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Reds Aim toTake
Southeast Asia,
• 9
Bevin Declares
Seek to Drive Out All
West's Associations,
Commons Is Told
BIG FOUR REPORTED Preparing
to Move Parleys to Paris.
Page A-2.
By Associated Press
LONDON. Sept. 15.—Foreign
Secretary Bevin told the House
of Commons today the Commu
nists are following a plan aimed
at seizing Southeast Asia.
The Communists' aim is to "try to
drive every Western association out
of that territory, in trade and every
thing else.-’ Mr. Bevin declared.
Explaining the current Communist
uprisings in Burma and Malaya, ne
$aia:
"This problem has been going on
ever since the Marxist-Lenin theory
was adopted, not merely in Malaya,
but elsewhere. It is part and parcel
of me clash between two philoso
phies which will keep breaking out
everywhere that it can."
Aggression Charged.
Hours before Mr. Bevin's appear
ance in the House, the Foreign Office
announced that his statement on
international allairs would contain
no mention of the Berlin crisis or
Marshall Welcomes
Any Encouragement
On Foreign Crisis
Secretary of State Marshall
sain today he would welcome a
little encouragement about the
international situation.
Asked for comment on a re
cent assertion by Anthony
Eden, former British Foreign
Secretary, that the interna
tional situation is going from
bad to worse, Gen. Marshall
told a news conference he has
not had any periods of great
relief in the last week or 10
days and would welcome a little
encouragement.
When a reporter asked what
odds he would give on America’s
staying at peace for the rest
of this year, he replied that he
never has been a betting man.
East-West negotiations now in prog
ress in Moscow.
Anthony Eden, acting Conserva
tive leader of the House, told thej
members India's invasion of Hydera-1
bad was “an act of aggression." The
wartime Foreign Secretary said the:
invasion was a “flagrant and in
excusable" breach by India of her
agreement with the princely state.
“If the U. N. acts quickly and acts
with authority it will not only do
a considerable service to its own
reputation but will perhaps save a
vast area of the world's surface from
untold suffering and human misery,'
Mr. Eden said.
The United Nations Security
Council is due to take up the
Hyderabad situation tomorrow' in
Paris.
Pattern Seen In Revolts.
Mr. Eden said Communist upris
ings in Malaya. Burma and Siam
are ‘all in pattern.''
“Its objective is to overthrow law
and order throughout Southeast
Asia, which. Lenin. I think, once
called the back door of capitalist
and imperialist power.”
Mr. Bevin dealt briefly with Hy
derabad. He said he regretted that
in “these new dominions this war
like spirit has developed.”
Mr. Bevin said that in Malaya
the British have “a difficult task to
put an end to these terrorist gangs.
We are under no delusion as to
what iA involved." He went on:
“The trouble in Malaya is that
scores of the population, mainly
Chinese Communists, have been
given special assignments to go in
and organize this trouble.
Won't Yield to Terror.
“The problem is a difficult and
vexed one but the government have
no intention of yielding to this
terror. It may mean that if this
policy of stirring civil war as in
strument of foreign policy goes on—
I repeat, if it goes on as it has gone
on ever since the war closed, first
in one territory and then in an
other—no one can foresee to what
3t will lead the nations who are
promoting it.
“Speaking for Britain and the
Commonwealth, we are now seized
with the effects of this policy and
wherever it rears its ugly head, we
shall do our best to stamp it out.
using the maximum of our resources
♦o do it. If we do not, there will
never be the settlement of peace or
the establishment of harmony in
the world.”
40 More C-54s Head
For Berlin Air Lilt
The Air Force announced today
It is sending approximately 40 more
C-54 cargo planes to Europe in an
other expansion of its air lift of
food and essentials to Russian
blockaded Berlin.
At present, a total of 105 C-54s
are being used in the Berlin opera
tion.
'These aircraft will utilize ex
panded airport facilities which have
been constructed for the purpose
since the air lift into Berlin was
undertaken.” the Air Force said.
Officials said the additional planes
were requested by Gen. Lucius D
Clay, theater commander, and the
announcement said "the Air Force
will continue to meet such require
ments as may be laid down b>
Gen. Clay during coming months.'
The department said the addi
tional aircraft and personnel are
being drawn from various areas
Including the Far East, and that
they would pass through the United
States on their way to the Euro
pean theater.
