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Flanking Drive Within 25 Miles Of U. S. Forces Also Is Reported

Outskirts of City Reached at Five Points, Nazis Say

By the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 21.—The Ger- mans said today that massive Russian forces were enveloping Berlin through suburbs on the east, north and southwest, anc were shelling the Potsdamei Platz in the center of the city.

Soviet forces, by enemy account had fought their way into Berlin suburbs at five places—Bernau, Strausberg, Fuerstenwalde, Koenigs —Wusterhausen and Zossen.

The Russians drive to Bernau, 3

miles^from the city limits, was an-

nounced by the German high com-

mand. This action constituted part of the northern envelopment move

against Berlin.

Swift Drive Below Capital. In a swift penetration of Nazi

defenses below the capital, other Russian forces advanced to posi- tions southwest of the capital, the German Transocean agency an- nounced. In this sweep the Rus- sians reached the vicinity of Beel- itz and Treuenbrietzen, respectfully 12 and £2 miles southwest of Ber- lin’s great southwestern suburb of Potsdam

Treuenbrietzen is 32 miles north- east of the last reported American positions in the vicinity of Dessau.

Russian forces in a 35-mile break- through also reached the important rail junction town of Jueterbog, 10 miles southeast of Treuenbrietzen and 27 miles below Berlin, the Ger- man high command said.

With this sweep the Russians severed virtnally all the southward avenues of retreat out of Berlin.

uoeDDeis vo apeak. The Berlin radio announced that

Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, in his capacity as

gaulelter and defense commissioner for Berlin, would address the resi- dents of the besieged city later today.

Marshal 'Ivan S. Konev's 1st Ukrainian Army was engaged in the drive south of Berlin.

Farther south in Saxony where Konev’s men also were driving to- ward a linkup with the Americans the Russians reached Kamenz, 19 miles northeast of Dresden and o9 miles from Chemnitz, the Ger- mans said.

To the north the 1st White Rus- sian Army, making a frontal assault on Berlin, was locked in a bitter bat- tle with Nazi defenders of the capi- tal along the Fuerstenberg-Straus- jerg-Bernau line, the German high command said.

Two Oder Bridgeheads. Still farther north other Russian

forces were declared to have forced two bridgeheads over the Oder be- tween Schwedt and Stettin, guard- ing the northern approaches to Ber- lin.

"Great Russian encircling moves

are drawing closer toward the cap- ital,” the German Transocean agency said. "Russian spearheads have reached the northeastern, eastern and southern suburbs of Berlin.”

Both German and Russian ac-

counts described the fighting along the outskirts of Berlin as a violent tank battle with the Russians mak- ing use of planes to disperse Ger- man armored formations.

An earlier German broadcast said 3.000,000 persons still were in fire-j blackened Berlin "awaiting the bat- ] tie.”

The announcement of the shelling of the German capital by Russian artillery was made by the Germans Transocean agency.

Five Key Points.

By enemy account these are the five key points of the suburban fighting:

Bernau—Virtually at the north- eastern city boundary just outside the ring autobahn encircling the capital and 14 miles from the heart of the city.

Strausberg—8 miles east-northeast of the ring autobahn.

Puerstenwalde—12 miles southeast on the Frankfurt railway.

Koenigs Wusterhausen — 3 miles from the southeastern boundary.

Zossen—About 10 miles south on the main railway to Saxony.

Describing the situation in the southeastern suburbs as “most criti- cal,’’ Transocean said:

“The Russians have broken through between Cottbus and Baut- zen and enemy spearheads have reached Koenigs Wusterhausen, where they were halted. Another thrust is being made in the direc- tion of Zossen.’*

Forest Reported Fired. Meanwhile, Moscow dispatches

said the Nazi defenders of Berlin had fired the forests outside the city in a desperate attempt to halt the Russian tank armies grinding through suburban defense lines.

The German radio said a decree had been issued in the doomed cap- ital requiring all men and women unable to reach their customary places of work because of the cur- tailment of transportation to report Immediately and build antitank ob- stacles and dig trenches.

“Barricades are already blocking many streets of the town and are being strengthened and supple- mented continuously," the broadcast said.

DRIVES ON THREE FRONTS AGAINST GERMANY—Arrows locate points where Allies are driving against Germans on three fronts. Americans and Russians pushed nearer a junction in the Dresden area. Yanks drove south of Nuernberg toward Munich, French gained south of Stuttgart, and Reds pushed ahead southwest of Bruenn. In Italy, gains were made around Bologna. — AP Wirephoto.

