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Open Hearings
On Condon Voted
By House Group
Standards Director
Attends Preliminary
Session on Charges
BULLETIN
Representative Hoffman, Re
publican, of Michigan, today
proposed a new law giving all
congressional committees
broader power to obtain docu
ments from Government agen
cies in connectio ι with investi
gations. It must be referred to
a committee for study before
either branch acts on it.
By J. A, O'Leory
A three-man House Un-Amer
ican Activities Subcommittee
voted unanimously today ,to
recommend full open hearings
into allegations that Dr. Edward
U. Condon, director of the Bu
reau of Standards, has associated
with alleged Soviet espionage
agents and is the "weakest link
in atomic energy security."
Action came after a preliminary
open hearing at which John L
Towne. secretary of the Commerce
Department Loyalty Board, stead
fastly adhered to the refusal last
night of Secretary of Commerce
Harriman to turn over the records
which led the board to give Dr
Condon a clean bill on loyalty last
month.
The stocky, good-natured Dr.
Condon came to the hearing as a
spectator, listened to the committee
mmmmm
DR. EDWARD V. CONDON.
Attends hearing as spec
tator. —AP Photo.
members wrangle with Mr. Towne
over the records, and later assured
reporters again that he welcomes
the proposed full open hearing.
Publicity on Full Record Blocked.
Other high lights of today's ses
sion were:
1. Representative Nixon, Repub
lican, of California blocked a re
quest by Representative Rankin,
Democrat, of Mississippi to make
public the full record of the sub
committee which touched off the
current inquiry. Mr. Nixon ob
jected because, he said, he under
stood a grand jury investigation is
going on that might be prejudiced.
2. Representative Nixon also sug
gested the investigation should in
clude an effort to find the source ol
quotations in the Washington Post
of March 4 from an FBI report tc
the Commerce Department on Dr
Condon, which is one of the docu
ments Secretary Harriman refused
to give the committee today.
Representative McDowell, Repub
lican, of Pennsylvania, who presided
over the subcommittee today, said
the recommendation to go on with
public hearings at a later date will
be submitted for ratification to Rep
resentative Thomas, Republican, of
New Jersey, who heads both the
full committee and the subcom
mittee.
In moving for complete hearings,
Mr. Nixon suggested they would of
ford an opportunity to hear Dr.
Condon, Director J. Edgar Hoover
of the FBI and any other witnesses
who could help to clear up the sus
picion which has been cast on Dr.
Condon.
McDowell. Wood Back Amotion.
Representatives McDowell and
Wood, Democrat, of Georgia—the
only others present—joined in vot
ing for the motion.
Representative Rankin had left
earlier for the floor of the House
where action was expected on a
(See CONDON, Page A-4.)
Christoffel Sentence
Is Two to Six Years
Harold Christoffel, former CIO
union officer in Milwaukee, was sen
tenced in District Court today to
serve from two to six years in prison
for denying under oath that he was
a Communist.
Before sentencing Christoffel,
Justice Edward M. Curran turned
down a request by O. John Rogge,
chief of defense counsel, for a new
trial.
The grim-faced defendant re
plied, "No, sir" when asked by Jus
tice Curran whether he had any
thing to say before sentence was
passed.
Christoffel is a former president
of Local 248, United Auto Workers,
at the Milwaukee plant of the Allis
Chalmers Co. He was convicted on
six counts, of perjury before the
House Labor Committee a year ago.
Christoffel testified he had never
been a Communist or had connec
tions with the Communist Party.
Justice Curran granted a motion
by Mr. Rogge t^hat the second count
of the indictment, be stricken. This
was a statement by Christoffel that
never had been a member of
Communist Political Associa
tion.
Α νίΜΦ*'for
Τ he Issue, Dr. Condon Says,
Is Competence of Our Censors
Security Should Be Enforced by Scientists,
Mot the Uninformed, Bureau Head Asserts
Dr. Edward U. Condon, under fire of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities, freely gave his views on science and
security to Star Science Writer Henry >n the following interview.
By Thomas R. Henry
It is high time that smearing of American scientists witl
insinuations of disloyalty by persons with no capacity at all t<
form any judgments on the value of scientific information bi
stopped, Dr. Edward U. Condon, director of the Bureau of Stand
ards, who is now under firé of the House Committee on Un
American Activities, said in an interview today.
