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Covenant Rule Fails
To Spur Real Estate
Market, Analyst Says
Washington home owners and
buyers thus far have avoided hasty
action that might have hurt prop
erty values following the Supreme
Court decision against judicial en
forcement of racial restrictive cov
enants. Rufus S. Lusk, real estate
analyst, said yesterday.
He reported his study of the realty
picture here showed no rush by
Negroes to buy homes in "fringe”
residential section* from which they
previously had been excluded by
covenants.
Declaring, however, that the de-!
cision "has left in its wake an ex
tremely confusing situation,” Mr.
Lusk said:
“The solution of the problem calls
for intelligent and constructive lead
ership on both sides. White owners
should not become hysterical when
approached by brokers who in some
'cases are already trying to capital
ize on the threat of an 'invasion' of
certain white neighborhoods. Col
ored brokers should discourage any
thing in the nature of a stampede
by their clients into white areas
Urge* Expansion Be Gradual.
‘ If the process of colored expan
sion is allowed to follow its natural
course, without any artificial stimuli,
it will be a slow one and the impact
of the decision on Washington real
estate values will be minimized."
Mr. Lusk, writing in the current
Issue of his “Washington Business
Review," said he did not deal with !
the “sociological implications” of the
decision or the civil rights issues
involved.
But there are certain factual
considerations that cannot be ig
nored," he added. "Rightfully or
WTongfully, white people do not like
to live in close proximity to Negroes.
Probably the converse is also true.
"However, and deplore it as we
may, it still is an indisputable fact
that when Negroes move into a
white locality prices eventually be
conle depreciated. The first family
or two moving in may have to pay
above the market to obtain a foot
hold. Thereafter, the pattern is
established, the whites gradually sell
out at constantly lowering prices,
and in a matter of years the section
becomes a solidly Negro neighbor
hood.
The Negro property owner is just
a* vitally interested in maintaining
the value of his home or investment
as the white owner. He does not
want to see his neighborhood de
teriorate and his property depreci
ate. Surely the mixed neighbor
hood' poses the same threats to the
Negro owner as it does to the white."
Negro Areas Called ‘Spreading.'
With Negro sections scattered
throughout the city, Washington is
"particularly vulnerable" to such
property devaluation, Mr. Lusk said. I
The "spreading out process,” by Ne-;
groes, he explained, could stem from 1
many different points at once.
Washington also has the largest
proportion of Negro population ot|
any cijy north of the Potomac i
River and the Negro birth rate here
is considerably greater than that of
white, he noted.
Property values have not been
markedly affected in Washington
as yet by the court decision, Mr.
Lusk believes, because of the high
rost of real estate here and the
scarcity of available dwelling. Over
a long-term period, he said, Negro
population will spread faster into
areas heretofore white and the
prices in those areas and In adja
cent sections will be adversely af
fected.
"But the fact that people have
been paying almost any price for
any kind of housing will probably
temporarily offset to some extent
the depreciation in values that will
invetiably follow the court's opin
ion." he observed.
Georgetown is an exception to
ths trend. Mr. Lusk said.
Because Georgetown is quaint,
historic or smart* to live in. white
purchasers are willing to pay out
rageous prices." he commented.
‘‘Gradually, the Negro is moving out
of Georgetown and it is only a mat
ter of time until that locality be
comes all white."
Readers' Guide
Sunday, May 3#, 1948
SECTION A.
General News.
‘ Lost, Found. Page A-S
Educational Page A-12
Where to Go Page A-J2
.Tessie Fant Evans. Page A-12
Obituary Page A-14
Resorts & Travel Pages A-16-17
SECTION B.
Sports, Classified Advertising
Sports News. Pages B-l-3
Financial. Pages B-4-5
Civic News. Page B-18
Classified Advertising. Pages B-fi-18
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-18
SECTION C.
Editorial, Features, Amusements.
