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Europeans Requested
To File Programs for
Recovery Aid in June
By tht Asiof Br«i
The 17 Marshall Plan countries
were asked yesterday to meet an
early June deadline in filing their!
full first-year programs for recov
ery
Paul G. Hoffman, head of the
Economic Co-operation Administra
tion, told reporters he is asking the
countries through their Paris or
ganization to "push ahead promptly”;
their plans for using $5,300,000,000
In American aid.
So far ECA has assigned gifts and
loans totalling $1,326,000,000 for
first-quarter aid to 14 of the na
tions, including Western Germany.
Actual shipments of food, fuel, cot
ton and other goods so far autho
rized total $162,747,087. including
freight.
Reports Top Jobs Well Filled.
Mr. Hoffman said one of the major
objectives of ECA already has been
achieved—the filling of top jobs in
the agency with high-caliber men.
This, he said, will help in recruit
ing other leaders from among 40 or
50 names now under consideration.
A second achievement in the
agency's eight-week life. Mr. Hoff- i
man said, is the extinction of So
viet propaganda attacks on the Mar
shall Plan in Western Europe.
"I’ve heard enough to convince
me there is a growing confidence in
Europe that we really aim at their
recovery. We have defeated the
Communist propaganda and it*
claim that our real objective is to
make colonies out of the European
countries," the ECA chief said.
Despite the speed-up effort. Mr
Hoffman said ECA -won't be func
tioning like the recovery organiza- j
tion we think it should be" until
the October-December quarter.
Meantime, the bulk of shipments
will be .the grain, coal, cotton and
other items needed to keep people
fed and present factories running.
Maximum Prices Won’t Be Set.
ECA will not. set maximum prices
Under which foreign countries must
buy. Mr. Hoffman said, despite the
potential effect of heavy exports on
American scarcity items.
"We’ll check to see whether Eu
rope is buying at the market level
here. If it develops that some coun
tries are not doing a smart buying
job. we'll certainly talk to them.” he
said.
Such "talk'’ can have a profound
effect because ECA can back it up
with the. threat to refuse approval
for further purchases. Last Mon
day* sudden sag in the cotton mar
ket was caused by his request to all
governments to suspend "anticipa
tory” buying of cotton in the ex
pectation that ECA later will fur
nish the dollars.
Mundt Bill
• Continued From First Page.i
speech than most Senators do on
theirs. This brought laughter from
the audience.
“You never have been elected' *
Senator, but as usual you are bfri-J
niscient." snapped Chairman Wiley.
Republican of Wisconsin.
“I've helped write speeches for
Senators myself," replied the former
Vice President. As Vice President,
he was the Senate's presiding officer.
Mr. Wallace said the Mundt
Nixon bill was “a declaration of war
on the rights of free speech and
free assembly.” He said he was
fighting it as a believer in “old
fashioned Americanism.”
Warmly. Mr. Wallace said the bill
could be used to outlaw his third
party or any association for "the
peaceful advocacy of common ob
jectives." He said the bill makes
the Attorney General “a dictator
over every organization in the land."
Likened to Nazi Powers.
Mr. Wallace likened the bill to
"'the power given to the Nazi Min
ister of the Interior by the first
laws passed after Hitlers accession
to power." Deploring what he called
the use of the bill as an instrument
In the cold war against Russia. Mr.
Wallace said:
"The first victims of the cold war
• re the American people them
selves."
All hut, one of the witnesses were
Against the Mundt-Nixon Bill, which
among other things would require
Communist and Communist-front
organizations to register and would
provide fines and jail sentences for
persons engaged in foreign-directed
conspiracies.
The one witness favoring the bill
was John R. O'Brien, of Passaic.!
N. J, appearing for the Marine
Corps League, who said there is
danger of mob violence from both
Communist and Fascist elements in
this country.
Mr. Thomas told the Senators they
might, better concern themselves
with housing and the national well
being generally than with the curb
Communism bill.
Criticizes Stassen.
He took a (Hr at Harold E. Stas
ten. Republican presidential con
tender. saying Mr Stassen's speeches
indicated he wasn't very clear on
the differences between Socialism
end Communism.
As for the American Communist
Party. Mr. Thomas said flatly that
it is run from Moscow. He added
that it took him many years to
learn the Communists' true nature.
AT HEARING ON MUNDT BILI^-Henry Wallace (left) and
Chairman Wiley of the Senate Judiciary Committee shake hands
after Mr. Wallace's testimony before the group. (From yester
day's late edition.) —AP Photo.
