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TEN CENTS No. 1,866— No. 35,299, Defense Chiefs Urge Nation To ‘Pull Off Coats’ to Aid In Swift Production of Arms World Crisis ‘Irreconcilable’ With No End by Appeasement By JOHN America was summoned yesterday to give its undivided atten- | tion to a world crisis “irreconcilable in character” and subject to no termination by methods of appe Exploding like a verbal bombshell in the midst of heightening tension between this Government and the Nazi regime in Berlin, the grimly-worded summons was issued without advance notice in the name of William S. Knud: Production Management. In the statement, the new goal maximum production “in every field which can contribute to victory” and urged the co-operation of “every element in the The American people were asked to recognize “the full gravity of the crisis” in the world and “figura- tively to pull off their coats and roll up their sleeves and give their concentrated, undivided attention to one thing—the swiftest possible production of means of defense.” American community.” Meanwhile, these concrete steps in the rearmament program were taken yesterday: Extension of the export control system to 15 additional items, in- cluding chemicals useful in produc- tion of war gases and aviation gaso- line. $284.218700 Navy Orders Placed. Placing of Navy orders totaling $284.218,700 for submarine chasers and auxiliary vessels. Included were four ships designed for placing anti- submarine nets at entrances to strategic harbors. Selection of a site at Tulsa, Okla., for a plant which will assemble planes from parts made in auto- mobile factories. Similar plants already have been allocated tol Omaha and Kansas City. Award of a $6,756,399 contract to the Hercules Powder Co. of Wil- mington, Del, for operation and equipment of a powder bag loading plant near Pulaski, Va. This plant will operate in connection with the $36.000.000 powder plant the same firm is building for the Govern- ment at Radford. Va Drafted at an initial meeting of the new four-man supreme com- mand of the Nation's defense pro- gram, the Knudsen statement fol- lows in full: “The President’s purpose in creating this office was to consoli- date and co-ordinate the various activities now in operation to pro- vide an adequate national defense. It is expected to provide the neces- sary authoritative leadership re- quired to still further accelerate and augment the production of war ma- terials of every kind. Gravity ,of World Situation. “It is born out of a consciousness of the heightened gravity of the world situation and a recognition that the contest which produced this crisis is irreconcilable in char- acter and cannot be terminated by any methods of appeasement. “Both the future security of the United States and the total de- fense for our democratic principles in this world-wide contest demand that every resource of capital and management and maximum effort on the part of labor shall be cease- | lessly employed to provide the means of defense against attack. “The Office for Production Man- agement has but one mission—pro- duction to the maximum of Amer can resources in capital and labor, In management and industry, in every field which can contribute to victory. “We call upon the people of the United States to recognize to the full the gravity of the crisis which called this organization into being, and figuratively to pull off their coats and roll up their sleeves and give their concentrated, undivided attention to one thing—the swift- est possible production of the means of defense. To this end we invite the co-operation of everv element in the American community.” Declaration of Full Agency. Although bearing Mr. Knudsen’s name alone, it was made clear that the militant declaration actually was an expression of the full agency For several hours prior to its issu- ance, Mr. Knudsen had conferred with his colleagues in the new or- ganization, Associate Director Sidney Hillman, Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of Navy Knox. And although there was no inti- mation that either the White House or the State Department had had & hand in the action, there was no question but the declaration and the timing of its issuance clothed it with all the force of an official pro- nouncement of this Government. As such it might even be con- sidered, by indirection at least, to be an answer to Berlin accusations earlier in the day that the American Government “permits a policy from morn until night of pinpricks, in- jury, insult, challenge and moral aggression.” The Berlin assertion was made by (See DEFENSE, Page A-6) $10.00 Reward To protect The Star Carrier Service from newspaper thievery, The Evening Star offers a re- ward of $10.00 for the ar- rest and conviction of any person or persons stealing The Star Newspaper from carrier packs at the point of delivery, or from door- ways or apartments after delivery. Any one detect- ing newspaper thieves should notify the police immediately. The Evening Star L Described as C. HENRY. asement. sen, director of the new Office for defense high command set as its L British Incite U. S. To Warlike Act on ‘Ships, Nazis Charge Reaction of Washington To Cross Proposal Is Awaited in Berlin By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, | Associated Press War Correspondent. BERLIN, Dec. 21.