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The AVC's position is that "any member of the Communist Party who signs the membership applica tion of the American Veterans’ Com mittee and who is a member of the organization is thereby engaged in acts inimical to the interests of the American Veterans' Committee and should be ousted from membership.” Savs Case Is No Witch Hunt. If the fact-finding hearing estab lishes Mr. Gates’ membership in the Communist Party, a statement by Joseph A. Clorety, jr„ acting chair man of AVC, declared, “It is the sense of the National Administrative Committee resolution that he should be ousted from membership in the AVC.” Mr. Clorety'said "the John Gates case is not a witch hunt. It is in tended to determine whether or not a veteran of World War II can hold membership in the Communist Party and, in good faith, sign the AVC statement of intentions.” This statement includes a pledge of support to the Bill of Rights and j the maintenance of “full production! and full employment in our country under a system of private enterprise in which business, labor, agriculture and Government co-operate.” The case came to light after two Washington members of AVC raised the issue of whether a Communist Party member could also belong to AVC. Member for About a Year. The two men, Forrest Finley, a Washington correspondent for an Oregon newspaper, and Wadsworth Likely, a radio writer, wrote the AVC's administrative committee to question the Gates membership. Mr. Gates has been a member for about a year, an AVC official said today. The letter said, in part: "It is our conviction that no mem ber of the Communist Party can be a member of AVC except under false pretenses. It is also our conviction that it is the duty of the govern ing bodies of AVC first to take steps to prevent Communists from be | coming members of AVC and second, iwhen that is not possible, to expel ! from membership, in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the 'AVC constitution, all Communists.” ; The letter pointed out that since AVC is not "a nation or a trade union,” there is no issue of civil lib erties involved. AVC has been active | in efforts to protect civil liberties | of all individuals. ** >’ Principles Held Inconsistent: The AVC administrative group, made up of five members of the Na tional Planning Committee which runs AVC, met last Friday and or dered the hearing in New York. The group issued a statement, made pub lic today, saying in part that “the principles of the Communist Party are inconsistent w'ith the principles of the American Veterans’ Commit tee.” The group resolved that pro ceedings be instituted against the Daily Worker editor, a World War II veteran, “to determine the facts as to the alleged membership in the Communist Party of Mr. Gates." The tw'o men who raised the issue stated the belief that “Mr. Gates is guilty of perjuring his oath (to AVC i and should therefore be ex pelled.” AVC is an organization of vet leran.' of World War II as well as members of the Merchant Marine who served in the war. Shippen 'Continued From First Pase.l the United States Government is determined to remain in Berlin until every possible avenue for peaceful settlement has been ex plored lacked nothing ip conviction. ! Yet those best informed on politics at home could not but ask: "Who is the United States Gov ernment in this climax of an elec | tion year? Is Gen. Clay speaking only for, the Joint Chiefs of Staff backed by the State Department? Is he speaking for the President and the Congress, or the Democratic and Republican candidates? Is the decision to remain in Berlin truly a bipartisan policy?" A few well-informed Berliners and many Americans and English-' i men told me they feared a de j cision for action may be taken else | where than in Washington before the November elections. They are convinced the Russians are fully determined to drive the Western : Powers out of Berlin by every means short of war. More Pressure After Harvest Seen. They believe the pressure will be increased after the crops are gathered in Europe and before pub lic opinion in the United States can crystalize behind the new President. Such a possible showdown might come before the new draft law be gins to fill out our skeletonized i combat outfits, and possibly before many more B-29 Superforts can be i brought out of "pickles'' in the ! Southwest, modified and manned. There is excellent military author ! ity for the belief that Superforts in i any real strength can blast their way with remote-control guns to and from targets beyond range of ' our own fighters. This, it was said probably could be accomplished I without unacceptable losses through | anv fighter screens now known. An international explosion could j be set off almost any time through accident, manufactured or other j wise. The Soviet-controlled press in Why Mountain Valley Wafer Is Recommended for ARTHRITIS, KIDNEY and BLADDER Condition Thi* natural mineral water from Hot Sprints. Arkansas, helps to— 1. Stimulate kidney function*. 2. Soothe bladder irritation. 3. Neutralize uric acidity. 