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Draft Registration Starts Aug. 30;
Nine Age Groups to Be Listed by
Sept. 19, Beginning With Oldest
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Truman Issues
Proclamation
To Governors
By the Associated Press
President Truman today issued
a proclamation calling for the
draft registration to start Au
. gust 30.
On that date, persons born in
1922 after August 30 will register.
The proclamation also fixes the
following dates for the registration
of other youths between the ages of
18 through 25:
1. Persons born in the year 1923:
August 31 and September 1.
2. Persons born in the year 1924:
September 2 and September 3.
3. Persons born in the year 1925:
September 4 or September 7.
4. Persons born in the year 1926:
September 8-9.
5. Persons bom in the year 1927:
September JO-11.
6. Persons born in the year 1928:
September 13-14.
7. Persons born in the year 1929:
September 15-16.
8. Persons born in 1930 before
September 19: September 17-18.
Youths born on or after September
19.1930, under the proclamation, will
be registered on the day they are
18 years old or within five days
thereafter.
No Time Set for Induetions.
The President’s proclamation
called on the Governors of each of
the States and the territories of
Alaska. Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands and the commission
ers of the District of Columbia to
comply with the drafting program
to ' accomplish effective and com
plete registration."
The proclamation said a person
covered by the draft may register
after the day or days fixed for his
registration ' in case he is prevented
from registering ... by circum
stances beyond his control” or be
cause he is out of the country.
There was nothing in the procla
mation to Indicate when actual in
ductions into the armed services will
begin. By law. the draft can’t start
until September 22. That is 90 days
after Mr. Truman signed the selec
tive service act.
First Call to be Fairly Small.
Secretary of the Army Royal! said
recently the first call will be "rela
tively small” and that later induc
tions will be geared to the number
of voluntary enlistments.
Mr. Royall estimated that an aver
age of 30,000 men a month will be
needed.
Meanw-hile. there were indications
that selective service officials may
make their first draft call on 25
year-olds—who otherwise would be
ineligible after one more birthday.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, se
lective service director during World
WTar II. made that known yesterday
as he was sworn in as head of the
new draft setup.
The draft law passed by Congress
last month requires men 18 through
25 to register, although none can
be drafted until reaching 19. Gen.
Hershey told a news conference
after the swearing-in ceremony:
"There has been quite a little dis
cussion of starting with the. older
ones first.”
Decision Not Mane.
He added that the actual decision
on who will be called first has not
been made.
Eighteen-year-olds can avoid the
draft by enlisting for one year and
then serving for a longer period in
the reserves. Such enlistments will
be accepted starting tomorrow.
Some 4,000 registration places will
be used, the general said, as com
pared with 120,000 used before
World War II. He added that 13.
000.000 draft and registration cards
have been prepared. The first reg
istration is expected to total 9,600,
000 with several thousand more
men to be listed each month after
that.
Not Enough Enlistments.
Gen. Hershey told reporters he
personally believes the Nation can
not maintain a force of the size
rdfjuired through voluntary enlist
ment.
The reason we have the Selec
tive Service Act now is that even
raising fnilitary pay and other
measures did not produce the re
quired number of men," Gen. Her
shey said.
Asked about talk of civil disobedi
ence among Negroes In protest
against segregation in the armed
forces, Gen. Hershey said enforce
ment of the draft law is a matter
for the Justice Department.
Some Negro leaders have urged
Negroes to refuse to register or ac
cept draft calls, or serve on draft
boards.
Gen. Hershey was sworn in by
Justice Bennett Champ Clark of the
United States Court of Appeals.
Seismologists Record
Quake 'South of Border'
|y th« Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 20.—There
was an earthquake south of the
border today, but seismologists dis
' agreed on its exact location.
In New York the Fordham Uni
versity seismograph recorded twe
strong quakes at 6:12 and 6:19 am
The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch, univers
ity seismologist, located the quake?
as about,3,800 miles south of New
York in Peru.
The Boston College seismograpl
in Weston. Mass., also recorded firs!
tremors at 6:12 a m., but official?
estimated it was in Bolivia. Th<
quake was described as 100 mile;
deep and tremors were continuing
an hour later.
