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Revolt Subsides, Tanks Guard
American Personnel in Bogota;
100 Reported Killed, 200 Injured
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Colombian Army
Sends Escort to
U. S. Embassy
Sy the Associated Press
Colombian Army forces with
tanks and motor trucks arrived
at the American Embassy in
downtown riot-wrecked Bogota
in mid-morning to remove
United States personnel to other
sections of the city.
This was reported to Undersec
retary of State Robert Lovett about
10 a.m. (EST) by Assistant Secre
tary Norman Armour, who is a
member of thl United States dele
gation to the disrupted Inter-Amer
ican Conference at Bogota.
Scores of delegation officials and
Embassy and delegation staff mem
bers had been marooned in the Em
bassy and a nearby office building
since midday yesterday—many
without food since yesterday's
breakfast.
Earlier, dispatches from Amer
ican correspondents said that nu
merous fires broke out during the
night in the building housing the
Embassy. However, they were ex
tinguished and the Americans were
not menaced by the flames.
Phone Call Delayed Hour.
Mr. Lovett put in a telephone call
from his State Department office to
Bogota shortly before 9 a.m. today
and the connection was made in
about 50 minutes, he subsequently
told newsmen. »
He reported that the Embassy staff
and delegation personnel were “all
okay.”
Secretary of State Marshall and
Other ranking officials were reported
still at a suburban residence where
they had been since yesterday. -They
also were all right.
Much of Mr. Armour's report here
paralleled dispatches from Ameri
can correspondents in Bogota.
Mr. Armour said that the Embassy
staff had brought under control a
Are in the mail wing of the Embassy
which had caught in the middle of
the night from a flaming warehou.se
next door.
20 Blocks Sealed Off.
News dispatches said "the airmail
postoffice” in the building was
burned out. They made no mention
of damage to the Embassy offices.
Meanwhile, fire had threatened a
building across the street housing
Embassy cable personnel and other
employes. The flames broke out on
a lower floor. The employes elected
to fight the Are and they put it out.
Mr. Armour reported that early
this morning three Colombian sol
diers showed up at the embassy.
Their main job appeared to be to
drive away rioters and fire on any
looters who tried to carry off sup
plies scattered in the streets. Larger
forces of government troops were
reported to have sealed off an area
of about 20 blocks in the city.
The dispatch of troops to evac
uate embassy personnel evidently
was taken on direct orders of the
ministry of war after consultation
with United States officials. Mr.
Armour told Mr. Lovett that the
minister sent trucks, troops and
tanks at 10 a.m. to get the barri
caded staff out of the embassy and
deliver individuals to their quarters.
In Contact With Marshall.
Mr. Armour and others in the
Embassy were in constant com
munication with Gen. Marshall and
his group at the suburban residence.
The American newspapermen, with
normal communications blocked,kept
a stream of dispatches flowing into
the State Department.
The 10th one, relating the scene
«s dawn broke in Bogota, brought
the news that a series of fires in the
Embassy building had been overcome
without danger to the Americans.
Full details of the fires were lacking.
It told of "an almost ominous
silence” after dawn today over the
looted dowmtow’n section of Bogota.
Crowds Disperse Without Force.
The dispatch said:
The crowds dispersed in the early
morning hours without any show
of force by the government in the
city in general.
At 6 a.m. after dawm. a few per
sons remained on the streets in
the downtown section, "but they are
sort of visiting already looted stores
to see if anything is left to take
home.
“Strangely, however, no troops or
police appeared on the streets at
daylight despite quiet. They ap
parently are still confined to the.
presidential palace area.”
The numerous fires in the build
ing w'here the embassy is located
occurred on the ground floor and
were "put out.”
"Persons in the embassy quarters
remained throughout with none of
(See WASHTnGTON, Page A-3.) j
U. S. Plane Detained
MANILA, April 10 (/P).—Radio
Australia in a broadcast heard here
said today an American plane load
ed with would-be Jewish immi
grants from Paris was detained at
Perth because it landed without
proper clearance. Perth is in West
ern Australia.
