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108--NO. 138 NEWPORT, R. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1952 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS R. I. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT HIT IN SURVEY REPORT Inadequacies Ranging From Sloppy Filing To Laxity Charged Rhode Island's department of agriculture and Conservation was L-riticizcd today in a report of a survey made at the direction of Gov.

Dennis J. Roberts. The survey was made by William J. De Nuccio of the state's new department of administration. It criticizes the department for many inadequacies, ranging from filing procedures to its failure to produce "a vigorous and progressive leadership in securing objectives in the best interests of the agriculture and conservation elements of the state." DeNuccio observed that a philosophy of "status quoism" exists and that its prestige is "relatively low." It spoke also of personnel feuds within the department.

The report makes these major recommendations: Jt'lno Recommendations 1. Establishment of a new division of business services in the department. Its chief would be in eftect a deputy director of agriculture with centralized control over all fiscal matters. 2. A split-up of the department's largest division-Forests and Parks.

The parks section would go to the department of Public Works and the foresls section would remain with Agriculture. 3. Removal of all mills sanitation duties from the Agriculture Department to the Department of Health. (An administration bill now in the General Assembly would do this,) 4. Abolition of the Board of Milk Control which sets prices and the elimination of state control over retail price of milk.

5. Creation of a new division of milk control under administrator. Creation of a Milk Control Appeal Board to'which the industry and public would appeal the administrator's rulings. 6. A detailed study of the Division of Fish and Game by an independent agency.

Also elimination of hundreds of unpaid deputy.game wardens and police-trained members of the marine patrol. 7. Adoption ot a Brucellosis eradication program. 3. Establishment of Dutch Elm disease control program.

9. Improvement ot the state's forest fire control program and consideration of an adoption of a yield tax on forests. The report said the agriculture department "gives evidence of many of those characteristics of (Continued on Page 4) More Duties Mean More Men, Says State Police Head If the state police are expected to assume additional responsibilities such as state-wide gambling suppression and staffing proposed for municipal police, the force will require 10 more men. Col, John T. Sheehfm of Newport, superintendent, told Cov.

Dennis J. Roberts in that department's annual report today, To defer such a request "becomes uneconomic to the welfare of the state," the report declared. An increase in duties without an increase in manpower "will cause a reduction of strength in the field; necessitating a marked reduction in both highway accident and crime prevention efforts," it added. THIS GROUP RENOUNCED COMMUNISM-A group of North Koreans captives of the Allies On AfcAj.iw* groups at Ko.ie,- Ihese rock Koje Island, wave'south Korean flags and cheer after a fight between rival groi men in stockade 93, renounced Communism. Other prisoners in stockade 92 did not, A lock fight Sit between the two groups.

South Korean soldiers on guard opened ire 12 and wounding 25 in stockade 92. Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo). SONS OF ERIN SALUTE AULD SOD View St. Pafs Day Through Emerald-Colored Glasses U. S.

Charges I. B. C. With Conspiring To Monopolize Championship Bouts Newport eyed the worl'd through emerald-colored spectacles today as native and would-be Irishmen i JQ NEW YORK, March 17 WITH International Boxing Clubs of New York and Illinois were today with conspiring championship boxing business in the United States. The Department of Justice complaint was in a civil action in federal saluted St.

Patrick's Day. I Owners of the clubs, James D. Sprigs of shamrock dotted many Norris New York and Arthur lapels and a limitless range green hues were the fashion of the day. Men's ties shone olive 'green, Kerry green, Nile green, grass green arid just plain Erin green. Judge, clerk, sheriff, chief and officers wore Ireland's patriotic shade in.police court today.

Chief Edward C. Sullivan acknowledged modestly that the Hibernians had arranged for today's spring-like weather, with temperatures pushing close to 46. One discordant note was struck when the mailman brought into the station a miniature souvenir crate of oranges. The'oranges were sent to the chief by Gus Cqntant, Thames Street reslaurantcu'r now sojourning in Florida. Parochial schools in the city were closed in honor of the day.

