THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,927
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY . OCTOBER 2, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Air Force
Expansion
Is Agreed
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 — —
Senator Lodge (R-Mass) told the
Senate today that top military lead
ers of this nation have formally
agreed upon a vast expansion of
air power during the next three
years.
Lodge said the Joint Chiefs of
Staff “after a prolonged and labor
ious discussion” have ordered a
program “for expansion of the Air
Force from 95 to about 140 groups.”
“The exact figure Is a secret,
but I believe this to be the gen
eral ratio," Lodge, a World War
II Army officer and long-time
advocate of increased air power,
told the Senate.
Much of the expansion will go to
“tactical airpower” in support of
the ground forces, Lodge said,
adding that would remedy "one of
our gravest weaknesses.”
“I understand this great incre
ment of American strength will be
completed in 1954," Lodge said.
He said this means that of a re
cent Congressional supplemental de
fense money bill of $5,000,000,000,
about two-thirds would be allocated
to airforce expansion “and much of
the rest of it will be completed in
1954.” _ jrJtl
President's Order
Is 'Subversive'
Declares Senator
"Is Insult to Congress,
World's Best Press and
Free People"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—(iPI—Pres
ident Truman’s order on security
information was denounced by Sen
ator Bricker (R-Ohio) today as
“subversive” and “an insult to Con
gress, the world's best press, and a
free people.”
In a speech prepared for the
Senate, Bricker declared:
“A free people will demand the
repeal ofc this disgusting Iron Cur
tain order of the President.”
The Ohio lawmaker urged speedy
enactment of his bill to wipe the
order off the books. He says there
is no doubt Congress has authority
to do so. Other sponsors of the
repeal measure are Senators Cape
hart (R-Ind) and Ferguson (R
Mich).
The bill was introduced last Fri
day and was referred to the Senate
Executive Expenditures committee.
That group has not met since.
The Presidential order issued a
week ago, provides for tightening
and standardizing the handling of
some military information. It
authorizes federal civilian agencies
to withhold data from the public
if they deem such action is neces
sary for national security. The
Defense and State Departments
have had such authority all along.
FROM VIRGINIA
Miss Annette G. Warren of Roan
oke, Va., is’ a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• At Airpot: Maximum, 52; •
• Minimum, 33. •
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• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Partly cloudy tonight and •
• Wednesday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight near 38, high- •
• est Wednesday about 51. •
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TheWashington
Merry - Go - Round
(Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
Washington—The communist
Czechoslovak embassy in Washing
ton is located in a most fashionable
and uncommunist part of town.
Almost next door are the friendly
Chilean embassy, the Egyptian em
bassy, the now troubled Pakistan
embassy, the pro-American Philip
pines and the stanchly anti-Com
munist Turkish embassy.
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Russians
Get Into
Iran Case
Will Speed Up Supplies
Desperately Needed;
Britons Leave Country
TEHRAN, Iran, Oct. 2 — itf) — A
government spokesman said today'
the Soviet Union has promised to dc
everything possible' to speed up
sugar and other supplies desperately
needed by Iran to replace stocks
normally supplied by Britain.
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Sadchi
kov called on Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh a few hours after Russia
unsuccessfully supported Iran in at
tempting to block the U.N. Security
Council from taking up the Brit
ish-Iranian oil dispute.
The latest Soviet move was re
garded in western circles as a
further attempt to woo Iran fal
lowing Mossadegh’s order that
British technicians must leave the
country by Thursday, a move that
brought the bitter feud over na
tionalization to a boiling climax.
Deputy Premier Hossein Fatemi
said Sadchikov in his call promised
further Soviet assistance under the
two nations’ $20,000,000 trade pact
Barter trade talks are now going
on in Tehran in an effort to step
up deliveries that have been lag
ging under the present pact.
Iranian government officials ex
pressed disappointment that the
council agreed to hear the British
complaint against ousting Britain's
technicians, but they said the deci
sion came as no surprise.
