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British Loan Issue Goes to House, With Outcome in Doubt »* * > a ».. i By tht Auociat«d Presi ..v Half its battle won, the British . loan bill moved over to the House , today, facing another hard struggle, with its ultimate fate very much in doubt. Administration forces, however, took much encouragement from the way the measure emerged victorious from the Senate by a 46-34 vote yesterday after a month of bitter ...debate, Britain's Prime Minister Attlee Was represented as “highly gratified" over the Senate’s approval of the $3,750,000,000 credit, and his per sonal secretary said the Prime Minister wtll comment later on the favorable action in Parliament. Foreign Secretary Bevin said in Paris, where he is attending the Foreign Minister Conference that “this means that the common wealth of the Western World moves together. It will lead more and more to integration and in turn con tribute to the peace of the world.” But the House battle on the credit " Was still to come, and Chairman Spence of the Banking Committee cleared the way for the opening “skirmishes by scheduling the start of public hearings before his group “ on Tuesday. These are expected to take about two weeks. Secretary of the Treasury Vinson, _who contends the loan will be beneficial to American and world • commerce as well as to Britain’s postwar financial setup, was called as the first witness. _ Opposition lines formed swiftly. Representative Buffett, Republic I an, of Nebraska, Banking Commit • tee member, announced he will op . pose the loan unless the legislation ! ‘‘plans for a balanced budget” and • is financed by a “special bond issue . privately sold.” ; It was also expected that the is • sue of permanent possession of ' military and naval bases now leased • from the British—vigorously debat ,ed but defeated by the Senate—will ; be raised again in the House. Constituents Polled. The office of Representative Bar 1 ry, Democrat, of New York, another J Banking Committee member, re ‘ ported that a poll of constituents in ; his Queens County, New York, dis trict showed 88 per cent against the British loan and 94 per cent oppos ing a loan to Russia. However, an informal check of the Banking Committee members indicated that group would approve the loan, perhaps by a narrow mar gin. As for the House membership, many said they have not made up their minds. The House Democratic whip, Rep resentative Sparkman of Alabama, was optimistic, predicting the House would pass the bill by a comfortable margin in three weeks. Other lead ers said privately they were not cer tain of the outcome. One unpre dictable factor is that many mem bers are anxious to get away from Washington by mid-July to organ ize their campaigns for re-election. The Senate approved the 50-year loan without changing any of the terms worked out by representatives of the two nations last year. It provides: 1. Authorization for the Treas ury’ to advance Britain up to the full $3,750,000,000 during the next five years, with no interest during that time. Interest at 2 per cent; would begin in 1951. 2. The British could obtain waiver' of interest payments whenever their exports failed to exceed by 60 per cent those of the period immediate ly preceding the war. 3. Britain in return proposes to attempt within a year to begin dis solving the wartime currency re strictions under which countries in the socalled “sterling bloc” sold goods to England and received cred it which they could spend only for British goods and services. | Loan Roll Call | Here is the roll call vote by which the Senate passed the $3,750,000,000 British loan yesterday: FOR (16). Democrats For CM). Bankhead maybank BARKLEY McKELLAK DOWNEY McMAHON EASTLAND MEAD FULLBRIGHT MITCHELL GEORGE MURDOCK MYERS GRggN O'MAHONEY gUFFEY PEPPER HATCH RADCLIFFE HAYDEN TAYLOR gSBt, THOMAS (Utlh) HO^Y TUNNELL LUCAS WAGNER MAGNUSEN _ Republicans For (17). HICKENLOOPER AUSTIN REED SALTONSTALL BRIDGES SMITH STANFILL DONNELL TOBEY FERGUSON WHITE , GURNEY WILEY HART AGAINST (34). __Democrats Arainst (IS). BYRD O'DANIEL ■ ELI .UNDER RUSSELL ' HUFFMAN STEWART • JOHNSON (Colo ) THOMAS (Okla ) ■JOHNSTON (8. C.) TYDINGS • McCARRAN WALSH ■ McClellan wheeler ; MCFARLAND I Republican! Arainst (18). • 25S^STER MOORE • „ REVERCOMB ■ BUSHFIELD ROBERTSON ’ SHIPSTEAD , CAPPER TAFT , HAWKES WHERRY , KNOWLAND WILLIS , LANGER WILSON • M1LLIKIN YOUNG ' . Progressive Arainst (1). ' LA FOLLETTE . _ Pairs announced included—Vandenberg, . Republican, for. and Capehart. Republican. • acainst: Morse. Republican, for, and Cor don. Republican, against. Chavez. Democrat, for. and Bailey. Dem ocrat. against: Connally. Democrat, for, and Bilbo. Democrat, against. Not voting but announced as for—An drews. Kilgore. Briggs, all Democrats. V-2 TAKEOFF—A 46-foot, 14 ton remade German V-2 rocket shown just after