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C., SATURDAY, MAY 11, .1946-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ★★★★ ^\H&Tnth^llv^^nD6Tuni,d,1ady58usnidSor 5 CENTS Byrnes Accepts Red Reparations Demand on Italy Clashes With Molotov On Navy as Source of $100,000,000 Charge ly the Associated Press PARIS, May 11.—Secretary of State Byrnes today accepted the Soviet Union’s demand for $100, 000,000 in reparations from Italy, but added conditions which led to a clash with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. This was reported by an American «ource. Almost the entire two-hour infor mal meeting of the four-power con ference was devoted to the repara tions issue as the Ministers continued their review of disputed points in Italian peace treaty proposals in efforts to narrow down the area of disagreement. Specifies Reparations Source. Mr. Byrnes, accepting the Russian reparations demand, was reported by the American source to have said these must be obtained only from: 1. Italian assets abroad. 2. Excess industrial equipment in former munitions factories. 3. Merchant shipping. 4. Naval vessels. Mr. Molotov promptly disputed the last point. He said naval vessels were legitimate booty of war and should be apportioned among the victorious powers as such, and not as reparations. Mr. Byrnes retorted that booty could be claimed only by those who had captured it, and the Russians had captured no Italian naval ves sels. The position of British • Foreign Secretary and French Foreign Min ister Bidault could not be learned immediately. A new informal session was sched uled for the afternoon, at which the conference was to continue discus sion of the question of Italy’s pre war bi-lateral treaties. This discus sion was begun just before the con ference broke up this morning. Two Russian Concessions. Two surprise Russian concessions paved the way for a possible break in the week-long deadlock which had brought the conference to the brink of failure. Mr. Molotov agreed to withdraw his opposition to: 1. A French proposal allowing Italy to retain, as sole trustee under the United Nations, her pre-Fascist colonies. 2. An American proposal provid ing for the establishment of an in ter-Allied commission to investigate and prosecute war criminals within Italy for a certain limited time aft er the feigning of the Italian peace treaty. Both issues were held open for additional discussion today. French official quarters said they were encouraged by last night’s meeting in which, they said, Mr. Molotov took the initiative in an at tempt to settle the long-troublesome issue of Italy's African empire. Byrnes Backs Molotov Move. Mr. Byrnes seconded Mr. Molotov's motion on disposition of the Italian Colonies, with the proviso that Libya and Eritrea be given their indepen dence after 10 years. British sources said Mr. Bevin argued for the immediate indepen dence of Libya and Eritrea, and then asked that Britain be given trustee ship over Cyrenaica, former Italian colony within Libya. These sources said Mr. Bevin cited Britain’s war-time promise to tribesmen of Cyrenaica that they would never again be placed under Italian rule, and that he told Mr. Molotov: "Tobruk is to us what Stalingrad is to the Russians.” Mr. Molotov’s concessions were generally interpreted as tantamount to a withdrawal of Russian demands < See CONFERENCE, Page A-2.) U. y lo Purer Of Spongers ;7 Reich §y the Associated r#*ss FRANKFURT, May 11. —The United States Army has ordered a hunt throughout the American occupation zone for imposters and criminals believed sponging on American and United Nations aid The Army, noting that new “dis placed persons” were appearing mysteriously in free care camps, ordered that the more than 400,000 displaced persons both in and out of camps be put through a screen ing. Elaborate machinery will be in operation within a few days for the project, approved by the War De partment, and the result may be the forcible ouster from the camps oi many so-called “displaced persons.’ Army authorities also hoped the vast screening plan W'ould reveal the perpetrators of crimes which have been attributed loosely to “dis placed persons.” One Army re port made available unofficially tc this correspondent said crime among displaced persons “poses a serious security threat." Army authorities, moving care fully to avoid any possible charges of anti-semitism, said 27,000 dis placed persons were repatriated in March, but that by the end of the month there were 8,000 more dis placed persons on hand than there were before the month's repatriation had begun. At the end of April, these author ities said, there were 11.244 more displaced persons in and out oi camps than there were at the beginning of the month, although 17.809 were sent back to their homes or were resettled. Two Yanks Slain in Reich NUERNBERG, May 11 {JP).