Output of Weapons
Must Be Increased
Sharply, WPB Warns
By the Associated Press.
Critical war production pro
grams, already slowed by man
power shortages and weather,
piust be increased by June to as
*®igh as 260 per cent over last
^December, WPB officials warned
"By the second half of the year,
when most of the current critical
frograms reach their peaks, gains
anging up to a high of 260 per cent
above last December's levels must be
registered, and in most cases, even
these peaks are below the level of
requirement,” a WPB report issued
last night declared.
The agency is particularly con
cerned over manpower in the com
ing months. The WPB report, which
told of a 2 per cent drop in war
production in January from plan
bed schedule, had this to say about
manpower:
‘‘Now, for the first time in several
months, the manpower shortage is
felt as a problem which affects war
production in general. Heretofore
it has been a problem only in cer
tain specific parts of the production
program."
Aircraft Exceeds Schedules.
In the major munitions categories,
WPB said, only aircraft producers
exceeded schedules. Ships, guns
and Are "control and military ve
hicles not only lagged behind goals
but behind December output. Air
craft and communications equip
ment topped December records by
1 and 2 per cent, respectively, but
missed schedules by 4 per cent each.
The dozen critical programs—
which are feeding direct battle-front
demands—showed a 7 per cent over
all gain above December because of
Government coddling, but this was
still 4 per cent behind WPB s goal.
Most disappointing were tanks. 23
per cent behind December, and
heavy trucks. 20 per cent behind
The best gainers were truck and
bus tires, up 30 per cent, and cotton
duck for tents, up an astonishing
33 pier cent; both were 13 pier cent
above goals and set a new all-time
record.
"The critical aircraft models"—
superbombers, jet-propelled fighters,
new pursuit ships and a few others
—“were 13 per tent below the first -
of-the-month schedule,” said the
report prepared by Hiland G. Batch
eller, WPB chief of operations.
Plenty of Trouble Seen.
"Critical mortars and artillery j
Items missed schedule by 5 to 30 per,
cent. Heavy and light weight trucks ■
were each 5 pier cent behind fore- j
casts.
Loking ahead. Mr. Batcheller saw
plenty of trouble. .
More important than the January
loss of munitions, he said, is the
potential threat for months ahead
brought about by last month's slump
(See PRODUCTION, Page A-2.) j
In steel and materials production;
caused by the worst weather since j
1918 and shortages of coal, gas, |
labor and transportation.
He reported that WPB has allot
ted 16.900,000 tons of steel—slightly
more than is actually in sight—to
essential users for the April-May
June quarter. He said, this Is only
85 per cent of what the Army, Navy
and other claimants asked for.
“If the war continues in both
Europe and Asia, the deficit for the
third quarter probably will be
greater than that which we now,
face for the second quarter,” the >
WPB official said.
With an eye to possible coal mine!
shutdowns growing out of new wage!
demands now being prepared by'
John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers,!
Mr. Batcheller reported that WPB'
now is setting up a priority list of;
Industries. This will be used to
channel coal to the most urgent
users if mining operations are in
terrupted.
ODI to Speed Boxcars
To Canada to Return Paper
The Office of Defense Transporta
tion today worked out steps to help
speed the return of Canadian box
cars, after a request from newsprint
interests of Canada for aid in send
ing cars back to proper plants.
The Canadians, it is understood,
asked the War Production Board for
assistance last week after bad
weather slowed down freight traffic.
The matter was referred to ODT.
where a spokesman said speeding up
the turn-about of freight cars oc
cupies the angency's time around
the clock. Some 10,000 American
freight cars, the majority of them
coal cars, are now in Canada, it was
said.
This country, it was estimated, has
about 8.000 Canadian cars on various
lines now.
Manpower
(Continued From First Page.)
port from a substantial group of
Democrats and Republicans.
Leaders hope to pass the measure
In some form by Wednesday, to
make way for the nomination of
Henry A. Wallace to be Secretary
of Commerce, due to be taken up
Thursday.
