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U. N. Committee Asks
Prompt Assistance
For European Jews
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LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 8.—The
United Nations Palestine Com
mittee declared unanimously to
day that Immediate help for
250,000 distressed European Jews
would ease considerably the
problem of the Holy Land. ,
The committe called on the TJ.
N. Assembly to do something for
the Jews In the European assembly
centers as a “vital prerequisite to
the settlement of the difficult condi
tions in Palestine.”
The full report of the Palestine
committee was made public a week
after the summary and recom
mendations were releaed in Geneva
and Lake Success.
Seven States in Majority.
A cqmmittee majority of seven
states recommended the partition
of Palestlhe into Jewish and Arab
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the creation of the autonomous city
of Jerusalem under U. N. trustee
ship, and the admission of 150,000
Jewish immigrants into Palestine
In a two-year transitional period.
Canada, Czechoslovakia, Guate
mala, the Netherlands, Peru, Sweden
and Uruguay made up the majority.
A committee minority of three
states came out for a joint Arab
Jewish state under a federal govern
ment and immigration of Jews up
to the country’s absorptive capacity.
The minority was India, Iran and
Yugoslavia.
The 11th member, Australia, did
not support either plan.
However, the committee was
unanimous in its belief that a sat
isfactory solution of the problem of
European Jews would take a great
deal of the pressure off the Pales
tine issue.
Matter of Extreme Urgency.
The committee formally recom
mended that the Assembly “under
take immediately the initiation and
execution of an international ar
rangement whereby the problem of
the distressed European Jews, of
whom approximately 250,000 are
in assembly centers, will be dealt
with as a matter of extreme
urgency for the alleviation of their
plight and of the Palestirp prob
lem.”
“It cannot be doubted,” the com
mittee report said, “that any action
which would ease the plight of the
distressed Jews in Europe would
thereby lessen the pressure of the
Palestinian immigration problem
and consequently create a better
climate in which to carry out a
final solution of the question of
Palestine.
“This would be an important
factor in allaying the fears of
Arabs in the Near East that Pales
tine and ultimately the existing
Arab countries are to be marked
as the place of settlement for the
Jews of the world.”
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national action of a general nature
is underway with regard to the
displaced persons.
Immigration Central Issue.
"In view of the special circum
stances of the Palestine question,
however, it has felt justified in pro
posing a measure which is designed
to ameliorate promptly the condition
of the Jewish segments of the dis
placed persons as a vital prerequi
site to the settlement of the difficult
conditions in Palestine,” the com
mittee said.
Tne majority of the committee, in
support of its plea for immigration
of 150,000 Jews, said that Jewish im
migration "is the central issue in
Palestine today and is the one fac
tor, above all others, that rules out
the necessary co-operation between
the Arab and Jewish communities
in a single state. The creation of a
Jewish state under a partition
scheme is the only hope of removing
this issue from the arena of con
flict.”
In an explanation of its stand for
partition, the majority said:
"The basic premise underlying the
partition proposal is that the claims
to Palestine of the Arabs and Jews,
both possessing validity, are irre
concilable, and that among all of
the solutions advanced, partition will
provide the most realistic and prac
ticable settlement, and is the most
likely to afford a workable basis for
meeting in part the claims and na
tional aspirations of both parties.”
Minority Urges Federal State.
The minority argued that a fed
eral state, with Jerusalem as the
capital, would best serve the inter
ests of both Arabs and Jews.
“A federal state would provide
the greatest opportunity for ameli
orating the present dangerous racial
and religious divisions in the popu
lation, while permitting the de
velopment of a more normal social
Structure,” the minority added.
The committee reported it had
held 16 public meetings and 36
private meetings in its summer
travels.
The Arab Higher Committee in
Palestine abstained from co-operat
ing but the views of the Arab states
were expressed to the committee as
well as those of the Jewish agency
for Palestine.
The Palestine problem will be one
of the top Issues at the Assembly
meeting September 16, with the
Arab states definitely committed
against any partition of Palestine.
Russia
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of the need for a special session be
fore next January.
Senator Cooper said “it does seem
rather surprising” that there should
be serious talk of a special session
so soon after Congress adjourned,
since President Truman said then
he saw no need for one.
Senator Cooper said it is “amaz
ing" if the State Department was
not aware five or six weeks ago of
the trend which it now contends is
developing in Europe.
