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Major Budget Change
Proposed in Payment
For Indigent III Care
By Horold B. Rogers
A major change -in the Districts
payment for care of indigent sick
patients was proposed today in the
city's 1949 supply bill, prepared by
rhe Horan subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee.
Instead of the present system
whereby tax funds are used to carry
the indigent sick—known as "tax
eligibles'—at the city's own insti
tutions and three private h06pltals.
the bill casries funds to extend this
care to six more private hospitals.
A total of $735,000 is recom
mended for "medical charities" to
meet this increased cost. It is an
increase of $380,000 above the Dis
trict Commissioners' estimate and
the same amount above present
year's appropriations.
Adds Six Hospitals.
The nine private hospitals, in
cluding six to be added, would be
reimbursed for indigent care at a
rate not to exceed $9 per day for;
hospital patients and $2 per visitf
for outpatients. The hospitals had
asked for $10 and $2, respectively,'
for these two categories of patients
The medical charities item is car
ried in appropriations for the
Health Department, which is given
a total of $9,075,500. This is a de
crease of $274,300 under the Com- (
missioners’ estimates, but an in -
crease of $1,164,000 over funds now
available. ^
Extension oT the program to six
more hospitals was recommended by
the Horan subcommittee after ex
tensive hearings in which the whole
health program of the city was sur
veyed. The new system was re-i
quested by spokesmen for the Hos-1
pttal Council of the National Metro
politan Area and for several in
stitutions.
Testimony before the subcommit
tee disclosed some private hospitals
here were faced with the danger of
‘closing their doors,” unless the
city met what was characterized as
its legal obligation in paying for the
care of indigent sick.
Three Have Contracts.
Only Emergency. Casualty and
Children's Hospitals have had con
tracts for reimbursement for tax
eligible care, It. was emphasized.
To these would now be added:
Columbia. Episcopal. Georgetown.
George Washington, Providence and
Garfield Hearings disclosed some
payments had been made to the
Washington Home for Incurables,
‘ a smaller institution.”
The limits of $9 per day for hos
pital patients and *2 per visit fori
outpatients, the Horan subcommit -j
lee report declared, "were set rather,
than the rate of cost, because the'
committee was convinced that uni
Gambling
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man stood chatting with the pro
prietor of the news stand. From
time to time, other men strolled
up. greeted Chunky " and handed
him pieces of change. The num
bers writer—or fortunate creditor—
made notations in a small memor
andum book on each occasion, then!
resumed his conversation as the j
bettor—or debtor—continued on his
way.
Six-oh-two. straight. ‘Chunky,'”,
one of these birds of passage was
heard to say.
O. K . ' by "Chunky.” ended the
conversation. .
Hailed From Big Shinv Car.
The sidewalk businessman's nick
name was eorroborated by a hail1
from the driver of a big. shiny con
vertible: |
Hey. Chunky.' grand jury's after
you.!”
Chunky” waved, smiled and
called, "Hiya!”
If Chunky” was s numbers (
writer, he probably intended to J
transfer the notes in his little book ;
10 standard numbers slips of his:
backer at his convenience. Later in
i he day, he would make contact i
with the runner and balance his
account.
Men who acted as if they might
he numbers runners were busy
along U street and Seventh street
yesterday. They were men in flashy
cars who had a number of calls to
make.
Cadillae Stops Three Time*.
A 1947 Cadillac, for instance,
stopped three times in two blocks
near No. 13 Police Precinct station,
w hich is in the 900 block of U street
The driver remained at the wheel.!
hut a passenger, a sportily -clad
youth of casual manner, alighted.
He went into a shoeshine parlor
hut didn't get a shine. He went
into a news stand and emerged with
a bulky envelope He entered a pool:
hall but didn't, stay long enogh to i
chalk a cue. The next stop, around I
the corner on Seventh street, was at1
a tiny lunchroom
The man at the cash register was .
seen to hand the visitor something
The latter left without even a cup j
of coffee. The big car headed down
Seventh street and was lost in
traffic.
Along U street, from near the!
precinct station to Eighteenth street.:
ihere are dozens of news stands, j
barber shops, shine parlors, soil
drink establishments, lunch rooms ^
and pool emporia How many add1
a numbers bet income to their legi
timate receipts?
Racket of Many Piece*.
