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96th Year. No. 203. Phone STerling 5000 _WASHINGTON, D. ' C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 —FORTY PAGES. ^f^ir^^^sS^^p^TTcENTp
Allies Press for Berlin Accord
Without Force as Marshall
Pledges Full Use of Diplomacy
New Western Power
Note Is Reported
Being Prepared
BULLETIN
LONDON UP).—A responsible
British official reported today
that a new western power note
protesting Russia's blockade of
Berlin has been drafted and
sent to Washington for Review
by top-ranking State Depart
ment officials.
By the Associoted Press
BERLIN. July 21.—The west
ern powers appeared tonight to
have put aside for the present
forceful measures for breaking
the Soviet blockade of Berlin in
favor of new diplomatic moves.
In Washington Secretary of State
Marshall told newsmen the United
States will do everything possible
in the Berlin crisis to reach an ac-(
ceptable solution "and to avoid the
tragedy of war for the world."
American officials were readying
new diplomatic moves in a determ-.
ined effort to settle the cfisis j
short of war. President Truman j
awaited a first-hand report from
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American
military governor who is en route
to Washington by plane.
Meanwhile, the British-licensed
press said the Russians are prepar
ing to pull switches and signal
equipment on the railroad to Berlin
if the Western Allies try to force
their way through the Soviet block
ade.
Reds May Offer Power.
The Russians, who already have
offered to feed all Berlin, hinted j
through their controlled press that!
they may offer electric power for
the entire city, including the Soviet
blockaded Western sectors.
The British-controlled newspaper
Telegraf said German railway offi
cials have received orders to prepare
detailed plans of rail lines running
to the Western borders of the Rus
sian occupation zone.
The British-licensed German news
agency said the closed Helmstedt
line to Berlin was in good shape and
needed no repairs as the Russians
have claimed. The agency said it
received its information from rail
officials in the Soviet Union.
German press reports also said the
Russians are strengthening border
barricades on the frontier#with the
American occupation zone to Reduce
German interzonal travel.
Polish Coal Ma.v Be Used.
Soviet-controlled newspapers here
implied that the Russians might
supply Berlin with electric power by
usin'g imports of Polish coal. The
papers said the Russians could get
enough coal to restore the drastic
power cuts which have darkened
homes and shut down many fac
tories in Western Berlin.
This second Soviet gesture was
heralded with headlines and edi
torials in the Communist press. It
came as Berliners looked toward
Washington for a solution in the
five-week-old crisis.
The sudden summons of Gen.
Clay to Washington appeared to
foreshadow the planning of new
steps to end the blockade.
The five member nations of the
Western European Union reportedly
have agreed to oppose any show of
force against the Russians in Ger
many. The members, who have
been' meeting in The Hague, are
Britain, France, Belgium, the Neth
erlands and Luxembourg.
Shuttle Sets New Record.
The United States and Britain j
are still managing to surmount the!
blockade with their air lift. Yester
day the shuttle set a new record in
hauling supplies to some 2.000,000
beleaguered Berliners.
The Communist press is endeavor
ing to picture the Russians as com
ing to the rescue of Western Ber
liners who are described as victims
of ‘blind alley policies'' of the
Western Allies.
The Soviet press here has lauded
the Russian promise to import 100,
000 tons of foodstuffs for Berlin as
a gesture of “genuine humani
t a nanism and w armheartedness” to
ward the German people.
Food Not Yet Available.
The Russians have invited West
ern Berliners to come into their sec
(See' BERLIN. Page A-6.1
Britain s Parliament
Kept Ready lor Action
By the Associoted Presi
LONDON, July 21—The Britsh
government announced today its
decision to eadjourn—rather than
end—the present session of Parlia
ment July 30.
This will keep it available for
quick emergency action if necessary.
The decision was reported to the
House of Commons by Deputy Prime
Minister Herbert Morrison.
