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C.B. Baldwin Among 3
Hurt in Picket Clash
At Wallace Meeting
•y th« AmocToIwI Pr«i
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 7.—A
protest parade, a picket line and a
skirmish in which three persons
suffered minor Injuries sharked the
opening last
night of Henry
A. Wallaces
three-day cam
paign tour of
Indiana. Among
those injured in
the fighting was
C. B. Baldwin,
Wallace cam
paign manager
and one - time
Farm
administrator.
Fighting broke
out in front of
the Coliseum
before Mr. Wal- c- *»«»■»■
lace’s arrival when some of the
pickets attempted to enter the
meeting hall. Wallace supporters
inside the auditorium barricaded
the doors.
After the picket line was dis
banded, the third party presidential
candidate was brought by police
through a side door into the Coli
seum. A crowd estimated by Police
Detective Marvin Huff at 2,500
milled outside the auditorium. He
said 150 had formed a revolving
picket line,
Wallace Blames Press.
“We should have no hard feel
ings,” the former Vice President
told the audience, which was esti
mated by Harry White, Mr. Wal
lace’* Indiana manager, at 800. “I
blame this on the press that has
given them misinformation. With
the press creating bias there is
created a tendency which is un
American.”
A revolving picket line appeared
In front of the Coliseum shortly
after the end of a protest parade
by a group of factory workers call
ing themselves "the Spirit of Kil
roy.” One of the group. Arthur
Robinson, described it as a protest
against Mr. Wallace’s appearance
and “against the use of the Coli
seum, a monument to servicemen.”
Injured in the fight were Mr.
Baldwin of New York, who was hit
In the face; Clifford Welch, national
field representative for Mr. Wallace,
and John Schultz of Evansville, an
usher. Mr. Welch suffered a black
eye and a cut over the other eye. Mr.
Schultz was slugged in the face.
Air Force Expansion Attacked.
Mr. Wallace, who speaks at In
dianapolis tonight and at Gary to
morrow night, proposed Govern
ment ownership of America's mili
tary aircraft industry.
He termed “the big Air Force pro
gram” and “the bigger and better
atomic bomb program” as “the real
menace of the American people.”
“The Air Force is not for secur
ity, but for attack," he said. #“It is
to make hundreds of Hiroshimas in
Russia, and in all, countries which
bepome involved in a war between
u» and Russians—that is. In
Cfiina,',1fl*Tranee, ‘tor "Palestine; • in
Britain.”
Red Press Distortions
Charged by Paris Paper
PARIS, April 3 (CRN).—A denial
by Henry Wallace of authorship of
attacks on American policy in Italy,
published in a Paris Communist
newspaper, came today as a leftist
£ut non-Red sheet published a long
list of recent Communist press dis
tortions.
On Saturday, the Communist Ce
Soir ran an article allegedly at
tributed to Wallace, in which the
former Vice President was quoted
as saying the United States would
intervene in Italy if the elections
went Red. Mr. Wallace, according
to this piece, called President Tru
man's policy “madness.”
Whether by coincidence or de
sign, it was in similar vein to a
“bylined” Wallace article printed in
the Rome Communist newspaper
L’Unita last Friday. .Mr. Wallace
has denied also any connection with
L'Unita’s article, which carried his
byline.
Combat, the non-Red leftist paper,
chided the Communist press for its
distortions. It quoted these head
lines in recent Red publications:
“Massive poisonings in Japan from
American foodstuffs delivered asi
•aid.’—’^American workmen condemn
Marshal Plan”—"United States
plans to form German army In its
zone”—“American Admiral Sherman
offers Franco Gibraltar against
Spanish Morocco.
Wallace Becomes Issue
In Italian Campaign
ROME, April 7 (CDN). —Henry
Wallace found himself a cause cele
bre in the Italian election campaign
as a result cjf the article published
several days jago in L’Unita.
The goverrtment’s Christian Dem
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A
Hoffman to Run Aid Program
With'Smallest Possible Setup'
Declares He Accepted'
Post as Chance to
Fight for Peace
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Paul Gray Hoffman, the 56-year
old automobile executive, who will
run the European Recovery Pro
gram, took the job "because it’s a
chance to put up a light lor peace.”
