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k Meat Strike Settled
At Rath, Scene of Riot;
9-Cent Raise Granted
By tht Aiiociottd rrti
'WATERLOO, Iowa. May 29.—
Members of the CIO United Pack
inghouse Workers' Union have voted
to return to work at the Rath pack
ing plant, scene of rioting May 19
after a union picket was killed.
Company and union officials dif
fered sharply, however, on the con
tract under which the workers are
returning.
Lee Simon, union public relations
officer, said union members voted
to "return "under the old contract
agreement with the company,
appended only on the wage issue.’,'
*A. D. Donnell, company secretary,
said the company had “canceled the
Old contract May 3 on account of
trnion strike violations.
1 "We offered them an interim con
tract under which they could re
turn while a new agreement was
being negotiated. They are return
ing either under the interim con
tract or no contract at all.”
3,000 Attend Meeting.
Z Mr. Simon said the vote to return
game at a membership meeting last
flight attended by about 3,000 of the
plant's 5.000 employes. He .aid the
Union would begin a court case to
force the company to honor the old
Contract, which was to have expired
• August 11.
2 Mr. Donnell said the interim con
tract “reinstaied about 65 of the 70
paragraphs” of the old agreement.
5. Changes, he said, included a new
management clause, a new seniority
clause and a “few other changes
which made it possible for the com
pany to carry on its business.” The
Interim agreement provided a
B-cent-an-hour wage increase, he
•aid.
Picket Lines Removed.
' Union picket lines were removed
from the plant at midnight. Few'
of the union members were to re
turn to work today. Mr. Simon said,
but a majority would go back Mon
day.
A. T. Stephens, district director
of the CIO-UPWA. said the mem
bership action was the "best possible
in view of proposals made by the
company.”
In Des Moines Col. R. A. Lan
caster. assistant adjutant of the
Iowa National Guard, said Guards
men would be removed from the
plant as “soon as possible.” About
900 men still are on duty.
The union has been on strike
since March 16.
5 Brooklyn Boys Sentenced
In Firing at Teacher's Home
By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 29—Five boys
Involved in firing a salvo of rifle
shot into a Brooklyn school teacher’s
home were sentenced yesterday to
indeterminate terms handed down
in Brooklyn Children’s Court by
Justice James V. Mulholland, who
placed a sixth member of the group
on probation and committed another
to the city's youth house until June
7. At that time, the parents of the
boy have promised tQ take him to
the country home of relatives.
The seven were accused of stealing
.22-caliber rifles from a Coney Island
shooting gallery, then pumping a
fusillade of bullets into the home
of Miss Margaret Jokiel to frighten
her into passing all members of her
mathematics classes.
The sentencing was private. Which
of the boys got the various terms
was not disclosed.
Curtis Is Re-elected
Domus Nostra President
Thomas Curtis, 6403 Ridge drive,
Brookmont, Vias been re-elected
president of the American Council
for Domus Nostra. The council was
formed a year ago to help teen-age
girls in war-stricken areas.
Other officers re-elected are Mrs.
Harold Thompson, Dr. Mario Molari
and Charles Fahy, vice presidents;
>V»Mrs. Robert J. Werner, treasurer; Dr.
Nicholas Petruzelli, public relations
chairman, and Anthony Campitelli,
chairman of the Special Appeals
Committee.
Judge Tells Phil Baker
To Avoid Liquor for Year
By th« Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif., May 29.
—Phil Baker, radio comedian, has
a court-ordered year of abstinence
ahead of him.
City Judge Charles J. Griffin, in
fining Baker $200 yesterday on a
drunk-in-auto charge, also directed
him to stay away from liquor for a
year. A drunk driving charge was
dismissed. Baker had pleaded
guilty to both the misdemeanor
counts.
He was arrested May 20 while
driving home from a party marking
his 35th year in show business.
Virginia Butter Output Rises
RICHMOND, Va„ May 29
Virginia's creamery butter produc
tion for April totaled 440,000 pounds,
an increase of 155,000 over the fig
ure for March.
Weather Report
District of Columbia — Consider
able cloudiness and humid with
scattered showers and highest in
upper 70s this afternoon. Occasional
rain tonight with' lowest about 62,
Tomorrow clearing and becoming
less humid, highest in the 70s.
Maryland and Virginia — Cloudy
with showers this afternon and to
night, Tomorrow clearing and be
coming less humid preceded by
showers in southeast portion in
morning. Little change in temper
ature.
Wind velocity, 10 miles per hour:
direction, south-southeast.
River Report.
<From United State* Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls: Shenandoah
riaar at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yasterday. Pet. Today— Ret
Rpon _63 Midnight _86
4 p m._61 8 a.m._90
him, _64 10 a.m_ 83
Temperatures.
