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Gen. Irving Stresses
Need for UMT in Talk
Before Rotarians
Declaring there is “no second prize
In war” Maj. Gen. Frederick A.
Irving, chief of Career Manage
ment Group, Army general staff,
today told Rotarians that military
training is necessary to defend our
shores against aggression.
Gen. Irving addressed the sec
ond-day session of the 180th Dis
trict Conference of Rotary Inter
national at the Mayflower Hotel.
He took the place of Maj. Gen.
John E. Dahlqulst, deputy director
of personnel, who could not be
present.
“Knowing our potential, a fu
ture enemy will be certain to strike
the first blow.” Gen. Irving said.
“Only with continued public in
terest can we keep ourselves pre
pared.”
Costs Are Cited.
He Added that Americans should
not be misled by statements about
a push-button war. Ground forces,
he declared, are still all-important.
He added that the cost of one year's
universal military training would
amount to the cost of but one week
of World War n and one-tenth of
the money spent on luxuries each
year.
“Think carefully," Gen. Irving
concluded, “about our national
security in the light of international
affairs and support measures to
help it."
Gen Irving's address followed a
talk on "Realism and Idealism in
International Affairs” by Will R.
Manier, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., past
president of Rotary International.
George Alien Is Speaker.
The conference was to hear As
sistant Secretary of State George
V. Allen at luncheon today, and
Senator Hlckenlooper, Republican
of Iowa, who is chairman of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
was to be among the speakers this
afternoon.
Sight-seeing occupied the dele
gates yesterday, followed by a buffet
supper and a greeting by the Rev.
Robert E. Sherrill, pastor of Wash
ington Heights Presbyterian Church.
Music was offered by the George
Washington University glee club.
Mrs. Truman was to receive
women delegates at the White
House this afternoon, to be followed
by a tea and style show at the
Shoreham Hotel. Mr. Le Roy will
be host at a banquet at 7:30 o’clock
tonight at the Mayflower, bringing
the conference to a close.
De Gaullists Win Majority j
In Algerian Assembly Vote
By tho Associated Press
ALGIERS, April 12.—'The Algerian
election has given Gen. Charles
de Gaulle's Rally of the French
People a majority In the first col
lege of the Consultative Assembly,
returns showed today.
Balloting took place on two suc
cessive Sundays. Yesterday’s vot- j
lng was calm in contrast to the
previous week’s, when seven Arabs1
were killed in a voting-booth riot.
Gen. de Gaulle’s party heads a
coalition of moderates and right-*
wingers pledged to continuance of
French sovereignty in North Africa.
In the first college, mostly French,
It won 39 of the 60 seats.
In the second college, composed
largely of Moslems, Independents,
half of them pro-French, won 36
■eats. The Nationalist parties of
Messoli HadJ and Ferhat Abbas
won nine and eight respectively. !
The body that was elected will J
be Algeria's first home-rule as
sembly. _
Havre de Grace Scratches
Cloudy and muddy.
First race — Scheme, Patience,
Heredero II, Miss Saint. Dawn dale,
Rebline, Get Set. Liberty Head.
Second race—Marion Clarke, Vir
ginia R. W., Blue Egret, Wise
cracker.
Third race—All Hostess, Bold
Knot, Cock of the Walk.
Fourth race—Sandy Pam. Sir
Jinx, Quick News, Hawkwood Aress,
Rossie Derby, Stanley, Empujohn,
Tryout.
Sixth race—Frenchtown, Certified.
Eighth race—Scotch Flag, His
tory Maker, Paragram, Inez M.,
Tred Torch.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Consider
able cloudiness and windy with
scattered showers and highest tem
perature in the upper 70's this after
noon. Mostly cloudy and cooler to
night and tomorrow. With showers
late tonight and tomorrow. Lowest
tonight about 48.
Maryland and Virginia—Mostly
cloudy and cooler with scattered
showers mostly in west portion to
night. Tomorrow considerable
cloudiness and cooler with scattered
showers.
Wind velocity, 10 mp-h.; direction,
west-northwest.
River Report.
j (Prom United statu Engineer! )
i Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Perry
gnd slightly muddy at Great Palla. Shen
tdoah cloudy at Harpera Perry.
Humidity.
Yesterday. Pet. Today Pet
SSm _ ®5 Midnight -MI
a pm _ 96 8 a.m. --76
■ p.m. _8® 1:30 pm -69
High and Low for Yesterday.
