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Pennsylvania to Back
Favorite Son Martin
Beyond First Ballot
By th* Associated Prm
PHILADELPHIA. June 21—Top
Pennsylvania Republican leaders
moved today to end a bitter leud in
the State's delegation to the Re
publican convention behind the
candidacy of Its "favorite son," Sen
ator Martin.
The delegation, with only one
formal dissent, voted last night to
stick with the Pennsylvania Senator
Indefinitely when the balloting be
gins to pick the presidential nom
inee.
The harmony move was sparked
by Elder Marshall of Pittsburgh,
former law partner of Gov. Duff, at
a preconvention caucus that packed
a hotel room with delegates, news-;
men and party members.
The sole objector was Esdras
Howell of Scranton, who said he
would vote for Senator Vanden-.
oerg.
“It was a fine and harmonious
meeting," said Gov, Duff. j
Discord Had Been Reported.
The Pennsylvania Governor had
been reported at odds with Senator
Martin, G. Mason Owlett, Republi
can national committeeman, and
Joseph Grundy, former head of the
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Asso
ciation. The four leaders were said
to be far apart on policy and candi
dates.
The Pennsylvania Governor has
been listed among the supporters
of Senator Vandenberg while the
others were said to favor Gov.
Dewey.
ttui an was narmony ai luc
delegation caucus. It was Henry;
Lark of Sunbury, a Grundy leader,!
who first proposed that the dele
gation reaffirm its ' backing of
Senator Martin. Mr. Lark’s motion,
however, limited it to the first
ballot.
Then Mr. Marshall, a Duff .man,
jumped to his ieet and moved that
the words ‘’the first ballot’ be
stricken. This was done. Gov.
Duff explained that now the dele
gation can decide "at anytime what
it wants to do.”
Subsequently, Gov. Duff told re-'
porters he was ready to sit down l
with Mr. Grundy and any other,
State leaders for "the purpose of
ending discord in the delegation.” j
Broader Talk Suggested.
He made the comment when in
formed that Mr. Grundy had pro
posed that Gov. Duff meet with
Senator Martin, Mr. Owlett, Mrs.
Worthington Scranton, National
committeewoman; State Chairman
M. Harvey Taylor and himself.
Mr. Grundy explained that Gov.;
Duff had told him he wanted to
sit down with him and talk things
over but that he had suggested the
group should be broadened.
"The next move is up to Gov.
Duff,” Mr. Grundy added.
A few minutes later Gov. Duff
said the meeting could take place
at anytime and then stood arm and
arm with Senator Martin.
Mo6t of the State leaders met so
cially several hour* before the cau- ;
cus at the country estate of Martin
W. Clement, president of the Penn-;
sylvania Railroad in Bryn Mawr. j
Also present were Gov. Dewey, Sen
ator Taft and Speaker Martin, all
possible presidential nominees.
Mr. Clement explained it was a
reception for Gov. Duff and Sena
tor Martin and their wives with
most of the otfler guests from Phila
delphia.
Gov. Duff also said the gathering
was "entirely social.”
Martin Hails Action.
Senator Martin greeted the cau-1
cus action as a dempnstration of
'‘unanimity of opinion" that is.
greater than at any time in the
last 40 years.
Later, he said that he was will
ing to sit down with other leaders
in the delegation but added "I don't
know anything that isn't har
monious.”
He said the action of Mr. Howell
„ at the caucus “was courageous and
an example of real Americanism.”
He added it was significant that no
other delegate followed Mr. Howell s
Example.
"They had the opportunity but j
didn't,” he said.
Convention
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capped by having been in power too
long, is incapable of offering and
effective resistance to the march
of radical aggression. Nevertheless,
it has millions of patriotic mem
bers whose support we welcome,
and whose support I am confident
we shall have this year in one of;
the most, if not the most, critical
election in our history.”
Today's opening was for the most
part organizational and perfunc
tory. The convention heard an in
vocation by the Rev. Pred Pierce
Corson, bishop of the Methodist
Church. Then it listened to the
reading of the official program, read
by Mrs. Dudley C. Hay of Michigan,
secretary of the Republican Na
tional Committee.
Welcomed by Duff.