British Leaving Iran
The announcement that the Brit
ish definitely will leave tomorrow
from Abadan eased tension some
what here. The 300 technicians will
be transported in Iranian boats tc
the British cruiser Mauritius an
chored off Abadan on the Iragui
side of the Shat t-el-Arab river. The
Iranian government refused per
mission for the cruiser to tie up in
Iranian waters.
British citizens will be taken by
the Mauritius to Basra.
Requests Made
For Total Output
Eklulna Project
That the total production of the
Eklutna hydroelectric project has
been tentatively contracted for is
announced by Joseph Morgan, Al
aska director for the Bureau of
Reclamation. Charles Baker, chief
of the marketing and power sales
division of the agency’s Washington
office and Morgan returned from
Anchorage on Saturday, after com
pleting preliminary negotiations on
the contracts.
The total annual production of
142.000,000 kilowatt hours will be
used by the City of Anchorage, the
Chugach Electrical Co-operative
and the Matanuska Valley Electrical
Co-operative. The two co-operatives
are financed by the Rural Electric
Association.
Morgan said that the final con
tracts with the three users will be
drawn up after the construction
contracts for the project have been
accepted.
Contract Awarded
Contract for the construction of
tile Eklutna power project was
awarded on September 11 in Denver
to three contracting firms; Morri
son-Knudsen, Peter Kewitt and
Sons, and A1 Coker and Sons. The
joint bid submitted by the three
companies was $17,348,865 while the
Bureau’s engineers revised esti
mate for the job was $18,175,568.00.
The bid includes construction of the
four and half mile tunnel, dam,
penstock, gate works, and surge
tank. I
Morgan said that the contractors
were working at top speed on the
tunnel so that underground work
could be started before the freeze
up to continue through the winter.
Dormitories and a mess hall are
being built and preparations for the
excavation of the Knik Arm of the
tunnel have started. On the Eklut
na Lake end of the tunnel, a 200
foot shaft is being sunk.
Other Projects Visited
Baker accompanied Morgan on an
inspection trip to five power sites
that are now being Investigated
by the Alaska department. Loca
tions of the proposed projects are
Swan Lake near Ketchikan, Doro
thy Lake near Juneau, Blue Lake
at Sitka, Wickersham project near
Fairbanks, find Susitna on the Al
aska Railroad near Gold Creek.
FROM CHICAGO, ILL.
Ben Wolf of the American Dis
tilling Company, Chicago, is stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel.
Korean Veteran
| Is Homesick,
But in Reverse
SEATTLE, Oct. 2 — * — Among
homesick Korean war veterans re
turning to the U.S. on rotation, Lt.
Harry A. Taylor is homesick in re
verse.
He wants to go back to Korea.
When Taylor, 39, of Waynesburg,
Pa., stepped from a troop transport
here yesterday, it was the first time
in more than seven years he had set
foot in the United States.
Six years and three days cf the
time have been spent in Korea, his
most recent assignment was as ad
visor to the provost marshal of the
Army of the Republic of Korea.
Taylor said after 16 years in the
Army—11 years in the Far East—
The Army is my life."
"I can’t think of a place where I
can do more for the Army than
in Korea,” he added.
Taylor said he plans to spend his
30 day leave with his wife and
daughter whom he has not seen
since the North Koreans overran
Seoul at the outbreak of the Korean
hostilities. Mrs. Taylor and Bar
bara Joyce were evacuated to the
United States.
Hundreds
Arrested,
Argentina
Soldiers, Political Lead
ers Snared in Secret
Police Dragnet
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct.
2—itf!—Hundreds of soldiers and
political leaders have been snared
in u government secret police drag
net which moved swiftly over the
weekend to crush opposition to
President Juan D. Peron.
Sources close to the army said
200 officers and men were arrested.
Political parties and families of pol
itical chieftains said leaders of the
radical, nationalist, communist, and
socialist and conservative parties
were among those taken into cus
tody in the wake of Friday’s abor
tive revolt.