Under the plan, Parliament will
quit work July 30 if all outstanding
business has been cleared at that
time. It would return September 13
for the formal prorogation, the nor
mal ceremony marking the end of s
parliamentary session.
It. would then open the alreadt
new session the following day. Th<
difference between the two method!
—adjournment and prorogation—i!
8 matter of time.
With adjournment Parliameiv
could be called back into action ir
24 hours.
With prorogation, it would taki
six days' notice if it became neces
sary to call the Parliament togethe:
in advance of the formally sched
uled September 14 opening.
The decision reflected the govern
ment's concern over the uneasy sit
uation in Europe in general and thi
tense relations between Russia an<
the Western powers in German;
particularly.
U. S. to Do Everything Possible
To Avoid War, Secretary Says
'We Will Not Be Coerced or Intimidated
In Any Way/ He Adds; Clay Due Tonight
By Garnett D. Horner
Secretary of State Marshall
said today that the United
States will do everything possi
ble by negotiation “to avoid th&
tragedy of war” in the Berlin
crisis, but that “we will not be
coerced or intimidated in any
way.”
His statement, emphasizing Amer
can policy to remain in Berlin de
spite the Russian blockade of the
city, was given at a news conference
when a reporter asked what he
could say “about widespread fear
jf war out of the Berlin situation.”
"I can merely say at this time
hat our position, I think, is well
rnderstood.” Gen. Marshall said.
"We will not be coerced or intimi
lated in any way in our procedures
rnder the rights and responsibilities
chat we have in Berlin and generally
,n Germany.
“At the same time, we will pro
ceed to invoke every possible re
source of negotiation and diplo
matic procedure to reach an ac
ceptable solution to avoid the trag
edy of war for the world.
"But I repeat again; we are not
going to be coerced.”
Gen. Marshall's statement came
as Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American
occupation commander in Germany,
was en route to Washington for
hurried consultations. He is due to
reach National Airport between 6
and 7 o'clock tonight for conferences
with President Truman and Gen.
Marshall.
Gen. Marshall gave added em
phasis to his statement by permit
ting reporters to quote him directly
—an unusual procedure for his re
plies to questions at a news con
ference.
Earlier, it was learned that Amer
ican officials, hopeful, but riot sure,
that the Berlin crisis can be solved
(See RUSSIANTTPageA-5.7
lik Given Ovation
By Harty, Answers
Cominform Charges
Yugoslav Communists
Lauded in Opening of
Belgrade Congress
By the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. July
21.—Premier Marshal Tito told
2,000 wildly cheering Yugoslav
Communists today that their
party had become the “strong
est and most successful Marxist
Leninist movement” in the na
tion’s history.
This apparently was his answer
to charges from the Soviet Union
and the Cominform that Tito and
other Yugoslav Communist leaders
had deviated from the Marxist line
and were pursuing an anti-Russian
policy.
Tito, addressing the Yugoslav
party’s Congress in a Belgrade su
ourb. was expected to speak all of
fight hours, in a massive exposi
tion of the history of the Com
munist movement in his country.
He was delivering it in sections of
two hours or more.
Support Pledge Expected.
The Congress was expected to
pledge him unanimous support. This
will stamp it as a renegade from the
Cominform, the Moscow-directed
Communist Information Bureau, an
association of nations in the So
viet orbit.
Tito was given a tremendous ova
tion, as he mounted the ro.jtrum.
His supporters shouted his name in
rhythm for five minutes.
At the outset Tito pointed up the
deficiencies and failures of the orig
inal Socialist movement In Yugo
slavia, which he said emerged in
the early 1880s. Almost yearby year
he carried the history of this move
ment, which he described as non
Marxist.
Tito said the Socialists were in
fluenced by German Social Demo
crats and petty middle class think
ers until the firsf Socialist Workers
Party of Yugoslavia—the Commu
nist—was found.ed fn 1918.
Party Sounded on Marxist Lines.
This party, he said, was founded'
on Marxist and Leninist lines.