Latest indication that the com
mittee bill faces a stormy course in
the Senate came today from Sena
tor Taft, Republican, of Ohio, who
questioned the wide discretion he
said could be exercised over work
ers by WMC Chairman McNutt.
"As the bill is drawn.” said the
Ohioan, "McNutt practically could
institute a form of national service
if he chooses.”
Senator Taft was referring to the
authority of the WMC to fix the
number of persons any employer
could hire, and to regulate the re
hiring of workers forced out of non
essential industry by low employ
ment ceilings.
Although the committee bill puts
no criminal penalty on industrial
workers who leave an essential job
without permission or fail to take
such employment, it carries heavy
penalties for some farm workers, as
well as employers.
If a farm worker leaves agricul
tural work after being found un
acceptable by the Army, he could be
fined $10,000 or imprisoned for five
years. This is heavier than the
penalty of $10,000 or one year, pro
vided for employers who violate
hiring regulations in industry.
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, c
West Virginia has given notice h
will move to strike out both of the:
penalties, on the theory they destre
the principle on which the Sena
bill was drafted. He probably wi
win strong Republican support U
•uch a move. A
On the Roll of Honor—
Pfc. Gorman
(Killed)
lirat. Small
(Killed)
Pvt. Arthur
(Kitted i
Radioman Thompson
i Dr ad)
Today's Casually Lists
(Natisaai.)
Army wounded .-.1,601
Army killed .-.1X44
Navy casualties _ 101
Thus far in this war 1,308
men from the District area
have been reported killed.
Killed
Pfc. James R. Gorman, 22. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Gorman,
2231 California street N.W., was
killed in action November 20 in Ger
many, the War department an
nounced today. He previously was
reported missing on that date.
Pvt. Gorman was graduated from
Philips Andover Academy and at
tended Harvard University for one
year before entering the Army in
March. 1943. He trained with
ASTP for one year at Hamilton
College. N. Y.. then was transferred
to the infantry and sent overseas
last August.
The Gormans moved here from
Chicago in 1942. Mr. Gorman is
employed by the War Production
Board.
Sergt. Charles (Buddy) Small,
jr„ 38. member of an armored divi
sion, was killed in action November
27 in France. He was the husband
of Mrs. Myrtle Campbell Small.
Bryant street N.E., and the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Small, 4829
Ninth street N.W.
Sergt. Small attended Eastern
High School and played sandlot
baseball. He was superviser at the
Embassy Dairy at the time he en
tered the Army, April, 1942. He
went overseas last October.
Pvt. Alphus E. Arthur, 25, whose
widow. Mrs. Avis L. Arthur, and two
daughters, Jean, 6. and Caroline, 10
months, live at 414 East Glenside
avenue. Alexandria, was killed in
action November 20 in Germany.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
G. Arthur. 218 East Oxford avenue,
Alexandria. Pvt. Arthur previously
was reported missing. He was
wounded In Prance last November.
A graduate of George Washing
ton High School. Pvt. Arthur was
manager of a Safeway Store in Al
exandria. He entered the Army last
April, and was sent overseas in Sep
tember.
Pvt. Joseph ?. Sprpuse, 33, broth?
er-in-law of Joseph Marcey, 4MC
North Third street, Arlington, was
killed In action In Prance Novem
ber 27.
Pvt. Sprouse attended schools in
Washington and Alexandria. He
worked for the Smoot Coal Co. in
Alexandria before entering the ser
vice 11 months before his death. He
went overseas in July.
Serjrt. Edward R. Cahill, nephew
of Mrs. Mary Ezzel, 142 R street
was killefi in action in the
ropean theater, the War Depart
ment announced today. His aunt
has moved from the city, leaving
no forwarding address.