Previously the aircraft allotted
the Berlin air lift have been drawn
from the Military Air Transport
Service,
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V
Dewey Calls In All Top Advisers
For Parley Before Starting Trip
G. 0. P. Nominee Takes Last Opportunity
To Review Foreign Situation With Dulles
By J. A. O'Leary
Star Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, Sept. 15— Gov.
Dewey today called in all his top
advisers, including John Foster
Dulles, for a final review of the
foreign situation and some,do
mestic problems before starting
his campaign for the presidency
Sunday.
It will be the last opportunity
Gov. Dewey will have to go over the
world situation, including the Berlin
blockade, with Mr. Dulles before the
latter leaves Friday for Paris to at
tend the next meeting of the U. N.
General Assembly.
Others attending the conference
are:
J. Russel! Sprague. New York's
national committeeman; Roger W.
Straus, a close friend and adviser;
Herbert Browmell, Jr., director of the
Dewey-Warren campaign; Repre
sentative Hall of- New York, chair
man of the Republican Congres
sional Campaign Committee; Benja
min Duffy, representing the agency
that will handle radio arrangements
for the Republican campaign: Ed
win F. Jaeckle. New' York Republican
leader from Buffalo: Elliot V. Bell,
one of Gov. Dewey's veteran ad
visers; William C. Murphy, jr„ pub
licity director for the Republican
National Committee: Paul Lock
wood. Gov. Dewey's secretary, and
James C. Hagerty. Gov. Dewey's di
rector of press relations.
Gov. Dewey also prepared to delve
into the problems of the American
farmer this week end. after taking
a strong stand last night for na
tional defense.
In calling on New Yorkers to ob
serve Saturday as Air Force Day, he
served notice that:
"We propose to make and keep
America strong; sot strong that no
aggressive power will ever be misled
into attacking us on the assumption
that our democracy is too weak or
too gullible to protect itself.”
These, words, written Into his
Air Force Day proclamation were
taken by observers here as assur
ance that regardless of the out
come of the November election, the
new defense program on which the
Eightieth Congress embarked will
continue.
It came only a few days after
Senator Vandenberg. Republican! of
Michigan had served notice that,
while Americans may differ during
the presidential campaign over some
i See DEWEY, Page A-5.)
Indian Army Throws
Parachute Force Into
Hyderabad Invasion
Capture of Second Biggest
City Is Announced by
New Delhi Ministry
By the Associated Press
NEW DELHI. Sept. 15.—India
threw parachute troops into the
invasion of Hyderabad today and
captured Homnabad, 84 miles
from the capital. The drive was
from the west.
The second largest city of the
princely state. Aurangabad, and its
cantonment surrendered in the
northwest, giving India virtually all
that corner of the state, the Defense
Ministry said.
Military informants in Madras
said they thought Indian troops
might ft a cl! Hyderabad city and
suburban Secunderabad by tomor
row or Friday. This would virtual
ly end the fighting, which stemmed
from the refusal of the wealthy
Moslem Nizam to join his state to
the Indian union.
Capture Not Confirmed.
India asserted when its troops
struck into the south central state
at dawn Mondav that disorder was
rife and the will of the people, 80
per cent of whom are Hindus, was
being thwarted.
i A Karachi dispatch said Hy
derabad officials have not con
firmed the loss of Ajrangabad.
Hyderabad advices reported stiff
fighting on the border of Berar,
which joins the state on the
north. Hyderabad claimed 2.000
of its irregular troops repulsed an
Indian attack near Hospet in the
southwest.)
Indians striking toward the capi
tal and Secunderabad from the
East were said to have advanced 3
miles east of Suriapet to within 75
miles of their goal. Aircraft strafed
the defenders. A military spokes
man said no Hyderabad planes have
been seen in battle, although the
state has some.
The spokesman , said the-impor
tant railhead of Khammamet. 110
miles east of Hyderabad City, is ex
pected “to fall at any time.” Troops
from Madras have been driving
against it from the south from
Bezwada.
Dispatches Support Claim.
A Defense Ministry spokesman
announced the capture of Auranga
bad and this was supported by field
dispatches.