Through purges, strikes and con
(See YUGOSLAV, Page A-6.) j
Baruch Back From Europe,
Silent on Trip's Purpose
By ♦ h* Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 21.—Bernard
M. Baruch, presidential adviser, re
turned by plane early today from
a European visit of almost three
weeks and Tefused to comment on
the purpose of his trip.
-,I am a private citizen,” he told
newsmen. “I was on no commis
sion. f had nothing to do over
there."
Mr. *Banich visited London, Paris
and Amsterdam.
Asked if he had any hope for
ultimate adoption of his plan for
control of atomic energy, he said
“I cherish that hope. I think it
must come.”
Mr. Baruch said he expects to
return to Europe shortly.
Conservative Asked
To Attempt to Form
New French Regime
Andre Marie, of Radical
Socialist Party, Was
In Schuman Cabinet
By tW« Associated Press
PARIS, July 21.—Andre Marie,
a Radical Socialist (conserva
tive!, announced today that he
has been asked to form a new
French government.
Mr. Marie, 51, was minister of
justice in Premier Robert Schuman's'
cabinet which resigned Monday in
defeat, opposing a $40,000,000 cut in
the defense bill. _
His emergence marked a swing to
the right. He still is suffering ef
fects of starvation in the German
Buchenwald concentrationVamp.
Immediately after talking with
President Vincent Auriol, he went to
the Ministry of Justice to consult
political leader.1!.
He must secure a parliamentary
majority to attain the office. It was
Socialist defection from the coali
tion of Popular Republican Move*
ment, Radical Socialists and Social
ists which toppled the Schuman gov
ernment.
The president spent the night at
his summer home at Rambouillet
and returned to Paris this morning.
He began his conversations immedi
ately.
The system of “parliamentary
logic" as practiced before the war
would appear to indicate that the
new cabinet would be composed of
Communists, Socialists and Radical
Socialists. However, neither the
Socialists nor the Radicals trust the
Communists, and most of them are
resolved to oppose letting the Com
munists share power again.
Mr, Schuman’s government did
not include Communists. It was
made up of Radicals and Socialists
as well as his own Popular Repub
licans. It quit when the Socialists
voted against his defense budget.
Violent Windstorm Batters
Virginia Beach Area
By the Associated Pres*
NORFOLK, Va„ July 21.—A vio
lent, windstorm swept across Prin
cess Anne County late yesterday,
leaving a narrow path of destruc
tion from the Bayville Dairy Farms
on Shore drive to the Virginia
Beach Airport on the Norfolk-Vir
ginia Beach boulevard.
The storm came from the north
and lightning killed seven prize
Guernsey cows and then passed on
to the airport, wrecking the main
hangar and five planes. An auto
mobile also was crushed.
Lightning struck the Clag Rock
Airport hangar and wind carried
50 feet of the hangar's roof a dis
tance of 1,000 feet. A small plane
on the field was torn and twisted
almost into a ball.
Two Jap Villages Flooded
TOKYO, July 21 Flash floods
today inundated 2.525 homes in two
villages near Osaka, the newspaper
Asahi reported.
Reds Can't Rely on Czech Army
In War, Escaped General Says
ly the Associated Press
HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 21.
—Gen. Antonin Hasal. who fled
Communist Czechoslovakia, said to
day he doubted whether Russia or
the present Czechoslovak regime
could rely on the Czech Army in case
ol war.
Gen. Hasal was deputy chief of
staff and outranked even the Min
ister of War in Czechoslovakia be
fore his flight July 2 to the Ameri
j can zone of Germany. He was mili
tary adviser to former President
Benes.
“I don't think the Russians want
war." he said. "I think the Russians
will be very careful to avoid any re
sponsibility for war.”
The slight, blue-eyed general
spoke at a news conference at
United States Army headquarters
■ here. He is believed to have mili
s tary information of major interest
I to the western powers.