A government spokesman accused
the minority political parties of be
ing financed by “North American
imperialism” in an attempt to over
throw Peron’s government in an
uprising led by elements of the
armed forces.
Among those in the police net was
Adrian Escobar, who once was an
important figure in administrations
which preceded Peron. A conserv
ative, he served as ambassador to
the United States, Brazil, France,
and Spain, after being a member
of Congress and postmaster gen
eral.
The country is back on its ordin
ary everyday routine.
Atlantic Post Office
Near Paris to
Have Own Flag Now
By the Associated Press
A new flag will be raised over
Atlantic Pact headquarters near
Paris on Friday. It’s a green flag
—partly designed by the supreme
commander himself, General Dwight
Eisenhower.
Printed in gold on the flag will
be an emblem in Latin—meaning
"vigilance is the price of liberty.”
At the same time, members of the
headquarters staff tvill start wear
ing green and gold shoulder patches
and badges.
The emblems have olive leaves of
gold and two drawn swords. The
swords also were Eisenhower’s idea.
FOWLER RESIGNS FROM
MINE DEPARTMENT
Howard Fowler resigned as associ
ate mining engineer for the Terri
torial Department of Mines and left
for Seattle yesterday aboard the
Pan American plane. Fowler, who
has been with the Department for
the past two years, will visit with
his parents in Tacoma.
FROM SEATTLE
C. Vaughn of Seattle is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
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4 Low tide 8:56 a.m., 1.2 ft. •
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Reds Can't
Hurt Us,
Says Bradley
General Makes Tour of
Korean Front, Flies Back
to Tokyo, Coming Home
TOKYO, Oct. 2—Gen. Otrdr
Bradley said today United Nations
forces in Korea are strong enough
‘■to keep anyone from running over
us” and, if truce talks collapse
completely, fight the war to a suc
cessful military conclusion.
“I don't think the Communists
can hurt us," Bradley said in
Korea after a two-day tour of the
front.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff made it clear the
U.N. is ready to resume armistice
negotiations anywhere that pro
vides ‘‘equal rights” to both sides—
even in Kaesong.
However, there was no sign from
Red commanders that they were
willing to meet either at a No
Man’s-Land site proposed by the
U.N. or to completely change
conditions in Kaesong to provide
“equal rights” to the Allies.
The Red Korean Pyongyang radio
said Tuesday night the success of
cease-fire talks “hinges not on a
change in the conference site but on
the sincerity of the Americans.”
It was the first direct reference
to the Allied proposal to move nego
tiations to Songhyong, six miles
from Kaesong.
Bradley flew back to Tokyo amid
reports that he will cut short his
visit.
This may indicate that the pur
pose of his flying trip from Wash
ington has been accomplished. That
purpose has never been announced,
although it has been the subject of
much speculation.
Bradley’s Korean tour was marked
by confident, hard-talking state
ments from American generals who
accompanied him and from Braaley
himself.
Honolulu Police
Shoot Alaskan
Fleeing Killing
HONOLULU, Oct. 2—(£1—Gun
fire felled a negro from Alaska and
a mechanic from Samoa in Hono
lulu’s crowded international airport
terminal last night. »
The Samoan, 23-year-old Tine
Su'a, was shot through the left
chest in a loud, heated argument
with the negro, Ray Wright, 39.
Wright surrendered after police
put a bullet through his gunwielding
right arm. m
Doctors said the condition of
Su’a was critical. He is a mechanic
at Pearl Harbor Navy Base.
Wright was placed in Queen's
Hospital under police guard. Police
said Wright and his wife formerly
operated a tavern at Fairbanks.
Passengers and greeters scattered
in alarm when the shboting start
ed at a baggage counter.
Detective Lt. Herbert Cockett said
Wright and Su’a got into an argu
ment after Wright stepped off a
plane from San Francisco, and
Wright started shooting.
Police declined to say what the
argument was about.
