Barkley Resigns
From Pearl Harbor
Committee
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14—(/P)—
Chairman Barkley announced he
may resign from the Pearl Harbor
committee. The statement came
after the committee's entire legal
staff asked to be excused from
further participation in the in
quiry. Barkley told his colleagues
that during the next few days be
fore reaching his final decision
he would weight his “relative ob
ligations” to the committee and to
the Senate, where he is majority
leader.
Previously William Mitchell,
committee counsel and his entire
staff asked to be relieved from
duty. Barkley called this move by
the staff a “tragic development.”
Mitchell said he and his aides
would continue to be present at
testimony this month, but Barkley
said it would be difficult for the
committee to find other counsel.
Mitchell asserted “all of my
staff accepted their places on my
expectations and assurances that
they would not be held up any
considerable time after January
first. My own obligations and re
sponsibilities put me in the same
position.”
Barkley protested the hearings
were ranging over such a wide
field, and the witnesses were be
ing questioned at such length that
the investigation might go on for
months.
Senate Postpones
Labor Legislation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—(A5)—
The Senate labor committee de
cided to end hearings on the fact
finding labor disputes bill after
today, and not resume them until
after the first of the year. This
means that President Truman will
not get his wish that such legis
. lation be passed before the Christ
mas holidays.
Army Enlistments
Up In Volume
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 — More
men enlisted in the regular army
during the six weeks ending No
vember thirty than were in the
standing army before the out
break of World War II.
Maj. Gen. Harold N. Gilbert,
director of military personnel pro
curement adjutant general’s of
fice, made the disclosure at a con-1
ference of educators and military
t officials at Governor’s island.
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Transport Brings
i Students, Not GIs
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14 — Re
turnees aboard the troopship Tor
rens which arrived recently with
seventeen hundred thirty service
men from Karachi, India, said sol
diers had been left behind to
make room for fifty Indian stu
dents.
Captain Robert E. Gibney,
transport commander, said the
students had not been faVored
* over troops. He said he was not
authorized to make any further
statements.
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