Show Delicately Carved Pieces of Ancient Buddhist Shrine Shown in Court Case I NEW YORK My fy 13 United Press In In the prosaic lc atmosphere phere of a modern modem courtroom the delicately carved can pieces s of a Chinese Buddhist shrine ye years rs old old were brought broucht today and twelve men came close to them and examined the intricate work as u lawyers wrangled mangled and les- les The doors and ond arches of or the shrine exquisitely executed In teakwood and African mahogany by workmen who labored twenty live years ears to perfect them centuries ago were cre stacked against the soiled yellow plaster wallin wall wallIn wallIn In the federal building These same graceful Birds c carved cared out of solid roUd beams of ot precious wood with the thc crude implements of ot the time once were poised in the hallway of a Chinese museum Within these Intricately latticed doors the pious household burnt incense and nd joss sticks and the wood still till boro bore the faint taint odor of the perfume But today they were merely the subject of oC a civil suit for damages The pI plaintiff a Luciano of oC Italy asks because he be claims the shrine was damaged ruinously while on exhibit In 1928 1028 in Madison Square Garden The defendant is Ralph M. M Saliba director general of the exhibit which as held to promote good will be tween this country and the far east |