Wants Self-Help Included.
•I would be willing to vote for a
reasonable appropriation” to help
European countries, he said, “if it
is presented on a purely factual
basis and not on an emergency
basis.”
He said he would be willing to
support any program “if the facts
are clearly known and demon
strated. and if it is a long-range
effort to help themselves.”
Senator Ball said he is not yet
convinced there is a need for call
ing Congress back to act before
January.
• “I certainly don't have enough
Information to know whether a spe
cial session would do any. good or
not,” he said.
He said he is convinced, from
talking with people in his State
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EXODUS REFUGEES AT HAMBURG DOCK—The Ocean Vigour,
one of the three transports used by the British to return to
Germany the Jewish refugees who attempted to enter Palestine
on the Exodus 1947, is shown moored to the dock at Hamburg.
Some of the refugees can be seen on the upper deck in this view
from the air. The 1,206 Jews on the Ocean Vigour were landed
today after soldiers clubbed or flailed scores who resisted orders
to land on German soil.—AP Wirephoto by radio from London.
and from the questions he receives
at talks, that “the American people
want to see a lot more specific and
concrete programs.
"The audiences I have talked to
seem to feel that so far we have
just been subsidizing economic
chaos over there,” Senator Ball said.
He believes Congress would sup
port a program of supplemental aid
if it had assurances the relief pro
gram would taper off, he said.
German Crisis Discussed.
Talk over the week end also
turned to the German situation.
Within the next three days,
diplomatic officials predicted, the
United States and Britain will
formally announce a plan to in
crease coal production in Germany’s
Ruhr mines as a means of promot
ing both European recovery and
German economic revival. The
plan is expected to give the Ger
mans themselves much greater
responsibility in the operation of
the mines and to give the United
States a more powerful voice in
their general management.
One of the main provisions calls
I for the creation of a joint British
American board to replace the pres
ent exclusively British supervision
of coal production in the British
zone of Germany. An American is
scheduled to be chosen chairman of
this important body.
The coal agreement simply will
provide one more example of the
western powers’ determiaation to
handle economic questions in their
own zones, despite the Russian op
position which so far has blocked
any agreement on welding Germany
into a political and economic unit.
In fact, there are evidences all
along the line of a general decision
to shove Soviet opposition aside and
go ahead with efforts to solve in
ternational problems without regard
to the Kremlin’s views, this is espe
cially apparent on the part of the
American Government. And it is
one of the elements likely to embit
ter the forthcoming debate in the
U. N. General Assembly.
Jews
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ably at dawn, with the first refugees
streaming down the gangplank in
orderly fashion. In midmorning,
however, resistance began and
soldiers began cracking heads with
clubs. Struggling Jews were carried
off and dumped on the dock, where
other soldiers carried them to the
trains.
Girls Also Carried Off.
Most of them were men, but at
least three girls were carried off the
Ocean Vigour in this fashion, to the
accompaniment of wailing and
weeping from children on the decks
and on the docks.
The refugees coming ashore this
morning—most of them afe of Pol
ish origin—all appeared healthy and
seemed to have survived their long
sea voyage from Sete, France, to
Haifa, Palestine, to Port de Bouc,
France, to Gibraltar, to Hamburg,
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A member of the ship party told
reporters that there was “much
weeping” aboard at having to come
ashore in Germany. He said the
Jews felt it was a great “humilia
tion and misery.” At the former
Nazi concentration camp at Belsen
yesterday, Jewish displaced persons
hanged British Foreign Secretary
Bevin in efflgy and then beat the
dummy with sticks.
Aboard the Ocean Vigour, feel
ings apparently were mixed, since
some came ashore without resist
ance. before resistance by others
erupted into physical violence. The
first sign of trouble was seen when
soldiers appeared on the gangplank
dragging struggling Jews to the
dock.
One was beaten on the head with
a club. Another was struck by a
soldier's fist. Within a space of
15 minutes, watchers saw more than
12 struggling Jews carried off the
ship and hauled, still kicking, to
the train.
British Soldier Wounded.
One British soldier came off the
ship holding his hands to his face,
apparently wounded. At that point
the entire force of helmeted British
troops was sent aboard.