Xllt lUglVRl CilU \JJL OUVU M
tion, he said, will be the refusal of
competent men to work on Govern
ment projects and a serious crip
pling of scientific progress along
many lines in this country.
Scientists, he said, should be the
judges of what information on
nuclear research should be kept
secret, using their own best discre
tion and perhaps laying down the
law to their colleagues. Otherwise,
he asserted, security is in the hands
of the uninformed.
Dr. Condon cited incidents of ac
quaintances who appear to have
been treated by Government in
vestigatois in a fashion which would
have done credit to Hitler's SS in
Germany.
This placing of science at the
overall control of ignoramuses, he
explained, is precisely what Ger
many did just before and in the
early days of the last war. The re
sujt—some of her foremost young
scientists got out of the countr;
and played a big part in America]
production of the atomic bomb.
That, he says again, is what Japai
did. Japanese scientists made funda
mental contributions during the wa
in fields which had no military ap
plication, simply because the atmos
phere created around them wa
such that they could not work 01
war projects. The world gained, bu
the loss to the country was incal
culable.
Here, Dr. Condon says, is th
issue, transcending in importance
the remote possibility that some dis
loyal or stupid scientist might le
slip some bit of information im
portant to a potential enemy.
"The time has come," he said, "t
raise hell about it—because of th
national weakness that is bound t
result from such a government pol
icy. The issue I would like to mak
(See HENRY, Page A-4.)
Security Council Told
Jews Are Determined
On Free Palestine
Back U. N. Partition Plan,
But Will Act if It Fails;
Test Vote Due Today
LAKE SUCCESS, Mar. 5.—The
Jewish Agency told the United
Nations in effect today that it
was determined in any event to
go ahead with creation of a Jew
ish nation in Palestine.
This would be done even if the
U. N. is unable to carry out its own
partition project, the agency said
in a major policy statement to the
U. N. Security Council.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman
of the American section of the
agency's executive, told the Council:
"We feel under obligation to make
our position unmistakably clear. As
far as the Jewish people is con
cerned, it has accepted the (parti
! tion) decision of the United Nations.
;We regard it as binding and we
are resolved to move forward in the
spirit of that decision.
"Under the plan there are dates
! to be met. We must assume that
these dates will be met.
"We fully respect the authority of
j the United Nations but if it is un
(able to carry out its own decision
and, as a consequence, the Jewish
community of Palestine is con
fronted with the threat of annihila
tion, it will be compelled by the con
| siderations of sheer survival, not to
speak of the preservation of its
rights, to take all the necessary
measures which the situation will
call for."
The Council met at 10:50 a.m.
with prospects of reaching its first I
! test vote during the day on the
i Palestine partition issue.
The first ballot was expected on
an American-drafted proposal that
the Council accept the General As
sembly's November 29 decision to
split the Holy Land into independ
ent Jewish and Arab nations effec
tive next October 1.
American Delegate Warren R.
I Austin told the Council two days
i ago : "A vote for this paragraph
would be a vote for partition as a
I Palestine solution."
30 Arabs Reported Killed
In Battle on Sharon Plain
JERUSALEM, Mar. 5 OP).—Ha
i çar.ah said today 30 Arabs were
I killed and many were wounded in
a four-hour battle with Jews last
night on the plains of Sharon be
tween Tel Aviv ând Haifa.
The battle erupted when Arabs
attacked a Jewish settlement at
Magdiel on the Tel Aviv-Haifa high
way. said a communique of the Jew- !
ish militia issued in Tel Aviv.
It was learned in Jerusalem that
Fawzi Bey A1 Kaukji, commander
of Arab volunteer armies, set up
headquarters in a hotel at Nablus,
in northern Palestine. Fawzi Bey
summoned his district chieftains for
I conferences.
Arab sources in Tel Aviv say Arab
commando forces are concentrated
in towns of the Sharon plain, ready
to strike when the order is given.
Some believe the plain will be a
major battleground of Arabs and
Jews.
Several Cold Days, Possible
Snow Tomorrow Forecast
•The Washington area is going to
be & cold place for the next few
days and some snow or rain U ex
pected tomorrow night to add to the ;
discomfort of residents, the Weather
[ Bureau said today.
