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Italian Ambassador Praises Dunkirk, H.Y., for Gift to Anzio By the Associated Pross • DUNKIRK, N. Y„ Nov. 28.—A Thanksgiving Day gift of $100,000 fin food, clothing, medical supplies and farm equipment to the people Of Anzio, Italy, makes this com munity of 20,000 “a very big city of the world” in the view of Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani. Mr. Tarchiani accepted the con tributions yesterday in behalf of the beachhead invasion city as Dunkirk celebrated its second hands-across-the-sea Thanksgiving —a co-operative effort with the neighboring village of Fredonia. A year ago, the residents of Dun kirk turned over $75,000 in gifts for their namesake city of Dun kerque, France, and continued their international good-will efforts last spring with a $150,000 campaign for Polish relief. “What you have done today," said Mr. Tarchiani, “is a touching me morial to Americans who died on Italian soil. This little town of America is a very big city of the world.” Anzio expressed appreciation by renaming its main street "Via Dun kirk.” In New York City, meanwhile, for _n — ___ a _ — n n illVl WVV/lVWUi J V* M **W«»V* V «. . Patterson told a Nation-wide radio audience that he had received a pledge from Mayor Walter P. Mur ray of Dunkirk to support Mr. Pat terson's drive for 1,000,000 signa tures on petitions urging support of f the Marshall plan for European aid. •'“This is the type of support the Marshall plan must have,” said Mr. Patterson, who originally was sched uled to speak at the Dunkirk cere monies. “It comes straight from the heart of America.” Big Four (Continued From First Page.) forts to reach agreement on a peace pact for Germany. As the ministers buckled down to today's agenda, Poland’s frontiers captured their immediate attention in a dispute over the setting up of a commission to draft plans for Germany’s final boundaries. Boundary Groups Balked. The United States, Britain and France agreed at yesterday’s meet ing to the formation of a German boundary commission, but Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov balked, contending that the assignment of such a task was “premature” and that priority must be given to the formation of a unified central gov ernment. Mr. Molotov reiterated the fre quently voiced argument that the Potsdam agreement—by which Rus sia took over part of Poland and Poland part of Germany—was final; that plans for the peace conference must be conditioned on agreements reached at that meeting. Secretary of State Marsnau de nied Mr. Molotov’s contention and asserted that the United States would support Poland's claim to comoensation for her wartime losses, but asserted that “we must avoid a decision which would deny hope to moderate forces within Germany. The United States, Britain and Russia were in general agreement on the necessity of forming a cen tral government for all Germany but its form and overall powers re mained to be worked out. Little Change in Stand. There also was general agreement that some form of provisional Ger man government should be given an opportunity to present its views when and if a German peace con ference is convoked and that the pact itself should be submitted to such a government for ratification. But beyond this general presenta tion of views—most of them varying but little from those laid down in Moscow’s deadlocked meeting last spring—there was little change of stand on specific points. French Foreign Minister Bidault called for a memorandum on re turning German nationals to their homeland, the early return or re settlement of displaced persons, now numbering some 800,000 in the Brit ish-American zone alone, and the encouragement of German emigra tion. This is primarily a problem for Czechoslovakia, where the govern ment has planned the return of approximately 150,000 German na tionals now in the Sudetenland. Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan M^saryk is expected in London later this week and probably will raise the question before the Council. Transfers (Continued From First Page.) mendations during his police career and has served often on police trial boards. A month after his appointment to the force, however, he refused to be vaccinated and was tried for will ful disobedience of orders. He was acquitted and transferred to another precinct. Lots First on Night Post. - In 1915, he shot and seriously wounded a man who assaulted mm while resisting arrest. Twice tried for unbecoming conduct, he was cleared both times. He became a captain in March, 1944. Regarded as a stem administrator, Capt. Lutz’s duty in recent months has included a period as night su pervisor of the force from midnight to 8 a.m. He was the first man given this loving checkup assignment when it was instituted by MaJ. Barrett as part of his policy of seeking to make certain every policeman works “an honest 8-hour day.” When Capt. Lutz