■ High, 63, at 11:58 pm.
■ Low. 48. at 12:02 a m
1 Racard Temperatures Thla Tear.
J Hlghge. 86, on March 21
! Lowest. S. an January 26.
Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United Statu Coaat and
* Geodetic Survey.)
a Today. Tomorrow. I
High _ 9:48 a.m. 4:04 a.m.
Xgiw _10:30 a.m. 4:34 a.m.
Sigh _ 10:10 p.m. 4 54 p m ■
XSw _ 10:57 pm. 5:36 pm
The San and Moon.
Rises. Bets. i
Bun. today_ 5:35 6:42
Bun. tomorrow_ 5:34 6:43 I
Moon, today,. 7:14 a m 10:18 p.m
t Automobile llchta must ba turned on 1
one-naif hour after sunset.
Preeluitatlon.
! Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
• Month. 1948 Aver. Record
January _ 4.57 3.55 7.83 '371
Ffbruary _ 1.88 3.27 6 R4 84:
lurch_ 3.68 3.75 8.84 '91
April _ 1.76 3.27 9.13 '691
*iy . 8.7Q 10,89 '89
J*na _ 4.13 10.94 '0(1
July - 4.71 10.63 '86,
August _ 4 01 14.41 '281
Suptember _ 3.24 17.46 '34
'll
Dacember _ 3.32 7 56 '01
Temperature* in Varieua Cities.
High Low. High Low
|buaueroue 76 Miami 77 74
‘ *3 Milwaukee 61 37
New Orleana 85 72
New York 55 53
Norfolk 67 66
Okla City . 78 61
4.8 Omaha 60 46
45 Phoenix , 79 4 7
Pittsburgh 69 47
Portland,Me. 43 37
St. Louis 72 46
S. Lake City 49 34
San Antonio 96 69
^Francisco 67 47
attic ..-65 42
mpa _ 85 69
nerve* n*»>.
"Degree dayg.” yauterdar_ S
Accumulated degree days"_4.186
AMERICAN TANKS AND GUNS ARRIVE IN TURKEY—Tanks and guns from the United States are lined up on flat cars along
a wharf at Istanbul’s Golden Horn, ready for movement Into Turkey’s interior. The military equipment is part of America’s aid
to Turkey and is intended to build up that country’s defenses. —AP Wlrephoto.
Bank Firm Asks SEC
To Determine if Kaiser
Gave False Stock Data
By tht Associated Press
The Cleveland banking Arm of
Otis <fc Co. today asked the Securi
ties jand Exchange Commission to
decide whether Kaiser-Frazer Corp.
gave “false” information about a
$10,000,000 stock offering.
The request was made in a peti
tion filed today with the commis
sion as it prepared to open public
hearings into the sudden collapse
of a banking agreement to sell
900,000 common shares of the motor
company's stock to the public.
On February 9 Otis <fc Co. and
the First California Co. of San
Francisco withdrew from a con
tract to sell the stock at $13 a share.
The Otis petition asked the com
mission to broaden ita investigation
to cover two {joints:
1. “To determine whether the reg
istration statement filed by the
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. contained false:
and misleading statements” and
2. To decide "whether there was
manipulation of the market byi
Kaiser-Frazer Corp.” in violation of
the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
Inadequate Registration Cited.
Otis & Co. in Its position alleged
it would have been “contrary to
the public interest” to have com
pleted the sale of the stock.
After the effective date of the
registration statement. February 3,
the petition said. Otis <fc Co. dis
covered information which led it to
believe that the registration state
ment was "inadequate.”
On February 3 Kaiser-Frazer
bought 186.000 shares of its own
stock on the New York Curb Ex
change at a cost of about $2,500,000.
Otis alleged that this had created
an “artificial market.”
. - 2a. ils registration statement, filed
February 3 with the SEC, the motor
company said that the $10,000,000
from the stock sale would be used
primarily to enable the company
to increase its output from 1,000
Jfi 1,500 cars a jflay. *
* i Hearings 1 Follow Proffc. J
Tae .petition said. “By represent
ing ■yjat;' tSe proceeds of 'the pro
posed issue would be use primarily
for expansion of production the
registration statement conveyed to
the prospective investor that there
was adequate working capital for
the current rate of production * * *
However, it now appears that this
W'as not the case.”