In Cleveland, the John Carrol
University seismograph also re
corded a "strong" earthquake—
probably off the southern coast ol
r.Cutoa, officials said.
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West European Union Decides
On'Go-Slow' Policy on Soviet
United Front Against Use of Force Shown;
Crisis Is Termed 'Extremely Grave'
By the Associated Pres*
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands,
July 20.—The five powers of the
Western European Union agreed
today on a go-slow policy to
ward Russia in Germany.
The representatives of Britain,
France, Holland. Belgium and
Luxembourg, were represented as
considering the crisis “extremely
grave.”
A usually well-informed source
said the five-nation council reached
complete agreement on a cautious
policy for all five countries in the
dispute with Russia over Berlin.
This, in effect, presented the
United States with a united front
of the countries of Western Europe
interested in Germany. It showed
them opposed to any show of force
or an ultimatum to Russia.
France prepared to propose
formation of a federation of West
ern Europe. The spokesman of
the French delegation said the pro
posal of Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault would be made during a
plenary session later today.
The French spokesman said the
strength of the proposal for early
formation of a federated Western
Europe was weakened considerably
by the fall of the Paris government
last night. Most conference ob
servers said the French plan would
receive little more than cursory in
spection before being passed over
for consideration at the council's
next meeting in October.
Mr. Bidault canceled a train res
ervation which was to have taken
him back to Paris tonight to con
fer on the new government crisis.
(SeeTHE HAGU^PageXT)
Communists Seeking
Premiership in New
French Government
Thorez Pressed os Head
Of Cabinet in Coalition
Of Socialists and Reds
By th* Associated Prest
PARIS. July 20.—Communists
proposed today that their leader,
Maurice Thorez, be designated
the new French Premier to head
a coalition government of So
cialists and Communists.
Thorez was the first majority
party leader to call on President
Vincent Auriol, who is searching for
a new Premier. Prance's middle-of
the-road government, headed by
Robert Schuman, toppled last night
after a dispute over the army's bud
get.
There was no immediate prospect
of Thorez being invited to share
in the government. He called
on Mr. Auriol first because the
Communist Party has the largest
representation in the National As
sembly. They and affiliated groups
have 186 out of 618 Deputies. They
were not represented, in the last
cabinet.
Following Thorez was Andre Colin,
■ secretaary general of the Popular
Republican (MRP) group with 153
members in the Assembly. Mr.
Schuman is a member of the MRP.
and many believe he will be called
on to form a new cabinet.
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault,
also a Popular Republican, was
hurrying back to Paris from The
Hague, where he attended the meet
ing of the five-power Western
European Union.
Socialists also called on Mr.
Auriol. They have 103 members in
the Assembly, and like the MRP
were represented in the Schuman
cabinet. Guy Mollet, Charles Lussy
and Aiex Roubert made up the
Socialist delegation.
Mr. Auriol was expected to try to
find a premier who could reunite
the “third force" coalition of Popu
lar Republicans, Socialists and Rad
ical Socialists. Under Mr. Schu
man’s leadership they had opposed
the Communists on the left and
Gen. Charles de Gaulle's French
People's pdrty on the right.
Revnaud Also Mentioned.
Andre Marie was mentioned as
the candidate of the Radical Social
ists. Former Premier Paul Revnaud.
an Independent Republican, figured
also in the speculation.
The developments caused nearly
20.000 striking public works’ em
ployes to decide to return to work,
to wait out the Government crisis.
Their leaders found they had no one
with whom to negotiate so they
ordered the strike suspended.
Mr. Schuman's cabinet, which took
office November 22, 1947. contained
no Communists. An indication that
the Communists may make a seri
ous bid to get a place in the new
cabinet was contained in an editorial
in L'Humanite. The Communist
newspaper spoke of the ‘formation
of a government of democratic union
in the heart of which the working
class and its Communist Party would
play a decisive role."
The dispute within Mr. Shuman's
cabinet on the army budget came
when the premier and his Popular
Republicans sought to spend the
equivalent of $1,017,000,900 on na
tional defense. The Socialists and
Radical Socialists wanted to cut this
by $40,000,000.
