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CIGARETTE LIGHTER, Thorens, lost Sun. evening between 21st st. n.w. and the C an ito 1 j reward._EX. 1422._—22 COCKER SPANIEL, black, female, clipped: vicinity Rock Creek Park and Conn, ave.: child's pet; answers to •‘Penny"; reward. GE. 4993.__—22 DOG—Dalmatian, female, six months old; two black eyes; Bethesda area. Reward Oliver 2646._22*_ GLASSES, lost either In Clements Bakery Shop or Reeves. Reward. NA. 1603 or TA. 7767.—23 IDENTIFICATION BRACELET. sterling, lost Monday: name. ALLEN R. SOUTH , COMB: reward. Finder please call RA 8648 after .5 pm._—21 KEYS end omk and black driver's permit container un cha n. EM. 3846._ NECKLACE, gold, rope style, about 12 to 14 in. long: in or around Capitol Tues., Aug. 19: reward. FR 4817._—23_ PARTIAL PLATE, in taxicab, between 9 and 9:30 Sunday. 715 24th st. n.w.. Apt. C. ME. 1833._—21 PERSIAN CAT, cream color lost Wednes day, vicinity 24th and California sts. n.w.: reward. DU. 4842._•—22, RAINCOAT, left in car whose driver took me to Chevy chase Circle Friday night: reward. AD. 9485.—22 SETTER DOG. male, white, one eye black, docked tail: vie. Riverdale, Md., about July 30; reward. Call WA. 3349. —22 TAN NAVAL OFFICER'S JACKET, left in taxicab on way to r. r. station, Aug. 12. Return LT. MURPHY, 910 E st. n.w. —21 flMBRELLA, left in car. vicinity Arlington Cemetery. 35 Duvall dr., Westmoreland Hills. WI. 6676.;_—21 • WALLET, black, Thursday, Aug. 14, con tains cash and papers valuable to owner only: finder please communicate with D. E. POLLARD. 2025 Allen pi. n.w, —22 WALLET, alligator, lost Sunday: finder please keep money and return papers. C. R. HELMICK. 5411 Illinois ave. n.w. ** % « U. S. Expected to Ask Continued U. N. Vigil Over Greek Frontier By th« Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 21.—The United States was expected to day to insist that the Unitec Nations continue a watch ovei Greece’s northern borders unti the veto-blocked Balkan prob lem comes before the 55-natior Assembly next month. Following Russia’s veto of Amerl can-supported attempts to brinf peace to the Balkans, the Unitec States yesterday formally moved ti place the Balkan dispute on the As sembly agenda for action by thi world body. Since the Balkan problem is stil before the Security Council, the As sembly cannot take any action unti the 11-nation body has formally dis missed it. Authoritative sources said thi United States probably would figh to keep the issue before the Coun cil until actual discussion of the casi begins in the Assembly, which wil meet in New York September 16 Then, they said, once discussion ha; been started the Council would bi asked to dismiss the case and thu, clear the way for the Assembly tc make recommendations. Council Unable to Act. Under the U. N. Charter the As i sembly can discuss any subject, ever I if it is before the Security Council | but cannot make recommendation; j or take any action until it is out o. j the Council's hands. | The United States move in takinf | the problem to the Asembly came j after tlje Council admitted its in i ability to solve the problem, which had plagued the U. N. for more thar 18 months. But even though Russia vetoed efforts to settle the problem now the Council president. Faris e Khoury of Syria, ruled that the 11 nation body’s subsidiary investiga tion commission still is in existence and can remain in Greece until the Balkan case is taken off the Council ; agenda. The United States was said to be anxious that the commission remain on the spot to watch over the Greek frontiers with Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania until the As sembly takes up the case. Most observers agreed that 11 Russia should make a move to re move the Balkan case from the Council before the Assembly acts she would be defeated. The vetc could not be used. Only a majority vote of seven would be required tc i keep the case on the agenda or re move it. U. S. Acts Quickly. These observers said they felt cer tain that the United States, in view of previous sentiment on the Coun cil, could muster the required vote.' to keep the case before the Council or revoke it. In submitting the problem to the Assembly yesterday, the United States was understood to have acted huriedly so that all members of the United Nations could familiarize themselves with the case and decide American sources said the United States had not taken a decision on whether it would introduce a reso lution in the Assembly suggesting what action should be taken. The United States appeared pre pared to let discussion get under j way in the Assembly and let a reso lution or resolutions develop there. Herschel V. Johnson, deputy Ameri can delegate, in submitting the case to the 55-nation body, proposed specifically that the