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Opponents Pin Hopes
On Senate After House
Passes Hobbs Bill
270-to-107 Vote Defeats
Organized Labor Backers
In Session's Opening Fight
Sr the Associated Press.
Beaten in the opening round
6f the first legislative labor fight
of the Seventy-eighth Congress
lawmakers supporting organized
labor’s stand looked to the Sen
ate today to kill the Hobbs anti
racketeering bill.
A roll-call vote of 270 to 107 sped
the controversial measure through
the House late yesterday after an
amendment which some said would
have made the bill acceptable to
labor was rejected.
. Sponsors of pending labor curb
legislation in the House interpreted
the vote as presaging a hopeful
future for bills to outlaw strikes
during the war, to ban the union
ization of foremen and to require
unions to file periodic statements of
their receipts and expenditures.
Although Representative Hobbs,
Democrat, of Alabama, who intro
duced the anti-racketeering bill
early last year, insisted during de
bate that his measure was not aimed
at labor. Representative Celler. Dem
ocrat, of New York assailed it as an
“anti-labor1’ measure which he said
could be used to deny union's their
legal rights.
Celler Amendment Beaten.
Mr. Celler tried desperately to
write into it a declaration that the
bill recognized as legal all union ac
tivities listed as such under the
Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction
Act, the Clayton Anti-Trust Law',
the Railway Labor Law and the ,
National Labor Relations Act. His I
amendment, suggested by the Amer-1
lean Federation of Labor, was |
voted down, 167 to 126.
Instead, the committee added to
the measure a section specifying
that nothing in its language was in
tended to repeal or modify any of
the four acts named in the Celler
amendment. The Judiciary Com- j
mittee offered this amendment,
which Mr. Celler said w'as “nega
tive” and unacceptable to labor.
The Hobbs bill provides for prose
cution under the 1934 anti-Rack- j
eteering Act of any one commit
ting robbery or extortion in inter
state commerce. However, it defines
those terms in such a way that
labor leaders have complained it
would infringe on recognized rights
of unions. Maximum punishment |
for violators would be 20 years’ im- !
prisonment and a $10,000 fine.
Bill Called Blow at Labor.
“Those behind the bill.” Mr. Cel- !
ler told the House, “seek to strike
n blow at labor which is quite un
justifiable” and to “visit the sins
of the few upon the many. It’s an !
anti-labor bill. Lets not delude
ourselves.”
The theme of proponents, as
argued by Representative Walter.:
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, was that
the bill did not even mention labor
or labor unions and treated alike i
any one who committed robbery or
extortion.
Some labor leaders, the Pennsyl- j
vanian asserted, feel that “labor,
like the king, can do no wrong.”
“Why doesn't labor stop and wake
Up and realize that they are follow- !
ing the same path that business 1
followed up to 1934?” he added.
“Labor ought to be requesting" the
legislation.
Sumners Warns I.abor.
Organized labor was cautioned bv
Chairman Sumners of the Judiciary j
Committee that it " faces the su-j
preme crisis of its existence in !
America" and should not “be insist
ing on the defeat of legislation
which denounces the taking of the
property of another against his
will.”
Representative Furlong. Democrat. |
Of Pennsylvania saw in the bill the
forerunner of "slave labor,” while
Representative Sadow'ski. Democrat,
of Michigan viewed it. as “a serious
menace” to labor's rights.
Labor leaders, Mr. Celler declared,
have condemned the notions of
union members which Mr. Hobbs
previously had said made the legis
lation necessary. These acts reached
a legal climax when the Supreme
Court set aside convictions obtained
in New- York against a group of
Union employes indicted under the
1934 act for interfering w'ith inter
state truckers who did not emplov
union helpers.
House Refuses to Cut Penalties.
Before approving the bill, the House
refused to cut the maximum penalty
provided from 20 years to 10 years or
to reduce the top fine of $10,000. and
voted down an amendment to rede
fine robbery.
Mr. Hobbs sharply disputed Mr.
Celler's assertions that the legisla
tion was “anti-labor" and recalled
that the Judiciary Committee, which
approved the measure by a top
heavy vote in January, long has been
known as “the graveyard of labor
bills."
Representative Halleck. Republi
can. of Indiana declared labcr was in
error in "seeing some ghosts under
the bed," and insisted that the legis
lation was “fair and reasonable" and
necessary “to c'urb labor excesses." j
Representative Baldwin. Demo- !
rvat, of Maryland said CIO leaders I
had told the Maryland congressional
delegation that the Cellar amend
ment would nullify the bill. Labor
leaders. Mr. Baldwin added, should
be “the most torrid sponsors" of the
legislation in orddr to "protect la
bor.” Similar sentiments were
voiced by Representatives Kefauver,
Democrat, of Tennessee, who com
mented that "a dose of castor oil
once in a while is good for the
child.”