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• DUCK HUNTING HOURS •
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• October 3 •
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• Starts 6:36 a.m., Ends 5:27 p.m. •
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6 Red Jets
Shot Down,
2 Damaged
Fierce Air Battles Fought
-All Allied Planes
Reported Safely Return
U. S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, Oct. 2——American
Sabre Jets shot down six Red jets
and damaged two in fierce air bat
tles over northwest Korea today.
A total of 193 planes were In
volved in the two deadly fights.
The toll ran the air warfare total
to IOC Red plpnes reported de
stroyed It equaled the record for
the number of Communist planes
reported shot down in a single day.
The Fifth Air Force said one of
the damaged Russian type MIG-15s
probably was destroyed.
It reported all Allied planes re
turned safely.
On the ground fierce fighting Reds
recaptured a hill on the eastern
front and for the third successive
day stalled an Allied attack in the
west.
Two hundred charging Korean
Reds drove South Koreans from a
height the Allies captured Mon
day east of Heartbreak Ridge, hot
spot of the eastern front. The
hill has changed hands three
times in five days.
In the west a grenade-hurling
battalion of Chinese halted every
Allied attack on a narrow bridge
near Chorwon.
The jet battle swirled from 30.000
feet down to tree-top levels. The
destroyed toll matched that reported
Dec. 22.
The day's first battle was fought
just before noon between 45 MIGs
and 36 American F-86 Sabre Jets,
flying interference for a rail-cutting
mission over MIG Alley.
Two Red-nosed Communist jets
were sent spiraling down in flames.
* •« U-r-.-flrst fight America’s top
ace in combat made one of the kills.
It was the third jet for Col. Francis
S. Gabreski, of Oil City, Pa. He
was credited with 31 German planes
in World War Two.
Churchill Hints
At Wanting to
Form Coalition
LEDDINGTON, Eng., Oct. 2—(/PI
I —Winston Churchill promised to
i night to form a “broadly based”
government if the Conservatives win
Britain’s Oct. 26 election.
His words clearly indicated he
wants to head a cabinet of Con
servatives, Socialists and Liberals
I as he did during the war, to fight
i the nation’s economic crisis and re
i build Britain as a world power.
It was his first big-pre-electlon
| speech before a party rally of 6,000
in the Liverpool Stadium.
Churchill's hint of coalition
caught the British people by sur
I prise. There is no indication that
I Prime Minister Attlee’s Labor party
would accept any offer to serve in
a cabinet under Conservative lead
ership.
Ship Movements
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
! rive from Vancouver tonight at 8:30
o'clock sailing for Skagway at 11
pm., southbound sometime Friday
morning.
Denali due southbound sometime
Sunday.
Buranof sails from Seattle Oct. 5.
Newspaper People of the Free World
BELIEVE
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Publishers of America Observe
National Newspaper Week
October 1 to 8
The Newlyweds
Actor Franrhot Tone smiles admiration upon his bride, blonde Bar
bara Payton. The two were wed at Cloquet, Minn., ending the Tone
Tom Neal swains' dispute that cost Tone temporary facial disfigure
ment. Tone and Barbara were reported honeymooning In Duluth.
Barbara's wedding gown is a navy blue tissue-wool dress trimmed
with navy blue taffeta. Tone Wears a dark grey suit with thin red
stripe, iff) Wirephoto.
Alaskan, Back from
Korea, Anxious to
Be Home to Trap
SEATTLE, Oct. 2—Ufi—Pvt. Perry
Edward Smith, 23. landed yester
day from Korea and now has only
a little more than 2,000 miles still
to go to get home.
Private Smith lives at Trapper's
Den, Alaska. He is the first soldier
from the Territory to return home
from the war in Korea. For that,
he got special recognition when a
military transport with 1,492 combat
\eterans docked at the Port of
.Embarkation. ■
Private Smith was the first
man “sprung" from the ship.
Troops aboard and crowds of
welcomers ashore cheered as the
stocky, black- haired youth strode
down the gangway, grinning.
Lieut. Col. L. E. Bartley, Alaska
liaison officer for the Port of Em
barkation, clutched Smith's hand
and told him:
“You’re lined up to fly to Anch
orage Wednesday morning."