“That’s the attraction o 1 the job,”
he told a hurriedly called press con
ference late yesterday, two hours
after President Truman sent his
name to the Senate as the new
$20,000-a-year economic co-opera
tion administrator.
He intends to run ECA on “a
sound business basis,” with "the
smallest possible setup . to do the
job.”
Mr. Hoffman, president of the
Studebaker Corp., said he couldn't
specify how many employes his
agency will have, but he said that
wherever there is a Government
agency now doing a part of the job,
it should continue to do so.
Will Occupy Fire Floor*.
The new agency will occupy live
floors—the third through the sev
enth—in a new office building op
posite the northwest corner of
Lafayette Square, a block from the
White House. It is known as the
Maiatico Building. Additional space
will be turned over to ECA if neces
sary, the Public Buildings Admin
istration said in announcing the
choice space allocation.
It is believed that the agency
will have a staff of around 1,000
persons here and another 1,000 in
Europe.
Mr. Hoffman told some 75 re
porters and radiomen that he jfre
ferred to be known as “a Republi
can and responsible.” He had been
asked if he was a “Republican and
a liberal.”
Dressed in a dark, well-pressed
blue double-breasted suit with white
shirt and a black tie decorated with
white rings, Mr. Hoffman appeared
the perfect picture of a successful
American businessman. He is gray
ing at the temples but otherwise his
appearance belies his age. He will
be 57 on April 28.
Mr. Hoffman gave the impression
that he will be capable of handling
the difficult diplomatic problems of
his po6t. He sparred questions he
preferred not to answer and did
it in a manner which satisfied most
of his questioners. He gesticulated
frequently, but raised his voice only
when those in the back complained
they couldn’t hear.
The new administrator was busy
today reading the final text of the
ERP measure as passed by Congress.
Up to last night, he said, he had
read only the Senate version since
final action came while he was en
route home. But he is well acquaint
ed with the problem of European
recovery since he served as a mem
ber of the President’s Committee
on Foreign Aid—a committee of 10
citizens, headed by Secretary of
Commerce Harriman — which last
fall drafted a highly praised report.
Many of the. committee’s recom
PAUL G. HOFFMAN.
—AP Photo.
mendations subsequently went Into
the ERP bill.
He said the last time he had been
to Europe was in the fall of 1946.
Mr. Hoffman subscribed fully to
the basic .principle of the recovery
legislation—that European recovery
must be based on self-help and
mutual help of the European nations
with the United States lending a
big hand.
“An increase of a third in Eu
ropean production,” he told the re
porters. “would result in a reason
able European prosperity. One of
the best antidotes to communism is
a reasonable prosperity.”
Mr. Hoffman said he didn't think
"any one” would want to shut off
the trade between Western Europe
and the Russian orbit nations. The
Harriman Committee report was one
of the first to point out that Euro
pean recovery depends in a large
measure on east-west trade.
No Time Limit on Post.
Mr. Hoffman said he had put no
time limit on how long he will hold
the new post. He wouldn’t say that
he was taking on the job for the full
four-and-a-quarter years contem
plated under the ERP bill.
“I told him,” he said, recounting
his talk with president Truman,
"that I’d take the Job and do the
very best I can. Maybe in a short
time hell suggest I go home.”
This will be Mr. Hoffman’s first
formal job in the Government. He
has served as a member of the
Commerce Department’s Business
Advisory Council as well as on the
mission to Japan.
Born in Chicago in 1891, Mr. Hoff
man quit college to begin work
as a salesman with Studebaker in
1911. When the corporation went
into receivership in 1933, he was
named receiver and in two years had
the firm out of bankruptcy. He was
then named president, a post he has
held since that time.
Dining the war Mr. Hoffman
headed a group of businessmen who
created what they called the Com
mittee for Economic Development
Which planned for full employment
after the war. The CED is still
active and Mr. Hoffman is chair
ipan of its trustees^ - Jj
Bqfirfttp**ty ne*epaptt, Jl,Pppqlo, tp
day happily labeled the whole affair
a “shameful” election maneuver of
the Communist-dominated Popular
Front.
“Poor Unita is denied also by the
Ffdttt^ldflng WatlaW.^it cifewed. »
"In the full fury of the'election
battle, the Front has bo more carps
left to play but those of forgery,
fraud and trickery.”
