WASHINGTON SHOCKED
NEW YOIIK, Nov. 22. The Washington correspondent of the United Press says Major-general Patton's attack is expected to weigh heavily when the Senate considers his pending promotion to the permanent rank ot major-general, which President Roosevelt recently recommended. Senator Edwin Johnson, a member of the slilitary Affairs Committee, declared : "The Americans are terribly shocked. A slap on the wrist will not suffice, and unless the army cleans up the Patton situation the Military Affairs Committee will be compelled to make a complete investigation."
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Evening Star, Issue 25032, 26 November 1943, Page 4
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85WASHINGTON SHOCKED Evening Star, Issue 25032, 26 November 1943, Page 4
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