.Yesterdays high. IP at 4:55 r.m.;
lpjt. 65. at 5:15 a.m.. Year's highest, pn.
o» May 11; lowest 5 on January 16.
Normal maximum this date. 78 degrees:
minimum. 58 degrees.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United states Coast and
,. Geodetic Survey.)
Today Tomorrow.
High_1:10 am. l:5n*,m.
paw _8:07 a.m. 9:05 a.m.
S|gh _ 1:13 p.m. 2:10 p.m.
Low _8:42 p m. 9:30 p m.
The Sun apd Moon.
» Rises. Sets.
Sun. today _5:45 7:26
Wh. tomorrow_ 5:44 7:2fl
Meon. today , 1:23 a.m 11:27am
‘(Automobile lights must be turned on
•he-hslt hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
JSince May 1. 6.95 Inches: May norma!
8270 Inches May record. 10 69 inched In
1899. Since January 1. 19.93 Inches,
8,66 inches more than normal.
Flemming Quits Civil Service
For Ohio Wesleyan Presidency
Commission Member
Since 1939 to Leave
His Post October 1
fl
(From Yesterday's Last Edition.)
Civil Service Commissioner
Arthur 8. Flemming has re
signed, effective October 1, to
become president of Ohio Wes
leyan University at Delaware,
Ohio, it was learned this after
noon.
Mr. Flemming is the Republican
member of the commission and has
held the job since 1939.
Regarded as one of the ablest ad
ministrators in the Government,
Mr. Flemming has confided to
friends that he is "reluctantly" leav
ing his post because he feels that
greater opportunity lies ahead in his
new university Job.
Mr. Flemming has generally been
regarded as the most popular civil
service commissioner since the days
Theodore Roosevelt was a member
of the commission at the turn of
the century.
a memoer ot trie 12-man Hoover
Commission to reorganize the ex
ecutive branch of the Government,
Mr. Flemming intends to remain
active in public affairs. Friends
say that his new job will give him
an opportunity to take a more ac
tive stand on national issues—some
thing which he could not do as a
member of the commission.
Ohio Wesleyan, one of the leading
schools in the Middle West, has an
enrollment of several thousand stu
dents.
Mr. Fleming is a graduate of the
school in the class of 1927. He also
has received degrees from American
University and George Washington
University.
After serving as executive officer
at American University, he was ap
pointed by the late President Roose
ARTHUR S. FLEMMING.
veil as a civil service coimmssiimci
In 1939.
Mr. Flemming, together with his
commission colleagues, was given
much credit for the commission’s
achievement in recruiting civilian
personnel for the Government's war
effort. He also served as a member
of the War Manpower Commission.
Mr. Flemming is 42 years old,
married and the father of five chil
dren. A member of the Methodist
Church, he is active in church
affairs. He currently is president
of the Washington Federation of
Churches.
It is known that Mr. Fleming
wanted to resign several months ago,
but was asked by President Truman
to remain on the job until October.
It is not expected that a successor
will be appointed ufitil after the
November elections.
Another member of the commis
sion, Harry B. Mitchell, is expected
to resign December 31. The third
member of the commission is Fran
ces Perkins.
North Carolina Picks
Governor, Senator
By th« Associated Press
RALEIGH, N. C.. May 29 —North
Carolina, where Democratic nomi
natiori is equivalent to election, held
a primary today to select a Gov
ernor, United States Senator and
other officials.
About 500,000 Democrats and a
scattering of Republicans were ex
pected to vote. The Republicans
entered unopposed candidates for
Governor and Senator, but took part
in two congressional and many State
office races.
Where necessary runoff primaries
will be held June 26.
Former Gov. J. M. Broughton,
Raleigh attorney, sought to unseat
Senator Umstead, filling the unex
pired term of the late Josiah W.
Bailey. The Republican candidate,
automatically nominated, is John A.
Wilkinson, Washington, N. C., lawyer.
The six candidates for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination are
I Charles bi. Johnson, State treas
urer; W. Kerr Scott, former State
agriculture commissioner; Oscar
I Barker, legislator; R. Mayne Al
! bright, former chief of the State
employment service, and two in
active aspirants, Olla Ray Bord, a
; pig breeder, and W. F. Stanley, sr.,
an oil company representative. The
Republican is George M. Pritchard
of Asheville.
Democrats designated their choices
for six of the State's 12 United
States Representative seats: the Re
publicans two. Six Representatives,
all Democrats, had no party opposi
tion.
Festival Raises $4,000
For Crusade for Children
The International Festival, held
last night in Constitution Hall,
raised more than $4,000 for the Cru
sade for Children. Mrs. Francis G.
Ulen. program ticket chairman, said
today.
More than 3,000 persons attended
the festival which included sketches,
folk dances and songs by various
nationality groups from a dozen
embassies.
The program began with a sketch
by members of the All Souls Unita
rian Church depicting the first
American* Thanksgiving. A lively
square dance was given by a group
of District elementary school stu
dents.