While Mr. Schuman was willing
to allow a cut of $23,000,000, he re
fused to go along on the remain
ing $17,000,000. The National As
sembly supported the Socialist posi
tion, voting 297 to 214 tor the full
$40,000,000 cut. There were 76 ab
stentions, largely by followers ol
Gen. de Gaulle, when the Assembly
voted.
Mr. Schuman's cabinet resigned
iSee FRANCE, Page A-6.)
Rebels Blow Up Train
In Thrace, Killing 14
By Associated Press
ATHENS, July 20—The Greek
general staff said today that guer
rillas blew up a train in Thrace
killing 14 women and wounding six
The wreck was betwen Conotini anc
Xanthe, west of Iasmos.
; In Western Macedonia, the com
munique said. 46 rebels were killed
and 15 captured. Army losses wer«
j listed as 17 dead and 92 wounded. .
Federal Grand Jury
Probing Reds Makes
Sealed Indictments
Bench Warrants Ordered
By Judge After Year of
Inquiry in New York
*y th# Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 20.—A spe
cial grand jury which reputedly
has been investigating Commu
nist activities for more than a
year today handed up sealed in
dictments.
Earlier, the New York Sun said
the grand jury was expected to in
dict at least a dozen Communist
officials, charging them with op
erating a Moscow-directed move to
overthrow the United States Gov
ernment.
Federal Judge Vincent J. Leibell
ordered bench warrants issued at
the request of United States At
: torney John F. X. McGohey. He
recessed the jury "subject to call.”
The number of defendants indicted
was not disclosed.
The Sun reported the following:
The grand jury has been meeting
here for more than a year, hearing
; witnesses on the basis of evidence
gathered by the FBI. Hundreds of
Communists have appeared before
the grand jury.
Clark Kept Close Watch.
Attorney General Clark, keeping
a close watch on the grand jury
activity, has kept it shrouded in
secrecy.
] The grand jury action is timed,
either bv design or accident, the
Sun, said, “to embarrass acutely
the Communist backers of Henry
Wallace." The Wallace third-party
convention opens Friday in Phila
delphia.
The Sun said it has the names
of most of the Communists to be
indicted, adding:
“The list includes several well
! known party officials. Others are
not so well known, but are alleged
to have worked consistently on be
half of the party out of the lime
light. Several are long-time resi
dents of the United States, but not
citizens.”
. says rariy meraotr was l ipsier.
I First tip to the FBI on the al
leged Moscow-directed ring in the
United States came from a woman
i member of the Communist Party,
the Sun said. The news story added:
"One outgrowth of the grand jury
action, if the indictments are suc
cessfully prosecuted, will be further
indictments against those party
members who were employed by the
New Deal in Government jobs which
required taking an oath of allegiance
to the United States.
“If pursued and upheld in higher
courts, the indictment of the top
Reds will serve as a backstop
for possible conviction of many
others. * * •
150 Were First Suspects.
“Initially the Red ring contained
150 suspects who were tagged and
placed under surveillance by the
FBI. Action against this number,
however, will follow only if the De
partment of Justice is successful in
upholding the indictments against
the Red party leaders. If successful,
it is assumed that all Communist
(See INDICTMENTS, Page A-6~f
Gen. Clay Called
Here fo Report
On Berlin Crisis
Murphy to Accompany
U. S. Commander on
Flight to Washington
By th« Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany. July
20.—Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Amer
ican commander in Germany,
was summoned to Washington
today to report on the Berlin
crisis.
Gen. Clay will fly from Frank
furt tonight or tomorrow, accom
panied by his political adviser,
Ambassador Robert D. Murhpy.
The full nature of their talks in
Washington was not disclosed. Of
ficials said only the two men would
report to the Army on the situation
in Germany.
It was expected here, however,
that the report of the two top policy
makers in Germany may play a big
part in deciding the next American
step in the battle to break the Rus
sian land blockade of Berlin.
Sharp Steps Considered.
Sharp counter measures have been
reported under consideration since
Russia's unyielding reply to the
protests of Britain, France and the
United States.
One proposal is that the Russians
be served an ultimatum that unless
the blockade is lifted an armed sup
ply convoy will be forced through
the Russian barriers.
Gen. Clay denied today that such
a drastic move had been recom
mended by his headquarters. But
he tacitly acknowledged that it was
among steps considered.