The low of 18 degrees recorded at
6:52 ajn. today made this the cold
est March 5 since 1926, the bureau
said. But it is far from the record
of 6 degrees set in 1872. Suburban
areas reported temperatures several
degrees lower, with Bethesda regis
' tering 13 degrees.
Today's windy and cold weather
will continue over the wèek end and
j the temperature today was expected
; to hover in the low 30s before go
ing down to 15 or 20 degrees tonight,
j The bureau's long-range forecast
i called for slightly warmer weather
Monday but more cold by Tuesday
j and Wednesday.
This latest cold wave is general
j over the Eastern and Central parts
of the country, the bureau explained.
. A high-pressure area over th· Great
By th· Associated Press
Lakes was blamed.
Parliament Majority
Now Opposes Finnish
Alliance With Soviet
Two Minority Parties
Take Stand; Decision
Rests With President
U. S STOPS EXTRADITING Ger
mans sought for Czech trials.
Page Α-Ί
■y the Associated Pmi
HELSINKI. Finland, Mar. 5
Two minority parties today an
nounced their opposition to en
tering into a military allianc*
with Russia. Their stand mean!
that parties representing a ma
jority of the members of Par
liament now are aligned agains
such a tie.
The minority partie»-rthe Con
serva'tivt* and the Liberal·—joine<
other parties and bloc*, however, ii
approving th# opening of negotia
tion* with the Soviet Union on ι
friendship and mutual assistant
pact as suggested last week b;
Prime Minister Stalin.
The final décision on the answe:
to Russia now reste with Presiden
Juho Paasikivi, a statesman witl
long experience in dealing with thi
Russians. Parliament would be re
quired to ratify any treaty after iti
conclusion.
Plan Formal Reply Today.
The Conservatives, with 29 seati
in Parliament, and the Liberals
with nine, will deliver their forma
response to the President late to
day. The Social Democrat*, witl
48 seats, and the Swedish Party
with 15, already have recommendec
to Mr. Paasikivi that he appoint s
delegation to negotiate. Together
the four represent 101 of Parlia
ment's 200 seats.
The Popular Front, of Com
munists and Radical Socialists, ha:
urged acceptance of negotiation;
toward a full military pact. The;
have 51 parliamentary seats. ,*
The Agrarians, who hoid th<
other 48 seats, are expected to maki
their stand public some time today
There were some unconfirmed re
ports that the President already ha;
drafted his reply to Stalin.
"No Chance to Refuse.·*
In responding to the President'
request for parliamentary guidance
the Social -Democrats emphasize!
that Finland has "no chance to re
fuse" Stalin's proposal for negotia
tions.
At the same time, the party sai<
negotiations must be conducted oi
the premise that "our nation want;
to maintain neutrality. The grea
majority of our 'peace-loving peopli
is against binding trnr country t<
military alliances and wants to di
everything possible to keep ou
country out of possible conflicts."
Great weight was attached to th
(See FINLAND, Page A-4.)
Super Agency
To Combat Reds
Blocked by Taft
No Chânce for Plan
> Seen as He Lines Up
>' With Vandenberg
By tht Associated Press
Senator Taft of Ohio today
- lined up with Senator Vanden
' berg of Michigan against trying
1 to set up a new world agency to
block communism.
1 The opposition of the two Repub
lican leaders spelled death for the
plan advanced by four of their GOP
colleagues: Senators Ball of Min
nesota, Wherry of Nebraska, Hawkes
of New Jersey and Cain of Wash
ington.
Senator Taft is chairman of the
Senate Republican Policy Commit
tee. Senator Vandenberg heads the
* Foreign Relations Committee and is
: the Senate's presiding officer.
The super agency idea was of-1
; fered as an amendment to the
■ $5,300,000,000 European Recovery
Program.
' Oppose Junking Veto,
! It would direct the President to
1 try to create an 11-nation "supreme
" council" oiiside the United Nations.
! There would be no veto against the
use of armed force to stop "aggres
' sion or subversion."
Senator Taft told a reporter he
is not willing to surrender the veto
power which the United States now
has in the United Nations Security
Council unless the U. N. Charter is
rewritten.
Senator Vandenberg, who reject
ed the plan outright Wednesday,
also is opposed to junking the big
power veto held by Britain, France,
Russia and China.