Chaplain Bernard J. Finnegan of the Naval Training Station will be principal speaker at the St. Patrick's day banquet in the Hotel Viking tonight. A throng of 350 is expected for a party at the Enlisted Men's Club at the Training Station. May Draft Calls 19,000 Men; Same As April Figure WASHINGTON, March 17 (in-- M.

Wirtz of Chicago, and the Madison Square Boxing Corporation, of New York, also were named defendants. Wirtz, at his office in Chicago, and Norris, at Miami Beach, both calmly took nesvs of the suit filed in New York and indicated they would correct anything the court might find wrong. "Our counsel tells usVthore is nothing illegal about out operations." said Wirtz. "As for signing boxers, it is my that personal service contracts are exempt from the antitrust law." The charges were announced, by Melville C. chief of the Department of division.

Charged With Restraint The defendants are accused of conspiring'to restrain and monopolize championship boxing bouts. The clubs, of which Norris is president, are the chief promoters of professional championship boxing matches in the country. Williams said they promoted or participated in the presentation of about 90 per cent of -all championship contests since 1949. Norris and with the Madison Square Garden Corporation, are principal stockholders of the New -York-Illinois Inter- Thc Defense Department today i national Boxing Clubs, issued a May draft call for 19,000 The the dcfend- for the Army 4,000 for the Marine Corps. The May call will bring to 913,430 the total number of Americans drafted or called to duty with Ihe armed forces since Selective i was resumed in September, 1950.

The Army's- share of the draft and ants obtained contracts from champions and leading contenders in all major weight divisions requiring, as a condition of participating in title bouts, to box 'exclusively for "Control Broadcasts" Through this means, the charges said, IBC had excluded others from th number of- now totals 832,000. The a a the promotion of such fights, and "''controlled the sale of radio, television and motion picture rights. The defendants also were accused of obtaining exclusive use of all principal arenas in New York, Chicago and some other large cities suitable for staging championship bouts. Through the. conspiracy, the charges said, the defendants had boosts 'to 81,430 Marine draftees.

The May call for 19,000 men is for'thc same number of draftees as in April. For some months preceding the April call, however, the Defense Department had been calling up considerably more men. In February for instance, the draft call was for 52,500 men. In March 28,600 were called. Boston Irish Honor St.

Patrick; 100,000 March In N.Y. Parade succeeded in 1949 in the Tournament of eliminating Cha-mpions, (Continued'on Page 4) U. S. Jets Spray Frontline Communist Positions BOSTON. March 17 Thousands of Boston Irish--and at least as many ringers--crowded into South Boston today for a dual celebration ot the evacuation of Boston by the British and the anniversary of the death of St.

Patrick, Ireland's patron saint. Leading the parade of some 5,000 marchers was a lad with smiling Italian-eyes--Carmine M. Rioli, a young World War 2 veteran. He was chosen the parade's chief marshal by the Allied War Veterans of South Boston. The Irish defend the choice with the argument: "One of our boys sailed with Columbus, didn't he?" Among the paraders -were units of the Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, National Guard, police, civic groups and greater Boston parochial school bands and drum and bugle corps.

NEW YORK, March 17 (at--An estimated 100,000 persons of all ages marched up Fifth avenue jday on the city's annual st. Patrick's Day parade. Parade Chairman John J. Sheehan, with the same confidence he expressed every year, said last night that today's parade would be "the biggest and.best" or the 18 he has supervised. The traffic stripe dividing Fifth avenue had been painted green along the route for the occasion.