it was fired in a test yesterday which saw it go an estimated 75 miles above the earth. It landed in the New Mexico desert, 39 miles from its launching platform, at the Army’s proving grounds. —AP Wirephoto. Henry ^Continued From First Page.l shooting star cannot be predicted at all. It is probable that they can be made to order and their behavior studied with split-second accuracy as, burning from friction, they fall to earth. But some fragments thus set free probably will never return to earth at all. They will get beyond the earth’s gravitational pull and become satel lites like the moon although ex tremely small ones and probably forever invisible. These undertakings would be with the giant German-guided projec tiles, or with American improve ments along the same line. The slender little “WAC Corporal" does not lend itself to such ambitious schemes but wall carry in its war head about 25 pounds of scientific equipment far into the stratos phere. It may be extremely valuable for meteorological studies. Since it can be equipped with self record ing and ' self transmitting ap paratus. Description of Flight! * One of these little rockets* «was fired late yesterday. Seen fronf the distance—it is unsafe to get within less than five miles of a launch ing site since there is no control over the Corporal once she is fired— there was a mounting ball of fire for about 10,000 feet. Then came a jagged white crack in ther.glue sky like a crack in a donta of glass, which extended up to »000 feet. The “Corporal” continued to ascend for two-and-half minutes, reaching an altitude of about 230. 000 feet. The entire flight lasted five minutes and the greatest alti tude attained was only about 45 miles, compared to a record alti tude of 75 miles for the V-2. For the first time, such a rocket was chased by an airplane. Maj. Phillip Hatton of the White Sands command, was 15 miles away from the launching site in a C-45 plane when he saw the rocket directly overhead and turning over. He fol lowed it and was directly over head when it disappeared in a cloud of dust. Like a cosmic fish propelled by its enormous red tail of flame the rocket rose majestically and in less than a minute had disappeared completely into the rarified atmosphere. It left behind an irregular tracing of white vapor against the blue of the very high heavens, like a Titan’s smoke writing. The flaming tail had dwin dled to a tiny red dot, but seconds before the great projectile itself had dissolved into the cloudless sky over the desert to obesrvers on sage-brush covered sand mounds it seemed to rise in an absolutely vertical line and to hover for an instant directly over their heads. Only Experimental Step. The rocket is 16 feet long, a foot in diameter and weighs 700 pounds. Compared to the 46-foot length. Five foot diameter and 14-ton weight of the V-2. But, it was explained, the “Corp oral” is only an experimental step in the American rocket program. The California Institute of Technology has a contract with the Army to study rocket missies and this was one of those made to test some ten tative conclusions. There had been a series of such experimental devices carrying code names from private up through the enlisted ranks. This one was somewhere between the “Pri vate” and the “Sargeant” model so it was named WAC Corporal as a compromise and not, as has been charged, because it is likely to be so erratic. D. C. Stratosphere to Be Tested After Bikini A-Bomb Explosion Points as distant from Bikini as . Washington will be sounded by ; stratosphere balloons after the • atomic bomb tests to determine the ; course and speed of upper air cur ; rents in which radioactive traces of . the atomic clouds may drift for ; many days. How Geiger counters will be sent I aloft to radio back evidence of the ; activity at very high altitude was related today in an Associated Press ; dispatch from the U. S. S. Mount McKinley en route to the Marshall Islands for the experiments. Physicists attached to Operation Crossroads said local tests probably will be conducted by United States Weather Bureau technicians if re ports from other localities indicate traces of the cloud may be borne in this direction by stratospheric winds. The soundings will be made from Washington, Coco Solo in the Canal Zone, Honolulu, Wake and Guam to take advantage of the most promis ing opportunity yet available to sci ence to chart mysterious currents in the stratosphere. 