That will leave only 162 more
miles over Alaska’s Glenn Highway
to Smith’s home. Trapper’s Den is
not on most maps. Smith’s father
runs his trapline out of there.
Smith was in Japan when the
Korean war began. He enlisted at
Fort Richardson, near Anchorage,
in 1949. He went to Korea In an
engineers company.
"Never fired a shot,” said Smith.
“I had my war runing a bulldozer
and big crane.
"I can’t wait to get back to
Alaska. Dad can sure use me on
that trapline."
Aufoisls Are Given
Tip on Traffic Signs
From Police Chief
Bernard Hulk, Chief of Police, dis
cussing traffic signs, has the follow
ing to say of interest to all drivers
of cars:
“Ignoring traffic signs is the same
sort of deadly though that prompts
an occasional hunter to see if his
gun is loaded by squinting down the
bairel and snapping the trigger.
When a person drives the same
route daily he becomes calloused
to any sign on his route. Event
ually a stop sign may lose its
meaning completely.
“Many drivers merely slow down
at an intersection and get away
with it fcr years. Then one day he
find himself involved in a broad
side collision in which he is legally
at fault.
Recently stop signs have been
painted on intersections. Get into
the safe habit at stopping at these
streets. They were put there for
your protection."
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Wi—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3'», American Can
116%, American Tel. and Tel. 159%,
Anaconda 49%, Douglas Aircraft
60%, General Electric 611*. General
Motors 52^k, Goodyear 47%, Ken
necott 86'i, Libby McNeill and
Libby 9, Northern Pacific 56 %,
Standard Oil of California 54, Twen
tieth Century Fox 22H, U. S. Steel
431 , Pound $2.79, Canadian Ex
change 94.81.
Sales today were 1,870,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 274.34, rails 86.10. util
ities 46.41.
534 Votes
Cast at 3
Precincts
Polls Close at 7 o'Clock
Tonight; General Interest
Is Shown
At 3 o’clock this afternoon 534
votes had been cast in the city cl
f ■ **"• '• ' ■ ;
In the 1st precinct 201 votes had
teen cast. The voting was gradual.
In the 2nd precinct 173 votes
hnd bJen cast, voting reported
fast during the day.
In the 3rd precinct 160 votes had
been registered with a steady flow
of voters reported.
The polls close at 7 o’clock to
night and a heavy vote In believed
possible.
There are two separate tickets for
mayor and six coucilmen. There
are two candidates for school board
and one for magistrate.
Last year at 3 o'clock 644 votes
had ben cast, 230 in the first pre
cinct, "296 in the second and 138 in
the third. Last year there 14 cand
idates for councilmen, six to be
chosen. The total vote last year
was 1265.
Price Drop
For Chums
This Year
A 50 percent drop In the price
of chums over last season's rate
of $1.00 a fish delivered was re
ported today by Elton Engstrom,
Juneau fish broker. Chum seining
season opened on Monday and first
landing in Juneau was yesterday
when the Lotte Fisherman, captained
by Clarence Moy, docked with 12,000
fish aboard. The cargo was bought
by Engstrom but he stated that was
not interested in buying any more
chums.
Over 50 seine boats were reported
to be fishing in the Excursion In
let area yesterday according to
| word received here by Howard Balt
70, assistant regional director for
the Pish and Wildlife Service,
j Agents aboard the Brant reported
j that it was a heavy run. The short
| season will close on Saturday night.
With only four canneries in
I southeast Alaska operating for the
fall season, Baltzo said that the
fishermen are faced with a major
: marketing problem. Cold storages
j usually buy only a small amount
j of chums each season.
Baltzo said that many of the
fi. hermen are intending to sell
their catches in Prince Rupert, B.C.
or Seattle.
; William Henry Wyers
Dies al Noon Today
William Henry Wyers of Tenakee
| died at St. Ann's Hospital at noon
! today.