Stories of the following men
were carried in The Star soon after!
next-of-kin were notified of their
death:
Pvt. John B. Barnes, jr., son of,
Mrs. Ruth W. Barnes, 3825 Cath-1
edial avenue N.W.
Pvt. Fred L. Hendrick, husband
of Mrs Elsie E. Hendrick, 317
Thirty-fourth place N.E.
Pvt. Charles R. McCutchen, hus
band of Mrs. Alice P. McCutchen,
1119 Robinson street S.W.
Tech. (Fifth Grade) Robert S.
Nicely, son of Mrs. Maude M. Nicely,
609 Fourteenth street N.E.
Pfc. William A. Roberts, jr., son
of Mrs. Caro M. Roberts, 4440
Lowell street N.W.
Lt. Comdr. James Paul Andrea, 31,
captain of the destroyer Spence,
whose widow and small daughter live
at 3432 Martha Custis drive. Alexan
dria. was reported dead by the Navy
Department today. He previously
was listed as missing.
Comdr. Andrea was on the bridge
of his ship and went down with it
when a typhoon struck during the
second battle of the Philippines De
cember 18. according to Lt. A. S.
Krauchunas. one of the few surviv
ors. brought back by the Navy to
give details of the sinking to rel
atives of the men lost. Comdr.
Andrea was graduated from the
Naval Academy at Annapolis in
1937.
Thomas Naughton Thompson,
radioman, second class. 21, son of
Barney Thompson, 169 Thirty-sixth
street N.E., was also reported dead
by the Navy Department. A crew
member of the Spence, he was first
listed as missing.
According to Lt. Krauchunas,
Radioman Thompson was at his post
below decks when the ship was
bowled over by the typhoon. He
was not among those seen in the
water Ss the vessel sank.
Wounded
Pvt. Jacob L. Bauserman, 24,
whose wife and two children live at
the Jones Trailer Park, Berwyn, Md..
was slightly wounded in Luxembourg
on January 23.
Inducted into the Army last May,
Pvt Bauserman was sent overseas
in November and served with the 3rd
Army until wounded. He is in a hos
pital in England, his wife, Mrs. Mary
Ethel Bauserman. said.
Staff Sergt. Robert I. Beers, 30,
husband of Mrs. Mildred A. Beers,
906 South Washington street, Alex
andria, received shrapnel wounds in
the back on January 26 while fight
ing in Germany.
Sergt. Beers was graduated from
Boston University. He went into the
Army in March, 194& and was sent
overseas last November.
Staff Sergt. Joe Mathis, whose
mother, Mrs. Barbara Mathis, form
erly lived in Brookeville, Md., was
wdUnded in Europe, the War De
partment announced. Sergt. Mathis,
according to his aunt, Mrs. Emely
Mathis of Brookeville, is about 23
ears old.
Pvt. Stokes B. Bell, 22, who was
,rst wounded last July, was again
ounded December 4 near Luxem
burg, and is now home on a 30
ly convalescent furlough. His wife,
nty Ann. and two daughters live
6511 Central avenue. Capital
| eights, Md.
I His brother, Ptd. Marshall Bell,
Cemdr. Andrea
i Killed)
f / sr
Ffe. Story
(Wounded)
27, a tank corpsman, was wounded
in January in Europe. Their par
ents live in Atlanta, Ga.
Pvt. Stokes Bell, a former con
struction worker, suffered a back
concussion from a mortar shell. He
holds the Combat Infantryman
Badge.
Pvt. William H. Matched, whose
brother, Robert Matched, was, listed
by the War Department as living
at 638 Newton place N.W., was
wounded in Europe.
Pfc. Paul B. Story. 26, son of the
Rev. and Mrs. Sandy S. Story. 321
Eleventh street S.W.. was wounded
in the left leg by a German sniper
December 12 near Duren, according
to a dispatch from a hospital in
England, where he is recovering.