Several small children stole the
spotlight as various nationalities
presented sketches of their Christ
mas celebrations, dances and folk
music. In an Italian street scene
act and a Czechoslovakian Christ
mas act, pairs of small children,
dancing in their bright costumes,
drew laughter and applause.
During the intermission. Radio
Commentator H. R. Baukhage
termed the festival "a gesture of
gratitude for what we are trying to
do for the children of the world.”
Kaiser Stock Hearings
Resume Here June 3
By the Associated Press
The Securities and Exchange
Commission's inquiry into the col
lapse of a $10,000,000 Kaiser-Frazer
stock issue will resume here on
June 3.
After a two-day session, the
examining staff then will hold hear
ings in San Francisco June 10 and
11 and in Los Angeles on June 14
and 15.
Memorial Services to Follow
Parade in Arlington Tomorrow
Memorial Day services at the
World War I monument on the
Arlington Courthouse grounds , will
be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow following
a parade along Wilson boulevgrd
from Highland street.
Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery
will be marshal of the parade and
will give the address of welcome.
Principal address will be by Daniel
A. Dugan, chairman of the Arlington
County Board.
me ceremonies win oe opeiiea uy
Chester Sipes. Jr., commander of
Robert Lee Cox, jr.. Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, which is in charge.
Mrs. Mable Staples, national pres
ident of the American War Mothers,
will place a wreath on the monu
ment. The guard of honor will be
furnished by Arlington Post, Amer
ican Legion.
| The Rev. R. D. Fowler of the
Arlington Christian and Missionary
Alliance will say the invocation and
4
Hershey Workers Win
4-to-11-Cent Increase
Sy tht Associated Pros*
HERSHEY, Pa., May 29—Wage
increases ranging from 4 to 11 cents
an hour are included in a new con
tract agreement reached by the
Hershey Chocolate Corp., and the
Hershey Estates and an AFT union.
The agreement affects about 3,000
corporation employes and 1,600
estate workers.
The contract also contains long
! range cost-of-living provisions pro
visions similar to the General
Motors-United Auto Workers, CIO.
1 plan.
The agreement came yesterday
after the union announced members
had authorized a strike. ^ J. Z. Yorty,
i financial secretary-treasurer of Local
464, Bakery and Confectionery
Workers of America, said the em
ployes had voted to strike after
reaching a stalemate with the com
pany on wages.
The corporation agreement in
cludes a blanket 5-cent raise retro
active from January 1 to May 31.
Male employes, beginning June 1
receive an additional 6 cents and
women workers an additional 3
cents.
Hershey estate workers will receive
increases of 4 to 8 cents an hour,
depending on classifications.
The contract also provides for a
3-cent standard of living increase
next year, and 1-cent cost-of-living
increases or decreases every three
months based on Federal Labor De
partment statistics.
Indo-Chinese Arrested
In D. C. Woman's Slaying
By th* Associated Press
SAIGON. Indo-China, May 29.—
- colice spokesman said today an
, ..lio-Chinese had been arrested in
the slaying March 7 of two Ameri
can women employed by the Amer
ican consulate general.
A consulate source said he had
not received official confirmation of
the arrest.
Mrs. Jeanne R. Skewes. 32, of
Phoenix, Ariz., and Miss Lydia Ruth
James, 30. of Hillsdale. Ind., and
Washington, were killed when a
jeep in which they were riding was
fired on near Saigon.
The spokesman said members of
the Republican Viet-Minh Party
had fired on the jeep, thinking the
two women were French. When
they saw their mistake, the spokes
man said, they set fire to the jeep
in an attempt to conceal the inci
dent.
Miss James, a school teacher,
came to Washington as a civilian
employe of the Army in 1941 and
returned here in that status after
service in the WAC. She lived at
3034 M street S.E. Mrs. Skewes was
with the State Department in San
Francisco before going to Asia.
Greeks Pledge 'Vigorous'
Hunt for Polk's Slayer
By tHt Associated Press
The Greek government says its
investigation of the mysterious kill
ing of George Polk. American cor
respondent. “continues to be vigor
ously prosecuted."
The State Department today re
leased a note from Ambassador
Vassili C. Dendramls reviewing de
velopments, Including the Greek
government's offer of a reward. Mr.
Polk's bound body was found recent
ly in Salonika harbor.
the Rev. Ira Sud oi the Arlington
Jewish Congregation will give the
benediction. The Rev. Thomas P.
Scannell of St. Charles’ Roman
Catholic Church will offer a prayer.
