The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 13, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,323 CANTON FALLS AS DEFENDERS ABANDONCITY BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The teeming south China city of Canton—{irst to feel the impact of the modern western world more than 100 years ago—was abandoned today by its Nationlist defenders to the advancing Communist armies of Mao Tze-tung. Telephoned reports to Hong Kong said all plans for organized resis- tance had ended in the city of a million inhabitants, which until a few days ago was the refugee Na- tionalist capital. The Nationalists have moved their falling fortunes to their war- time refuge at Chunking, which is to be proclaimed the new Provis- ional Capital on Saturday.. It was not immediately clear whether the 80,000 troops in the Canton area—their number is ex- pected to te swelled by 40,000 flee- ing Amoy and Swatow—had taken up new defense positions or were| scurrying for escape routes. It had been the Nationalist plan to evacuate these troops to the safe- ty of Formosa but now their chanc- | es of escape by sea appeared slight' because of the lack of shipping. Communists reported smashing | victories northwest of Canton and said four Nationalists divisions were shattered in battle southwest of; Hengyan. The Communists were | within 30 miles of Canton. HEAVY GUNFIRE HEARD CANTON, Oct. 13.—(P—New Zea- land Presbyterian missionaries said today they had heard heavy gun- fire around Kongtsen, 10 miles from this Communist threatened city. (It was not clear whether the; artillery attack was lauriched by the. Nationalist garrison or by the Reds. Communist golumns were last reported 30 miles from Canton but Red guerrillas were said to be operating on the outskirts.) All Cantonese soldiers were sent| to the West River to defend Can- ton. The Kwangtung provincial gov- ernment ceased functioning at noon, It will be transferred to Haikan Island, off the South China coast. Police, public utilities and government-owned factories were instructed to continue operation. The city government announced it would quit functioning this af- ternoon. Fear-Stricken People here are fear stricken, but mostly over the possibility of loot- ing. Martial law has been declar- ed. Acting President Li Tsung-jen and his staff left by plane early today for Kweilin. Other officlals fled to Chungking, the new capi- tal. With conditions approaching a chaotic state, the cabinet ordered 100 planes of three Chinese air- lines to fly the Nationalists out of Canton. Fifty-six Americans—all teachers, social workers or missionaries—are still in Canton. MT. EDGECUMBE GUEST Mary M. Jerome of Mt. Edge- cumbe is registered at the Baranof } Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) WABHINGTON—— It has been kept out of the papers, but sparks ‘have been flying between two of President Truman's most potent congressional leaders—Vice Presi- dent Barkley and majority leader Scott Lucas of Illinois. Things came to a head when the Vice President, called upon to settle a tie, voted for rigid 90 per cent support of parity farm prices which the Administration oppos- ed. Senator Lucas, faced with defeat, lashed out at Barkley pri- vately in language unprintable in a family newspaper. “What does .Barkley know about farming!” stormed the Democratic Senate leader. “He has a few tobacco farms down in Kentucky, but he knows nothing about the agricultural problems of the great west.” Lucas, whose nerves are frazzled after the long and thankless job of riding herd on rebellious Sena- tors, further accused Barkley of torpedoing the farm program and embarrassing him = personally. “Who ever heard of anyone ex- plaining his vote?” scorched Lucas, referring to the fact that the Vice ———eee g (Continued on Page Four) POLIO KILLS ARMY OFFICER AT LADD AIR FORCE BASE ANCHORAGE, Oct. 13.—®— An autopsy performed upon the body of Capt. George A. Accas, 28, Ladd Air Base public information offi- cer who died there Sunday, brought a tentative diagnosis of polio as the cause of his death. Fort Richardson medical author- ities said that further laboratory tests will be made at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C. Officials said they believed Accas contracted polio while accompany- ing thesLadd Field baseball team to the world wide Air Force base- ball tournament at Mitchell Field, New York. The appointment was announced of Capt. Charles Tyler of the 57th Fighter Wing military personnel section, Elmendorf Field, to suc- ceed Accas. Tyler, who is now on leave, was formerly with the public informa- tion technical