The commission has announced i
its investigation will have three pur- ;
poses: (1) To determine whether/
any laws were broken, (2) to find1
out whether it should amend its 1
rules governing such transactions 1
and (3) to decide w'hether it should
recommend new legislation to Con- ,
gress. J
Public hearings follow several
weeks of investigation by the staff
of SECs Trading and Exchange Di- 1
vision, headed by Anthon Lund.
Ex-U. S. Aides Testify Today
On 'Leak' in Food Buying
•y Associated Frass
Former Government officials now
in private industry were called be
fore a House committe today in
vestigating a ‘'leak'’ of secret food
buying information.
Chairman Andresen of the special
committee, also summoned Agricul
ture and Commerce Department of
ficials to testify.
The names of witnesses were not
disclosed in advance. Mr. Andresen
told reporters he has a “pretty goo®
idea" who caused the leak which
assertedly led to fat profits by some
commodity market speculators.
Agriculture Department officials
acknowledged at an earlier hearing
that highly confidential informa
tion slipped out last September,
nearly a week ahead of the Depart
ment's public announcement that
allotments of lard for shipment
overseas would be doubled. The leaks
resulted in the price of lard rising
as much as eight cents a pound on
the commodity exchanges.
Department officials said, however,
that an investigation failed to .dis
close the source of the leak.
Maryland Man Burned
In Gasoline Explosion
Lawrence B Duncan, 2, of Boyds,
Md„ was treated at Suourban Hos
pital, Bethesda, for burns of the
face, hands, neck and chest, suf
fered yesterday when he was said
to have lighted a cigarette while
standing over the open gasoline
tank of an automobile, causing an
explosion.
The acident occurred near Gaith
ersburg and Mr. Duncan was taken
to the hospital by the Gaithers-;
burg - Washington Grove rescue
squad.
2 District Guard Units j
Among 51 Recognized
Two District National Guard units
are among 51 throughout the coun
try recently given Federal recog
nition. Maj. Gen. Kenneth D.
Cramer, Chief of the National
Guard Bureau, anounced today.
The units here are Battery D.
380th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air
Warning Battalion, and the Medical
Detachment. 260th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Gun Battalion. Recogni
tion entitles them to Federal pay
and equipment.
Police Climb Through 2 Holes;
Put Burglary Suspect Into One
A trail of clues big enough for a
man to climb through led two elev
enth precinct policemen early today
to a midnight "shopper” armed
with a cap pistol and a full load
of ammunition.
Pvts. Samuel N. Gouh and Robert
L. Reavis reported they were cruis
ing in the 900 block of Kenilworth
avenue N.E. when they saw a light
in the rear of Gentry’s Market, in
a reconverted warehouse at 923
Kenilworth.
Investigating, they found the rear
door of the Variety and Record
Shop next door had been forced. On
the Inside they discovered a hole
chopped high in the plasterboard
wall of the store. It was big enough
for a man to climb through, so
Pvts. Gouh and Reavis did so. The
entrance led to another hole, also;
freshly cut. The policemen climbed;
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the street Carrera Septima from
the presidential palace and about I
half a mile from the scene of the
shooting.
Within the minimum time it took j
to drag the stripped and faceless!
body of the supposed slayer to the:
palace, the vanguard of the mob
already had reached the place and'
was stoning windows.
A streetcar marked “July 20th—
Pennsylvania" eased toward the mob
and was stoned and emptied. It I
still stands between the palace and
the hotel.
Although a small detachment of
green-uniformed presidential guards
pushed back the rioters from the
palace block, they simply merged
with the rapidly growing throng
before the massive, flag-decked
Capitolio, two blocks away.
It was there that the Inter-Amer
ican Conference had opened March
30. It was there that Secretary
Marshall and the others had lis
tened to more than a dozen speeches
hailing the "soul of inter-Ameri
canism."
; The mob useiUocta t* a»;
of the windows In the CapiroHO as
well as the new floodlights rimming,
the approach to the building.
Rooms Are Wrecked.
Then, with neither troops nor
police to deter them, they invaded!
the building and made a shambles
of every room they entered.
Only the central chamber, with its
huge Bolivarian mural, in which
plenary sessions of the conference
had been held, escaped with rela
tively little damage.
By the time a bayonet-bearing
contingent of presidential troops
charged through the corridors, the
rioters and looters had fled.
But the city-wide riot and orgy
had just begun.