Another witness was Rockwell
Kent, artist and Wallace Backer,
who said: "We liberals are des-:
perately afraid of this bill. It denies
us the right of free association.”
Leon Henderson, chairman of
Americans for Democratic Action,
said in a statement filed with the
committee that if the bill becomes
law "you may expect to hear Radio
Moscow on the air 24 hours a day
telling the world that democracy
had ended in the United States.”
Telegrams Protested.
Senator Wiley at one point made,
a new protest against telegrams |
flooding into his office by the thou
sand in opposition to the bill. He.
said it obviously was a pressure
campaign, but declared: "This;
committee doesn't pressure easily." |
"If we are going to listen to that
kind of bunk, we might just as well;
stop legislating and count tele
grafns, Senator Wiley said. Com
mittee aides have been instructed
to see if they can find out what
proportion of the telegrams are
Communist-inspired.
The committee scheduled an ex
tra meeting for tomorrow, a holi
day, to hear additional witnesses
against the bill. __
Congress
(Continued From First Page.l_
tional Committee, served notice yes
terday Democrats will resist any
one-year extension of the law. The
administration wants a three-year
extension, and Senator McGrath
argued a one-year extension would
be unsatisfactory.
‘/Businessmen can’t enter into con
M»ete -when they don't know what
is going to happen a year from now/'
said Senator McGrath. "And it
would affect the European Recover*
Program adversely at a critical time
in world affairs.”
This raised a question in the
minds of some observers as to
whether the President would veto a
one-year extension. Failure to ex
pend the act on June 12 would not
tei.minate existing trade agree
ments.
Campaign Issue Seen.
If the President should decide
that the extension act which finally
reaches him is too restrictive to
sign, he could go to the country in
the presidential campaign with the
tariff as an issue. In those cir
cumstances, however, the Republi
cans would argue they had offered
the administration a one-vear ex
tension pending the outcome of the
election.
It was becoming increasingly ap
parent yesterday that House lead
ers are likely to continue marking
time on the draft to see what the
Senate does with it.
House Majority Leader Halleck
indicated yesterday that, as matters
stand now, he does not believe it
will be necessary for Congress to
reconvene after the political con
ventions in June and and July.
He added one qualification, that j
"developments on the world front
later on might make it necessary.” |
Memorial Day
(Continued From First Page.i
City for'their annual convention
Tuesday through next Sunday.
The pregram from noon umil the
President's speech is concluded half
an hour later will be broadcast cter
the four networks.
Wit,n one exception, tne program
will follow tradition. The exception
is the presentation of the first Gold
Star emblems to widows and pa
rents of men lost in war.
Representative Keating. Republi
can. of New York, who introduced
the Gold Star award legislation, will
read the bill, after which represen
tatives of seven families will re
ceive the emblems from Army Secre
tary Rovall. Navy Secretary Sullivan
and Air Force Under Secretary Bur- j
rows.
Two of the families will represent j
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one each the Navy, Coast Guard
and Marines.
Chief Chaplain to Speak.
Before Principal Musician Edward
L. Masters plays taps and the colors
are retired, the program will include
the invocation by Maj. Gen. Luther
D. Miller, Army chief of chaplains;
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address recited
by Harlan Wood, past department
commander. American Legion; Gen. I
Logan.'* order establishing Memorial
Day, by Albert M. Armstrong, de
partment commander, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the American’s
Creed, said by Donald Dunn, de
partment. commander, Disabled
American Veterans.
The benediction will be given by
Capt. John Francis Hugues, Navy
assistant chief of chaplains.
Following the ceremonies three
Air Force B-25s, representing the
Army, Navy and Air Force, will fly
over the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, sprinkling flower petals.
The bombers will be escorted by six
naval reserve fighter planes.
Other services will be held tomor
row, including the traditional one
sponsored by the G. A. R. Corpora
tion and the Brightwood Citizens'
Association at Battle Ground Na
tional Cemetery. The program will
open at 3 p.m. with a concert by i
the United States Army Band.
Proctor Poem to Be Read.
The speaker will be Senator O Ma
honey, Democrat, of Wyoming. The
program will include a poem by John
Clagett Proctor, program chair
man, and reading of the Orders of
the Grand Army of the Republic
by John L. Bateman.
More than 200 representatives of;
veterans’"organizations gathered at i
the Nuns of the Battlefield Monu
ment, Connecticut and Rhode Island
avenues N.W., late yesterday for
memorial services at which the Rev.