He had lived at Tenakee since
1944 and prior to that had lived
! in the Copper River area. He was
| born at Halton, Me., on August 28,
1875. There are no known surviving
relatives. The remains are at the
Carter Mortuary and funeral ar
j rangements will be announced later.
Dodgers 10,
Giants 0,
2nd Game
Rain Stopped Gaitte for
41 Minutes Then It Is
Resumed Unier Lights
BULLETIN—NEW YORK, Oct.
2 — W — The Brooklyn Dodgers
slaughtered the New York OlMtt
this afternoon Id to 0 to even the
series In the playoff.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2—OB—1Time
was called because of rain today
with Brooklyn holding a 5-0 lead
over the New York Giants In the
sixth Inning of the second of their
best-of-three tie playoff series for
the National League pennant. The
Dodgers had two runs In ahd a
man on first with two out tfheh
play was stopped.
Jackie Robinson with three
s:raight hits, including a two-run
homer in the first and a run-scoring
single in the fifth led the Brook
attack on Sheldon Jones and George
Spencer. Gil Hodges hit hts 40th
homer and Billy Cox had scooted
home on Spencer's error after a
squeeze play almost backfired In the
sixth.
The Dodgers had eight hits apd
tlie Giants six oft Clem Labtna, the
23-year-old rookie righthander from .
St. Paul.
Lights Turned On
The game started in bright warm
sunshine but clouds blew up In the
fourth. By the sixth the umpires
ordered the lights turned on.
The big arcs reflected off the
puddles on the Infield tarpaulins as
' the shower continued. It waa still
coming down 20 minutes after play
was stopped but the game could go
on all night with the lights turned
on.
The bulk of the 45,000 or 50.000
customers mobbed the hot dog apd
‘ coffee stands while they waited. '
After taking yesterday's S-l
opener behind Jim Hearn, Du roc her
gambled with Jones against the
' Erooks.
| Just before the game, Manager
[ Chuck Dressen of the Brooks
switched to A1 (Rube) Walker as
| his starting catcher. Apparently
Roy Campanella felt unable to feo
because of his leg Injury.
Yanks Watch **
Most of the Yankee ball club
which will meet the playoff winner
in the World Series starting Thurs
day, sat In a special section JUet
behind the working press In the
I upper tier.
Robinson's 19th homer with Pee
| Wee Reese on base gave the Dodgers
i a 2-0 lead in the first inning. With
one out. Reese singled to left field.
After Duke Snider fanned, Rob
inson slammed a liner Just pvgr
the green barrier into the lowgr
field seats for a home run.
Dodgers Widen Lead
Brooklyn widened its lead to 3-0
in the fifth when Snider doubled
off She left field wall, and Robin
son drove him home with hie third
straight hit, a single through Spen
cer’s legs into center.
The umpires ordered the flood
lights turned on In the sixth.
Gil Hodges smashed his 40th home
run into the upper stands in left
to lead off the inning. Cox smashed
to Thomson who threw over LoCk
man’s head into the field boxes for
a two-base error.
Cox went to third after Walker
flied to Mueller. With the squeeae
on, Labine missed the bunt attempt
and Cox was trapped between third
nnd home. After he was run down
and touched, Spencer dropped the
ball and Cox belatedly continued
home to make it 5-0.
The rain started to pour down,
l abine walked., The umpires called
time.
Play Resumed
After a delay of 41 minutes, play
was resumed.
Reese lined a single to right.
Snider singled scoring Labine and
making the score 6-0.
Robinson fouled out to end the
inning.
Senator Asking
For Resignations,
Boyle, Gabrielson
By the Associated Frees
Republican Senator John Wil
liams of Delaware asked again today
for the resignations of the chairman
of both the Republican and Demo
cratic National committees. Both
William Boyie, Jr., and Ouy Oab
rielson are under Senate investiga
tion.
The Senators want to know if
these men used their political posi
tions to influence Reconstruction
Finance Corporation loan to fifths
in which they have, or had, an in
terest. 1. ^