The refugees aboard the Ocean
Vigour previously had been described
by the British as “the most docile”
of the Exodus 1947 passengers, and
the beginning of the disembarkation
appeared to bear out that judgment.
But suddenly, in full view of cor
respondents watching from the quay,
the whole atmosphere changed. The
refugees began to resist and British
troops began swinging clubs and
truncheons and dragging the re
sisters to the dock and trains.
The whole dock erupted Into tur
moil. As the soldiers lugged the
screaming, kicking, flailing refugees
down the gangplank.
Two correspondents permitted to
go aboard during the entire opera
tion—Ed Morrow of the New York
Times and Denis Martin of the Lon
don Daily Herald—said the first
military police aboard this morning
entered the forward hold and lined
up the refugees there for funneling
through files of soldiers to the upper
decks.
“In this process,” said Mr. Martin,
"thjere was some hitting with rub
ber truncheons, but nothing very
severe.”
It was when operations began in
the second hold that the resistance
began. Many refused to budge and
some girls spat at the soldiers. The
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troops first tried simple pushing,
Mr. Martin said, but then resorted
to truncheons. Other reporters
were admitted to the dock area
later.
Alter the resisting ringleaders
had been hauled off bodily, many
of the other refugees agreed to go
ashore quietly. A second gangplank
was raised and the discharging op
eration was speeded.
There were dockside rumors that
the refugees aboard the Runnymede
Park had a lathe below decks and
had fashioned a good many crude
weapons.
Children in the Ocean Vigour
group displayed the same spirit of
resistance as their elders. They
refused to take the food offered
them at the train, crying that the
hands were those of Germans, the
same hands which killed other
Jews. British officers explained that
the food handlers* were displaced
persons, but the vtewish children
still refused the food.
Truman
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Neptune does not recognize that
trip.
The departure from Rio was
marked by mass demonstrations
which accompanied the President’s
arrival a week ago. He stood nearly
four hours on a decorated stand on
the broad Avenida Presidente Var
gas reviewing 30.000 troops parading
in the 125th celebration of Brazilian
independence.
Troops Have U. S. Equipment.
Brazil threw everything from car
rier pigeons to 8-inch guns into the
pageant. Hie troops had motorized
equipment from the United States,
some bearing battle marks of the
Italian campaign. The diplomats’
formal attire contrasted with the
gold braid officers and the scarlet
robe of Brazilian Cardinal Don
Dayme de Barro Camara in the box
with Mr. Truman and President
Dutra. In an unusual gesture, a
Missouri sailor and marine con
tingent paraded as a vanguard.
Hundreds of thousands acclaimed
Mr. Truman during the long drive,
at the reviewing stand and then on
the docks. As the ceremony was end
ing, the President advised Congress
today to get legislation making him
an honorary citizen of Brazil.
Mr. Dutra bid the President fare
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“God Bless America.” Then Mr.
Dutra kissed Margaret Truman.
Mr. Truman radioed his thanks
to Mr. Dutra from the Missouri.
Trip Believed Success.
The President feels that the trip
has been a success, according to
Charles G. Ross, the presidential
press secretary. Mr. Ross told a
questioner that he knows nothing
about the possibility of an economic
mission going to Washington in con
nection with aid for which there is
sentiment.
Mr. Truman is housed in the
admiral's quarters: there is no
admiral aboard. Mrs. Truman and
Margaret occupy the quarters of the
chief of staff. /
As the Missouri ploughed along
rolling seas at nightfall yesterday,
the loudspeaker blared a stand-by
for the traditional night prayer.
Chaplain L. R. Schmeider then in
voked God’s blessing on the ship and
company starting their long trip.
Police
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Mr. De Neale had erred on the
bench by directly asking Pvt. Bur
nell about his past record after the
prosecution had rested its case. Mr.
Icenhower said the questions should
have been asked by the prosecutor,
Assistant Corporation Counsel Wil
liam S. Cheatham.
Other members of the Trial Board
were Inspector Clement P. Cox and
Capt. Benjamin Kuehling of the
fourth precinct.
In the Clegg case, a complaint
was made by Attorney Roger Robb
that Mr. Clegg was arrested in the
vicinity of Thirteenth and E streets
N.W. on August 2 and held without
charges for more than 30 hours.