4 Such*activity in far-drifting cloud traces would have to be hundreds of times stronger to have a harmful effect on life in any form, it was explained. After the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico traces of radioactivity were known to have drifted for many days at very high altitudes. One Navv scientist at Annapolis, Md„ reported that a Geiger counter set up in his back yard registered an increase in activity several davs after the first explosion. It is possible, physicists said, that minute amounts of radioactivity might drift around the world nu merous times at altitudes of 70,000 feet or more. Dr. Ralph A. Sawyer of Washing ton, technical director of the Bikini tests, who leaves tomorrow for the Pacific, explained that some radio activity is present normally in the upper air due to the action of cos mic waves. Increase in this activity would “tag” stratosphere currents and help to chart their course. i Teen-Age Draft Fight In House Threatens Senate Stopgap Bill By the Associated Press A new House drive for a ban on teen-age inductions gathered momentum today to threaten a Senate-approved bill continuing the draft law as is until July 1, The move threatened to compli cate the uncertain draft picture even further, for the War Depart ment has indicated that a substan tial portion of the 80,000 youths eligible for induction before July 1 are of high school age, deferred to complete school courses. Its backers, however, placed re liance on the fact that the House already has gone on record against teen-age inductions in any exten sion of the Selective Service Act. Representative Sheridan, Demo crat, of Pennsylvania, who blocked House action yesterday on the Sen ate’s stop-gap resolution for con tinuing the draft six weeks beyond its present May 15 expiration date, told reporters he will offer the teen age amendment Monday when the House takes up the temporary meas ure. Will Seek Total Ban. Tire Pennsylvanian, only member of the Military Affairs Committee who opposed the resolution at yes terday’s committee session, said he also would seek a ban on all in ductions during the six weeks' ex tension period voted by the Senate. When the House on April 15 sent the Senate legislation extending the draft law until next February 15, it approved an induction "holiday” until October 15 by a 149-127 vote and ordered a ban on teen-age in ductions by a count of 195 to 96. Mr. Sheridan explained that a ban on teen-age inductions would protect many of some 80,000 high school and college students holding deferments until the completion of their present school year, late this month and early in June. He said he saw no need for their induction. Short Assails Senate. Representative Short, Republican, of Missouri, another committee member, suggested the possibility of the House amending the Senate resolution by substituting for it the originally-passed House measure on which the Senate have yet to act. Should that happen, the entire sub ject would be thrown into a Senate House conference which administra tion leaders fear might not be able to work out a compromise in time to save the present law from expiring next Wednesday midnight. Mr. Short accused the Senate of "passing the buck” to the House on the draft and other controversial matters. "The Senate knew the draft law was going to expire on May 15 unless they did something about it,” he told reporters, “yet they have allowed our bill to lie on the shelf for almost a month and now they come through with this stop-gap proposal. We ought to toss it right back at them.” Politics (Continued From First Page.! Hotel today with representatives of the National Citizens’ Political Ac tion Committee and the Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, Mr. Hill man said he “doubted” very much that the meeting would result, as previous reports had indicated, in the drawing up of a combined "blacklist” of the three groups. The three organizations have an nounced their intention of co ordinating their campaigns to elect “liberal-minded” candidates in elec tions this year. Mr. Hillman refused to speculate as to what form their co-operation might take. He denied there was any thought now of allying or continuing the three leftisn groups on a permanent basis. Ickes to Attend. Among others attending the closed meeting when it got under way with a talk by Philip Murray, CIO pres ident, were Harold L. Ickes and Sculptor Jo Davidson of the In dependent Citizens’ Committee, and Dr. Frank Kingdon and Elmer Benson of the National Citizens’ PAC. Mr. Ickes and Mr. Kingdon head their respective groups. Meanwhile, many of the 10 Sen ators and 23 Representatives at tacked at the Atlantic City meeting Thursday, hastened to fight back against the campaign threat. Sen ator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, responded to the challenge last night. In a letter to Boyd E. Payton, president of the Virginia CIO Coun cil, Senator Byrd described resolu tions adopted by the State CIO-PAC as “intemperate, personally abusive, scurrilous.” Byrd Defies Threats. “I do not intend to wear the collar of the Political Action Committee of the CIO, or of Sidney Hillman, John L. Lewis, Caesar Petrillo, or any other labor racketeer now or at any other time,” he said. “Your Teheran Negotiations Have Collapsed, Say Azerbaijan Delegates By th* Asiocioted Pr«« TEHERAN, May 11.