' Every one is a potential numbers
place." Capt. Albert 1 Bullock, com
manding officer of No. 13th Pre-!
etnet. admitted yesterday. He(
pointed out. however, police have
difficulty converting suspicion or
belief into proof that would stand
up in court.
If our ufklercover man cant
make a play, they cant make a
case.” he said
Capt Bullock originally was or
dered by Acting Supt. Floyd A
Ttuicott to post a policeman in
front of a reputed numbers center
in his precinct yesterday.
The order was revoked by direc
tion of Maj. Barrett, but the estab
lishment, a news stand in the 900
block of Florida avenue N.W . was
found to be closed yesterday.
D. C. Budget
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rent of the total budget Of this
sum $9,462,583 is for general fund
purposes, somewhat higher than
that recommended by the Board
of Trade as a result of Its com
bination budget and tax studies
For the Recreation Department
the supply bill carries an outlay of
i
CLEVELAND —WIND UP OHIO CAMPAIGNS—Harold E. Stassen, accompanied by Mrs. Stassen, j
held conferences with Earl Hart, his Ohio campaign manager, before his final appeal to pri
mary voters last night. Mr. Stassen is contesting with Senator Taft for 23 of Ohio's 53 dele
gates to the Republican National Convention.
form accounting procedures, were
not in effect In all hospitals.'1
Extending tax-eligible payments
to more pilvate hospitals, the sub
committee struck from the appro
priations previously granted funds
for a Northwest Health Center.
The committee said that 'muni
cipally operated functions should
not be expanded to duplicate fa
cilities provided by these volunteer
hospitals.
Protests Registered.
Protests against health centers,
particularly in the Southeast and
Southwest sections of the city, had
been registered before the Horan
subcommittee by spokesmen for
Providence Hospital. Dr. George C.
Ruhland. District Health Officer,
contended the health center pro
gram still was justified, especially
since some of its cost could come
from Federal aid funds under the
Hill-Burton Act.
Among Capital outlay items ap
proved by the Horan subcommittee
were *65.000 for construction of an
apartment house at Glenn Dale
Sanatorium for medical officers;
$300,000 additional for construction
of a new pediatrics building and
*15,000 for building an incinerator.
Doth at Gallinger Hospital. An item
of *60.000 for plans and specifica
tions for a new psychiatric building
at Gallinger was denied.
Requests for funds to administer
streptomycin at Distret institutions
were allowed in full.
*296,000. This is to cover the cost
of two field houses and four shelter
buildings The remainder of this
fund is to go for purchase of sites
and repayments to the Treasury for
land purchase.
The grand total budget as reported
is *5.228.754 atjove appropriations
for the current fiscal year. It is
*732,300 below total requests for the
next year—including supplemental
requests of more than *800,000 sub
mitted after the regular budget was
filed with Congress.
In a general discussion of the
financial picture, the Horan subcom
mittee noted that legislation in
creasing Government salaries, be
tween 1945 and 1948. had placed an
annual increased burden of more
than *20.200.000 on the District.
There was no comment on the fact
that any cost-of-living increase in
Government pay. which now may
be ordered, would add heavily to the
anticipated District deficit for the
year beginning July 1.
Other Items Reported.
Other Items reported out bv the
subcommittee were:
General administration. *487.700
as requested. *45,100 more than the i
1948 appropriation.
Fiscal service, *1,420.300 as re
quested. *69.600 more than last. year.
Compensation and Retirement,
*2.222,000 as requested: *462.000 more
than last year.
Regulatory agencies (ABC Board,
coroner, etc.), *1.009,200. an increase i
of *4.881 over the last appropriation.
Recreation. *1,373.000. an increase,
of *97.200 over 1948
Police and Firemens Relief, *2
500.000. an increase of *200,000 over
last year.
Veterans- services. *121.400. an in
crease of *14.300 over 1948.
Courts, *1.983.300. an increase of
*131.500.
Department of Corrections. *2.
631.000, an Increase of *131,000.
Public Works i including, highway.
water and sewen. *23.940.500, a de
crease of *340,060 over 1948
Washington Aqueduct., *2.713.000.
an increase of *537,000 over 1948
Anacostia flats reclamation, *20,->
000 as requested. I
National Capital Parks. *1.522.000.
an increase of *22,000.