An employe of the Washington Post,
Clegg was released only after two
detectives in the sex squad slapped
him so severely about the face he
was unable to world the next day,
the attorney said.
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tives have not been made public.
Several Witnesses Subpoenaed.
Mr. Fay said several witnesses
have been subpoenaed to appear
before the grand jury at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, with Assistant United
States Attorneys John W. Fihelly
and John C. Conliff, jr., assigned
to present the case. Mr. Fay will
attend the session as an observer.
The prosecutor did not comment
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on what charges the Jury will con
sider. Mr. Fay decided to turn the
case over to the grand Jury after
studying a report given to him Au
gust 28 by Police Supt. Robert J.
Barrett and Detective Chief Floyd
D. Truscott.
The District Commissioners also
have ordered the facts of the Clegg
case turned over to the corporation
counsel’s office to determine whether
charges should be brought against
the detectives before the Police
Trial Board.
VFW
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an open outbreak on the convention
floor before the sessions end tomor
row.
Among them is Representative
Van Zandt, Republican, of Pennsyl
vania, twice a VFW National com
mander and probably its most in
fluential member.
‘'Another year like this last one,”
he told a reporter, “ and we’ll be
bankrupt.”
Despite heated charges and
counter-charges in reports between
Mr. Starr and other national of
ficers, however, there has been little
hint of the internal issue to the
more than 30 news representatives
covering the convention.
In one annual report, Tong-time
VFW Quartermaster Gen. A. B.
Handy declared that "this year will
close with unpaid obligations lor
which there is no cash on hand,”
without going into reserve funds
for next year.
He placed blame for the “first
serious financial setback in more
than 20 years” on expenditures last
year that were based on revenue ex
pected from an increased member
ship—which failed to materialize.
Mr. Handy’s report said officials
last year expected to have a mem
bership og 2,700,000 by this month.
Exact present figures were not avail
able, but the report said there was
a “notable” decrease from the
1.553.000 1946 membership.
“Failure to obtain even 50 per
cent of the revenue from member
ship dues,” the report aaid, "caused
the entire budget structure to col
lapse.”
Starr’s Annual Report.
However, in his own annual re
port Mr. Starr said that “we have
failed to renew for 1947 more than
685.000 of our 1946 members.”
He attributed the loses to mem
bers whd left their communities
during the year “in search of homes,
jobs and educational facilities.”
Auditors’ statements showed that
the VFW has assets of 91.773.908—
with about *395,000 in clear Gov
ernment bonds and about *534,000
in land and buildings.
To offset the assets, however, ac
cording to Mr. Handy’s report, the
group is faced with liabilities to
taling *902,381.31. The difference,
$871,590.25, comprises balances in
various VFW funds.
Mr. Handy charged in the report
that warnings early in the year to
Mr. Starr about seriousness of the
situation were ignored.
"Expenses were calculated,” the
report said, “without regard to in
come. And then, the estimated in
come was increased to a figure a
little more than the expense, that
allowed only a 4 per cent margin
for income shrinkage.”
60 Per Cent of Estimate.
The actual income, it said, was
only 60 per cent of the amount
estimated.
Mr. Starr's report said that near
ly all the cash on hand was used
up in 1945 for purchase of a *550,000
building in Kansas City—instead
of paying debts that existed then.
Mr. Kandy maintains his office at
the Kansas City Building.
Mr. Starr urged sale of the build
ing and suggested that all units
of the VFW be moved "under one
roof” in Washington.
His report declared that debts
outstanding when he took office
forced the sale of about *700,000
worth of Government bonds held
by the group.
Hie National Commander also
said a large percentage of his funds
was eaten up by two monthly VFW
publications—a magazine called
“Foreign Service,” and a tabloid
newspaper, the “VFW National
News.” Mr. Starr recommended
that the magazine be eliminated
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and facilities of the two be com
bined.
In a summary, composed of Mr.
Starr’s thanks to his staff during
the year, Mr. Handy’s name was
conspicuously absent.
Denver Man Candidate.
Ray H. Brannaman, Denver, World
War I veteran, who now is serving
as senior vice commander under Mr.
Starr, appears to be the certain suc
cessor.
Going into the nominations tomor
row, heaviest support for the No. 2
position is held by Lyall T, Beggs,
Madison, Wis., another World War
I veteran. He is the present junior
vice commander. The fight for his
position is Wide open.
