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Bogota Conference
Stymied on Chile's
Anti-Red Resolution
By th« Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 9.—
The Pan American Conference
bogged down today in its efforts
to obtain unanimous support of
a resolution against communism.
A Chilean source said Chile plans
to ask the American nations next
week to approve her anti-Communist
resolution, even without a unan
imous vote.
Last week Chile distributed among
the delegates a draft calling for
condemnation of what it termed
f' reign-inspired subversive activities.;
Chile asked the Pan American del- j
egates to suggest changes they might
deem necessary.
The Chilean source said the res
olution had not been submitted to
the conference because efforts still
are being made to achieve unan
imous approval in advance. Some
nations have opposed bringing the
matter before the parley unless
assurance of such unanimity is
obtained.
Trunman Asks $500,000,000.
The secretary of the conference
informed the delegates yesterday
that President Truman had asked
Congress to increase the United
States Export-Import Bank’s lend
ing authority by $500,000,000 so it
can provide more funds for Latin:
America. There was no applause
when reading of Mr. Truman’s mes-|
sage was finished.
(In Washington, the President
described his request as one of
a series of steps in a foreign
policy designed to establish
“throughout the world” condi
tions of “a just and lasting
peace.”
(He said the increase would
allow the bank to make loans
“for well-planned development
projects which are economically
Justified, and to co-operate most
effectively with private funds.”
(Senator Vandenberg sent the
presidential request to the Sen
ate Banking Committee.)
Argentine and Mexico delegates
expressed ^pleasure over the Truman I
move. Juan Bramuglia of Argentina
called It “one more contribution
toward continental solidarity.”
Argentina Urges New Bank.
Argentina yesterday urged the
creation of an inter-American bank I
as a move to give Latin America!
more voice in hemisphere loan pol-:
icies.
Orlando Maroglio, president of!
the Argentine Central Bank, said
in a speech to the Economic Com
mittee of the conference that Argen
tina is willing to finance a large
part of the project.
Latin American nations have an
estimated $400,000,000 on deposit in
United States banks. This pre
sumably would be used to capitalize
the inter-American bank.
Secretary of Commerce Harriman1
quickly moved to refer the matter!
to a subcommittee for further study.
He said the United States Govern- j
ment did not care to commit itself:
at this time on the proposal.
The Argentine move supports an
attitude already held by Mexico,;
Peru and Colombia. It conflicted;
with new United States proposals,
Couple Given Farewell in Tokyo
Learn Shinto Priest Wed Them
By th« Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. April 9.—
Temple gongs, reed flutes, and a
Japanese priest murmuring in his
native tongue
That, reasoned the Navy com
mander and the red-haired girl,
was just a beautiful going away
ceremony for their departure from
Tokyo.
The girl, Miss Elizabeth Church,
28, enrolled as an oriental languages
student at the University of Wash
ington after her arrival last fall.
Recently, she translated a doc
ument the priest had given her.
It was a marriage certificate.
And, explained the retired com
mander, Frederick W. Ebersole, to
day—
The departure ceremony actually
was a Shinto marriage ritual,
j The marriage was annulled, to the
i great relief of both, by Superior
i Judge Alfred J. Fritz here yester
' day.
Mr. Ebersole, 34, a socially promi
nent San Francisco chain store ex
ecutive, already was married and
the father of three children. He
and his wife had been separated
| since 1943, but were reconciled after
his return. That nullified an inter -
j locutory divorce—not final for a
! year—which his wife had obtained
; last July.
to strengthen the International
! Bank of Reconstruction as the prin
cipal loan agency for Latin America.
The United States considers the
International Bank and the Export
Import Bank plus private capital as
sufficient to take care of Latin
American economic needs while
United States Government aid • is
going to other parts of the world.
Argentina is not a member of the
International Bank or the World
Monetary Fund.
Mr. Maroglio said in effect that
Argentina considers herself second
only to the United States as a hemi
sphere power in the sense of pos
l sessed wealth. He made no mention
of the fact that Argentina expects
; to receive at least $1,000,000,000 from
the sales of foodstuffs under the;
Marshall Plan.
Parley Directive Opposed.
In connection with the anti-Com
munist resolution, the Chilean in
formant said Mexico and Venezuela
had not decided whether they will
support the resolution in the form
it has been suggested by Chile.
The two nations are reported op
posing a conference directive to in
dividual governments on what ac
tion to take against communism.
Other delegations are said to be
against the present wording of the
proposed resolution. A Chilean dele
gate said it was believed this diffi
culty could be solved.