He said the city, which lies about
275 miles northwest of the princely
state's capital, was surrendered by
the chief collector, the city’s prin
cipal administrative officer. Not a
shot was fired, he added.
The occupation of Aurangabad,
together with the capture yesterday
of Daulatfibad and Jalna, gives the
Indian Army control of virtually
(See HYDERABAD, Page A-3.(
Eric Johnston to Confer
With Russians Today
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 15.—Eric John
ston is due to start conferences with
Soviet motion picture officials today.
Mr. Johnston, president of the
Motion Picture Association of Amer
ica, said he still is optimistic about
his chances of getting the Russians
interested again in showing pic
i tures from the United States.
95 Paris Policemen
Injured in Rioting
Of 4,500 Strikers
Crowd Hurls Stones and
Iron Bars; Riot Begun
Again After Brief Half
By the Associated Press
PARIS. Sept. 15.—A strike
crowd of 4.500 rushed the Na
tional Aviation Offices in Central
Paris today and injured 95 po
licemen in rioting.
An estimated 2,500 of the crowd
were workers of the nationalized
aviation industry, denouncing recent
layoffs of workers from the govern
ment payroll. Another 2.000 strikers
from the nationalized Renault auto
plant joined them.
They threw paving stones and
bais of iron grillwork at the police,
who fought back with night sticks
and fists. About 2,000 Paris police
and two squads of Mobile Guards
fought off the strikers on the Boule
vard Hausmann. The riot flared
for two hours, subsided and then
was renewed.
Reds Hold Demonstration.
Members of the Communist-led
Confederation of Labor at the same
time organized a demonstration at
Bullancourt to demand minimum
monthly wage of 13,500 francs < $40».
Employes of the aviation plant
struck this morning, protesting the
recent layoff.
Some 31,000 workers of the
Renault motors plant also voted to
go out this afternoon.
Strikers tore up the iron grillwork
around trunks of trees lining the
sidewalks, broke the bars up and
used the pieces as missiles to hurl
at police. The strikers littered the
■■treet with paving stones and pieces
of iron.
About 30 strikers were seriously
injured.
Strikers milled about shouting
"down with the police" and "we
want bread."
De Gaulle Campaign On.
Followers of Gen. de Gaulle today
began an appeal to France to sweep
him into power with a flood of
stamps.
Details of the stamp campaign
were disclosed by Andre Malraux,
French author and supporter of the
rightist leader.
Mr. Malraux told reporters:
"This campaign is not for the
RPF. It is for Gen de Gaulle."
Members of the RPF will plaster
the countryside with blue posters
urging all who believe in Gen. de
Gaulle as the hope of France to
buy a stamp for 50 francs (15 cents >
and send it with a letter to de
Gaulle's home at Colombev des
Deux-Eglises.
The stamp bears the slogan:
"Pour salut public—oui!” ("For
the peoples welfare—Yes!">
The campaign will be pressed
throughout the country until Octo
ber 5.
Paris Doctor Attends
Aga Khan, ill in Cannes
By the Associated Press
CANNES, Sept. 15. — The ailing
Aga Khan was visited by a doctor
from Paris last night. The wealthy
ruler of the Ismaili Mohammedans
was pronounced better today.
The Aga Khan, one of the richest
men in the world, contracted a
jungle fever while hunting in Cen
tral Africa. He is staying at his
villa near Le Cannet.
Tito Forces Reported Battling
Cominform's Yugoslav Backers
. iy the Associated Press
ROME, Sept. 15.—The con
servative newspaper II Tempo
said today in a Trieste dispatch
that grave disorders have broken
out in Yugoslavia between pro
Tito and Cominform factions.
The dispatch, quoting "well-in
formed sources,'’ reported police
fired on masses of demonstrators at
Duba. Borika and Sokolovic, causing
numerous deaths and injuries,
j Demonstrations of protest against
,Tito also occurred in Zagreb and
occupants of "concentration camps
at 'Novisad and Sombor revolted,’
the dispatch added.
Rupture With Romania,
Hungary Believed Near
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. Sept. 15
—Yugoslav Communists indi
cated today their relations with
neighboring Romania and Hungary
are near the breaking point,
j They declared that friendship and
alliance with these countries could
not exist under the pressure, slan
der and calls to revolt being con
ducted against Marshal Tito's Com
munist government.