Editorial Articles. Pages C-l-5
Art. Page C-2 >
Bridge Page C-2
John Clagett Proctor. Page C-2
Stamps. Page C-2
Book Reviews Page C-3
Chess Page C-3
Editorials. Page C-4
Editorial Features. Pages C-4-5
Amusements. Pages C-6-7
Music Page C-7
Radio Programs. Page C-8
SECTION D.
Society, Women's Clubs.
Society News. Pages D-l-6
Women s Clubs. Page D-3
Farm and Garden. Page D-7
.Junior Star. Page D-8
Camera Angles Page D-8
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Dome May Whitty Dies at 82;
Internationally Known Actress
Character Roles
Made Her Favorite
Of Film Fans
fty rht Allocated Pf#»S
HOLLYWOOD. May 29. — Dame
May Whitty, 82. internationally
known British character actress,
died today at her home.
She had been in failing health for
several weeks.
At her side was her daughter,
Margaret Webster, Broadway pro
ducer-director-actress.
Dame May’s husband. Ben Web
ster, died here in February, 1947.
The veteran actress held the ti^
of Dame Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Em
pire, conferred on her by the late
King George V for patriotic services
in World War I.
On the stage since 1882, she was a
London and New York favorite foi
decades. She came to Hollywood in
1937 and became one of the screen's
foremost character actresses.
One of her latest film appear
ances was in "Sign of the Ram,"
other leading productioas in which
she played included "Night Must
Fall.” "Madame Curie,” ‘The
White Cliffs," “Gaslight," "Devo
tion” and "Crash Dive.”
She and her husband first came
to this country with Sir Henry Irv
ing and Ellen Terry.
Dame May continued to make oc
casional appearances on the stage
DAME MAY WHITTY.
—AP Photo.
Last season she reappeared in her
starring role in “Night Must Fall"
in a summer stock company at La
Jolla, Calif.
Born June 19. 1865. in Liverpool,
the actress married Mr. Webster in j
1891. They subsequently appeared
together in hundreds of Shakes
pearean performances.
Shakespeare also had been the
main dramatic field for their daugh
ter. sole survivor. Funeral services
were set tentatively for Wednesday.
Silence of Both Smuts and Mai an
Spurs South African Speculation
By Anoc<c»*d Press
PRETORIA, Urtion of South
Africa, May 29.—Feverish specula
tion on their future swept the peo
ple of South Africa today in the
wake of the election upset of vet
eran Prime Minister. Field Marshal
Jan Christiaan Smuts.
The silence of both Marshal
Smuts and the victor. Daniel F.
Malan. Nationalist Party leader,
heightened the speculation.
Dr. Malan, ex-clergyman whose
slender majority of five in the As
sembly makes control of the gov
ernment and inauguration of some
of his policies difficult, discussed
his course with associates at Cape
town. He is not expected to come
here to assum^ the premiership
until early next week.
Marshal Smuts, who lost his own
Parliamentary seat in the surpris
ing Nationalist victory Tuesday.!
conferred with leaders of his i
United Party. Strong efforts were:
being made to persuade him to stay!
in politics as leader of the op
position.
Early Election Call Doubted.
Early predictions that Dr Malan
would call for another general elec
tion this year in the hope of in
creasing his majority, were tem
pered today with second thoughts.
Despite the seat distribution,
election results showed Marshal
Smuts still has. nearly 60- per cent
of the population Jaehind him ! This
fact counsels wariness on the part
of the Nationalists
Then, too some Nationalists think
their majority of five is workable.
The chances of a second election!
may depend on Marshal Smuts' de-i
cision whether to remain in politics1
or not. If he surrenders opposition
leadership to his deputy. J. H. Hof
meyer, the Nationalists may feel en
couraged to fight again at the polls.
It was against Mr. Hofmeyer’s
handling of the racial question that
the Malan party centered its vic
torious campaign attack.
May Review IT. N. Relations.
The Rand Daily Mail said the
Nationalists may shortly take up the
question of South Africa's relations
with the United Nations. Some Na
tionalists have taken a strong stand
in favor of incorporating Southwest
Africa, a mandate, as an integral
part of the union despite the U. N.s
refusal to sanction such a step.