Addresses of welcome were deliv
ered by Gov. Duff of Pennsylvania
and Mayor Bernard Samuel of Phil-i
adelphia. The temporary roll of;
convention delegates W'as presented,
and convention committees on cre
dentials, resolutions, permanent or
ganization and rules and order of
business were formally appointed.
And the temporary officers were
elected, including the temporary
chairman. Gov. Green of Illinois.
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, former
member of the House from Connec
ticut, will address the convention
after Gov. Green speaks tonight.
The Credentials and Resolutions
Committee will go to work imme
diately. Under the leadership of
the chairman. Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, much work has al
ready been done on the platform
by the Resolutions Committee. Sen
ator Lodge hopes to present it to the
convention tomorrow—although the
program calls for its presentation j
Wednesday. If Senator Lodge has
his way and tire platform can be j
disposed of tomorrow it will ma
terially shorten the convention.
The Credentials Committee will
see the renewal of the battle be
tween the Taft and Dewey forces
over Georgia’s 16-member delega-!
tion. The Republican National
Committee settled the contest in
favor of the Dewey delegation ljist:
week. The Taft camp has appealed
the decision to the Credentials Com
mittee.
Rumors of a Taft-Stassen coali
tion in the Credentials Committee;
to defeat the Dewey delegation and
give Taft the delegation were rife—,
as they were before the action of
the national committee. The urge,
It is said, is to put a monkey
WATCHING THE CONVENTION BY TELEVISION—A Star cameraman made these pictures from
a WMAL-TV monitor soon after the Republican Convention opened this morning. By joint
arrangement the same scenes were televised to Washington audiences by WMAL-TV, WTTG and
WNBW. The photo above shows delegates about to take their seats.
; wrench in the Dewey bandwagon.
The fight will be followed with great
interest, since it would be a reverse
for Gov. Dewey. If the New Yorker
wins the Taft forces could still
carry the fight to the floor of the
j convention.
"Favorite Son” States May Join.
In this Credentials Committee
battle it has been suggested that
members who are supporting some
of the favorite sons also may join
in an anti-Dew'ey coalition. Should
the operation be successful, then
the Dewey managers would be faced
with the problem of yielding Geor
gia’s delegation or taking the con
test to the floor — 'where another
coalition might bring defeat.
This fight was the chief early
skirmish of the convention. But
the major news last night and to
day was that the big State delega
I tions are sticking to their favorite
! sons at the beginning of the ballot
ing at least.
At caucuses of the various groups,
there was no sign of a break.
Pennsylvania's delegation, the sec
ond largest in the convention, is
on record to support a favorite son—
Senator Martin—not merely on the
first but on an unlimited number of
ballots. It will cast 72 votes for
Senator Martin and one for Senator i
Vandenberg. Esdras F. Howell of
Lackawanna County said he was j
committed to the Michigan Senator
and would vote for him.
Illinois, with the third largest
delegation—56 delegates—voted to
support Gov. Green on the first
ballot— and then to caucus again, j
; The Governor's speech tonight may j
boost his chances for a place on
the ticket.
Dewey May Get Illinois’ Aid.
| Reports are that 30 of the Illinois
delegates wish to go to Senator
Taft, 25 to Gov. Dewey and one
to Senator Vandenberg. An as
surance of a vice presidential;
nomination for Gov. Green, if it
should come from the headquar
I ters of Gov. Dewey, might easily
j swing the great majority, if not the
whole delegation, to him. After the
delegation caucused Gov. Green W’as
asked if he had been promised a
j vice presidential nomination by
Gov. Dewev.
“No one has promised me a vice •
presidential nomination," he snapped
back.
Most significant of these State
caucuses was that of Michigan. It
apparently revealed a change of
tactics and the adoption of an out
and-out drive for Vandenberg dele
gates. Gov. Sigler of Michigan, at
the State delegation caucus, handed
to each of the delegates a letter,
and a complete list of all delegates I
to the national convention.
Will Visit Delegates.
In his letter Gov. Sigler called
on the delegates to select from the
roll of the convention those person
ally known to them and then go to
work on these delegates to win their
support for Senator Vandenberg.
"Tell them the Vandenberg story
and w'in their enthusiastic response
to your request," Gov. Sigler said.
He added there were many Repub
lican leaders here, not delegates,
I who also should be contacted.