The general will not stay away
long from his critical post in Berlin.
He is scheduled to return Sunday.
Russians Offer Food
For All Berlin Sectors
BERLIN, July 20 (A*).—With great
propaganda fanfare the Russians
announced today that thev were
prepared to supply food for all Ber
lin, including the 2,000.000 German
inhabitants of the western sectors
whom they have blockaded for more
than a month.
They claimed they would be able
to do this with 100,000 tons of bread
grains imported from the Soviet
Union.
The Soviet food was not available
for the present. Shoppers sent into
the Russian sector of the city to
buy rationed foods found that store
keepers refused to honor their cou
pons.
It was held likely the Russians
would put a limited amount of food
on the market for its propaganda
value, but not enough to supply all
needs.
must use nra currency.
An announcement by the official
Soviet news bureau told Western
Berliners they must buy the Russian
food with Soviet-sponsored German
currency which circulates here as a
rival to the Western-sponsored
Deutsch mark.
The announcement was timed to
coincide with a statement by the
Western Allies that they were unable
because of the Russian land block
ade to deliver proposed increases in
food ration scales for their sectors
of the city.
Thus the Soviet announcement
was a double-barreled attack on the
Western powers. Not only did the
Russians claim they could feed all
Berliners, but their announcement
sought to discredit Western-spon
sored currency as worthless for the
primary function of buying food.
In Frankfurt Gen. Lucius D. Clay,
American military governor, showed
skepticism of the Russian offer to
feed all Berlin.
“The proof is in the perform
ance, not in the statement,” said
the American commander, whose
planes have been flying nearly 1.500
tons of food and coal a day over
the Russian land blockade..
Gen. Clay flew to Frankfurt from
Berlin for a meeting of the British
French and American military gov
ernors with German officials to dis
cuss plans for forming a new Ger
man government in the three
Western zones.
(Morning newspapers in Mos
cow said the decision to supply
food for Berlin was taken by
the Soviet Council of Ministers
acting on the request of the So
(See BERLIN, Page A-6.)
75 Jets Due in Scotland Aug. 4
En Route to Reich From Panama
■y the Associated Press
LONDON, July 20.—The Ameri
can vice consul in Glasgow said to
day that the American aircraft car
rier Sicily will land 75 jet-propelled
Shooting Star fighters in Scotland
August 4, to bolster American fight
er strength in Germany.
The United States Air Force in
j Wiesbaden. Germany, confirmed
i this, as did .sources in London who
refused to be quoted by name.
An American official in Germany
commented: “We are very happy to
have them." He said the jets com
prised a full group of fighters, add
ing that he did not know how long
they would remain in Europe.
The British Press Association, re
porting the jets would be landed on
the River Clyde from the Sicily,
said the jets made up the 36th
Fighter Wing of the United States
Air Force, and had been stationed
in Panama.
The Wiesbaden official said the
plane* would be in Germany on a
permanent basis. They will not
be flown to Berlin. Their probable
destination is the big American
base at Fuerstenfeldbruck, Bavaria
In Glasgow the vice consul, Da
vid Nes, told reporters the Shoot
ing Stars are from the 36th Fighter
Wing, previously based in the canal
zone.
Mr. Nes said two thirds of the
Jets will be landed in “fly off” con
dition. The remainder, after theii
discharge on the River Clyde neat
Glasgow, will be reassembled, prob
ably at Abbotsinch Airport. Ren
frew. an RAF base, before going tc
Germany.
Another 16 Jets are en route tc
England from the United States by
; air. They touched down last night
at Iceland and are expected here
tomorrow.
Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them volley'd and thunder'd.
New Police Manual Approved;
Men to Carry Pistols Off Duty
D. C. Heads Accept 19 Other Major Changes,
Hundreds of Minor Revisions in Code
By Jerry O'Leary, Jr.
The Commissioners today ap
proved a brand-new manual for
| the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment embodying 20 major
changes and hundreds of minor
revisions.
Outstanding is a new rule re
quiring policemen to carry their
badges and pistols at all times while
off duty.
The manual, which goes into effect
30 days after it is issued, was com
piled by Daniel B. Maher, special
assistant corporation counsel, after
weeks of consultation with a board
of police officers headed by Inspector
Walter Storm. Mr. Maher said the
new manuel is a rewritten version
of the 1937 manual which he de
| scribed as "obsolete.”
