimi-
mated and the Secretary of De-
fense's Office payroll cut from
2,400 to 600 persons.
In addition, the jos system
would be preserved and
strengthened by providing legal
authority for the military
chiefs to delegate to their
vice chiefs details of adj
ministration. The three service
secretaries would also be made
members of the National Sc
curity Council.
Beat President to Punch
President Eisenhower. Defense
Secretary McElroy and their
advisers are known to have
been considering ways to con-
centrate and unity" military
command at the Pentagon.
News of the Mansfield Bridges
plan came just as Mr.. McElroy
was about ready to confer with
the President on final recon-
mendations on reorganization.
The views of Senators Mans
field, a Montana Democrat. and
Bridges. Republican of New
Hampshire, on more centralized
military authority have been
known for a long time.
Senator Mansfield reiterated
in an interview his previously
expressed fears Of an attack on
the jos system. He said:
IF the INT chiefs of Stan
concept was to be done away
with it would mean that the
alternative would be the creaS
-tion of a single chief of staff
or principal military adviser to
the President who would. on
the basis of his single judy
ment. be empowered to make
decisions in behalf of the
security of this country.
This kind of substitution
this one-man MISUNDERSTANDING
be avoided as much as possible"
But their plan to introduce
Legislation before Mr.. Eisen-
hover sent his own proposals
to Congress was a surprise
more so than the Vinson-Kil.
day-Arends move of late Feb
ruary.
The real jolt to the admins
tration is that Senator Bridges,
chairman of the Senate Repub-
lican Policy Committee, has de-
cided to help lead the fight to
insure that no major changes
in the military setup are
enacted.
Closely Guarded Secret
What precise proposals Mr..
Eisenhower will recommend
his message to Congress on the
matter is expected within a
week or two-has been a closely
guarded secret. But the Mans
f1eld-Bridges measure would
appear to underscore what
more and more observers are
coming to conclude:
Mr.. Eisenhower faces defeat
If he demands changes which
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