Other participating organizations
will include:
Washington-Lee High School Sex
tet. Washington-Lee High School
Cadet Corps and Band, the drum
corps of the Reece Europe Legion
Post, the Falls Church Drum and
Bugle Corps, John Lyon Post and
Auxiliary. V. F. W.: Marcus Crouch
Post. V. F. W.: Fairfax Post and
Auxiliary. V. F. W.: Gen. Billy
Mitchell Legion Po6t and Auxiliary,
Disabled American Veterans, Cath
olic War Veterans, Irish War Veter
ans, American Red Cross. Daughters
of the American Revolution, Arling
ton County Fire Department, Boy
and Girl Scouts, the Campfire Girls
and the auxiliaries of the Arlington
Legion Post and the Robert Lee
Cox, Jr., Post.
3-Point Plan Urged
By Marshall to Win
Cold War With Reds
i
•y the Associated Press
j PORTLAND, Oreg., May 29.—
Secretary of 8tate Marshall laid:
before the country today his for
mula for winning the cold war with
Russia. ' , j
It calls for:
1. A continued firm policy toward j
Russia.
2. A consistent United States for
eign policy to convince European
countries they can rely on it.
3. Wariness of "deliberate, cyn
ical propaganda” issued by the Rus
sians to play on the Western de
mocracies’ hope for "some agree
ment to wipe out the fear of wait”
Warns of “Trustful Actions.”
Gen. Marshall told the closing
session of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs’ convention last
night that the desire for peace
could lead to “ill-advised and trust
ful actions which hazard the future
of this country."
“I feel certain,” he said, “that the
continuation of the firm course we
have been following will lead to the
solution of the worst of out difficul
ties and will eventually clear the
way to a sound basis for peace.
"I am absolutely certain that only j
such a firm and determined course 1
can save the situation for the de-;
mocracies,” he added.
The Secretary asserted that the
discussion in this country over how
to treat Russia was “a discussion
which largely ignores the fact that
we are faced with a deliberate, cyn
ical propaganda campaign to offset
a sincere effort on our part to es
tablish a basis for profitable nego
tiations and agreements leading to
a stabilization of the world
situation.”
j The clubwomen, ending a week of
discussion on the problems of peace,
also heard Dr. Ting Fu-tsing,
Chinese representative to the United
Nations Security Council, and Eric
Johnson, president of the Motion
| Picture Association of America.
The Chinese U. N. representative
told the women the best chance for
peace lay in advocates of Commu
nism and free enterprise learning
"to acquire respect for the sovereign
equality of ideologies.”
Mr. Johnston urged United States
military guarantees to Western Eu
ropean countries in case of “aggres
sion from any source. • « • There
is ample reason to believe that had
America made such a commitment
before the two World Wars, they
might have been stopped before
they happened."
Murder Indictment Sought
For Boy, <4, in Girl's Death
ly th» Anociat»d Pros
CHICAGO, May 29.—State’s at
torneys officials will ask the grand
;jury next Tuesday for a murder in
dictment against Roy Adams, husky
n-vear-uiu uoy,
in the suffoca
tion-slaying of
Nancy Schuler,
his 8 - year-old
neighbor and
playmate.
State’s Attor
ney William J.
Tuohy an
nounced the
plans late yes
terday after the
youth altered
his original
story and told
him he was sex
ually motivated
Roy Adam*.
in slaying tne tiny Diona giri in ms
bedroom Thursday.
Adams, who was seized early yes
terday after an all-night police
search, at first insisted he smoth
ered Nancy to death with pillows
solely because they had quarreled
over comic books. ,
Adams was taken to the State's
attorney's office after a coroner's
jury recommended that he be held
to the grand jury on a murder
charge. Police said chemical tests
of Nancy's clothing disclosed the
boy had not told the entire story.
Mr. Tuohy said after he asked the
Adams boy if he had molested
Nancy sexually the youth told him
he had not told the entire truth in
his statements to police.
Adams said he partly undressed
the girl but he denied he raped her.
Earlier an examination disclosed
Nancy had not been raped
Ex-Navy Officer Wins
Retrial in Fraud Case
By tht A$»o( iot«d Pr#s$
NEW YORK, May 29 —The con
spiracy conviction of a former naval
officer, his partner and a New York
Chlcago engineering firm was re
versed on technical grounds yester
day by the Circuit Court of Appeals.
A new trial was ordered.
The defendants are John D. Corri
gan* the one-time naval officer:
Robert H. Wells, his partner, and
the firm of Corrigan, Osbume and
Wells, Inc. They were convicted in
Federal Court of conspiring to de
fraud the Government of Corrigan’s
impartial services as a naval officer.
! The court reversed the conviction
on the grounds that two exhibits
1 were admitted in evidence by error.
The improper exhibits, the judges
said, were two reports made by
executives of Vickers. Inc., claiming
that Corrigan had made ‘ baseless,
biased and prejudiced’’ reports on
their company.
The court said there was ‘‘ample
evidence to sustain the conviction.”
The Government charged that
Corrigan, inspecting war plants for
the Naval Ordnance Division, used
his job to try to persuade war con
tractors to employ his firm for en
gineering work.
