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95th YEAR. No. 57,763
Drive to Save Food Is Launched;
Truman Names Group to Draft
Stop-Gap European Aid Program
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Seeks to Avoid
Special Session,
Asks Less Waste
(Texts on Page A-2.)
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By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman today
launched a national food-con
servation drive in what he de
scribed as a stop-gap step to
meet a “minimum foreign needs
and at the same time relieve the
upward pressure of prices at
home.”
Announcing the creation of a
committee to direct the program
headed by Charles Luckman, presi
dent of Lever Bros., of Cambridge,
Mass., Mr. Truman told a news con
ference he was trying to work out a
program to avoid an extra session of
Congress.
But he said his mind was not
closed on the question of bringing
Congress back before the January
convening date if that was neces
sary.
He made it clear this whole field j
of action to be taken would be sur-j
veyed at the bipartisan congres
sional confereiyjg he has called at
the White House for Monday morn
ing.
Asks People to Waste Less.
"Are you advocating that the
American people eat less?” the
President was asked. He responded
that he was asking the people to
waste less to meet what he empha
sized in a statement is “a critical
situation calling for immediate ac
tion by every American.”
The President took this action on
the basis of a report from his Cabinet
Food Committee—submitted earlier
in the week—which said that ad'
verse weather conditions, which have
brought about a lowered corn crop
and resulted in feeding grain to
cattle, have cut the American export
surplus more than 2,000,000 bushels
below last year’s level.
In his statement on food, the Pres- i
ident said he1 was asking the new
Citizens Food Committee to meet as
quickly as possible to develop a new !
conservation program.
Selective Buying Urged.
“While waiting for detailed recom-!
mendations from the citizens’ com-;
mittee,” the President said, “there ■
is one immediate and personal thing
each Cf us can do. We can start
now to conserve by being more
selective in foods we buy, particu
larly livestock products whose pro
duction require large quantities of
grain. Such action on our part will
do two things. We will save on our
family budget and we will help
others who , are in desperate need.”
Asked, if there was any thought
of a return to “gray bread” used
last year during the grain shortage,
meatless days or possible re-institu
tion of the war-time rationing pro
gram* the President said he would
have “to await the recommendations
of his new committee.
He expressed confidence that the
American people would co-operate.
Gets Marshall Plan Report.
Along with the food report, the
President announced he had re
ceived the official report of the
Committee on European Economic
Co-operation, prepared by the 16
nations meeting in Paris on the
Marshall plan. He said these find
ings also would be presented to nis
conference with congressional lead
ers Monday morning so they may
"discuss plans for determining the
action to be ‘taken by the United
States to aid in preserving the sta
bility and promote the recovery of
the nations participating.”
He said also that there will be
further consultation with repre
sentatives of the European com
mittee for clarification of this ini
tial report in which they asked that
the United States finance their
.economy to the extent of $19,330,
000,000 over the next four years
while they themselves seek to bolster
production.
Other Committee Members.
Other members of the ‘Citizens’
Pood Committee are: Mrs. J. L.
Blair-Buck, president of the General
Federation of Women’s Clubs; Harry
A. Bullis, president, General Mills,
Inc.; Chester C. Davis, president,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;
Albert S. Goss, master of the
National Grange; Lester B. Granger,
executive secretary, National Urban
League; William Green, president
of the AFT; James S. Knowlson,
president, Stewart-Warner Corp.;
Herbert H. Lehman, G. R. Le Sau
(See FOOD, Page A-6.)
President Is Too Busy
To Attend World Series
President Truman would like to
go to the World Series this year,
but he can’t make it, he told a news
conference questioner today.
The President said there was too
much to do here.
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British Dressmakers
Fight Paris Styles
With 'Spiral Design'
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 25.—British
dress designers, warring on
Paris’ long dresses, came up
today with a “spiral design.”
The guild of creative de
signers promised details later.
Chairman Henry' Scott said the
spiral gives the impression of
length but by no means shields
a shapely calf from the public
eye.
Some stylists said it ends
about 14 inches from the
ground.