division of the Air Training Command, with head- quarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He is expected to arrive at Ladd Field within two weeks. ROADHOUSE OWNER IS MAULED BY BEAR NEAR FAIRBANKS| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. (#—Dan Luddington wants the hide of the bear that bit him. Luddington, ‘owner of the Sum- mit Lodge roadhouse 18 miles southeast of here, told his story in a Fairbanks hospital today. He had 200 stitches taken in his face, scalp, arm and leg after a ter- rific mauling by @ she-grizzly with her cub, which Dan met head-on near Summit Lake last week. “My rifle failed to fire the first bullet,” he recounted, “and she got me down. She was pawing, mauling and raking me with her claws and I was trying to get away and at the same time reload my rifle. “It seemed like my head was in her mouth when I got another shell in the chamber. I managed to get my rifle around while she was dragging me by one leg. “The bullet hit her in the chest and she dropped.” Luddington painfully inched him- self a mile to a road where he was picked up by an Alaska Freight Lines truck. Weather Warm in States But Nof Here BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The spell of mid-summer weath- er that has had easterners in shirt sleeves for the past few days seems to be broken. The mercury is eas- ing down as a mass of cool air from the midwest moves into the east. But the south Atlantic states still are warm. Generally, the weather over the nation is fair. Shirley Temple's Marriage on Rocks HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 13.—#—Shir- ley Temple’s marriage is on the rocks, her attorney announces. The 21-year-old actress arnid John Agar have separated, Attorney George Stahlman said, and he is drawing up divorce papers. He said the grounds have ot been deter- mined. A close friend, however, said she probably will charge mental cruel- ty. “There is no career trouble,” the friend said. The blonde one-time child star, who in recent years has made a comeback as an adult, married Agar, also an actor, Sept. 19, 1945. Their daughter, Linda, was born January 30, 1948. Shirley declined comment only that Agar moved out of their home last night. Agar, 28, told reporters: “I have nothing to say other than that I hope the thing can be handl- ed in a dignified manner. I haven't thought it out clearly as yet, but I do not think I will contest Shir- ley’s divoree suit.” TEN DOLLARS MORE FOR MINFIELD FUND Betty McCormick reports today an additional receipt of $10 for the Minfield home fund. The con- tribution came from Ralph Brad- ford, Executive Secretary of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, in Washington, D. C. Brad- ford and Mrs. Bradford visited the home on their visit here last sum- mer, 13~‘ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS M. D. BEATEN, KILLED IN L. A. LOVERS' LANE LOS ANGELES, Oct. i3.—P—A Long Beach doctor was found beat- en to death today in a lover's lane, apparently a robbery victim. Police identified the victim as Dr. Donald Buge, 50, who has a medical center at Long Beach. Det. Sgt. George Burroughs said the doctor had been playing poker at a club in nearby Gardena. They added that he had left the club without his wife. Poker is legal in Gardena. When found, the pockets of the doctor’s suit had been turned out. Nearby were keys to an automobile, } fifty cents in change, a single cig- arette and books of matches. His face was so battered and bloody, it was difficult to determine if he might have been shot also,! the detectives said. Twenty feet away, officers found a small thinj barof iron and a broken bottle. A motorist, whose lights illumin- ated the body at a turn in the road, made the discovery. 3 FINANCE DRIVE OF GIRL SCOUTS STARIS OCT. 25 Fred Henning will be general chairman of the Girl Scout Fi- |nance drive which will start Octo- Iber 25, Mrs. Mernice Murphy, Scout | Commissioner, announced today. A meeting of the Finance Commit- tee will be held tonight at 7 c'clock in Mrs. Murphy's office to draw up general plans for the drive. Rev. Herbert Hillerman heads a | committee’ of Mrs. Ernest Gruen- ing, Ed Nielson, Mrs. C. C, Carter, and Mrs. Marcus Jensen to nomi- nate new members for the Girl Scout Council. The annual Ilunch- eon and election will be held De- cember 3 in the Gold Room of the Baranof with Mrs. Kenneth Clem in charge. Mrs. Martin Flint is reservations chairman for the lun- cheon. Mrs. Ruth Sterling has the in-. termediate leader books at the Tot- to-Teen shop for those who desire them. \BOY KIDNAPED 5 | YEARS AGO NOW BELIEVED FOUND HASTING, Mich. Oct. 13.