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, *75.500. an in
crease of *2.200 over 1948
Following are some of the budget
high lights:
Schools
__
Recognizing the need for class-j
room space in Southeast Washing
Afte* making eight speeches, Senator Tait left last night
by train for his home city of Cincinnati to vote in the primary.
He was pictured relaxing in his drawing room.—AP Wlrephotos.
ton, the Horan subcommittee un
expectedly threw in money for two
new schools in that area in the
record $25,194,283 school budget
recommendations.
j The budget proposal, which is an
increase of $1,160,633 over the 1948
appropriation, also called for 54
new positions. 43 of them teaching
positions. A item for *4.800 was in
cluded which will enable 20 crippled
'children to attend classes who are
not able to now because of lack of
transportation.
Operating expenses for the schools
totaled $20,171,000. Funds for new
schools, new furniture and pquip-1
ment and sites ran to $5,023,053. an
increase of $754,000 over the last
appropriation.
The "acute situation” in South
east Washington, brought to the
attention of the subcommittee bv
a series of witnesses, resulted in:
$300,000 being included to begin
construction of a new 24-room ele
mentary school, costing $825,000,
near Good Hope and Naylor roads
S.E. to replace the Stanton Ele
mentary School and *50.000 for a
site and $200,000 to start a new
24-room elementary school near
Oxon Run S.E., which will cost
$825,000 also.
The budget request had asked
for $20,000 for this site near Oxon,
Run. but later it was discovered'
it would take $50,000 The sub
committee urged the larger sum.
The $8,400 item would provide for
the purchase of two vehicles and
salaries for two drivers so that 20
physically handicapped children,
living in outlying areas of the city,
could be transported to school.
Welfare
The .subcommittee cut a substan
tial $198,215 from the Welfare De
partment's request for its public as
sistance division because of remain
ing "abuses'’ in administration—but
the total budget recommendation is i
$1,173,100 more than that appropri
ated last year.
A total of $12,940,400 was ap
proved for welfare, which was $559.
800 under what was requested.
The committee chopped $400,000
from the $7,082,000 asked for pay
ment, to St. Elizabeths Hospital for
support of the indigent insane. The
committee said it fplt the District;
should not assume the costs of per
sons committed to the hospital who
have not been residents of Washing-'
ton for less than a year and made
the cut so only the 4.926 patientsi
it felt were "chargeable " to the Dis-J
irict would be paid for. Total num
ber of patients on March 31 were!
5.219
The committee report on the bill
said public assistance funds w'ere
I District Appropriation Bill
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Genera! fund $81.224,329 $88 243.083 $85,495,7 83 $4,271,454 —$747,3001
Highway lund UI45.9O0 9.307.200 9.282.200 130.300 +15.000'
Water fund 5.500,000 6.387.OOn 0.387.000 821.000
Total all funds $95,930,229 $101.897 28.3 $101,104,983 $5,328,754 —$733 3001
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reduced because abuses still existed
: which, if corrected, would reduce
i substantially the cost of this "ex
pensive municipal function." Also,
the subcommittee said the welfare
department, anticipated requests for
aid which »he general economic
conditions of the country did not
appear to justify. What the wel
fare department asked for was ac
tually a cost of living increase in
grants to indigent persons.
At the hearings, a number of cases
.of public assistance which w'ere
"irregular" were brought to light,
j The total sum granted the agency
| services, of which the public assis
tance division is a part, ran to
$3.535.200—an increase of $388,800
over last year's appropriation, but
a decrease of $200,000 over requests.
The committee added an item of
$36,000. which was not asked, to'
provide an adequate sprinkler sys
tem to eliminate a. fire hazard at
the Blue Plains Home for the Aged.
Police
The Police Department was al
lotted an unexpected $25,000 over
and above the $6,404,100 it requested,
to furnish arms, ammunition and
equipment for the Riot Squad and
the Civil Disturbance Unit.
Maj. Robert J. Barrett, police su-1
perintendent, asked about the status,
of the Riot Squad at the closed1
hearings by Representative Horan,:
testified that "we have no appro
priations." but added that the squad
is coming along well.