Dr. Malan's lack of a substantial
majority may make it out of the
question for him to consider imme
diately taking the Union out of the
British commonwealth of nations
and forming a republic.
He may have to adopt a concilia
tory policy in an endeavor to win
over some of the English-speaking
portions of the population.
Afrikan-speaking Nationalists are
most likely to push that part of their
program calling for strict social, cul
tural and territorial segregation of
the 9,000,000 non-Europeans of the
population. Here also they •will be
bitterly opposed. Chief stumbling
block to enactment of part of this
program is the constitutional pro
vision that representation in the
parliament can be altered only by a
two-thirds majority at a joint sit
ting of both houses.
Strict Segregation Urged.
Dr. Malan vigorously campaigned
for a segregation of colored persons
much more strict than that in the
Southern United States. He ad
vocated laws which would prevent
white and colored persons not only
from sitting side-by-side but also
from traveling on the same buses
and trains and from working next to
each other at their jobs. South
1 African industries have boomed
since the war and there has been
a large influx of colored laborers into
suburban areas.
Dr. Malan proposed that natives
be confined to reserves, like the
American Indian reservations. Na
tives in the cities also would be re
stricted to the sections inhabited
by them. Only natives with assured
employment would be allowed to
live in these sections, and any un
employed alreadv there would be
shipped back to the reserves.
Dr. Malan said Communism men
aced South Africa by its appeal to
poverty-stricken masses and that his
policy was necessary on that ac
count. The Nationalist leader con
tended the intermingling of races
would create the danger of a mixed
race eventually. He said his policy !
was not one of repression. He said
the natives should be helped to de
velop economically and culturally
but within their own reserves.
i,
Would Have White Senators.
Natives in the reserves would be
represented by six white senators,
three elected and three appointed
by the governor general.
The 2'iO.OOO people of mixed Euro- •
pean, Bantu and Malay blood J
most of whom live in the Cape,;
would be separated both from the
natives and the whites. Their pres
ent right to vote with Europeans'
would be abolished and a separate’
I department of state would admin
ister their affairs. They would be
permitted to elect three Europeans
to represent them.
The Nationalist poliey is to re
patriate as many Indians here as
possible or remove them to other
countries, prohibit future Indian
i immigration and prohibit them from i
I inter-province migration.
39 Receive Degrees
In International Affairs
Thirty-nine students of the.School
of Advanced Interna:io ial Studies,
were awarded master of arts de-;
glees at tIre school s fourth annual;
commencement yesterday at the
Friends Meeting House, 2111 Flori
da avenue N.W.
Allen W. Dulles. New York law- j
ver and former diplomat, spoke at
tlie exercises on "The Responsibil
ity of Power." The school is con
ducted under the auspices of the:
Foreign Service Educational Foun
dation and provides a program of
graduate training in ti.e field of in
ternational affairs.
Dr. Halford L. Hoskins, director
of the school, awarded the diplomas'
to:
Allen. Gale Wilson Lanlch. jr . Llovd J.
Anderson. Gloria E. Litchfield. William
, Bingham. Jules Lord. Ruth M.
Breda. Gigliola M. Mason. Richard S.
Buckle. John F. Mills. Scott A.
Clute. Grant Marvin Morehouse. Charlotte i
Coan. Stuart F. O’Donnell. Margaret !
Dodge. Dean L. Palmer. Roy Vance
Eckert. John B Paneburn. Harry
Gonzalez. Angel R. Root. John B.
Graham. James C. Tatse. Edward W.
Hall. Warren D Tinch. Clark W.
Halpern. Manfred Tuch. Hans N.
Hitchcock. Lowell B. Unumb. John A.
Hodges. Nancy H. Vogelsang. William
Hoerster. Morton K. Walters. Ralph T.
Hoffman. Arthur S. Werring. Grace
Horan. Donald C. Wharton. Jr.. Clifton
Huyrk. Earl Eugene Willis. Robert S.
Wilson, James R.