The Supreme Court decision which ■
led to introduction of the bill was
described by Representative Bald- j
win. Republican, of New York as “a
political opinion." Mr. Baldwin un
successfully sought to kill the legis
lation by striking out all the lan
guage after the enacting clause.
Axis Claims British Unit
In Burma Is Encircled
T.t the Associated Press.
A Japanese imperial Headquar
ters communique broadcast by the
Italian radio and recorded by the
Associated Press, said today the 6th
Brigade of the Indian-British forces
has been completely encircled at the
Burma-Indiad border, on the Bay
of Bengal, that the commander of
the brigade had been captured, and
that it was being annihilated after
continuous attacks.
There was no confirmation of the
Claim from any Allied source.
i LONDON. LEHMAN SEES LONDON SIGHTS—Herbert H. Lehman (left), United States director
of foreign relief and rehabilitation and former Governor of New York takes a look around Lon
don with his special assistant, Hugh Jackson, before calling on Ambassador John G. Winant yes
terday to begin his survey of European relief problems. A special constable is behind Mr. Jack
son. Mr. Lehman conferred with British Foreign Office representatives today.
—A. P. Wirephoto via radio from London.
New German Forces
Try Again to Capture
Donets Bridgeheads
1,200 Men and Many
Tanks Lost in Attack
South of Balakleya
Bv EDDY GILMORE.
Associated Press War Correspondent.
MOSCOW, April 10.—Massing
new forces, the Germans have
tried again to smash the Red
Army line south of Balakleya,
but have lost more than 1,200
dead and a number of tanks in
the battle for bridgeheads along
the Donets River.
In their newest thrust, the Nazis
sought to drive through the Russian
line to reach an unidentified settle
ment but they were forced back to
their original positions.
Tiie army newspaper Red Star said
that battles are fierce in this area 27
miles northwest of Izvum but there
is no indication that the assaults
are on the gigantic scale which the
Russians turned back on the north
ern Donets line.
Nazis Using Fresh Forces.
Front dispatches said the Germans
were using fresh forces south of
Balakleya. The biggest single attack
was with 20 tanks and an infantry
regiment thrown against a narrow
sector. A hail of artillery, machine
gun and rifle fire met them, and suc
cessive enemy charges were smashed.
Seven German tanks rumbled out
of a ravine toward the Red Army
line to open the attack, but close
range fire by Soviet artillery and
anti-tank guns destroyed several
and the others turned and ran. Sub
sequent assaults were smashed by
Russian batteries, Red Star said.
The noon communique did not
mention fighting in the sector south
of Izyuni, but the Red Army pre
sumably still holds its original
bridgeheads all along the river.
No Large-Scale Clashes.
There still were no large-scale
fights on the western front, but in
the sector south of Bely the Rus- j
sians advancing toward Smolensk
captured a height of vital impor
tance as more activity was noted, j
Rain hampered action in the Ku- ;
ban Delta, where the Red Army still ;
held the initiative in numerous
small and sharp battles in the mud- '
flats and the swamps.
Rains which probably have j
drenched large sectors along other '
fronts have kept them quiet.
From the Red Fleet came a re- j
port, that Stormovik bombers sank i
a large Cierman transport ship
crowded with troops at an unidenti
fied place on the Black Sea coast. . j
—
Personnel
'Continued From First Paget
author of the Austin-Wadsworth
national service bill, told the confer
ence that every adult civilian owes
it as his duty to his country to
serve where he or she best work
in support of the armed forces and
help win the war quickly.
Supporting his bill for compulsory
national service by all adults be- I
tween 18 and 50 years of age, Rep
resentative Wadsworth said:
"That is the democratic principle.
It is exactly parallel to the funda- !
mental principle of selective service, i
There is no distinction between the
two principles.
Points to Australia.
"There Is a tremendous amount of
work that women can do." he con- !
tinued, "and I know' there are thou-1
sands and thousands who do not
today know what to do for their
country and where to do it. The !
Government doesn't know where you i
women are. who you are. and what j
vou can do. The Government doesn't i
know you. Women's power is a
tremendous weapon which can
shorten this terrible war and save
innumerable lives.”
