Bonfire in PX Alley

A common sight in Saigon is the row upon row of sidewalk stalls heaped high with everything from hair spray to Scotch to cartons of Salem cigarettes--goods that obviously were filched from American supplies or illegally bought from G.I.s and others with privileges at the post exchange. Last week in Saigon's "PX Alley," police dramatized a new drive to stamp out the huge black-market traffic in American goods by confiscating illegal items from scores of sidewalk shops and tossing them onto a huge bonfire. From now on, pledged a senior police commander, Saigon's sidewalk vendors would be allowed to hawk only legal wares.

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