Editors of LTJnita issued a stiff
little communique, quoting a state
ment they said they had received
from the American news agency
which distributed the article.
"The article in question is strict
ly authentic,” L’Unita quoted the
news agency statement, which added
that the Italian translation of the
article "corresponds exactly” to the
original English text and that the
agency had been "regularly author
ized” by the New Republic, which
Mr. Wallace formerly edited, to dis
tribute the article in Italy.
The news agency mentioned in
this dispatch was identified in Asso
ciated Press dispatches as the Over
seas News Agency.
Foreign Aid
(Continued From First Page.)
authority and be completely inde
pendent of the State Department.
That would give the Secretary of
State an “out.” He explained that in
case of protests from European
countries about the administrator’s
businesslike procedure, the secre
tary could reply:
“Well, of course, this administra
tor, now, you know, is a business
man, and you have to excuse him
for being a little brusque, but of
qSfrse he is not responsible to jfe*
Besides running ERP, the adffimf
strator will have much to say about
othet* United States'foreign aid pro
grams including the $483,000,000
‘ Congr^J^^fc^ar
__ Departmgah'Bsittwhile,
was (Opting “lettfers «f agreement”
with we 16 countries, along with
Westefh Germany, which are taking
part in the self-help recovery pro
gram.
PreOminary Control in Doubt.
These will be replaced later by
formal agreements in which coun
tries getting American help must
state just what they will do by
themselves and in co-operation with
the other ERP countries to bring
about recoyery.
There still was no word whether
ERP preliminaries — until a per
manent organization can be set up—
would be run by the State Depart
ment, the Export-Import Bank or
the Reconstruction Finance Carp.,
which is making $1,105,000,000 avstil
able at once to start the program.
Government officials said ship
ments to Europe would go ahead
without interruption under a $55,
000,000 stopgap fund until ERP itself
takes over, probably late this month.
Liquor Store Thief Takes
$7,000 Hidden on Shelf
Squeezing through a transom, a
thief yesterday ransacked the Capi
tol Park Wine 6c Liquor Shop, 731
North Capitol street, and found
$7,000 hidden on a shelf, police re
ported today.
Leon Gitelson, co-owner of the
store, told police the money was
concealed ih two paper bags. Alsoi
missing was a pistol and a watch. |
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O'DwyerCulsVacation
As Bus Tieup Nears
Climax in New York
Sy AiMciated Prwi
NEW YORK, April 7.—Mayor Wil
liam O’Dwyer today cut short a
California vacatibA because of
threateoed extension of a work stop
page that has halted bus service on
six Manhattan routes.
The Mayor, who has been re
cuperating from a coronary condi
tion, will return Sunday, instead of
May 1 as originally planned. Hie
City Hall announcement said he was
returning “because of the general
transit situation.” He went to Cali
fornia March 13.
Meanwhile, statements of labor
leaders Indicated New York may be
approaching a climax in its long
standing city-wide transit labor
problem:
To Mobilize Membership.
A union official announced the
CIO Transport Workers’ Union in
ternational Executive Board “will
direct its attention to the necessity
of mobilizing its entire membership
to achieve justice for transit work
ers in New York.”
This declaration was made last
night by Douglas L. MacMahon,
international secretary-treasurer of
the TWU, in announcing a meeting
of the Executive Board here April
15-17.
The international will “review the
entire transit situation in New York
City,” he said.
"It will discuss and act on the 30
cent wage increase and pension
drive now occupying the attention
of 42,000 New York transit workers,”
he continued. “It will make a
speeial note of the fact that all the
major contracts in existence between
the union and private bus employers
have expired.”
Crowd Other Transportation.
Many thousands of people who
normally use the six routes crowded
into other transportation lines,
which added to their schedules.
Others walked or took taxicabs.
The tieup of the 140 buses on the
lines operated by the East Side
Omnibus Corp. and the Compre
hensive Omnibus Co. started early
yesterday. The 295 drivers and 85
maintenance men, members of the
TWU, refused to operate on cur
tailed schedules ordered by man
agement.
Bowie Entries
FOR THURSDAY
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Cloudy and Fast.
First Post, 2 P.M., EST.
FIRST RACE—Purse. $2,500; claiming;
4-year-olds and up: 1miles.