He told the Senate he has ad
vocated its removal "down to the
point" where the use of force is in
volved. But he said the pending
plan would let other countries de
;cide when the United States should
I gu lo war.
Malone to Resume Speech.
The Senate moved into its fourth
■ day of Marshall Plan debate with
Senator Malone, Republican, of Ne
vada ready to resume the first for
, mal opposition speech.
He had reached only the mid
[ way point of an address criticizing
the recovery program as a "brazen
' and preposterous scheme for world -
• wide distribution of wealth" when
yesterday's recess was called.
The debate 1« expected to con
I tinu· »t least until the end of next
, week.
Senator Malone * said we must
, decide which countries in those
. areas It is "necessary for us to
currently protect for our own ulti
mate safety."
Thin, he told the Senate, we
should serve notice that "if the
Integrity of these nations is threat
, ened * * * it will be considered an
overt act against the United States."
, Smith Defends ERP Bill.
Senator Smith, Republican, of New
Jersey defended the ERP bill, saying
. any "selfish division" among the
American people over aiding West
ern Europe would be a signal for
communism "to move in and take
over."
Meanwhile, the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, which yesterday
heard Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
call for American.military assistance
1 j to China in fighting communism,
j went into executive session today.
Reading of the Senate version of
ERP was scheduled, but the commit
I tee ruled out any amendments to
' the measure at this time.
Truckload of Dynamite
Blows Up; 1 Dies, 3 Hurt
By th· Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss., Mar. 5.—A
truckload of dynamite blew up today
on a highway 23 miles from here,
ι killing a bystander, damaging three
, residences and injuring three oc
1 cupants. The blast was heard in
' Jackson.
The truck driver, William Lee
Johnson of Jackson, escaped injury
1 by leaving the scene before the
ι explosion. Mr. Johnson said the
ι truck had caught fire earlier, but
^ that he parked it and believed he
! had extinguished the blaze,
ι Robert A. Davis of Memphis and
» Durant, Miss., driver of another
" truck, was killed when he came on
the scene while the explosives truck
■ was burning. His body was found
about 100 feet away.
Dispensation for Mihai to Wed
Anne Reported Refused by Pope
Rearing of Children
In Catholic Church
Believed Difficulty
By tht Associated Press
The National Catholic Welfare
Conference news service says
Pope Pius XII has refused a dis
pensation for Danish Princess
Anne, a Roman Catholic, to
marry former King Mihai of Ro
mania. Mihai is a member of
the Greek Orthodox Church.
The news service, which goes to
many Catholic publications, says
in a dispatch from Rome that its
information on Pope Pius' refusal
of a dispensation came from "very
reliable sources here which are en
tirely unconnected with the Vat
ican."
The story continues:
"It is stated that former Queen
Helen of Romania and Princess
Renee oi Bourbon-Parma, mothers
of the young couple, went personal
ly to the Pope to request the neces
sary dispensation. After the audi
ence, they were heard to express
disappointment over the holy fath
er's refusal several times in the
social circles during their short visit
here.
"Observers point to the fact of
the divine law from which not even
(Se« POPE, Page A-4J
I
Ex-King and Mother
Sail From England
For Visit to U. S.
By th· Associated Press
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Mar.
5.—Former King Mihai of Romania
sailed aboard the Queen Elizabeth
today for his first visit to the United
States.
The former monarch told report
ers before his departure that "I am
very hopeful that one day I will re
turn to my country."
His mother, Queen Helen, accom
panied him.
Mihai declared yesterday that his
recent abdication had been forced
and that he would not be bound
by It.
(In Bucharest a Romanian
government spokesman denied
today that King Mihai was
forced to quit his throne. "It
seems rather peculiar that it took
the ex-King some two months to
make up his mind that his hand
was forced," the spokesman said).
Mihai said his trip to America
was not a social one. He added he
hoped to visit factories and indus
trial plants during his stay.
He said he would· return soon to
marry Princess Anne of Bourbon
Parma, who remained in Paris.
"We hope to be married in Den
mark," he said, "and in the near
, future."
. r
Truman Back in Washington;
Will Meet With Cabinet Today
Presidential Action Postpones Walkout
At Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Plant 2 Weeks
BULLETIN
President Truman returned
today from his southern vaca
tion. His plane arrived from
Key West, Fla., at 2:06 p.m.