’ Gen. Hasal said some Czech
forces “would certainly try to op
erate with the west" in event ot
war. He ruled out the possibility ol
a revolution in Czechoslovakia
against the Communist govern
ment.
“Apparently the only way my
country can ever be liberated is
through war, unless the Europear
situation should be improved s<
greatly by the European Recovery
Program and other developments
that freedoms could again be re
stored in such countries," he said
He estimated that up to 70 pe
cent of the enlisted men and non
commissioned officers in the Cxecl
Army are opposed to Communism.
“Among the officers, however, thi
percentage of anti-Communists. i
smaller because so many officer
have been purged,” he said.
Gen. Hasal predicted that Russiai
motorized units could overrun thi
country within 24 hours.
The general, his wife, son an<
daughter slipped out of Czechoslo
vakia on the night of July 2.
Eighth Top Red
Surrenders as
6 Post Bonds
Wallace Campaign
Chief Calls Timing of
Case 'Coincidence'
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 21.—The
eighth top Communist leader of
12 indicted on charges of advo
cating violent overthrow of the
United States Government sur
rendered today.
John Gates, 34. editor of the
Daily Worker, Communist Party1
newspaper, said as he appeared in
Federal Court, "I have a clear con
science.”
Six others of the party high com
mand, headed by Chairman William!
Z. Foster, were arrested last night
shortly after the special Federal
grand jury returned the indictments.
A seventh was held in Detroit.
The six arrested here were re
leased overnight after j&omising to
return this morning. Bail of $5,000
each was posted for them today.
Gates, an Army paratrooper in
the war, said he learned of the in
dictments from the newspapers this
morning.
S30.000 in Treasury Bonds.
The $30,000 bail for the six was
nested in Treasury bonds by Rob
ert W. Dunn, treasurer of the Civil
Rights Congress, when they ap
peared before Federal Judge Vin
cent L. Leibell.
Freed on bail besides Faster were
Eugene Dennis, general secretary
of the Communist Party; John Wil
liamson, national labor secretary;
Jacob Stachel, chairman of the
party’s department of agitation,
publication and education;' Benja
min J. Davis, New York City coun
cilman, chairman of the party’s
Legislative Committee, and Henry
Winston, organizational secretary.
Carl Winters, chairman of the
Michigan State Council of the party,
was seized in Detroit last night.
The other four are being sought, j
The arrests, one of the sharpest
blows yet struck against organized1
communism in this country, brought!
an immediate, strongly worded pro
test from national headquarters of
the party.
Keds Call It "Frame-Up."
It described the indictments as
a "monstrous frame-up" and said
the arrests were part of a plan by
President Truman to embarrass the
New Party of Henry A. Wallace.
Foster and the others indicted are
specifically accused of "conspiring
to teach and advocate the over
throw of the United States Govern
ment by force and violence.”
The seven under arrest were ar
raigned last night on the charges
and all pleaded not guilty.
Of those arrested here, five were
taken into custody at Communist'
National Headquarters in lower’
Manhattan. The sixth, Councilman
Davis.‘was arrested at his Harlem
home.
All those indicted by< the grand
jury, which had been investigating;
for 13 months, were identified by
Federal officials as members of the
Communist Party's National Board.
Davis and Winston are Negroes.
Editor Among Those Sought.
The four being sought were iden
tified as:
Irving Potash, manager of the
CIO Furriers’ Joint Count# of New
York City: Robert G. Thompson,
chairman of the New York State
Communist Party; Gilbert Green of
Chicago, district chairman for the
Communist Party at Chicago, and
Gus. Hall of Cleveland, chairman
of the Communist Party in Ohio.
Separate indictments returned
against all 12 men charged them
with holding membership in the
Communist Party, "knowing well
that said Communist Party was and
is a society or assembly of persons
teaching the overthrow of the
United States by force and vio
lence.”