John Spence, assistant pastor of
St. Matthews Cathedral, presided.
Dr. Spence substituted for the
Right Rev. Msgr. John K. Cart
wright. rector ot the cathedral who
was unable to be present.
Speakers included M. Joseph May,
department commander of the
Catholic War Veterans; Mr. Proc
tor. who is president of the Asso
ciation of Oldest Inhabitants; Wil
liam A. Hickey, jr„ department
commander, and Michael Casey,
past department commander of the
Irish War Veterans. Fifteen wreaths
were laid on the monument.
Sponsor was the Women's Relief
Corps, auxiliaiy of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Department of the
Potomac.
Australians Reject Control
Over Rents and Prices
ly th« Associated Press
SYDNEY. Australia. May 29—The '
Australian people have denied their
federal government permanent
power to control rents and prices.
Herbert V. Evatt. minister of ex
ternal affairs and attorney general
in Prime Minister Joseph B Chif
ley's labor government, conceded de
feat of the government-sponsored
proposal.
He said the decision of the people
was "that permanent power over
rents and prices should remain with
the states acting separately and not
with the Commonwealth govern
ment."
Latest count tonight gave approx
imately 1.837 500 votes against the
proposal to 1.380.500 for it. A ma
jority of both states and votes would
be required to make the necessary
change In the Australian constitu
tion. i
Maryland Democrats
Expect Harmonious
Conclave Tuesday'
By John V. Horner
Unless all signs fail, the Mary
land State Democratic Convention
in Baltimore Tuesday will be as
harmonious as any in history.
The Democrats’ major concern will i
be the election of 28 delegates and
28 alternates—with a total of 20
votes—to the Philadelphia National
Convention July 12. Even this is
expected to be only a formality, with
the convention putting official ap
proval on decisions made well in
advance of the State gathering.
Party leaders anticipate no effort
to have the Maryland delegation
to Philadelphia instructed on the
presidential nomination. Robert B.
Ennis, Baltimore businessman, who
is chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, said last night
that, so far as he knew, this sub
ject "has not been discussed” in
party councils.
Radcliffe to Preside.
Mr. Ennis will call the convention
to order in the Emerson Hotel at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday and former Sen
ator George L. Radcliffe, veteran
Democratic orator, will take over as
temporary chairman. His subsequent
election as permanent chairman is
likely.
No major addresses are scheduled j
but short talks will be given by
some of Maryland's prominent
Democrats. These include Gov. j
Lane, Senator Tvdings, Senator
O'Conor, Mayor D’Alessandro of
Baltimore and party nominees to
the House of Representatives.
The six members of the latter
group are Representative Sasscer,
5th District; Representatives Gar
matz and Fallon. Baltimore; F.
Byrne Austin of Takoma Park. 6th
District; State Senator William P.
Bolton, 2d District, and S. Scott
Beck, jr., 1st District.
Mrs. M. Alice Canoles of Balti
more. Democratic national commit
teewoman, also is expected to speak
briefly. The national committee
man is Gov. Lane.
No Changes Inoicated.
There are no advance indications
of changes in the party leadership
this year, so the convention busi
ness is expected to be completed
within a few* hours. Such problems
as may occur w ill be considered and
probably solved at a preliminary
conference of the leaders, which
Gov. Lane and Mr. Ennis scheduled
tomorrow night.
Each of Maryland's congressional
districts is entitled to two delegates
and two alternates to Philadelphia.
The State is allowed four votes at
large—cast by eight delegates—for
having two Democratic Senators. It
gets still another block of four votes
(and eight delegates) for going
Democratic In the 1944 election.
These 16 delegates at-large will
be supplemented by 16 alternates.
The delegation is expected to be
bound by the unit rule, so that the
20 Maryland votes will be cast as
decided by a majority of those at
tending the National Convention.
Return of MacArthur
Is Urged by O'Daniel
Senator O'Daniel, Democrat, of
Texas, said yesterday that Gen.
MacArthur should be required to
return from Japan and testify be
fore Congress.
Senator O'Daniel expressed his
views in a letter to Gen. Jonathan
M. Wainwright, who has been urg
ing Gen. MacArthur’s return. He
sent a copy of the letter to Chair
man Bridges, of the Senate ap
propriations Committee.
The committee voted 17 to 2
Thursday to request Gen. Mac
Arthur to return and testify on Far
Eastern matters. But Gen. Mac
Arthur said that he did not want
to return at this time because it
would be condemned by many as a
political move. He has announced
he would accept the Republican
presidential nomination if it is
offered him.