Pvt. Story, whose wife, Iva Mae,
and two children also live at the
Eleventh street address, told how
he took over the position of a rifle
District Blood Donations
Appointments
Saturday -140 persons
Appointments broken
Saturday - 35 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 51 Louisi
ana avenue N.W.. by calling
District 3300 between 9 a.m. and
5:30 p.m. weekdays, and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
rifices time on the part of
doctors and nurses that can
not be replaced It may sac
rifice the life of a man on a
battlefield
man wounded during an attack on a
Hkzi stronghold. “I was pumping
Qgrsts out of it as fast as I could
«d»en a sniper got me in his sights."
V*vt. Story attended Central High
School here and schools In Tennes
see. He worked at the Department
of Agriculture before Induction In
March and went overseas In Septem
ber. Three brothers are also In the
service: Pvt. James Wilbur Story,
iminded in France last August*:
Gftrpl. Byron Story, medical tecft
i$Cian at Walter Reed Hospital, and
SWkman First Class. Leland Storjri
stationed in St. Louis, Mo.
'The Rev. Mr. Story, who has been
active in mission work in Washing
ton. is founder and director of the
Wayside Service League.
Prisoner
Maj. Alfred G. Lambert, 27. Flving
Fortress pilot, 2811 Holly street Alex
andria. who was reported missing
October 7, is prisoner of war in
Stalag Luft 3, with his brother.
Lt. H. Read Lambert, Liberator pilot.
See story on this page.
Mrs. Catherine Hough, 80,
Dies After Long Illness
Mrs, Catherine B. Hough, 80. of
5414 Second street N.W., died yes
terday at Leland Memorial Hospital,
Riverdale, Md., after an illness of
several years. She was the widow of
William I. Hough. Navy Yard
mechanic, who died in 1928.
Born in Washington, the daughter
of Hester and George Dice, Mrs,
Hough for many years made her
home at 228 South Carolina avenue
S.E. Recently she had lived with
her daughter, Mrs. Helen S. Barry,
at the Second street address. She
was a member of Second Baptist
Church.
Also surviving are a son, Arthur
O. Hough, Washington; a sister, Mrs.
Halle Rogers, Alameda, Calif.; two
brothers, James D. and George
Hough, Washington, and a grand
daughter
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Wednesday at the Lee funeral
home Burial will be In Congres
sional Cemetery.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Rain with
moderate temperatures this after
noon and tonight, ending early to
morrow. Windy tomorrow, becom
ing colder by night.
Revert for Lest 48 Hoars.
. Temperature.
Saturday— Dearees
4 p.m. - $•>
8 P.m. _ 40
Mlcnitht ____ 43
Sunday—
Jam. - 38
8 a m.- S3
Noon __ 48
2 P.m._ 53
J P.m. _58
* p m _ 49
Midntcht_ 44
Today—
J » m. ___ 43
3 a.m. ___ 44
Noon _ _ 44
Reeoril for Last 24 Honrs.
'From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Hlthest, 58. 4 p.m Year ato, 44.
Lowest. 41. 1 :40 a m. Year ato. 86.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 83, on February 10.
Lowtat, 12. on January 28.
_ Humidity Report.
Saturday. 2;30 p.m, * 50 per cent.
Saturday. 8:30 p.m. .... . 49 per cent.
Sunday. 2:30 a.m._ so per cent.
Sunday, 8:30 p.m_ 49 per cent.
Today. 2:30 a.m._ 58 per cent.
Today. 8:30 a.m* . _ 70 per cent.
_ Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
. Today. Tomorrow.
Hleh - 8:49 a.m. 9:29 a.m.
Low - 3:15 a.m. 3:56 a.m.
Hi*h- 9:12 p.m. 9:48 p.m.
Low - 3:34 p.m. 4:17 p.m.
The Sup and Maun.
„ Rises. Sets.
Sun, today _ 7:45 6:67
fhui. tomorrow 7:44 6:58
Moon, today 6:43 p.m. 7:51a.m.
Automoolle lights must be turned on
one-naif hour after suntet.