Allies Take Bologna, First Major Objective

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In New Offensive 5th and 8th A/my Troops, Including Poles, Enter Italian Fortress City

By the Associated Press.

ROME, April 21. —Bologna, first major objective of the all- out Allied offensive in Northern Italy, fell today to troops of the 5th and 8th Armies.

Polish troops of the British 8th Army under Maj. Gen. Bohusz- szyska and the United States 91st Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. William G. Livesay, and the 34th Division, under Maj. Gen. Charles Bolte, all entered the historic Italian fortress city on the southern edge of the *Po Valley at the foot of the Apennines.

With Bologna captured the major German defense position south of the Po River was eliminated and the Nazis once again moved northward.

Field Marshal Sir Harold Alex- ander in a message of congratula- tions to the victorious troops said:

"Let us keep driving forward until the last enemy soldier has been driven from Italy.”

Gen. Mark W. Clark. Allied ground commander, said his 15th Army- Group now stands "inside the gate- way to the Po Plain poised to de- stroy the Germans who continue to enslave and exploit Northern Italy.”

The fall of the city of 270,000. which had blocked Allied troops for months came quickly after 5th Army troops had severed the important Bologna-Modena highway north- west of the city yesterday.

Americans Break Out Into Flat Po Valley

By NEWBOLD NOYES, Jr„ Star Staff Correspondent

WITH THE 5th ARMY IN ITALY, April 21.—Americans today broke out into the flat valley of the Po River, cutting the enemy’s escape routes from Bologna to the west, less than 5 miles from the city.

This new development, jeopardiz- ing German defensive positions in Italy, climaxed a spectacular drive through the northern fringe of the Apennine Mountains which brought our troops into the flatland by noon today. Spearheading the 5th Army’s

(See ITALY, Page A-2.)

Wiesbaden Restores Mayor Ousted by Nazis in 1933 By tfce Associated Press.

WIESBADEN, Germany, April 21. —Wiesbaden marked Hitler’s birth- day yesterday by restoring to office the lord mayor whom the Nazis kicked out when they took over Germany in 1933.

He is George Krucke, 60, who became lord mayor in 1930 after 17 years as city councillor. He was backed by the Social Demo- crats.

He abandoned politics when the Nazis forced him out, and went into business until, in 1942, the Gestapo jailed him, releasing him later on condition that he get out of busi- ness. He was living in seclusion when American troops arrived here.

He was restored to his old office by authority of the American Mili- tary Government.

Wiesbaden is a city of 174.000 Inhabitants, and is relatively intact, compared with other German cities of its size. Only 40 per cent of Its built-up area has been destroyed. It looks dilapidated, but not devas- tated.

Peace Organization Open to All Nations Is Churchill's Aim

flecessdry Etfrce to Bor Aggression Also Urged In Speech at Bristol

By the Associated Press.

BRISTOL, April 21. — Prime Minister Churchill declared to- day “a world organization which we must build and shall build will be free and open to all the: nations of the world.”

Speaking only a few days before the opening of the World Security Conference at San Francisco, Brit- ain's wartime leader asserted that “nations must live in peace and justice with one another,” thus en-

visaging the ultimate inclusion of even present enemy nations in a world peace organization.

He added significantly: “There must be always the necessary force to restrain aggression.”

Mr. Churchill said that as far as Europe is concerned “we are coming to the end of the long journey,” but added that the defeat of Japan 1

will require “a new leap forward—i a new lifting of soul and body.”

apeans ai urisioi.

His views were expressed under a new roof in the great fire-blackened hall of the University of Bristol, to

| which he came to present honors to two members of his war cabinet.

Mr. Churchill was made a ‘'free- man” of Bristol.

Mr. Churchill told the university audience that inside the vast struc- ture of the new world organization “from which we hope will come a long and peaceful period (there) will be open, avowed and inseparable friendship and affection of the great English-speaking nations of the world.”

He said the Allies were approach- ing a period “when the Germans will be conquered completely and Europe will be entirely liberated from their thrall; when they will be added to those long melancholy and humiliated streams of prisoners that, having done their worst against the world, have no hope but in its mercy.”

No Early V-E Day. ‘‘We have no intention of en-

couraging any festivities of thanks- giving until we are assured from our military commanders that the task

(See CHURCHILL, Page A-2.)

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Patton Captures Asch in Drive in Czechoslovakia

Ey the Associated Press.