—An official ! spokesman of the German Foreign Office charged today that Britain’s | minister of shipping was “inciting America to commit a warlike act” against the axis and, in carefully | | chosen words, added that the United | States’ reaction being awaited by Germany with extraordinary in- | terest.” The occasion for this solemn and | emotional statement was a press | conference weighted with gravit the reason, an interview given the | American press in London yesterday | by Roland Cross, the British ship- ping minister. who suggested assign- ment to the British of the German |and Italian ships which are tied | up in neutral United States harbors. The German spokesman, in an aside, added: “The Reichsgovern- ment is therefore centering its en- tire attention upon this (United States) reaction.” (Informed but unofficial polit- ical sources in Rome said delivery of axis ships to Britain by the United States would be “un- friendly” and “unneutral” and | expressed confidence it would not | happen). ‘l Policy of Pinpricks Charged. At the press conference, the | foreign office spokesman charoed | that United States foreign policy | was one of “pinpricks, injury, chal- lenge and moral aggression” against | | Germany. | | _On the other hand, he said. the Reich has “exercised restraint to | the point of self-effacement” in its | dealings with Washington. | Ir \ther words, the British Minis- ter _." Shipping succeeded in doing down Wilhelmstrasse reticence and restraint and opened the lips of officials, ¥ Ever since the re-election of Pres- ident Roosevelt, foreign correspon- dents have been soliciting expres- | sions of official opinion on various phases of American foreign policy. as it affects the Reich. | But the government spokesman, |until today, has declined to com- |ment. Even the President’s men- tion of ways for further aiding Britain has drawn only newspaper | and unofficial comments. Today one simple question pro- voked a dramatic situation. To this correspondent’s question® “Any comment on the British Min- ister Cross’ statement?” One of Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib- bentrop's closest collaborators re- plied in a voice vibrant with emotion. | its pitch raised progressively and his voice increasing in volume as he reached the charge of American “pinprick” policy. In fact, this unusual statement (See BERLIN, Page A-4.) King on Radio Christmas | LONDON., Dec. 21 (#).—King | George VI will make a broadcast address to the British nation and the empire at 3 pm. (9 am, E.S.T.) on Christmas Day. Radio Programs, Page F-5 Complete Index, Page A-2 Nazi Raid Leaves Dead Children Clutching Toys Yule Tinsel Mingles With Bodies of London’s Poor By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec. 21.—An unde- termined number of Londoners who had been holding parties to celebrate the coming of Christmas were killed tonight in a tenement house smashed by a German bomb. In the street outside lay bits of tinsel ‘and a star from atop a Christmas tree. Amidst the rub- ble of furniture, bricks, children’s toys and Christmas decorations lay bodies- in their respectable “Sunday best.” Men and women who a little while before had been singing carols and exchanging Christmas puddings and candy stood dumb- ly about the ruins. “It came like a hammer blow,” one man said. “My wife and I were out in the kitchen fixing some food. Inside they were singing ‘God Rest Ye, Merrie Gentlemen,’ and laughing and shouting. Suddenly we heard that awful whoosh of a falling bomb. Thank God my kids are with their grandmother in the country. “There's what's left of the party,” he said, with a gesture at the broken homes. Expected “Light Night.” There had been parties all around the district, some in air raid shelters and others in homes. When the sirens sounded most of the people staved in their houses, believing it would be just another “light night.” Then they were dead on the pavements or peering sadly into wrecked homes. The wounded had been taken to hospitals. Children still clutched cheap toys