While the insurgents swiftly seized
the microphone of the national radio
network and shouted encouragement
to the rioters as well as insisting
that the conservative government
had "committed its last outrage,”
the rioters wrecked the conserva
tive newspaper El Siglo and com
bined wreckage and sabotage of a
plainly political kind with wholly
unorganized hoodlumism based on
pure mob psychology.
The following is given as a possible
clear physical clue to the nature of
the turmoil:
In the block between the United
States Embassy and the building
housing the United States confer
ence delegation, one man strode
oblivious through the debris caused
by a bomb which shattered all glass
on the first two floors.
Marcher Carries Red Flag.
He bore a large red flag with no
marking, but with a small black
ribbon tied to the tip of a mast.
Other rioters by now had equipped
themselves with brand-new machetes
or axes from gutted hardware stores
to which the captors of the radio
had directed them. Bits of red were
tied to the weapons.
(Red is the official color of the
Liberal Party led by Gaitan.
Liberal paraders in the past have
carried red flags and many
Gaitan followers have worn red
shirts.i
Once the looting really got started
it was apparent that all the worst
elements in human nature had been
unleashed and politics forgotten by
a vast majority..
Bowed Indian women brought
out blankets and sheets to wrap
up clothing and food stolen from
smashed stores.
Occasionally men showing the
effects of looted liquor tore the
bundles from their grasp. Others
resisted, even against the threat of
swinging machetes.
Rains Cool Crowd’s Ardor.
It was not until near dark that
the first helmeted, fuly equipped
troops took over. There are two
theories on why the government
failed to act more swiftly. One is
that it feared a possible massacre
if troops clashed head on with the
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through this and came out in the
market.
At first, they saw nothing. But.
after looking around, they spied a
man crouched along an empty
shelf, trying to look for all the
world like a pile Of flour sacks.
The man—identified by police as
James H. Milton, 24, colored, of no
fixed address—on being searched
was found to have in his pockets a
cap pistol and cap6. He also had
several miscellaneous objects which
police said were taken from the
Variety Shop.
Milton also had in his possession
a burlap bag which held a ham, a
brace of pork chops, three dozen
eggs, rice, sardines, three packs of
cigarettes and one tube of tooth
paste, police said.
Police said Milton would be
charged with housebreaking.
mob at the height of its fury. The
second was that President Osphina
Perez hoped until too late that the
crowds would subside, being reluc
tant to admit in the presence of
j the Pan American Conference that
the situation had gotten so badly
out of hand.
Unquestionably the soldiers and
intermittent rains helped cool the
sadistic ardors of the crowd. But
the damage had been, and was
being, done. The Ministry of Com
munications was afire. So was the
Hotel Regina. So, by the best
counts, were a minimum of 30
other buildings, and that without
counting small shops, stores and
houses.
At one time during the night,
the Embassy, with more than 100
persons inside, began a strategic
withdrawal of the occupants. But
a nearby fire was quelled and the
movement halted.
Senator Donnell to Speak
Senator Donnell, Republican, of
Missouri, will speak at a luncheon
meeting of the Washington chapter
of the University of Missouri Al
umni Association at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel.
The luncheon is being held to cele
brate the 107th anniversary of the
beginning of formal instruction at
the university.
Episcopal Club to Meet
Herbert H. McMurray, advertising
manager of the Washington Gas
Light Co., will address the All
Saints’ Episcopal Church Men's Club
at a meeting at the church at 8
p.m. Thursday.
Havre de Grace Entries
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Count Howard- 117 Bombe Away 117
Ice Danger_112 xLucky B'thday 112
xxGino Gold -_ 110 xPhoebe J._107
xBadee _117 Sightseer _117
Texas Style 117 Outcoat _11B
xFlueter _107
SECOND RAgE—Puree, *2.500; claim
ing . 4-year-olde and up; fl furlonge.
xPlayer Lee 111 xxMythman Ill
a Scuttle Mate- US xHeel Up — 10*
xStarladler 114 xMagic Trick-- 106
xHypnotlaer __ 111 a Kene'gton Bid 118
xGo Cat _ 108 Sweet Money - 111
xMlchigan Bart lift xxVim _111
xKnighta Hurry 108 Cat Yea _118
Rev Avlg . - 118 Bit of Nerve .- 118
a Matthewa Ac Johneon entry.
THIRD RACE—Purse, $2,500; maiden*;
3- year-olds; 6 furlongs.