De Gaulle Backers Wounded
EPERNAY. Prance. April 10 </P).—
Four members of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle’s "People's Rally” were
wounded last night by grenades
thrown by unknown persons, the
French Press Agency said today.
The town election is tomorrow.
Paraguay Nips Communist Plot
Believed Linked to Others
ASUNCION, Paraguay (/P).—Paraguayan police
announced today they had scotched an attempted
Communist coup. They said it was co-ordinated with
similar moves in other countries aimed at interfering
with the inter-American conference at Bogota. Police
said four Communist leaders were arrested and rifles
and hand grenades were seized. Also they said a radio
transmitter has been captured and 5,000 copies of
plans for a revolution.
A police communique said a plan for revolt in
cluded attacks on police stations and telephone ex
changes simultaneously throughout the country. For
eigners and government officials were to have been
assassinated.
The plotters were said to have planned a new gov
ernment of military men sympathetic to the liberal
•Febrerista Party. The Communist Party has been out
lawed sincethemiddle of 1947.
U. S. Court Sentences
14 SS Officers to Hang
For Killings in Russia
Two Get Life, Five Prison
In Stiffest Judgment of
War Crimes Trials
By the Associated Press
NUERNBERG, Germany, April
10.—Fourteen officers of the SS
(Elite Guard) were sentenced
today to hang for at least a mil
lion killings. The sentences
wound up the biggest murder
trial in history.
The men were leaders of the
“Einsatz Commandos." These were
special etxermination squads sent
into Russia to do away with peoples
classified by the Nazis as racially un
desirable.
Two other men drew life terms.
Another five were sent to prison for
lesser terms ranging down to 10
years.
Stiffest Nuernberg Judgment.
The judgment by the American
court w'as the stiffest ever handed
down in the Neurnberg war crimes
trials.
The international military tribunal
which tried top Nazi leaders con
demned only 12 defendants to death.
Sentence w’as pronounced by
Judge Michael A. Musmanno of
Pittsburgh, presiding over a three
man court, at the end of a trial
lasting seven months.
Mai. Gen. Otto Ohlendorf was
one of those sentenced to death.1
He admitted in the trial that his
Einsatz group killed 90.000 Jew’s.
Maj. Heinz Schubert was another
of the condemned. He claims dis-!
tant relationship to Franz Schubert,
the composer.
20 Found Guilty.
Ohlendorf and 19 co-defendants1
were found guilty yesterday of all
three counts of the indictment
against them: War crimes, crimes
against humanity and membership
in a criminal organization—the SS
and the SD. The latter was a spy
directing group. They were held to
blame for at least 1,000,000 murders.
Another defendant was found
guilty only of membership in a
criminal organization, and the last
was acquitted.
The slightly built Ohlendorf, 41
year-old former leador of “Einsatz
Commandos,” heard the sentence
with the detached air of a man who
knew it was ordained all along.
Ohlendorf was top man in a spe
cial brigade of 2,000 triggermen or-1
ganized by Hitler and Heinrich
Himmler to follow armies into Rus- i
sia and wipe out Jews, gypsies and
others tagged by the Nazis as “ra
cial undesirables.”
Judges Impose Sentences.
Judge Musmanno, Judge John J.
Speight of Alabama and Judge
Richard Dixon of North Carolina
imposed the sentences in the court
room where Hermann Goering and
other leading Nazis were condemned
i See NUER1?BERG7Page A-3.)
Jerusalem Outskirts
Shelled by Arab Guns;
Fall of Kastel Claimed
Jews Refuse to Comment
On Enemy Reports That
Key Town Is Retaken
By tht Associated Press
JERUSALEM, April 10—Jeru
salem’s outskirts were bombard
ed by artillery at sunset tonight
as the Jewish-Arab fight for the
approaches to the holy city went
into its second week.
Arab field guns stationed in the
Judean mountains hurled eight 25
pound shells into the Jewish suburb
of Givat Shaul (Hill of Saul). This
is 1,000 yards from Deir Yassin,
which a Jewish striking force occu
pied yesterday.