By Joseph A. Fox
Star Staff Correspondent
KEY WEST, Fla., Mar. 5.—
President Truman left by plane
at 9:05 a.m. today for Washing
ton, where he will meet with his
cabinet late today. He was due
in Washington shortly after
2 p.m.
The President wound up his yaca
tion after acting to head off a
^trike at the Oak Ridge (Tenn.)
atomic energy plant.
He called the cabinet to meet at
ine wnue «ouse ai « p.m. ne aiso
planned to hold an early conference
with Senator McGrath, Democrat,
of Rhode Island chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
Protests of Southern Democrats
against the President's civil rights
program have continued without
abatement since he left Washington
February 20 for a visit to Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands and his
vacation here.
Mr. Truman's action late yester
day caused AFL unions to put off
strike plans for at least two weeks
at the Oak Ridge atomic energy
plartt.
The unions involved represent
about 900 workers at one of the Oak
Ridge plants operated by Carbide
(See TRUMAN, Page A-4.) **''
Truman Asks Congress
To Centralize Buying,
Selling Under FWA
Urges End of Priorities
In Disposing of Rest of
'Personal' Property
President Truman today asked
Congress to centralize procure
ment and disposal of Govern
ment property and supplie^ in
the Federal Works Agency and
to eliminate priorities in the dis
posal of remaining surplus per
sonal property.
In a special message to Congress
the President urged legislation be
enacted to:
1. Transfer the Bureau of Federal
Supply from the Treasury Depart
ment .to the Federal Works Agency.
2. Terminate the War Assets Ad
ministration by June 30 and trans
fer to the Federal Works Agency
the function of disposing the re
maining surplus war property in
this country*
Elimination of Priorities.
3. Eliminate priorities, including
those for veterans, in the disposal
of surplus personal property, but re
tain priority requirements for dis
posal of real property until Decem
ber 31, 1949
4. Transfer responsibility for dis
posing of remaining surplus war
property abroad from the State De
partment to the agencies owning
the property, principally the Army
and Navy Departments.
5. Give the Federal Works Ad
ministrator flexible responsibility
for developing improved methods
for "orderly and economical procure
ment, use and disposal of Govern
ment property."
Mr. Truman did not outline his
program under the Reorganization
Act, but called for special legisla
tion. He said he had asked the
Federal Works Administrator tc
submit bills for carrying out the
program to appropriate congres
sional committee.
In explaining the purposes of his
recommendations, the President
said:
"At the present time, Government
procurement and disposal functions
(See SUPPLIES, Page A^4T"
:
Gov. Sialer Bans
fleece's Plan to
Soft Pedal Czechs
By the Associoted Press
LANSING, .Mich., Mar. 5 —Kim
Sigler said he received the following
telegram today from Carroll Reece
chairman of the Republican Nation
al Committee:
"In view of present situation ir
Czechoslovakia, suggest caution ir
issuing any statement or proclama
tion on anniversary of foundation ol
republic." ·
Gov. Sigler, a Republican, said h(
telegraphed Mr. Reece:
"Thanks for your telegram. 1
hope the Republican Party does not
become so cautious that it misse)
the boat. Regards."
Gov. Sigler added to newsmen:
"I don't see why the chairman ol
the Republican Committee shoulc
tell the Governor of Michigan whai
to do."
I
13 Dead or Missing
Alter Towboat Hits
Mississippi Bridge
i
Witness Says Current
Rolled Ship Over and
She Sank in Minute '
By the Associated Pr»«s
GREENVILLE, Miss., Mar. 5.—
Thirteen crewmen were dead of
missing today after the 180-foot
towboat Natchez rammed into a
bridge, turned over and sank in
the swollen Mississippi River
last night.
Federal barge line officials at
St. Louis said 13 of the crew of 26
were known survivors. Two bodies
were recovered.
The towboat Sohio - Latonia
brought 11 survivors to Greenville.
Another, Engineer Louis Keelfng of
Greenville, was picked up far down
stream, and was being brought to
Greenville in critical condition.
Capt. William A. Howell, Z8, mas
ter of the Sohio-Latonia, witnessed
the end of the Natchez from his
pilot house.
Current Rolled Her Over.
Capt. Howell witnessed the end
of the Natchez from his pilot house.
"The current caught her and
rolled her over," he said. "She
went down in about a minute. The
men below—firemen, engineers and
so on—had no chance. The men
picked up were mostly deck crew.