“As soon as you have scanned
the list,” Gov. Sigler continued,
"and recorded the names of dele
gates and leaders with whom you
are acquainted, will you please re
port the names of the individuals
whom you will contact to Walter
Laidlaw. who will act as liaison offi
cer for Arthur Vandenberg. jr. (the
Senator's son): Arthur E. Summer
field (Republican National Commit
teeman) and myself? Through Wal
; ter many of you will be assigned
additional tasks, and you will be
contacted on an organized basis by
other party leaders to take on fur
ther responsibilities, so that we are
successful In bringing about a vie- j
torv for Arthur H. Vandenberg."
Strategy Still Undecided.
The Michigan delegation, of
which Gov. Sigler is chairman,
voted to cast their votes unani
mously for the Senator. Whether
his name will be placed formally
in nomination for the presidency,'
or the delegation will merely bai- j
lot for him when called on the roll
of States, has still to be determined.
After as caucus. Gov. Sigler told
newspaper men that “tHe senti- j
ment of the delegation is that
Senator Vandenberg should be
nominated whether he wants to
be nominated or not."
The Michigan Senator will be
the last of the presidential pos
sibilities to arrive in the convention;
city. He will leave Washington by
automobile and drive leisurely to
Philadelphia. arriving probably;
late in the afternoon, but in time
to attend tonight's session, and hear
the keynote speech. As a Senator
and distinguished guest, Senator
Vandenberg will be seated on the
' platform.
Indorsed by Mrs. Luce.
Senator Vandenberg's entry into
the hall might be a signal for a real
demonstration. when delegates
favoring him catch sight of him.
Senator Vandenberg was indorsed;
• for the nomination yesterday by;
I; Mrs. Luce.
■j "Naturally.'’ she said in a CBS
! televised interview. "I want Arthur
, j Vandenberg. He is head and should
ers above any one else for this cen
tral role in the eyes of the whole
world."
All of this Vandenberg activity
might easily change the race for
the presidential nomination from a
contest between Gov. Dewey and
Senator Taft—as Senator Taft b»s
declared it to be—to a contest be
tween Gov. Dewey and Senator
Vandenberg. A failure of the Mich
igan Senator, however, to show ma
terial strength in the voting, might
give the Dewey bandwagon a real
push forward. This is a contingency
which some of the Vandenberg lead
ers have hoped would not arise.
Their hope is to see Gov. Dewey and
Senator Taft kill each other off—
and so open a w'ide hole through
which Sentor Vandenberg may drive
to victory.
Two States in Big Role.
Two other big state delegations
which may play a key part in the
final choice also were ready to stick
to their favorite sons for the first
ballot at least.
New Jersey delegates voted to
back Gov. Driscoll on the first vote.
The Governor commented that his
delegation is going to take ‘'one
step at a time.”
The Massachusetts group, with a
caucus planned for today, is ex- j
pected to vote the first time for j
Senator Saltonstall. But Gov. I
Bradford announced he is for Sen
ator Vandenberg, though he indi
cated he might be for Gov. Dewey
later. Sinclair Weeks, the State’s
national committeeman. arranged a
breakfast today for Senator Taft.
Chairman Reece, in his address,
said that the people of America,
in 1946 had elected a Republican;
Congress, and “this year they are
going to finish the job by electing ]
a Republican president."
"For 15 New Deal years,” Mr.
Reece said, "our people lived under
a system which has been described
as economic cannibalism.
Hits Tax Policies.
"The system, based upon the
false assumption that we had
reached our economic frontiers and
that production should be curtailed,
called for the systematic dis- j
mantling of our great productive
facilities. Due to the tax policies
of the administration we know now1
that during the decade between
1930 and 1940 there was a decrease
of approximately 20 per cent in our
national supply of tools of produc-!
tion and measured in dollars, that
amounted to about $35,000,000,000. ;
"This suicidal process was ae-j
companied by resort to deficit spend
ing—spending each year billions
of dollars more than the Govern
ment took in—with the net result
that the value of our currency was
debased with the inevitable produc
tion of unjustifiable high prices for
everything the people need. Some
one has aptly stated that the New
Dealers spent their time in Wash-1
ington cutting out paper dolls and
calling them money.
"But that period has passed:
the people, wiser, poorer and terribly
in debt, are returning home to the
sound principles of honest money,
an honest day's work, a recognition
of the need for thrift, and the im
portance of individual freedom,
based upon self reliance. And now,
they are coming home to the party
which always has stood for these
things.
