Show U IREI AVE AVEI I Col Cot Mitchells Mitchell's Counsel Challenges s Generals General's 1 Right to to o Sit on Board i p W WASHINGTON Dec 1 United Press Press After After a heated exchange of ot I words in jp the Mitchell l I Representative Frank Reid Mitchell's Mitchells Mitch Mitch- I ells ell's lawyer today challenged the IheI i right of Major General William S. S I Graves to sit further as a a. member I of ot the Jury of ot generals I hereby challenge General GeneralI I I Graves to sit longer as a member I lot of this court said Reid for the reason that his actions while on ott this court show that he is not Impartial Impartial impartial im Im- Im- Im I partial and that he has r repeatedly Interfered by his conduct with my examination of ot witnesses and that I in Justice and fairness to the ac accused accused accused ac- ac General Craves Graves should no longer be be permitted to sit as a member of or this court I therefore insist on my right to challenge him W WASHINGTON SHI Dec 1 AP AP-A AP A clash which caused the court to be closed temporarily developed in the Mitchell today between I Representative Frank R. R Reid deI defense defense de de- de- de tense counsel and Major General William Graves a member of the I court who was charged by Reid with interrupting his cross nation p of a a. witness General Graves had made mado some remark about Reids Reid's method of ot I but bul when the defense attorney protested the genend general general gen gen- genI I eral end replied that he be had Snot pot Interrupted Inter inter- I Iu ted the L The court d to o th q Edward Jt Last Friday o ir Brigadier rl ll r General member e r j lot of the court court was accused b by Reid I of ot remarking in an n undertone from I Ithe the bench that the defense testimony testimony mony then being heard was damned rot Although General King apologized apolo apolo- this incident has been re reported reported reported re- re ported to the war wax department When today's occurred Captain H. H E E. Yarnell of or the navy I was being examined cross-examined by Reid I about the Hawaiian flight light and Major Major Major Ma Ma- jor Allen Alien Gullion assistant nt trial Judge advocate had complained to the court of ot Reids Reid's insulting treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of or witnesses ses The defense counsel had unnecessarily Inquired I I into the private affairs of ot Captain I Yarnell said Bald Major Gullion Are you a n. good example of or a a. I I non flying officer who commands flying units Reid asked the wit wit- ness Captain Yarnell answered that he I did not consider himself competent to express an nn opinion In reply to such a a. question and the reply was wasi i followed b by argument between Reid and General Graves r WASHINGTON GT N Dec 1 i iThe AP AP- AP The navy more witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses today before the Mitchell I Continued on page 3 REID WOULD OUST GRA GRAVES YES Continued from page 1 in an an n effort to disprove charges by Colonel Mitchell l and others that that branch of ot the national national na na- lIonal defense deens was negligent in conduct conduct con con- duct of aviation Captain H. H E. E Yarnell commander of ot the aircraft squadron of ot the scouting fleet and commander of ot the aircraft forces defending Hawaii In the recent maneuvers testified that a remark by the late Rear Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral George W. W Williams 1 that he distrusted the Judgment of Jt aviators was intended as a Joke He added added added add add- ed however howver that what the admiral really said was that he distrusted the Judgment of ot anybody who was in aviation The Williams Incident was brought into the trial by Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant H. H W W. Sheridan a defense witness wit wit- ness The remarks were describes as having been made at a critique aboard the admirals admiral's ship following I the maneuvers ers |