The speaker cited the example of
Australia which has an all-inclusive
national service law. "They love
freedom,” he said, "just as much as
we do. and they fight for it.” He
concluded by saying that "It is high
time that we here in America mobil
ize every ounce of strength we have.”
He was followed by Senator John
son. Republican of Colorado, who
spoke on voluntary enlistment of
women.
Johnson Attacks Proposal.
"There is a vast difference.” Sen
ator Johnson said, “in drafting a
man for the armed forces and draft
ing a man or woman to work for a
private employer making a fat profit
out of that work! The Army belongs
to all of us and is mobilized for our
mutual defense and protection,
while private industry is operated
for private profit. They can not.
therefore, be considered to be on
the same plane.”
He characterized the Austin
Wadsworth bill as a direct violation
of the Thirteenth Amendment to
the Constitution. He said “It would
place Federal bureaucratic autocracy
in control of the liberty of American
citizens.
Paste a War savings stamp in your
album—it will help paste the enemy.
Canadian Raids Smash
Gasoline Black Market
By the Associated Press.
MONTREAL, April 10.—In more
than 50 raids. Royal Canadian
Mounted Police last night seized ap
proximately 40,000 stolen gasoline
rationing coupons and announced
the smashing of a black market
which they said had illegally dis
tributed 750.000 gallons of gasoline
since last September, Three men
have been arrested.
Rf Ids were made on gasoline sta
tions. garages, taxicab stands and
private residences.
The three men, arraigned on
charges of conspiracy, theft and vio
lation of the oil controller’s regula
tions, all pleaded guilty and were
remanded for sentencing April 16.
Taxes
'Continued From First Page.l
veloped over the previous attempt to
pass pay-as-ycu-go legislation.
Scott Protests Delay.
Representative Disney was one of
four Democratic members of the
Ways and Means Committee who
conferred at length yesterday with
Speaker Rayburn.
The discussions on taxes was
touched off by Representative Scott.
Republican, of Pennsylvania, who
protested against delay in acting on
the issue. Representative Scott
blamed ’’obstinate” members of the
Ways and Means Committee,
On the surface, there were few
indications of a crack in the dead
lock which has persisted since the
House rejected the Republican
backed Ruml skip-a-year tax plan
and tossed back at the committee a
no-abatement proposal drafted by
the Democratic majority.
But Speaker Rayburn yesterday
called in four Democratic members
of the committee for a two-hour
conference, amid rumors that he was
insisting on top priority for tax
legislation despite a crowded cal
endar.
Action Tomorrow Hinted.
Mr. Rayburn declined to divulge
details of the discussion and Chair
man Doughton of the Ways and
Means Committee offered no in
dication that he was budging from
his position that the tax bill must
be sidetracked for other business.
However, one of the conferees,
asked whether a bill would be
brought out soon, replied, “I
wouldn't be surprised. Perhaps you
will hear something about that to
morrow."
Majority Leader McCormack has
called for a compromise. So have
several other Democrats, among
them Representative Hebert of Lou
isiana, a former supporter of the
Ruml plan, who philosophized on
the floor that “if we can't have the
whole loaf, I think it is best to
take half of it.”
But the question of whether the
closely-knit Republican minority is
rpadv to compromise remained "un
certain. Mr. Mqrtin said that, no
matter what bill the committee of
fered, the Republicans would insist
on an open rule, a parliamentary
procedure permitting amendments
to be offered from the floor under
which the Republicans could, if
they chose, make a second try for
the Ruml plan.
Compromise Urged.
Nine of the 10 Republicans on the
committee—all but Representative
Gearhart of California—held a
separate huddle and issued a state
ment urging the majority members
to join them “in seeking to obtain
committee consideration on the
(tax) subject before the House re
cesses for the Easter holidav. * * *
The House itself can easily dispose
of the subject in one day.”
Asked whether the Republicans
would support a discharge position
to force the tax fight out of the com
mittee and onto the floor again. Mr.
Martin declared no parliamentary
device should be overlooked.
There existed a strong chance that
such strategy, if attempted, might
succeed. More than three score
Democrats signed their name to a
letter drafted by Representative An
derson. Democrat, of New Mexico,
asking the Ways and Means Com
mittee for action on the issue.
Houghton Maintains Stand.
Mr. Doughton offered no indica
tion that he was planning to retreat
from his contention that the com
mittee should take up first legisla
tion dealing with renewal of the ad
ministration’s authority to write
reciprocal trade agreements, and of
the Guffey Bituminous Coal Act.
Such a course would delay com
mittee and congressional action on
pay-as-you-go legislation until long
after Easter, and possibly until the
committee tackles the job of writing
a new wartime revenue act on the
basis of President Roosevelt’s re
quest for $16,000,000,000 in new
money this year.