The attack, at nightfall, climaxed
a day of savage fighting for half
a dozen points along the Jerusalem
end of the Judean mountain high
way 'connecting the Holy City with
the coastal plain. Both Arabs and
Jews issued counterclaims about
places captured. Arabs said they
had recaptured Kassel, a key point
between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Jews Refuse to Comment.
Jewish sources refused to com
ment on the status of the village.
Kastel, 5 miles northwest of Jeru
salem, has changed hands several
times during the past week.
An official Arab spokesman said
the “position was reoccupied’” after
five hours of fighting.
The Zionists, seeking to keep open
a supply route for Jerusalem's 100,
000 hungry Jews, had recaptured
Kastel yesterday after previously
lasing it.
The Arabs launched an artillery
offensive against the village, sit
uated atop a hill commanding the
Tel Aviv highway. They were
commanded by Hassan Bey Sala
meh, who assumed direction of Ju
dean Arabs after the death in the
Kasel battle of Abdul Khadder Bey
Husseini, a cousin of the exiled
Mufti of Jerusalem. They mounted
(See PALESTINE, Page A-3.)
Late News
Bulletins
Russia Vetoes Italy in U. N.
LAKE SUCCESS (*>>.—Russia
vetoed Italy’s bid for United
Nations membership today for
the third time.
(Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Stassen Files in W. Va.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April
10 UP).—Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota filed today in the
West Virginia Republican
presidential primary. The
vote in West Virginia primaries
is advisory only and the dele
gates are not bound to any
candidates.
(Earlier Story on Page A-7.)
House Will Get Bills to Curb
U. S. Communists Next Week
A legislative program intended
to place new hobbles on the
activities of Communists in the
United States will be offered the
House next week by its Commit
tee on Un-American Activities.
The proposals for new statuatory
tools are designed to facilitate prose
cution of Communist leaders and
hamper “front” organizations by
requiring their registration. They
were approved unanimously by the
committee yesterday and made pub
lic by Representative Nixon. Repub
lican. of California, chairman of
the Subcommittee that drafted
them.
In explaining the program, Mr.
Nixon emphasized it would not out
law the Communist Party, since the
committee wishes to permit con
tinuance of "legitimate political ac
tivity'' -bv Communists. He con
ceded. however, definitions con
tained in the legislation would have
m %a
the effect of outlawing the party
‘‘as presently constituted.”
Plan Based on Conspiracy.
The plan is aimed at making Com
munist Party leaders subject to
criminal prosecution on conspiracy
charges.
Mr. Nixon said he expects it to
get "high priority” from House
leaders.
“This legislative program.” Mr.
Nixon told reporters, "is as vital to
the security of the country as the
European Recovery Program and the
military defense recommendations
of the President.
“The other two. without this,
would leave a fatal defect in our
national security.
Mr. Nixon said that, under the
plan, if the Communist Party were
found to be “conspiring,” William
Z. Foster could be prosecuted as its
leader. Top penalty on conviction
(Sea COMMUNISTS, Page A-2.J
4 '
35 Buildings Set
Ablaze, Center of
Capital Is Looted
DISTRICT RESIDENT Gives Eye
witness Account of Colombia
Fighting. Page A-3.
By th* Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 10.—
Revolutionary rioting subsided
early today in the burning and
looted center of Bogota. A presi
dential statement said forces of
the Conservative government
controlled the situation.
< A Colombian radio station
broadcast an announcement that
martial law had been proclaimed
throughout the country by the
President and a 7 p.m. curfew has
been ordered by the army. It
said all necessary measures to re
store order were being taken.)
Delegates to the Ninth Pan Amer
ican Conference still were cooped up
in their headquarters, facing a
shortage of food.
The newspaper El Tiempo said 100
were killed and 200 were injured in
the revolt, which flared suddenly
yesterday with the assassination of
the liberal party leader. Some 35
buildings were put to the torch by
a howling mob.