It will require between 30 and 45
days before the new manual can be
Issued to the force.
At the same time, the Commis
sioners approved a change in the
Fire Department manual which
will prevent firemen from engaging
in any outside work, either as em
ploye or contractor. The old rule,
while prohibiting firemen from
working for another person, did not
prevent their engaging in work as
contractors.
The major changes in the police
manual will:
1. Establish the boundaries of the
new 14th Precinct and adjust those
of the 11th Precinct to conformity.
2. Require policemen to have tele
phones in their homes.
3. Extend the time when smoking
(See POLICE, Page A-4.t
Fighting Continuing
In North Palestine,
Jews in Haifa Report
Thoroughfare in Cairo
Is Blasted by Single
Unidentified Plane
By the Associated Pres*
CAIRO, July 20. — Jewish
sources in Haifa said today that
fighting still was going on in
Northern Palestine on the third
day of the truce imposed by the
United Nations.
A main Cairo thoroughfare was
blasted last night when a single
unidentified plane raided the Egyp
tian capital. Investigators of the
Egyptian Interior Ministry and ex
plosives experts said the plane
dropped an “aerial mine” which
damaged a motion picture theater
and two department stores.
Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nok
jrashy Pasha left a cabinet meeting
and rushed to the scene of the ex
plosion. He told newsmen :• “If tnis
plane proves to have been a Zionist
plane and such an action is repeated
by the Zionists, we will reply imme
diately."
Denies Plane Was Jewish.
The Israeli government said it was
not one of its planes. A spokesman
in Tel Aviv said Israeli planes
dropped bombs over Cairo July 15
and “no Israeli plane has been in
Cairo was under an air raid alarm
i from 9:45 to 11:10 p.m. The throw
ing of a central switch blacked out
the city. Antiaircraft guns went
Unto action.
me Esgypuan ocuu
the Metropole cinema, which had
been closed for the summer season,
was wrecked and the Cicurel and
Oreco department stores were ex
tensively damaged. First estimates
said two persons were killed and 17
wounded.
The Haifa informants said Syrian
troops again tried to cross the
Jordan River near the Sea of
Galilee, but were repulsed by the
Israeli garrisons in the area. Israeli
planes raided Syrian troop concen
trations in the Baniyas area of
Syria. - t
The Israeli Air Force also was
said to have heavily bombed Arab
positions in the Jenin sector of
Central Palestine. Police action
against Arab villages south of Haifa
still is going on after the Arabs
made a day long attack on the
.Haifa—Tel Aviv road, the Jewish
informants said.
Truce Violation Charged.
A Syrian communique accused'the
Jews of violating the truce Sunday
night and yesterday morning. The
Syrian Foreign Office has protested
to Count Folke Bernadotte, .the
United Nations mediator. The Jews
have accused the Syrians of truce
i violations.
Damascus had a 40-minute alert
last night, but no raiding planes
were seen in the sky. A Syrian com
munique issued later said a four-en
! gine enemy aircraft dropped a num
ber of bombs inside Syria hitting
El Kuneitra and the El Kuneitra
Baniyas road. The bulletin said the
bombs caused no damage.
A Jerusalem dispatch said the
Holy City was comparatively quiet
yesterday after eight days of Arab
(See PALESTINE, Pag* A-6.)
Truman to Ask Senate
t
To Approve World
Wheat Agreement
Cost of Meat and Milk
To Be Chief Target of
Anti-InfJation Drive
By Chalmers M. Roberts
President Truman will ask the
Senate next week to ratify the
international wheat agreement
immediately, the White House
said today.
The agreement was negotiated
some months ago by 36 nations, in
cluding the United States and
Britain, and its backers in this
country contended it would guaran
tee a foreign market for at least
185,000,000 bushels of American
wheat yearly, once the current
world food crisis Is eased and the
present much larger shipments are
ended.
The announcement of the Presi
dent’s move was made today by
Presidential Secretary Charles G.
Ross. He said the President also
will ask Congress to approve the
proposed $65,000,000 loan to the
United Nations to begin building
the permanent headquarters in New
York. A bill for this purpose passed
the Senate but failed to win House
approval before the preconvention
adjournment.