—Firing from ambush, unidentified assail ants lasfhight shot and killed tw’o American soldiers who were riding In a jeep near Nuernberg. The Army withheld names of the victims, both shot In the chest. First Postwar Parade Staged By School Safety Patrol Crowd of Several Thousand Applauds 4,500 Marchers A crowd of several thousand cheered more than 4,500 School Safety Patrol members from the District, Maryland and Virginia as they marched down Consti tution avenue today in their first postwar parade. Colorfully dressed, with a naval motif predominant in their uni forms, the youngsters strutted past Maj. Harvey G. Callahan, District superintendent of police and high school and American Automobile Association officials with school, city, county and national colors flying and bands playing. White safety belts, insignia of the corps, gleamed as the young sters who protect their schoolmates from injury by traffic competed for $540 in prize money. Prizes were awarded for the best safety slogan, best float, best baton twirler, best appearing group and best band. Awards of prizes in four cate gories were announced by Washing Float Breaks Down; Hauled by Truck, It Gets Second Prize The float of St. Gabriel’s Parochial School today broke down as it passed the Apex Building, but that didn’t keep the entry from taking second prize for floats in the school patrol parade. Quick-thinking Mrs. Agnes Simpson of the 4900 block of New Hampshire avenue N.W., mother of one of the boys with the float, persuaded the driver of a truck parked on Indiana avenue to unload his furniture so he could haul the float to the judges in the reviewing stand on the south side of the Ellipse. Float and youngsters ar rived just as the last parade unit passed. ton I. Cleveland of the Americar Automobile Association. Bands, senior group—First prize Anacostia High School; second. St i See PARADE, Page A-2.» Republicans in Rome Demonstrate Against Italy's New Monarch 50,000 in Procession to Viminale Palace Shout 'Down With King' By the Associated Press ROME, May 11.—Roman re publicans staged an anti-Um berto demonstration today which dwarfed the acclaim Italy’s new King received yesterday from monarchists at the royal palace. A crowd estimated at 50.000 gathered in the People's Square this morning for a rally, then marched to the seat of government at the Viminale Palace, where the marchers cheered the cabinet and shouted. “Down with the King." A heavy police guard, armed with sub-machine guns, was posted about the palace, blocking all approaches. The demonstrators marched past the police cordons in an orderly manner. The demonstration brought to gether members of leading Italian parties — the Action, Communists, Christian Democratic and Repub lican Socialist. Red flags and Italian i flags, minus the cross of the House of Savoy, were carried. Cabinet Ban Is Defied. The parade was held despite a cabinet ban earlier today on all such demonstrations until after the nation votes June 2 on -whether the monarchy should be retained. Public assemblies were not prohibited. A cabinet communique said the action was taken at yesterday's lengthy session, called to consider the abdication of King Victor Em manuel III, because some ministers expressed fear of disturbances. An estimated 10.000 monarchists demonstrated before the Quirinale yesterday and afterward paraded through Rome, but their conduct was orderly throughout. Umberto Repeats Promise. King Umberto II, whose succes sion to the throne was approved yes terday by the cabinet—which limited Umberto's powers and stipulated that he could rule only until the plebiscite—issued his first proclama tion last night, reiterating his prom ise to abide by the decision of the electorate June 2. He called on the Italian people to “gather about the flag under which the fatherland was unified and four generations of Italians have known how to live laboriously and die hero ically” and said he desired only “to be the first among Italians in the sorrowful hours and last in the happy ones.” Ship Carrying 800 Victims Cl Holism to America By the . ociated Prets BREMERHAVEN, Germany. May 11.