The crumbling relations were
made more apparent in an editorial
today in Borba. the Communist
Party newspaper, which refuted
strongly Romanian and Hungarian
replies to recent Yugoslav notes ol
protest against anti-Tito declara
tions.
The editorial charged that the au
thorities in those two countries an
evading responsibility for worsemnf
relations between ‘friendly Demo
cratic <Communist' countries.'
Borba said a “slanderous'’ anti
Tito campaign had made the term:
of friendship sound "Pharisaic am
ridiculous.’’
The commentary Strongly indi
cated that treaties of friendship, co
operation and mutual aid betwecr
Yugoslavia and her neighbors to thi
(See YUGOSLAV, Page ^5.)
U. S. Sues to Split
'Big 4' Packers
Into 14 Firms
Companies Stifled
Competition in Meat,
Complaint Charges
By the Associated Press
The Government sued today
to break up the "big four’’ meat
packing companies into 14 sepa
rate and competing: concerns.
A civil antitrust suit filed in Fed
eial Court in Chicago alleged that
the "Big Four" packers—Swift fz
Co.. Armour & Co., the Cudahy
Packing Co. and Wilson & Co.. Inc.—
violated tl 1 'rman Act by sup
pressing compc :ition.
It asked that Armour and Swift
each be divided into five separate
companies and Cudahv and Wilson
each be divided into two separate
companies.
Clark Announces Suit.
Attorney General Clark an
nounced filing of the suit in Chicago.
"The four defendants named in
the complaint are charged with sup
pressing competition in the sale of
meat and meat products," Mr. Clark
said in a statement.
The Attorney General described
the suit as "another in a series of
cases instituted by the Department
of Justice in furtherance of its pro
gram to free the production and
sale of food and food products from
monopolistic restraints."
Complaint Cites Methods.
The complaint alleges these
nethods were used by the four pack
ing concerns to suppress competi
tion:
1 Controlling the amount of live
stock each company purchases for
sale, thus controlling the supply of
meat made available:
2. Using uniform cost formulas for
arriving at selling prices:
3. Selling meat at ' loading" rather
than at "delivered’’ weights.
4. Selling at substantially identical
prices and terms of sale.
The four companies, the com
plaint said, accounted for 58 per
! cent of the cattle. 54 per cent of the
hogs, 68 per cent of the calves and
79 per cent of the sheep slaughtered
under Federal inspection during the
last 10 years.
Clark Issues Statement.
Mr. Clark’s statement said: ’’No
avenue must be overlooked to pre
vent the basic necessities of life,
'such as food, from falling into the
hands of monopolistic groups,” It
added:
"The channels of distribution be
tween the farmer and the consumer
must be kept free from all restraints
and artificial blockades and. when
other methods fail, the only alterna
tive left is to separate the few dom
inant concerns into a number of in
dependent and competing com
panies.”
Herbert A. Bergson. Assistant At
torney General in chaige of the
Anti-Trust Division, said "there
has been an absence of effective
competition among the ’big four'
meat packing companies since 1893.”
Division of Purchases Charged.
Mr. Bergson said in a statement:
"They possess such tremendous
power to suppress competition and
the systematic use of that power is.
so deeply imbedded in their whoie
method of doing business that
nothing less than destruction ot
that power can provide an opportu
nity for any real or effective com
petition in the sale of meat and
the purchase of livestock.”
Mr. Bergson said the complaint
charges that one of the methods
used by the four big packers was a
division or allocation of purchase of
livestock. He added:
"This procedure left no incentive
to compete in buying since each de- j
fendant is assured of getting its as
signed percentage without com
petitive effort. Conversely, there is
no incentive for any defendant to
reduce selling prices below those of
the other defendants since its vol
ume of sales could not thereby be
increased in relation to that of other
; defendants, as the respective sales
volume of each is determined by its
volume of livestock purchased The
result is suppression of competition
among the defendants in both buy
ing and selling." vj
Maine Forest Fires Rage
in 31 Scattered Sections
iy the Associated Press
BOSTON. Sept. 15.—More than a
score of fires sweeping through
Maine woods created what author
ities described as a “critical situa
tion today.
Meanwhile. Massachusetts Fire
Warden Joseph L. Peabody said his
State was "sitting on a firecracker”
as a result of parching heat which
made forests tinder dry.