Assembly act to halt “threats to the political inde pendence and teritorial integrity of i Greece.” Secretary-General Trygve Lie as jsured him that the question would i be placed on the provisional agenda jof the Assembly. Assembly Has Broad Power. Under the U. N. Charter the As sembly has broad powers to make [ recommendations on matters per taining to the maintenance of peace | and security, the main differences | oetween the Assembly and the Coun cil being that the Assembly’s de | cisions are not binding on members. For example, the Assembly might find that one or more of the Balkan | states was guilty of aggression and recommend to the 55 members of the U. N. that economic and politi jcal sanctions be applied. A less stringent recommendation might be universal rupture of diplo matic relations with the guilty coun try or countries. The Assembly, on the other hand, might confine its recommendations to the four Balkan countries and merely call on them to cease provo cations and try to setle their dif ferences by direct negotiation. It is possible, but hardly likely, that the Assembly might recom mend to all member nations that they invoke article 51 of the Charter, which calls for individual or col lective military action in eient an armed attack is directed 'against a U. N. member. Meanwhile, the Security Council dug deeper into the Egyptian case, During yesterday’s session Russia backed Egypt's demand that the United Nations order the immedi ate evacuation of British troops from Egyptian soil while the West ern powers lined up behind a propo sal to toss the case back into direct negotiations. Brazil offered a resolution pro viding that Britain and Egypt re sume direct negotiations and keep the U. N. advised. It was the first formal motion made in the case which has been under debate since August 5. Britain, which has no vote as a party to the dispute, indicated she Drnnilinn j if it were clearly understood that ; the case would be stricken from the j Council agenda immediately. Premier Nokrashy Pasha, who has represented Egypt personally throughout the debate, said he could not say immediately whether his government would accept. Discussion will be resumed Fri day and it was expected that the Council would reach a vote then. _LOST_ ~ WATCH, lady’s. Olympia. 14-k. gold; lost Mon. eve. on Brookland car: liberal re ward. RE. 3539.__31 WRIST WATCH, gold, lady's. Swiss make. Girard Perregaux. on Kans. ave., between Randolph and Varnum sts. n.w.. on Mon day. around 8:30 p.m.: reward. RA. 8175. _—22 , SPECTACLES, bifocals, gold Irame. black case; in bldg, or on street, vie. 14th and E sts. n.w.: reward. OR. 2377. —21 UMBRELLA, brown, amber handle, on 14th st. car. Mon.: reward. RA. 5105'. LOST. August 19, a tricycle. Park 16th and Columbia rd. n.w. Call DU. 6534. Reward.—22 REWARD—Sunday; brown wallet contain ing cards, money. Leave word, K. P. Clarke. CROCK (ME, 6564),21* ON NUMBER 80 OR 82 STREETCAR, at 19th and Pa. ave.. Wed. at 11:40. large antique silver English locket and chain, also double strand rock crystal necklace. Reward. EM. 6079. 4208 38th st. n.w. —23 FOUND. EARRING, expensive looking: on 22nd st. n.w., Friday ove. RE. 6700, Ext. 74063. •ft Text of Marshall Address (From Yesterday’s Last Edition.) Following is the text of Secre tary of State Marshall’s address before the Inter-American De fense Conference at Petropolis, t Brazil, as released by the State Department : \ I welcome this opportunity to par : ticipate with so many distinguishec i statesmen in the Inter-Americar Conference for the maintenance ol Continental Peace and Security ; under the direction of the perma | nent chairman, His Excellency Rau j Fernandes. It gives me an oppor tunity to renew friendships witfc 'imany of you and to meet others foi j! the first time. May I express to yoi I particularly, Mr. Chairman,—anc ’ through you to His Excellency, Pres ident Dutra—the appreciation and admiration, which I, my associates and my Government feel for the i generous hospitality of Brazil in its !! role as host to this conference. ■ While this is my first experience ' in a Pan American conference, 1 did have a rather intimate experi 1 ence in conferences with your mill ' tary representatives during the wai ' years. It was my honor and pleas • ure on one occasion, in 1940, to have 1 all of your chiefs of staff as mj ■ guests. So I do not feel quite a 1 stranger to the proceedings of this ; 1 gathering. ij We are here to add to the > strength of the structure for peace I ful stability in this hemisphere The foundations of this structure . have ‘already been laid at Buenos , Aires, Lima, Panama, Havana and Mexico City, and we are molding it ’ within the framework of the Char ■ ter of the United Nations, which oui governments joined in writing. The frame