RUSSIAN MANNERS DON'T APPEAL

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1946, Page 5

RUSSIAN MANNERS DON'T APPEAL

T'cc'ci \o'd .Mondav, 9 p.m. XKW YOHK, July 22. I'csidcnts of socially cxchisivc (tlcncovc, Long Island, arc eoniplaimrig of conditions in which Russian olliciuls and thcir j'aniilics arc. living in tlic formcr J. P. .Morgan niansion which lias liccn li'tiscd lo thc Soviet Purchasiiig Committcc, says thc X cw Yorlc Timcs. licsidcnts sa v t li» placc has l.ccomc a coml.inat ion of bcacli rosorf and picnic g.Vviind lo which visitors conie at vvcckin chartcmd huscs. Thc Russians • "V ' .i scxcs ha the m Ihe nndc. Thc lora! police rnan to wlioni complaints w.-rc madc, said hc was jiowcrlcss to act hccausc the beach was private. Rcsidents also complain that thc Jawns arc iinkcmpt and strewn with bcer and milk holtlcs. Wccds smolher thc gardcns in which priz.e roscs l.Ioom- ' ed for 25 ycars. According to persons who have been inside tlic niansion, empty niilk bottlcs also litter (hc pricclcss carpcts of bcdrooms in which nianv distingnishcd persons slept. When the neighbours trv to convcrsc, thc Russians sav in cxcellcnt Knglish they dou 't uiidcrstand English. An official of the Realty Companv which lcascd thc liouse to tlic Russians said hc received a promise that thc placc would be cleaned up. If Ihe. promise were kept no legal action would be takcn 10 terminate the lease before its expiry on l/ll/19-i9.

Draft For Japan The second replacement draft for occupation duties in Japan will probably sail in about a week's time, said Hon. F. Jones, Minister of Defence, yesterday. He thought that the Norfch Island men would be emb'arked at Wellington and that men training at Burnham would embark at Lyttelton which would probably be the final departure port.