Iron Pigeon 122 Tipit _122
a Whirl Right .117 Free Press _ 122
Moncoin _122 xDixzr Dae, Jr. 112
Equipass _122 She Dares _117
Hot Cookie _117 King Chatter .122
Olio __ 322 Dime _ 122
White Face . 122 Braganca _122
Ragtime Band 117 a Whirl Thru.. 117
a Calumet Farm entry.
FOURTH RACE—Purse. $2,600; maid
ens. 2-year-olds; 4 furlongs.
Fancy _ 118 Klimie _ . 118
Molly O _118 Dancing Flame 118
Bat Oirl _118 xa Tiffln _113
xx Venture On . Ill Miss Down_118
Traveling Chip. 118 xCubblng _11S
Market Day .. 118 Quick Touch __ 118
False Front . 118 Ratine .11$
xSuper Flight 113 xa Maid of B'on 113
a Coleman & Simpson entry.
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4- year-olds and upward; 8 furlongs.
Ginargie ..._113 Leadership _116
Sophocles . i._ 115 Phone Me_118
Black Gang... 118 Broad Gift_113
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Lovemenow __ 107 Ocean Front_110
a Golden Bull. 110 Transair _110
Prince Favor.. 114 Lady Phsra_3OP
Loyal Legion_122 Super Date __107
a Tacaro-Briar 107 High Trend_110
a Plstorlo-Hall entry.
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Sun Target_ 118 xLucky Ann __112
xBrinks _117 Fighting Flag .. 116
xBaumback_ 111 Steven Peter_122
Alworth _ 116 Old Lover_ 116
xTurnback_114 Temeru . __122
Allez Dor _ 118 Dr. Johnson_116
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Eceebee _119 xFire Broom_111
Our Birthday .. 122 Our Merrick_119
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Slight Depression
Held Serious Threat
By the Associated Press
The Brookings Institution said to
day that even a moderate depression
would have serious results in the
United States.
High governmental expenditures
combined with reduced revenue were
said to have created this situation.
A survey by Lewis H. Kimmel and
Mildred Maroney, financed by the
Falk Foundation of Pittsburgh, was
reported today by the institution, a
private economic research organiza
tion.
It said optimism over a Govern
ment surplus is unfounded. Too
much attention has been concen
trated on Federal Government sta
tistics, the survey said. It noted
that many forget that State and
local governments may account for
one-third of the combined public
spending, and spending at this level
has soared.
States and cities are paying for
new schools, new health programs,
veterans’ bonuses, have a backlog of
postponed capital facilities and
higher operating and construction
costs. Local taxes are up, despite
demands for a reduction, it reported.
The survey said tax revenues rise
and fall more than proportionately
to the rise and fall of national in
come. A moderate decline in na
tional income, the report said,
would mean a sharp drop in rev
enue, changing the Federal surplus
to a deficit.
II. S. Blood Banks Planned
For Jews Hurt in Palestine
By th« Auociot.d Press
NEW YORK, April 12.—Plans
were announced last night for the
creation in the United States of
blood banks for the use of Jews in
jured in Palestine fighting-.
The program was disclosed by
Justice Daniel Gutman of Brooklyn
Municipal Court, chairman of the
Brooklyn Chapter of Red Mogen
Dovid—the Zionist equivalent of
the Red Cross.
The first such blood bank, he
said, will be opened in New York.
Another will be opened in Phila
delphia. Others will he opened
later throughout the Nation, Justice
Gutman said.
“This is a vital and personal con
tribution to people in the Holy Land
who are fighting to preserve a
Jewish nation," he added.
Women's Club Plans
Aquacade at G. W. U.
The spring aquacade of Oquasaa,
George Washington University's
women's swimming club, will be
staged at 8:15 pjn. Wednesday and
Thursday in the American Univer
sity pool.
Forty university girls will take
part in the 10 numbers making up
the program. The aquacade is un
der the direction of Miss Virginia
Dennis, assistant professor of physi
cal education for women.
Barry Farms Group to Meet
The Barry Farms Ciyic Associa
tion will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at
St. John's Methodist Church, 3801
Stanton road S.E.
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V/hattheRussians
Are Saying of Us
The Moscow radio, broadcasting in
Russian to the Soviet Union, said:
“It is more significant that
United States theatrical criticism
considers scenic art and drama
as independent entities. This is
quite logical, seeing that no seri
ous importance is attached to the
inner content of a play on the
American stage. No matter how
low the quality of the play, so
long as it leads away from serious
social problems.”