in the cold. Firemen worked in the tene- ment wreckage. There seemed little hope that any one below was alive—the bomb had been a big one. As they worked, pa- thetic mementoes of the party were shoveled out into the street —a bag of Christmas candies and a red and white figure of Santa Claus. ‘There probably were 150 people in the tenement at the time the bomb fell. The number of dead cannot now be released. German flyers had bombed a London apartment house earlier in the day, causing an unde- termined number of casualties there. As they renewed the as- sault on the city tonight on this, the longest night of winter, raid- ers were reported crossing the southeast coast at great height in at least two waves. Nazi Attacks Widespread. Liverpool and other Merseyside towns were assaulted for the sec- ond successive night. The Nazi air attacks—which followed by 24 hours heavy British raids upon Berlin—extended from the Eng- lish Channel to the Irish Sea. German planes darted over the Liverpool area at the rate of one a minute, beginning the attack shortly after dark. Earlier reports indicated that working class districts suffered heaviest, but after the raid had been in progress for some time and many bombs had been dropped there had been no fatal casualties, so far as could be learned. One public shelter was hit and several people were taken to a hospital. The raiders first dropped flares and then high ex- plosives. Occasional bursts were heard in separated London areas, but as the night wore on there was a lull. During the day three Nazi craft were officially reported shot down. The most spectacular battle of | the day started nearly 7 miles aloft and ended only 50 feet above the Channel waters. A Spitfire dived at a German bomb- er, it was said, and, chasing it over the water, caught it with a machine gun burst. The bomber crashed in flames, it was re- rted, Dig in Hotel Wreckage. In Liverpool, hard hit in raids of Friday night, men dug into the wreckage of a bombed hotel for victims. Among those re- ported killed there were several firemen who died in line of duty. New-Type Influ Shows Enormous Inc By THOMAS R. HENRY. A new kind of influenza, hitherto unknown to medicine, has appeared in the United States. The discovery has just been an- nounced in scientific journals by Dr. Thomas Francis, jr., of the New York University School of Medicine, one of the original isolaters of the virus of ordinary flu. While most cases have been mild up to the present, the influenza problem is greatly complicated by the discovery. The new virus also shows an enormous increase in in- tensity when passed rapidly from one experimental animal—ferrets and rats—to another. Presumably enza Found, Adding to Epidemic Problem New York U. Physician Learns Virus rease in Intensity it would act the same way in human’ beings. Superficially the symptoms caused by this new virus are identical with those caused:by the old virus. The differentiation is in the fact that it does not neutralize the ordinary flu organism in laboratory experiments. In animals it seems to have a special affinity for the lungs. Dr. Francis has named his new virus influenza B. All epidemics re- ported in the United States between 1933 and 1940, it is explained by U. S. Public Health Service doctors, were due to viruses of a common species. An impirical distinction was made. " (8es TNFLUENEA, Pags A-1T) Greeks Capture New Heights In Advance . 300 Prisoners Also Taken; Assaults Made With Bayonets By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Dec. 21.—Greek forces pushing deeper into Albania have captured new fortified heights in the Tepeleni-Klisura sectors and have taken 300 prisoners and a quantity of war material, a govern- ‘ment spokesman reported tonight. He declared the Greeks also were continuing their advance in other sectors, especially in the coastal re- gion toward Chimara. Important Italian positions also were taken in the north beyond Pogradetz, the spokesman said. “Conditions are just the same as in past days,” he commented. “The initiative belongs to us and all ef- forts by the Italians to counter- attack have been crushed. “Fascist positions on the moun- tain heights naturally are strong and fortified also by concrete, but these machine gun nests have been abandoned under the bayonets of charging Greeks.” Allies Strike Sharply. British-Greek forces in close col- laboration were reported to have | struck sharply against Italy by land, sea and air. British flvers participated in two | of these, directly in their own at-| tacks on Italy’s home and Albanian bases, and in support of Greek troops in the front lines. They earned thereby the praise of their commander for doing what