Pigeonholed by Subcommittee.
I Secretary of Agriculture Brannan
earlier this month called the Sen
ate's failure to approve the five
year wheat agreement “an out
’ standing example of the irresponsi
bility of congressional leaders. He
said the past "was opposed pri
marily by the grain trade and mill
! ing interests." All the big farm or
ganizations backed the agreement,
he added.
The measure was pigeonholed by
a Senate Foreign Relations subcom
mittee headed by Senator Lodge,
Republican, of Massachusetts, and
including' Senators Capper, Re
! publican, of Kansas and George,
'Democrat, of Georgia.
Under the proposed agreement,
world wheat prices would have to
be fixed for exports from the United
States, Canada and Australia. For
the 1948 crop the price would have
been set at from $1.50 to $2 with
the minimum dropping 10 cents
each year to a minimum of $1.10 in
1952. The 33 major wheat import
(See CONGRESS, Page A-6.)
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Son Admits Stabbing
Mother to Death in
Family Argument
Wife Finds Veteran
Asleep Near Body of
44-Year-Old Woman
A young veteran of the Pacific
war admitted to police today he
killed his mother with a butcher
knife last night in the heat of a
family argument, Homicide Chief
Jeremiah Flaherty reported.
Lt. Flaherty said the youth, James
iV. Hawkins, jr„ 23. of 605 Sheridan |
street N.W., told him he plunged:
Jie knife into her throat in self
iefense after she had rushed him,
with the weapon. He was charged
with murder.
The mother. Mrs. Evelyn Hawkins,
(4, was found dead about 4 am.,
her body partly reclined on a sofa
in the living room of the Sheridan j
JAMES W. HAWKINS, Jr.
—Star Staff Photo,
street address. A butcher knife pro
truded from the left side of her
.hroat.
Found Asleep Near Body.
The discovery was made by young
Hawkins' wife, Mrs. Myrene N.
Hawkins, 22, when she returned
borne. Police said Hawkins was
asleep in a chair a few feet from
bis mother's body.
Also found in the room was a
half-empty bottle of whisky.
From their own observation and
accounts given by Hawkins and his
wife, police pieced together this
story:
At 9:33 p.m. police went to the
Hawkins home to investigate a dis
turbance and 20 minutes later re
ported to their station that the
Hawkins were engaged in a family
argument. The exact nature of the
argument was not known, but po
lice said it concerned James W.
Hawkins, sr., 45.
Wife Goes to Tavern.
When the police left, so did Mrs.
Myrene Hawkins. She went to a
tavern on Georgia avenue and
about midnight met Anthony 8.
Polito, 21, 6308 Nintfi street N.w;,
according to police. The elder
Hawkins meanwhile went upstairs
to bed, leaving mother and son
alone.
Relationship between the two had
not been good. The argument con
inued and waxed hotter when Haw
tins, like his father a bricklayer,
:hreatened to pack his clothes and
jo to Texas to work.
Mrs. Hawkins insisted her son
(See SLAYING, Page A-6.)
Most Decorated Soldier
io Wed Screen Actress
By the Associated Fra*
NEW YORK, July 20. —former
4rmy Lt. Audie Murphy—holder of
nore than 20 war medals and most
lecorated American soldier of World,
War II—says he will marry Wanda
Hendrix, screen actress, "as soon as ;
[ can afford it.” | (
“Oh, wonderful,” says Miss Hen
irix. "I’m so happy to hear he said j
:hat.” „ |«
"I don't think it's very serious,”
ays her mother. Mrs. Mary Hendrix.
But Wanda and Mr. Murphy have I
>een "going together,” the mother :
sonceded. She said her daughter is I
eaving Hollywood August 6 “to be
;one four months on picture work I
n Italy." i
Million Urged
For Hospitals'
Indigent Care
" Record Allotment
By Chest Committee
Called Satisfactory
By George Beveridge
The Community Chest Federa
tion Budget Committee today
recommended that a record
breaking $1,080,000, be made
available to 14 Washington area
hospitals next year for treating
indigent patients.
Hospital officials declared the
amount—$303,000 less than they
asked for—would be satisfactory
and that if made available would
eliminate the necessity of a sep
arate fund drive.