—®P— ‘Torn between hope and doubt, an Ohio couple looked for evidence to- 'day whether they had found their [caby son kidnaped five years ago. Blond, blue-eyed William “Tom-; my” O'Neill, 6, a ward of the State of Michigan, was the lad in ques- tion. Perplexed state police were aiding Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson of Dayton, Ohio, in the couple's ef- forts to determine if “Tommy” is their son. The Thompsons came to Michi- gan after receiving a report that Tommy might be their own Ronald who was abducted from their home Oct. 7. 1944. Mrs. Thompson said today she was “convinced from what I have seen so far” that he has been found “I would be perfectly satisfied to take him home with me now,” she exclaimed. “That’s how sure I am.” Omnibus Bill on Rivers, Harbors Posiponed, Jan. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 —B— Majority Leader Lucas (D-I11) told the Senate today action on the $1,- 500,000,000 omnibus rivers and harbors and flood control authori- zation bill be postponed until the next session of Congress in Janu- ary. ly,ucas said Chairman Chavez (D- NM) of the Senate Pullic Works lCommm,ee had notified him of his decision not to call up the bill this year. He said Chavez informed him there is disagreement with the two Washington Senators, Magnuson (D) and Cain (R) who want Col- umbia River basin projects added to the bill. Chavez said bringing up the bill now would result in too much debate. | i taken over by government adminis- BRIDGES' TRIAL FOR PERJURY AND CONSPIRACY IS SET SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13— Harry Bridges' trial on charges of perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government will start on No- vember 14, barring some unforseen delay. Federal District Judge George B. Harris yesterday denied a series of motions by which counsel for Bridges and two aides attacked the indictments on various constitution- al and legal grounds. 3 The Australian-born Bridges — stormy labor figure and head of the CIO Longshoremen's Union — was charged with perjury in testi- fying at his 1945 naturalization hearing that he was not and never had been a Communist. Union Vice- President J. R. Rob- ertson and Henry Schmidt, Union International Representative, were accused of aiding and abetting an attempt to defraud the government at the hearing. 'NO ELECTION | THIS WINTER SAYS ATTLEE (By The Associated Press) In London, Prime Minister Attlee said there would be no national election in Britain in 1949. The Labor government’s five-year term does not run out until next July, but Attlee could call an election any time. There had been demands from some quarters for an early election because of the financial crisis. A special United Nations coneil- iation group appeared bogged dotn today in its efforts to find a ba~ sis for peace in the Balkans. Fur- ther talks are scheduled with the United States, British and Rus- sian delegates. Informed sources in Prague ex-, plained the terror raids by police on small businessmen in the last few days as part of a government campaign to wipe out all Czech private enterprise by thé end of{ this year. ‘Thousands of small businessmen have been arrested and their stores | trators under the nationalization plan. Many of the arrested shop owners have been reported sent to labor camps for two-year terms. In Washington, U. S. Secretary of State Acheson referred to the newly created Soviet-sponsored East German government as “an auto- cratic Communist regime.” He denounced the government proclamation last Friday in Berlin as “subservient” and controlled by Mosco-directed Communists. He pledged full support from the U. S, Britain and France for the 'West German republic. The Prime Ministers of the three Benelux mnations—Belgium, Thei Netherlands, and Luxembourg—are meeting in Luxembourg today to bring their economic union closer to a common monetary and com- mercial system. H WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 42. At Airport—Maximum, 46; minimum, 40. 47; FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Variable cloudiness with showers of rain occasionally mixed with snow tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight 37 with highest Fri- day 46. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—1.02 inches; since Oct. 1, 4.69 inches; since July 11, 2596 inches. At the Airport—49 inches; since Oct. 1, 225 inches; since July 1, 17.55 inches. ©0000000%000000 0000000000000 STEAMER MOVEMPTS Princess Louise from Vancouv- er due 4:30 p. m, today. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound 9 p. m., Sunday. .where I stand and what I stand Truman Is Given Third | Sen. Rebuff WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—P—A, smarting 53 to 15 defeat on the re- appointment of Federal Power Com- missioner Leland Olds today hand- ed President Truman this third— and sharpest—Senate rebuff this year on an important nomination. Despite the pressure of party dis- cipline which Mr. Truman marsh-;U. S, alled behind the nominee, the Sen- ate refused overwhelmingly to re- turn Olds to the Commission for a third term. The vote came shortly after mid- night. It followed weeks of debate which steadily mounted in heat and bitterness. Opponents shouted that Olds is a foe of capitalism, that 20 years ago he wrote articles that helped pro- mote Communism. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (I~ Colo:) - called him “a warped, ty- rannical, mischievous, egotistical chameleon whose predominent col- or is pink.” Senators supporting the nomina- tion countered with charges that private gas and oil interests were backing the fight against Olds. Olds said he had nothing to say akout the Senate’s action beyond this: “I think everybody knows for.” He told a reporter that he had made no plans about another joo —“I just haven't gotten around to that yet.” Early in the session, a Senate committee bottled up Mr. Truman’s nomination of former Gov. Mon Wallgren of Washington to be chairman of the Nationel Security Resources Board. The Senate also rejected the nomination of Carl A. Ilgenfritz to the Chairman of the Munif Boarll” because Ilgenfritz, a company executive, had a the appointment only on condition that he might keep his private sal- PILOT INJURED IN CRASH AT MOSES POINT WEDNESDAY NOME, Oct. 13—(®—A pilot was injured but his two passengers were unhurt as the result of the crash on take-off of a Fairchild 24 air- plane at Moses Point yesterday. A 10th Rescue Squardron plane brought the men to Nome. The pi- lot, Robert Kline, was hospitalized with head injuries. The uninjured! passengers were Bert Beltz and Tom Hopkins. Four Kotzebue residents own the wrecked plane. MERGER IN LABOR | AGAIN RUMORED | ] BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Indications persist that a big new labor federation may be in the making. There were reports yesterday that two CIO unions planned to merge, then bolt the CIO. These stories met with quick denial. But at least part of the story was confirmed last night. The CIO Farm Equipment Work- ers Union said it has an offer from the left wing CIO United Elec- trical Workers to merge. And the offer picked up strong support in the 50-man Harvester Council, which claims to speak for a major- ity of the Farm Equipment Work- ers. There are no details of the plan. But the plan was said to guarantee the Farm Equipment Workers auto- nomy, which sounds like a Federa- tion setup. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—(#—Clos- ing quotation - of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 98, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- er 27, Kennecott 47%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 13%, U. 8. Steel 24%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,790,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 186.78, rails 49.68, util- ities 38.05. I i WORLD CIRCLE MEETS The World Circle meets Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the North- ern Light Presbyterian Church. Mrs, Engstrom and Mrs. Troutman will be hostesses. Japan will be the subject for discussion. tof =/ CANADIANS ! proposal to spread a network of BOMBER GOES CRASH WITH LIVEBOMBS Explodes with Roar Heard for 12 Miles-12 Crew Members Killed ISLEHEM, Eng., Oct. 13.—M—A . Air Force B-50 bomber with a load of live bombs dived into a heat field today and exploded with a roar heard 12 miles away. All 12 crew memers were killed. The plane, designed as the atom- bomb carrying version of the B-29, was on a 180-mile practice mission to the North Sea Island of Helgo- land with twelve 500-pound bombs. Villagers said the plane appeared to turst into flames just before it dropped through a light ground fog and struck the field. Flaming bits of the four-engined craft were blown hundreds of yards in all directions. Burning gasoline set fire to a ring; of farm buildings and to 60 tons stacked wheat. Both British and American air- craft regularly use Helgoland for live bombing practice. The Third Air Division said this was the first accident involving a B-50 since the 43rd Group of these craft arrived Aug. 18 from their Tucson, Ariz., base. A B-50 bomber crashed near Fair- Lanks, Alaska, last Dec. 22, killing all ten aboard. The Third Air Division withheld the names of today's dead until next of kin are notified. The B-50's are among the newest types of planes in the U. S. Air Force and one of them, the “Lucky | Lady,” flew non-stop around the world earlier this year. REJECT RAIL CONNECTION Cost Not JEsTified, Govt. Says-U. S. Compzny Ofiers_floney OTTAWA, Oct, 13.