PARIS, April 21.—American 3d Army troops, smashing into Czechoslovakia, captured Asch today in a drive toward the munitions cities of Pilsen and Prague. At the same time, Mos- cow dispatches declared Soviet and American patrols were only 25 miles apart south of Berlin.

The latest word at supreme Allied headquarters put the two forces within 40 to 45 miles of a linkup.

Three Allied armies—the French 1st and the American 7th and 3d— hammered southward toward the Nazis’ Bavarian-Austrian redoubt, and fought within 70 miles of Mu- nich and 30 miles of Lake Constance.

Asch, just inside the old Czech border, fell to 3d Army units fighting to cut off the redoubt from Czecho- slovak war factories. Asch is 60 miles from Pilsen. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s troops farther south in Grafenworh were 58 miles from Pil- sen and 125 miles from Prague.

Junction Believed Imminent. Red Army front dispatches said

Russian and American patrols were as close as 25 miles south of Ber- lin, and a junction on the Elbe River 75 miles south of the German cap- ital was believed imminent.

The best information at Allied headquarters was that 40 to 45 miles still separated Russians northeast of Dresden from American 1st and 3d Army forces along the Mulde River east of Leipzig. But it was clear that the two forces now could meet almost at will, perhaps within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Doughboys were 15 to 20 miles from the Elbe opposite the Russian wedge, and the Soviets were report- ed only 25 miles from the Elbe.

A British correspondent with the 9th Army declared the muffled thunder of Russian guns could be i heatd. *

^ t'Ijmk Attack Opened. Two 9th Army Divisions opened

a flank, attack. this morning west of Witrenberge,’ about midway be- tv^eerk Berlin and Hamburg, and thrust halfway through the Gar- tower Forest. The 84th Infantry Division, in an 8-mile gain, cleared Prezelle, 15 miles west of Witten- berge, on the Elbe, and the 5th Armored Division gained up to 3 miles. Diesdorf and Abbendorf were recaptured, and infiltrated enemy forces were mopped up.

Gen. Eisenhower quickened his drives to crack open the areas where the Germans may make their last great stands—the northern port belt and the southern redoubt.

British armor plunged into the outskirts of Zeven, 20 miles north- east of Bremen, in a drive to en- circle the river port, and also cut the main road 5 miles south of Zeven.

British troops were a mile from the suburbs of Hamburg, second city of Germany, and now domi- nated 20 miles of the Elbe south- east of the city.

Canadians Intensify. The Canadian 1st Army intensi-

fied a drive on the naval ports of Emden and Wilhelmshaven against bitter opposition. Polish tanks cap- tured Aschendorf on the railway to Emden, and patrolled into Papen- burg, 20 miles south of Emden.

The Germans deepened flood waters along their Grebbe line in Holland guarding the great cities of Utrecht, Amsterdam, the Hague and Rotterdam, but Canadians skirting the flood pushed to within a mile north of Amersfoort, 12 miles east of Utrecht. Other Cana* dian units were within 3 miles of Delfzijl, port on the Ems estuary opposite Emden.

Third Army units besides seizing Asch entered Arzberg in Germany 10 miles to the south, and Feiden- fels 23 miles below Asch, pushing through lightly defended road- blocks. Erbendorf 26 miles south of Asch was cleared. The 3d Army processed 7,785 prisoners yesterday.

Nuernberg, touted shrine of the Nazis, was firmly American-ruled

(See WESTERN FRONT, Page A-3)

Four Potato-Peeling Russians Hitch-Hike Rides With Yanks

By MORLEY CASSIDY, North American Newspaper Alliance. WITH THE 89th DIVISION IN

GERMANY, April 21.—The firm of Ivan, Ivan, Ivan & Ivan took stock today and found that it had peeled its way to within less than 100 miles of its goal. i

And peeled is correct. For the : Ivans who laid their money on the 89th Division to get them home quickest have been riding a potato- i

peeling knife to Russia. The four Ivans are both mascots

and problem children of Capt. :

James Wohlbach of Easton, Pa., commandant of the 89th Division headquarters’ company, who has been firing them regularly every week for the last two months and then finding the boys back at work peeling potatoes for passage the 1 next morning.

The Ivans are four Russian sol- ■

diers who were German prisoners ] of war for the 1o*t two years until

-he 89th freed them by overrunning i work camp 200 miles back on the vest bank of the Moselle River.