Senator O'Daniel said that if the
“rank and file " of Americans derfi
onstrated they wanted him to run
on a ticket with Gen. MacArthur
and it was agreeable to the Pacific
Commander “I will give the matter
serious consideration.”
1 The Texas Senator announced
May 20 that he would not seek re
election to the Senate. But he
emphasized that his decision should
not be construed as meaning that,
he was eliminating himself from j
politics or “from seeking public office
at some future time.”
Gertrude Atherton Holds
Own After Slight Stroke
By ♦Ke Associated Pres*
SAN FRANCISCO. May 29. —.
Novelist Gertrude Atherton was
holding her own tonight after a
slight stroke last Thursday, Stan
ford Hospital said.
The 90-year-old writer's condition
has been diagnosed as a slight im
pairment of a cerebral blood vessel.
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Of Delegate Elections;
Truman Set for Trip
By D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press Staff Correspondent
Republicans will just about finish j
selecting their presidential nomi- j
nating delegates this week.
President Truman stands to pick i
up another 54 delegate pledges and
possibly eight more for the Demo- ;
cratic nomination as he takes off
on a preconvention speaking trip to
the West Coast.
And. in the same week, Repre
sentative Mundt, coauthor of the
Mundt-Nixon bill to curb commu
nism, makes his bid for the Repub
lican senatorial nomination in
South Dakota. *
California and South Dakota hold
primaries Tuesday to name national
convention delegates and congres
sional candidates. After that, only
Indiana's 29 delegates will remain
to be chosen June 10-11 to complete
the Republican National Convention
roster of 1,094.
California Choices Determined.
Except for congressional nomina
tion contests, the California primary
holds littl* interest. Only one slate
of delegate candidates appears on
each ballot, with 53 Republicans
pledged to Gov. Earl Warren and a
54-vote Democratic group commit
ted to President Truman.
It will be Gov. Warren’s first
batch of delegates, although his
friends say he could have had sup
port in other states by now if he
had permitted campaigning in his
behalf outside his home state.
Gov. Warren will be the 13th
Republican to have first ballot dele
gate support going into the national
convention. This is the same num
ber that had delegate backing on
the first roll call in the 1940 con
vention.
Wallace Backers in House Race.
The Independent Progressive
Party of California, which is back
ing Henry A. Wallace for President,
has entered candidates of its own
in many of the nomination races for
23 House seats. It also has indorsed
■ some Deomcralic nominees and in
one district a Progressive candidate
is opposed by a former Democratic
member of Congress for a nomina
tion.
| Cross-filing is permitted in Cal
ifornia and in some instances the
candidates are running for all three
nominations—Democratic, Republi
can, and Progressive. The intricate
voting should show to some degree
how strong Progessive candidates
would run in November and to whom
they could do the most damage.
South Dakota voters Tuesday will
elect 11 Republican delegates. They
: will be uninstructed, -but are ex
pected to support Harold E. Stassen
on the first ballot at Philadelphia.
1 There are two Democratic slates
of eight delegates each. One. led
by former Representative Hilde
brandt. Is uninstructed. The other,
headed by State Chairman Lynn
, Fellows, is pledged to Mr. Truman.
If the President wins the South
Dakota delegation, he will come
, within 57 of having enough—618—
for a nomination, if, of course, he
jean count definitely on many of
ficially uncommitted delegates now,
claimed for him in several big
states.
Truman Chalks up 499 Delegates.
At the week end he had 499 in
pledged and claimed delegates. Cal
j ifornla’s 54 and South Dakota's
height would give him 561. There
iwill be 1,234 votes in the Demo
' cratic convention and less than a
thousand have been chosen.
Mr. Truman takes off Thursday
i night for his Western trip. He will
make five major prepared speeches
and many informal rear platform
appearances.
The White House calls it an of
fical trip, or •'nonpolitical.” Re
publicans describe it as "political"
and demand to know who Is paying
for it. The White House says the
expense will come out of the Presi
dent s annual travel allowance. The
Democratic National Committee
doesn't have to dig into its rather
slim war chest.
Political or nonpolitical, there are
indications at least two members
of the Democratic Committee staff
will go along, one for the entire
! journey. There are indications that
Chairman McGrath, if he goes, will
ride only part of the way west.
Besides the Democratic delegate
contest in South Dakota, the State;
offers two interesting Republican
races for Congress.