FBI Accused of Scare Tactics
With Dubious Delinquency Data
By th* Aytociotad PrM4
CHICAGO. May 29.-A Chicago
sociologist says many statistics on
increasing juvenile delinquency are
doubtful. He adds that fund-rais
ers. politicians, moralists, publicity
seekers and the FBI are using them
for fright purposes.
What's more, he contends, they
are "used to show the dangers of
radio, automobiles, comic books, in
adequate pay to teachers and French
| bathing suits.’’
Henry D. McKay of the Univer
sity of Illinois Institute of Juvenile
Research, told delegates to a meet
ing of the University of Chicago
Society of Social Research yester
day:
"Allegedly increasing rates are
being used as a kind of 20th Century
Satan, an omnipresent big bad wolf,
and a perpetual bogey man.
“Delinquency data are so Inade
quate and inexact that any one
can find what he wants for what
ever purposes he has in mind, and
if he can’t, he can get a trend
tailored to fit his need *' * * .
“The threat of juvenile delin
quency rates * * * is being used
by social agencies to raise money,
by political candidates to show the
need of sound administration, by
the moralists to indicate the disin
tegration of moral fiber, by publicity
seekers to get into the headlines,
and by J. Edgar Hoover to bludgeon
parents into behaving the way he
thinks parents ought to behave.”
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British Army Chiefs
Plan Civilian Defense
Against Atom Attacks
iy the Associated Frees
CAMBERLEY. England, May 29
—Plans for a concentrated atudv of
civilain defense against attacks by
atom bombs were announced today
by Field Marshal Viscount Bernard
L. Montgomery, chief of the British
Imperial General Staff.
Lord Montgomery said represent
atives from cities heavily bombed
in World War II would be called
together next year to help military"
experts chart a program for use if
Britain undergoes a "surprise at
tack"
He said the study would be
known as 'Exercise Britannia” and
would mark the first co-ordination
of civil defense with military tech
nique in the atomic age.
Lord Montgomery outlined the
program at a news conference wind
ing up a week of annual training
conferences and maneuvers for top
line Empire army officers at the
War Office staff college.
Early Start Important.
The 1949 exercises—fourth of the
postwar period—would be devoted
exclusively to the ''Exercise Britan
nia” project. He said it will enl’st
the ’ services of highest ranking
commanders not only in the home
land but from the dominions and
colonies.
' It is of the greatest importance
that we get down to this work next
year,” he said. 'The two things can
no longer be kept in watertight
compartments. The old ideas of
war are gone. We as soldiers are;
very much mixed up in the war- i
fare on civilians: and the civilians
share our troubles. We must evolve
a civil defense doctrine and tech
nique which will join the civil or
ganization with the military one.”
Lord Montgomery would not be
drawn into any speculation about
the possibility of another war. How
ever. reviewing the postwar role of
the new streamlined British army,
he said:
'Generally speaking I believe
another war would be fought with
weapons developed before the out
break of war, and above all I be
lieve that the man is still the first
weapon of war. In the end it is
the man who has to do his stuff.
Even if he only presses a button.
Britain Reorganizing Army.
"Thus to win battles—and Wars—
you must have men who are fit and
intelligent and trained. They must
be aided by science—but it* is the
human thing that matters most.”
Lord Montgomery said the British
army is being re-organized to meet
modern concepts of war.
In the past Britain has relied on
two armies—a small regular army,
backed by the volunteer territorial
army which was mobilized when war'
broke out, then hastily trained and
expanded.
The new plan for streamlining
calls for one army, Lord Montgom
ery said. He described a "regular
flow of trained men and disciplined
men” as vital for development of
the new plan.
U. S. Generals Attend.
He said this could be achieved
only bv imposing upon the system
of national i compulsory) service
with active army an additional re
serve liability with the volunteer
territorial army. We have done
tljis by requiring our national serv
ice men to serve six years in the
territorial army after the conclusion
of their 12 months active training.”