Teddy Smart _ 114 Bonridge _114
xPine Vision __ 101 Kings Brand __ 169
xRough Honey 101 xOay Rover .. 106
xxCalrnesa _ 106 Scuttle Mate __ 115
Pass Dun ... 109 xFoot Soldier _ 106
xBasv Burner 101 Halgas _120
xEnsign Mary B. 101 xCalabozo _106
xLlttle Action . 101 xPhoebe J. _104
SECOND RACE—Purse, $2,500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up; lt'. miles.
xMarkless 90 xQulck Steward 104
My Flxon . 112 Balloon _ 114
xSecret Knight. 109 Canto Oallo _ 111
Red Torch __ 114 xSpanish Point. 101
Bombs Away __ 117 Grand World _ 117
Neutrality _117 Blghtseer _111
Cintharig _11 Reno Untried . 104
xCaptiva _ 99 MlsaR. ... __ 106
THIRD RACE—Purse. $.3,000; claiming;
4-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs.
Land Cruiser 113 xValcoeur Alme. 107
Reigh Morse ... 114 RedTag __ 117
Abiel _ 119 Pernlet ... 108
Aylesbury_ 116 George Snow_ 111
FOURTH RACE—Purse. *2.500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up; 1miles.
xDora N Tolls- “. • 4W 'BWlWMme a u A. * 109
Sir Jerome_ 111 Town Camp_112
Rakemup_ 111 LlttleHussy_ 106
Four Ply_ 109 xQiant Princess 101
Poker Face_ llo xLucky Birthday 99
Splinter _-115 Jubilee Gem_ 106
Valiant Dot_113 xBeach Sun_104
Enute.-^ i20 Alez Dl Or-Ufa
JPiFTH RACE—Purse, $3,000; maidens: |
3-year-olds; 6 furlongs |
Orange Sun 118 Shelley 1. , _ fl.l
xx a Sandra Kay loo xxKlngs Book. 106
Westward . 118, xxBlue Pond . 106
Marion Clark*. 113 Princess Irene 113
Derby D«y .. 118 xa Attaflre _ 108
b Wicked Mlai— 113 If You . 113
bEqulpass_118 xFederal Sweet. 108
The Orphan- .-. 118 Hal Roy_ 118
a Granger and Bryson entry.
bHamilton and Kerr entry.
_ _5
SIXTH RACE—Purse, $3,000; claiming;
2-year-olds: 4 furlongs,
xa All Hostess _ 110 Traveling Chip. 112
xSuper Flight-- 107 Wishful Mias ... 112
Jungle Fire ... 115 Alicia Blitzen 117
xKen Sue _107 a Eternal D nger 110
xMald of Boston 107 Nuptial 112
b King’s Guard 113 b Dancing Flame 112
Devilish Lad llo
a Bryson and Babylon entry,
b 8. H. Rogers entry.
8EVENTH RACE—Purse. *2.500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up: l1/. miles.
Lette V. ... 114 Eceebre 120
Montree _120 Umbriago ... Ill
Vianer _100 Miss Stevie _ 115
Willie J._117 Errant Lass... 106
Mlblll D_114
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $2,500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up: 1V« miles.
Outeoat ... 117 Ladv Seaton 110
Play Stage _114 xStarladler - 107
Titian _111 Strolling Don. 120
xLt. Bud_ 113 Lanceron 112
Blenel .120
x 5 pounds, xx 7 pounds apprentice al
lowance claimed.
Horses listed In order of poet posi
tion. _v_
Eire has given Czechoslovakia
2,000 carcasses o1 cattle lor food.
Senate Battle Likely
Today on Segregation
In Veterans' Groups
Complaints about racial and re
ligious segregation in veterans* or
ganizations are expected to cause
» bitter fight on the floor of the
Senate today.
Senator Chavez, Democrat, of
New Mexico promised a “finish
fight” against granting congres
sional charters to veterans’ groups
whose members are all of the same
race, creed, color or national origin.
Hie controversy began late yes
terday, when Senator Chavez’s lone
objection blocked Senate action on
a bill to charter the Catholic War
Veterans of the United States.
He said he also is opposed to
bills which Would give congressional
approval to the Jewish War Vet
erans of the United States and the
Franco-American veterans.
Sees “Disunity” Fostered.
"In my opinion,” he declared,
“chartering these organizations orj
similar ones would lead only to dis
unity at a time when we need unity
more than ever.