New Hampshire and Vermont re
ported several small fires under con
trol, but wardens were alerted to
throw fire-fighting forces into ac
tion as the first sign of new out
breaks. ,
Thirty-one new blazes flared last
night in scattered sections of Maine
—scene of a $15,000,000 disaster
touched off by forest fires a year
ago.
Austin H. Wilkins, forestry super -
| visor, describing the situation as
serious, said several hundred acres
of timber already had been burned
over. No buildings were in immedi
ate danger.
S. S. America Zigzags
At Crawl to Miss Storm
fty th« Associated Frass
ABOARD THE S. S. AMERICA
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Sept.
15.—Tlie liner America, slowed down
to a crawl to miss an Atlantic hur
ricane yesterday, probably will reach
port a day late. -
Capt John Anderson, whcrordered
1 the ship slowed to 5 knots on a
zig-zag course until he was sure she
would not run into the storm, esti
mated she would reach Le Havre
September 21 instead of Septem
ber 20.
The American delegation to the
'United Nations Aseembly larboard.
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Taft Brands Truman Attack
Attempt to Curry Labor's Favor
Reply to President's Charge of NLRB 'Pressure'
> Savs Chief Executive Seeks Political Publicity
(Text of Truman and Findling
Letters on Page A-5.)
BULLETIN
CINCINNATI <&). — Senator
Taft. Republican, of Ohio de
clared in a statement here to
day that President Truman's
attack on him “is merely an |
attempt to curry favor with
the labor bosses who control
the labor publicity to which
he is looking for help in the
election.’’ Senator Taft said
the President’s charge “only
shows we have reached the
silly season in politics.”
By Joseph A. Fox
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio today is expected to reply
to President Truman’s charges
that he had sought to "put the
heat on" the National Labor Re
lations Board to press contempt
proceedings against the Interna
tional Typographical Union in
the fight between printers and
newspaper publishers over the
closed shop.
Furnishing new ammuntion in the
political warfare between Demo
crats and Republicans over the
Taft-Hartley Act, which outlawed
the closed shop, the President's
attack on the Ohio Senator was
disclosed at the White House yes
terday after a conference between
the President and NLRB officials
whom Senator Taft reportedly
sought to •pressure’’ at a meeting
in his office.
This Taft office session was a
related development in the Chicago
i See NLRB, f^age A-5.'
Union Official Objects
To Query, but Denies
He Is a Communist
Lucchi Tells Probers
He Leads Right Wing
Of Fur Worker^
By James Y. Newton
Pietro Lucchi. secretary-treas
urer of the CIO Fur and Leather
Workers' Union, told a House
Labor Subcommittee today that
he is not now and never has
been a member of the Commu
nist Party, but he objected to
the question as an infringement
on constitutional rights.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Schwabe. Repub
lican. of Missouri, is investigating
charges of Communist domination
of the fur workers’ union.
Mr. Lucchi is the first of seven
union officers subpoenaed to testify
today. Earlier, Mrs. Schwabe told
reporters he was sure that the union
officers would refuse to answer the
stock question of whether they are
or ever have been Communists. The
chairman added that the committee
was ready to take steps to prosecute
the witnesses for contempt of Con
gress.
Other “Injurious Organizations.
Mr. Lucchi readily answered the
question, denying affiliation with the
Communists, but added he inought
it was an lninngement on tne rights
ot witnesses to ask the question. He
explained there were other “injurious
organizations" besides the Commu
nist Party and he thought witnesses
should be questioned as to memoer
ship in those organizations also.
The union secretary-treasurer said
he represented right wing elements
in the union of 100,000 memoers and
that Ben Gold, the union president,
represented the left wingers. Mr.
Gold, who will testify tomorrow, is
an avowed Communist, although Mr
Lucchi said that he did not know
whether or not he is a member ol
the party.
Mr. Lucchi was questioned closely
about contributions the union has
made to more than a score of organ
izations. many of which have been
classified by the Justice Department
and congressional committees as
subversive. He said the recent con
vention of the fur workers author
ized appropriation of $154,000 to or
ganizations selected by the union
Finance Committee.
The witness said he did not know
if any of the money had gone to
Russia. Among the contributions
was one of $469 for a gift to Ilya
See FUR WORKERS. Page A-3.)