of reference for this meeting has therefore been clearly estab lished. The immediate task we face at this conference is to draft the treaty contemplated in the Act of Cha pultepec. In that act we jointly declared that every attack by a state against an American state shall be considered as an act of aggression against all, and we pro vided for collective sanction against the aggressor. This principle of col lective responsibility lor our com mon defense is a natural develop ment of inter-American collabora tion. Deep Traditions Cited. We have been for years a commu nity of nations, with deep traditions of co-operation, and mutual respect. We turn now to the drafting of a treaty to establish a community re sponsibility, to defend by collective action any member of our regional group that may be the victim of an aggression. This is but one step. Our broad objectives require that we simplify and make clear the exact procedures of pacific settlement whereby such inter-American disputes as may arise can be effectively settled through peaceful means. At Bogota in January we shall formulate the treaty designed to give effect to that purpose. This treaty, together with the comprehensive organic pact on the inter-American system we con clude at this conference, will strengthen the principle of collec tive responsibility and the rule of law in our international affairs. The results of our labors will dem onstrate to all the world that peoples and nations who really want peace can have peace by living in an at mosphere of increasing co-operative action and good will. We all rec ognize. I am sure, that we are living in a sick and suffering world. By the grace of God, through the develop ment of the strong bonds of Pan Americanism we have been spared the horrors and devastation of the war in our countryside. Perhaps distance from the scenes of the great tragedy make us slow to compre hend the necessities. Nor do I think we are sufficiently aware of how vastly important to the future of the Old World is the unity of the New. Heavy Burdens Assumed. The grave political problems con fronting the world today are largely due to the complete disruptions of normal economic and social rela tions. The extent of this confusion is much more marked in Europe and the East than in this hemisphere. Our problems are long-range peace time problems requiring more in tensive economic planning for the more efficient use of the tools of production and of the abundant re sources at our disposal with which j to raise the general standard of liv 1 mg of this hemisphere. The re j sources and technical skill of private enterprise, the resources of our Gov ernment and of international agen cies such as the Pan American Un ion, the World Bank and Interna tional Monetary Fund, must be in telligently applied to the efficient and fair development of this pro ductive capacity. The Government of the United States of America has assumed un usually heavy burdens in a de termined effort to meet the mini mum economic requirements of the l areas devasted by war and now threatened with starvation and eco | nomic chaos. In assuming this burden we have not lost sight of the | ecenomic problems of the Western ! Hemisphere. As a matter of fact | the economic rehabilitation of ; Europe is vital to the economy of j this hemisphere. My government j will' continue to take up economic | questions, with its sister republics and seek a sound basis for practical co-operation. Each of our countries must do its part in the achievement of this goal. The economic problems caused by the war have developed political and moral problems in Europe and the east which cannot be ignored. We | of the American republic won our freedom in the name of democracy. jWe have fought for the dignity of | the individual—an individual en i dowed with certain inalienable ! rights that cannot be taken from ; him by any law or decree, an indi vidual whose standards of moral conduct are the essence of a peaceful world. But what is more important, we are devoted to the principle that oiatco auu iiauuiw cuuuiu uc uuuuu by the same standards of moral conduct we set for the individual. Good faith and fair dealing, honesty and friendly co-operation, mutual respect and freedom of intercourse— these we expect of each other as in dividuals, the’se we should demand of each other as states. Rejects Encroachment. This is the basis of our funda mental belief in the equality of in dividuals, of the equality of states. We must reject encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the individual with the same determi nation that we reject any encroach ment upon the fundamental rights of the state. I am confident that we all agree that the state exists for man, not man for the state— and that we abhor any limitations