The recommendation will go to
the federation executive committee
at a 4 p.m. meeting Thursday.
Availability of the money, under the
plan, would depend on the coming
Red Feather fund campaign.
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Under the plan, $850,000 would be
turned over through the public fund
jrive. The other $230,000 would be
:ollected from semi-indigent patients
who are able to pay for part of their
medical expenses.
The Hospital Council of the Na
tional Capital Area last month asked
the committee for $14.48 for each
idult-day of hospital treatment next
I'ear, $2 for each infant-day and $1
tor each clinic visit. The budget
proposal would grant $11 for each
idult-day, $2 for each infant-day
md $2 for each clinic visit.
J. G. Capossela, council vice pres
ident and administrator of Emer
gency Hospital, described the pro
posal as ‘satisfactory’' and pledged
the support of the hospitals in the
federation campaign this fall.
At present, the hospitals face a
deficit of $1,300,000 next year, he
said. The budget proposal, in
:reased funds from the District for
treating indigent patients and high
sr payments from Group Hospitali
sation, Inc., however, “should come
pretty close to getting what we need
in 1949," Mr. Capossela asserted.
Deficits Considered.
Marcellus C. Sheild, chairman of
the Hospitalization Budget Subcom
mittee, said the hospitals' deficits
were taken into consideration for
the proposal. Chests within the
federation, he said, have been asked
to hold their requests for funds
from the pending drive to not more
than 10 per cent more than their
1947 or 1948 allocations. No such
restriction was put on the hospitali
zation fund, however.
The $1,080,000, he pointed out, is
97 per cent higher than the current
1432,179 in the hospitalization fund
this year.
Mr. Shield said the committee
realizes the $11 rate “was arrived at
py unscientific methods" but that
the many variables of hospital op
eration made it the best possible
figure. The $11, he added, is $2.40
ess than the audited costs of hos
pital operation in 1947.
Mr. Capossela, who expressed the
pope of getting the hospital in the
black next year, said he did not ex
pect them to raise rates for paying
patients.
At Emergency now. he added, only
ibout 40 per cent of the patients are
isted as “paying patients.” About
10 per cent are indigent and about
10 per cent are subscribers of GHI,
pe said.
rauenis expected to increase.
Meanwhile, Willard .Smith, head
of the Hospital Service Agency,
which handles payments for the
Chest patients, said the number of
sdult Chest patients will go up from
7,673 this year to an estimated
3,963 next year. The number who
needed Chest help in 1947, he said,
was only 5,521.
Hospital spokesman estimated
that, If the increased budget is
fulfilled, hospitals next year will
gain $456,000 against the estimated
1949 deficit.
Hospitals participating in the fed
eration agreement include:
Alexandria, Arlington, Casualty,
Children's, Columbia, Emergency,
Episcopal, Garfield, Georgetown
University, George Washington Uni
versity, Leland Memorial, Provi
dence, Suburban and Washington
Sanitarium.
Showers Due Late Today,
But Heat Will Continue
Thundershowers are predicted fop
this afternoon or tonight, but they
are not expected to break the heat,
the Weather Bureau said. Tem
peratures were expected to reach 90
—or close to it—before the rains ar
rive, after which it still will be hot
and sticky.
Tonight the temperature is ex
pected to drop to about 70 degrees
and tomorrow again will be warm
and humid.
A brief shower fell during the
Pershing funeral procession yester
day and lowered the mercury from
a high of 87 degrees, but at mid
night the temperature hovered at
18. The humidity was 89 per cent.
Low today was 73 degrees at 6:10
a.m.
Canton Harvester Plant
Closed by CIO Pickets
•y th* Associated Press
CANTON, 111., July 20—-nxe In
ernational Harvester Co. plant
dosed down today, after a CIO
jicket line was set up in a dispute
iver wage schedules. About 3200
employes were idle.
The company said the principal
ssue was the hour of day the work
irs should receive their wages. Ilia
Jnited Farm Equipment Workers’
Jnion asked that payment be made
>efore the men reported for work
rid days. The company, asserting
hat this system resulted in 30 per
*nt absenteeism on that day, has
wen making payments at the end
if the work day.
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