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Dorothy Thompson Called Him
About Eisler, Messersmith Says
Former State Department Official Asserts
She First Brought Case to His Attention
By J. A. O'Leary
The House Committee on Un
American Activities was told to
day that Dorothy Thompson,
newspaper columnist, got in
touch with the State Department
about the admission of Hanns
Eisler to this country in the fall
of 1938 before Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt had interceded in his
case.
Former Assistant Secretary of
State George S. Messersmith testi
fied the Eisler case first came to his
attention when Miss Thompson com
municated with him by telephone.
The committee is seeking to find
out how Eisler obtained admission
to the United States as a non-quota
immigrant in 1940 after he had al
ready arrived earlier as a temporary
visitor.
The Hollywood composer, who ac
knowledged yesterday that he was
admitted to membership in the Com
munist party in Germany many
years ago, is a brother of Gerhard
Eisler, who has *en described as a
top rank Communist leader in this
country. Hanns denied yesterday he
is a Communist now or ever was in
a real sense.
Mr. Messersmith said he could not
recall the details of Miss Thomp
son's telephone conversation, but
the committee placed in evidence a
copy of a letter he sent her in reply,1
calling attention to the State De
partment’s information, which in
cluded the question whether Hanns
Eisler was a Communist.
Other high lights of today’s session
included:
1. Representative Rankin, Demo
crat, of Mississippi asserted Mrs.
Roosevelt was not acting officially
(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-6.)
Truman Names Bush
To Head Research in
New Defense Setup
President Also Nominates
Barrows, Zuckert and
Whitney to Air Posts
President Truman today com
pleted the top leadership of the
new national defense organiza-j
tion by naming Dr. Vannevar
Bush, noted ^scientist, as chair
man of the Research and Devel
opment Board.
He also filled positions in the new
Department of the Air Force with
these appointments:
Arthur S. Barrows, Chicago, to be
Undersecretary of the Air Force,
which is headed by Secretary W.
Stuart Symington.
Eugene M. Zuckert and Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney to be Assistant
Secretaries lor Air.
Spaatz Gets New Title.
Mr. Zukert has been special as
siAant to the Assistant Secretary
of War for Air. Mr. Whitney, an
pfficer in both World Wars, is pres
ident of a lumbering company in
Northern New York State and head
of livestock properties in New York
and Kentucky.
Gen. Carl Spaatz was appointed
chief of staff for the Air Depart
ment. He has been chief of the
Army Air Force.
T£he board which Dr. Bush will
head is designed to keep America
in the forefront of scientific develop
ments and in obtaining new
weapons. Dr. Bush, one of the
masterminds in the development of
the atom bomb, now heads the
temporary Research and Develop
ment Board set up last year by the
Army and Navy as a joint organ
ization, He also is president of the
Carnegie Institution, scientific re
search organization, and a member
of the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics.
He is 57 and a resident of South
Dennis, Mass.
Truman Praises Bush.
In a letter to Dr. Bush, Mr. Tru
man praised his willingness to con
tinue in public service.
“The co-ordination of our scien
tific effort,’' Mr. Truman said, "is
one of the most important objec
tives of the National Security Act.
It is a fortunate circumstance that,
in carrying out these objectives, the
Research and Development Board
will have the benefit of your guid
ance.”
Mr. Barrows, the new Undersec
retary of the Air Force, was asso
ciated with mail order companies
for several years before retiring
early this year. For the last six
months he has been chairman of
the American portion of the eco
nomic control group in Germany
and chairman of the economic panel
dealing with the economic merger
of the British and United States
occupation zones.
Cuba Joins UNESCO
PARIS, Sept. 25 (^P).—Cuba today
became the 32d full-fledged mem
ber of the United Nations Educa
tional, Scientific and cultural or
ganization. Dr. Julian Huxley, di
rector of UNESCO, announced that
the Cuban government had de
posited its ratification of the
UNESCO constitution, thereby au
tomatically assuming membership.
Italian Reds Threaten
To Seize Milan Plants
If Owners Close Them
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Total Shutdown Would
Make 550,000 Idle in
Textile Industry
By the Associated Press
ROME, Sept. 25.—The Commu
nist newspaper L’Unita declared
today that textile workers would
seize plants by force if owners
decided to close them completely
because of a strike of approxi
mately 40,000 administrative
workers and technicians.