—Members of the Azerbaijan delegation to day said negotiations ‘with the Central government had. broken down and they would return promptly to Tabriz, capital of the self-proclaimed autonomous state. A spokesman of the Central gov ernment's Foreign Office denied that the negotiations were deadlocked, but said "an announcement of the friendly termination of the confer ences is expected.” A foreign source here, who is an expert on Middle East affairs, said that if the negotiations l\ad broken down it would be “very serious.” He said failure to settle the -Azerbaijan problem might post a “threat of civil war.” fit. the walled village, 5 miles out of Teheran, where the delegations have held their long series of con ferences, a guard said.' “It is over. We are leaving.” Azerbaijan Proposals Spurned. In diplomatic quarters there was no official word on the termination of the negotiations, but it was said the conference had been stalemated for several days. An Azerbaijan cabinet minister said the break followed refusal of the central government’s cabinet at a special meeting Thursday to accept new proposals of the Azer baijan delegation, headed by “Pre mier” Jafar Pishevari. The nature of these demands was not disclosed. Recently a spokes man for the central government’s Foreign Office said Pishevari was making “exaggerated” demands which Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam considered contrary to Iran ian constitutional law. The Tabriz radio, criticizing de lays in the negotiations during the past several days, sounded a new warlike note Thursday night, when it announced that, “We are not ready to give up our freedom, but we arc ready to sacrifice our lives to preserve ft." The Northwestern Iranian prov ince proclaimed its autonomy last November, at a time when Soviet Russian troops occupied the area, Negotiate in Strict Secrecy. The negotiations on the Cen tral Government’s proposals to Azerbaijan have been held in the strictest of secrecy. Pishevari, in a telegram to the Associated Press, indicated he was not in accord with a policy of secrecy. Answering a request for an inter view, dispatched May 5, Pishevari said “there is no obstacle for your interview from our side.” Prince Mozaffar Firouz, Iranian director of propaganda, had refused to permit foreign newsmen to meet the Azerbaijan delegation, saying that "Pishevari is too busy to see you.” threats and personal abuse of me will only make me more steadfast in my purpose.” Senator Byrd said the organiza tion’s ‘‘denunciation’’ of him came shortly after he introduced a bill to ‘‘compel unions to incorporate and make reports of their financial receipts and disbursements, and like wise to be held financially responsi ble for their contracts. “The last thing arrogant labor leaders want.” he added, “is for union members who pay their dues to know how their money is spent.*\' ; The Virginia legislator said he favors collective bargaining and be lieves unions have a proper and rightful place in the Nation's econ omy. He added “sooner or later the great rank and file of the working men will realize that such leaders as Hillman, Lewis and Petrillo are doing infinitely more harm to them and to the labor union movement than the most violent opponent of labor unions could possibly accom plish.” Republican National Chairman B. Carroll Reece said last night that his party would gain at least 40 House seats in the next election "despite the CIO and tl\eir $6,000,000 fund to defeat us.” “The PAC has marked for slaugh ter all those who have not taken their cue from Sidney Hillman,” he said in an interview over the Mutual Broadcasting System. “The PAC is Communist-dominated and takes its orders from a foreign power. That power is Russia.” UNRRA Heads Hungary Aid BUDAPEST, May 8 (Delayed) (/P). —UNRRA has officially taken over relief duties in Hungary. Stanley J. Sommers of Washington and St. Louis is chief of the mission, and other workers include Martin Himm ler of Los Angeles, who is Hunga rian-American Relief Society rep resentative. ROOSEVELT HIGH QUEEN—Roosevelt High School students crowned a May queen at their May dance last night. Left to right are Betty Baker, 17, of 5300 Kansas avenue N.W., a prin cess; Dianne Thompson, 17, of 329 Delafield place N.W., chosen queen, and Eleanor Steuer, 17, of 4013 Thirteenth street N.W., also a princess. Val Johnson, 17, of 711 Princeton place N.W. does the crowning. —Star Staff Photo. SAFETY PATROL ON PARADE—Marching down Constitution avenue at Fourth street N.W. are these color bearers from the Eleventh Precinct and Anacostia High School Cadets. More than 6,000 School Safety Patrol members took part. —Star Staff Photo. Parade (Continued From First Page.) John’s College High School; third, Washington and Lee High