The indictments which named the
12 charged them with illegal ac
tivities, under the Smith Act, dat
ing back to April 1, 1945. The Smith
Act characterizes as illegal any ac
tivity w'hich advocates or teaches
the overthrow of the Government
by. violence.
June 1945 Meeting Cited.
Specifically mentioned in the in
dictments was a meeting of the
party's national board "on or about
June, 1945.”
This meeting, the indictments
(See COMMUNlSTSTPage A-5.1
Thunderstorms to Bring
Little Relief From Heat
The Weather Bureau predicted
scattered thundershowers are likely
in Washington area by this eve
ning, but warned they would bring
only brief relief from the hot.
humid weather.
A temperature high tn the low 90s
was forecast. Yesterday’s maximum,
recorded at 2:55 p.m. was 89.
As the temperature rose today, a
District Sanitation Department
worker was taken to Casualty Hos
pital after collapsing from the heat
at Thirty-fourth and Clay streets
N.E., police reported. He was Jesse
Richardson, 57, colored, 1013 Twelfth
: street SB., who was reported in fair
condition at the hospital.
The mercury will drop to about 74
' degrees tonight, but tomorrow will
be another uncomfortable day. the
forecaster said.
British Bread Rationing
Reported Due to End
By the Associated Press
LONDON. July 21.—The British
i Press Association said Food Ministei
John Strachey will announce today
, the end of bread rationing in
| Britain—exactly two years to th(
s day since it began,
j The report came less than 24
i hours after Minister of Agriculture
: Tom Williams informed the House
of Commons that “if we are lucky
I with the weather” Britain’s farm
■ crops this year will reach the peak
‘level of 1S43-44.
Notes for a State. Paper
Youths of 18 Rush to Enlist
For One Year, and Avoid Draft
Heavy Applications at Recruiting Stations
In Capital and Many Other Cities Reported
'GET IT OVER WITH' Boys Say as
They Rush to Enlist. i.Story and
Pictures on Page B-l.)
By Robert K. Wolsh
Army, Air Force, Navy and
Marine Corps recruiting-6tations
in Washington were nearly
flooded today by 18-year-old
youths applying for one-year
voluntary service. Other cities
reported similar rushes.
Applications up to early this
afternoon were within two of
equallihg the total quota of 120 for
the Greater Washington area. The
number seemed certain to be swelled
by reports here and in recruiting!
substations in the nearby area out
side the District.
Whlie the total number of ac
cepted enlistments was still rela
tively small this afternoon because
of necessary processing procedures,
the Army expected to take in many
of the 40 who applied today, while
the Air Force planned to accept at
least nine of the 40.
The Navy, with 58 applicants be
tween 8:30 a.m. and noon, expected
to accept about 15 by nightfall. The
Marine Corps, with 20 applicants,
had processed all of them early this
afternoon but had formally accepted
only two. Its quota until August 31
is only four.
The Army's quota for that period
is 87, the Air Force 10, and the Navv
19.
The first Army enlistee to be ac
cepted here was to be sworn in at
the Pentagon at 2:30 p.m. by Maj.
Gen. Hobart Gay, commanding gen
eral of the Washington Military Dis
trict. He is Norman E. Turner of
3616 Yuma street N.W., w'hose father
is an attorney at the Veterans Ad
ministration.
The recruiting picture here was
duplicated in many cities today as
hundreds of 18 - year - old youths
sought to enlist for one year of
service. The new peacetime draft
law provides that 161,000 youths of
that age can be accepted for one
year of training. They would not
be subject to later drafting for 21
months, but after finishing the year j
of training in the regular forces in'
this country they would have to go
into the reserves for six years.
Recruiting offices in New York
City opened an hour earlier than
usual to handle applications. The
line before the Navy office had 299.
while the Army line was almost as
long. Some of th? youths had been
there since 1:30 a.m.
About 500 applicants arrived ahead
of the opening hour today in Phila
delphia. Boston reported about 80
Army applicants as compared with
about 20 for a "normal Wednesday.”