“Instead of unity, these bills pro
vide for separation into groups.
They mean nothing less than legal
segregation and they are contrary
to all the concepts of a United
States.”
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
acting majority leader, asked unan
imous consent to take up the meas
ures, which have been on the Sen
ate calendar for several months.
When Senator Chavez objected
Senator Wherry moved to make the
bills the first order of business to
day. The New Mexico Senator re
sponded that he would ask for a
quorum call.
Senator Chavez told a reporter
he would stand by his guns and that
he intended to enlarge on remarks
he made yesterday. He said that
while he is a Catholic himself, he
is concerned over the principle of
the bills.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Cloudy and
cool with highest temperature near
60 this afternoon. Occasional show
ers late this afternoon and tonight.
Lowest temperature tonight about
56. Tomorrow considerable cloudi
ness and warmer. Showers likely in
afternoon.
Virginia—Considerable cloudiness
and mild tonight. Showers and a
few scattered thunder storms. To
morrow partly cloudy and warmer.
Showers and thunder storms likely
in afternoon.
Maryland—Showers and a few
thunder storms and continued mild
tonight. Tomorrow considerable
cloudiness and warmer. Showers
and scattered thunder storms in
afternoon.
Wind velocity, 14 miles per hour;
direction, northeast.
River Report.
(Prom United States Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Perry
and muddy at Great Falla; Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpera Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon _0:i Midnight _S'!
4 p.m._SI S a.m. _St
8 p.m. _62 1:30 p.m. ._78
High and Low fer Yesterday.
High, 75, at 2:55 p.m.
Low, 00, at 6:L2, u.ra. .
Record Temperatures Thli Year.
Highest, Stt, on March 21.
Lowest, 5, on January 20.
Tide Tablee.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hiih _ 6:40 a.m. 7:26 a.m.
Low _ 1:14 a.m. 1:53 a.m.
High _ 7:08 p.m. 7 45 p.m.
Low _—1:40 p ra,. 2:3Sp.m.
The Sun and Moan.” - ,
Rises. ’tot*.
Sun, today __ 5:43 e?a7 i
Sun. tomorrow_5:41 0:38
Moon, today 5:08 a m. 4:53 p.m
Automobile lights must ba. turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1948 Aver. Record.
January _ 4.57 3.55 7.83 '37
February_ 1.68 3.37 0.84 '84
March_ 3.60 3.75 8 84 '91
April _ 1.70 3.27 9.13 '89
May _ 3.70 10.69 '89
June _ 4.13 10.94 '00
July _ 4.71 10.63 '80
August _ 4.01 14.41 '28
September _ 3.24 17.45 '34
October _ 2.84 8.81 '37
November_ 2.37 8.69 ’89
December _ 3.33 7.56 ’01
Temperatures In Various Citiea.
High. Low. High. Low
Aibuouerque 72 40 Miami 78 74
Atlanta 67 63 Milwaukee 48 40
Atlantic City 61 44 New Orleans 84 72
Bismarck . 47 32 New York 68 46
Boston_ 74 44 Norfolk 78 59
Buffalo ___ 00 42 Okla. City, 87 00
Chicago _ 60 47 Omaha ... 71 52
Cincinnati- 63 S3 Phoenix . 77 47
Sietroit __ 61 47 Pittsburgh 69 53
1 Paso __ 70 55 PTand. Me. 58 38
Galveston _ 78 70 8t. Louis' 70 61
Harrisburg 06 50 Salt L. City 43 28
Indianapolis 64 53 San Antonio 94 69
Kansas City 76 62 8. Francisco 56
Los Angeles 08 47 SeaUle- 48 34
Louisville 78 57 Tampa . 83 67
Degree Dare.
"Degree days" yesterday- 0
Accumulated ''degree days'*. 4,131
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The Federal Spotlight . j
House Committee Begins Probe
Of Personnel Policies atVA
By Joseph Young
The oft-criticized personnel policies at" the Veterans’ Adminis
tration finally are due for an airing in Congress.
Disturbed by conditions in VA—the Governmwit’s third largest
agency—the House Civil Service Committee has begun an investi
gation of VA’s personnel policies.