Corrigan was sentenced to 18
months Imprisonment and a $5,000
fine, and Wells to a year and a day
in prison. The corporation was
fined $10,000_
Rev. Merrow to Serve
At Silver Spring Church
The Rev. Ed Merrow, graduate
student and instructor at the Vir
ginia Theological Seminary at Alex
andria. will begin his term as in
terim pastor at 11 aun tomorrow at
the Episcopal Church of the Ascen
sion, 633 Sligo avenue. Silver Spring.
He will preach during June, July
and August.
The Rev. Stanley Brown sermon,
Oxford graduate and professor of
New Testament and liturgies at the
seminary, will be. the celebrant on
June 6, assisting Mr. Merrow.
Mexican cattle raisers have united
to build a meat cannery at Nuevo
Laredo.
Forrestal Authorizes
Purchase of Planes
Costing 2 Billions
iy tb« A$$ociot#d Fftn
The Air Force and the Navy
got a-go-ahead from Secretary
of Defense Forrestal today to
start buying $1,998,800,000 worth
of new planes.
Mr. Forrestal authorized this be
ginning of air expansion under pro
visions of the S3,198,100:000 measure
approved by Congress recently to
build a 10-group Air Force. Presi
dent Truman signed the bill with
reservations, saying Congress had
provided more money than he con
sidered necessary and warning that
he might not approve full outlay of
the sum.
Yesterday’s authorization gives
$1,345,185,000 to the Air Force and
$653,635,000 to the Navy. Details of
the buying program were not im
mediately announced.
Program Is Outlined.
In general, the aim of air leaders
is to acquire 2,127 new Air Force
and 1,525 new Navy planes.
The Air Force wants 1,575 jet
fighters. 243 bombers, 909 transports
and other type planes. The Navy
says it needs 807 fighters, 515 attack
planes (presumably including dive
bomber types), 103 patrol planes
(including long-range types used to
hunt down submarines), 20 trans
ports and 80 helicopters.
Meanwhile, Senate Republican
leaders were reported ready to use
drastic measures to avoid a civil
rights fight over the draft bill.
Their strategy may involve use
of the seldom-invoked “motion to
table’’ on proposals by Senator
Langer, Republican, of North Da
kota to add civil rights measures
to the bill.
Motion Not Debatable.
Such a motion Is not debatable
and would shut off the possibility of
any filibuster. Senator Taft, Re
publican, of Ohio told reporters it
may become necessary to use this
parliamentary" device to prevent
lengthy talk.
Southern Senators have threat
ened a filibuster it such an amend
ment is tacke^ onto the Senate
draft bill.
Senator Taft, head of the GOP
Policy Committee, said yesterday
the draft bill will be taken up by
the Senate immediately tiler the
displaced-persons bill is out of tl\e
way.
But in the House a similar draft
bill is still in the Rules Committee.
Hearings have been postponed until
next week, and Chairman Allen said
they may continue for a week or
more after that.
Bodies of 7 Sought
In Wreckage of C-47
By the Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La., May 29 —
Heavy earth-moving equipment is
to begin work today digging from a
huge crater the bodies of seven serv
icemen and the Air Force plane in
which they crashed.
The plane, a twin-engine C-47,
was lost Thursday night in a violent
electrical storm. All aboard were
killed. Because of the storm the
crash was not discovered until yes
terday.
Lt. R. L. Krewet of Kessler Air
Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., who head
ed a preliminary Investigation, said
the accident apparently was caused
by engine trouble as well as the
storm.
National Guard Operations at New
Orleans identified the dead crew
men from signatures on the plane
manifest as Lt. Philip R. Vaughn,
pilot; 2d Lt. K. R. Bailey, co-pilot;
Capt. H. E. Zettle and Master Sergt.
H. Hyman, all of Walker Base, Ros
well, N. Mex.
The National Guard said the oth
ers, all enlisted men, were hitchhik
ing to West Coast bases. It listed
them as W. J. Gost, G. K. Christian
and D. W. Davis.
At Roswell. MaJ. Charles Beck,
public information officer of Walker
Base, said an incomplete check
showed Sergt. Hyman was from
Richmond, Va.
Southern Presbyterians
Hear Missionary Plea
By the Associated Press
ATLANTA, May 29.—The way is
open to make Christianity the pre
dominant force in the Far East, the
Rev. William M. Elliott, jr„ of Dal
las. Tex., tola
Southern Pres
byterians.
Dr. Elliott, ad
dressing the
88th General
Assembly of the
Presbyterian
Church in the
U. S. (South),
last night, said
that if Christian
missionaries ar
rive too late
some other ide
ology will win
allegiance of the
Chinese. Japan
Dr. Darby Fulton.
ese ana Koreans.