Some owners in Milan stated they
would be forced to close the plants
to avoid damage to materials by
workers lacking direction from the
technicians. A complete shutdown
would make all of the industry’s
960.000 workers idle.
' The textile strike, which began
yesterday, was the third major la
bor dispute in Italy in three weeks.
The first, involving 1,000,000 farm
hands in the rich Po Valley, lasted
12 days. While this was going on
850.000 metal workers staged a two
day demonstration walkout.
Drive on Government Seen.
Leaders of the Christian Demo
crat (Catholic) Party have at
tributed the wave of labor unrest
to an apparently co-ordinated left
ist drive to topple Italy's Christian
Democrat government.
Union representatives said the
textile strike, which has the sup
port of the Communist-dominated
General Confederation of Labor,
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management to classify adminis
trative workers as “employes,”
rather than “laborers.” The tech
nicians complained also of im
proper classification.
The strike was reported complete
in some cities, but only partially
successful in others.
In the Rome area a strike of
some 80,000 agricultural workers
for higher pay went into its fourth
day. No prospects for an agree
ment were in sight.
Trieste General Strike
Is Ended by Agreement
TRIESTE, Sept. 25 U/P).—A gen
eral strike which paralyzed shipping
in Trieste's port for 24 hours was
brought to an end early today.
The Allied Military Government
of the new free territory announced
that an agreement to call off the
strike had been reached at a mid
night conference attended by AMG
officials; leaders of the Sindacati
Unici, which ordered the work
stoppage, ana of the moderate, non
(See ITALY, Page 4-57)
Sub Sent to Rescue
Six on Rafts at Sea
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, Sept. 25.—United States
Far East Air Forces announced to
day that a submarine had been dis
patched from Truk to rescue a six
man crew which bailed out of an
Army C-54 transport plane 430 miles
south of Guam late yesterday . ’
The submarine was expected to
reach the men, who are aboard four
life rafts, sometime tonight. Addi
tional rafts were dropped from a
circling B-17. The plane was on a
flight between Manus and Guam.
Three British Flyers Rescued
By Ronne Pilot in Antarctic
By Comdr. Finn Konne
Copyright, 1947, by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.
RONNE ANTARCTIC RE
SEARCH EXPEDITION BASE,
Marguerite Bay, Antarctica,
Sept. 23 (Delayed).—The three
British flyers lost in the Ant
arctic for nine days have been
found. They were discovered by
Capt. James Lassiter, pilot of
the plane N.A.N.A., walking back
to base—but still 30 miles (or
about 10 days’ travel) away.
Each man had lost about 20
pounds and was exhausted. But
none was injured in the forced
landing and crash of their light
Auster plane.
The men are now sleeping, after
a light meat of bread, oatmeal and
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tea. They had been living on an
emergency ration limited to .600
calories per man a day. They had
had to struggle against blizzards
through knee-deep slush a few miles
a day, dragging their supplies in the
belly tank of their plane. Their
boots were frozen and as stiff as
boards. The Britons had had no
sleep the last several nights, since
their sleeping bags were just chunks
of ice.
The intensive air and ground
search in which both British and
American expeditions participated
despite snow-laden winds of up to
80 miles per hour began September
15, when the small British plane
failed to make a rendezvous with
the Norseman plane “NANA” of
the Ronne expedition. They were to
cache supplies at Cape Keeler, 120
(Sec RONNE, Page ,A-5.)
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Soviet Blackmail
On Memberships
In U. N. Charged
Australia Says Reds
Are Trying to Force
In 3 Satellites
BULLETIN
LAKE SUCCESS </P).—Aus
tralian Delegate W. R. Hodg
son today accused Russia of
using “blackmail” aimed at
forcing the Security Council
to. admit Soviet satellites to
United Nations membership.
By the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 25.—
Russia charged today that the
United States and Britain were
violating the Potsdam agree
ment by opposing the admission
of Soviet satellites to member
ship in the United Nations.
The new Soviet attack on the big
western powers took place in the
Security Council.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko, sitting as
Council president for this month,
declared he would not vote for
Italy’s admission unless the Coun
cil also admitted Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria and Finland.