Some 3,000 police were assigned to watch the crowds. Starting at 44th street, the procession stretched two miles to 96th street. Gc(v. Thomas Dewey, Vi-ncent and other officials were in the main reviewing stand. As in years past, Francis Cardinal Spellman and other Roman Catholic clergy reviewed the parade from the steps of Patrick's Cathedral between 50th.

and 51st streets. WITH THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH DIVISION, a March 17 (Jt--Jaunty green Shamrocks brightened the battle uniforms of every man in the Fifth Royal Iniskilling Dragoon Guards today--in honor of St. Patrick. The Irish greenery flown to Korea in three special airtight containers, a present from the mayor of Iniskilling. Lt.

Col. A. Carr, the regimental commander, ordered "something extra for dinner," free beer and games for his men to mark the feast day. DUBLIN, Ireland, March 17 (SI-All over Ireland the celebrations honoring St. Patrick started early today.

Thousands of'Shamrock wearers on Pago 4) SEOUL, Korea, March 17 American Shooting Star jets sprayed frontline Communist troop and artillery positions with rockets, bombs and bullets today. 'Pilots reported killing more than 75 Red soldiers, destroying 15 guns and 28 troop bunkers and damaging a Swift F-S6 Sabre jets flying cover for the Shooting Stars exchanged shots with 12 Communist MIG-15 jets, but reported no hits. Sunday, Sabres destroyed 'three MIG's, probably shot down two and damaged eight in the first air battle in four days. Communist shore guns hit the superstructure of battleship flagship of the U. S.

Seventh Fleet, off Korea's east coast Sunday. Three sailors were slightly injured. Damage was described as superficial. Ground'action was minor under a thawing -spring sun. Only light patrol clashes were reported by Eighth Army headquarters.

Infantrymen warmed their chilled bones under one of the warmest suns since last fall. One Allied division marked St. Patrick's day by, green smoke shells at the''Reds. At noon Monday (16-P. M.

EST, Sunday), the U. S. Eighth Army clamped a new blanket of censorship on front line troop Designations. The Army recently identified several divisions on the ROGERS PLAYS DURFEE IN OPENER Draws Fall River Team As New England Tourney Foe Rogers, High, fresh from its triumph in winning the Rhode Island schoolboy tournament, will, meet Durfee High of Fall River'Thursday night at 9:30 in the opening round of the New England tournament Boston. Garden.

Durfce, which defeated Sorr.er- ville-Saturday in the Eastern Massachusetts' Tournament final, holds a 49-41 victory over 'the Newport- ers, scored'last December in the NEW MORRIS CLASH WITH SENATE SEEN WITHIN MONTH Rep. Potter Says Prober Came From Association With Red Front Groups Rogers' 'In' round-- games and Warren Harding' High of Bridgeport, will meet at Springfield, Mr.ss., Tech and 'Rutland, at and Hillhouse High of New Haven, Cor.n., and Old Town, at 8:10. Rogers won the New England tournament in 1925 at the old Tufts gymnasium and repeated in 1931 in Newport. Durfee captured the tourney in 1948. Springfield--Rutland Winner IE 1 Rogers skips past Durfee it will meet the Springfield-Rutland game in the semifinals Friday night at 9:30.

Clashing in the other semi-final will be the winners of the Bridgeport- Portsmouth and New. Haven-Old Town tilts. The final will be staged Saturday night at 9. Old Town's Indians from the Penobscot Indian Reservation have the best record, 21 victories and only one defeat. Records of the other teams are: Warren Harding and Springfield Tech, each with 18-2 slates; Durfee (16-2); Rutland (22-5); Portsmouth f20-5): Hillhouse (16-5) and Rogers Rogers lost to Durfee, it defeated Ufew Bedford by one "WASHINGTON, March 17 Iff)-Government cleanup man Newbold Morris, -fresh from one investigation in which he verbally slugged it out with senators, was booked today for another within a month.

Sen. McCarran announced he will call Morris his Senate Judiciary Committee "before the Easter recess" to tell under oath whether he ever was associated with Communist front activities. told the House in a speech that Morris came to the government cleanup job with "a sordid background" or association with Communist front groups. 'Potter said Ihis is recorded in the files of the House un- American Activities Committee. Morris lias vigorously denied he ever consciously had anything to do with Communist front groups.