—Wished godspeed an Ameri can Ambassador and sennaded by an Army Band, the first .'nstwar immigrant ship steamed from Ger many today carrying 800 victi ’s of Naziism to the new world. As the gray-hulled former troop transport, S. S. Marine Flasher, de parted for New York, 13 soldier musicians of the 311th Infantry softly played “Sentimental Journey.” Ambassador Robert Murphy, polit ical adviser to the American Military Government of Germany, flew here this morning from Berlin to talk to the immigrants, ranging in age from 6 month to 82 years. Besides 800 aliens of 17 nation alities ranging from German to Turk. S. S. Marine Flasher also i carried 67 American citizens who ; were returning home after wartime years of exile. The 800 prospective Americans were the first boatload of Nazi vic tims to leave Europe under the annual quota of 39,000 set by Presi dent Truman. The S. S. Marine Perch is scheduled to sail Monday with a second immigrant group. Truman to Receive Honorary Doctorate From Fordham Today New York Ceremony First of Four Listed To Honor President By Joseph A. Fox President Truman went out on the ‘honorary degree circuit” today to receive from Fordham University a doctorate of laws in the first of four such ceremonies in which he is scheduled to par ticipate in the next three weeks. The Fordham program will be staged in late afternoon on the campus of the New York Jesuit in stitution which today is opening its charter centenary observance. Mr. Truman took off from Na tional Airport at 12:45 p.m. in his private plane. He will speak at 4:15 with all networks broadcasting the 15-minute address. The return to Washington will be made soon thereafter. In Mr. Truman's party were Ad miral William D. Leahy, personal Chief of Staff: Postmaster General Hannegan. Reconversion Director Snyder, Brig. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan and Capt. Clark Clifford, military and naval aides, and Secre taries Matthew J. Connelly and Charles G. Ross. Going to Missouri. On May 20, the President goes to 1 William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo„ to receive a degree in a ceremony originally scheduled last fall but called off when labor troubles made it impossible for Mr. Truman to leave Washington. On May 29. George Washington University will likewise honor the President when Miss Margaret Tru man is graduated. On June 1, the President will cross Chesapeake Bay to receive a degree and speak at Washington College, Chestertown, Md. Bernard Cardinal Griffin, Arch Dishop of Westminster, England, and at 47 the youngest member of the College of Cardinals also receives a degree at Fordham today. Cardinal Griffin is the guest of Francis Car dinal Spellman of New York and is making his first public appearance in the United States at the uni versity celebration. 1,000 Police on Guard. The Associated Press reported that more than 1,000 policemen had been assigned to guard the Presi dent’s route from La Guardia Field to the Fordham campus, where ar rangements have been made to han dle a crowd of more than 10,000. The program includes the first ringing of the university's victory bell, which was removed from the Japanese carrier Junyo, sunk by American bombs off of Saipan.' The victory bell which hereafter ^ will ring out Fordham athletic vic i tories, was the gift of Admiral Ches iter W. Nimitz, chief of naval opera 'ons. ' "he university will have a dinner to.ught at the Waldorf - Astoria Hotel. Speakers will include the Rev. Robert I. Ganon, S. J.. Ford ham president: Mayor William 0‘Dwyer and Cardinals Spellman and Griffin. President Truman was to have spoken there also, but canceled his plans because of the 30-day mourn ing peripd for Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. Reds Decorate McNarney BERLIN, May 11 (JP).—Gen. Joseph T. McNarney was decorated with the Order of Suvorov, First Class, in a ceremony at Soviet headquarters in Potsdam today. The American commander in Germany was cited for “successful leadership of Ameri can forces against the common foe.” Science Sees Rockets Revealing Upper Stratosphere Secrets By Thomas R. Hem^ Star Staff Correspondent LAS CRUCES, N. Mex., May 11— Man-made meteor showers and pos sible man-made little moons en circling the earth forever are among i the ultimate scientific objectives of the long program of upper-air re i search started yesterday at the j Army's White Sands proving grounds I when a German-made V-2 and an 1 American-made “WAC Corporal" were lifted above the stratosphere on pillars of fire. All the captured German rockets jnow in this country eventually will be fired, carrying in their warheads j automatically recording scientific 'instruments. Hundreds of requests ' * have been received from research institutions interested in the physics of the upper atmosphere and these now are being sorted for practicabil ity by a joint Army-Navy panel. The schemes already advanced include such projects as gathering samples of dust