Praise* Congress’ Record.
"The Republican Congress, de
spite the opposition of a hostile
White House, has made an enviable
record, based upon those principles.
It has stood for principles rather
than expediency.
“The once great Democratic Party
has become an intellectually sterile
hybrid of radicalism and big city
'machinism.' It cannot exist with
both and it cannot exist without
both.’’
The Pennsylvania caucus took
place in an unexpected atmosphere
of harmony, due, it is believed, to
a prior conference between Gov.
Duff and Senator Martin and also
to a desire on the part of both
the Duff and Joe Grundy factions
not to go into battle so early. Gov.
Duff has currently been for Sena
tor Vandenberg and against Gov.
Dewey. The Grundy faction, includ
ing Mason Owlett, disliking the idea
of Duff nomination, has turned to
Gov. Dewey.
AH of the presidential candidates
swung quickly into action when they
reached Philadelphia yesterday—
Gov. Dewey, Senator Taft and Gov.
Warren of California—and all held;
press conferences. So did Harold E.
Stassen of Minnesota, who has been
on the scene for about a week.
Gov. Dewey, facing about 400
newspaper correspondents, answered
questions readily—except a few on
which he had "no comment.” He
said he expected to be nominated,
but refused to predict on what bal
lot. He gave Congress praise for a
“remarkable record.” He denied he
had made any commitments to any
one regarding a vice presidential
nomination should he himself be
given first place on the Republican
ticket.
“I will be entirely happy with
whomever the convention nominates
for Vice President.” Gov. Dewey
said.
Gov. Dewey said ‘‘it would be sil
ly" to take one ballot Wednesday
night, after the nominating speeches
had been made and then adjourn
until Thursday.
"This convention," he said, ‘‘will
be nominating a President, not en
gaged in a fencing match."
He said he believed the draft
law just put through Congress was
an "excellent compromise."
“If you are nominated, would you
want "Congress reconvened this
summer to deal with other prob
lems,” Gov. Dewey was asked.
That would be cruel ana mnu
man treatment” he shot back.
Senator Taft, who looked In good
shape despite the fact he had only
two hours sle«#Vriday night and
30 minutes sleep Saturday, because
of the long Senate session before
Congress adjourned, told his press
conference he did not think Con
gress should be called back into
session after the conventions; that
the Republican platform should ap
prove the record made by Congress;
that he expected he would have “in
the neighborhood of 300 voteS on the
first ballot; that he had no deal
with Stassen to stop Dewey, and
"I think I will win.”
Gov. Warren said he was in the
race for nomination to stay; that
he would favor no deals in “smoke
filled rooms”; that he was not a
"dark-horse” candidate, but out in
the open.
At pep meetings, Senator Know
land of California made it plain
that the Californians will brook no
talk of a deal until they find out
whether Gov. Warren can get a
run in his own right if a deadlock
develops.
Some hardy souls still were pass
ing out buttons for Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Telegram From MacArthur.
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright pro
duced a telegram from Gen. Mac
Arthur, who has eight Wisconsin
votes, praising Gen. Wainwright’s
“invincible support.” It read:
"Have just received your letter
and hope sincerely that you will
be able to attend the convention.
Your invincible support at that
time will reflect our long comradship
of service and will mean much to
me personally, regardless of the out
come of the issues immediately in
volved. Affectionate regards, Mac
Arthur."
Speaker Martin, who also came
weary to Philadelphia, admitted
that he would accept a presidential
nomination if it came his way. He
is to be permanent chairman of the
convention.
“No Republican would turn the
nomination down if offered to him,”
was his way of putting it.
Federal Pay
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making jobs, receiving $10,330 a
year, while the heads of their
agencies will make only $10,000.
A proposal for substantial in
creases for top-flight Government
officials had been contained in the
bill considered by the Senate late
Saturday night. The proposals had
been worked out carefully after
months of study by Senator Fland
ers, Republican, of Vermont. -
Revisions of Act Retained.
In rejecting top-bracket raises, the
Senate bill retained Classification
Act revisions which would have
given Federal employes an average
$360 a year increase as well as
House bill provisions for a $450 in
crease for postal workers.