Lord Montgomery said the first
“national service men with a re
serve liability will start the flow
of trained men into the territorial
army' in January, 1#50.<;
Three American generals attended
the Camberley exercises. They were
Lt. Gen. Alvin C. Gillem, jr., and
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler. of
the ground forces and Lt. Gen. Ed-1
ward R. Quesada of the Air Forces.
Weather Report
District of Columbia — Mostly
cloudv in morning, partially clear
ing in afternoon with highest tem
perature in middle 70s today.
Tomorrow partly cloudy and mild.
Maryland and Virginia—Consid
erable cloudiness and nnld with
showers and a few thundershowers
,in southeast, portion today. Tomor
row partly cloudy and mild.
River Report.
'From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday. Pet. Today—. Pet !
Noon _ NO 10 p.m._9d
4 pm. . dS
8 p.m. . 88
Temperature*.
Yesterday's high. 79. at 4:20 Dm.ij
lew. fid. at d.55 a.in. Year s highest. 90]
on May 11; lowest, 5, on January 20 |
Normal maximum this date, 78 degrees;1
minimum, 58 degrees.
Tide Table*.
(Furnished bv United State* Coast and
Geodetic Survey.) ,
Today Tomorrow 1
High 1:58 a.m. 2:52 a.m.
Low 9:05 a m. 10:04 a m I
High . 2:10 p.m. 1:05 p.m
Low 9:32 p.m 10:24 p m
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today 5:44 8:20
Sun. tomorrow _ 5:44 8:27
Moon, today 1:50 a m. 12:28 p.m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Since May 1. 7.00 inches: May normal.1
3.70 inches. May record. 10.09 me he* in
1889 Since January 1. 19.98 inches.
2.do inches more than normal.
Temperature* in Various Cities.
High. Low High Low.
Atlanta 7d d3 New* York... 78 do
Boston 74 5rt Phoenix 9d H2
Chicago 62 4d Pittsburgh 72 82
Cincinnati 83 63 Port.. Me. 65 50
Detroit 64 48 St. Louis 79 53
El Paso 68 San Antonio 94 70
Galveston 8d 72 S Francisco 61 52
Kansas City 7 5 do Seattle do 51
Louisville 84 d4 Tampa 87 71
Miami 83 7d
Trailer Aids Army Program
An Armed Forces Institute trailer
truck, designed to sow how the
Army's vast educational program
woiks, will visit the Pentagon from
9 a m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Fort
Myer s North Post from 3 to 7 p.m.
Air Force Purchases
To Stress Strategic
Long-Range Bombers
By John A. Giles
i The emphasis will be on strategic
long-range bombers in the Air
i Force's first plane contracts under
! the Nation's stepped-up rearma
ment program.
The department was unable to
divulge details of the procurement
I program yesterday, following ap
proval by Secretary of Defense For
i restal of authorizations to place
orders totaling $1,345,165,000, but a
! spokesman said that the approval
! gave 'the air arm "essentially what
was planned for new aircraft.” -
Actually the allotment was about
$200,000,000 less than the sum the
Air Force had planned to spend for
new planes to start immediately
building toward the 70 groups auth
orized. The cutback however, will
i not be at the expense of combat
type aircraft, it was said.
Navy Orders Authorized.
Mr. Forrestal also authorized the
Navy to place orders up to $653,
635,000. Details of the Navy pro
gram were not revealed. The
authorization total was about $100.
000,000 less than the Navy's original
plan. j
The defense chief's office empha
sized that President Truman and
the Budget Bureau again would
review the military air needs in
September and December and in-'
! dicated that additional allotments
I might be forthcoming then.
"The authorization essentially
gives us, with the exception of al
i most $200,000,000, the total sum we
had planned to spend on new air
craft at this time," an Air Force
spokesman said.
It was indicated the Air Force
would hold back on orders for util
ity-type planes in order to go ahead
with its strategic-bomber construc
tion. Included in this category will
be the huge B-50s, a type based on
the wartime B-29, but with much
longer range, greater speed and
biggef'bomb load capacity than the
Superfort.