Precipitatlen.
Monthly precipitation In inches in tha
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1945 Averate. Record.
January - 2.69 3.56 7.83 ’87
February 1.68 3.37 8.84 ’84
Maren _ 3.75 8.84 '91
April _ ___ 3.27 9.13 ’89
May - ___ 3.70 10.69 ’89
June _ ... 4.13 10.94 ’0(1
July - 4.71 10.63 ’86
Autust _ 4.01 14.41 SI
::: 1:12 l$R ft
November _ A*. 2.37 7.18 '77
December _ TI- 8.38 7.56 '01
Terry Allen Leads
More Night Fighters
In Drive on Cologne
By DON WHITEHEAD,
AuocUted Presa War Correspondent.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
1st ARMY IN GERMANY, Feb. 26.—
Maj. Gen. Terry Allen, who once
led the Fighting 1st Infantry Divi
sion, has another red-hot division
which now is winning combat lau
rels. It's the 104th Infantry Divi
sion, known as the Timberwolves.
The dark-haired little general’s
outfit is the talk of the 1st Army
as Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’
men drive toward Cologne after
crossing the Roer River in one of
the most spectacular night opera
tions of the campaign.
It’s a tough, disciplined outfit
which has made a speciality of night
fighting. It takes well-trained, dis
ciplined, aggressive troops to fight
successfully in darkness — troops
with a lot of confidence in them
selves and their division, and that
is what Gen. Allen has achieved
with his new command.
Instills Confidence in Men.
It isn’t a coincidence that the
104th has absorbed a lot of the
fighting qualities of its slended
leader. Gen. Allen has the knack of
instilling confidence and fight into
the men under him and making
them proud of their unit—and the
Timberwolves are being compared
now with the veteran fighting 1st.
Gen. Allen began specializing in
night assaults in Tunisia, when his
troops attacked at El Guettar in the
darkness and routed the Germans
During the Sicilian campaign, the
1st Division attacked almost solely
at night in driving the Germans
back toward Messina, and now Gen
Allen has another pack of night
prowlers
In driving from Aachen to the
Roer River, the Timberwolves
made every major assault during
dark and captured many difficult
objectives with amazingly light
losses. The 104th has probably the
lowest casualty rate of any combat
division.
Crossed Roer at Night.
The Roer River crossing was one
of the division’s moonlight master
pieces. They swarmed across the
river in assault boats behind a ter
rific artillery barrage and literally
clawed their way through enemy po
sitions and established a solid
bridgehead alongside the 8th In
fantry Division.
Then guns, ammunition, equip
ment and supplies flowed smoothly
into the bridgehead with hardly a
hitch.
Another striking achievement has
been Gen. Allen's training of re
placements at combat school near
the front lines. Youths who have
had no combat experience get ac
tual practice in their front line jobs
under direction of veterans.
When they join their units they
know where they are going and what
to do about it.
New York to Give New
Measles Preventive
£t the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26—Free dis
tribution of a new measles prevent
ive, gamma globulin, through hos
pitals and physicians will be started
by the New York City Health De
partment Thursday.
The substance was developed as a
byproduct of the processing of
plasma in the blood collection pro
gram of the American Red Cross.
Health Commissioner Ernest L.
Stebbins said the globulin would be
given to those children who had not
had measles and who had been ex
posed to the disease during the pre
vious eight days. It protects most
children for about three weeks.
I _ .
Western Front
_ rContinued From First Page.)
attack. Duesseldorf is on the east
bank.
The Germans are known to have
an armored reserve west of the
Rhine to guard the approaches to
the Ruhr. This force is not yet
willing—or able—to get into the
fight. The Ruhr has been virtually
indispensable to the German war
machine, for as late as 1942, the
British estimated that 75 per cent
of the enemy's war industries were
located in its packed area, smaller
than the State of Delaware.