Fighting Near U. S. Embassy.
A gun battle raged last night near
the United States Embassy, and a
series of flres broke out in the build
ing which houses the Embassy. The
fires were quelled and the Embassy
staff did not leave the building.
As dawn came, gangs still roamed
the streets, setting new flres.
Shooting broke out sporadically,
but by 6 a.m. the streets were al
most deserted. Those who remained
poked around the remains in the
looted, burning shops. No police or
troops were seen on the main streets.
Apparently they still were confined
to the area of the Presidential
Palace.
(Secretary of State Marshall
and his American staff in Bogota
for the Inter-American Confer
ence all are safe, the' Secretary
reported by telephone to Wash
ington last night.)
The large plaza south of the
United States Embassy was ablaze
last night and a gun battle raged
nearby.
Liberal Leader Assassinated.
The revolution followed the as
sassination yesterday of a Liberal
leader and resulted in the setting
up of a liberal junta. The govern
ment of President Mariano Ospina
Perez is mainly conservative.
One American, John Powell, dip
lomatic courier, was reported
among those hurt.
No police were seen on the street.
The few soldiers about apparently
were unable to halt the widespread
looting.
Earlier last night, President
Mariano Ospina Perez said forces
of the conservative government
were regaining control of the situ
ation.
The President issued a commu
nique accusing Communists of in
citing the uprising.
(Diplomatic dispatches reach
ing the State Department in
Washington reported Communists
appear to be abetting the revolu
tion and helping attempts to
pfovoke a strike).
Liberal Regime Proclaimed.
Ospina Perez said the fighting was
diminishing.
Revolutionary leaders claimed,
however, the revolution was spread
ing throughout the country. Earlier
in the day ihe Liberals proclaimed
their own government.
(Parts of this story were re
ceived in the form of a joint dis
patch sent from Bogota by
foreign correspondents, includ
, ing Joseph F. McEvoy of the As
sociated Press, and received by
the State Department. Other
portions came direct from Bogota
by commercial channels and still
others were relayed by the As
sociated Press Bureau in Caracas,
Venezuela.
(Other portions reached the
Associated Press in New York
by radio transmission from the
(See BOGOTATPage A-3J * j
Reduced Prices Go
In Effect in Russia
By th« A*sociot#d Press
MOSCOW, April 10. — Russian
housewives went shopping today i
with a ruble that bought more be
cause prices have been cut.
Piavda, Communist Party news
paper, said:
“The steady reduction in prices is
the stable policy conducted by the
party and the government. New
reductions are proved possible
thanks to the general advance of
the national economy, which saw
the main divisions of Socialist in-,
dustry fulfill its plan in the first
quarter, before schedule.”
The great Russian delicacy, ca
viar, fell in price. Red caviar went
down 10 per cent, oiack 20.
Price cuts followed a decree of
the council of ministers yesterday
reducing prices 10 to 20 per cent
on a broad range of goods.
The cuts hit everything from
Mostivich automobiles, down 10 per
cent, to vodka, wines, beer and soft
drinks, down 20 per cent.
(The Moscow radio, heard in
London quoted Pravda as saying
that life has become better and i
easier in the Soviet Union.
Did Somebody Forget About Those Wings?
Cherry Blossom Fete
To Crown Queen at
Hains Point Today
Princesses May Don Coats;
Warmer Weather for
Sunday Rites Forecast
(Pictures on Page A-12.)
In a setting of flowering trees
and pageantry, Postmaster Gen
eral Donaldson was to crown
10-year-old Doris Sheldon of
Claymont, Del., queen of Wash
ington’s 1948 Cherry Blossom
Festival on Hains Point this
afternoon.
The blond, blue-eyed daughter of
a seamstress was to receive her
crown at 2:30 p.m.
The Weather Bureau promised
fair but cold weather for the 150,
000 persons expected to witness the
ceremonies opening the two-day
celebration.
If the temperature goes no higher
than the middle 50s as predicted,
the 47 Cherry Blossom princesses
representing 44 States and three
territories may have to wear coats
<wer their light spring garb.