Rpn^ratp Yrnt» rallari
The United States and Britain
supported Italy, but objected
vigorously to admission of the Com
munist-dominated government of
Cartoon in Izvestia
Shows Eisenhower
Waving Atom Bomb
(y the Atsociated Pre»«
MOSCOW, Sept. 25— A car
toon in Izvestia today depicted
Gen. Eisenhower as waving an
atomic bomb and shouting
through a megaphone labeled
“Daily Hearst” that “the U. S.
S. R. is going to attack Amer
ica.”
A cartoon in Trud showed
Franklin D. Roosevelt looking
down on a dance of “war
mongers” and saying to himself:
"Where are they taking Amer
ica?” The dancers included
Winston Churchill, with his son
Randolph on his back; an
American general waving a
“bacteria war” bottle and an
American capitalist beating a
drum on which Greece and
Turkey rode.
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
They insisted that a' separate vote
be taken on each of the five ex
enemy states.
Polish Foreign Minister Zygmunt,
Modzelewski touched off the new
big power fight by proposing
formally that the Council give
blanket approval to all five ex
enemies.
Mr. Gromyko supported the Polish
proposal with a declaration that
the Potsdam agreement treated all
these ex-enemy states in the same
way without any discrimination
toward any of them.
“The United States and the United
Kingdom.” he said, "deviate from
the Potsdam agreement when they
seek to have Italy considered sep
arately.”
Johnson, Cadogan Back Italy.
The Polish resolution was sub
mitted by Mr. Modzelewski after
Herschel V. Johnson, deputy Amer
ican delegate, and British Delegate
Sir Alexander Cadogan had urged
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mention of the other four appli
cants under consideration.
Both Britain and the United
States previously had opposed the
admission of Hungary. Romania
and Bulgaria because of the atti
tudes of their Communist-domi
nated governments.
The extraordinary Council ses
sion came one day after the Gen
eral Assembly’s 55-nation Political
Committee unanimously voted in
Pakistan and Yemen. They will be
seated at a plenary Assembly
shortly, increasing the membership
to 57.
TtfSse two Moslem countries were
the only ones approved by the
Council out of 12 applicant nations
in deliberations last month. Fin
land applied last week after the five
European peace treaties went into
effect.
WhattheRussians
Are Saying of Us:
The Moscow radio, broadcasting in
German to Europe this week, said:
“War is the favorite occupation
of dapper robbers such as the
financial magnates of the ruling
dynasty of capital. In this the
United States monopolists are
particularly successful. World
War I gave them a clear profit
amounting to the dizzy sum of
$38,000,000,000. This immeasurable
wealth was created out of the
blood of scores of millions of vic
tims of that war. But still greater
was the stream of gold which
flowed into the United States
banks during World War II. The
United States monopolists made
$52,000,000,000 out of war, out of
ruined and devastated Europe, out
of despoiled China, out of the
oceans of blood—for blood drips
from each of these $52,000,000,000."
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Anybody Seen Our Commissioners Lately?
Freedmen's Budget f Or Indigents
Tops Average Private Hospital's
$17 Figure-Due for Revision After Protests;
Paying Patients May Get Room for $7 a Day
By Thomas G. Buchanan
The District this year will pay
Freedmen’s Hospital a higher
rate for indigent patients than
it would cost to provide them
with a private room in the aver
age hospital, if figures now be
ing considered by the Budget
Bureau are approved.
While the city’s officials are seek
ing a reduction in the Freedmen’s
rate—scheduled to be set at more
than $1? before protests forced con
sideration of a revision—patients are
getting private rooms at Doctors
Hospital for as low as $10.50—and
Dctors is operated at a profit.
Private citizens can get individual
rooms at Garfield for $9, at George
Washington for the same fee, and
at Emergency for $7. »
At Freedmen’s itself, paying pa
tients can get a private room fdr
$7 a day. This rate is set by the
U. S. Balkan Proposal
Ready for Action by
U. N. Assembly Today
Resolution to Seek New
Commission to Keep
Greek Border Watch
By th» Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 25.—
The United States whipped a
new Balkans proposal into shape
for prompt United Nations ac
tion today with the evident pur
pose of seeking strong interna
tional reinforcement for the
Truman Doctrine in Greece.