Gen. Patton's 4th Armored Divi
sion made three new crossings of
the Pruem River in its 7-mile ad
j vance north of the Moselle River.
The division alone took 1,000 prison
ers and seized large stores of booty,
I including many tanks, artillery
pieces and wagons. The speed of
; Maj. Gen. Hugh Gaffney’s tanks
from New York and New Jersey
caught the Germans before they
could withdraw.
Before crossing the Pruem anew,
the 4th Armored Division captured
Brecht, 4 miles west of Bitburg. and
cleared Weidlngen, Altscheid, Kos
busch and Hamm, all clustered 7
miles northwest of Bitburg.
I Other 3d Army units, within 45
miles of Coblenz, advanced up to 3
miles beyond the long passed Sieg
fried Line. The 5th (Red Diamond)
Division captured Dockendorf, In
gendorf and Bettingen, all 4 to 6
miles southwest of Bitburg.
The 76th (Onaway) Division
reached the Wolsfeld area, 5 miles
southwest of Bitburg. The 5th and
76th Divisions widened original
Pruem River bridgeheads to 4‘£
miles and deepened them to 2\2
miles.
The 49th and 10th Armored Di
visions repulsed a total of seven
counterattacks in Saar River bridge
heads north and south of Saarburg
The largest counterthrust was by
400 to 500 tank-supported Germans
5 miles east of Saarburg. Prisoner
identifications showed new units
were appearing on the 3d Army
front.
East of Vianden, the 80th (Blue
Ridge i Division captured five towns,
Niehl, Olsdorf, Burg, Hissel and
Berghausen.
Gen. Patton had committed at
least 10 of his divisions, close to
150,000 Americans, to the battle in
the center. Four of the divisions
were armored.
Rescue Party Finds
Two in Missing Plane
Dead Near Tyrone, Pa.
*.
Floundering through deep snow
and underbrush, a rescue party
led by Pennsylvania State police
today reached the bodies of a
Washington pilot and passenger
who were killed Wednesday when
their Piper Cub crashed on Ta
bletop Mountain, about 5 miles
northwest of a Tyrone (Pa.) air
port from which the plane had
taken off that day.
Killed in the crash were Leonard
A. Shade, 33. of 5304 G street, Dil
lon Park, Md., Congressional Air
port flying instructor, and his pas
senger, George Brackett, 35, a Capi
tal Transit Co. bus driver of 4602
Kansas avenue N.W., owner of the
plane. Police reported that the plane
was demolished and one of the
bodies had been thrown 50 feet from
the wreckage.
E. L. Sester, chief Congressional
Airport pilot, said the wreckage was
located from the air yesterday in the
opposite direction from that taken
by a plane heading for Washington.
He said the pilot apparently had
turned back after running into bad
weather and had overshot the Ty
rone airport. Tyrone is about 6 miles
from Altoona.
Mr. Sester said a searching party
attempted to reach the wreckage
after it had been located yesterday,
but were unable to force their way
up the mountain. Resuming their
attempts, the party finally reached
the plane early today.
Congressional Airport officials said
Mr. Shade had been an instructor
}
LEONARD A. SHADE.
there since July. He formerly had
been a civilian flight instructor with
I the Navy. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ann Shade, and an 18
month-old daughter.
Airport officials said Mrs. Brackett
had gone to Altoona last week and
was there when the plane wreckage
was found.
They said the pair had flown tq
Tyrone Tuesday and had taken off
at 11 a.m. Wednesday for the return
flight.
Mann Act
'Continued From First Page.>
based on payment of taxicab fare
for a four-block, ride, the dissenters
said the decision "can only serve to
subject residents of the District of
Columbia to the evils of blackmail
and persecution.”
Justice Roberts did not take part
in the case.
"The Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict set aside the conviction on the
ground that the Mann Act was in
applicable to transportation taking
place wholly within the District,”
the majority said.