There’s no doubt that such a study by some committee of
Congress was long overdue. The
Civil Service Committee's investiga
tion doubtless will be welcomed by
a lot of VA employes who have been j
complaining for
years about their
agency’s person
nel policies.
Right now, the
committee is
studying the jam
that VA got it
self into recently
in the dismissal
of • 8,500 em
ployes. Since
that time, Con
gress has acted
to retain 3,000
of the workers.
Committee
members say j»«eph Toun*.
that the 8,500 firings could have
been avoided completely had not the
agency blundered in its original esti
mates to the Budget Bureau on
salary items.
VA underestimated the average
salaries in the agency and conse
quently presented lower cost esti
mates to the Budget Bureau than
were actually being paid, the com
mittee’s study shows. By the time
the mistake was discovered, VAs
budget estimate for 1949 already had
been sent up to Congress by the
White House.
Prom policy matters like this it’s
likely that the committee will con
sider other VA personnel policies,
such as down-grading, working con
ditions and other factors which
have brought complaints from VA
employes.
ON THE BEAM — Government
employes could learn plenty by
watching the heavily organized
postal groups in action. And they
might also find out why the postal
workers stand to get more of a pay
rafse than other Federal employes.
For instance, the AFL National
Association of Letter Carriers and
other postal groups are holding a
banquet tonight in the Hotel Stat
ler for the members of the House
Civil Service Committee. And to
morrow the committee meets to re
port out Federal pay-raise legisla
tion.
All this is wonderful strategy on
the part of the postal groups. The
commitee members would be less
than human if they didn’t feel
friendlier and more generous to
ward postal pay legislation as a re
sult of the banquet. The postal
groups aren’t trying to "pressure”
votes by holding the banquet, but
figure its a good-will gesture that
the legislators will appreciate.
* . * * *
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE —
There seems to be a good chance
Congress in Brief
ly th# Associated Press
Senate:
Debates bills to give congressional
charters to Catholic, Jewish and
French-American war veterans.
Commerce subcommittee contin
ues hearings on bill to limit power
of radio stations, .
Banking'Committee considers re
vision of Taft-EUender-Wagner
housing bill; votes on nomination of
Thomas B. McCabe to Federal Re
serve Board.
Armed Services Committee hears
Secretary of Defense Forrestal and
others behind closed doors on air
power, universal military training,
and draft.
Foreign Relations Committee
meets in closed session to consider
nomination of Paul G. Hoffman to
administer European Recovery Pro
gram.
House:
Un-American Activities Commit
tee considers legislative program.
Kensington C. of C. to See
2 Atomic Energy Films
Two films on atomic energy will be
shown at the Kensington Element
tary School at 8 o’clock tonight at a
meeting of the Kensington Chamber
of Commerce.
Dr. J. B. Buck of the National
Institute of Health and Dr. Jerald
Lowenstein of the Atomic Energy
Plant at Los Alamos, N. Mex., will
speak. The public is invited.
that a $450 compromise pay bill will
be worked out in the Senate.
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee’s official bill calls for $650 pay
raises for Government employes and
$800 for postal workers. But this is
considered too coetly by Senator
Flanders, Republican, of Vermont,
original sponsor of the measure.
Senator Flanders said he favors a
$300 non-postal and $450 postal em
ployes pay raise bill.
Now, however, there are indica
tions that a compromise will be
reached to give Government em
ployes about a $450 pay raise, with
postal workers getting around $550
or $600.
There’s a definite possibility that
Senator Taft, Senate policy leader,
will take charge of the compromise
measure when it reaches the Senate
floor. Senator Taft already has gone
on record as favoring some sort of
a cost-of-living wage adjustment for
Tederal employes.
POLITICAL PRIMER—The Civil
Service Commission soon will issue
its election-year warning to Gov
erntment employes not to engage
| actively in politics in violation of
the Hatch Act.
Here are some of the do’s and
: don’ts to follow:
You may vote for whichever can
didate you prefer, freely express
your opinion among friends or ac
quaintances regarding your political
views and attend campaign meet
ings and rallies as a spectator.
But you cannot engage in any ac
tivity on behalf of any political
candidate or party, even if it is
| only that of a precinct watcher.
You cannot make any speeches in
public on behalf of any candidate,
nor can you contribute money or
collect contributions for any candi
date or party.
If you follow these rules, you’re
pretty safe. Penalty for violating
the Hatch Act in any way is dismis
1 sal from the service.