upon the freedom of expression of men throughout the world. For only when we have access to the thoughts of men to the forces of public opinion free of coercion or connivance, only then can we develop a wholesome common interest while at the same time respecting separate national traditions. We of the Americas, I think, have achieved this goal—we have no secrets from each other—we have confidence in our pledged words because we know the forces 'Of public opinion from which they stem. We stand to all the world as an example of states striving to live in harmony determined to abide by the same principles of moral con duct we demand of the individual citizen. With a foundation of these prin ciples we can have faith and assur ance that we can solve the problems, that may present themselves in the years to come. Today, at Rio de Janeiro, our concern is with mutual defense and security; tomorrow at Bogota we shall go on to reorganize and strengthen our inter-American system and to make it a more effective agency of co-operation in the pursuit of our common interest. With good will and mutual respect for one another both of the objec tives will be attained. And the world will learn, I hope, a great lesson. Expected Receipts of 20 Million May Ease Maryland Sales Tax By th« Associated Pres* BALTIMORE, Aug. 21. —State Controller James J. Lacy estimated today Maryland's new 2 per cent sales tax will produce $20,000,000 in its first year and said he would study the possibility of eliminating the tax on purchases under 20 cents. Gov. Lane's financial program for the current 2-year budget period is based on estimates that the sales tax would produce $18,400,000 an nually. Mr. Lacy reported today that a still incomplete tabulation of July returns has reached $1,275,000. The controller directed Walter E. Kennedy, director of the Sales Tax Division, to determine the possible effect of exempting purchases under 20 cents. “If, collections continue as ex pected and if the study indicates the move to be practical,” Mr. Lacy said, “I will recommend to the Governor that the act be amended so there will be no tax on purchases of less than 20 cents.” Merchants now collect a penny tax on items selling for more than 9 cents. "It is impossible to determine at this time whether such an exemp tion is feasible,” Mr. Lacy said. “It would be foolhardy to place too much reliance on the first col lections. No final conclusion should be reached until the State has had the benefit of more experience in collecting the tax. “Care should be taken to see to it ; that any exemption will not reduce of tVio to v halnnr the figure needed by the State budget.” Tax Effective July 1. The sales tax was enacted by this year’s session of the General Assem bly at Gov. Lane’s insistence. It be came effective July 1. Meanwhile, Attorney General Hall Hammond said a General Assembly delegate had misin terpreted a ruling from his office and Maryland residents are not required to pay the 2 per cent sales tax on each item of a multiple pur ch&S6. Delegate Bernard S. Melnicove, Democrat, of Baltimore, had ob jected to an Attorney General’s ruling which he construed as mean ing that a customer making several purchases in one store could not add up the total price and pay 2 per cent on that amount. Phrase Affected Tokens. Mr. Hammond explained yester day that the questioned phrase applied to procedure in case sales tax tokens were used, and the same ruling said they could not be used under the present law The Attorney General pointed to 4"; Rule 3 promulgated by the Con troller’s Office: “The sales tax applies to the total sales price on all sales made on the same occasion by the same vendor to the same purchaser * • * . Sales made ‘on the same occasion’ mean the combined sales to the purchaser in any place of business, whether or not at different counters or dif ferent departments on any one busi ness day.” “If I were asked," the Attorney General said, “I would give just the opposite interpretation of that drawn by Mr. Melnicove.” Senator Bilbo's Condition Remains Unchanged By th« Asset, - Press NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21.