The Southern church added 40
foreign missionaries to its rolls in
1947-48. Dr. Darby Fulton of Nash
ville, Tenn., secretary of the Execu
tive Committee of Foreign Missions
and newly-elected moderator, told
the assembly yesterday the com
mittee planned to increase the num
ber on the foreign field service to
500 as rapidly as possible.
Dr. Elliott, a member of the for
eign missions committee, and Dr.
Fulton made a trip to the Far East
early this year.
British Award $400,000
To Jet Engine Developer
By Associated Press
LONDON, May 29—The British
government has awarded £100,000
($400,000) tax-free to Air Commo
dore Frank Whittle for his part in
developing jet engines.
The sum recommended by the
Royal Commission on Awards to
inventors and approved by the
Treasury and Ministry of Supply.
Commodore Whittle. 41. had re
fused to claim a penny from the
Crown -because he was serving in
the Royal Air Force while he per
fected Jet propulsion and improved
auxiliary gas turbine and air com
pressor designs.
His award was more than eight
times as much as the commission's
previous highest a w a r d—£12,000
($48,000) to Sir Donald Bailey, in
ventor of the Bailey Bridge.
The Iris, found In most parts of
the world, became the symbol of the
French royal house In the middle
ages.
TESTIFY AT ‘VOICE’ INQUIRY—Charles R. Denny, general
counsel for the National Broadcasting Co. (left), and George V. .
Allen, Assistant Secretary of State, shown yesterday at the House
inquiry into Voice of America programs broadcast by NBC. Mr.
Allen said the State Department was partly to blame, and Mr.
' Denny said NBC was at fault, too, in broadcasts which members
of Congress have called insulting to the United States.
—AP Photo.
Delicatessen Robbed
Of $300 by Gunman
Two delicatessen proprietors re
ported that they were forced to wait
on two customers last night while
an armed bandit, who had taken
between $300 and $400 from the
store owners, made his escape.
Harry Zendler and Herman Gut
tesman, owners of the Embassy Del
icatessen, 1660 Columbia road N.W.,
said they were about to close the
store when a sharp-featured man
entered and drew an automatic pis
tol. He took $40 from Mr. Zendler
and $20 from Mr. Guttesman, before
taking the day's receipts from the
cash register, they reported.
After he stepped from behind the
counter, Mr. Guttman said the rob
ber saw two customers entering.
Muttering “go and wait on them as
if nothing had happened," the ban
dit paused a moment and then
nonchalantly walked out of the
store, police were told.
A colored man today was held on
a charge of impersonating a Fed
eral officer after police reported
that he approached William J. F.
Armbrister, 5800 Lee highway, Ar
lington. and flashed a badge. Mr.
Armbrister said he was standing in
the 3200 block of M street N.W.
when the man identified himself as
a “Federal officer" and said, “How
much money have you got?”
At that moment, police arrived
and arrested the suspect, who was
listed as George Crosby, 28 of Falls
Church. He was charged with at
tempted robbery and carrying a
concealed weapon in addition to the
impersonation charge.
Support in Illinois
Forecast by Stassen
By th« Associated Brass
PEORIA, 111., May 29.—Harold E.
Stassen leaves for Missouri today
buoyed by hope of eventual Illinois
support of his bid for the Republi
can presidential nomination.
The former Minnesota Governor
wound up a brief air tour of Illinois
with a speech last night in Peoria.
He addresses a Springfield (Mo.)
meeting tonight.
Mr. Stassen told newsmen he is
not seeking any Illinois votes on the
first ballot at Philadelphia but will
pick up some—"It's too early to say”
how many—on later ballots.
He said he included some Illinois
votes among the 590 total with
which he expects eventually to win
the nomination.
Mr. Stassen added 340 claimed
first choice votes and 250 second
choice votes to get his predicted
total of 590. The number required
to nominate is 548.
Mr. Stassen spoke yesterday in
Decatur and Champaign before his
address here at the Illinois Press
Association meeting last night.
In all three speeches. Mr. Stassen
reiterated his ,demand Tor strong
measures to stop the spread of Com
munism.
(•Nation Accord Reported
In Parley on West Reich
ly th# Associated Press
LONDON, May 29. — American
diplomats reported today the six
country conference on Western Ger
many's future reached agreement
“on all but a few political questions."
A communique on results will be
Issued early next week.
There was no plenary session of
the United States, British, French
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxem
bourg delegations called for today.
The Economic and Security Com
mittees met to draft reports in
which they will present recom
mendations to their governments for
approval.
A third conference committee
political questions — remained tied
up in an argument over whether
delegates to a Constituent Assembly
for Western Germany about Septem
ber 1 will be elected or appointed.
Under present plans the Assembly
will draft a German constitution.
Tin Control Extension
Is Passed by Senate
ly the Associated Press
The Senate yesterday passed by
voice vote a bill to extend through
June 30, 1949. Government controls
over tin and certain other scarce
commodities.
