Los Angeles, Calif —(?)—Edward L
Doheny and directors of the Pat-
American Petroleum and Transport
company, today faced a bill of com-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
Jost in the fraudulent Jease of the
Elk Hills naval oil reserve.

The complaint, filed in behalf of
Prank H. Kunkel, Cincinnati, and
other shareholders, declared the loss
resulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the United
States supreme court alter the com-
pany had spent several million dol-
jars in the development of the field.

BARGAIN WITH FALL.

‘The lease was negotiated for the
government by Albert F. Fall, then
secretary of the interior.

‘The $100,000 delivered to Fall by
E. L, Doheny, Jr, tn the much dis-|
cussed “little black satchel” was de-_
clared in the suit io have heen given.
by the stockholders and used as a
bribe. An accounting of this exchange
also is asked

Kunkel sets forth in the complaint
that neither he nor any of the
plaintiff stockholders had any
Knowledge of the negotintions and
deseribes Doheny’s conduct of the
deal as a “fraud not only against
the United States, but also against
the Pan-American company and its
stockholders.” Doheny 3s charged
with dominating the affairs of the
company when the lease was signed.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon and _ Sovie
leader Leonid I.  Brezhney
pledged today to avoid military
confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear
war between their two nations.
In a policy declaration, the
leaders of the two nuclear
superpowers agreed to ‘‘im-
mediately enter into urgent
consultations with each other’’
should the risk of a nuclear
conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev. signed
 the agreement —the eighth
since the start of their summit
talks —in a ceremony in the

East Room of the White House
a few hours’ before their
scheduled departure aboard the
presidential jetliner for San
Clemente, Calif., for the conclu.
sion of their week-long con-
ference.

In the agreement, the two
leaders promised that the
United States and the Soviet
Union “will act in such a

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