The Chilean informant said the
conference should approve the anti
communist resolution before the
April 18 elections in Italy.
The Chilean resolution recom
mend that the American nations
take internal measures as soon as
passible to combat totalitarian or
ganizations which it said tend to
I hamper freedom and disrupt inter
; nal economy.
The document also recommends
; that activities by “individuals, na
j tionals or foreigners in favor of the
political interests of powers outside
the hemisphere” be suppressed.
Delegates expressed belief that
any anti-Communist resolution
passed by the conference would not
mention the Soviet Union by name.
These delegates said that, if
unanimity were achieved, the reso
lution may be a simple declaration
against foreign-inspired subversive
activities, leaving the individual
states free to meet the situation in
their own way.
Channel Tunnel Urged
France reports the proposal to
build a Channel tunnel between
France and Britain is now more
attractive than at any time in the
last 80 years.
Lectures on Exhibit's
Italian Art Announced
A lecture of “Italian Paintings
Prom the Kaiser Friederich Mu
seum” will be given at the National
Gallery or Art at 5 p.m. Sunday
by Mrs. Elizabeth K. Frank of the
gallery staff.
Mrs. Frank will discuss the de
velopment of Italian painting from
Giotto to Tiepolo, as exemplified
in the current exhibition of Ger
man-owned paintings.
The lecture will oe repeated at
3:30 p.m. daily, Monday through
Saturday, in the lecture hall of the
gallery.
At 8 p.m. Sunday George Walker,
pianst. will give a recital m the
west garden court. His program
-will include four sonatas by Scar
latti, a Honegger group and com
position of his own.
The "Picture of the Week,” be
ginning Monday at the gallery, will
be Rogier van der Weyden’s “The
Nativity,” on the ground floor, cen
tral gallery. Daily talks on this
picture will be given by Miss Car
olyn Huddle at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday, and 2:30
and 6:30 p.m. next Sunday. The
talks will be in the gallery lecture
hall.
A special survey lecture, “Intro
duction to the Berlin Paintings,”
will be given at 11 am. Monday
through Saturday in the hall.
Foreign Bureau Chiefs
To Talk at A. P. Meeting
ly th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 9—Bureau
chiefs in the news centers of Europe1
and the Western Pacific will report \
on conditions in their areas at the
annual meeting of Associated Press;
members April 19 at the Waldorf-i
Astoria Hotel.
Wes Gallagher, chief of bureau
for Germany, and Russell Brines,
chief of bureau in Japan, are flying
here for the meeting.
Other speakers will include Chris
topher Chancellor, general manager
of Reuters, British news agency, and
Lord Rothermere, proprietor of the
London Daily Mail and other British
newspapers.
20 SS Officers Guilty
Of Wholesale Murder;
Death Penalty Likely
ly th« Associated Press
NUERNBERG, Germany, April
9.—Twenty officers of Hitler’s SS
| (Elite Guard) were convicted of
wholesale murder today in an
American finding so biting the
death penalty for many seemed
inescapable. Sentences will be
announced tomorrow morning,
j A three-judge court found them
! guilty on all three counts of an in
dictment charging the killing of
| at least a million Jews, gypsies and
i others classified by the Nazis as
1 racial undesirables. Only two of
the 22 men in the dock were found
innocent in any degree.
The judgment was handed down
by Presiding Judge Michael A.
Musmanno of Pittsburgh. He
summed up the counts as “plain
murder.’’ The conviction was the
most all-embracing in the history
of the Nuernberg war crimes trials.
One SS captain was acquitted of
two counts—war crimes and crimes
against humanity. He was con
victed of the third—membership in
a criminal organization; namely,
the SS and the SD (a department
that ran a spy system).
One corporal was found innocent
of all three charges because he once
quit the SS and got back into it
only through the draft.
Convicted of all three counts were
four SS generals, 12 colonels, three
majors and one lieutenant.
They were commanding officers of
the Einsatz Commandos. These
! were units, none of more than 2,000
men. established by Reinhard Hey
drich, chief of the security service.
They were sent into Russia behind
the rampaging German armies to
wipe out whole classes of people
Hitler and Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler thought were better off
dead.
Mainly they exterminated Jews.
Their own records, introduced in
court, showed at least a million
slain. The prosecution held that
maybe 2,000,000 died from their bul
lets or in their gas vans.
Admitted Slaying of 90,000.
Among those convicted of all
counts were:
Maj. Gen. Otto Ohlendorf, who
admitted his Einsatz group slew
90,000 Jews.