Several hundred, however, lined the
i See DRAFT, Page A-6.1
Marshall Minimizes
Danger to U. S. From
U. N. 'Foreign Agents'
No Specific Case Raised
Of Any Action Outside
Their Duties, He Says
Secretary of State Marshall
said today that the United
States does not appear to be
suffering any serious dangers
from the presence in this coun-!
try of what other State Depart- j
ment officials have described as
subversive foreign agents at-1
tached to the United Nations
and other international organi
zations.
His comment came at a news con
ference in response to questions
about testimony given by State De
partment witnesses at a Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee staff in
quiry into the immigration system.
As a result of the testimony that
"several hundred” subversive agents
gained entry into this country
through the U. N. or similar inter
national agencies, committee offi
cials indicated today that lighter
laws to handle the situation may
be considered at the special session
of Congress starting next week.
Gen. Marshall said there has not
been raised a specific case of any
individual attached to such agen
cies who has engaged, outside his
official acts, in actions against the
security of this country.
No Serious Danger.
Therefore, he said, it would not
appear that the country is suffering
:any serious dangers from the pres
jence in thd U. N. setup of indi
viduals whose ideological and other
views are contrary to ours.
He pointed out that the U.N.
headquarters was established in New
: York at America's invitation through
a resolution that passed Congress
unanimously, and apparently with
the complete support of the Ameri
can people.
There are legal provisions, he
added, for actions by this Govern
ment to protect its security, despite
immunities granted individuals of
other countries coming here in con
nection with the U.N.''
Gen. Marshall said it is quite evi
dent that there could not be a U. N.
?athering in this country if people of
various other countries chose to rep
resent them were barred.
Hasn't Seen Officials.
He told questioners that he had
not conferred with representatives
of the State Department visa divi
sion who testified before the Sen
ate Committee, and had not seen
a copy of their Statements. These
officials as well as representatives of
(See FOREIGN AGENTS, Pg. A-6.)
B-29s From Germany
Over Helgoland in
Bomb-Training Hop
F-80s Complete First
Jet-Propelled Crossing
Of Atlantic From U. S.
By tht Associated Press
WIESBADEN, Germany, July
21.—American B-29 Super Fort
resses from Germany engaged
in a bombing-training mission
over the island fortress of Hel
goland today, the United States
Air Force announced.
Th^ once fortified island of Helgo
land is off Germany’s northwest
coast.
The bombers took off from the
Bavarian base at Fuerstenfeldbruck
at 6 a.m. and returned shortly be
I fore 12:30 p.m.
Details of the mission, including
the number of planes, were not
; available.
An Air Force'announcement said
merely that the bombers "engaged
j in a routine navigational and
l bombing-training mission.”
69 Jets Leave Balboa
For Scotland Tomorrow
BALBOA, Canal Zone, July 21 OP).
—The American escort carrier Sicily
leaves for Glasgow, Scotland, tomor
row with 69 Shooting Star jet fighter
t (See B-29s, Page A-6. i
Tax-Exempt Agencies
FearD. C. Law Change
Threatens Status
Strict Interpretation
Of Anti-Lobbying Clause
Could Enforce Silence
A revision of the District in
come tax law of 1947, under
which private charitable and!
educational institutions could
lose their tax-exempt status for
any activities designed to influ
ence legislation, was worrying
local agencies today.
Under a 1942 amendment to the
Income Tax • Act of 1939, these
agencies could remain tax exempt
so long as “no substantial part" of
their activities included influencing
legislation.
The District Revenue Act of 1947,
however,.dropped out the word “sub
stantial.”
It was learned today that welfare
and educational institution officials
| fear a strict interpretation of tha|
' language as it now stands could
; no longer testify voluntarily before
congressional committees.
Hope for Clarification.
District officials said they could
not explain why the change had j
been made, but indicated it would j
not prohibit testimony before con-!
gressional committees by officials of i
the agencies.
Agency officials, however, were
hoping for a ruling to clarify their
status.