In a busy session delegates today
were to vote on a score of contro
versial policy resolutions.
The VFW Americanism Commit
tee is expected to oppose increases
in immigration quotas, despite some
opposition at a hearing it held yes
terday.
Richard A. Mullens, 29, of 1915
Kalorama road N.W., Washington,
spoke in favor of the Stratton bill
to allow 400,000 displaced persons
to enter this country within the
next four years.
Mr. Mullens said the VFW, "in
our fight against communism, should
help these people. They are the
ones who are trying to get away
from communism and we must give
them the chance.”
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only aftej the editorial broadcasts
were discontinued.
The commission in granting the
renewal made this policy statement,
which has since guided most broad
casting operations:
“It is clear that with limitations
in frequencies inherent in the nature
of radio, the public Interest can
never be served by a dedication of
any broadcast facility to the support
of his (a licensee’s) own partisan
ends. Radio can serve as an instru
ment of democracy only when de
voted to the communication of in
formation and the exchange of
ideas fairly and objectively present
ed. A truly free radio cannot be
used to advocate the causes of the
licensee. It cannot be used to
support the candidacy of his friends.
It cannot be devoted to the support
of principles he happens to regard
most favorably. In brief the broad
caster cannot be an advocate.”
FCC officials said the inquiry will
not concern the so-called “equal
opportunity” regulations as to broad
casts by political candidates. These
require when a station gives or
sells time to one candidate, the
station cannot refuse to make avail
able equal time on the same terms
to the original speaker’s opponent
or opponents.
Dog Invites Herself
To Temporary Home
ly th» Associated Press
ROCK ISLAND, 111.—Mrs. Ed
ward B. De Silva, preparing to leave
town for a week end, arranged to
leave her dog, “Lady,” >rith Mrs.
G. T. Karlburg. But the day before
the temporary transfer was to be
effected Mrs. De Silva telephoned
her friend. The collie had run
away. “But ‘Lady’ is here,” Mrs.
Karlburg said. The self-starting
pet had delivered herself to her
caretaker.
Drug Is Favorite Item
In Manila's Black Market
By th« < - t«d Press
MANILA.—The most-sought Item
in Manila s broad black market is
the American drug streptomycin,
the Bureau of Health reports. With
the islands’ tuberculosis rate rising,
demand far exceeds supply.
In a recent sample survey by the
United States Public Health Service,
one in 10 in Manila showed a posi
tive reaction to tuberculosis tests.
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Strikers Begin Return
To 18 British Mines
By th# Associated Fi'oss
BARNSLEY, England, Sept. 8.—
Miners from 18 strike-bound 'York
shire coal pits joined a back-to-work'
movement today but at least 19 col
lieries remained closed and nine
others were partly affected by Brit
ain's worst labor dispute in three
years.
Reporting these figures, the Na
tional Coal Board said there was no
estimate of the total number of men
still idle.
At Grimethorpe Colliery, origin of
the strike, 2,500 miners began their
fifth week of strike today. At the
peak of the walkout last week a to
tal of 60,000 men participated in the
work stoppage.
Rejecting appeals from Minister
of Agriculture Tom Williams and
union leaders, the Grimethorpe
strikers voted yesterday to continue
the walkout which began as a pro
test to recommendations of a joint
union-coal board committee calling
on them to mine an additional 2 feet
of coal face each shift.
Reduction in the coal output, be
sides endangering vitally needed
winter stocks, threatened Immediate
industrial paralysis. ,
Unofficial estimates said at least
35.000 miners still were on strike
and that the resulting coal shortage
threatened unemployment for at
least 50,000 workers in the York
shire steel, woolen, brick and allied
industries.
900.000 Australians to Go
On 40-Hour Week in 1948
ty th» Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 8.
—A full arbitration court has
granted members of 53 trade unions
a 40-hour week, effective the first
pay period next January. This is a
cut of four hours in the 30-year-old
44-hour week standard.
About 900,000 workers throughout
Australia will be affected by the
change.
The reduction was the unanimous
decision of three judges who first
began to hear the union claim
May 22, 1946.
Earlier this year, in New South
Wales, the government ordered a
40-hour week. The Queensland gov
ernment announced it would intro
duce similar legislation before the
end of the year.