returned to his regular duty at No. 10, it was ex plained illness of his senior lieu tenant there made it necessary. Lt Earl P. Hartman succeeded to the night supervisor post and was followed by Capt. Clyde N. Strange, who now is serving. Capt. Lutz holds a law degree from National University, earned after he joined the force. In 1938, he won a special com mendation for capturing a holdup man. His other commendations in cluded recognition of his work with schoolboy safety patrols. His record shows a transfer early in his career for the good of the . aarvice and a warning in 1927 to be careful of his attitude toward the public. He was made a captain in 1941. Capt. Storm’s record includes three commendations. Known as a lover of active police work, he aided in the capture of Eugene Ecklund, known as “the sniper,” in 1940. Among his assignments has been 4 that of an instructor in the school for police rookies. In 1929, he was brought before a trial board on a charge of conduct prejudicial to the reputation, good order and discipline of the force. The charge was dismissed. He was promoted to captain in 1940. Maj. Barrett also announced that Capt. Robert Pearce, commanding officer at No. 1 precinct, would be assigned as night supervisor during December, succeeding Capt. Strange, who returns to his post as com mander at No. 2. Lt. Hartman, who was detailed to No. 2 this month, will move to No. 1 during Capt. Pearce’s absence. Among other transfers today was the switching of Lt. Ray Aggleson from No. 11 to No. 4 and Lt. Bert Sheldon from No. 4 to No. 11. Re turning from military leave, Sergt. James E. Dawn was assigned to No. 4 precinct. Sergt. Wayloand W. Wit te more was moved from No. 4 to No. 5. Corpl. James B. Jones was trans ferred from No. 10 to No. 12, Corpl. Joseph A. Duley from No. 12 to No. 10 and pvt. Gilbert Heine from No. 12 to No. 10. Recommended for Promotion. Recommended for promotion were Precinct Detective Keith G. Gosman and Pvt. George H. Robison, jr., now with the special investigations squad, who would go to the detective bureau as a sergeant. Pvt Andrew J. Gerber was recommended for troncfni* XI/V C 4Vin m i r>»( n sv persons bureau. The moves revealed today com prised the second set of major pre cinct changes ordered by Maj. Barrett since he took command of the force on July 1, 1946. Last summer, a total of 17 changes affecting No. 7 Precinct were maae as an outgrowth of complaints of hoodlumism in the Georgetown neighborhodd. Capt. Archie Winfree, wno was commanding officer of tne precinct, changed places with Capt. Beverly C. Beach of No. 6 in one of the shifts. Economic (Continued Prom First Page.) tions the administration has in mind. The committee also heard Secre tary of the Treasury Snyder repeat his testimony before a House com mittee in support of inflation con trols at home to go hand in hand with the European recovery pro gram. The Treasury head confined himself largely to credit -controls, but again disagreed with one spe cific remedy suggested by Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, that banks set up a special reserve fund to reduce the amount of available credit money. Secretary Harrlman expressed a hope that some prices might be rolled back instead of merely hold ing the line if Congress grants President Truman the powers he is asking for. He mentioned meat, lumber and steel as illustrations of commodities to which his hope ap plied. The Commerce Secretary also re vcoicu uxo ucptu tuicut pmiia i-u issue an order soon limiting the use of tin plate for beer cans. Specific authority already exists to regulate the use of tin. Won’t Apportion Steel. Under further questioning by Senator Taft, however, he said that if Congress grants the power to al locate steel, he has no intention of saying how much steel would go into automobiles or refrigerators. The Secretary explained to re porters later that the allocation pattern he had In mind, if Con gress approves the program, would be to give priorities for certain uses, like freight cars, at the top of the scale, and limit certain other uses, such as tin cans, leaving the bal ance to be distributed to other in dustries in between. The Secretary said it also would be desirable to investigate the possi bilities for increasing production of steel, textile, nitrogen and soda ash. Aluminum Shortage Possible. Referring to aluminum, he said, “the capacity is there, but with the increasing use, there is the possi bility of a shortage.” The shortage in newsprint will continue for some time, and there will be need for equitable distribu tion, he predicted. Mr. Harriman commended the larger publishers for what they are doing to help small publishers, but indicated com plaints have not stopped entirely. “Do you think the resumption of controls would stop the complaints?” Senator Taft asked. Mr. Harriman admitted he did not think it would stop them en tirely. Building Materials Cited. ' When