—Foun dation Hospital reported early today that the condition of Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mississippi remained unchanged. The 69-year-old Mississippian, a patient at the hospital since August 7, has been listed as seriously ill since Saturday because of a com plication of diseases. Club to Hold Puppy Show A puppy show and training dem onstration sponsored by the Capital City Cocker Club will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Battery Kimble Park, Cathedral avenue and Foxhall road N.W. The public is invited. Women's Congress Af Guatemala Elects Miss Brainerd to Post Miss Heloise Brainerd of 1725 Six teenth street N.W., chairman of the In ter-American Committee of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, yesterday was elected first subsecretary of the Inter-American Congress of Women now meeting in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the Associated Press reported. Miss Brainerd also is general sec retary of the Organizing Committee : of the congress, of which the Wom i en’s International League for Peace i and Freedom was the organizing group. There are six co-sponsoring women's groups, with others, includ ing the National Association of Col lege Women, co-operating. Delegates to the congress will be entertained by President and Mrs. Arevalo at the royal palace, Gua temala Citv. tonisht. Mrs. Arevalo is honorary president of the con gress. To Begin Work Today. Other officers elected include Miss Mildred Burgess of New York, direc tor of international relations of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, first vice president; Miss Maria Eloisa Garcia, a citizen of Uruguay now a student at the University of Mich igan, second subsecretary, and Mrs. ! Carmen S. B. de Lozada, a Bolivian | now living in New York, technical assistant. The delegates were to begin their I work today with meetings of com ■ missions and subcommissions named I to study and report resolutions deal ; ing with these topics: j 1. Responsibility of women re | garding use of the atomic bomb. 2. Means for promoting real de mocracy in the Americas as a peace guarantee. To Weigh Women's Rights. 3. The rtruggle'for human rights, including healt. , economic security and civil liberties. 4. Current problems of the inter American policy. 5. Responsibility of the Americas toward war victims; liberal immi gration policy proposals. 6. Civil and political rights for women and their appointments to positions of responsibility. A message to the congress from Representative Frances Bolton, Re publican, of Ohio cited a need for building “a bridge of understanding and mutual confidence across the waters of suspicion that have flowed between our countries.” De Gaulle Group to Enter Party Politics in October By th« Associated Press PARIS, Aug. 21.—Gen. Charles de Gaulle's organization, the French People's Rally, will enter party poli tics on a nation-wide scale in Octo ber with full tickets in the country’s municipal elections. The organization, founded by Gen. de Gaulle last April 14 to reform the new French constitution by increas ing the power of the executive branch of the government, made the decision at a meeting yesterday, and announced that Gen. de Gaulle soon would explain to the French electo rate his reasons for bringing the organization into party politics. Entry of the Rally, in the October elections would mark the former French President’s first participa tion in a French election as the head of an organized political party. India expects its 1947 rice crop toj be 1,000,000 tons above last year’s, i . 1 ■ ——1 I Catholic Verein Protests Continued U. S. Prejudice By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Aug. 21. — The Na tional Catholic Central Verein of America yesterday asserted that “It is an obvious fact that prejudice ! and hatred against the Catholic j Church still persists.” In a declaration of principle ■ adopted at the closing sessions of I its annual convention, the verein also condemned universal military training and urged that the Nation extend to Europe’s displaced persons “the help which their very human rights demand.” The section on tolerance and intolerance asserted that proof of the “hatred and prejudice against the Catholic Church” may be found in the “heated controversies aroused by such questions as the retaining of a representative of the President at Vatican City; exaggerated and untrue claims of certain Protestant leaders in regard to separation of church and state; released time for religious instruction, and the fur nishing of school buses for children attending private schools.” The opposition to universal mili tary training was based on four points: That “standing armies of unlimited size are not necessarily the most efficient or most adequate means of defense”; that large standing armies “usually serve to agitate and foment national en mities * * that “mere physical preparedness is far from adequate,” and finally, “the establishment of a large standing army would only confuse and complicate the already difficult social and economic prob lems of our Nation.” Lebanon plans to construct new highways, irrigation projects and flood controls. —CLIP THIS AD— / MM * MARTINI DANCE LESSONS WHY NOT NOW! • Popularity begins with dancing—learn the ever popular Fox Trot—the Dreamy Waite—the Ex otic Rumba, the exciting Jitterbug. 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