he called one of the best aviation jobs of the war under about the worst con- ditions. By air—R. A. F. bombers based in Greece were said to have bombed oil tanks and railways overnight at the Italian port of Brindisi, across the Adriatic Sea from Albania, dropping all their bombs in the target area and setting off “large fires” and “several explosions.” Also the R. A. F. reported attacks yesterday on Berati, at a vital road Jjunction on the Albanian front and on an Italian airfield. By land — Greek infantrymen, | hammering at the gates of Tepeleni and Klisura, were said to have taken two villages and two strategic heights in the Tepeleni area, over- coming cold, stubborn Italian re- | sistance and strong barbed-wire barriers. An Italian colonel and two battalions were said to have been captured” in fierce fightin around Tepeleni. PR ) Greeks Preceded 18 By sea—a naval communique fo- day said a Greek destroyer force preceded the British battleship- cruiser-destroyer armada which was reported yesterday to have pushed into the lower Adriatic December 18 and shelled Valona, Italy’s port of entry into Southern Albania. The | Trio Accused by Nazis To Be Shifted From - Paris fo Lishon Hull Says Transfer In No Way Implies Admission of Guilt By the Associated Press. The State Department, officials said last night, will transfer to Lis- bon, Portugal, the three members of the American Embassy staff in Paris who Germany charged assist- ed a British officer to escape from German-occupied France. Secretary Hull emphasized that withdrawal of the three staff mem- bers—Cecil M. P. Cross, Leigh W. Hunt and Mrs. Elizabeth Deegan— from Paris in compliance with the German request in no way implied admissiop of guilt. On the contrary, Mr. Hull said, a preliminary examination of the facts available disclosed the three were not implicated in any wrongful act, and a detailed investigation would be made. Any government has the right, Mr. Hull said, to request the with- drawal of officials of another gov- ernment without submitting any reason for the demand. Mr. Cross, Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Deegan are expected to be assigned temporarily to Lisbon, with the pos- sibility they later will be sent to Child’s ketter Asks God’s Aid For Ill Mother By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 21.—A let- ter addressed to “God, Heaven, U. S. A.” and signed “A Little Girl Who Says Her Prayers Every Night” was found in a mailbox here. “Dear God,” the childish scrawl beseeched, “forgive me for all the |bad things I've done during the past and please make Mother well, because I am not happy when Mother is sick. “I wish Mother and Daddy lived together. But I guess if Mother does not love Daddy she cannot live with him. I sorta think Daddy still loves Mother. though. “Well. T have to get to my school work. A Merry Christmas to you and all angels.” Voorfiis Will Demand Quick Legislation To Curb Saboteurs - Would Extend Protection To War Material Destined for Britain | An urgent appeal will be made to Greeks said their destroyers pene- |other posts abroad or recallled to | Congress tomorrow by Representa- trated the Adriatic as far as the Island of Saseno, at the entrance| { to Valona Harbor. on the night of December 15-16 “without encoun- | tering any signs of the enemy.” Air Vice Marshal John Henry d'Albiac, commander of the R. A. | F. in Greece, expressed satisfaction with the progress of the air war. British fighters, he said, have es- tablished one of the best records made anywhere during the war, and British bombers have fulfilled their tasks despite weather handicaps en- countered nowhere else in Europe. D’Albiac summarized the R. A. F. record thus: Fighters—39 Italian craft de- stroyed and 12 probably destroyed; 1 R. A. F. pilot killed and 1 miss- ing. Bombers—170 raids carried out, 120 tons of bombs dropped, 9 aircraft lost. On Valona alone, he said, the R. A. F. has made 18 attacks and dropped 94,000 pounds of explosives. | On Durazzo, another of Italy’s main Albanian ports, he said there had been eight raids in which 63,000 pounds of bombs were dropped. Italian Planes Ineffective. The Italian Air Force, on the other hand, has been ineffective and mis- directed, d’Albiac declared, and had shown signs of confusion and in- decision. He cited constant shifting of Ital- ian planes from one point to an- other. He said he had been in- formed that the Italians already had transferred a number of planes from Albania to Africa since the British desert campaign began. “It is not so much material de- struction that counts in bombing attacks, d'Albiac asserted, “as dis- organization of trains, warehouse facilities and so forth, which