In a recent letter to Sen. Mundt who questioned him about it, Morris said he is "not a subversive individual." To Send In oilier developments: 1, Morris said in an address before a New York Episcopal group yesterday 'that he will send out questionnaires to top federal officials Tuesday. He did not explain what the questionnaires were about, but earlier he had said his first cleanup stop would be to look into all outside income received by high federal officials in the executive branch. He said the first questionnaire on this subject would go to Attorney General McGrath. 2, Morris announced in Washington that he has appointed Samuel Becker, a New York attorney, as his chief Becker has served as special counsel to the Federal Communications Commission and was counsel to Gov.

i Philip LaFollette of Wisconsin, i Morris announced at the same time he plans to recruit a staff of about 20 lawyers, -presumably to check the questionnaires. 3. Rep. Meader today urged, immediate House consideration of his resolution to name a bipartisan committee- to investigate government c'orruption, and- to vote $100,000 to finance its work. Construction Controls Eased For Newport Area Real estate credit controls were suspended today to encourage private construction of 1,000 housing units for personnel at Naval installation's in this area, the Associated Press repojts from Washington.

Nine hundred units, will be for rent, 100 for sale. They are to be built in Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth and Tiverton. the rental units, 200 will have one bedroom and rent for up to $60 a month. 200 with two bedrooms for S65 a month, another 340 with two bedrooms for 575 a month, 50 with three or more bedrooms at $80 a month and 110 with at least three bedrooms for .585 a month. Sixty of the dwellings to be built for sale will have two bedrooms and sell for 59,500.

The other 40 will have at laast three bedrooms and sell for up to 510,500. point in the Whaling City. New ON TEACHER STRIKE MOVE Bedford beat Durfee whose other loss was inflicted by De La Salle Academy of this city. Coach Leo Crowe of Rogers said he was glad his team would opoose "I'm not underestimating Durfee, but since we played the Fall River team earlier, in the season we know what to expect." Both Rogers and Durfee upset the form sheet by winning the (Continued on Page -t) I The state board of education is willing to intervene in the Providence teachers strike as a board of arbitration, its chairman, the Rev. Cornelus B.

Collins, said today. The board members have been hoping they would be asked to step in, he said. The strike went into its second week today with all schools closed after the taking of attendance this GOSSOONS AND COIXEEN AT ROGERS HIGH--You'll never see a finer set of even if they are paper, than those sported by these Rogers.High School students today. Patriotic observers.of St; Patrick's Day are, John Moria'rty, left, Carolyn Murphy and John Brady. (Daily News Photo) Decision On Calling Ike i Home To Testify On Aid Put Off By Senate Group Ike Still Noncommittal On Home Trip After Weekend Parley With Backer PARIS, March 17 Hoffman said today he told Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower "it would make it a great deal easier" for his political supporters if he would come home. He told reporters he got no Hoffman, one of the general's chief supporters for the presidency, said he told the supreme Allied commander'-, of concern in the United States that his nomination might be "put in he does not return before the Republican convention, in July. He' said, after a series of conferences with Eisenhower over the weekend, that he knew as little about Eisenhower's plans i this respect, as he did before he got here. The Associated Lucius D.

Clay said in Paris over the weekend Eisenhower would come home to testify Congress" really needs him, no matter what it might mean to his political future. The general's supporters want him to return and campaign-and some are saying privately he'll be back in time to make a few speeches before the July convention--but few want him home on a purely non-political visit. They feel that a return merely to testify before Congress could embarass him, hurt his chances. On the other hand, if he testified and then made talks explaining his views on foreign and domestic policies, it could help. A present, i "views" are being explained by others.