Brig. Gen. Heinz Jost, veteran
policeman and law expert.
Brig. Gen. Erich Naumann, de
voted Nazi since 1933.
Brig. Gen. Edwin Schulz, long
time police official. ,
Maj. Heinz Schubert, who says he
is a distant relative of composer
Franz Schubert.
The men had various civilian
backgrounds. Some of the others
convicted had been lawyers. One
was a clergyman, one a dentist, an
other a school teacher and a fourth
an opera singer before going into
the SS.
In a general finding yesterday the
I court held that a superior's order
is no. defense against a criminal
charge. It said a soldier is a rea
soning agent, "bound only to obey
the lawful orders of his superior.”
Trial Took Seven Months.
The American prosecution took
only two days of the trial to intro
duce its case. Attorneys simjfly
dumped into the record a mountain
of reports from the units to Berlin.
All the reports told the same dally
story of how many persons had been
killed.
The trial, however, took seven
months. Sitting with Judge Mus
manno were Judge Richard D. Dixon
of North Carolina and Judge John
J. Speight of Alabama.
In acquitting Capt. Felix Ruehl
of two of the counts, the tribunal
concluded he was with the Einsatz
group only three months and never
held executive position. It found,
however, he had been a willing
SS and SD man. .
Matthias Graf, the only noncom
missioned officer tried, was ordered
freed at once.
The court said he never held offi
cer rank of any kind, let his SS
membership lapse in 1936 and did
not take part in executions.
He was the only one to walk out
of court with a clean bill.
British Guiana has placed the sale
of coconuts under government Con
trol.
Apartment Tenants
Startle Examiner,
Favor Rent Increase
James G. Tyson, a District rent
control examiner, believes he has
encountered a rent increase case
without precedent. Tenants agreed
the rents they are paying are among
the lowest in Washington, that the
service is good and that the landlord
is entitled to more money.
The petitioner for the rent in
crease was the Argonne Co., owner
of the 243-unit Argonne Apart
ments, 1629 Columbia road N.W.
|The case was heard yesterday and
the startled Mr. Tyson took it under
advisement.
The company asked a 6.21 per cent
increase in rents and an additional
6.81 per cent in return for redeco
rating an apartment every three
years.
Under this schedule a one-room
and bath apartment renting for $35
a month would be raised to $37.20
with an additional $2.41 a month if
the tenant subscribes to the redec
orating plan.
The largest apartments—five rooms,
two baths and a kitchen—now rent
for $135.50. These would be raised
to $143.81 and the monthly payment
under the redecoration plan would
be $9.41.
12 Support Increases.
About 25 persons representing the
tenants were present and about 12
testified in support of the increases.
Witnesses for the company were
Stacy M. Reed, vice president and
treasurer; James Parrill, auditor,
and Clyde Brown, building manager.
Rents have not been changed since
1934, according to testimony.
A hearing was held today before
William P. Clark, examiner, for in
creased rents for apartments in
Winthrop House, 1727 Massachusetts
avenue N.W.
The hearing involved only 22
apartments of the 120-unit building,
the tenants of 98 apartments having
consented to increase and waived
their rights of being heard.
Increases to $65.45 for a $59.50
unit and to $98.45 for an $89.50 unit
are sought.
Other Petitions Filed.
A petition was filed yesterday for
a 10 per cent increase in rents for
the 204 units in the building at 2800
Woodley road N.W. Two room
suites, now renting for $57.50, would
go to $62.67, and four room suites,
now $157.50, would be raised to
$171.67.
The petitioner is the L. & S. Con
struction Co.
The Morris Ca fritz Co. asked for
increases for the Gwenwood Apart
ments, a 147-unit structure at 1020
Nineteenth street N.W., and tho
Empire Apartments at 2000 F street
N.W. Increases of about 10 per
cent are sought.
In the Gwenwood a one-and—half
room apartment now rents for $40,
and a three-room apartment for
$100. Rents of $44 and $110 ars
sought.
In the Empire a one-and-a-half
room suite, now renting for $47.50,
would go to $52, and the rent of a
three-room suites would be increased
from $89.50 to $98.
Banquet Speaker Named
Dr. Joseph W. Seay, executive di
rector of the National Home and
Property Owners' Foundation, will
address the men’s bible classes of
Westover Baptist Church at a ban
quet at 7 pm. next Friday at Vir
ginia Manor, North Glebe road and
North Washington boulevard, Arl
ington.
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