School. Junior Group—First prize, St. Cyp rian’s; second, Montgomery County Junior High School. Best appearing unit—First prize, Fairlington Elementary School; sec ond, J.Enos Ray Elementary School; third, Shaw Junior High School. Slogans—First prize. St. Gabriel’s; j s e c o n d , Fairlington Elementary i School: third, John Marshall : Elementary School. Floats — First prize, Fairlington Elementary School; second,' St. Gabriel’s: third. Annandale Elemen tary School, Fairfax, and four honorable mentions. Stuart Junior High School, Barcroft Elementary School, John F. Cook Elementary School and Greenbelt Elementary School. * The patrol is a Nation-wide or ganization sponsored by police de partments, school boards and the American Automobile Association. Transportation and housing difficul ties prevented a national parade as ! in prewar days. Among those at the head of the line of march were Henry J. Brun ; nier, AAA president; Mrs. Henry 1 Gratton Doyle, president of the Dis trict Board of Education; Mrs. Ar thur C. Watkins, president of the District Congress of Parents and Teachers, and John L. Vandegrift, ; chairman of the District Advisory 1 Board of the AAA. In the review ! ing stand were others, including highway and traffic officials attend ing President Truman's Highway Safety Conference. Tire Navy Band set the pace for the youthful marchers. Marching" with the band were four winners of the AAA Medal of Honor for saving a life. These are: Lawrence C. Soper, 11 731 Tenth street S.E.; Alphonso Cephas, 12, 111 Brown court S.W.; John Barnhard, 12, 4209 Warren street N.W., and James Wise, 11, 1509 North Capitol street. Then came the patrols from schools in the District, Montgomery, ■ Prince Georges. Fairfax and Arling ton Counties and Alexandria and Richmond. The marchers were divided into groups by police pre cincts, counties and cities. About j 100 of the 6.000 patrolmen were ! girls and 10 school bands, plus the Junior Police Band, took part. It was the 10th precinct’s turn to lead the parade. It was followed by the 11th precinct to form the first division of 14. These filed by as follows: Mont gomery County, the 12th and 13th precincts; Prince Georges County, the 1st and 2d precincts; Alexandria, the 3d and 4th precincts; Fairfax County, the 5th and 6th precincts; Arlington County, the 7th and 8th precincts: Richmond, the 9th pre cinct, and last, a division of mis cellaneous groups. — ......... — Bilbo (Continued From First Page.) listeners in on the information that' the District has both white and colored policemen, firemen and school teachers. Senator Bilbo, in his campaign speeches, however, is stressing the point that he was instrumental in passing the national legislation that led to establishment of four agricul tural research laboratories in dif ferent parts of the country. The Senator takes time to explain that scientists’ work in these labora tories perfected the synthetic man ufacture of penicillin, which saved lives during the war; the production of apple honey, the weaving of cloth from peanuts and the strengthening of cotton fiber. Another argument raised by Mr. Collins is that Senator Bilbo has opposed several Mississippians nom inated for various offices since he has been in the Senate. As an illus tration, he recalls that Senator Bilbo cast the deciding vote that made Senator Barkley of Kentucky the Democratic floor leader over the late Senator Harrison of Mississippi. Turning to the race question, Mr. Collins continues, “this summer he will be telling you he is for white supremacy. Well, I doubt seriously if any district in the South could elect any one who was opposing white supremacy; The South has had white supremacy ever since the first boat loads of slaves in Virginia 327 years ago, and I nevqr dreamed Bilbo had been hanging around that long." Mr. Collins insists he did not bring up the race question and does not believe it has any place in the campaign. “I believe that when the race question is settled it will be by sensible man, and not by dema gogues in the North or South," the former House member goes on. He tells his audience, however, that since it has been brought up, he wants to give the record. He then proceeds to make his claim that Senator Bilbo had the Rev. Marshall Shepard, a colored clergy man from Philadelphia, confirmed as District recorder of deeds, and contends Senator Bilbo prolonged the life of FEPC by not objecting to a compromise appropriation a year ago. Senator Bilbo has denied both of these charges in recent speeches. He has explained that he was awaf ( from the Senate, ill, when the Shep ard appointment went through, and it was approved because the Record er of Deeds Office had been given to a colored man for many years. In the national and international field, Mr. Collins makes a plea for the preservation of world peace; for simplification