243 Bombers Provided for.
A total of 243 bombers was pro
vided for in the Air Force’s original j
buying program but some of these
were light bombers. Irf addition, 9091
planes other than bomber or fighter
types were suggested and it is in
this category that the cutback is]
expected to come.
The emphasis on long-range
bomber construction is predicted on
the basis of a broad strategic con
cept—the readiness of the USAF
to launch retaliatory air strikes im
mediately if the Nation is attacked.
It also was indicated that the1
Air Force would proceed with vir
! tually its original buying program j
' for jet fighters, which are needed ,
critically to modernize the air arm.
The initial plan called for 1,575 jet
fighters.
The biggest part of the Navy's
| buying involves fighters—807 of
them were contemplated under the
new spending program. The Navy
also wants 515 new attack planes!
of the fighter-bomber type.
Traffic School
For Pedestrian
Violators Urged
A school for violators of pedes
trian regulations has been proposed
to the Commissioners’ Traffic Ad
visory Committee by Burton w.
Marsh, director of traffic engineer
ing and .safety of tha American
-Automobile Association. The plan
would be modeled on the- present
school for violators of automobile
regulations.
Such schools are operated in De
troit and Cleveland.
Mr. Marsh also recommended that
[ the Traffic Advisory Board devote
i more time to the city's number one
traffic problem—the pedestrian.
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The Federal Spotlight
Complete Turnover Expected
In Civil Service Commission
By Joseph Young
A complete turnover of the three Civil Service Commissioners
seems likely in January.
There are certain to be two new commissioners. And the
retention of the third member. Miss Francis Perkins, depends
on the November elections. If the Republicans win, Miss Perkins
jis not expected to remain.
The new makeup of the Civil'
Service Commission is important to
the welfare of Government em
ployes. Under Commisioners Arthur
S. P1 e m m 1 n g, _... w, „ m
! Harry B. Mitch
! ell and Miss
| Perkins, Federal
:employe* have
| fared very well.
Mr. Flemming
leaves in Octo
ber and Mr.
Mitchell will re
sign December
31. No new ap
pointments are
expected to be
made until after
the elections.
It is too early m
to tell who their Jost»h Yo«n*
successors will be. But already Gov
ernment officials are mentioning
several persons who they say would
do a good job.
One is Lawson A. Moyer, a com
mission’s executive' director and
chief examiner, a very able man.
Another is George D. Riley, *ho
is now the staff director of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee, and a
former newspaperman.
Also mentioned is George M.
Moore, chief counsel of the House
Civil Service Committee. A former
employe of the commision, Mr.
Moore has assisted Chairman Rees
and the committe members on legis
lation affecting Federal employes.
There is also talk that an Amer
ican Legion or Veterans of Foreign
Wars man will be appointed to one
of the three jobs because of the
preponderance of veterans in Fed
eral positions. Omar B. Ketchum of
the VFW has been mentioned in this
regard.
All this is speculation, however.
Whichever party wins the appoint
ments are expected to be governed
mainly by political considerations.
With one exception, this has always
been the case in the past. The only
Federal career employe ever ap
pointed as a Civil Service Commis
sioner was George R. Whalen, who
served from 1919 to 1933.
* * * *
ARTHUR S. FLEMMING —The
resignation of Mr. Flemming, effec
tive October 1, to become president1
of Ohio Wesleyan University, is a
loss to Government employes as
well as to the entire country.
Not only was Mr. Flemming,
largely responsible for the many
beneficial changes in Government
employes’ welfare and working con
ditions, he also played a great part
in improving the efficiency of the
Federal service for the benefit of all
citizens.
His contribution, along with Mr.
Mitchell’s, in recruiting oivilian em
ployes for the Government's war
effort, won praise from Republicans
and Democrats alike. The commis
sion can be justly proud of its part
in the war effort and Mr. Flemming
deserves a large share of the credit.
Although he was the Republican
member of the commission, Mr
Flemming was usually the spokes
man for Presidents Roosevelt and
Truman on civil service legislation
before Congress. Besides being an
extremely able administrator. Mr.