—(#—The Fed- eral Government has considered and rejected the idea of helping provide a rail link between British Colum-, bia and Alaska, informed quarters said today. The idea came up for speculation because of the arrival here-of Brit- ish Columbia’s Premier Johnson. He came here from Washington | where he had gone at the invitation of Senator Warren Magnuson of Seattle, champion of the proposal. Sources close to him said his visit to Washington has not chang- ed his view that the rail proposal is a Fedem],ruponsibflity as far as Canada is concerned. A Federal official said the gov- ernment already has considered the lines through northern B. C., Yu- kon and Alaska territory. One of its | major advantages would te a vital transportation link in any defense of the continent. COET EXCESSIVE The Government's feeling, how- ever, was that the cost would not be justified. “The government doesn’t feel” the official said, “that the existing road, rail and water facilities are being utilized to their utmost.” Senator Magnuson, a Democrat from Washington State, has placed legislation before Congress that would authorize President Truman to open negotiations with the Can- adian Government for a survey of the 1400-mile road from Prince George, B. C,, to Alaska. The bill has been approved by the House of Representatives but awalts Senate approval, A U. 8. company has indicated it is prepared to spend $300,000,000 to complete the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, owned by the B. C. Gov- ernment, to the northern boundary of the Province. It is estimated an- other $375,000,000 would be needed for the Alaska section. The PGE now runs 347 miles from Squamish, 40 miles north of vancouver, to Quesnel, 80 miles south of Prince George. SQUARE DANCE MEETING ( UWM Says No To Two- Year Renewal Idea Murray W;Hfs Pensions for Fabricators as Well as Strikers BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Government-prodded negotiations to end the 25-day-old coal strike continued today—despite another refusal from the United Mine Work- ers to renew their contract for two years. UMC Vice President Thomas Ken- nedy says the union is willing to “continue in these meetings until we get a contract.” The government's conciliation di- rector, Cyrus S. Ching, hoped to get leaders of ¢the CIO-United Steelworkers Union and industry officials back at the bargaining table. by Ching planned to meet today with representatives of the Beth- lehem Steel Company in New York. He also planned sessions with other major steel producing companies and hopes to meet later with Philip Murray, CIO-USW President. The two strikes have made idle nearly 900,000 workers and continu- ation of the work stoppages threat- ens to idle additional thousands. MORE PENSIONS WANTED The biggest threat appears to be the fabricating steel industry—the plants that use steel for hundreds of articles. Some 500,000 USW workers are employed in the fabri- cating plants and Murray wants iree pensions and insurance for them as well as for the 454,000 men on strike, Their contracts begin expiring Saturday. About a dozen firms, which employ a few thousand work- ers, have signed new contracts with the union, agreeing to pay the 10- cent hourly package recommended by the Presidential fact-finding board. Gunfire was reported in the coal strike. At Harriman, Tenn. Police Chief E. E. Patterson said a band of armed men shot down the tires of a coal-laden truck from a non- union mine near London, Ky., last night. CONTRACT DEMANDS WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. closed today that his contract de- mands on soft coal operators would jcost 30 to 35 cents a ton more than now. He sald the industry could absorb it out of profits. Lewis, at;a 75-minute news con- ference, went into an exhaustive outline of his theory that powerful financial and steel interests were determined to hold up a coal set- tlement until they “battled it out” in steel. The UMW president said that if the government must intervene and take over the coal pits, it should "order a “bonafide seizure” by run- ning the mines for the benefit of the people instead of the mine own- ers: Southern coal producers, who are negotiating with the union at Charleston, were out quickly