It will be warmer tomorrow, when
the festival program is to be re
peated, the forecaster said. The
ceremonies begin at 1:30 p.m. both
days, with a concert by the Army
Band.
Uncle to Escort Queen.
The first Cherry Blossom queen
ever chosen outside Washington and
in Nation-wide competition was to
be escorted by her uncle, Navy Chief
Kenneth G. Hayden, of 2515 Cliff
bourne place N.W. Miss Sheldon is
visiting her uncle and aunt, Mrs.
Martha Hayden.
The city’s hotels were booked to
capacity for the week end and
American Automobile Association
officials expected a heavy influx of
• See FESTIVAL, Page A-T) j
45 Injured in Crash
01 Texas Interurbans
By th* Associattd Pr«i
DALLAS. Tex., April 10— Forty
five' persons were Injured, live
critically, In the head-on crash of
two interurbans just north of Vick
ery in Dallas County today.
The accident occurred on the
Dallas-Sherman-Denison line.
The electrically operated inter
urbans crashed head-on and were
telescoped—the northbound car
plowing 16 feet into the southbound,
Charles Dameron, Dallas newspa
perman said.
H. F. Floyd, general superintend
ent of the Texas Electric Railway
Co., reported earlier that no one had
been killed. He said the cause of the
accident in a cut on a curve, rras
undetermined.
J. R. Lynch of Van Alstyne, Tex.,
passenger on the southbound car,1
said:
"I saw the other interurban com-!
ing about 100 yards away around a
curve. Neither of the cars was
going slow.”
Approximately 17 ambulances
were delayed reaching the scene' by
extensive traffic tieup.
Fighting Between Reds,
Burmese Troops Spreads
Sy the Associated Frost
RANGOON, Burma, April 10.—
Fighting fanned out today as Bur
mese troops battled Communist
rebels in scattered areas.
A communique said the latest
Communist action was at Migyaung
! gaung, in the Bassein district of the
! Irrawaddy Delta. There rebels with
tommy guns, Sten guns and rifles
captuied a handful of police and 15
travelers. They looted the police
station of arms, ammunition and
currency. Later they released all
but two of their prisoners.
Armed Burmese police and Kachin
riflemen made sorties in the turbu
| lent district of Sagaing. where Com
munists reportedly have adopted the
Russian military salute. Skirmishes,
continued in Central Burma.
Eisenhower Calls on Truman,
Says'No' on Candidacy Stands
Bars Further Public Discussion of Politics;
Defense Layout Topic of Conversation
Gen. Eisenhower said after a
White House call today that he
had discussed politics publicly
for the last time and that he
“meant every word” of his Janu
ary letter to a New Hampshire
publisher renouncing presiden
tial aspirations.
The former Army Chief of Staff
conferred with President Truman
for some time this morning, but
told reporters afterward that their
conversation was devoted entirely
to defense matters.
The President, Gen. Eisenhower
said, “wanted to talk a little about
the general layout of our defense
system and the subject of balance,
on which the President, the Secre
tary (Porrestal) and I are in gen
eral agreement.”
Soviet Proposes Ban
On All Commercial
Flights to Berlin
Telephone and Telegraph
Communications Also
Target in New Move
ly th« Associated Pros*
BERLIN, April 10.—American
and British officials said today
the Russians have proposed ban
ning of commercial flights to
Berlin In a move to hamper air
communications of the western
powers with the German capital.
The Russians were also moving to
interfere with telephone and tele
graph communications between the
western powers and Berlin, the offi
cials said.
This was the latest development
in the apparent move by Russia
to force the western powers out of
the German capital. The Russians
already have imposed road and rail
restrictions on the western Allies
in Berlin.
Air Travel Curb Proposed.
The Russians have proposed a
number of “air safety regulations”
covering air traffic over the Russian
zone corridors. British and Amer
ican officials said these are designed
to restrict air travel between the
west and Berlin.