The Sohio-Latonia picked up nine
survivors, of whom two died on
board. Four other men, rescued
by other boats, were transferred to
the Sohio-Latonia to be brought
here.
Capt. Howell said he had taken
aboard all those picked up by the
other boats, the Casablanca and
Irene Shotan.
Capt. Howell, who lives at Cairo,
111., said the disaster was "by far
the worst" in the 12 years he has
been on the river.
The young captain said he had
no names of victims or survivors,
except that he had picked up the
Natchez' pilot, Walter Haas of St.
Louis.
The master of the Natches, Capt.
( See TOWBOAT, Page A-4T)
jjU race uismissai
In Labor Department
By Fund Cuts in Bill
Statistics Bureau Hit
Hardest; FSA Fares
Well by Comparison
By Joseph Young
Approximately 350 Labor De
partment employes here, most of
them In the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, face dismissal under
provisions of the Labor-Federal
Security Agency 1949 appropria
tions bill reported today by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee.
•Nearly 390 of the 700 Bureau of
Labor Statistics employes here will
have to be fired if the committee's
bill is upheld by Congress, BLS
officials estimated approximately 100
of the 300 BLS employes outside of
Washington also face dismissal.
Reason for the cuts is the 40 per
cent reduction In salary and expense
itémft that the committee ordered
in the agency's 1940 appropriation.
Elsewhere in the Labor Depart
ment, the 10 or more employes in
the Bureau of Veterans Re-employ
ment Rights here will be jobless if
the committee's bill is upheld. The
committee ordered the bureau abol
ished. About 100 of the agency's
employes throughout the country
also would lose their jobs.
An additional 20 or 25 emDloves
in the secretary's and solicitor's
offices may have to be discharged
under the committee's bill. A hand
ful of employes in the Bureau of
Labor Standards may lose their
jobs. The committee also abolished
the field offices of the Women's Bu
reau, which employes nine persons.
In contrast with the Labor De
partment, the Federal Security
Agency fared very well in personnel
items. FSA officials said that no
personnel cuts will be necessary un
der the committees measure. In
fact, the Food and Drug Division
officials estimated they would be
able to hire 87 additional employes,
Howard University can add about 35
additional workers, and the Colum
bia Institution for the Deaf can hire
four extra workers.
Other agencies coming under
today's bill were the Federal Media
tion and Conciliation Service, the
National Mediation Board, the Na
tional Labor Relations Board and
the Railroad Retirement Board.
No personnel reductions will be
necessary in any of these agencies.
The NLRB and FMCS received in
creases over their current appro
priations to hire additional per
sonnel.
Guatemalans Close
Border With Belize
By th· A*sociot»d Prm
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala,
Mar. 5.—The Foreign Relations
Minister announced today the
boundary "between Belize and the
rest of the republic" is being closed
in order to avert possible inci
dents,
Belize is the territory held bv the
British, who call it British Hon
duras. Guatemala claims the area.
There were reports here of troop
movements on both sides of the
border.
New Hampshire Is Due to Give
Dewey at Least Five Delegates
3TASSEN SAYS THIRD party move
is bad for Nation. Page A-4.
NEW ANTI-TRUMAN bill to get
hearing in Richmond today.
Page A-2.
By Gould Lincoln
Stor Staff Correspondent
MANCHESTER, Ν. H., Mar. 5 —
Unless there is a political upset
in next Tuesday's primary elec
tions, Gov. Dewey should win at
least five out of the eight dele
gates New Hampshire will send
to the Republican National Con
vention next June.
Former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of
; Minnesota, Gov. Dewey 's opponent
[in the contest ior delegates, has
made a good impression in his ac
itive campaign in the State. Some
of his supporters contend Mr. Stas
sen will take from five to «even
or tne delegates, leaving uov. uewey
on the minority side. If Mr. Stas
sen winds up with three delegates,
however, he will have made an ex
cellent showing. He entered the
State "cold" and practically un
known, while Gov. Dewey has been
a prime favorite and was strong
here in 1944.
The New York Governor has
stayed away from New Hampshire,
leaving the burden of the campaign
to be carried by his friends. Gov.