causes delay and confusion.” He laid the British success to good fighting spiri® and perfect co-ordi~ nation during air combat. Orie instance illustrating morale, he said, occurred when a gunner kept his weapon firing despite such cold that he suffered frostbite that may cost him his fingers. “Flying conditions in Greece are more difficult than anywhere else (See GREEK, Page A-4) Body of Boy, 7, Found In Icebox of Home The body of a 7-year-old colored boy was found last night in an un- used icebox in the basement of his grandmother’s home, 1203 Fourth street N.W. The child was identified as Leslie Kane, who had been reported miss- ing by his grandmother and guard- ian, Mrs. Frances A. Handy, since 1ast Tuesday. The body was discovered by Jeffer- son Crawford, 40, colored, a roomer at the Fourth street address. Police investigating said they had been unable to discover whether the child had been playing in the box, which was empty except for the body, or whether the body had been placed thers, ¢ Washington. Mrs. Deegan, a former resident of Asheville, N. C, was held in Paris for several days by German occupation authorities. She was a receptionist at the Embassy, and. since the American Embassy looks after British interests in France, her duties made it necessary for her to come in contact with all Brit- ish subjects who came to the Em- bassy. First Secretary Cross has been in Paris since June, 1935. He was born in Rangoon of American parents, educated at Brown University and the University of Chicago and has served at a dozen European and African posts since he entered the foreign service in 1919. Second Secretary Hunt, a native of Washington, was educated at the University of Michigan and the Sor- bonne in Paris. He was assigned to the Paris Embassy in June, 1938. Dutch Tanker Safe LONDON, Dec. 21 (#.—The 10,746-ton Dutch tanker Pendrecht, reported by Mackay Radio in New York Wednesday as having radioed that she was torpedoed by a subma- rine in the Atlantic, has arrived safely at a British port, official Dutch circles in London, said to- night. tive Voorhis, Democrat, of Califor- | nia swiftly to enact legislation giv- |ing the Justice Department an un- | disputed legal weapon to deal with saboteurs in American plants manu- facturing war material for Great Britain or other foreign countries. Mr. Voorhis, chairman of a special subcommittee of the Dies Commit- tee on Un-American Activities, re- | vealed his plans late yesterday after hearing the secret testimony of five | men connected with the aircraft in- dustry in Southern California. [ Names of these five men were not revealed, nor was the substance of | their testimony. But within 10 min- | utes after the final witness had dis- | appeared, Representative Voorhis handed newspapermen a statement containing the text of a bill he pro- poses to introduce as soon as the House convenes tomorrow. The | measure is designed to give the Jus- tice Department authority to handle saboteurs. The proposed legislation, he pointed out, was prepared in co- operation with “experts” of the Justice Department. of the testimony of the five undis- closed witnesses, Mr. Voorhis said in his prepared statement: “The importance of this legislation has been further demonstrated by the hearings conducted in the last “(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-4) Government Agencies Flood Star With Gifts for Needy All Must Be Granted Feeling They Are Not Lost to Society, Jackson Tells Workers The Star’s Christmas campaign have “a significance far beyond their material value,” Attorney Gifts to the needy through General Jackson declared in a Christmas party address before his employes yesterday in the great hall of the Justice Department. “This is a time of the year forgotten,” he said. All must beé granted “the feeling that they have not lost their place in human so- ciety.” Mr. Jackson’s own departthent, together with 14 other Government departments and agencies con- nected with The Star-Warner Bros.- N. B. C. Christmas appeal, has done its part. Friday and yesterday a fleet of trucks was busy carrying toys, food and clothing from Fed- eral buildings, while messengers were hurrying to The Star's Christ- mas House with cash collections. The rush will be resumed tomorrow. You, too, still have time to give your share of the season’s cheer to children of families in -direct need. Mail Cash Today. But there’s a hurry. Checks and cash should be put in the mails to- day, addressed to the Christmas House, at Eleventh street and Penn- sylvania avenue N.W. Tomorrow the last of the Christmas House broadcasts will go on the air, and Tuesday .will be the fina] day the " (Bes CHIISTMAS, Pags A-3) when people cannot