The 246 new positions in the
Police Department provided for in
the bill include: One inspector,
three captains. 19 lieutenants, three
sergeants, three corporals, 178 pri
vates, one station clerk. 24 clerk
si enographers. six telephone-tele-:
type operators, three clerk-typists,1
two matrons, two guard-chauffeurs
and one attendant. The Horan re-;
port said that, with the personnel
and equipment granted in the (jill.
the Metropolitan Police Force should:
become one of the most efficient in
the Nation.
Most of the new policemen would
be assigned to regular beats on the
streets and 23 of the new clerks ,
would be provided specifically to j
relieve desk policemen for street1
duty, the subcommittee said.
In commenting during the hear
ing on Maj. Barrett’s request for an
additional 205 uniformed men. Rep
resentative Stockman. Republican,
of Oregon declared he felt Maj.
Barrett would have been justified in
asking for 400 new men. Mr. Stock
man explained he thought 200 men
would be needed to offset alleged
"slander" of the force by the Wash
ington Past,.
He praised the department and!
told Maj. Barrett he believed it de
served public support to offset the1
asserted "malicious efforts" of that
newspaper tr> undermine morale of
police.
The 446 men lost to duty through
sick leave on an average day last
year was labeled "excessive” by the
subcommittee. It commended the
action of District officials in check
ing more closely on “abuses of sick
leave.”
The subcommittee plumped for
unification of the "multitudinous"
policing forces in the District under
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment. It also urged correction of
confusion caused by the similarity
of tourist guide and bus drivers’
uniforms to those of the city police.
Fire Department
Chief Clement Murphy’s Fire De
partment was allotted the $3,703,000
he asked for, but the Horan sub
committee cast a reproving eye at
the conduct of personnel in the de
partment.
In oblique reference to the inter
departmental squabble climaxed by
Chief Murphy's trial board triumph
last winter, the subcommittee noted
it "feels that a stricter observance
of the conduct of the personnel
should be maintained .” After a fac
tional fight between certain mem
bers of the department. Chief
Murphy faced the trial board on
charges that he "demoralized” his
command. He was acquitted on all
the charges.
___
National Guard
The District National Guard, long
embattled with the Commissioners
over control of the Armory and
their mutual budget dealings, suf
fered a setback in the Horan sub
committee report when another
$20,000 was hacked from the *115,
200 that had survived the cityj
heads’ paring knife.
With the $95,200 remaining In the!
bill for the Guard s use. Brig. Gen ;
Aloert L. Cox can hire some of the
new employes he wants. But the
subcommittee report scathingly re
marks: "It is requested that con
sideration be given in the selection
of any new personnel to the ap
parent need for some one with a
working knowledge of the Budget
and Accounting Act and Govern
ment fiscal procedures and legal re
quirements in the expenditure of
funds."
The Horan report points out the
average National Guard appropria
tion from 1939 to 1942 was about
$43,000. while the 1949 request was
for twice that. The subcommittee
recommended appropriation of $204,
257 for the Office of Superintendent
of Buildings (under the Commis
sioners) for care and maintenance
of the Armory.
Representative Horan and Col.
Peyton G. Nevitt, Guard adjutant,!
clashed at the closed hearing over}
whether the District or the National |
Guard actually owns the Armory.
A bill now is pending beiore the>
Senate District Committee which
may settle the controversy. i
The Guard lost an earlier fight
with the Commissioners when Its
original budget request of *405,637}
for operating expenses was cut—over}
Gen. Cox s protest—to *115.200. A
request for *2.500.000 to build a
National Guard airport also was
spiked by the Commissioners.
Libraries
The Public Library would be
granted nine additional positions—
including one collector of overdue
books whose job will be to get back
some 17.000 books that have not
been returned to the city's libraries.
The total budget recommendation
for the library system was $1,221,000,
which was an increase of $66,400
over the last appropriation and just
what the library requested.
At the time of the Horan sub
committee budget hearings, it was
testified that over a three-year in
terval. the number of lost books
averaged 4,825 a year but that in
the fiscal year 1947, 6.509 books were!
lost. At $3 to $3.50 a book, it ap
peared that every effort should be
made to keep this figure at a mini
mum. the subcommittee report said.
Inspections Dept.
The Building Inspector s office j
would be given the go-ahead signal I
for the plan of Brig. Gen. Gordon
R. Young, Engineer Commissioner,
to set up a central permit bureau
for streamlining the tedioua proce
dure for obtaining construction per
mits.