the Secretary mentioned some building materials as bottle necks, Senator Taft interrupted again: “Isn’t it true we gave full power to allocate building materials and that the President and Mr. Wyatt (former Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt) decided they were ndt work ing?” Mr. Harriman replied that he was away from the country at fkat time and not too familiar with what iia^pcuru. xic auucu, xuu xuuw what the temper of the country was at that time." See« Some Roll Back. When Senator Watkins, Republi can, of Utah raised the question of whether the administration hopes to roll back prices or merely stabilize them where they are, Mr. Harri man said: "In order to stabilize there must be some rollback, because you can not stabilize prices when they are out of balance." Senator Watkins also wanted to know how over-all production could be increased if, as previous testimony indicated, all persons able and will ing are now employed. Mr. Harriman’s answer was that the productivity of each individual would be greater if adequate supplies of materials can be made available for essential uses through allocation. Six-day Week Suggested. “Have you considered a six-day work week?” Senator Watkins asked. Mr. Harriman said he has not. He explained there is no ban against working six days under present law, “but, of course, there is the ques tion of overtime pay which becomes a factor.” . There was another brief flareup between Senator Taft and Mr. Har riman when the Secretary said he would prefer to submit the depart ment’s bill to authorize allocation of materials “to an appropriate com mittee.” The Secretary presumably referred to the regular standing committees of the House and Senate which would handle it. “This is an appropriate committee, 4 and I, as chairman, ask you to sub mit it,” Senator Taft pursued. Wants Bill Prepared. Mr. Harriman then said that when the bill* is “prepared in de tail” he will be glad to submit it to Senator Taft’s committee. Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, interrupted to point out that any legislation growing out of the discussion will have to go to a standing committee for report. Sen ator Taft agreed, but insisted this committee has the power to draft and suggest legislation for reference to standing committees. When Senator Sparkman, Demo crat, of Alabama, answered critics of trade with Russia by asking if this country still depends on Russia for certain essential raw materials, Mr. Harriman revealed that for the last three months American imports from Russia have exceeded goods exported to the Soviet. The imports amounted to $27,000,000, including manganese for steel production, while exports to Russia totaled $25, 000,000. Ceiling (Continued From First Page.) comparable to actual employment figures in departments and agencies, since they are computed on a ‘full time equivalent’ employment basis,” the bureau declared. “Thus, the ceilings represent not only estimates of total full-time employment, but also include the part-time and in termitten employment of agencies figured on a basis of their ‘full time equivalent’ for the three-month period.” Thus, officials explained, the 106, 148 net reduction in the over-all personnel ceiling beginning January 1 will represent a large share of part-time workers In the Post Office Department taken on for the Christ mas mail rush. Section 607 of Public Law 106 of the Seventy-ninth Congress requires the Budget Bureau to publish in ad vance the three-month requirements for personnel in various Government agencies. These figures are based on the maximum full-time people required plus the full-time equiv alent of part-time people. The bureau said today’s over-all ceiling figure also includes certain groups of employes on whom specific numerical limits were placed by Con gress in the Federal Employe Pay Act of 1946. The bureau released this table: Law limit Budget effective Bureau July 1..1947. Ceiling. War Department .. 176,000 176,000 Navy Department (including Office of the Secretary of Defense, Na tional Military Es tablishment, cre ated by Public Law 253, 80th Congress 100,000 96,638 All other agencies. 447,363 381,124 Foreign Aid (Continued From First Page.) Oregon, had said he would object to any such consent agreement. Senator Morse was not present today. As the Senate met, it was learned that the $108,000,000 reduction ap proved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the stopgap bill would fall hardest on Italy, whose share would be cut more than 38 per cent. A move in the Senate to impose the same cut is expected before the final vote, although an effort to make an even larger cut was defeated Wednesday by a 56-30 vote. Wherry Fears Bread Shortage. Senator Wherry, who deserted the leadership of Senator Vanden berg to vote for a $197,000,000 cut, said yesterday that a bread shortage in this country might re sult “if the wheat carryover is al lowed