Four Hope to Succeed Mundt.
Mr. Mundt, now serving his fifth
House term, is ppposed for the Re
publican Senatorial nomination by
Otto B. Linstad, Pierre attorney,
•State legislator, and veteran of both
wot;ld wars. Senator Bushfield, Re
tiring.
The other attraction is a four
man race for the first district House
nomination for the seat being va
cated by Representative Mundt.
Candidates are Art B. Anderson.
Sioux Falls oil jobber and State
legislator; Harold O. Lovre, Water
town attorney and State legislator;
W. H. Pringle, retired Pierre con
Townsend for Any Candidate
'Who Is for Townsend Plan'
Dr. and Mrs. Francis E. Townsend pictured at National
Airport with their one-year-old grandson. Craig Townsend, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Townsend, of Cleveland.
—Star Staff Photo.
Dr. Francis E. Townsend arrived
here yesterday with a flexible poli
tical indorsement.
He's for any presidential candi
date who is for Townsend.
Here for the four-day national
convention of Townsend Plan sup
porters, the 82-year-old leader ar
rived at National Airport in a pelt
ing rain. He lost little time in re
iterating his approval of Henry A.
Wallace, but added that "I am for
any man who shows approval of
the Townsend Plan.’’
In equally short time he:
Berated the House Ways and
Means Committee as “a Franken
stein that thinks it is bigger than
Congress itself." The committee
has the Townsend bill.
Heartily approied aid to Europe.
Deplored any moves toward uni
versal military training, proposing
instead “more pay for soldiers: then
we wouldn't have to draft them
Bemoaned what he termed the
United States’ recent ’snub" of
Stalin's offer to tall: things over.
“How do we know’ Stalin isn't ready
to give up in this cold war?"
Townsend Plan officials expect
5.000 delegates to the convention
sessions, which open at Uline Arena
tractor, and E. L. Stavig, Rosholt
merchant and State Senator.
All other candidates for Congress
and Governor in both parties have
no opposition.
Georgia. Alabama I.ineup.
The only other delegates to be
named next, week are in Georgia
and Alabama. The Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee in Georgia will
pick a 28-vote delegation tomorrow.
It will be either uninstructed or
anti-Truman. Georgia party leaders
tyive indicated strong opposition to
the President's nomination and his
civil rights program. But they have
refused so far to join any party
bolt.
There has been some talk of the
Georgia delegation putting up Sen
ator George for the presidential
nomination. But Senator ^ George
has not approved the move’.
Senator George in an interview
last week said he doesn't think Mr.
Truman "is the answer to the coun
try's prayer for leadership.”
Alabama Democrats will hold a
runoff primary Tuesday to elect
11 more convention delegates to add
to the 15, all pledged against Mr.
Truman, named in a May 4 primary.
On the GOP side, there was talk
of a Vandenberg-Dewey ticket dur
ing the week. Bui there have been
no indications that the New Yorker
would accept second place.
There will be 1.094 full-voting del
egates to the GOP convention, with
548 needed to nominate. The Demo
crats will have close to 1.600 dele
gates, but they will cast 1.234 votes,
with delegates at large having only
half a vote each in States which
have taken advantage of the privi
lege of doubling their at-large dele
gate allotments. Most States have.
A majority of the 618 is required
for the nomination.
Organist to Get Diploma
William Watkins, organist at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will receive a special grad
uate diploma from the Peabody j
Conservatory, Baltimore, at 8:30
p.m. Tuesday. I
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Wednesday morning. Registration
will be at the Washington Hotel,
which also will be convention head
quarters.
Meanwhile approximately 30 dele
gates of old-age pension groups
throughout the country have formed
an American Federation -of Pension
Associations to promote a uniform
national pension vlaw.
The group met here last week
and elected the Rev. Thomas E.
Boorde, pastor of the Anacostia
I Baptist Church, as its president.
Mrs. Agnes G. Shankle. 727 Long
fellow street N.W., editor of the
National Pension Guide, was named
secretary.
The new federation, which does
not include the Townsend group,
seeks a pension in all States of at
least $60 a week for persons over 60.
Approximately 20 bills to this gen
eral end now are pending in Con
gress. The federation program is
to secure the release of one of these
bills, or an "open" pension bill, by
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, and to rally all pension
groups in support of this bill.
Under present law, old-age pay
ments vary among States from $14
a month to $60.