The measure now goes to confer
ence with the House, which Shas
voted to continue the controls until
next February 26.
The controls are slated to expire
Monday and probably will lapse for
a few days because Congress is in
adjournment over the Memorial
Day holiday.
Fined in Irish Coal Theft
When Roland Beattie, charged in
Northern Ireland with stealing 90
cents worth of coal from a railroad
car, proved he did it "tb warm my
kids,” he was fined $8 and given
time to earn the money, instead of
going to jail.
^ I
Bulwinkle Rail Bill
Sent to White House
ly th« Associated Prtil
Senate approval by voice vote sent
the hotly-disputed Bulwinkle bill to
the White House late yesterday.
It would exempt railroads and
other carriers from antitrust prose
cution for joint rate or fare confer
ences approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia told his colleagues he ex
pects President Truman to veto the
measure. Senator Barkley, Dem
ocrat, of Kentucky said he certainly
hoped so.
They and other Senators said the
Senate and House conferees who
agreed on the House version of the
i measure had stripped the bill of all
Senate amendments intended to
protect the consumer.
But Senator Myers, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania said the measure is
in the public interest.
“This bill does not provide for
cartelization of the railroad indus
try. It does not create a monopoly,”
the Pennsylvanian told the Senate.
The House agreed to the conferees’
report earlier this week.
The measure would exempt from
antitrust prosecution conferences
between carriers dealing with rates,
fares, classifications and allowances.
The conferees eliminated Senate
provisions for conferences also on
such matters as routes, time sched
ules, interchange of facilities and
safety and adequacy of service.
Peace Drive Opened
By Northern Baptists
By the Allocated Pr*»»
MILWAUKEE, May 29.—The
Northern Baptist Convention, repre
senting 1,600.000 Baptists in 36
States, started a “world peace move
ment” yesterday to “save the world
from destruction.”
The group's Executive Committee
was empowered to appeal to all
Baptists for "dollars for peace to;
carry the program into effective
action.”
Seven points were listed. The
convention declared it was necessary
to:
1. Oppose all complacency con
cerning war.
2. Combat all moods of hysteria
and hatred.
3. Reject the feeling about war
being inevitable.
4. Make use of the “creative
Christian forces, rather than relying
chiefly upon military strength and
strategy.”
5. Press for positive programs
“which have immediate possibilities
for peace and international justice.”
6. “Do everything possible to
change the mood so as to avert
war," and
7. “Testify with renewed vigor to
God’s righteous love for all men
everywhere.”
Dr. Sanford Fleming of Berkeley,
Calif., was elected president of the
group. Dr. Fleming has been presi
dent of Berkeley Divinity School
since 1937.
France Reported Repeating
Demand for U.S. Armed Aid
By the Associated Press
PARIS, May 29 —France has sent
an urgent note to Washington re
peating her demand lor guarantees
of American armed support, a reli
able informant said today.
The note was sent several days
ago by Foreign Minister Bidault to
Secretary of State Marshall.
It warned that France will refuse
to go along with diplomatic moves
which might worsen her relations
with Russia ’inless given the guar
antees of armed support asked lor
in Mr. Sidault's note.
The note, it was learned, tied in
with the London talks on Germany
and pa?ticu!arly the item on the
agenda dealing with security.
France knows, it was said, she will
not be regarded warmly Ly the Rus
sians if she goes along in the set
ting up of a Western Germany. j
In view of this, she wants formal
guarantees she won’t be left to fight
alone in case of Russian aggres
sion.
Boy, 10, Found Hanged
During Cowboy Game
By tbe Associated Press
HAYWARD, Calif., May 29 —
Danny S. Shelton. 10, playing cow
boy and Indian, clunked a tree and
attempted to slide down a rope.
Playmates found him dead
hanging by the neck 13 feet from
the ground.
Congress in Brief
By th« Auiciottd PrMi
Senate:
Adjourned until Tuesday.
Judiciary Committee heart Henry
[Wallace on the Mundt-Nixon anti
■ Communist bill.
Howe:
1 Adjourned until Tuesday.
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'Voice' Hearing Due“
To Resume Tuesday;^
Wider Probe Sought
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Congress today tuned out its.
Voice of America broadcast in-'
vestigation for the holiday wee)t:
end but the inquiry is due back
on the air with increased volume1
Tuesday.
Representative Chenoweth, the.
Colorado Republican who heads th*
House Expenditures Subcommittee
which held a day-long hearing yes
terday, said he wants to know a]J
about other "Voice” broadcasts, in-;
eluding those beamed to the Soviet
Union.
The House inquiry and a com
panion Senate Investigation due to
start next week are aimed at placing?
the blame for Spanish-languag*
broadcasts to Latin America which
have brought cries of slander, libel
and sabotage from members of bo tit
houses.