FEPC Seen Demanded
By Minorities in 1948
Passage of the Permanent Fair
Employment Practices Act by the
CnnoTMR r»*Yt. v»ar still is
a “must” demand by colored persons
and other minorities, Elmer W. Hen
derson, executive secretary of the
National Council for a Permanent
PEPC, declared yesterday.
Mr. Henderson spoke before the
Catholic Conference on Industrial
Problems in Detroit.
“We warn both parties we cannot
be wooed with a mere repetition of
1944 campaign pledges,” he said.
“We are interested only in the
Democratic and Republican parties’
records on FEPC legislation.”
Chest Workers to See
Christ Child Farm
A tour to acquaint volunteer mem
bers of the Speakers’ Bureau of the
Community Chest with the work of
the Christ Child Farm for Conva
lescent Children, Rockville, will be
made at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
About 50 men and women who
have volunteered to represent the
Community Chest as speakers dur
ing the organization’s campaign will
see the farm.
Mrs. Margaret Gardner, superin
tendent of the farm, will be the
hostess, and Dr. Charles W. Sheerin,
minister of Epiphany Church, and
chairman of the speakers’ bureau,
will preside at a brief meeting.
Four-Pound Pullet
Lays 6-Ounce Egg
By the Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The
neighbors are wandering what kind
of mash Mrs. Jesse Wolff feeds her
chickens.
Mrs. Wolff said a 7-month-old
Rhode Island Red pullet had laid
an egg weighing six ounces and
measuring nine and three-quarters
inches around the long side of the
egg and eight and one-half inches
in circumference. v
Since the average weight of eggs
is only two ounces—the pullet itself
weighs only four pounls—Mrs. Wolff
thinks some kind of record has
been set.
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Sabath Again Urges Lottery,
Citing Need to Cut U. S. Debt
fty the Aitocioted Press
A suggestion that Uncle Sam
fight the gambling rackets by ped
dling chances himself came today
from Representative Sabath, Dem
ocrat, of Illinois, 81-year-old dean
of the House.
Mr. Sabath renewed his sugges
tion that the Federal Government
sponsor a national lottery to pro
vide a legal outlet for what he
termed “a natural tendency of most
Americans to gamble."
The Illinois lawmaker has been
beating the drum for a national
lottery for years, but he believes
there never was a more appropriate
time for Congress to do something
about it.
"With a huge national debt that
should be reduced and with in
creasing demands for American
financial aid abroad.” Mr. Sabath
told reporters, “now is the time to
sponsor a lottery to bring in new
money to the Treasury .”
He figures a lottery would net In
the neighborhood of $3,000,000,000 a
year after deducting numerous fat
prizes to be awarded to holders of
winning tickets. To keep the lottery
on the up-and-up, he proposes that
the Treasury supervise it.
“Not only would such a plan bring
in needed revenue to the Federal
Treasury,” the Chicagoan said, “but
it would go a long way toward put
ting an end to many illegal gam
bling rackets now being conducted,
such as handbook betting and the
numbers game.
“In addition, every time a man
bought a lottery ticket he would be
helping his Government.”
Mr. Sabath hasn’t settled on de
tails of legislation he plans to intro
duce. There have been suggestions
that it provide for “no losers” by
permitting tax deduction credits up
to a certain limit for tickets bought.
Wartime Labor Shortage
Over, Meeting Is Told
The (acute) wartime shortage of
competent help has passed and em
ployers now are able to investigate
applicants’ qualifications, Miss Ethel
Pendleton Edwards, District co-ordi
nator of Adult Distributive Educa
tion, said today.
“There is no longer the terrible
urgency in hiring," Miss Edwards
told a luncheon meeting of the
American Public Relations Associa
tion. “The employer is now able to
take a more thoughtful, more selec
tive attitude toward his staff. He
can use tests fbr job aptitude.”
Miss Edwards recently was ap
pointed to organize and supervise
classes for adults seeking careers
in distributive trades. She appeared
of tVifl maatinn’ nn a nonol olrtno
wtih Prank Kyker, chief of Business
Education Service, office of educa
tion; Robert J. Wilson, secretary,
Weshington Restaurant Association;
Laurence Kiefer, director of trade
sales, National Paint, Varnish and
Lacquer Association, and Mrs.
Lenore Kiefer, an author.