In addition to banning of com
mercial flights to Berlin.the Rus
sians seek to bar night flying and
limit training and engineering
flights. Berlin is a terminus of the
American Overseas Airway’s trans
(S^ImUN, Page A-2.)
Asked if any politics came up.
Gen. Eisenhower jokingly responded,
"I never talk politics—I don't know,
anything about it.”
A reporter recalled that aides
had had something to say recently
on that subject and wondered if
the general had anything to add.
“I made up my mind to say noth
ing more,” Gen. Eisenhower said.
“I wrote a letter—I meant every
word of it. I have told my aides
they would have to do the talking.
I’m not saying anything more. I
find it doesn't do any good.”
The letter to which Gen. Eisen
hower referred was sent to Leonard
V. Finder, publisher of the Man
chester (N. H.) Leader, on Jan
uary 23.
Mr. Finder, who had been boost
ing the general for the Republican
(See-EISENHOWER, Page A-2.)
Spaatz Ready to Fight
Any Move 'to Saddle
2 Air Forces on U. 5.'
General Plans to Speak
Out as Citizen When
He Retires in June
By Robert S. Allen
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, retiring
Air Chief of Staff, has served
blunt notice on the Defense De
partment and the Navy that he
“will be their mortal enemy if
, they try to saddle the people of
| the country with two air forces.”
The grizzled air commander threw
down this gauntlet at a meeting
of top military commanders in the
Pentagon this week.
Gen. Spaatz made it clear to the
Army, Navy and Defense Depart
ment chiefs present that, if they
persist in opposing adequate Air
Force expansion, he is prepared to
make a public issue of their attitude
after he retires in June.
"As you know,” he told the as
sembled chiefs of staff, “I had long
| planned to retire because I need a
; rest. But I am also retiring in
order to be free to speak out as
a citizen on the subject of national
security. That is of paramount im
portance to our country and the
peace of the world today and X pro
pose to write and talk about it.
Particularly, I am going to speak
and write about air power.
‘,‘Air power is the decisive military
factor today. Last year, Congress
enacted a law creating an independ
ent Air F’orce. That law gave tangi
ble recognition to the fact that air
(See SPAATZ, Page A-3.)
City Health Inspector May Enter
Home WithoutWrit,Court Rules
By John W. Stepp
Judge John P. McMahon today
sustained the right of health in
spectors here to enter and inspect
a private home without a search
warrant to determine whether health
law violations exist.
The judge announced his decision
in Municipal Court before sentenc
ing a woman home owner to pay a
$25 fine or serve 10 days in jail on
a charge that she hindered such an
inspection last September 9.
The defendant, Mrs. Geraldine
Little, 40, of 1315 Tenth street N.W., j
noted through her attorney, Jeff
Busby, that she would appeal from
the verdict. She later was released
under a $100 appeal bond.
Judge McMahon cited a Supreme
Court decision stating it is “firmly
established that States—and, there
fore, municipal bodies under legis
lative sanction—may prescribe such
regulations as may be reasonable,
necessary and appropriate for the
protection of public health and
comfort.” i
Asserting it is a householder's duty
to see that refuse on his property
does not cause a health nuisance,
the Supreme Court has declared
that he "may be compelled to sub
mit even to an inspection of his
premises.”
Health officers testified in the trial
last October that Mrs. Little forcibly
prevented them from inspecting her
home.
Her attorney contends the in
spectors violated Mrs. Little’s con
stitutional rights by trying to enter
without a search warrant, and ques
tioned whether the District Com
missioners are vested by Congress
with the right to enact the regula
tion authorizing warrant-free in
spections.
“This whole question centers on
the liberty of the individual and
his home,” Mr. Busby declared, in
answer to Judge McMahon’s ruling
that the Commissioners do have
proper authority to enact a regula
tion "necessary and proper” to pro
tect public health.
' --— I
Senator Bridges
Is Named Third
Pension Trustee
UMW Chief, Van Horn
Agree at Session
Arranged by Martin
Indications that end of the
27-day-old soft coal strike may
be near came quickly today after
House Speaker Martin stepped
into the dispute as an unex
pected peacemaker.