However, when the legislation was
sent to conference about 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, House leaders instructed
their conferees to insist on elimi
nation of all classification act re
visions and a toning down of the
proposed $360 pay boost.
* Consequently the Senate conferees
had their backs against the wall.
They faced the alternative of ac
cepting the House conferees' pro
posal of a fiat $330 a year pay raise
with no classification act revisions,
or getting no bill at all.
Finally, at 12:40 a.m. Sunday, the
Senate conferees yielded and ac
cepted the House members’ terms
The House members had argued
that the House on Friday had ap
proved only a $450 postal workers'
pay bill. Therefore, they contended,
the House was yielding more in con
ference than was the Senate, in
agreeing on a $330 Federal pay
measure.
Once the conferees agreed on
the $330 figure, and on a $450 postal
workers’ pay raise, the rest was
comparatively easy. The House
quickly approved the legislation
without any opposition. The Senate
quickly followed suit, and completed
action on the measure at 3:14 ajm.
Sunday.
Included in the bill are postal
rate increases to finance part of the
postal workers’ $450 pay raise. The
increases: Air mall, 5 to 6 cents;
third class bulk mail, up 2 cents
a pound; special delivery stamps,
13 to 15 cents. In addition, a new
4-cent air mail postal card will be
Introduced.
Indies Oil Output Rises
Netherlands Indies’ oil output last
year was 14 per cent of prewar, but
almost quadruple the 1946 produc
tion. Sumatra reports.
The Austrian Government is en
couraging the shipping of wine to
America.
This shot of the WMAL-TV telecast shows Republican Na
tional Chairman Reece (at left, hand raised) at the rostrum as
he made the opening speech today. , Beside him is Mrs. Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative from Massachusetts.
—Star Stall Photos.
Mrs. Smith Faces 3 Men
In Maine Senate Race
•y th* Associated Press
PORTLAND, Me., June 21.—Maine
Republicans decide today whether
to nominate a woman to the Sen
ate for the first time.
Representative Margaret Chase j
Smith, 49, opposes three men in
the top contest of the State’s pri
maries.
If she wins, and then wins the
general election, she would be the
country's second woman Senator.
Republicans usually do win in
Maine. She now is a member of
thp House Armed Services Com
mittee.
Arrayed against her for the
chance to succeed Majority Floor
Leader White, who is retiring, are:
Gov. Horace Hildreth, 45; his
predecessor, Sumner Sewall, 50, and
Albion P. Beverage, 41, a political
newcomer.
Polls close by 7 p.m. In some
small towns balloting may end
at 5 p.m.
The Senate campaign, and those
of the five Republicans seeking the
nomination for Governor, were
among the hardest fought in re
cent years.
The Democrats had but one ma
jor contest—for the governorship.
Comdr. J. G. Mercer
Dies on Visit Here
Comdr. John Gerald Mercer. U.
S. N„ retired, wartime personnel J
officer of the 5th Naval District, j
Norfolk, and the Naval Air Station.
Miami, died today at the home
of Comdr. Andrew L. Haas, 2963
McKinley street N.W., where he
had been visiting since yesterday.
Comdr. Mercer, who was 51,
came to Washington more than j
a week ago to find living quar
ters here for his family now
in Norfolk. He first visited a week
with Rear Admiral J. P. Benning
ton. U. S. N„ retired, at 2810 Thirty
ninth street N.W.
Comdr. Mercer was retired for'
disability in February, 1946. He ,
was recently released from the Nor- j
folk Naval Hospital.
He was a native of Wilmington, j
N. C., and was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1921. He had
served on the destroyers Isherwood,
Edsall and Paul Jones. During
World War I he served on the j
battleships Minnesota and Wiscon
sin? He was on the carrier Sara
toga from 1931 until 1933 when
he assumed command of the Ontario
an ocean tug. He was retired in
1935 and later recalled to active
service in 1939. v
He was a cousin of Capt. Ogden
King, commandant of the Navy
Dispensary at the Navy Department.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Carol Mercer and two children,
Carol and Christopher, of Norfolk.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
1.000 Dead, 200,000 Left
Homeless in Foochow Flood
By fht Associated Press
NANKING. June 21.—A great
flood has inundated Foochow (Min
howi drowning 1,000 and leaving
200.000 of the city's 800,000 popula
tion, homeless, reports from that
south coastal city said today.