Howard to Take Part
In Atomic Research
Howard University is among 30
colleges and other institutions which
will co-operate with the government
in new atomic study projects.
This was announced last night
by the Atomic Energy Commission
and the Navy, co-sponsors of the
program. The Commission has al
located $1,300,000 for the year-long
studies. ,
The purpose of the projects is to
find new ways in which atomic in
formation may be useful in medi
cine. and develop more knowledge
about the effects of atomic radia
tion on living things.
Subjects will range from how
tape worms live and get their nour
ishment to the use of atomic ma
terials in cancer treatments.
Participating colleges include:
California Institute of Technology,
University of California, University
of Chicago. University of Illinois.
University of Kansas, University of
Missouri. Ohio State University.
Rice Institute, Washington Univer
sity. St. Louis and Western Reserve
University.
8 Workmen Are Killed
In French Tunnel Blast
By the Associated Press
ANNECY. France, May 29.—
Eight workmen were killed and 15
injured seriously today by a pre
mature explosion in a turnel they
were building near Chamonix, in
eastern France near the Swiss and
Italian borders.
The tunnel is part of an electric
power project. When finished. it
will bring water in the summer
months from the Alpine ice fields
to a dam at Lucotville.
About 300 men were on the job at
the time of the blast.
Film Writers Draft
Suit in Industry Ban
On Hiring Subversives
A suit attacking the motion pic
ture industry's stand against hiring
members of groups advocating
overthrow of the Government will
be filed Tuesday in Federal Court
at New York City in behalf of
| officials of the Screen Writers’
j Guild and the Authors' League of
America, Washington attorneys an
nounced yesterday.
The petitioners in the antitrust
suit include 30 of the top writers
for screen and stage. None of them
is a Communist or has any connec
tion with the 10 Hollywood writers,
directors and producers charged
with contempt of Congress last fall,
a spokesman for Arnold. Fortas and
Porter, Washington attorneys, said.
Former Assistant Attorney General
Thurman Arnold of that firm is
handling the suit with James T.
Bredin, a New York attorney.
Defendants Listed.
The defendants are the Motion
Picture Association of America, the
Association of Motion Picture Pro
ducers, the Society of Independent
Motion Picture Producers, Para
mount, Loew's (M-G-Mi. RKO,
Warner Brothers. Twentieth Cen
tury-Pox, Columbia and Universal
Pictures, gric Johnston, head of
the first two associations, also is
named a defendant.
The petition will ask the court
to void a resolution in which the
industry’s associations last Novem
ber declared they would not “know
ingly employ a Communist or a
member of any party which advo
cates the overthrow of the Govern
ment by force or by any illegal or
unconstitutional method."
The writers, while disavowing
sympathy for Communists or subver
sive activity, hold that such a reso
lution violates the antitrust laws
by being a conspiracy and combina
tion in restraint of trade. They
contend that such an employment
policy "goes outside the processes
of genuine collective bargaining.”
establishes a blacklist at the whim
of industry employers, and inter
feres with a “free market" for the
sale of screen and stage writing
and literature in general, their at
torneys said.
Seeks Definitions.
Besides seeking court action to en
join the producers, the petition will
request the court for authoriative
definitions of such terms as "group.”
“advocates,” “overthrow by force,”
and “illegal or unconstitutional
method.”
The following members of the
board of the Screen Writers Guild
are among the petitioners: Sheri
dan Gibney, guild president ; Robert
Ardrey, Art Arthur, Claude Binyon,
Charles Brackett. Prank Cavett,
Valentine Davies, Richard English,
Everett Freeman. Paul Gangelin,
Alvert Hackett. F. Hugh Herbert,
Milton Krims, Arthur Kober. Ernest
Fascal. George Seaton. Arthur
Schekman, Leonard Spigelgass,
Dwight Taylor and Harry Tugcnd.
Those from the Authors League
of America are: Oscar Hammer
stein. 2d, John Hersey. Russell
Crouse, Moss Hart. Christopher La,
Parge, Howard Lindsay. Richard
Rogers, Rex Stout, John Vander
cook and Glenwav Wescott.
Karin Booth to Be Wed
To Yachtsman Tuesday
By the Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla . May 20.—
Karin Booth, screen actress, will be
married Tuesday to Allen Pinker
ton Carlisle, prominent yachtsman.
Mr. Carlisle, of New York and Palm
Beach, is a member of the Pinker
ton detective family. He is 36 and
the bride-elect 27.
Mr. Carlisle owns the famous
racing yacht Ticonderoga
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