of the GI Bill of Rights; for a $3,000-a-year tax ex emption for war veterans, and for liberalization of Federal old-age pensions, so that equal amounts will be paid throughout the country, whether a State is rich or poor. Pointing out the high national debt, Mr. Collins called for the weeding out of agencies not needed in time of peace. Warning that atomic energy would wipe out civili zation if there should be another war, he urged nations to settle their difficulties peacefully, just as indi viduals settle their disputes in court. Mr. Collins says one of the charges being raised against him is that he dyes his hair. •‘Well,” he observes, I imagine I’m the only human being you ever saw who dyed his hair gray. Conference (Continued From First Page.! (or a dominant role in Tripolitania. Some observers analyzed his move as a sign that Russia wished to avoid any stigma of responsibility for wrecking a proposed general peace conference. Mr. Byrnes has insisted that such a conference be held between June 15 and July 15. but Mr. Molotov has maintained that such a conference should be contingent on Big Four approval of peace treaty drafts. Extreme Use of Veto Seen. “We must face it,” Mr. Bevin was quoted as saying yesterday. "The issue is whether any one of us can block holding the peace conference. This practically amounts to the use of the veto, and it would be carrying the veto too far to block the right of the other Allies to be heard at the peace conference.” Mr. Molotov warned that the call ing of a conference before the Big Four had agreed on the treaties might result in the world being split into two camps. French sources said Russia's de mands for $100,000,000 in repara tions from Italy were made not for the sake of the money, but as a sym bol that a nation cannot embark on aggression without paying for it. This attitude was taken as open ing the way for a compromise settle ment whereby Greece would be com pensated by receiving the Italian Dodecanese Islands; Yugoslavia by at least portions of the Istrian Pe ninsula and Venezia Giulia; and Al bania by various buildings in that country which are technically owned by Italians. Strike Control (Continued From First Page.! ocrat of Tennessee. Majority Leader McCormack told the house: “I congratulate the gentleman on introduction of this resolution and I hope it will be given favorable con sideration soon.” Sen. McMahon asked immediate Senate action on his resolution, but withdrew the request when Majority Leader Barkley objected. Backers of restraints on labor unions left the initial talking largely to those who opposed labor measures until the Senate recessed late in the afternoon until Monday. Senator Pepper, Democrat of Flor ida, pleaded that “we moderate our passions.” “We are not legislating just for John L. Lewis when we pass labor legislation,” he said. “We are legis lating for all the workers and all the employers.” Senator Revercomb, Republican from the coal-mining State of West Virginia, expressed hope the Senate “will not deal with any special legis lation for any special industry.” On the other hand, Senator Wiley, Republican, of Wisconsin asserted it is time for Congress to show "some guts.” “I’m not going to be lulled into sleep by a 15-day respite,” he said, referring to the coal strike truce. The bill technically before the Senate is one approved by its Labor Committee as a substitute for the far-reaching bill by Representative Case, Republican of South Dakota, which the House has passed. The Senate bill would merely strengthen the Federal conciliation service and ban union interference with farmers delivering their produce to market. But Senators were ready with nu merous amendments designed to im pose stricter regulations on unions and their sponsors demanded action. Truce Called Reprieve. Senator Eastland, Democrat, of Mississippi, who had forced the lead ership to bring up the labor legis lation after the British loan, told reporters the truce offer in the coal strike merely "gives the American people a temporary reprieve from death.” "The fight must go on to curb John L. Lewis and his kind,” he added. “Congress shouldn't leave the power in the hands of any one man to destroy the Nation.” As the Senate turned to the sub ject, it got a major new proposal from Senator Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia. He offered an amendment which would require unions to in corporate and register with the Se curities and Exchange Commission. As corporations they would be sub ject to suit for violations of con tracts and would come under many laws from which they are now exempt. In addition. Senator Byrd has an amendment which would outlaw royalty payments to unions by em ployers. Effects (Continued From First Page.'