from the extremely rarified regions above the strato sphere and analysis of them to see if some simple form of life, such as bacteria or filterable viruses may not lurk there. Considered by no means impractical is the crea tion of * artificial meteor showers Those which occur in nature are difficult to predict accurately and the appearance of the average (See HENRY, Page A-2.) Truman Backing For Mine Health Fund Reported Pits Are Preparing To Reopen During 15-Day Truce By James Y. Newton Well-placed reports that Pres ident Truman is sympathetic, at least in principle, with John L. Lewis’ welfare and mine safety' demands bolstered the union's case today as the Nation’s soft- j coal mines prepared to reopen in the 15-day truce ordered by j by Mr. Lewis. Negotiators for the 400,000 United; Mine Workers and mine operators were meeting again in an attempt i to meet the deadline next Wednes 1 day set by the President for agree ment on a new work contract. Lewis Attends Meeting. Mr. Lewis, who had missed a number of sessions this week, showed up early for today's meeting. In an effort to meet the presidential dead line, Federal Mediator Edward F McGrady said the conferees agreed to meet daily and vote each after noon whether to continue into the night. They will decide later whether to hold a session tomorrow. Officials m a position to know said the President pointed out to Mr. Lewis and Charles O’Neill, operators’ representative, at the White House meeting late yesterday that since hundreds of thousands of workers in other industries already are covered by welfare provisions and that since coal mining is the most hazardous of operations, he saw no reasons why the mine work ers should not have such a fund. Emphatic on Mine Safety. Mr. Truman, it was said, carefully avoided indorsement of any details of such a plan. Charles G. Ross, his press secretary, told newsmen Mr. O’Neill agreed with the principle of such a fund. There still seemed a wide difference between the dis-j putants as to methods of raising1 and administering such a plan. | On the issue of mine safety, it was said, Mr. Truman was more emphatic. He said he always had been greatly interested in the sub ject and believed everything possible should be done to reduce mine acci dents and make the pits safer. He was described as adding that he saw no reason why safety recom mendations of the Federal Bureau of Mines should not be accepted. That is Mr. Lewis’ demand, that the recommendations of bureau in | spectors be made contractually bind ing on the industry. Despite all ol this, Government labor officials were not optimistic that a mine contract can be worked out by next Wednesday. If the con tract deadlock continues past that point, they were at a loss to say i what the Government's next move would be. No Settlement Proposal. There was hope that the strike could be settled by May 25, the last day of the mine truce. But officials were not too optimistic on that point even. Many of the operators said they were just as far from making an agreement with Mr. Lewis as ever. On leaving the President, both Mr. O’Neill and the union chief re-j (See COAL, Page A-3j 61 Nazis Found Guilty In Trials at Dachau By the Associated Press DACHAU, May 11.—All 61 de fendants in the trial of Mauthausen! concentration camp operators were i convicted today of torturing and killing thousands of prisoners in that notorious extermination center. They will be sentenced Monday. The American military court of seven officers deliberated only an hour in reaching the verdict after a six-week trial. The testimony against the 61 in cluded a declaration by a former inmate, Izak Gruenberg, that some living prisoners were thrown into ithe crematory along with the dead. Defendant Hans Altfuldisch. a prison compound commander, told the court that the camp's goal was to kill people and if the staff had refused “We ourselves would have gone into concentration camps and probably even have been killed." Lt. Col. William Denson, prose cutor, declared "These men are re sponsible for 70,000 deaths in the Mauthausen concentration camp be tween 1932 and 1945.” He called for tthe conviction of ! each defendant as being “part of the design to beat and kill pris oners,” regardless of whether each was proved to have committed mur ;der individually. Extortion in Union Drive Business Agent By th» Associated Press DE’HIOIT, May 11.