Meanwhile, more compromise pro
posals appeared, with two freshmen
Representatives, Newsome, Demo
crat. of Louisiana, and Compton, Re
publican, of Connecticut proposing
the latest—a plan which would re
tain the committee’s withholding
tax plan, collect 1942 taxes on the
basis of 1941 rates and exemptions,
and spread payments over a period
of years.
Knox,Citing Expansion
In Fleet, Says U. S.-Can
Dictate Battle Areas
Fighting Tonnage Will
! Increase 66% in '43,
| Secretary Reveals
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 10.—
i The United States, producing flght
! ing ships on a heroic scale, is at the
■ beginning of ultimate victroy, Secre
tary of the Navy Knox says.
The Secretary, at a press confer
ence last night, asserted that the
United States was “just getting away
■ to a good start,” and “we now are
in a position to dictate where the
j fighting will take place.”
“We are in the beginning of a
situation which will lead to ultimate
victory,” Mr. Knox said.
At a rally opening the second war
loan campaign, Mr. Knox told of
; the growing might of the Nation's
Navy and said that production of
fighting equipment, mainly aircraft
1 carriers and destroyer escorts, was
on a “heroic scale.”
‘44 Additions Promised.
He said that in 1943 the Navy
will complete more new fighting
ships than were in service at the
end of 1942 and disclosed that the
fighting fleet's tonnage will increase
66 per cent this year, without allow
ing for probable battle losses.
Mr. Knox also told of Navy pro
duction plans for next year, assert
ing. "We will make further addi
tions in 1944 to insure the oblitera
tion of Japanese sea power and to
sweep the German and Italian U
boats and surface ships from the
seas.”
He warned, however, that “the
! worst of this war lies ahead of us."
: and that German undersea power
j is "an ever-increasing peril.”
i To combat that and other perils.
; the Navy Secretary said, “our ef
forts this year will be marked by two
special accomplishments upon which
we have bent our energy and all our
will—airplane carriers and destroyer
escorts. * * * The number of car
riers, both large and auxiliary, com
pleted in 1943 will multiply many
times our total carrier force at the
end of 1942.
Striking Power Increased.
“As for destroyer escorts designed
for submarine warfare, the number
to be completed in 1943 will be
greater than the total number of all
destroyers in service on December
31. 1942, * *
But these impressive figures on
numbers and tonnage of new naval
vessels do not tell the wTiole story,
- Secretary Knox pointed out.
"The growth in the fleet's striking
! power is qualitative as well as
quantitive,” he said. “The modern
! battleship, for example, has a hun
j dred times the anti-aircraft flre
: power of a pre-1940 battleship.”
He also disclosed other details of
the 1943 construction program, in
| eluding building of thousands of
landing craft, which he described as
"another major achievement;” a
100 per cent increase in auxiliary
vessels and trebling of the number
of Navy combat aircraft.
Harvey Gives Up Ring;
Mills to Meet London
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 10.—'The British
Boxing Board of Control today ac
cepted the retirement of RAF Pilot
Officer Len Harvey from the British
and empire heavyweight boxing
titles and named Freddie Mills and
Jack London to meet for both cham
pionships.
Message by De Gaulle
Seen as Minimizing
Eisenhower Incident
Fighting French Official
Sends Allied Leader
'Ardent Good Wishes'
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 10.—Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, leader of the
Fighting French, sent a message
to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
commander of the Allied armies
in North Africa, pledging that in
the present North African strug
gle “the ardent good wishes of
the French people go with you—
with you personally and with the
gallant Allied armies under your
command.”
The Fighting French leader's com
munication apparently was aimed
at dispelling the feeling in some
quarters that there were differences
between Gen. de Gaulle and Gen.
Eisenhower.
The Fighting French made no
effort to conceal their disappoint
ment recently at Gen. Eisenhower's
request that Gen. de Gaulle delay
his scheduled visit to Gen. Henri
Giraud, high commissioner for
French Africa.
First Public Expression.
The message was Gen. de Gaulle's
1 first public expression since his
headquarters announced last Mon
i day the requested postponement of
his trip and expressed regret over
I the delay.
The text of Gen. de Gaulle's
message:
At the moment when a great and
hard battle is engaged under your
command I would like to tell you
that the ardent good wishes of the
French people go with you—with
you personally and wdt,h the gallant
Allied armies under your command.
‘ These good wishes of the French
people have the same inspiration as
their urge for unity which they want
i to be able to bring about quickly and
which will allow them to increase
their efforts in our common war.