‘‘That court found support for its
conclusion in the numerous acts of
Congress enacting local laws for the
District, which make it a criminal
offense for ‘any prostitute’ to invite
or persuade any person to go with
her to any building for the purpose
of prostitution, or for any person
to entice or force any woman to go
to a place of assignation or for any
person to Invite, induce or procure
another to engage in prostitution or
to go to any place for purposes of
prostitution.
Legislation I* Specific.
"The-court thought that the addi
tion of the prohibition of the Mann
Act to this legislation, specifically
applicable only in the District, was
so useless and unnecessary to indi
■ cate that the Mann Act was not de
signed to apply to the District of
Columbia 'except in its interstate
aspect.’ No other question was con
sidered or decided below or dis
cussed in the briefs and argument
of counsel here, and we decided no
other.
"But none of these enactments of
local amplication speak of ‘trans
portation’ for immoral purposes,
which is the act condemned by the
Mann Act. The Mann Act not only
penalizes such transportation in in
terstate commerce, which is defined
• * * as including any commerce
into or out of the District, but it
specifically and repeatedly includes
in its prohibition, such transporta
tion ‘in any territory or the District
of Columbia.’
Congress' Purpose Analysed.
‘‘Congress, in enacting the Mann
Act, made it perfectly plain by its
committee reports on the proposed
legislation that it was intended to
apply to transportation taking place
wholly in the District of Columbia.’’
Further on, the court said that
Congress thus, "through the exer
cise of its police power over the
District, followed its usual policy of
extending legislation based on the
| commerce power to the same sub
stantive acts taking place wholly
within the District.”
In reversing the Beach convic
tion, the Court of Appeals, in a de
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MEXICO CITY.—PARLEY ARRIVALS—Secretary of State Stet
tinius and Assistant Secretary Nelson Rockefeller found them
selves almost alone when they arrived on the dpt for a
scheduled session of the Inter-American Conference here Fri
day night. They waited patiently, however, until the other
conferees arrived. — AP Wirephoto.
cision by Chief Justice Groner, said
the act of prostitution was so com
pletely covered by local statutes
"that about the only place in which
the act can be done without running
athwart of the local law is in an
anchored balloon.”
On this point the Supreme Court
said: “Whether the District was
adequately protected from the evils
of prostitution without the added
prohibition of transportation for
that purpose was for Congress, not
the courts, to decide. The prohibi
tion was deliberately adopted by
Congress, and it conflicts with no
other legislation applicable in the
District. Hence, the present re
versal of the conviction for its
violation was erroneous.”
Background Discussed.
The Murphy-Black dissent de
clared that "the congressional de
bates and committee reports on the
legislation <Mann Actt make it plain
that the act was designed and in
tended solely to prevent ‘white slave’
traffic, and it should not be applied
to the situation present in this
case."
The dissenters discussed the back
ground of the act, declaring it
stemmed from numerous investiga
tions which "had disclosed the
existence of a systematic, continuous
international and interstate traffic
in women and *rls, who were being
forced against tneir will to practice
prostitution."
The dissenters added that "it was
the pernicious white slave traffic
that Congress had in mind when it
enacted the transporting clause of
the act.” and added the fact “that
courts in the past have Ignored the
plain congressional purpose arid
have applied these statutory words
in a literal sense, so as to punish
any one transporting a woman for
immoral purpose quite apart from
any connection with white slavery,
does not command us to continue
such an erroneous construction and
application of the act.”
Local Laws Called Adequate.
The dissenters agreed with the
court to the extent that the Judg
ment means that the act condemns
white slave traffic solely within the
District and then continued:
"But the- application of the act
to transportation solely within the
District of Columbia to purposes
quite unrelated to white slavery
should not be sanctioned. The
court does not pass upon that issue
directly and, in its inspection, may
ignore it. But the facts of this
case sDeak out boldly and cannot
be unheeded. To do so is to impose
a criminal statute unfairly upon a
citizen by disregarding its true in
tent and purpose, thereby adding
another instance of tortured and
grotesque application to its already
unhappy history.”