Flemming also was extremely valu
able for the "selling” job he did in
appearing before Congress on be
half of beneficial Government em-'
ployes’ legislation.
Many a legislator who had ex
pected to oppose a piece of legis
lation bitterly found himself heart-;
ily in favor of the bill after Mr.
Flemming made the presentation.
It seems safe to predict that
Washington has not seen the last
of Mr. Flemming. A member of j
the commission since 1939, Mr.
Flemming felt that now was the
time for him to make a change in
his career. As president of Ohio
Wesleyan, Mr.' Flemming will have
a chance to freely speak his mind1
on the national issues of the day
something which he could not do I
while a member of the commission. |
It wouldn’t surprise his friends if
Mr. Flemming's new job will help
hipi greatly climb up the political
ladder.
“ ^ “
INTERESTED—Less than 10 min
utes alter Civil Service Commission
announced on Friday that it had
available the new list of subversive
organizations, Tass, the official
Soviet news agency, sent over its
man for a copy.
* * * *
LOTS OF JOBS—About 2,000
clerical jobs will be opened up in
the Census Bureau as a result of
the bill passed the other day by the
House.
The measure, already passed by
the Senate, provides for additional
census activities.
The jobs will be of a temporary
nature—of about two years duration.
About 9,000 enumerator jobs will be
opened up in the field.
(Be sure to listen in today at
3:15 p.m. over WMAL, The Star
station for Joseph Young's broad
cast version of The Federal Spot
light. featuring additional neivs of
Government affairs and personali
ties.) i
WhattheRussians
Are Saying of Us
The Moscow radio, broadcasting j
to North America, said:
"Millions of American trade
union members, farmers, men
and women, white and Negro,
are opposed to the imperialistic
policy of United States monop
olies which seek world domina
tion. They want peace, uni
versal peace.
"That Is why, In spite of the
blaring reactionary propaganda
of threats and coercian, millions
of Americans are attracted to
progressive ideals and give active I
support to the leaders of the j
progressive movement.”
Russian Commander
In Berlin Refuses to
Sit Next to American
By th« Associated Frost
BERLIN, May 29.—A bitter
15-hour meeting of the four
power body for governing Bedin
ended today with the Soviet
representative announcing he
would no longer sit next to his
American counterpart.
Maj. Gen. Alexander Konkov,
Soviet commander of Berlin, said
he would no longer be seated next
to Col. Prank Howley, the American
commander, at meetings of the
Kommandatura. the four-power gov
erning body. A Soviet deputy vi ill
be placed between them, Gen Kon
kov added.
Efforts at Division Charged.
The meeting was the longest and
perhaps the most acrid in the history
of the Kommandatura. It caused
American officials to reiterate their
belief that the Allied Supervisory
Council for Berlin would soon cease
to function.
"I don't think the Kommandatura
will last long now,” said one Amer
ican official. "There was an obvious
increased move by the Russians to
day to close it down.”
Gen. Kotikov preceded his an
nouncement on seating with a lone
statement in which he accused the
Americans and British of “trying to
! divide Berlin” as the major occupa
; tion zones have been split.
Warned He Is Not Dictator.
Maj. Gen. el. O. Herbert, the Brit
ish representative, said at one point
in the meeting, “I would like to
jwam the Soviet commandant that
|he is not the dictator of Berlin. He
is merely one of four commandants.”
Another session will be held
June 11.
The United States told Russia
yesterday that it would lift it* ban
on Soviet publications in the Ameri
can zone if the Russians do like
wise for American publications in
the Soviet zone.
Maj. Gen. George Hays, deputy
American military governor, wrote
this in answer to Russian Lt. Gen.
M. Dratwin s letter saying "Russia
hopes in the near future to correct
the situation.1
Electrical Group to Hear Talk
W. H. Smith, vice president of the
Automatic Tool Corp.. Baltimore,
will speak at the D. C. Electrical
Contractors Association meeting at
8 p.m. Tuesday at Pythian Temple,
1012 Ninth street N.W. His subject
will be "American Ingenuity Scores
Again."
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