“Be assured that today France is
proud and happy that from the
north to the south our forces par
ticipate with their British and
American allies in the battle which
will liberate the whole of her African
empire.”
Catroux Returns to Britain.
Meanwhile, Gen. Georges Catroux,
j Fighting French delegate to Syria
| and liaison officer between Gen. De
Gaulle and Gen. Giraud. returned
to Britain from Algiers to report on
! his discussions with Gen. Giraud on
i unification of all French forces
, fighting the Axis. The News Chi on
j icle said he would present a set of al
ternate plans for united French gov
erning councils in which Gen. De
Gaulle and Gen. Giraud would share
top leadership.
! The News Chronicle said it had
| learned from an "unimpeachable
source” that two plans had been
I worked out by Gen. Giraud and
Gen. Catroux during their recent
conferences for submission to Gen.
j De Gaulle.
| One was said to c all for the forma
I tion of a triumvirate with Gen.
Giraud as commander in chief of all
French fighting forces, Gen. De
Gaulle as minster of war, and Gen.
| Catroux has high commissioner. To
gether. under this plan, they would
i direct the activities of the French
i empire against the Axis.
The second plan was reported to
be a directorate of seven members
j including Gen. Giraud. Gen. De
j Gaulle, Gen. Catroux and others.
; operating under a chairman to be
selected each month.
Arsenal Will Discharge
200 for Absenteeism
By the Associated Press.
DOVER. N. J.. April 10.—Picatinny
Arsenal officials said today more
than 200 employes in the arsenal's
loading department would be dis
charged because of absenteeism.
Investigators this week visited
homes of workers absent without
• permission and more than half
| could not furnish legitimate ex
i cuses, officials said. They said those
I discharged would not be given re
leases and, therefore, would be un
able to obtain employment at any
other war plant.
Lt. Col. J. H. White, chief of the
administrative group, said:
"Any worker who is collecting pay
for sick leave when he is not sick
is guilty of stealing from the Gov
ernment.
Old Clothes Make Blankets
I Discarded woolen uniforms,
j sweaters and socks are being
! gathered in Yorkshire, England, and
reworked into soft blankets for the
Army.
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. April 10 (A>) .—
Stocks mixed; selected recoveries
appear. Bonds lower; rails under
pressure. Cotton irregular; more
selling on anti-inflation moves.
CHICAGO. — Wheat advanced
Vx-l'/k on Government crop re
port. Corn unchanged to \2
higher; report ceilings to be
raised. Hogs nominally un
changed. Cattle nominally un
changed.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Somewhat colder tonight and Sunday morning
but temperature remaining above freezing; moderate winds.
Maryland—Colder tonight and Sunday morning.
Virginia—Somewhat colder tonight and Sunday morning; showers
and scattered thunderstorms in the south portion.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear at Har
pers Ferry. Potomac clear at Great
Fella.
Tide Tables.
iFurnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
.. Today. Tomorrow.
High --12:47 p.m. 1:21a.m.
Low - 7:26 a.m. 8:16 a.m
High -- 1:37 nun.
Lew - 8:0.) p.m. 8:54 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on one
hall hour alter sunset.
Prerlpitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
194:1. Average. Record.
January_ 1.88 .1.55 7.83 2)7
February _ 2.02 3.27 6.84 '84
March- 3.25 3.75 8.84 ’91
April _(1.09 3.27 9.13 '89
May - - 3.70 10.61)'89
June- ... 4.13 10.94‘09
July - .... 4.71 10.63 '86
August -- 4.01 14.41'26
September - ... 3 24 17.45 214
October - ... 2.84 8.81’37
November . ... 2.37 8.69'88
December .. .. ... 3.32 7.68'01
Report of Last 24 ■oars.
_ . . Temperature.
Yesterday— Degrees.
4 P.m._ 08
8 o.m. _ on
Midnight_ 54
Today—
* a m.- 49
£ ---- 82
Noon _ 56
The Sun and Moan.
• Rise*. Sets.
Sun. todey 8:41 7:39
Sun. tomorrow 8:30 7:40
Moon, today .. 10:41am. _
Record for Last 34 Hours.
• Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. HO at 3:60 p.m Year ago. 40.
Lowest. 40 at 4 a.m. Year ago. 30.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 87. on March 31.
Lowest, 8. on February 15.
Humidity for Last 34 Hoars.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 04 per cent, at 7:30 a.m.
Lowest. 34 per cent, at 7:30 p.m.
Weather in Various Cities.