* ately on the effect of the thousands of workers made idle by the pro longed walkout. An estimated 1, 000,000 workers, including the 400, 000 striking miners, were made idle by the stoppage. In Detroit, spokesmen in the automotive industry said the re sumption of freight transportation would ease their immediate supply and parts problems. Ford. General Motors and Chrysler, hard hit by the strike, had announced plans to curtail production by 75 per cent and send home about 350,000 work ers by next week end. Navy and Eyewitnesses Tell How 27 Died in Air Crash By tht Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla., May 11.—Eye witness accounts of the collision and crash of two four-engined Navy bombers which cost 27 lives cor roborated the Navy version of the accident in some details, but differed with the official account in others. Identification of the naval air men awaited notification of next of kin today. The accident occurred during sim ulated fighter plane attacks north of here yesterday morning near Mun son and the Florida-Alabama border. Officials of the Pensacola Naval Air Station, where the men and planes were based, gave this version in a formal statement last night: The two bombers, identified as Navy PQ-4Ys, were flying “in a phase of a training program with a Hellcat fighter craft. The bombers were turning to avoid a practice attack by the fighter plane when the lead Craft was struck by the one flying wing position. One engine of the lead bomber was knocked out and the plane went into a spin and crashed. The other bombers flew straight ahead for a time, then also spun and crashed. The Hellcat pilot, unidentified by Navy officials, witnessed the acci dent and radioed for help. Navy searchers at first announced 14 bodies had been found in one plane, 13 in another and one body a short distance from the scene. To day, however, officials at the naval station here adjusted the death toll to 27, saying one body found under an engine had been counted twice. An eyewitness to the tragic double crash. L. C. Cook, dispatcher for the State Forest Service at Munson, said the fighter plane was making runs on the bombers when he saw the planes roaring overhead about 10:30 a.m. and that a few minutes later he saw a column of smoke rising in the woods some distance away. A ranger sent to investigate came on the burning wreckage of the big ships about 5 miles north, Mr. Cook said. The official Navy statement did not refer to fire in connection with the accident. Charles Brackline, 72-year-old farmer of Munson, asserted the smaller fighter plane struck one of ithe huge bombers in the tail and l that "pieces of the larger plane filled the air.” He said the impact threw the stricken bomber into the second. The first plane exploded as it fell and the second caught fire and ex ploded after it crashed, he said. Lineup for Preakness By the Associated Pr«ss BALTIMORE, May 11.—Here is the field lor the 56th running of the Preakness Stakes, one mile and three-sixteenth, $100,000-added, at Pim lico today, showing post positions, horses, owners, jockeys and probable odds. (All carry 126 pounds.) P- P. . Horse. Owner. Jockey. Prob. odds. 1 Wee Admiral - R. s. McLaughlin .. Nick Wall_50-1 2 a Lord Boswell-Mrs. Elisabeth Graham_Doug Dodson _ :t-l .1 a Knockdown-Mrs. Elisabeth Graham_Bob Permase _ 8-1 4 Hampden -William du Pont, Jr. _Eddie Arcaro _13-5 5 Assault -Robert J. Kleberg, jr_Warren Mehrteng_ O-o 6 xLovemenow-Mr. and Mrs. John Bromley. Albert Snider_60-1 7 Marine Victory_R. Bruce Llvie_Don Padgett _25-1 8 Alamond_A1C. Ernst _Ken Scawthorn _35-1 0 Natches_Mrs. Walter Jeffords_Johnny Gilbert-lo-l 10 Tidy Bid.. William Hells _Shelby Clark_40-1 a Mrs, Graham's Chanee Farm entry, x Doubtful starter in mud. Post time—4:55 p.m. EST. Weather forecast; Scattered showers. Profit Taking Trims : Advance of Leaders; , Specialties Gain By Victor Eubank Associated Press Financial Writer NEW YORK, May 11.—Assorted i stocks resumed the recovery push in , today's market although profit cash- -j Ing on yesterday’s late bulge put ' many leaders in the losing column. i Principal buying inspiration still was the two-weeks’ coal strike truce j which revived hopes of a final set- ’ tlement of this controversy. Skep- i tics were plentiful, however, these 1 being incluined to caution on the idea that the lengthy fuel crisis had j already seriously affected second- ‘ quarter business for widespread corporations. Earnings and divi dends against were helpful but there were exceptions here. Splitups, ac tual and potential, kept some fa vorites in the limelight. Wall Street, generally, interpreted as bullish the Senate approval of the British loan. Dealings slowed after a fast open ing. There were subsequent pickups and transfers for the two hours of around 1,000,000 shares were the i largest for a similar session in three months. Plus signs, running to 2 or more points, were reduced in a number of cases with losses rather well distributed near the close. Ahead most of the day were Re public Steel, U. S. Steel, General Motors, Packard, Paramount Pic tures, Armour, National Distillers, Texas Co., U. S. Rubber, Montgom ery Ward, International Harvester, North American, Anaconda, Kenne- i cott, American Smelting, General Electric, Eastman Kodak, Santa Fe and Southern Railway. Intermittent stumblers were Beth lehem, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Boe ing, Electric Power & Light, J. C. Penney, New York Central, Southern Pacific, Great Northern, Air Re duction and American Radiator. Child Care <Continued From First Page.