A strict interpretation and en
forcement of the statute would "putj
* big golden crown on the statusi
quo" so far as loqal welfare activi-l
ties are concerned) Mrs. Catharine’
H. Norton, executive secretary of the i
Council of Social Agencies, declared. |
“No social agency does what ii>
considers lobbying, but it does try
to bring before the public facts
about conditions and ways of taking
care of situations, as developed in
the course of its work with people,”
she said.
Mrs Norton said she felt If wel
fare groups were kept silent as to
what they found to be the existing
conditions and needs in the city, it
.would mean no movement could be
made toward better welfare by "the
people who know best.”
A strict interpretation, according
to an attorney member of the in
terim committee establishing the
United Community Services of
Washington, new central welfare
.agency, could mean some agencies
would elect to forfeit their tax
exempt status in order to be per
mitted to work for better legisla
tion.
Applies Only to D. C. Taxes.
Mrs. Norton said she believed
that many agencies are Just becom
ing aware of the existence of the
revision in the tax law.
The change applies only to the
District, while the Federal income
tax law still carries the provision
that on “substantial” part of the
agency’s activities be devoted to in
fluencing legislation, it was said.
It 'was pointed out that the re
vision does not in any way affect
the tax exemption of a contributor
for the amount of a gift to such
agencies.
Pershing's Will Establishes
$150,000 Trust Fund for Sister
A trust fund of not less than
$150,000 was established by Gen.
John J. Pershing for his sister, Miss
Anna May Pershing, under terms of
his will filed in District Court today.
The’ famed World War I leader,
.who died last Thursday at Walter
Reed Hospital at the age of 87,
directed that Miss Pershing receive
$6,000 a year from the trust as long
as she lives.
On her death, the trust will be
dissolved and the remainder of the
fund will go to Francis Warren
Pershing, the general's son and only
surviving child.
Value of the estate was not given
in the will. It was drawn up and
i signed by the general on October
24, 1941.
An inventory of the estate will be
filed with a petition for probate
within a few days, according to a
trust officer of the Riggs National
Bank. The bank, Gen. Pershing's
son and Col. George E. Adamson,
his long-time aide, were named as
executors of the estate and trustees
i of the fund established for Miss
: Pershing.
Miss Pershing, whose home is in
Lincoln. Nebr., had spent much time
with the general in his quarters at
Walter Reed. The general's son lives
in New York.
Gen. Pershing directed that the
contract for publication of hi3:
memoirs, which appeared in the
1930s, and any income from their
publication, %hall become a part of
his residual estate.
In the case of other works un
finished at the time of his death
the general directed that they should
be completed and prepared for pub
, lication. In this connection, he said
he desired that the preparation for
! publication be made by or under the
direction of Secretary of State
Marshall who served as his aide
during World War I; Col. John Cal
lan CLaughlin, a long-time friend
and publisher of the Army and Navy
Journal: Col. Adamson and his son.
(See PERSHING WILL, Page A-«7>
President to Go
Before Congress
At Noon Tuesday
Leaders Consulted
Before Fixing Date to
Deliver Message
President Truman will go be
fore the special session of Con
gress at noon next Tuesday to
deliver personally his appeal for
anti-inflation legislation and
other measures, the White House
announced today.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said the time for
the' President's address on the sec
ond day of the special session had
been agreed on in consultation with
Senate and House leaders of both
parties.
Mr. Ross said the President
thought-the occasion was of ‘‘suffi
cient importance" to justify his go
ing personally before a joint session
of the Senate and House to deliver
his message rather, than to send it
up to be read by a cleric.
Mr. Ross said he could not give
any information at this time on
whether the international situation
will be covered in Mr. Truman’s
message. He told questioners, how
ever. that the President “very prob
ably” will see Gen. Lucius D Clay,
American commander in Germany,
and Ambassador Robert D. Murphy,
Gen. Clay's political adviser, before
he delivers, his message. Both are
due in Washington today.