Precipi
High. Low. tation.
Albuqurrqup. N. Mex_ 87 33 _
Atlanta. Ga. _ 70 _
Boston. Mass. _ 45 35 _
Buffalo, N Y. _ 58 18 _
Chicago. III. _ 84 30 _
Cleveland. Ohio _ «7 35 _
Denver, Colo. _ 50 38
Detroit, Mich. _ 83 33 _
Port Worth. Tex._ 84 88 _
Kansas City. Mo._ 74 53
Louisville. Ky. _ 70 54 0.80
Memphis. Tenn. _ 81 81
Miami, Pie . _ Si 88 _
Mpls.-St. Paul. Minn_ 80 35
New Orleans. La._ 83 70 1.14
New York. N. Y._ 57 42
Philadelphia. Pa.__ 85 44 _
Pittsburgh. Pa._ «7 43 _
St. Louis. Mo. _ _ *1 51
Washington. D. C._ 89 49 0.2»
DECORATED FOR HELPING CORREGIDOR—Comdr. Eugene E.
Paro (right) receives the Silver Star Medal from Rear Admiral
Edward L. Cochrane, chief of the Bureau of Ships, United States
Navy, for his ‘ heroic and intrepid conduct” as a member of a
submarine detachment in bringing supplies to besieged Corre
i gidor early last year. Comdr. Paro, 39, is a native of Paducah,
| Ky. Two other officers also were decorated for their part in
| bringing relief to American forces. —Star Staff Photo.
Whitney Leary Dies Suddenly;
Former District OP A Director
Heart Attack Fatal
To Prominent Figure
In Civic Activities
Whitney Leary, 49, former di
rector of OPA for the District
and a prominent figure in busi
ness and civic circles here for
many years, died early today at
i Emergency Hospital, a few min
utes after being admitted for
treatment of a heart attack.
Mr. Leary was brought to the city
' in an ambulance from his farm in
St. Mary's County, Md„ where he
; had gone last Friday for a visit. He
j planned to retire to the 300-acre
I estate for a rest and only recently
' completed renovating the farmhouse
on the place.
Ill Health Forced Retirement.
Mr. Leary was forced to resign his
OPA post because of ill health on
January 31. During his last two
i weeks in office he was confined much
■ of the time to his suite at the May
flower Hotel. He had planned a
trip to Mexico with his wife, but
j business affairs prevented this.
Mr. Leary’s first assignment in the
war program was chairman of the
tire rationing board, a task he shoul
dered in January, 1942. Four months
later, Leon Henderson appointed him
director of OPA in Washington, a
: position he filled until Prentiss M.
Brown succeeded Mr. Henderson.
I It was during his tenure as di
rector that Mr. Leary removed L. P.
j Steuart as chief rationing officer for
: the District at the request of Mr.
! Henderson, taking this action after
Mr. Steuart refused to resign, fol
lowing a controversy between L. P.
j Steuart Bro., Inc., and OPA over
rationing regulations.
Before entering Government setv
ice. Mr. Leary had been associated
with his brother, H. B. Leary, jr„ in
the automobile business from an
early age. Born here September 13.
j 1893. he was educated in local
wwmmmi
WHITNEY LEARY.
schools. He was a lieutenant in the
Air Corps in the World War.
Active in civic affairs. Mr. Leary
took a leading role through his
membership in the Board of Trade
and Automotive Trade Association.
He was a past president of the latter
organization and also served as
chairman of the District of Colum
bia Traffic Advisory Council and on
the board of directors of the Lincoln
National Bank.
Mr. Leary maintained member
ships in the Congressional and Co
lumbia Country Clubs. University
Club and National Capital Skeet
Club.
In February. 1935. Mr. Leary
eloped to Mexico with Miss Eliza
beth Ridgiy. who survives him. Other
survivors are his mother. Mrs. Myra
L. Leary; a sister. Mrs. Helen Leary
Small, and his brother, Harry Burton
Leary, jr.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed but will be con
ducted by Joseph Gawler Sons, 1756
Pennsylvania avenue N.W.
Club for War Workers
Is Saved From Closing
Sufficient Funds Found
To Continue Walsh Center
The Walsh Club for War Workers
today was saved from closing for
lack of funds as Recreation Services,
; Inc., announced it would pay the op
j erating expenses “for the time be
ing.'’
Recreational Services is the op
erating agency of the War Hospital
ity Committee.
The Recreation Department had
planned to close the war worker
center today. Department funds to
operate the club are running low and
the Federal Works Agency has re
fused to allocate Federal funds to
the project. Recreation Services
acted in time to continue the club
without a day's closing.