4. Discharge wastes. Phono for a Cato Today MOUNTAIN VALLEY MINERAL WATER MET. 1062 » 904 12th St. N.W. interfiling Booklet on Xeoueet L Berlin may or may not be laying a propaganda groundwork for such a calamity. Charges are being pub licized iff Berlin that the peaceful “Operation Vittles” is being con ducted in an unsafe, undisciplined manner—including low as well as off-the-beam flying by our trans ports. These transports are getting big ger. with four-engined Skymasters ;aking over from two-engined C-47's. They are flying up and down the corridor on radio and radar routes as clcarlv defined as four-lane high ways. They are managing to keep on them in instrument weather even when some guiding beams have been Jammed or distorted. Crews From Many Areas. The crews have been pulled in from statiens all over the world— the Aleutian Island Chain, for ex ample, or trans-Pacific runs. They know exactly where they’re going and when they’re due to take off and land. So do the Russians. | Yet the pilots of two aircraft told me of seeing Russian lend-lease C-47s cutting across their course? when visibility was so bad there were only occasional pockets in the cloud deck. One pilot expressed the opinion i that the plane he saw was honestly ! lost, possibly because he lacked posi ! tive radio and radar navigational ! facilities. The other pilot was less optimis tic: "What do i think?” he asked, | “well. It looked to me like a bucket of bolts bouncing around up there in the soup waiting for an accident to happen!” 1 Other factors which could help to add up to a decision this fall include the Red reversal in Italy I and recent Yugoslavian cracks in I the Iron Curtain. This much is quite certain: Plenty of Americans and their friends in Europe are going to be happy when the November elections are a thing of the past, no matter whether the Republicans or Democrats get in I the saddle. "When Uncle Sam gets back on his horse,” an intelligence officer remarked in Berlin, “—maybe he won’t go galloping in al) directions —not in the fall of 1948 anyhow-.” j Transit (Continued From First Page.) j with no tokens or passes sold—Capi- j tal Transit would earn $25,433,787 annually, Mr. McElfresh testified. An 11-cent cash fare would net the company $27,780,467, he added, while! a 12-cent cash fare would, provide $30,139,147. Thus, Mr. McElfresh, said, the company would operate at a loss with a 10-cent cash fare alone, would earn a 3.33 per cent return at 11 cents straight and 7.89 per cent at 12 cents straight. Would Return 5.76 Per Cent. He pointed out that his proposed fare schedule would provide the j company with $29,041,323 at, the end! of June. 1949—a 5.76 per cent rate of return. At yesterday's hearings, therej were references to the racial issue j and an indication that attorneys! opposing the increase will produce their own witnesses and testimony. The opponents include Attorney ! Harry R. Booth, representing the Washington Committee for Con sumer Protection, and Attorney; Benjamin C. Sigal, representing j Americans for Democratic Action Both lawyers demanded that tM fkrt iftcte*se ’petition be dismissed by Chairman James H. Flanagan “because of the utter and complete failure of Capital Transit to sus tain the proof requjjed under PUC laws.” Mr. Flanagan denied the move. J. E. Heberle, vice president and controller of Capital Transit, was on the stand for cross-examination earlier when the racial issue arose. Mr. Heberle was asked by Mr. Booth why Capital Transit does not overcome its manpower short age in streetcar and bus operators by hired colored operators. Mr. Heberle explained'that “we'd lose more men than we would gain,” if Negroes were hired to run Capi tal Transit vehicles. He then told of the company’s experience toward the end of World War II, when Capital Transit opened its employ ment lists to Negroes. One colored) man was hired, he said, trained and ‘ appeared eventually to take a train ing run with a white operator. The 1 white operator refused to accom-1 pany the colored man. and the other white employes would not j take their scheduled runs. He said | the company withdrew the colored; trainee. Potomac River Bridge Traffic Rises 24.58% By th* Associated Prtss BALTIMORE. Aug. 10.—Total traffic over the Potomac River Bridge last month was 24.58 per cent higher than in the correspond ing period a year ago, William A. Codd, chief auditor of the State Roads Commission, reported. There were 67,083 passenger cars. 11.465 commercial vehicles, and 4,128 pedestrians, including truck passengers. Traffic over the Susquehanna River Bridge was up 19.12 per cent over July, 1947, with 371,531 pas senger cars and 79,162 trucks and i buses. 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Eisenhower before the Democratic convention, but Mr. Zaritzky said there is no doubt now that they would go along with the President. Presents Gray Hat. Mr. Zaritzky gave the President a gray felt hat and said that similar hats would go to Senator Barkley, Democratic vice presidential candi date, and Govs. Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren, the Republican standard-bearers. The union, he said, wanted to make sure that the candidates had hats with union labels. Meanwhile, Democratic leaders were looking toward Labor Day. September 6, as the date fer open ing the presidential campaign, and party sources expressed hope that definite plans for a 60-day drive to return the Truman administration to power would be In the making soon. Thus far the program has lagged, due in large measure to the fact that the minority was waiting to see what Congress would do toward meeting administration wishes for anti-inflation legislation and the other measure President Truman has urged unsuccessfully on Capitol Hill. Truman Views Awaited. With that record now established it is expected that President Tru man, who has been silent on his own ideas, will let the leaders know what he wants, and plans can begin aking shape. Mr. Truman has received several invitations to open his campaign with a Labor Day speech in some industrial center, and some of his advisers think that occasion ideal. Detroit and Syracuse Suggested. Detroit has been one of the cities suggested and Syracuse, N. Y„ another. The latter point, however, it is believed would be more apt to be covered in a swing through New York State when President Truman carries his fight on Gov. Dewey to' the Republican presidential candi date’s home grounds. Some inkling of Mr. Truman’s in tentions may come this week, as a number of political conferences are scheduled. Among these will be a meeting tomorrow with the Truman for-President Clubs, headed by Gov. Roy J. Turner of Oklahoma. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that friends said Gov. Dewey is so confident of victory that he may make less than 10 major campaign speeches. The Republican campaign course will bj fixed next week when Gov; fieVey confers at Albany with his" running mate. Estimates vary on who came off with the political plums in the spe cial session of Congress. Most Democrats and Republicans agree privately that Mr. Truman had the edge in the inflation-housing argu ment but shot too fast from the hip in his criticism of the Com TROUSERS 1 To Match ft A Oft Odd Coat, | EISEMAN’S—F at 7th i TEACHERS Startlnc Salary (or 1948.(910 $2,200 to $3,800 With at least 14 weeks raeallon. Adams Teachers Agency Colorado Bide., 14th * G N.W. 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He added that the President seems to be solidifying organized labor sup port behind him. But Senator Taft of Ohio, chair man of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said he thinlss the signs are "very favorable" for a Repub lican sweep in November. Crops fContinued From First Page.) United States will have no difficulty in meeting foreign demands. Far above average crops of flax seed, dry beans, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, sugar cane and sugar beets are nearing harvest. This big production already is be ginning to affect prices. Latest offi cial reports show that wheat has dropped about 30 per cent and com around 20 per cent since January, Wheat is down to the level at which the Government is required by law to support prices. Corn is expected to drop below that level because of two factors: The size of the crop and the Inability of many growers to find adequate storage space. Transfers (Continued From First Page.) his working day In the capacity of personal chef to the Federal se curity administrator. Nothing was Indicated in the of ficial records of the transaction by which the cook's services in Mr. Ewing’s private dining establish ment were to be reimbursed to St. Elizabeths Hospital from FSA funds, the Senator said. The forms did indicate, it was pointed out, however, that the trans fer of funds was authorized by the GAO. If the committee had been asked to approve a cook for Mr. Ewing, Senator Bridges said, “Unquestion ably it would have been promptly denied.” The committee, therefore, its chairman said, called on the GAO to "refuse to continue to approve transfer of this nature ’ and warned that “a careful check be made to determine that no other such im proper administrative and financial arrangements are continued to be in existence.” The report asked if the Budget Bureau would include the number of employes transferred under re imbursable arrangement; the rea son for such transfer; “the exact nature of the duties” performed.; describing such duties in more de tail than their civil service job classifications; and the amount of money transferred. The Senate Appropriations Com mittee, it was also learned today, will investigate another activity of the Federal Security Agency when its appropriations come before Con gress for consideration next year. Chairman Knowland of the sub committee handling FSA appropria tions said today he would look" sharply into the establishment of) the so-called National Health As-1 | EMERSON • RCA • PHILCO j | TELEVISION | IMMEDIATE DELIVERY NA. OL. f 2160 2160 . I 517 10»h St. 7008 Wit. Avt. sembly, a private corporation hav ing office* in the Federal Security Building. The housing of this agency and its close connection with the FSA was sharply criticized in hearings before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee last spring. It was defended by spokesmen for the FSA as having been set up at the re quest of President Truman. Conferences (Continued From First Page.) tablishment of a broad basis for four-power talk* on all Germany, and other European problems, must still be regarded as distant, until an agreement on Berlin’s future cur rency and the blockade is reached. A Russian diplomatic source said the Western powers at the Moscow talks offered nothing and demanded restoration of traffic links to Berlin. The Russian informant added that readiness of the Western powers to join new four-power talks on all Germany would be no concession “because they are only offering to do what they are supposed to under the Potsdam pact.” Pressure by West Reported. He added that the West gave no hint of dropping the projected Western Germany government ex cept to say vaguely that it need not prejudice a future all-German set tlement on a four-power basis. "In the meantime,” said this source, who insisted on anonymity, "the western governments seem to be introducing a little pressure on us to accept their terms. 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American Am bassador Walter Bedell Smith took with him his minister counselor, Foy D. Kohler, and his first secre tary, Brewster Morris. Frank Rob erts, Britain’s special envoy, had British Charge d’Affaires Geoffrey Harrison and two secretaries with him. French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau was accompanied by two aides. The French envoy summoned Francois Seydoux, political and dip lomatic adviser to the French mili tary governor of Germany, from an engagement late last night and con ferred with him until after midnight. Mr. Roberts dropped one remark to correspondents which may or may not mean something: "Well, we won’t be news to you much longer now.’’ Yesterday s session with Foreign Minister Molotov lasted just under three hours, precisely the same length of time as Friday’s four power meeting. 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