The State : 2 S.F. Firemen Are Censured

A fire lieutenant and a chief’s aide will receive letters of censure as a result of an investigation involving a swastika placed in the office of two minority San Francisco firefighters, Chief Frederick Postel disclosed. Postel told the Fire Commission that the letters will be sent to Lt. Francis Loughran and James Scott. The chief also said Assistant Chief Robert Korbus had been charged with violating his duties and making racially offensive remarks in connection with the January incident at Station 13 in the Financial District. But no charges will be lodged against the assistant chief, Postel said. Korbus is on disability leave and will retire Oct. 1. He announced his retirement Jan. 15 after a federal judge threatened to place the department’s top officers in jail if they did not comply with court orders aimed at integrating the department. The swastika incident led the judge to chastise the department as being “out of control” and to the resignation of Chief Edward Phipps.