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ship of Secretary of State Marshall
was reported to have worked out
already a tentative draft of a reso
lution by which the U. N. Assembly
would set up what some officials
called a “fairly large” commission
to maintain a constant watch on
Greece’s borders with Yugoslavia,
Albania and Bulgaria.
The commission, American au
thorities contend, would serve by
its very presence to minimize the
number of border incidents and
otherwise help protect Greece
against alleged Communist aggres
sions—which is also the stated polit
ical objective of the Truman Doc
trine in that country.
The whole subject was slated for
action by the Assembly’s 55-nation
Political Committee due to meet at
3 p.m., with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt designated to assist Warren
Austin, American deputy, in meeting
strong Russian opposition.
Battle Lines Fully Drawn.
The problem of the Balkan coun
tries was linked with general Amer
ican and British disapproval of
Soviet and Communist policies in
Southeastern Europe. In the case
of Bulgaria specifically, Gen. Mar
shall has publicly charged that it
was one of three countries guilty
of aggression against Greece. He
named the other two as Albania
and Yugoslavia.
The Russian-American battle thus
was on in full force in the commit
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here, but nowhere was it more
sharply focussed than in the Polit
ical Committee.
That body reversed yesterday an
earlier order of business which had
been recommended to it by Assem
bly President Oswaldo Aranha of
Brazil and put the Greek-Balkans
dispute in No. 3 position. It then
disposed of the No. 1 item by ap
(See U. N., Page A-5.)
Jap Flood Casualties
Estimated at 3,603
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, Sept. 25.—The toll taken
by floodwaters which still cover
much of the great Kanto plain north
of Tokyo was placed at 1,002 dead,
1,616 injured and 985 missing today
by Allied headquarters’ public health
and welfare section.
Previously, 1st Cavalry headquar
ters had estimated 2,000 dead on
the basis of reports from its units
scattered throughout 10 of the
flooded prefectures.
Emperor Hirohito visited one of
Tokyo’s flood districts today.
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Federal Security Administration.
Officials say there has been no dis
cussion between the two agencies
of an increase In the private rates.
The figures cited above refer only
to the cost of hospital room and
board, whereas the Freedmen’s in
digent rates will include all hos
pital costs.
To get the total hospital bill, such
extra charges as' drugs, operating
room fees, X-rays and other spe
cial services must be added.
The September edition of the Mod
ern Hospital estimates these charges
at $3.50 for ward patients and $4.30
for those in private rooms.
Only 22 of Freedmen’s rooms are
private, however. Except In cases
where medical condition demands
isolation, the hospital’s indigent
patients occupy ward beds, some of
them crowded 28 in a ward.
Ward beds can be obtained for
$7.50 at Doctors Hospital and
(See FREEDMEN’S, Page A-4.)
NLRB Sets Deadline
Of Oct. 31 for Unions'
Financial Statements
Final Date for Submitting
Anti-Communist Pledges
Postponed by Denham
By James Y. Newton
Unions will be given until Oc
tober 31 to satisfy the National
Labor Relations Board that they
have circulated financial state
ments among their members, it
was learned today.
This step came after Robert N.
Denham, NLRB general counsel,
postponed the deadline for' the fil
ing of non-Communist affidavits by
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month.
In addition to the loyalty affi
davits and the supplying of finan
cial statements to members, unions
also must'file financial statements
and other data about their organi
zations with the Labor Department
to qualify for business before the
NLRB under the Taft-Hartley Act.
Meanwhile, officers of the United
Mine Workers District 50, an or
ganization comprising workers in
numerous industries and crafts, an
nounced they will allow all pend
ing cases before the NLRB to drop
by default. This is a result of John
L. Lewis’ refusal to file the required
non - Communist affidavit. Mr.
Lewis, while an anti - Communist
himself, has taken the position that
labor in battling the Taft-Hartley
law should not comply with any
part of it.
Mr. Lewis recently blocked favor
able action by the AFL Executive
Council on the affidavit issue. Under
a ruling by Mr. Denham, all officers
(See LABOR, Page A-4.)
Polish Rebels Arrested
WARSAW, Sept. 24 (Delayed) (JP).
—Security police announced today
they had liquidated an underground
band in suburban Praga and ar
rested a number of its members—
including the vice president of the
local branch of Stanislaw Mikola
jczyk's opposition Peasant Party.