bear to be Let's Hurry Before It's Too Late Checks and cash sent to Christmas House today and to- morrow can be placed in the hands of needy mothers in time for a bit of Christmas shopping. Children may be denied their share of the season’s cheer if your donation comes later. Mail your gift at once to The Star’s Christmas House, at Eleventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue N.W. Or stop by at any of the following WMAL broadcast periods: Today No broadcasts. House closed ~ till tomorrow. Christmas 8:30 am. Obviously alarmed by the nature | !Hoover Urges Waiver On Right fo Strike In War Industries Calls for Definitely Organized Increase of Defense Productivity By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 21 —Pormer‘ President Hoover declared tonight | | that employers and employes in es- | | sential war industries should waive | their respective rights of lockout and !smke “in favor of arbitration.” In a nationally broadcast speech accepting the 1940 gold medal of the | Pennsylvania Society of New York, Mr. Hoover decried “intolerance” in | the United States and said he be- {lieved the best way to cope with | defense and allied problems was “to | definitely organize increase of our in- | dustrial efficiency and productivity.” | The former President prefaced | his discussion of defense and pre- | paredness with the remark that that I have divorced myself | “politics for the balance of my e, I can devote myself to such discussion at least without partisan im 5 “Among the parallel phenomena with 1916-7,” he said, “is the ferocity of the discussion going on among our own people.” Developing that theme, Hoover continued: | “Certainly it is a sign of a dan- | gerously irresponsible mind in a nation when patriotic men are| fiercely denounced as being the tools Mr. U. S. Examines Cases of Neutral Seizure of Ships Some Authorities Say Non-Belligerents Have ‘Right of Angary’ By GOULD LINCOLN. The problem of foreign shipping, tied up in American ports, is forcing itself more and more on the atten- tion of the Government, because of the sinking of merchant vessels in large numbers in the European war. Consideration is being given to the possible requisitjoning of these ships. Involved is a question of policy as well as a question of law. Should the United States Government de- termine to take over these ships, it might do so for its own use, to supplement the American merchant marine. Or it has been suggested it might take them over with the idea of “leasing” them to the British. From Germany has come a warn- ing that the seizure of these foreign flag ships might be considered a casus belli. The warning, on which Secretary Hull declined comment, was issued in Berlin by an official foreign office spokesman, comment- ing on a statement by Ronald H. Cross, British minister of shipping. to the effect that the assignment of a certain number of enemy ships in the United States to the British service “are the only ways I can see for replenishments of any con- sequence,” Congressional Comment Sharp. Congressional reaction yesterday indicated that any formal proposal directed at that end would en- counter vigorous opposition, many at the Capitol being outspokem in their antagonism. Senator Capper, Republican. of Kansas said, “Legislation would be necessary before any such step could be taken, and I do not believe Congress would enact it.” Senator Adams, Democrat, of Col- orado, said. “We haven't any right to take foreign ships in time of | peace for our own or anybody else’s use. I don’t think we ought to be- come pirates and confiscate ships of | friendly nations.” Senator Bulow, Democrat. of South Dakota, said. “At first blush I think it would lead us two steps nearer war instead of one.” Senator Reed, Republican, of Kan- sas, said he would want to examin® such a proposal “very carefully.” adding, “I want to examine every step we take to be sure that it won't lead us into war.” King Would Rather Build. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah: | “I doubt whether we ought to seize these ships in the present state of our relations with Germany. I would rather build ships here as rap- idly as possible and lease them to Great Britain. I don't want to take any course that would give Germany & semi-excuse to declare a state of war against us.” Representative Fish, Republican, of New York, said he thought Con- gress would be unwilling “to destroy the last vestiges of international law by seizing either German or Italian | of Great Britain or pro-Nazi. And |by way of pointed illustration¥ I refer to two men—single-minded men in their devotion to our coun- try. They are William Allen White and Col. Lindbergh—both of