Both the State Department, which
has overall control of the Vole*
programs as an arm of AmerlcaH
foreign policy, and the Nation*!.
Broadcasting Co., which handled the
disputed scripts under a contract'
with the State Department, yes-,
terday took part of the blame.
Other Probes Not Public.
The State Department is conducts
ing its own investigation as is th*.
White House, but both are behind
closed doors in contrast to the open,
congressional hearings.
Mr. Chenoweth, at the close of •
yesterday's hearing, told reporters,
that "we’re going to look into this
whole picture. We know what hap
pened In broadcasts to South
America and some of us are hopping,
mad about the ridicule heaped on.
the United States. :
"We want to find out what the
State Department is sending out to.
other countries, particularly Russia
and her satellites.”
Earlier he had said that th*
House unit was concerned only ever
the contract broadcasts but, since
the Russian broadcasts are handled
directly by the State Department,
the inquiry apparently will be ex-,
panded into a full-scale investiga-„
tion of the entire Voice program..
The chairman has been a long
time foe of the whole Voice setup,
and yesterday he repeatedly sug
gested that the Government “get
out" of the broadcasting business or
at least a large part of it.
Borgia May Testify.
One witness expected to appeaC
on Tuesday is Rene Borgia, the
script writer who turned out thd
programs which brought on tha.
congressional storm. He was fired
by NBC after Representative Taber,
Republican, of New York protested*
about a broadcast last March. Yes-,
terday Mr. Borgia put the blame on'
NBC “for everything.”
NBC's general counsel. Charles R;
Denny, former chairman of th#
Federal Communications Commis
sion, told the House committee h*'
lelt that NBC and the State De
partment “are In this thing to
gether” and the broadcasting con-'
cern "can t duck responsibility.” -
In New York, the Associated Press
reported that Mr. Borgia said fl*
had been asked if he would appear
at the hearings and he had replied
that he would.
Mr. Borgia and his superior while
he was handling the scripts, Alberto'
Gandero, were blamed by Mr. Denny -
for passing the scripts of Mr. Gan
dero, Mr. Denny’s said:
'He shouldn't have done It, I don't'
know why he did it. But he was our
employe.”
Mr. Gandero is now in Cuba bu^
Mr. Chenoweth indicated he, too?:
may be asked to take the witness
stand later on in the inquiry.
Deny “Sabotage” Inference.
Although Mr. Chenoweth suggest
ed time and again yesterday that it
appeared to him there was a delib
erate »attempt at "sabotage” on
somebody's part, both Mr. Denny
and George V. Alien, assistant Setf-'
retary of State in charge of the
Voice of America, denied there was”
any evidence to support such a con
tention.
Mr. Denny also cautioned the’
committee against Mr. Chenoweth*
suggestion that the Voice programs
be halted, even temporarily.
He said that the programs can-'
not be stopped "even for 30 days or 1
well loose the frequencies” tq for-'
eign broadcasters. He said there is
"no practical way to stop and re
build” the program, that the re
building must go on while the'
broadcasting continues.
Check on Scripts Hampered.
Dr. Denny also told the commit-•
tee that the “impression at NBC”
was that the State Department was
spot-checking at least some of th*
Latin American broadcasts beamed
south by the chain and therefore*:
NBC Itself did not have a further
check on the scripts.
Both Mr. Allen and his assistant,'
Charles W. Thayer, said, however*,
that congressional restrictions writ
ten into the Voice appropriation bttt
last year made it impossible for the
department to check every script.
They said that the State Depart
ment had to choose between cutting
down on broadcasts to “critical •
areas,” such as the Soviet Union, its.
satellites and China and Korea, ojC
of cutting down on its check aF
scripts beamed to Latin America!
and other areas.
The latter choice was made, thu*
leading to a situation in which only;
NBC's supervisor, Mr. Gandero, did"
any checking of the actual script*.
U. S. Will Grant Visa
To Polish Newspaperman
By tht A*sociottd PrtU * ' *
WARSAW, May 29—The Ameri
can Embassy announced yesterday
that it had received Instructions to
issue a visa to Mieczyslaw Wionczek,
Polish Press Agency representative
in New York.
Mr. Wionczek, now vacationing in
Poland, applied for his visa April
23. The Polish government an
nounced recently it would reconsider
its attitude toward American corre
spondents in Poland if Mr. Wion
czek's visa was not granted within
a reasonable length of time. •
Whot the Russians
Are Saying of Us f
The Moscow radio, broadcasting
in Romanian to Europe, said:
"The press and public opinio®
in the new democracies condemn :
the United States Government’! ;
aggressive attitude. The demo- •
cratic peoples are determined to
carry on at the side of the U. 8. -
S. R. in the struggle for a lasting’ :
democratic peace and intern*-.,
tlonal collaboration.” *
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