Sunny Weather Due
Here Tomorrow as
Heavy UJup
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Police Ar#i§| gg Jusy
Probing PjjUflU Caused
By Poor P311: It ;
The first ■ * ^ in of the
autumn seasPnial ‘this morn
ing after py»IV lity caused
by the storf police busy
throughout "~^ht investi-1
gating scores f^o^cidents.
The Weather Bureau reported .87
inches of rain fell in the District
from the time the storm started at
noon yesterday until 8 a.m. today.
Cloudy weather was predicted for
this afternoon with temperature in
the low 60s. The sun might appear
late in the afternoon, it was said.
Tonight win be clear and cool, it was
said, with temperatures in the upper
40’s. Sunny and cool weather was
forecast for tomorrow.
Youth Seriously Injured.
Robert E. Davis, 16, of the 200
block of Fifteenth street S.E., was in
serious condition at Casualty Hos
pital after being struck by a hit-and
run driver at the corner of Four
teenth street and Massachusetts
avenue about 10 o'clock last night.
Police said the youth was dragged
about 100 feet by the car, which sped
on after the accident. He was in
the crosswalk at the time of the
impact, they said.
The car described as the one which
struck the youth was recovered a
short time later by officers of the
Traffic Investigation Bureau, but
ponce sam Mrs. violet A. Quinn of
417 Thirty-sixth street N.E. denied
any knowledge of the accident. The
car had been stolen earlier in the
evening, she told police.
The youth suffered a compound
leg fracture, a fractured arm and
head injuries, police said.
Cab Smashes Into Pole.
Four persons were hospitalized
when a taxicab struck a curb,
skidded across the street and
smashed into a light pole on the
Fourteenth street causeway, near
Maine avenue S.W.
Those injured were Harry W.
Mullen, 50, colored, 1600 block of
S street N.W., operator of the car,
head and neck injuries; Perry An
derson, 45, colored, of the same
address, shoulder injuries; Alonzo
Robinson, 46, colored, 1500 block of
Swan street N.W., fractured ankle
and skull injuries, and Monroe
Lenoff, 16, Arlington, injuries.
All were treated at Emergency
Hospital. Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ander
(See WEATHER, Page A^5J
U. S. Envoy in Moscow
To Report to Marshall
By ths Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 25.—American
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith is
planning to go to Washington early
next month to report to Secretary
of State Marshall and other officials,
it was learned today.
It was understood that Gen. Smith
planned to stay several weeks in the
United States and then return to
Moscow.
Turk General to Visit U. S.
ISTANBUL, Sept. 25 (£*).—Advices
i from Ankara today reported that
Gen. Salih Omurtak, chief of the
Turkish general staff, would leave
for Washington October 3 to confer
with American Government officials,
presumably concerning the Amer
ican aid program.
Mrs. Taft Humanizes Issues
In Humorous Political Speech
By bould Lincoln
Star Staff Correspondent
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—The sec
ond half of the team of Bob and
Martha Taft has swung into
action, and the action is very,
very good.
While Senator Taft of Ohio, un
announced candidate for the Re
publican presidential nomination,
was addressing the Rotary Club
yesterday in the Olympic Hotel, im
pressing the members with his
grasp of Government and the issues
of the day, Mrs. Taft was spellbind
ing 500 members of the Republican
Women’s Clubs of King County at |
Masonic Temple. Never let it be
said there is not a rabble rouser in
the Taft family.
Not that Mrs. Taft Is at all dema
gogic. She isn’t. But with a rich,'
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rolling voice, a sense of humor and
timing, she is capable of laying
them in the aisles. And how they
like it.
Running through her whole ad
dress, it lasted just 32 minutes, was
her intense devotion to American
ideals and her pride in Bob Taft.
This was her first public speech
of this Western trip, designed by
her husband to make clear to the
people the achievements'of the Re
publican Congress, of which he is
a leader, and to test his own
chances in the presidential race of
1948. Nearly all of the thirty-odd
political writers who have consti
tuted themselves a tail to the Taft
caravan deserted the Senator’s
meeting to listen to her. They were
not disappointed. She has a trick of
humanizing the issues, and, like her
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District Seeks
$6,772,000 for
Water System
Sewer Division Asks
$8,501,000 Budget;
Hearings Under Way
A total of $6,772,000 In District
money has been asked tc supply
and distribute water to the Cap
ital during the fiscal year start
ing next July 1, as well as make
improvements to the water
system.