Hearing in Marine's Plea
For Freedom Delayed Again
A District Court hearing, origi
nally set for July, on a habeas cor
pus writ through which Marine Pfc.
Joseph Charles O’Leary, 19, seeks
his freedom from a court-martial
sentence was postponed today until
September 22.
O’Leary was sentenced to 18
months after being convicted in
connection with the abuse of pris
oners in the Severn River Naval
Command brig.
The new postponement, it was
said, was to await action by the
Navy Department on a petition for
a new court-martial trial. One of
the grounds on which the new trial
was asked by counsel for O'Leary is
a claim of new evidence.
The habeas corpus petition claims
the court-martial which convicted
O’Leary was convened in May with
out proper authority.
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of a series resulting from an inves
tigation of alleged "kangaroo court"
activities in the North Severn brig.
He is now confined at the Naval
Receiving Station brig here.
Detective's Pistol Stolen
As He Leaves It on Chair
Detective Benjamin D. Clark,
10th precinct, probably will use more
caution in leaving his pistol and
blackjack about in the future.
While visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Smith, 301 H street N.E., Sat
urday morning, Detective Clark
hung his holster, containing his
38-caliber service revolver and his
blackjack, on the back of a chair
and went next door with his host
and hostess. The Smiths left the
front door unlocked.
A thief walked in and picked up
the detective's weapons and Mr.
Smith's coat, a report at police
headquarters showed today.
Talks on Courtship Set
“Courtship and Marriage" will be
the subject of talks to be given at
7:15 p.m. tomorrow through Friday
in Room 208 of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, Massachu
setts avenue and Ninth street
N.W., by Ray H. Everett, executive
secretary of the Social Hygiene
Society of the District of Columbia.
The talks will be for the young
people of the church.
Ouf-of'Town Alumni Aid
G.W.U. Hospital Campaign
8y the Associated Press
A- special summer appeal for gifts
from out-of-town alumni has
brought contributions to the George
Washington JJniversity Hospital
equipment campaign from nearly
every State, Maj. Gen, U. S, Grant
III, campaign chairman, announced
today.
Gen. Grant said gifts are being
received and that out-of-town con
tributions so far have totaled $13.
369. bringing the total funds raised
to $810,245. This is 88 per cent of
the goal of $925,000, which has been
set for equipping the new 405-bed
hospital now nearing completion at
Washington Circle.
The Special Gifts Committee of
the fund drive has raised $449,403,
or 115 per cent of its quota of $390.
000, Gen. Grant said. Chairman of
this committee is Winslow B. Van
Devanler.
The Faculty and Students’ Com
mittee has raised $84,892, or 113 per
cent of its quota at $75,000. Co
chairmen of this committee are
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, Miss
Virginia Klrkbride and Max Far
rington. The Women’s Committee,
headed by Mrs. Joshua Evans, Jr.,
and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, ha*
raised $96,595 or 97 per cent of it*
$100,000 quota.
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dispute through the Taft-Hartley
labor law.
Heretofore, local unionists said,
the act has been by-passed by
United Rubber Workers officials,'
but President I. H. Watson of Fire
stone Local No. 7 declared his group
had decided to try it out.
“We feel that even though w«
don’t like the Taft-Hartley Act,” h«
said, “it still is the law of the land.
"Our local always has been strong
against Communists. Our officers
will be proud to sign the (non-Com
munist) affidavit.”
The immediate cause of the move
was a demand for a 12 cents hourly
wage increase, Mr. Watson said,
and was made despite new agree
ments at Goodyear and Goodrich.
Those contracts provided for
straight time for six unworked
holidays, but Mr. Watson asserted:
“Six paid holidays amount to only
about 3 Vi cents an hour.”
The Goodrich contract was
signed Saturday Jn Cleveland.
The unionists said the interna
tional officers of the URW would
have to sign non-Communist affi
davits asvwell as local officers in
order to utilize the Taft-Hartley
settlement machinery.
In Boston, L. 8. Buckmaster,
union president, described the move
as "routine” and said it was not the
first in the rubber industry.
Mr. Buckmaster said “several ,
other locals gave notice of such ac
tion before that Taft-Hartley Act
went into effect August 22.”
Mr. Buckmaster is here for an
international convention of rubber
workers which opens next Monday.
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