Plans were made to evacuate them so the rear, but when the truck left he next morning, the four Ivans veren’t aboard. They had been scratching their heads through the light and finally appeared at the :amp kitchen asking to do odd jobs

When Capt. Wofclbach found ;hem, he asked how come. Sergt. Van Ivanovich Kupreyev said: ‘Your division is going east, isn’t t?”

“We certainly are,” said Capt. Vohlbach. v

“How far?” asked Ivan Ivanovich "Until we bump into the Russians,

■ hope,” said Capt. Wohlbach. Ivan Ivanovich nodded, reassured

lis three comrades in Russian. "Then we go along,” said Ivan

Vanovich. "Why should we go vest to get home? We go with you. I

(See IVAN, Psee A-2.)

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Reich Reported Torn By Civil War as Many Join in Peace Rallies

Even Some of Hitler's Henchmen Admit Crisis For Nazis Is at Hand

By thf Associated Press.

LONDON, April 21.—As Adolf Hitler remained silent on his 56th birthday anniversary yes- terday, Allied broadcasts de- clared his Reich was torn by civil war, with “gigantic peace demon- strations” in Berlin and Munich. Even some of his henchmen ad- mitted a great crisis was at hand.

The Luxembourg radio said the people of Berlin shouted for peace and waved red flags as the Rus- sians stormed the eastern gates, but Hitler himself kept silent in an atmosphere that left th." world to wonder where he is. The best guess in London was that he had fled— if still alive—to the Bavarian Alps.

The Stars and Stripes floated over Nuernberg where, before massed and heiling Nazis, Hitler used to shout challenges to the world that made all Europe tremble.

Civil War Reported in Berlin. The Luxembourg radio said that

by Swedish reports ‘‘Berlin is burn- ing with unrest. Civil war is rife. On all buildings in the workers district red flags have appeared.”

American Doughboys broke out their C rations and had a picnic in front of the Nuernberg rostrum from which Hitler used to sneer at “decadent democracies.”

Now “decadent democracies” had overrun most of his greatest cities from the west, and had promised him that before long they would overrun a few more and meet the Russians from the east.

German radio stations, so hard pressed to keep out of the path of Allied armies and bombers that there were frequent-lapses in their programs, delivered stereotyped eu- logies that were as funereal as obitu- aries.

Few Congratulatory Messages. The Luxembourg radio* whose

powerful transmitter reaches every German home, said Hitler had tele- phoned from Torgau and discharged the gauleiter of the American-cap- tured city of Halle.

Torgau is 70 miles south of Berlin and if Hitler were there he might have a hot time getting through the

(See GERMAN, Page A-2.)

De Gaulle s Niece Safe in Switzerland Special Dispatch to The Star and the

Chicago Dali? News.

BERN, April 21.—Genevieve de Gaulle, niece of Gen. de Gaulle and leader of a French women's resist- ance group, who was deported from France by the Germans in 1944, arrived early this morning in Switz- erland.

Her release was obtained through the personal intervention of a high Swiss authority whose name cannot be revealed.

Navy 'Hello' Girls To 'Aye, Aye' From Now On The language of the Navy De-

partment’s telephone operators will be given a slight nautical twist, be- ginning tomorrow.

The operators have been "re- quested’' to acknowledge the exten- sion numbers given them by callers with the answer of "aye, aye, sir.”

When Navy public relations offi- cers were asked how the operators were to meet the situation if the call was a female, after some thought they said that the operators would leave off the “sir” rather than say “ma’am.”

‘“Aye, aye, sir’ is as old as the Navy itself,” said the Navy’s an-

nouncement, “and as typical of the service as the Blue and Gold and John Paul Jones. The dictionary says it denotes ‘an affirmative an- swer,’ which it does. But to the Navy it denotes more than that— in affirmative answer with an ex- clamation point, perhaps; or a ‘yes’ with * h**~orn>1ltT. >•

Hatch Denies Rumor He Will Take Post In Truman Cabinet

Senator Hatch. Democrat, of New Mexico, who has been mentioned recently as a pos- sible appointee to a cabinet post, flatly denied all reports of that nature today after a White House visit.

“You gentlemen may defi- nitely say ‘no’ to any rumor whatever,” Senator Hatch said. "Senator Hatch has not been offered any position. If he had been, he would decline it. I happen to think a Senator of the United States is the most important position in Govern- ment next to President.”

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Senator George Urged* For Treasury Post If Morgenlhau Quits

Quiet Boom Reaches Truman; Shift Hinted After War Loan Drive

By the Associated Press. A quiet boom was under way

today for the appointment of Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia as Secretary of the Treasury.