A request has been made by Rec
reation Supt. Christiansen and Mrs.
James M. Landis, chairman of the
Walsh Club Committee, that perma
nent provision for the club be made
from the Community War Fund.
Floyd D. Akers, president of Recrea
tion Services, said his agency will
finance the center until the Budget
Committee of the war fund acts on
the permanent request.
Recreation Services announced
also its willingness to finance a simi
lar center fof Negro war workers.
Mrs. Robert G. McGuire has headed
an intense search for a suitable
building for this center but as yet
has had no success.
“Need for facilities of this type is
acute,” she said. "It, is important
and necessary to morale and to re
sulting production.” Her committee
hopes that a center will be donated
to them as was given by Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh McLean.
Mr. Christiansen said he wished to
thank Mrs. Landis and other mem
bers of the club committee for their
contribution in starting the Walsh
Club and keeping it going. “Its re
sults in morale will be widespread
among war workers.” he declared.
Ballou Resigns Position
On Recreation Board
Supt. of Schools Frank W. Bal
lou has resigned his post on the
Recreation Board, school officers
announced today, to permit appoint
ment of Acting Supt. Robert L.
Haycock in his stead.
Board of Education members will
be polled Monday on accepting Dr.
Ballou’s resignation and appointing
Mr. Haycock. The resignation of
Dr. Ballou as their representative
on the recreation body was requested
by board members to clarify the le
gality of sending substitutes to rec
reation meetings during his illness.
Dr. Ballou recently completed 30
days of sick leave and almost im
mediately was granted another 45
days by the board.
Collateral Forfeited
By Reba Doughton
Senator's Wife's Auto
Struck in Collision
Miss Reba Doughton, 42. daughter
of Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee forfeit
ed $10 on a drunkness charge last
Sunday night following a three-car
| collision, including the parked car
of a Senator's wife.
A report, of the collision to the Ac
cident Investigation Unit, of the
Police Department by Policemen F.
H. Dunn and M. F. Frye gave the
I following account:
Miss Doughton was driving south
I on Sixteenth street. N.W. in the 2400
block, when she lost control of her
auto and struck the parked car of
Harry Hirsch, 2420 Sixteenth street.
N.W. The impact sent Mr. Hirsch s
1 car into that of Mrs. Elizabeth M.
Maybank, wife of Senator Maybank,
Democrat, of South Carolina, whose
car was also parked.
Miss Doughton said she was dis
tracted when her cat. which had
been in the back of the car. jumped
on her shoulder and landed in her
lap. She said the cat ran across
the street, was retrieved and then
ran away a second time. She said
today that she had recovered it
after advertising for it.
Police said Miss Doughton was
taken to the Women’s Bureau, where
she was charged with being drunk
and gave her address as 100 Mary
land avenue N.E. and occupation as
clerk. She spent several hours at
the bureau and then posted $10 col
lateral. which she told authorities
she desired to forfeit. The police re
port said "no further action con
templated.’’
Miss Doughton told The Star today
that she was "not drunk,’’ adding
that she had been distracted when
the cat jumped on her.
Soldier's Letters Burned
For breaking into a house and
burning unopened letters from a sol
dier to a young woman in New Zea
land, a youth was sentenced in Auck
land to two years and six months
hard labor.
ODT Rejects'Idea
Of Shipping Oil in
Bottomless Barges
By the Associated Press.
An unidentified inventor has
suggested to the Office of De
fense Transportation that oil
be hauled in bottomless barges.
Since oil and water won’t
mix, he said, all you have to do
is to fill a four-sided wooden
frame with oil and tow it.
The proposal, ODT an
nounced, “was rejected on sev
' eral grounds."
Publications Bureau
In OWI Stripped of
Writing Assignment
Two Top Officials Quit
In Row Over Change by
Deputy Director Cowles
The Office of War Information’s
Publications Bureau has been shorn
of most of its functions, with the ac
tual writing in the future to be done
by the OWI News Bureau, it was
learned today.
This transfer accounts for the
forced resignation of Henry F.
Pringle, Pulitzer prize-winning au
thor, who has been chief of the
Writer's Division, and Harold
Guinzberg, chief of the Publications
Bureau, who resigned in protest on
the ground that he had nothing left
to do.
All that is left in the Publications
Bureau, according to an OWI spokes
man, is a "fact sheet” of 16 to 20
pages, edited by Dorothy Ducas, for
the benefit of magazines and a small
book review section in which current
books on the war are reviewed,
largely for the benefit of OWI per
sonnel.