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Nebraska's Primary
Tomorrow Is Viewed
As Three-Nan Race
•y Associated Press
OMAHA, Nebr., April 12.—A
close battle that may bring vic
tory to any one of three candi
dates was forecast today in
Nebraska’s Republican voting
tomorrow on seven presidential
possibilities.
From the worried camps of Oov
Dewey of New York, Senator Taft
of Ohio and Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota came cautious claims of
success in the 1948 campaign's first
free-for-all contest for the voters’
favor.
Mr. Staasen, returning here for a
windup speech tonight, was even
more careful than his leading op
ponents in predicting the outcome.
Taft Backer Confident.
In sharp contrast to the confident
way in which he forecast beforehand
the victory which later came to him
in Wisconsin, the former Minnesota
Governor told his backers in a state
ment:
“If you follow through to the
closing of the polls, I believe we will
win first place in a close race in
this primary.”
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Nebraska, speaking in behalf of
Senator Taft, told a reporter he Is
"very confident” the Ohion Is going
to win.
"It will be a close, hard fight, but
Taft has the stuff to win,” he de
clared.
Part of this stuff was the open
support of Senator Butler’s Repub
lican organization in the State.
Most politicians thought that the
extent of Senator Taft’s showing
would depend in great measure on
how well this organization delivers1
in the State’s 2,024 precincts.
Dewey Back at Desk.
Gov. Dewey, fighting to keep his
campaign for the nomination from
being switched off the main track,
said he is confident the program he
outlined in 13 Nebraska speeches
will win the support of the State’s
Republican voters.
He described his proposals as
those "which will win the peace and
restore Integrity and administrative
competence to our National Govern
ment.”
Gov. Dewey, back at his desk in
Albany today, was credited with
having lifted himself into the top
bracket of contenders with his three
day trek up and down Nebraska
byways.
The New York Governor got a
boost in spirits from a poll in Wash
ington of Republican House mem
bers.
>4 Give Dewey Boost.
Of those who replied the great
est number, 34, t/JOUght Gov. Dewey
would stand the best chance of be
ing elected If he won the top nom
ination.
Senator Vandenberg gave a crisp
“no comment" in Washington yes
terday to reports that he might sup
port Mr. Stassen. Close associates
said they think Senator Vandenberg
will be careful not to be put in the
position of Influencing the party
convention’s decision of a nominee.
They said he hasn’t made up his
mind whom to support.
Mr. Stassen headed back to
Omaha from Washington for what
Fred Seaton, his State manager,
described as the Minnesotan’s “most
important speech of his entire
campaign.”
Surprise Move Expected.
This smacked of another Stassen
surprise move similar to that in
which he hauled off some months
ago against “administration lnsid
ers” he said were trading on the
grain market.
Gov. Dewey contented himself
with plans for a radio address to
Nebraskans from Albany.
Senator Taft, who finished his
campaigning here several days ago,
came out for some wage increases
in a* radio debate yesterday with
Walter Reuther, president of the
CIO United Automobile Workers’
Union.
Neither Senator Taft nor Gov.
Dewey commented on an assertion
by J. Howard McGrath. Democratic
national chairman, that the New
Yorker and the Ohioan had agreed
to pool their strength at the Re
publican convention and give it to
the one who showed greatest back
ing for the nomination.
But Senator Butler called the
idea “absurd.”
Roosevelt Was Freedom's
Symbol, Morgenthau Says
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ April 12.—
Henry Morgenthau, jr„ said today
on the third anniversary of the
death of President Roosevelt that
he was "the living, breathing symbol
of freedom in all its aspects and
forms.”
“If ever the Four Freedoms re
quired reaffirmation they certainlv
do today," Mr. Morgenthau said in
an address at anniversary services
under auspices of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Memorial Foundation.
Mr. Morgenthau, who served as
President Roosevelt’s Secretary of
the Treasury, said:
“Almost three years after the
death of Hitler and the conquest of
the forces he represented, we are
still unable to say that the faith we
have had in these freedoms has
been translated into positive action.”
» Trygve Lie, secretary-general of
the United Nations, also was to
speak at the afternoon ceremonies.
The Roosevelt home, library and
grounds were opened to the public.