whom | have long since earned the grati- tude of Americans.” Duty to Express Position. Mr. Hoover declared that it was the “transcendent right of Ameri- cans, and their duty” to express their position on war and peace and added that he wanted “no single step taken relating to war that is not given time for public debate.” “As Congress has the final respon- sibility to declare war,” he said, should also debate and pass upon every step which may lead to war.” Discussing defense, Mr. Hoover as- serted that the task the Nation had taken on itself “amounts in some ways to as great an effort as war itself. Many of its problems of economic organization are war problems.” “It is so large an effort,” he con- tinued, “that it demands complete national unity. And a pertinent place for unity is in labor relations. “In the last war employers and employes in essential war industries tactically waived the right of lock- out and strike in favor of arbritra- tion. It should be done again.” Financing Difficult. Mr. Hoover declared that the financing of the present prepared- ness program would be “far more difficult than in the last war,” and asserted that “if we are to avoid inflation we must pay still more taxes. We must have a more cor- structive tax system. We must place more of the Government bor- rowing directly upon the savings of the people and not by !nflation of bank deposits. “The ultimate end of inflation is revolution and today's fashion in revolution is National Socialism.” Mr. Hoover noted that longer hours and lower wages for manu- facturing labor were advocated by some as one way to help defense production. “I support an entirely different lternative,” he said. “That is to " (See HOOVER, Page A-18) Myron C. Taylor Taken To Boston Hospital vessels in the United States and sell- ing them to a belligerent nation while we are at peace.” “The Norwegian, Danish, Dutch and Belgian merchant ships.” he added in a statement, “come under a different category and we might be able to buy these ships and release them to the British.” Noting that the German foreign office spokesman charged the United States, in her relations with Ger- many, was following a policy of “pin- pricks, injury, insult, challenge and moral aggression,” Mr. Fish said this country would decide on what action to take to protect American interest “regardless of complaints emanating from Berlin.” Bundists Recalled. “If the German government wants to promote better relations with us,” he said, “it should use its in- fluence to stop activities of the bundists in the United States and withdraw its spies and agitators, They are the worst enemies of Ger= many in America.” As far as can be learned, the American Government has come to no decision in the matter of these tied-up ships, of which there are around 140 in the waters of the United States, continental and ter- ritorial. Of the ships, 42 are Danish owned, 27 Italian, 17 French, 2 Ger- man and 1 Lithuanian. Legislation, as Senator Capper U. S. Acts fo Curb Prices 0f Scrap, Pig Iron, Coke By the Associated Press. Leon Henderson, Defense Commise sion member in charge of price sta- bilization, said yesterday that as a result of recent increases in prices of scrap, pig iron and coke, essential to steel manufacture, efforts would be made immediately to control the situation. He said meetings would be called in the immediate future to discuss the price situation with representa- tives of the scrap, pig iron and related industries. Alien Registration Washington’s non-citizen reés- idents must register at the City Post Office, Massachusetts ave- By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Dec. 21.—Myron C. Tay- lor, President Roosevelt’s special en- voy to the Vatican, entered the New England Baptist Hospital tonight as a patient. Mr. Taylor, who returnea to this country last to conval- esce from a serious illness with which he was seized while in Rome, was taken to the hospital in a spe- cial automobile after he left a New York train at Back Bay Station. He was met there by Dr. Prank Lahey, Boston specialist. The hospital met all queries as to Mr. Taylor's condition with the as- sertion that his “family request that no information be given out.” o nue and North Capitol street, before midnight Thursday. Failure to comply with the Alien Registration Act of 1940 involves penalties up to a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for six months. Fraudulent state- ments in registration are pun- ishable by deportation. Aliens 14 years of age and older should register in person, while parents or guardians must register for alien children under 14. Special arrange- ments can be made in the case of persons unable to visit the