The dissenters said that local la* a
were adequate “to cope with the
real evils present in this instance’1
and said the court’s decision “can
only serve to subject residents ol
the District of Columbia to the
evils of blackmail and persecution
and to punish unjustly those whooa
immoral acts do not constitute white
slavery.”
In this instance the court said
the act was applied not because
white slavery is present, but oe
cause acts of voluntary prostitution
follow the payment for a four-block
taxicab ride.
Two Flying Brothers
In Same Prison Camp
The fortunes of war have seer
the Lambert brothers of Alexandrii
both shot down over German terri
tory. both listed as missing an<
finally imprisoned in the same camp
Now Maj. Alfred G. Lambert, 27
Flying Fortress pilot, and First Lt
H. Read Lambert, 22, Liberator pilot
sons of Mr. and Mr*. A. G. Lambert
2811 Holly street, entertain prisoner)
of Stalag Luft No. 3 with their sing
ing and guitar playing. Their par
ents learned this from a recentlj
returned repatriate. They have hac
no direct word from the brothers
Maj. Lambert, who holds the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with Clustei
and Air Medal with three Clusters
was reported missing October 7. A
graduate of Virginia Military In
stitute, he was shot down near Leip
zig on his 35th mission. Lt. Lam
bert, a graduate of George Wash
ington High School, was shot dowr
near Munich on his 43d mission.
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U. S. Believed Reedy
To Back Proposal to
Curb Aggression
By GARNETT D. HORNER,
•ter Mil CorTMpentant.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 30.—The
United States delegation to the
Inter-American Conference here
was believed ready today to support
a proposed agreement for joint use
ol force by co-operating American
republics to protect any one of them
against aggression.
Designed primarily to provide
immediate assurance against any
threat of aggressive action by the
militaristic Farrell regime in Argen
tina, such a regional collective se
curity plan would have to be co
ordinated later with the projected
world security system.
Differences Compromised.
Conflicting views among advisers
to Secretary of State Stettinius as
to whether definite action on a re
gional protective plan should be
taken in advance of the San Fran
cisco United Nations conference on
the Dumbarton Oaks proposals ap
peared to have been compromised
in extensive discussions over the
week end.
Some advisers urged action at this
conference. They contended the
policy of not recognizing the Farrell
regime because of its pro-Axis ac
tivities are considered a threat to
the peace of the hemisphere is un
realistic unless it is accompanied by
specific preparations to deal with
possible Argentine aggression.
Other advisers pointed out that
any arrangement for collective use
of force by the American republics
on a purely regional basis would
conflict with a provision in the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals stipu
lating that no enforcement action
should be undertaken by regional
agencies without authority of the
'United Nations Security Council.
Could Be Modified Later.
The compromise was understood
to be based on support of a reso
lution introduced by the Colombia
delegation calling for collective use
of force if essential to preserve the
territorial integrity of any of the
Americas, with the understanding
that it would be modified if neces
sary to conform with the world
peace organization as finally ap
proved.
Some sentiment developed during
the discussion within the American
delegation for a change in the
Dumbarton Oaks formula so as to
permit the American republics to
take whatever action they might
consider necessary to settle dis
putes in this hemisphere without
reference to the World Security
Council.
It was pointed out that otherwise
any of the Big Five powers whose
11 unanimous vote would be necessary
l for Security Council approval of
i enforcement action might block
i effective inter-American measures
1. to deal with Argentina or other
regional problems.
House Votes to Extend
D.C. Women's Work Hours
The House today passed and sent
' to the Senate a bill to extend for the
duration of the war and six months
thereafter a modification of the Dis
trict minimum wage law so as to
permit women to be employed for
longer than eight hours a day and
up to 54 hours a week.
Extended hours may be permitted
; only on a certificate from the Mini
: mum Wage Board that the extra
| hours are essential to the war effort.
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