Yesterday, for example, Sen Richard Russell of Georgia, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said -lie thought the General was against compulsory FEPC. Regarding his own views, Russell said on a television (NBC's Meet Ihe Press) program, that he believed federal expenses could be cut, but if elected he could not promise a cut in taxes for a year (Continued on Page 4) IRAN OIL TALKS IN NEW BREAKDOWN World Bank Team Gives Up Over Deadlock TEHRAN, 17 Iff)--A World Bank taam wrote on the latest efforts to start Iran's oil- flowing to the West again and packed its bags for the trip home. The talks with Iran's government broke down last night in a deadlock and a spokesman Iran's 'joint oil board announced: "Negotiations are now ended." Later a government spokesman said he hopes that after the mission reports to officials of the bank in Washington, a solution to the oil disagreement still may be found. The Senate, obviously worried over the breakdown in the oil talks, sent a three-man delegation to ask Premier Mohammed Moss- adegh what policies he now intends to follow. The delegations report back to the Senate on Wednesday.

The Bank Mission, headed by loan officer Hector Prudhomme, is to fly back to the United States later this-week. No British Technicians The oil board.spokesman, Aly Shayegan, said the bank team and his group could not agree on the use British technicians, the bank's position in operating Iran's nationalized oil industry and the price to be paid for the oil. The bank had hoped to operate the now-idle industry pending a final settlement between Iran and the British-controlled Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, whose vast holdings in Iran Premier Mohammed Moss- adegh's government nationalized last year. Mossadegh refused to allow any of the British technicians he busted to return. The bank said it could -not discriminate against techni-' cians from any its 50 member countries.

Shayegan said Iran had wanted the bank, as operator of the oil properties, to act as her agent but that the bank wanted to operate the industry independently. This, said the Iranian, would have been an admission of the right of AIOC to operate in Iran. A government, communique, issued today, said a measure of agreement had been reached on some points and the talks had been frank and friendly, Stock Market-Unsteady; Just Over Saturday's Mark NEW YORK. March 17 (B-The stock market nosed ahead a little today but it was a tight squeeze. The 'list was well sprinkled with declines and the advances only just pulled the market a little above the closing level of Saturday.

Most price changes were in fractions. Traders kept a weather eye on the steel industry's labor controversy with the strike deadline Sunday at midnight and the possibilities of a settlement still up in the air. The slight advancing tendencies were present in about every major group. Oil stocks, however, showed a little more strength than other categories. The majority of the list, however, showed only fractional moves in either direction.

(Stock Table on "Page 11), STEEL STRIKE HELD BLOW TO DEFENSE Would Be Disastrous To Atom Work DPA Head WASHINGTON, March 17 (1ft-- Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann said today that if the- threatened steel- strike occurs it would have "disasterous" effects on the atomic energy and other vital defense programs. Some of industry start closing Tuesday in anticipation of a strike at midnight Sunday. Fleischrriann told a news conference that if the strike should come "the most drastic possible controls would have to be imposed at once." There is some "cushion" against a shutdown 'in many munitions industries because of steel stocks on hand, he said, but a number of important programs lack such protection. "In many areas like atomic energy, the completion of projects is wholly dependent on steel items which current production," Fleischmann said. Some Loss Inevitable Some loss of steel, sorely needed by both defense and civilian industry, seemed inevitable because the steel makers wanted to be sure their blast furnaces were emptied of hot metal in advance of.

any stoppage. Philip Murray, head of both the CIO and the strike-threatening steelworkers union, withheld action until Thursday on a request by the Stabilization Board for a new strike postponement. Murray already has put off strike plans three times since Jan. 1. Government officials said they believed he will do so again.

Thursday is the same day the WSB has fixed as its target date (Continued on Page 4) Proposal Waits Testimony By Gen. Grunether WASHINGTON, March 17 (Jl-The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today put off a decision on whether to ask Gen. Dwight p. Eisenhower to fly home and testify on the $7,900,000,000 foreign aid bill. After an hour's committee discussion behind closed doors, chairman Connaliy announced it had been decided TO delay action on a motion oy Senator McMahon to request testimony from Eisenhower.