—A warrant charging James HoJa. business agent, with extortion in the AFL Teamsters’ Union drive to organize meat market and grocery store clerks was issued in Recorder's Court today. Hoffa, who was in court when the warrant was issued, was arraigned immediately. He stood mute to the charge and the court entered a plea of not guilty for him, then released | him in $1,000 bond for a hearing 'May 28. The warrant was issued on com plaint of Martin Bonkovich, inde pendent dealer, who protested j against union organizing tactics in ; the teamsters’ recently projected j campaign among the clerks of 7,000 Detroit stores. Bavaria Royalists Banned MUNICH, Germany, May 11 (JP).— The American military government yesterday dissolved the growing Bavarian monarchist party and pro- j hibited any royalist political activ ity. ” 1 4 IT WORKED?) Preakness Field Is Cut To 10 by Withdrawal Of Billy Bumps Assault Is Favored In Classic Before Crowd of 40,000 By th* Associated Press BALTIMORE, May 11.—The field for today’s 56th running of the Preakness was cut to 10 this morning with the withdrawal of Billy Bumps from the Bomar Stables of Charles P. Bohn and P. A. Markey of Detroit. The scratching of the 3-year-old son of Last Land, who has not run a race since early April, left the gross value of the 1 3 16-mile classic at $139,620, which is still the biggest purse ever put up for a race in America. The jockey lineup for the race was completed with the announcement that Tidy Bid, owned by William Helis of New Orleans, would be ridden by Shelby Clark, 23-year-old rider from McLeansboro, 111. Tidy Bid was ridden in his last race by Nick Jemas and wound up pitching the jockey over the fence. Skies Overcast. Early arrivals among the expected crowd of 40,000 were greeted by scattered showers, but by 9:30 a.m., the clouds had been driven away by a warm sun. There was consider able overcast at noon. It was Assault against the field, and the betting was just about even that Assault would follow his vic tory of a week ago in the Kentucky Derby. There were nine other three-year olds going to the post with the Texas tprror at 4:55 pm. to run for the black-eyed Susans over the old hill top track. Of the entire 10. Assault was the high-powered choice to take the same double trick his daddy, Bold Venture, did, 10 years ago—win both the Derby and Preakness. Hampden Chief Opponent. Assault’s chief opponent today ap peared to be Hampden, who will be ridden by Eddie Arcaro. Hampden wound up third in the Derby, and while Assault defeated him in the only two times they’ve tangled this spring, no one denies Hampden will benefit from a switch in jockeyS. Last week Hampden was piloted by Job Dean Jessop. In the Derby. Arcaro was aboard (See PREAKNESS, Page A-2.) Drivers Strike Cancels Preakness Charter Buses Charter bus service from Wash ington to Pimlico today was sus pended when officials of the Balti more Motor Coach Co. were unable to replace 40 drivers and mechanics who walked out yesterday here and in Baltimore. A company spokesman said the union—Division 1300 of the Amal gamated Association of Street Elec tric Railway and Motor Coach Em ployes—struck for higher wages without previous notification. The bus service, which today was j to operate 15 buses of about 600 total capacity from the Greyhound ter !minal here, will be suspended until | union representatives approach the company, the spokesman said. The company conferred with the union last week on the subject of wages, but yesterday’s walkout was termed ‘a complete surprise” to the com pany. The company said only nine driv ers and mechanics are now’ available, due to the walkout. The racetrack service, with terminals in Baltimore and Washington, has operated regu larly since travel restrictions ended last year. U. S. Job Shift Order Issued by President President Truman today issued an i executive order 'giving civilian era 1 ployes of the Government whose appointments are not limited to a year or less the right to transfer to such international organizations as the United Nations and Bretton WOods units. . Probational employes transferring to these groups acquire civil service status whenever their names are reached on employment registers, and they also have the right to shift back to their own organizations within three years of the time they left. 4 Ross Collins, Bilbo's Opponent, Also Injects D. C. Into Race Says His Rival Devotes His Time to Laws for Capital By J. A. O'Leary Star Staff Correspondent MACON, Miss.. May 10.