Premier Wong Wen-hao ordered
emergency relief planes to aid the
stricken people at the mouth of the
Min River.
Tpe Premier's secretary said no
details were available and the re
port of the flood was "a surprise."
No word has been received from the
I city since Friday, when Liu Chien
jhsu, Fukien provincial governor, re
; ported torrential rains.
The reports of dead and home
less were relayed via Shanghai.
The 200 foreigners living in Foo
chow suburbs were considered in
little danger since they all reside
on higher ground than the city
proper
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Grand Jury Witnesses
In Group Sentenced
On Gambling Charges
Two jail terms were among sen
tences on numbers game charges
imposed today by Justice Alexander
Holtzhoff in District Court.
Most of those sentenced testified
last week before the special grand
jury investigating gambling opera
tions here.
Meanwhile, the grand jurors failed
to assemble for a morning session
and it was not known whether they
would meet at all today. United
States Attorney George Morris Pay
land his two assistants in the in
jquiry. John W. Fihelly and Charles
B. Murray, were believed to be in
terviewing prospective witnesses.
Those sentenced for gambling of
fenses, all of whom pleaded guilty,
were:
Burnie O. Love, 37, 1200 block
of Eastern avenue N.E., 2 to 6
months; Theodore A. Dorsey, 29,
2600 block of Georgia avenue N.W.,
30 to 90 days; Edna Harris, 32, 1000
block of Lamont street N.W., sus
pended 30-to-90-day jail sentence, 2
years’ probation; Betty R. Cook,
22, 700 b’ock of G street N.E., $50
fine; A, a Jackson, 60, 1700 block
of Kalo. ma road N.W., $75 fine.
Also C‘ tway Chappelle, 41, 3700
block of Foote place N.E., $50 fine;
Ida M. Powell, 43, 1100 block Sev
enth street N.E., $50 line; Glen
Newell, 29. 1300 block of Tenth
street N.W., $50 fine, and Mattie
Thomas, 36, first block of N street
S.E., $75.
All are colored.
Those fined also were given sus
pended jail sentences and placed
on probation. All but Newell and
the Cook woman are known to have
been heard by the special grand
1urv.
Fred Morgan of Staunton
Heads Legion District
By the Associated Press
WINCHESTER, Va., June 21 —
Fred Morgan of Staunton was elect
ed commander of American Legion
posts of the Seventh Congressional
District at a district convention
yesterday attended by representa
tives from 32 pasts.
He succeeds Ralph Grubbs of
Winchester.
Other district officers elected:
Walter Green of Harrisonburg, first
vice commander; Thomas Lipcomb,
Waynesboro, second vice command
er, and Roy Terry of Hot Springs,
adjutant.
Lucius T. Russell, 77, Dies;
Founded Newark Ledger
ly the Associated Pros*
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 31.
—Lucius T. Russell, founder of the
Newark (N. J.) Ledger, died Sunday
of a heart attack at the home of a
son, Robert.
He suffered a stroke three months
ago and had been an invalid since.1
Mr. Russell had published news*
papers in Oklahoma before coming
to New Jersey in 1908 to purchase
the Elizabeth Times and later found
the Newark Ledger.
Born on a plantation at Buena
Vista, Miss., he established his first
daily in 1900 on the proposed town
site of Lawton, Okla. He published
the Lawton Daily Democrat there
and later the Anadarko Evening
Democrat and the Ardmore Morning
Democrat.
Mr. Russell gained fame as a
crusading editor of the old school,
and his editorials matched his robust
figure. He stood 6 feet 3 inches tall,
weighed over 200 pounds and com
manded his editorial rooms in a
booming voice which fired as many
as four managing editors from the
Ledger within a single week.
He retired from the Ledger in
May, 1935, when the paper was sold
to S. I. Newhouse as a result of* a
stockholders’ suit._
Eaton Predicts Passage
Of Loan for U. N. Building
ly th* Associated Press
Congress will approve the $65,
000,000 loan to build United Nations
headquarters in New York when
it meets again, Chairman Eaton of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee predicted today.
Mr. Eaton said that he trusts
U. N. “will not make a precipitate
decision to move elsewhere.”