Bulk Already Pending.
The legislative program to be
urged by Mr. Truman for enactment
at the special session will consist
largely of legislation already pend
ing in Congress, much of it having
passed either the Senate or House,
Mr. Ross said.
“He is not asking Congress to go
off on a wild-goose chase,” Mr. Ross
declared. “Obviously he is not ask
ing or expecting Congress to enact
the Republican platform.”
Mr. Ross refused to comment di
rectly on an assertion yesterday by
Herbert Brownell, jr., campaign
manager for Gov. Dewey of New
York, the presidential nominee that
the special session is a' "rump”
meeting, which could not enact ths
Republican platform which calls for
action on a program under ths
leadership of a Republican Presi
dent.
“I have given my own description
of the session as viewed by the
President,” Mr. Ross said when
asked about.the Brownell statement.
Silent on Eaton Proposal.
Mr. Ross also refused comment
on a suggestion by Chairman Eaton
of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee that the President should
teli Congress how close the United
Stakes is to war with Russia as
a result of the Berlin crisis.
Mr. Ross announced that among
the things to be urged by Mr.
Truman In his Tuesday message
will be a new bill for admission of
displaced persons into this country,
a minimum wage bill, and an aid
to education measure. He pre
viously had disclosed that the Pres
ident would submit an anti-infla
tion bill and would urge passage
of an adequate housing measure
and of a proposed $65,000,000 loan
for the United Nations headquar
ters. as well as ratification of the
international wheat agreement.
The administration will submit a
new measure to correct what the
President regards as "gross defects"
of the. displaced persons bill passed
by Congress last month, Mr. Ross
said. He recalled that Mr. Truman
had signed that measure reluctantly
because "in its effect It discriminated
against Catholics and Jews.
Mr. Ross said several pending
minimum wage bills "with possibly
slight amendments” would be satls
; factory to the administration. He
cited measures pending in both
the Senate and House which pro
vided that the national minimum
wage shall be at least 75 cents an
| hour and might be set as high as $1
for specific industries on recommen
dation of industry committees. He
said that these bills were in accord
with previous recommendations of
i the President and of the Democratic
platform.
Mr. Ross pointed out that th#
i (See CONORE8S, Page A-6.)
Murray Takes Big Lead
In Montana Primary
>y the Atiociotcd Pros
HELENA, Mont., July 21.—Three
candidates, including Democratic
Senator Murray, claimed victory
today as slow unofficial returns con
tinued to trickle in from Montana's
primary election.
Senator Murray built up a 36.824
to-8,636 vote lead over Dr. Harry J.
McGregor of Great Falls in unof
ficial tabulations from 516 of 1,143
precincts.
John W. Bonner of Helena, Dem
ocratic gubernatorial candidate, and
Gov. Sam C. Ford, Republican, also
claimed victories in yesterday’s pri
mary.
Mr. Bonner polled 19,501 votes in
513 precincts. He was trailed by
Arthur F. Laney with 13,140 votes;
Leif Erickson, 9,768; George W.
Melton, 2249, and Vernon Hoven,
1265.
Gov. Ford, seeking his third term,
polled 20273 votes in 453 precints,
followed by Leonard C. Young, Stats
railroad commissioner, with 5,111,
and Mike Kuchera with 2,135.
. Tom J. Davis, Butte attorney, held
a 16255 to 12.470 lead over Welling
ton D. Rankin of Helena in the GOP
senatorial race.
In the Democratic congressional
races, Willard E. Fraser led Mrs.
Wallace Kingsbury 10,001 to 6,139 in
the first district in 242 of 394 pre
cincts. Representative Mansfield
was unopposed in the second dis
trict.
Republican results:
Representative, first district, Al
bert H. Angstman, State Supreme
Court associate justice, 9.038; Ralph
Y. McGinnis, 2,783. Representative
D'Ewart was unopposed in the sec
ond district.