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Weather Forecast Cold and windy today, highest near 34. Clear and cold tonight. 18 in city, 10 in suburbs. Snow possible tomorrow night. (Pull report on Page A-2.) Midnight —26 8 a.m 19 Noon 28 4 a.m 20 10 a.m 23 1 p.m. 30 6 a.m 18 11 a.m 25 2 p.m 31 Late New York Markets- Page A-15. Guide for Readers Age. Amusements ...C-12 Comics B-lO-ll Editorial A-8 Editorial Articles A-9 Finance A-15 Lost and Pound A-3 Page. Obituary A-l· Radio B-ll Society, Clubs ...B-J Sports C-I-3 Where to Go B-4 Woman's Page..B-14 An Associated Press Newspaper 96th Year. No. 65.' Phone NA. 5000. irtck WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH δ, 1948—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. City Home Delivery. Daily tad Sunday. $1.20 a Month. When S tF riT?VTTO Sundays. $1.30. Nitht Final Xditlon. $1.30 and $1.40 per month, ® VjJliXS Χ Ο 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 ~ I 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 Λ — 1.1 Λ- «. 1 M..— -ι - Al. _ VUllCVl I4VV»V>11. VU V11VOV 1UUUO, M1V 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 I Z\\t &mthag fctar I