Mr. Martin called John L. Lewis.
United Mine Workers’ chieftan. and
Ezra Van Horn, operators’ repre
sentative, into a special conference
and afterward predicted early settle
ment of the dispute.
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Martin agreed
that a settlement on the key pen
sion issue might be threshed out
within 48 hours. And then, Mr.
Lewis told reporters. "I think it Is
a reasonable assumption the men
will return to work.”
Bridges Third Trustee.
Mr. Martin said Mr. Lewi* and
Mr. Van Horn quickly agreed on
Senator Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire to be a third, or neutral,
member of the Board of Trustees
for the miners’ pension fund.
A dispute over payments from the
pension fund led to the walkout of
miners March 15. The board has
been without a third member since
January, when Thomas Murray of
New York resigned. The absence of
a neutral member has been cited a*
one reason for failure to reach an
agreement.
Mr. Martin told reporters that
agreement on the member has been
the "great difficulty.”
Meeting Called Tomorrow.
As chairman of the trustees. Mr.
Lewis called a meeting for 10 a m.
tomorrow.
Asked whether he expects any
difficulties in reaching an under
standing on the pension question,
Mr. Van Horn said: "We will have
'< to take that up when we get to it."
The surprise turn in the coal
strike came as the Government
called for surveys of fuel stocks at.
power plants in the light of rapidly
dwindling supplies.
In event the strike is not settled,
the survey could be the basis for an
appeal for power curtailment.
Negotiators for the United Mine
Workers and the operators were
continuing their discussions of
points in dispute when Mr. Martin
made his move seeking an end to
thq, strike.
Senator Bridges is in New York
and it was not known immediately
what part he played in the Martin
effort, if any.
The Speaker said Senator Bridges
would have to return here for to
morrow’s board meeting, otherwise
talks would have started this after
noon.
Bridges Accept Job.
Senator Bridges announced
through his office that he would
accept the job. His administrative
assistant, Wesley Powell, reached
him by telephone and told re
porters that Senator Bridges "will
accept the appointment.”
"The Senator recognizes the major
responsibility involved but he recog
nizes also the urgent need for a
solution of the problem,” Mr. Powell
said. "Although the responsibility
| is a great one it will in no way
| conflict with his senatorial duties
1 and he accepts it as an opportunity
to be of further service to the
j country.”
Mr. Martin described Mr. Lewis
and Mr. Van Horn as “generous'' in
a “desire to bring an end to the
difficulty.”
He said he called the men into
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Stocks Stage Rally
On Coal Peace Move
ly th« A»sodat#d Pr#**
I NEW YORK, April 10.—Led by
steels, the stock market enjoyed a
last-minute selective rally today on
word that a quick settlement of the
I coal mine walkout was likely.
Losers predominated during most
of the proceedings as further profits
! were cashed by professionals who
expected a technical correction of
! the lengthly upswing to the high
for 1948.
Aside from labor disputes, the
South American revolt and other
international situations Inspired
caution. On the other hand, infla
tionary psychology, stemming from
rearmament and European relief,
still served to prop bullish contin
gents.
Dealings quickened at intervals.
Early losses of fractions were erased
in many cases at the close but the
minus column was well filled.
Transfers for the two hours ran to
about 500.000 shares.
Ahead moderately were the steels.
General Motors. Chrysler. American
' Telephone, New York Central. Ana
conda, Chesapeake & Ohio and Gulf
0il'
Police Chief in Mexico
Killed in Plane Crash
ly tha Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, April 10—Federal
police headquarters last night re
ported Police Comdr. Rafael E. Palo
mar was killed in a plane crash
The police chief headed the gov
ernment campaign against opium
racketeers in northern Mexico. The
accident yesterday occurred at Ba
borigama in the Chihuahua Moun
tains when the plane attempted to
land. Also killed was the army
pilot, Lt. Francisco Lopez Domin
guez.