with their comment. President Joseph E. Moody of the SPCA expressed bewilderment at Lewis' statement the union de- mands would add 30-35 cents a ton to coal costs. “I think he just picked that figure off the walls as he went by,” Moody said, He deniéd that such an increase could be absorbed from profits. TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 14 Low tide, 0:07 am., 23 ft. ‘High tide, 6:3¢ am., 113 ft. Low tide, 11:59 am., 7.2 ft. High tide, 17:48 p.m., 13.6 ft. e 0 0 0 v v 0 00 SUN RISES - SETS OCTOBER 14 Sun rises at 7:30 am. Sun sets at 5:57 pm. ©e0ce0v0ee RYAN TO VISIT SITKA Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Education, will leave Juneau tomorrow for annual inspection of the school at Sitka. Whjle in the area, he will inspect ‘The new square dancing club will meet PFriday night at 8:30 o'clock in the CIO Hall for the purpose of enlisting charter members. the Mount Edgecumbe and Shel- don Jackson schools as representa- tive of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. Va,; Oct. 13.—M—John L. Lewls dis- AIR FORCE - TO ANSWER NAVY BLAST ‘Secretary Johnson, Under Cross-Fire, to Testify Next Week By BARNEY LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—(#—The House Armed Services committee lngreed today to hear the Air Force next week in reply to the Navy's bitter criticism of its B-36 bomb- er program. Secretary of Defense Johnson also will testify then. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) and Secretary Johnson held a long con- ference this morning. Afterwards, Vinson announced the schedule for the next phase of the committee's inquiry into military policy. Vinson said that beginning next week the committee will hear Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Omar Bradley, Secretary of Air Syming- ton and Air Force officers. Then, he added, “Secretary John- son will give the committee and the country” his views. Johnson, as civillan boss of all the Armed Services, is caught squarely in the cross-fire of the angry controversy over military policy. He also has come in for harsh words from some Congress mem- bers because, by executive order, he has cut back appropriations that the lawmakers made for the Navy. Vingon publicly accused Johnson yesterday of making “a grandstand play” by economizing on Navy funds. He said the committee “is to have a lot to say about this” DENFELD TESTIFIES Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, tie Navy's top officer, said today the “view is often evident” in defense department, councils that there should be no Marine Corps and no Naval aviation, * The Qhief of Naval Operations also told the House Armed Services Committee that there has been “improper operation” of the mili- tary unification program. Denfeld sits in on policy making by the joint chiefs of staff as the Navy's representative. HOT ROW AIRED Denfeld summed up the Navy's whole case in the airing of a hot row in the Armed Services over defense policies. His appearance in the witness chair capped arguments from a ilong string of Admirals and other high Navy officers that present de- fense policies are putting too much reliance on the Air Force B-36 bomber and the A-bomb. NIMITZ VIEWS In the final setting of the stage for Denfeld, the Navy had put in a statement from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz advising that America’s battle plans must as- sume “we will be less ready for war at its outbreak” than Russia. Atter hearing Denfeld, the com- mittee recessed the hearings until Monday. Marine Corps officers are to testify then. They will be fol- ' lowed by reprentatives of the Air Force and Army. The committee agreed to hear all rival defense ideas to the Navy's next week. NEHRU, FROM INDIA, TALKS * 70 CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Oct 13.—#— American lawmakers gave thunder- ous applause todamy to a declaration from Prime Minister Nehru that the Republic of India “cannot and shall not be neutral” in event of world aggression or threat of free- dom, ‘The slim leader of India's millions * made separate 20-minute speeches to the Hpuse and the Senate. He asked “friendship and cooperation” between the United States and In- dia. Nehru spoke in English. House &peaker Sam Rayburn.in- troduced Nehru as “a man learned not only in the ways of the world but in the ways of democracy.” Vice President Barkley introduc- ed him as a “distinguished states- man, lawyer and scholar.” In speaking of Mahatma Ghandi, Nehru said Indians pray for peace and indicated a possitle parallel between India‘s foreign policy and creed of passive resis- | Ghandrs tance.