67,490 Visit Art Gallery
To Break Record Again
The 67.490 persons who Jammed
the National Gallery of Art yester
day again broke the gallery's at
tendance record.
The crowd brought to 604,526 the
total of persons who have viewed
the collection of German-owned art
masterpieces that have been on dis
play In the gallery since March 17.
The exhibition will continue through
April 18.
Last Sunday’s total was 62,083. At
the time, gallery officials guessed it
to be the largest throng ever to visit
a gallery or museum in a day.
Yesterday's rain and the cancella
tion of Cherry Blossom Festival
were thought to be partly respon
sible for the record attendance at
the gallery, which was open from
2 to 10 p.m.
Congress in Brief
•y th* Ass»ciat*d Prut
Senate:
Considers minor bills.
Agriculture committee hears Sec
retary of Agriculture Anderson on
long range farm plan.
Commerce committee hears sup
porters of bill to limit output of
radio stations and reallocate present
clear channels.
Armed Services Committee recalls
Army leaders for closed door tes
timony on draft-UMT.
House:
Takes up miscellaneous business.
Armed Services Committee hears;
Secretary of Defense Forrestal on
draft bill.
Expenditures committee considers
Investigating Central Intelligence
Agency on Colombian revolt.
Special committee resumes inquiry
into reported "leak” of Government
lard buying plans.
Lawson Counsel Plans
To Ask Disqualifying
Of Justice Curran
A move to seek disqualification of
Justice Edward M. Curran on
grounds of bias and prejudice waa
being prepared today by counsel
for Howard Lawson as the 53-year
old screen writer went on trial in
District Court on a charge of con
tempt of Congress.
The case resulted from Lawson*
testimony before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Act!vltie*
during its Hollywood inquiry last
October. It was reassigned from
Justice David A. Pine to Justice
Curran and Robert W. Kenny, chief
defense counsel today asjred the
latter for a one-hour recea to per
mit preparation of affidavit* In sup
port of the motion.
Mr. Kenny expained to reporters
that his defense associates wanted
to object to Justice Curran because,
they said, he had prosecuted cases
similar to that of Lawson while
United State* attorney here.
Justice Curran granted the re
cess.
Pint to Stand Trial
Lawson is the first of 10 Holly
wood figures due to stand trial her*
on indictments charging them with
failure to answer a question as to
Communist Party affiliation during
the House committee hearing. The
maximum penalty on conviction
would be a year in Jail and a 11.000
fine.
Lawson, former president of the
Screen Writers’ Guild, prepared the
screen plays for the films “Blockade’’
and “Action in the North Atlantic"
as well as many others.
The prosecutor against Mr. Law
son, and the others, is Assistant
United States Attorney William
Hit*. He won a contempt pf Con
gress conviction last year against
Gerhard Eisler, who now la awaiting
a deportation hearing on testimony
that he was the No. X Communist
leader in this country.
To Call Only Two TTHnsm—.
Mr. Hitz said his plan la to call
only two witnesses against Lawson:
Committee Chairman Thomas and
Robert E. Stripling, the committee's
chief investigator.
Among defense witnesses under
subpoena to appear are Louis Mayer,
head of M-G-M studios, and Dora
Schary, RKO production chief.
Besides Mr. Lawson, the nine
others similarly charged with con
tempt of Congress and the dates of
their separate trials are: Dalton
Trumbo, April 1#; Albert Malta,
April 26; Alvah Bessie, April 26;
Samuel Ornlte, May S; Herbert
Biberman, May 6; Edward Dmytryk,
May 10; Robert Adrian 8cott,
May 12; Ring Lardner, Jr., May 17,
> and Lester Cole, May 19.
Former Wife of Soldier
Who Fathered Quids Weds
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PITTSBURGH. April 12.—Eleanor
Jenneman Thompson. 29, former
wife of William H. (Red) Thomp
son, who fathered quadruplets in
England during the war, was mar
ried for the second time Saturday.
Mrs. Thompson and Prank D.
Tauro, 33, of Pittsburgh, who gave
bis occupation as a bartender, were
married in Greensburg, Pa., by Al
derman Henry Prederlckson.
She divorced her first husband
April 2, 1949, after he made the
statement he wanted a separation
so he ceuld marry tha mother of
the quads.
Mr. Thompson married his Eng
lish sweetheart, Norah Carpenter,
of Haenor, England, in Pittsburgh
July 9, 1949.
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