Friends of the Senator disclosed they have urged President Truman to choose the Georgian if Henry Morgenthau, jr., leaves the cabinet.

The President’s reaction was not known. Nine days ago, when he took the oath as Chief Executive, he asked all members of Mr. Roose- velt's cabinet to stay on indefinitely. Nevertheless, there is good reason to believe that a number of changes are in the making.

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may Act After Bond Drive.

An intimate personal friend and neighbor of the late President, Mr. Morgenthau may decide to step aside after the Seventh War Loan and clear the way for Mr. Truman to choose a new fiscal adviser. Such a decision would hardly surprise Cap- itol Hill. Mr. Morgenthau, Treas- ury chief for 11 years, apparently never found the correct formula for getting along with Congress. Some of his appearances <5 the Govern- ment’s chief witness on tax legisla- tion have been stormy.

Intensely loyal to Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Morgenthau irritated members of the House Ways and Means Com- mittee and the Senate Finance Committee last year by his insist- ence on a Roosevelt-sponsored tax bill which the lawmakers considered too heavy for the Nation’s economy.

Perhaps significantly, when Mr. Roosevelt vetoed the smaller reve- nue bill written by Congress, Mr. Truman joined other members of

(See CABINET, Page A-2.)

Clayton Tells Hearing Trade Act Won't Be Used as Weapon

Kean Quotes Suspicion Industry Was 'Sold Out' by Diplomats

By J. A. O’LEARY. Assistant Secretary of State

Will L. Clayton assured the House Ways and Means Com- mittee today he would never use authority to make trade agree-

I ments as a means of gaining diplomatic advantage as long as he is in charge of the program.

He made the statement when Representative Kean, Republican of New Jersey, asked, “can you give assurance you will not sell out American industry for diplomatic benefit?” Mr. Clayton said he would not and that he has been assured that it has not occurred in the past.

“Well there is a suspicion it has been done, although 1 have no definite information,” Mr. Kean replied.

Would Absorb Trade Increase. Continuing his testimony in sup-

port of the administration bill to extend and broaden the power to reduce tariffs in trade agreements,

i the Assistant Secretary said he would not be afraid to see America's foreign trade greatly increased after the war above the 1939 level, be- cause the Nation’s entire productive capacity has been greatly expanded.

In his appearance before the com- mittee yesterday Mr. Clayton said American industry need have no fear of competition from products of either Germany or Japan for a long time after this war.

Representative Camp, Democrat, of Georgia asked Mr. Clayton to dis- cuss the future outlook, after recall- ing how the American textile in- dustry had to compete with cheaper goods from Japan before the war. Mr. Camp said some people thought Germany was prostrate at the close of the last war, but it came back quickly.

Mr. Clayton said the difference this time is that both Axis countries are being bombed heavily now, whereas the German homeland was

hardly touched in the last war. Repercussions Entailed.

If the Trade Agreements Act is allowed to expire on June 12, Mr. Clayton said, “foreign countries would take measures to militate against our trade.” He added:

“They would take it to mean that we are returning to a high tariff system and this would militate against our influence in the peace efforts. I don't believe we can have political co-operation very long without economic co-operation. It’s as dangerous to follow a policy of economic isolatiop as it is to have political isolation.”

The appearance of Secretary of Commerce Wallace as the next wit- ness has been put off until Monday.

Redecoration of White House Starts as Roosevelts Leave

The White House is being readied today for its new tenants, President and Mrs. Truman and their daugh- ter Margaret, while Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt begins life as a private citizen in New York City and Hyde Park.

Mrs. Roosevelt 'left the White House with her family late yes- terday afternoon, after receiving a brief final visit from Bernard Baruch, friend and adviser of her husband. Col. James Roosevelt, her eldest son, visited President Truman In the executive offices shortly before the departure to wish him good luck.

Mrs. Roosevelt took time to write a letter, received today by Maj. Ed- ward J. Kelly, superintendent of Metropolitan police, thanking him for police co-operation in connec- tion With the funeral services for ,

President Roosevelt last Saturday. : She asked him to thank his force : for her.

Mrs. Roosevelt was accompanied to New York City by Col. Roosevelt and his wife, Brig. Gen. Elliott i Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. John i RnotevcH and M<*s Malvina Thnmn-

son, her secretary for 23 years. She waved goodby to the White House police as she drove away.