Gen. Young told the Horan sub
committee at the hearings that the
$110,000 requested to set up the new
office would not cost the District a
cent because of planned increases in
fees to cover the new expenditure, j
The poor system used by the Build-1
ing Inspector's Office was sharplv
outlined when the Empire collapse,
investigation failed to turn up at
least five important papers filed in
that office.
In all. the subcommittee recom
mended an increase of $121,740 fori
Building Inspector Robert H. Davis' j
department over the $540,000 appro
priated in 1948
Five Children Suffocate
In Meat Show Case
fty th* Associated Press
AMARILLO, Tex., May 4—Five
children suffocated yesterday in an
abandoned meat market show case
at Dumas. Tex.
They were Charles. 7: Ralph. 4
and Allen Nichols. 3, and Patsy and
Dennis Hills, aged 6 and 4.
They were playing in the show
case early this morning and appar
ently the door was blown shut.
Zed L Williams b Zed L. Williams, Jr., Auctioneers
PUBLIC AUCTION
(ON THE PREMISES)
HENDERSON CASTLE
2200 16th St. N.W.
< BROWN STONE MANSION ON THE HILL)
Wednesday (Tomorrow) Morning_10:30
ENTIRE CONTENTS OF HOME LATELY USED AS NITE CLUB
AND GUEST HOME 32 ROOMS OF GUEST HOME FUR
NITURE, RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT, CLUB FIXTURES,
CASH REGISTER, FINE LARGE DEEP FREEZE BOX, BABY
GRAND PIANO, RUGS ond ALL OTHER FURNISHINGS.
Notionol cosh register. Frigid Freeze deep freeze box, bock bur, bur counter,
150 restouront choirs, 35 tables, dishes, glassware, adding machine, electric
slicing machine, fine gas cook range, large 9-door electric refrigerator,
tomily-size Gl refrigerator, Westinghouse woter cooler, "Stuyvcsant" baby
grond piano, splendid rugs, large mirrors, dressers, chests, robes, choirs,
beds, desks, runners, tables and other bedroom furnishings. Also large lot
miscellaneous items in annex
Open Public Inspection Tuesday to Sole Hour Wednesday.
Auctioneer's—Phone XA. J820.
Sidelights on New Budget
Remodeled swimming tanks and
waterproofed dens for Washington
Zoo’s bears are provided for in the
$502,600 allotted Dr. William M.
Mann’s Zoological Park.
The bears’ quarters will be re
furbished at a cost of $5,000. An
other $5,000 was provided for buying
new animals.
The Recreation Department was
allotted the full $1,373,000 recom
mended by the Commissioners.
Gone, however, was the $800,000
recreation Supt. Milo F. Christian
sen originally had sought for three
swimming pools for human use.
* * * *
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
would have liked to show the sub
committee a copy of the new
"Drivers’ Handbook" at the hearings,
but the head of the printing shop
had been in an automobile accident.!
The safety booklet was not com-;
pleted in time.
"Perhaps you better give him the
first copy,’’ commented Chairman
Horan. P. Y. K. Howat, chairman
of the Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency, was not present at the
hearings either. He, too. was re
covering from an automobile acci
dent. Mr. Keneipp told the sub
committee.
* * * *
For better or for worse. Washing-,
ton apparently is getting along with
2,682 fewer taxicabs this year than
it had last. Public Utilities Com
mission Chairman James H. Flana
gan told the subcommittee this was
caused partially by a “whispering" i
campaign among the town’s hackers
that Congress was going to limit
the number of cab licenses here.
* * * *
Perhaps because they occasionally .
get their hands on a bad customer,'
the city’s dogcatchers are provided
$240 for replacement of uniforms.
The increased cost of dog food
moved the subcommittee to grant
the poundmaster $400 more this
time for the menu at the pound.
* v * *
Commissioner John Russell Young.
Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett,
Deputy Budget Officer William G.
Wilding and Police Lt. J. H. Cox
got into a brief verbal tangle at
the hearings over whether Com
missioner Young had or had not
approved a request for a women's
bureau inspector.
"I never heard of it. T never
approved it." said Mr Young.
“That was approved,” said Mr
Wilding.
“I thought you approved it,” de
clared Maj. Barrett.
Lt. Cox said he thought it was
an oversight.
Maj. Barrett ended the discussion.
Cut it out, ’ said he.