—Wash ingtonians will not be having an election of their own this year, but their problems continue to figure in the campaign oratory along the Mississippi. Former Representative Ross A. Collins, one of four men seeking to unseat Senator Bilbo in the July 2 Democratic primary, is giving his audiences a birdseye view of bills on the calendar of the Senate Dis trict Committee, of which Senator Bilbo is chairman. The former House member is tell ing his listeners that in Senator Bilbo's first eight years in the Sen ate starting in 1935, he secured the enactment of “seven little bills,” which Mr. Collins describes as bridge bills and private claim measures. Mr. Collins told a meeting at nearby Louisville, Miss., that in the Seventy-eighth Congress Senator Bilbo became chairman of the Dis trict Committee, and adds that, “since that time he has been de ROSS A. COLLINS. —Star Staff Photo. voting his time to passing municipal ordinances for Washington. Before passing on to other issues. Mr. Collins lists some of the District bills, including one to "select the site for a football stadium," to fix the pay of school teachers, and one to "vaccinate dogs and cats in Wash ington." Mr. Collins also lets his (See BILBO. Page A-2.( Hillman Declares CIO Has No 'Purge List' Of Primary Candidates Atlantic City Reports Mistaken for Formal Statement, He Says By Newbold Noyes, Jr. The CIO’s Political Action Committee has no “black list” of political candidates slated for attempted purge in primary and general elections this year. Chairman Sidney Hillman said today. He told reporters the press had mistaken for formal announcement of such a list was in fact “merely a series of reports as to their opin ion of the political situation in their communities” from individual dele gates to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ meeting in Atlantic City earlier this week. "No action has been taken by the CIO-PAC or by the Amalgamated with regard to these reports.” Mr. Hillman said. “No individual can didate is ticketed for purge by the organization as a whole. These are local matters.” As representatives of his group prepared to meet at the Carlton (See POLITICS, P~age A-27) Pawley Takes Oath As Envoy to Brazil By th* Associated Press William D. Pawley. Miami. Fla., was sworn in yesterday as the new American Ambassador to Brazil. Justice Douglas of the Supreme Court administered the oath of office at the State Department. Ambassador Carlos Martins of Brazil represented his government and Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden attended for Sec retary' of State Byrnes. House D.C. Committee Unanimously Reports Healy Day Care Bill Measure Placing Centers Under Education Board Due for Action Monday The Healy bill, placing child day-care centers under the Board of Education, was report ed out unanimously today by the House District Committee and will be placed on the House Cal endar for action Monday. Two limiting amendments were written into the measure. One would limit the total funds to be expended on the nurseries to $500. 000 a year. This would include both the fees paid by parents able to contribute and the District appro priation for indigent families. The division of the cost has run about 50-50. The second amendment would re quire investigation of families to determine whether they are en titled to this service. The commit tee wants the nurseries reserved for families that must have children cared for during the day and lack the means or facilities for provid ing it. 500 to Be Cared for. The author of the bill, Repre sentative Healy, Democrat, of Cali fornia. explained that the bill con templates the total number of chil dren to be cared for will remain at about 500. the present average. During the war the average was 600. If it developes that more chil dren must be sheltered, the pro gram will have to be expanded in the future. It is planned to ask the Senate Appropriations Committee, which now has the District appropriation ! bill for the fiscal year 1946-7 under ! (See CHILD CARETPage A-2J Senate to Push Strike Control Despite Truce in Coal Dispute Despite the 15-day truce in the coal strike, the Senate has de cided to take up strike-control legislation immediately, but the trend of debate in the Senate yesterday indicated there would be no action until late next week at the earliest. The Senate, after disposing of the British loan, voted late yester day, 66 to 9, to take up labor legis lation. As the chamber plunged into debate which may go on for many days, Senators McMahon, Democrat, of Connecticut, and Morse, Republican, of Oregon, in troduced resolutions calling for in vestigations. Senator McMahon proposed a Sen^e-House inquiry into working conditions in the mines, and Sen ator Morse urged “Nation-wide hearings on the whole problem of labor relations” by a Senate Labor subcommittee. In the House. Representative Hoff mann, Republican, of Michigan, sought immediate consideration of a bill to penalize strikes against public utilities or interstate com merce without 60 days’ notice, but Speaker Rayburn withheld recogni tion. Members of a House Judiciary subcommittee agreed to support legislation outlawing royalty pay ments to unions and seek action on the floor next week. A resolution identical with Sen. McMahon's was introduced in the House by Representative Gore. Dem (See STRIKE CONTROL, Pg. A-2.) 