to drop too far.” The question of how much grain constitutes a “safe” carryover is still being argued before the Senate Appropri ations Committee. This same problem of grain carry over for this Nation and the amount available for export this crop year up to next June 30—was involved in the House committee decision to cut the $597,000,000 figure by $108, 000.000. The Star learned that the cut was based chiefly on data supplied by the Herter Committee, the special House group led by Representative Herter, Republican, of Massachusetts, which surveyed the situation in Europe tnis summer. Effect on Three Nations. While the committee did not spell out in the bill just how the reduc tions were to be apportioned among funds destined to help Prance/Italy and Austria, it was learned that the proposed cut would hit the three na tions this way: Italy—A cut of $87,000,000. Of this $74,000,000 represents a reduc tion in grain imports from the Unit ed States on the grounds that only 32,866,000 bushels will be available rather than the 42,365,000 scheduled by the State Department. An ad ditional cut of $13,000,000 in funds for fats and oils was made on the grounds that a bumper Italian olive oil crop makes the imports unneces sary. Prance—A cut of $37,000,000. This was based on two contentions, that $17,000,000 worth of grain will not be available in this country for ex port to Prance and that an addi tional $20,000,000 needed to settle exchange accounts with Belgium can be paid in French francs instead of dollars. Austria—Raised $16,000,000 rather than cut. This, however, is due to a State Department miscalculation and not to any change in the food and other goods to be sent to Au stria. The department had counted on using $16,000,000 previously allo cated by Congress to aid the Inter national children’s fund, but House committee members have said that fund should not be touched since it is designed to aid children abroad. Cuts Sponsored by Chiperfleld. The cuts were sponsored by Rep resentative Chiperfleld, Republican, of Illinois, who ranks second to Chairman Eaton on the Republican side of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Chiperfleld said during the hearings on the bill that he favors the principle of aid but, he agreed with Mr. Herter that we should not promise items we cannot supply. The Herter Committee staff which developed much of the data on which Mr. Chiperfleld based his ar gument for a cut, is headed by Wil liam Y. Elliott, a Harvard professor who has served with the War Pro duction Board and the former Col mer Committee in the House. Dr. Elliott also is chief staff consultant to the House foreign affairs unit. Dr. Elliott, it was learned, made some additional studies for the For eign Affairs unit which further up held the points made by the Herter group. In the case of China, the Foreign Affairs Committee added $60,000,000 with the idea that it would aid China lor uiree muuuis ueguiiuug wahuoij 1 at the rate of $20,000,000 a month. This rate was suggested by Secre tary of State Marshall in testimony on the Hill, but the State Depart ment plan is to begin the aid on April 1, not January 1. Representative Judd, Republican, of Minnesota, who served as a med ical missionary in China, has been pressing for aid to that nation and Representative Mundt, Republican, of South Dakota has expressed his belief that the fight to contain com munism is worldwide, not just Eu ropean. Both are Foreign Affairs Committee members. Pope Reported Working On Christmas Encyclical By th« Associated Press CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Nov. 28.—Reports circulated today at the papal summer residence and in Vatican City that Pope Pius XII is engaged in preparing an important encyclical on world social conditions. The Rome newspaper L’Ora d’ltalia said the encyclical would be pub lished for Christmas, and that it was being translated into 18 different languages to be sent by diplomatic mail to apostolic nuncios throughout the world. The document, the paper said, "is of vast proportions and has direct references to present conditions.” France (Continued From First Page.) mittee was formed, including 20 striking national union organiza tions under Communist leadership njiuiui tuc VA>uuiiuiuot~uvumiaicu general confederation of Labor. Spread of Strikes Slowed. Opposing this committee was a movement called the “Workers’ Force,” representing the more mili tant of the old majority union ele ments from whom the Communists took over after the war. This group claimed control of 14 national unions. The Communists control five additional unions out side the National Strike Committee, indicating their resources are not yet exhausted' although the spread of the strikes appeared to have slowed down. I The Central Council of the Pub lic Service Unions appeared headed for a split, after four Communist controlled unions were defeated in a motion to call a general strike