Connaliy said this was done because "several" committee members were absent. As far as reporters could see, only Senators Lodge and Brewstor were not present. Lodge heads President committee. Brewster is a supporter of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the Republican presidential nomination.

To Push Proposal McMahon told the associated press the effect of today's session was to postpone any invitation to Eisenhower until after his chief deputy Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, has McMahon said he will bring the matter up again at Hint time. Some Eisenhower supporters have been urging the general to return 1o the United States to speak out on current issues. Those who have been opposing this have argued the Senate Committee could get any information it needed from Gruenther.

Party lines are split on the issue, with McMahon, a Truman administration supporter, leading the move to get Eisenhower back. Connaliy refused 10 say whether (he committee look any formal vole. However. Senator Tobey (RN. told an A.P.- reporter that a 7 to 5 vote rejected a motion by Senator Wiley (R-Wis.) that the committee "invite" Eisenhower to lestify but leave the final decision to him.

Wiley's motion was offered as a substitute for McMahon's motion that the committee "summon" Eisenhower: Tobe'y said Senator Gillette (Continued on Page 4) Retail Merchants Plan Easter Parade Competition The Retail Merchants Association will sponsor an competition on BellevueV avenue, Easter Sunday, April 13. Gift credits from participating merchants will be given the best dressed women, men. children and families. Judges and other details will be announced Jater. A man-sized Easier bunny will present the prizes.

In case of rain, Hie parade will be held the following Sunday, April-20. Mrs. Mollie, Falkow and Miss Louise E. Openshaw are 09- chairmen of the committee in charge. Others include Mrs.

Stearns Wood, Mrs. Meyer Snyder and Edwin Josephson. Red Negotiators Charge U. S. Planes Strafe POWs; U.

Deal Accepted MUNSAN, Korea, March 17 (ft-Communist truce negotiators today accused the U. N. command of carrying.out another "criminal" aerial attack on a prisoner of war camp in North Korea. The Reds said a British soldier ivas wounded when an Allied plane strafed a camp near Changsong before dawn Sunday. A second group of negotiators working on truce supervision began the thorny job of picking five ports of entry for troops and material on each side of the battle line following Communist acceptance of a U.

N. "package deal" Sunday. Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng-Wen said the Allied plane opened fire on the Changsong prison camp despite "conspicuous markings" on the -tents. He admitted under questioning, however, that the camp was not lighted, "It must be fiercely pointed out," Tsai said, "that while your side has massacred continually and at will the captured personnel of our side your side has carried out successive bombing and strafing against the captured personnel of your side.

For these successive criminal acts, your side bears grave responsibility toward our side and the people of the whole world Tsai's statement referred to two bloody riots at the -U. N. Ko.ie Island prison camp. "Thursday, 12 North Korean prisoners of war were killed and 26 wounded. Feb.

18, 75 Korean civilian internees were killed and 129 were wounded. Tsai lodged a strong protest Sunday declaring "such barbarous massacres would not be further tolerated." Jan. 14 the Reds declared that Allied planes bombed a prisoner of war camp at Kangdong, killing 10 Allied soldiers and wounding more than 60. U. S.

Army authorities said Thursday's riot began when Communist war prisoners and a group of cooperative prisoners began hurling stones at one another. South Korean guards accompanying the cooperative prisoners opened fire. The Reds suggested negotiating, prisoner exchange plans on the basis of data already traded. They contended that step by step progress could be made after a method of exchange was worked out. Col.

Geogc W. Hickman asked what 1he Communists meant by data already exchanged, what was meant by "step by step" progress and whether South Korean prisoners held by the U. N. would have to be turned over to the Communists even if it was necessary to "use bayonets and shackles." The Communists may have, answers to the questions Tuesday. Hickman indicated he would have more questions ready..