Dewey's strength Were lies In the
fact that he is far more widely
known that Mr. Stassen—even after
the letter's campaigning here; that
he is highly respected for his ad
ministration of New York's gov
ernment, and that he has back ol
him what is called the "machine,'
although the organisation Η l-·' r:
(See LINCOLNTFage A-4j ~
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Full Committee
Overrides Stand
On Civil Rights
House Unit Reversed
On Depriving States
Of Federal Funds
By th« Associated Prwi
The Republican - dominated
House Appropriations Committee
refused today to mix into the
civil rights fight.
It turned down in closed session a
subcommittee recommendation that
Congress withhold Federal money
for hospital building and vocational
education from States that deny
Negroes equal educational and job
opportunities.
The recommendation was made
by a subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Keefe, Republican, of
Wisconsin. It was knocked out by
a vote of 25 to 6.
The full committee's last-minute
action in overriding the Keefe group
was unusual. Subcommittees almost
always win their points in the com
mittee.
Would Involve 170 Million.
The subcommittee put the anti
discrimination clause into a $1,017,
851,000 bill to supply the Labor De
partment and the Federal Security
Agency with funds for the year
starting July 1.
An attempt to restore the pro
vision will be made when the bill
comes before the House for debate
next week.
Upwards of $170,000,000 of the
bill's funds would have been af
fected by the provision. The largest
of these is $135,000,000 for hospital
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States and local governments put
up $2 ior each dollar furnished by
the Federal Government.
The motion that struck the anti
discrimination amendment from
the bil was made by Representative
Whitten, Democrat, of Mississippi.
It curried after almost three
hours of wrangling behind closed
doors.
Members said the majority felt
that thé provision did not belong in
an appropriation bill: That civil
rights proposals should be handled
in separate legislation.
Other Items in Bill.
Another <18,000,000 in the bill Is
for vocational rehabilitation grants
for the training of blind, deaf and
otherwise handicapped persons. And
<19,843,710 is for vocational éduca
tion grant* for such things as craft
training in and out of schools.
States match these funds 50-60.
The $1Λ17,851,000 total in the bill
includes 1112.445,750 In contract au
thority for which money must be
appropriated later.
The $905,405,250 actual cash rec
ommended is $30.119,379 or about 3
per cent below the amount President
Truman asked. But the total is only
about 1 per cent less than the same
agencies received for the present
year.
The committee put off for future
study budget requests of $989.523,
000 for the United States Employ
ment Service, the Social Security
Administration and mental health
activities of the Public Health
Service.
By way of explanation the com
mittee said the United States Em
ployment Service, which includes
*he Veterans' Employment Service,
now is the subject of a presidential
reorganization plan which the
House, but not the Senate, has re
jected.
The Social Security allotment was
(See APPROPRÏÂTIONST Page A-5.)
D. C. Tax Hearings
Set for March 18,19
Joint hearing» will be held by
Senate and House District Plaçai
subcommittees on the District's tan
gled tax problems March 18 and 19,
it was announced today.
Two additional days, Saturday,
March 20, and Monday. March 32,
will be held open in case extra day·
are needed. It was said.
Presiding will be Senator Cain,
Republican, of Washington, and
Representative Bates. Republican,
of Massachusetts, chairmen of the
Senate and House District Fiscal
subcommittees.
The Commissioners have laid be
fore Congress a District budget for
the next fiscal year with recom
mendations that a sales tax to
raise about $6,000,000 will be needed
to supplement other expected rev-,
enues.
Among propoeals to come before
the committee will be bills to abol
ish the individual income tax and
replace it with a sales tax.
Other proposal·; to be considered,
it was learned, will be a possible
cigarette tax, utility tax and in
crease in school teachers' pay.
Sunday Reading ...
This week's Pictorial Maga
zine cover is unusual. It's a
color picture of 43 boy singers.
You'll like it.
In the Editorial Section,
foreign affairs rub shoulders
with domestic events of im
portance. Richard L. Stokes
makes a close study of the
nations listed for aid under
I the Marshall Plan. William
I A. Millen digs into the im
; migration situation and finds
there's a rush for citizenship
papers. Blair Moody explores
j Italy and finds her struggling
I with trade knots.
Thçse and many other fea
tures, plus special attention to
the new books, camera notes,
! chess,' the dog world, sports,
I society, art, music, amuse
; ments, etc., round out the
usual thorough and accurate
news content of
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