This was disclosed today as Dis
trict Budget Officer Walter L.
Fowler continued to make public
details of the record $144,000,000 In
1948-9 budget estimates which city
agencies have asked the Commis
sioners to approve.
At the same time, the Sewer
Division has asked for $8,501,000 to
dispose of Washington's waste and
drain water in the fiscal year 1949,
Mr. Fowler disclosed.
Closed Hearings Begun.
He started closed hearings yester
day on the budget at which de
partment heads must justify their
requests. A public hearing on the
new budget is scheduled for Octo
ber 9,
The total water request runs $818,
298 above the $5,953,702 being spent
during the current vear for wntpr
supply and distribution. Of this in
crease, $237,000 is asked for in
creases in personnel, equipment and
maintenance funds, while $420,298
of the increase is asked for capital
improvements.
A total of $1,490,000 is asked to
continue improving and expanding
the filtration and reservoir facili
ties that take water out of the
Potomac River at Great Falls and
deliver it to the city for distribu
tion to consumers.
This money would be spent prin
cipally to continue the expansion
of McMillan filter plant and re
model the old Georgetown reser
voir, where water destined for the
McMillan plant is cleared by sedi
mentation.
SI,120,000 for Georgetown Reservoir.
The Georgetown reservoir project
accounts for $1,120,000 of the
amount asked. There are also
minor amounts asked for circula
tion facilities and for continuing
repair of new conduits.
A total of $1,536,000 has been
asked to improve the city’s water
Water Meter Readers
Would Don Uniforms
If Congress Approves
The man who comes to read
the water meter will appear,
starting next summer, in a
snappy new uniform instead of
his own clothes, if Congress
approves a 1948-49 budget re
quest made by District Meter
Division Superintendent David
Auld. Mr. Auld is asking for
■ $2,000 to uniform his meter
readers and inspectors “to speed
the work of meter reading and
quiet the fears of apprehensive
house holders.”
distribution system. Biggest item
in the list of improvements asked
is sboo.ooo to continue the $2,000,000
face-lifting of the Bryant Street
Pumping Station now under way.
The station pumps about a third
of the water used in Washington.
Other improvements asked include
increasing the pumping capacity of
the Anacostia Pumping Station, a
15-block extension of one of the
city’s principal east-west water
mains from Eleventh street N.W. to
Fourth street N.E., and a smaller
main to serve the newly completed
Anacostia reservoir.
The water budget also asks that
previous appropriations totaling
$300,000 for a roof over the Anacostia
reservoir be continued until building
prices decline.
67 Per Cent Sewer Increase.
The municipal sewer division ap
propriation request of Sanitary Di
rector Harold A. Kemp represents
an increase of 67 per cent, all but
$97,000 of it for new construction,
over the amount the sewer division
is spending in the current fiscal year.
For construction, to catch up with
the city’s growth during the war
years, the division asks $7,221,000.
The remaining $1,280,000 in tha
budget estimate is for operating ex
penses.
Last year, explaining that con
struction of sewers, basins and dis
posal units had lagged during tha
(See WATER, Page A-4.)
3,000 Americans Apply
To Wed German Girls
Sy the Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Sept. 25.—More
than 3,000 Americans have applied
for permission to marry German
Birls sincp t.hp ban on snr.h weddinc*
was lifted last December, United
States Army headquarters said
today.
Approval has been given to 1,592
of the applications and at least
1,355 of the couples already have
been married.
Applications still are pouring in.
3 Killed in Bridge Collapse
MANILA, Sept. 25 //P).—Reports
reaching here today said three per
sons were killed and about 100 in
jured or missing in the collapse of
a bridge at Naga, Camarines Sur
Province, 235 rail miles southeast
of Manila.
Late Bulletin
U. S. to Take Up Seizure
Of GIs in Trieste at Once
The State Department an
nounced today it will take up
“immediately" with the Yugo
slav government the case of
three American soldiers seized
and held capt've by Yugoslav
troops along the Trieste fron*
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