Dozens of Army trucks had been moving in and out of the White House grounds for four days as Mrs. Ropsevelt finisher) her mammoth moving task. A final detachment of SO trucks left there yesterday morn- ing and a station wagon full of pa- pers and clothing was driven out just before Mrs. Roosevelt left for the train. *

A reporter was waiting for Mrs. Roosevelt as she stepped into her New York apartment for a two- day stay before going <to Hyde Park.

“The story is over,” Mrs. Roose- velt said.

The Truman family is not ex- pected to move from Blair House Immediately. Some repair work and redecorating of family apartments on the second floor of the White House will require several days. Mrs. Anna Boettiger, daughter of Mrs. Roosevelt, declined the invita- tion of Mrs. Truman to remain at the White House and has moved to a hotel to await the recovery of her ion, John Boettiger, from a serious

Truman to Open Security Parley With Broadcast

Preconference Talks Here Held Up as

Molotov Is Delayed President Truman will addresi

the opening session of the San Francisco Security Conference by radio from the White House Wednesday night, it was un- announced today, as the Presi- dent and other high United Na- tions leaders waited anxiously for the arrival of Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov to take part in preconference discussions of important problems.

Mr. Truman will speak for about 10 minutes on a program that will run from 7:30 to 8 p.m., Washington time, according to Jonathan Daniels, White House press secretary. His remarks will conclude a series of welcoming addresses by Secretary of State Stettinius, Gov. Earl Warren of California and Roger D. Lapham, Mayor of San Francisco. All radio networks will carry the program.

President Roosevelt had expected to address the conference in person.

Mr. Molotov’s delay in arriving here was cutting short the time re-

| maining for the disposal of many : problems demanding talks among Big Three leaders before next Wed-

i nesday. No Word From Molotov.

While other delegates already were pouring into San Francisco today,

| Mr. Stettinius and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden waited here for Mr. Mojotov’s arrival. President Truman also may join in the dis- cussions.

There was no definite word this morning on the time of the arrival of the Soviet Foreign Commissar, en route here to head the Russian dele- gation to San Francisco at the di- rect request of President Truman to Premier Stalin. It had been thought that he would reach here yesterday.

Aside from the deadlocked dis- pute over Polish representation in the United Nations meeting, nu- merous policy matters .relating to proposals for the world security or- ganization to be set up at San Francisco awaited discussion by the Big Three foreign secretaries.

Issues Include Territories. Among them, it was understood,

are the type of trusteeship system for former enemy territories and other dependent areas to be made a part of the world organization char, ter, and several changes in the Dumbarton Oaks proposals which the American delegation has agreed tentatively to sponsor.

Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, also waiting here before proceeding to San Francisco, may be called into some of these discussions.

The Big Four Nations sponsoring the conference—the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China- are expected to seek unity of action in regard to any proposals for alter- ing the Dumbarton Oaks outline for the world security organization they drew up here last summer.

Stettinius Remains Here. The United States delegation has

withheld any official word on the type of changes it may sponsor pending discussion of them with the other sponsoring powers.

Although France refused to be- come one of the sponsoring powers, Mr. Bidault is expected to be brought into preconference discus- sions of the projected trusteeship system in view of France's position as a great world colonial power.

Mr. Stettinius had hoped to be in San Francisco in time to wel- come the first delegations arriving there, but has remained here in the expectation that many of the issues demanding prior agreement by the big powers could be settled in discussions with Mr. Molotov.

With the time for the conference opening growing close, he and the other Big Five delegates presumably will have to depart by Monday, pos- sibly leaving some problems to be discussed en route or during the preliminaries of the full conference.

Delegates Optimistic. The Associated Press reported from San Francisco that a spirit of high hope for success in creat-

ing an effective world security sys- tem dominates those delegates al- ready on the scene or on their way. Jan Christiaan Smuts, South Afri- can Prime Minister and the only delegate who played a leading part at Versailles when the old League of Nations was set up, said on his arrival in San Francisco yesterday that he had “very good expectations of the work we will accomplish.”

His hopeful sentiments were in accord with those expressed in Washington by members of the American delegation and in El Paso, Tex., by Mexican Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla.

“There are difficulties, but noth- (See SECURITY, Page~A^2j-

Late Bulletin Three Killed in Crash

Three staff assistants at- tached to American Red Cross headquarters in Australia were killed in a plane crash near Perth, according to word received at national head- quarters here today. They were Miss Geraldine Martin Crow,' 34, of Cniontown, Pa, formerly employed by the British Supply Council here; Miss Ann Dingle Woodward, 25, of St. Paul Park, Minn., and Miss Cecil F. Nichols, 28, Of Newark. N. J.