> consideration, to add $250,000 for the child-care centers. The measure was resubmitted to j the full committee today after hear ings yesterday before a special sub [ committee headed by Mr. Healy. [District department heads unanim jously opposed placing the centers [under their charge although all fa I vored their retention. Coming Critical. Dr. Hobert M. Corning, superin i tendent of schools, declared incor- i poration of the nurseries within the school system with parents paying, as proposed in the Healy bill, would i “break down 'the fundamental [premise of our system of free edu cation.” Dr. Corning made similar objec tions to the bill Wednesday at a House District Committee hearing and it was to answer such objec tions that Chairman McMillan [ ordered the subcommittee hearings. [ He said he was anxious to speed j action oh the bill, which would in jure operation of the day-care cen | ters after June 30, and wanted it sent to the House for action Mon- 1 day. Continuance of the 20 centers is s I sought by a group of mothers, organ • ized as Child Day Care Centers, Inc., i j which obtained funds, largely from ! the Community War Fund, after the Federal appropriation for their maintenance expired last February 28. With 14 of the centers in school buildings, the Board of Education has been running them. Initial opposition of the Board of [ Education to continuing operation of the centers was predicated on their no longer being a wartime necessity. However. Dr. Corning said yesterday i that if the pay element was elimin ated from the Healy measure he personally could see no objection to its other provisions. Huff Opposes Acceptance. Other department heads who de clared operation of the centers was not in their line included Ray L. [Huff, District Welfare Director. He testified the Board of Public Welfare had neither the equipment nor the personnel for the maintenance of the nurseries. Mr. Huff said he would “view with trepidation” any move to place the centers under the Welfare Board "unless you give us full means of caring for them. ” i Harry S. Wender, chairman of the Recreation Board, advised against turning over the centers to his group's care, although he said the "impracticability” of such a move would not raise objections on his part. Carrying on the centers beyond < June 30 is of such "paramount im portance to the better part of 1.000 mothers interested in them,” Mr. Wender added, that if no other agency could properly handle them, he was willing to give it a try.” He recommened, however, that the job be delegated to the Board of Education, being "properly an edu cational program. ” • Preakness (Continued From First Page.> Lord Boswell, one of the aces from the Maine Chance barn of Mrs. Elizabeth Arden Graham. The other was the Maryland-bred giant. Knockdown, and Lord Boswell and Knockdown finished fourth and fifth behind the Texas stepper from Robert Kleberg, jr.'s King Ranch. Both are given a slight look-in this time. Except for these three—Hamp den and the Maine Chance couple J —the rest of the field is strictly j along to work up an appetite. There's A1 Ernst’s Alamond, a Cleve land campaigner; the Philadelphia hopefuls. Mrs. Walter Jeffords’ locally liked Natchez and Mr. and Mrs. John Bromley's Lovemenow, who will be scratched if it's bad going; Robert Bruce Livie’s Marine Victory; Robert S. McLaughlin’s Wee Admiral from Canada, and Tidy Bid. Today’s total pot of gold for the first four horse finishers tops the previous high for a single race—the $136,220 reward in the Santa Anita Handicap last winter. Victory this afternoon would make 1 Assault the 10th horse in three- | quarters of a century to win both the I Derby and the Preakness. The last ’ to do it was Pensive in 1944, and the \ last to win these two and the Bel- I mont Stakes for the triple crown was Count Fleet in 1943. * j Netzer Heads Maury PTA j Paul M. Netzer has been elected , i president of the Matthew F. Maury Parent-Teacher Association. Other officers include Robert Marvin and Mrs. H. B. Ellis, vice-presidents; j Mrs. F. A. Ulle, secretary and Mrs. N. W. Springer, treasurer. Circulation, April, 1946 ^ (Average net paid.) The Evening Star.215,36* The Sunday Star _ 227,796 j in the City and Trading Area.) c ! i ! I