1 Freight Embargo To End Monday, ODT Announces Additional 25 Pet. Cut In Passenger Traffic Also Is Canceled BULLETIN The Government today lift ed its embargo on nonessen tial freight shipments, effec tive at 12:01 a.m. Monday, as a result of the two-week truce in the coal strike. J. Monroe Johnson, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, announcing the action, said the ODT order for a 50 per cent cut in passenger travel May 15 also was canceled. However, the 25 per cent re duction in passenger traffic already in effect w’ill be con tinued, as well as certain other restrictions, which Col. Johnson termed minor. ; The Government today ap parently was not ready to relax !any of the major emergency regulations imposed because of j the fast-dwindling supplies of coal, despite the 15-day truce in | the strike of 400,000 mine workers. With the miners back in the pits until May 25, when the truce ex ; pires. an estimated 25,000,000 tons of coal could be produced, but the Solid Fuels Administration said dis tribution will remain under its con trol. There was no immediate order for relaxation of the freight embargo to release a flow of goods. But the Office of Defense Transportation which placed a ban on all rail freight shipments except food, fuel land other essentials, said a decision on future rail movements would be made later today. Brownout Not Revoked. Likewise, the Civilian Production Administration did not revoke or ders for brownouts and illuminating gas rationing until “this picture is a lot clearer.” A spokesman for the agency said “the situation still is ' critical.’' “Consumers and industry alike will have to continue all coal con servation measures,” CPA Chief John D. Small said. In Maryland, railroads and in Idustries were awaiting a change in the freight embargo before recall ing furloughed men or changing curtailed schedules. A spokesman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad said no decision ! could be made on recalling men : until the embargo situation is clari fied. May Aid Shop Workers. The official added, however, that j if the miners return to their pits : it may be possible to withhold the furloughing of several thousand shop workers scheduled to be re leased between now and May 15. In Illinois the State Commerce Commission rescinded its May 2 dimout power limitation order af fecting Chicago and Central and Northern Illinois. The ban against electricity for outside signs and dis play lighting was to continue, how ever. indefinitely. There was no indication immedi iSee 'EFFECTS. Page A-27i ' Pole Premier Plans Purge Of Peasant Party Fascists By th« Associated Press i WARSAW. May 11.—Premier Ed ward Osubka-MoraWski said today the government would outlaw ak 1 “anti-democratic Fascist” groups in the powerful Peasant party headed by Vice Premier Stanslaw Miko lajczyk, former head of the exiled Polish government in London. Mikolajczyk replied promptly that no single political party had the right to attempt to control Poland's forthcoming general elections, the definite date for which has not been j set. He termed “untrue” the pre mier’s assertion there were Fascist groups within the Peasant party. The premier told a news confer : ence that the Polish peasant or ganization had developed into a “mixture of democratic and ant democratic Fascist elements.” He said the names of “Fascist” leaders would be published and the groups they represent outlawed. An authoritative source said some Mikolajczyk groups already had been rounded up and disbanded. Polish peasant leaders previously asserted that outlawing the party might precipitate a civil war. Star Gravure Section Adds 'Photostories' A new type of feature—the photostory—has been added to The Sunday Star’s popular Gravure Section, to make this picture supplement more in teresting than ever. With your Sunday Star, starting tomorrow, you will receive a Gravure Section that includes illustrated local stories on a variety of sub jects, along with the usual assortment of photographic features. Farm life in Wash ington. Mothers Day, at Epiphany Church Home, the work of Children’s Hospital, and the District’s new ballet are the subjects covered—the illustrations for the last in cluding a four-color photo graph. The whole family will find something of interest in the new Gravure Section of fcmtiiag #tar )