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I CAPITAL ROUNDUP—The Fed
eral Club will meet at 6 p.m. Mon
day in the Willard Hotel. Guest
speaker will be Representative
Nixon. Republican, of California.
. . . Heating equipment operators,
| engineers and firemen are wanted
! by the military district of Wash
ington. Apply at room 2E-1030, the
Pentagon.
(Aditional news of Govern
ment affairs and personalities
make up Joseph Young's broad
cast version oj the Federal Spot
light at 3:15 p.m. every Sunday
on WMAL, The Star station.)
Women's Peace Unit,
Meeting Here, Urged
To Exercise Power
Mrs. Norman deR. Whitehouse of
New York called today for the wom
en of America to use all their poten
tial power in guiding decisions on
issues in the world crises. She spoke
at the opening of the fifth annual
convention of the Women's Action
Committee for Lasting Peace at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Mrs. Whitehouse. national pres
ident of the committee, warned
against a tendency to yield to a
“sense of hopelessness in the face
of the enormity of world problems*
In her speech of welcome, Mrs.
Lillian T. Mowrer, chairman of the
District chapter, stressed the im
portance of visits of delegations to
Congress, scheduled tomorrow morn
ing.
To Tender Resignation.
“We must convince Congress there
are millions and millions of women
intently watching the way they vote
on these international matters: that
millions and millions are desirous
of changing anarchy between na
tions into a world of law,* she de
clared.
Mrs. Whitehouse announced she
would present her resignation to the
new General Committee to be
elected during the three-day con
vention. Mrs. Dana Converse
Bachus of New York, vice chairman,
has consented to act as national
interim chairman, it was an
nounced.
Issues on which the committee
plans action now and in the near
future include renewal of the recip
rocal trade agreement, United 8tates
membership in the World Health
Organization, and passage of a
“more liberal and just” displaced
persons bill than the one now pro
posed. The organization has called
on its membership to urge congres
sional backing of an amended bill
admitting 100,000 displaced persons
annually rather than 50,000.
Forum Scheduled.
A forum on “Measures We Are
Supporting” was to be held this
afternoon.
The theme of the convention is
“Will We Pay the Price of Peace?"
The annual banquet will be held at
7:30 p.m„ tomorrow at the Mayflow
er Hotel, with Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon as hostess. Speakers will be
Dean Rusk of the State Depart
ment and Anne O’Haxe McCor
mick of the Ntew York Times.
Arlington Church Elects
Dr. Blackwell as Warden
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Ar
lington, has elected Dr. E. M. Black
well as senior warden.
Vestrymen chosen were E. D.
Campbell, H. A. De Lasmutt, J. D.
Evans, D. T. Garnett, Jr.; Charles
Harlan, Franklin Hawkins, Wallace
Hooper, Stephen Ives, H. W. Mohr
backer, Henry Roest, Cheston Smith,
Dr. George J. Stuart, G. L. Stuhr
man, Philip Sullivan and A. W.
Walter, jr.
I New York fo I
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The Mark of Quality in Unfinished Furniture
A Month
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of Unfinished Furniture
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Mr. and Mrs. Chests *
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Formerly Sold
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Not only on
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these chests
are superbly
con structed,
b e a u t i fully
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ready for
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Built of sea
soned white
pine with ply
gunwood
back. They
have 4 draw
ers, stand 36"
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wide, 16"
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Record Cabinets
Were S*ie
18x14, 30 In. high $6.85
34X14, 30 In. high. *10.98 $8.85
30x14, 30 in. high $12.98 $10.85
36x14, 30 in. high $15.00 $12.85
Sectional Bookcases
Were t I *
13x> In., 36 in. high $3.08
18x8 in., 36 in. hlgb-84.08
34x8 in., 36 in. high.86.08
30x8 in., 36 in. high.86.48 $S.j
36x8 in.. 36 in. high. $7.88 $6.85
45x8 in., 38 in. high $0.98 $8.85 •„ '
16x6 in.. 36 in.
corner bookcase .. $6.08 $5.98 I
Many other items on sale, such as coffee and cocktail tables,
desks, comer cabinets, bars, chairs, wardrobes, knick knack
shelves and others. Paint it yourself and save.
MADC AND SOLD BY
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