Other Resignations Rumored.
While reports of other resigna
tions were circulating, there was no
confirmation from OWI.
Mr. Pringle, who said at first that
he was resigning "because of a dis
agreement over the domestic policies
of OWI,” later said his resignation
had been asked by Gardner Cowles,
jr.. OWI deputy director.
His expanded statement came aft
er Mr. Cowles had announced Mr.
Pringle "wanted a more extensive
program than we thought wise.
With the paper shortage what it is,
| and with the budget pretty small,
we thought we could cut down and
save money and paper.”
Mr. Pringle said he and Mr.
Cowles had decided not to give the
dispute a public airing but Mr.
Cowles’ statement broke the agree
ment.
Mr. Cowles on three occasions, he
added, had agreed with him on a
program of limited production but
high quality publications. Later, he
said. Mr. Cowles, acting on the ad
vice of subordinates, reversed him
' self and asked for Mr. Pringle's
resignation.
In lieu of more extensive publi
cation of books and magazines. Mr.
Cowles said. OWI was getting “90
| per cent of what it needs" through
the press, radio and magazines, all
: of which he said were “co-operating
beautifully."
Mr. Pringle won the Pulitzer prize
i for a biography of Theodore Roose
velt. He is author of several other
books and is well known in the mag
azine field. He was professor of
j journalism at Columbia University
before coming to the Government.
Mr. Guinzberg is president of the
i Viking Press.
Most recent enterprise directly
under Mr. Pringle's supervision is a
71-page pamphlet designed to guide
magazine writers to story sources in
Washington. This "Key to War
time Washington and the United
Nations" was issued today.
! The pamphlet was prepared bv
Miss Ducas, who is attached to the
magazine division and formerly
wrote a syndicated column with
| Elizabeth Gordon, entitled “De
! signed for Living."
Agencies Classified.
Between red. white and blue cov
ers. the pamphlet classifies Gov
1 ernment agencies and details or
their purposes in an informal writ
ing style, with information ranging
from the White House telephone
I number to the total of Coast Guard
; fireboats.
The introduction tells magazine
. editors and writers, “patriotically
co-operating in the dissemination
of war information in fiction and
informative articles," that they need
not be discouraged by descriptions
of the “maze-like qualities of war
time Washington."
Washington, the introduction con
tinues. is undoubtedly a boom town,
spilling over info nearby Maryland
and Virginia, but the facts maga
zines want are not too hard to find.
With the assistance of information
officers, it declares, “the apparently
confused mass soon settles Into solid
subject matter.”
j In the key. the story-seeking
; magazine writers are told there is
j intense interest in everything con
; eerning the armed forces. They are
| taken to Capitol Hill and to the W’ar
1 agencies and are given an attrac
I live picture of Federal agencies
! "which have been familiar down
the years” but in which “lie many
unwritten war stories.”
News developments got ahead of
the magazines so that Secretary
of Agriculture Wickard is still tag
ged as food czar instead of Chester
I C. Davis. A misprint calls the At
| torney General Frances Biddle.
2 New Zealand Officers
Flee Italy, Rejoin Troops
By ihp Associated Press.
Two New Zealand brigadiers, one
who surrendered personally to Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel, have es
caped from a prison camp in Italy
and rejoined their forces on the Tu
nisian front, the New Zealand Lega
tion announced today.
The Legation said in a statement
it had learned that Brig. Regi
nald Miles, 50. and James Hargest,
52. captured in Libya in November,
1941. had led a division in the recent
maneuvers in which the British 8th
Army cracked the Mareth Line.
Brig. Hargest was captured when
a tank force led by Rommel overran
his headquarters, the Legation said.
Howt the two effected their escape
and returned to duty was undis
closed.
Marion of Cardinals
Out for Appendectomy
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. April 10.—Martin
j Marion, the St. Louis Cardinals' star
shortstop, will undergo an emer
gency appendectomy today and will
be lost to the world champions for
from four to six weeks. Dr. Robert
F. Hyland, team physician, an
nounced.
Marion suffered an acute attack a
few hours earlier.
| Manager Billy Southworth named
| Lou Klein, rookie up from Colum
bus, as shortstop for the opening of
the seven-game city series with the
Browns today. George Fallon, an
other rookie and the only other in
field reserve, has an inflamed ten
don in his heel.
Southworth probably will use
Outfielder Deb Garms at third base
and move George Kurowski to sec
ond as replacement for Jimmy
Brown, the regular second baseman,
currently laid up with a fractured
finger.