♦ * * *
To illustrate the type of abuse he
wishes eliminated from expenditure
of Welfare Department funds, Rep
resentative Horan told of two old
maids who died here after receiving
(4,000 to (5,000 in public assistance
payments from the District. When
their wills were probated, Chairman
Horan said, it was found they owned
a (35,000 apartment house.
‘ Neither the predatory rich nor
the predatory poor can take it with
them,” he commented.
* * * *
Budget Officer Fowler told the
subcommittee at the closed hear
ings the average wage of District
employes has risen 50 per cent in
the past 10 years. Some teachers'
salaries went up as high as 78 per
cent, Mr. Fowler said.
* * * v
Chairman Horan announced at
the hearings that he and Corpora
tion Counsel Vernon West have dis
cussed the feasibility of creating a
central police authority—the Wash
ington police superintendent—to
take charge of all the 7,000-odd po
lice officers of all jurisdictions in
the Metropolitan Area in event of
an emergency.
Under the proposal, Maj. Barrett
would command his own 1,795 po
licemen, as well as the police bodies
of nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties and Federal police of the
parks. Zoo, Capitol, White House
and building guard detachments.
Oleo
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hour and a half of conference with
leaders on both sides.
Expect Finance Approval.
The margarine supporters, led bv
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, of1
Arkansas, want the bill to go to
the Finance Committee where they!
think it will win approval. Sen- 1
ator Aiken and the butter backers
want it to go to the Agriculture
Committee.
Margarine backers are afraid ihe
bill would die there or be amended
to death, but Senator Aiken said1
he was sure the committee would
report out the bill by June 1, in
time for final Senate action at this
session of Congress. He sought to
win margarine backers over to his
side by suggesting that the bill be
amended only to prevent the fraud
ulent serving of margarine as but
ter in public eating plaee.v
Senator Fulbright said later, how-,
ever, that no agreement was I
reached. He suggested that the Ag
riculture Committee leaders agree
to report the bill by May 17.
The Arkansas Senator yesterday
forced postponement of action by
making a parliamentary objection
after Senator Vandenberg had be
gun to give a ruling on which com
mittee would get the bill.
Senator Vandenberg never was
able to finish his ruling but may do
so today. He said yesterday he was
reluctant to make * decision, but
was forced to do so under Senate
rules. The Senator made it clear
he would invite a test vote on his
ruling, thus revealing the relative
strength of the rather evenly
matched dairy and margarine back
ers.
Senator Aiken has sought to avoid
such a test on the grounds that a
further split in the farm bloc in
Congress will be harmful to the
long-range farm program now being
considered in the Agriculture Com
mittees of both houses. The Hou.-e
1 group ts badly split as a result of
the bitter margarine fight and dairy
State members have threatened re
taliation on Southerners from cot
ton and tobacco States for sup
porting the tax repeal bill.
Senator Aiken suggested that an
amendment be written into die
Rivers bill, the one passed by the
House, to require either manufac
ture of margarine in distinctive
shapes or in a different shade of
yellow. Another suggestion was
that hotels and restaurants be re
quired to take out a Federal li
cense If they wish to serve ma -
garine.
Charter
• Continued From First Page.'*
about the situation—scuttle U. N.
entirely, continue to "give lip sen
ice to it and use its machinery for
relatively unimportant matters,” or
"try to get its structure modified so
that it can and will work with Rus
sia if possible, but without her if
necessary."
Referring to current suggestions
that five or six nations ot Western
Europe should form a union with
the United States for mutual de
fense under article 51 of the U. N.
charter. Mr. Judd observed:
"But if article 51 is good enough
io permit five or six nations to get
together for collective self defense,
then it is good enough to enable 40
or 50 nations to get together—all
who are willing to do so. Such a
group would have preponderant
power. No nation could possibly
challenge it by embarking on ag
gression."
The committee tomorrow will hear
Secretary of State Marshall and
Warren R. Austin, American dele
gate to U. N.
Shanghai Students Riot
Over Celebration Plans
fty tho Allocated frost
SHANGHAI, May 4.—University
student factions rioted today over
preparations to celebrate the 29th
anniversary of the Chinese Student
Movement.
One faction demanded an all-day
strike tomorrow to celebrate the
movement, which started China's
cultural rennaissance. Another fac
tion objected. Police had to atop
the battling.
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