Representative Bloom of New
York,, ranking Democrat on the
committee, expressed fear yester
day that the General Assembly,
meeting in Paris in September,
might listen to a possible proposal
to move the U. N. capital to Europe
because the House failed to pass
the loan bill.
Mr. Bloom criticized action of
the House committee in tying the
loan in with other U. N. proposals
and said this blocked it. The Sen
ate passed a separate loan bill, but
the House didn’t vote on either
measure.
Mr. Eaton, however, defended the
committee's action. He said it
"wisely stood by its original decison
that the bill should be taken up as
a unified measure. We must make
our decisions about the United
Nations in a complete understand
ing of all the implications—not in
piecemeal fashion.’*
Capt. Rhoda Milliken s
Mother Dies Here
Mrs. R. C. V. Milliken, mother of
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head of the
Women's Bureau of the Police De
partment, died last night at her
home, 3315 N street N.W.
Mrs. Milliken, a native of Ken
tucky, had lived in Washington for
many years. She was the widow of
Judge William Alfred Milliken, for
merly of Tennessee. Judge Milli
ken, an attorney, also had served as
dean of Vanderbilt University Law
School and as solicitor for the Post
Office Department.
Mrs. Milliken lived with her two
daughters. Capt. Milliken and Miss
Elizabeth Milliken, at the N street
address.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Peru Claims Best Theater
Peru claims that Its newly-com
pleted motion picture theater in
Lima, air-conditioned and seating
2.000 persons, is the best in South
‘America.
$66,000 in Bond Sales
Pledged in Hour as
'Bondmobile' Opens
More than $66,000 in security bond
purchases were pledged within an
hour of the opening of a special
Security Loan Campaign “bondmo
bile” in front of the District Build
ing today.
Campaign officials on the site re
ported bond sales in denominations
of $25,000, $20,000 and $10,000 at a
rally which marked the opening of
the bondmobile’s two-day stay here.
Other purchases included several
for $1,000 and $100 denominations,
they added.
Stepped-Up Purchases Urged.
The rally was high lighted hy
pleas from District government and
Treasury Department officials for
stepped-up bond purchases by Dis
trict residents in the 35 remaining
days of the campaign.
Ih this time, Mrs. Lindsey P. Raw
ley. chairman of the Washington
Women’s Bond-a-Month League,
declared. 46 per cent of the District’s
$22,500,000 quota remains to be
raised.
Other speakers included District
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler. Dr.
Jarvis Morse of the Treasury’s Na
tional Savings Bond Division and
Thomas J. Groome, chairman of
the District Savings Bond Division.
25 Cities Visited.
Pat Rooney, old-time vaudeville
dancing star now appearing at a
local theater, told the rally audi
ence he had appeared in many
World War I and II bond rallies,
but thought “this peactime rally Is
just as important as any of them"
i Miss Lynn Allison, popular so
prano, and the Metropolitan Police
Department band also appeared on
the program.
The bondmobile has visited more
than 25 cities in eight States since
going on tour April 26.
Truman Family Here
For Friend's Funeral
President Truman today drove to
the Silver Spring railway station on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to
meet Mrs. Truman and their daugh
ter, Margaret, who returned Irom
Independence, Mo., to attend the
funeral of a family friend killed
in an airplane crash last week.
Robert B. Stewart, 27. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Stewart of New York,
was one of 43 persons killed in the
crash of a United Air Line plane in
Pennsylvania Thursday.
The White House said Mr. Stew
art's father is one of Mr. Truman's
oldest friends.
Funeral services will be held in
the chapel at Arlington Cemetery
at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The President will attend the
services with Mrs. Truman and
Margaret, the White House said.
Mr. Stewart was a lieutenant in
the Navy during the war. A grad
uate of Harvard University, he was a
student in the Harvard School of
Business Administration at the time
of his death,
Mrs. Truman will remain in Wash
ington until July 4, but Miss Tru
man is expected to go back to their
home in Independence Friday.
New Lzecn Ambassador
Received at White House
Dr. Vladimir Outrata, new
Czechoslovak Ambassador. pre
sented his credentials to President
Truman today.
He told reporters as he left the
White House that it was a great
honor to meet the President he
added no business was discussed.
Dr. Outrata succeeds Dr. JuraJ
Slavik, who resigned as Czechoslo
vakia's Ambassador here a few
months ago after the Communists
seized power in his country.
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