of government workers. They weft voted down by six other government workers’ unions. Four Call Own Strike. The four defeated unions—Eco nomic Ministry workers, general ad ministration workers, state employes and postal and wire communica tions workers—voted to call a strike on their own. They presumably will place themselves under the Na tional Strike Committee. There were some indications that their strike calls might not be as effective as in other unions. Telephone workers were called out yesterday, but spot calls to three left-bank Paris exchanges showed them operating today, after police expelled union delegations guarding switches. In the central post office near the Louvre about 12 policemen armed with revolvers were on duty. There were no troops or armored cars in the vicinity. The response to a general strike call on French railways was far from complete, but still effective enousrh to disnmt all but occasional token traffic on most lines. Right ist newspapers charged the strikers were sabotaging the lines. Food Is Running Low. Food was running low in the big central markets of Paris, the news print supply was dwindling swiftly and the government ordered all papers reduced to two pages daily. Robert Lacoste, the Minister of Industry, announced last night that if the coal strike continued there would be no electricity in Paris by Tuesday. Gas pressure already was low because of stoppages at gas works. Ports and the merchant marine AS FRANCE’S PREMIER FORMED NEW CABINET—Premier Robert Schuman of France (left) pictured as he bade good-by to Foreign Minister Bidault at the Elysee Palace in Paris Monday after five days and nights of conferences ended with Premier Schuman’s formation of a new cabinet. In the background President Vincent Auriol holds his back as though it were aching from the long sessions at the conference table._ Mme. Germaine Poinso Chapuis, who became France’s first woman cabinet member when she accepted the post of Minister of Public Health. She is a member of the Popular Republican Movement and is well known in France for her fight against alcoholism. —AP Wirephotos. remained idle and most heavy in dustry was seriously crippled. The garment trades ■•and workers in power and light plants Joined the new strike committee yesterday. The Communist newspapers also re ported that a strike of teachers was spreading in the provinces. Met Directors Deplore Antics for Photographers By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Antics of first-nighters at the Metropolitan Opera who go to “extreme ends” to have themselves photographed have touched off a flood of demands that they be barred from future open ings, the Metropolitan Opera Asso ciation says. George A. Sloan, chairman of the association’s board, issued a state ment yesterday in which he said that although the board did not pass “upon qualifications of those who purchase tickets,” the directors are “deeply concerned” about news pictures that appeared “through out the United States and in some cities abroad, including Moscow.” Mr. Sloan did not say what pho tographs he had in mind. News pictures appearing following recent "Met’ openings included one of a dowager with one leg crooked over a table in the opera bar and an other of a mink-coated woman smoking a cigar. The board chairman said that "99 per cent of our audience” attended performances to “hear that whicfe is fine and beautiful in music,” and did not care about being photo graphed. __ It is estimated that United States tourists spend more than $214,000, 000 a year in Canada. 0. C. Teachers, Students Attend Youth Conference Charles G. Guilford, faculty mem ber at Eastern High §chool, and Miss Miriam Hardy of the Anacostia High School faculty are attending the 1947 Allied Youth National Planning Conference today in At lantic City. Mr. Guilford is sponsor of the Allied Youth Chapter at Eastern, while Miss Hardy represents the sponsor of the Anacostia Chap ter. Matias Echaves, Miss Selina Echaves, Mahlon Hetrick and Miss Joan Kinsel, Anacostia students, are accompanying Miss Hardy on the trip. The three-day conference will be attended by more than 150 teen age delegates and their adult lead ers from the United States and Canada who will seek new ways of expanding the organization’s work of alcohol education and alcohol free recreation. Conference speak ers are to include Dr. E. M. Jelli-, nek, director of the Yale School of Alcohol Studies, and Dr. Daniel A. Poling, president of the World Christian Endeavor Union and edi tor of the Christian Herald. • 7th New Member Sworn, Completing House^Roster Representative Nicholson, Repub lican, of Massachusetts, took the oath today as the seventh new mem ber of the House to be sworn in at the special session of Congress. He completes the roster of 435 members. He succeeds the late Representative Gifford, Republican, who died last August. 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