Typhoon Threatening
Southern Jap Islands
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, Sept. 15.—A typhoon
with winds of 120 miles an hour at
its center threatened Southern Hon
jshu. Shikoku and Kyushu islands
! today as it moved northward from a
point 250 miles off Iwo Jima Island.
The Weather Bureau forecast the
typhoon, labeled “lone'’ for Identifi
cation purpdses, would move to a
point 270 miles from Osaka by 9 aJn.
tomorrow. Heavy rains and a wind
of 75 miles an hour lashed Iowa
Jima today. ^
House Probers Meet
At Secret Place to
Hear Spy Witness
Steve Nelson Faces Action
For Contempt in Refusal
To Answer Questions
By Miriam Ottenberg
An avowed Communist Party
official today faced contempt of
Congress action as congressional
spy hunters met at a secret lo
cation to avoid publicizing the
identity of today’s witnesses.
A subcommittee of the House
Committee on Un-American Activ
ities voted late yesterday to recom
mend contempt action against Steve
Nelson, chairman of the Western
Pennsylvania district of the Com
munist Party.
Chairman Thomas said the full
committee would be advised by mail
of the subcommittee recommenda
tion at the committee's first meet
ing.
Three Due to Testify.
Committee members planned to
hear about three witnesses at a
secret location away from the com
mittee offices today. With repofters
clustered around the committee
rooms, one aidf said the place was
about as private as Fourteenth and
F streets.
Today’s witnesses were described
as able to provide important pieces
of evidence in the development of
the committee’s atomic espionage
case.
Although willing to identify him
self to reporters as a Communist
official. Nelson refused to answer
many of the subcommittee's ques
tions on grounds he might incrim
inate himself.
Assails Committee Members.
Nelson issued a statement to re
porters calling committee members
• political pvromaniacs.”
Mr. Thomas described Nelson’s
appearance as “probably the most
flagrant example of contempt we
have witnessed since we have been
on this committee.”
The committee wants to test
whether any witness has the right
to refuse to answer a congressional
committee's questions on grounds he
might incriminate himself.
Nelson has not been the only
i (See-PROBE, Page A-3.)
Six Secret Warplanes Building,
Some With Supersonic Speeds
By th« A»tociat«d
i The Air Force acknowledged to
day that half a dozen hitherto secret
combat plane types are Being built
for speeds ranging up to supersonic,
i Most are jet and rocket powered.
Acknowledgment of the new types
came after a summary of them was
printed in American Aviation Daily,
an industry news letter published
here. . ,
The new types, some being flown
secretly at Muroc (Calif.» Air Base
and others nearing completion, are:
McDonnell XF-88. a two-engine
penetration jet fighter.
Northrop XF-89, a two-engine all
weather jet fighter.
Lockheed XF-90. a two-engine
.penetration jet fighter with rocket
| engines for emergency ^peed bursts.
Top speed is supersonic, raai
faster than sound travels, or about
780 miles an hour.
Republic XF-91. a single-engine
interceptor Jet fighter, with rocket
engines for use at very high alti
tudes. Top speed is supersonic.
Consolidated Vultee XF-92, an in
terceptor Jet fighter with a V-wing
using rockets for top operational
speeds over 800 m.p.h.
Boeing XB-52, a huge bomber in
the B-36 class, powered with a tur
bine-propeller combination.
The newsletter also disclosed and
the Air Force acknwledged the ex
istence of the Northrop X-4, a re
search plane in the general mannei
of the Bell X-l. but designed foi
lower speeds. The Northrup plant
is the flying wing tv^e.
AFL Challenge Spurs
G. 0. P. Drive to Keep
Slim Senate Control
Eight Republicans Listed
For Opposition Because
Of Stand on Taft Act
BALL AND HUMPHREY Win In
Minnesota; Seven States Hold
Primaries. Page A-2.
A labor challenge and confi-;
dential reports that Democrats'
are threatening four key seats
today spurred an intensified Re
publican effort to maintain its
slim control in the Senate.
The labor challenge came from
the American Federation of Labor,
which listed at least eight Repub
lican senatorial candidates for seri
ous opposition because of their stand
on the Taft-Hartley Act.
They are Senators Dworshak of
Idaho. Ball of Minnesota. Brooks of
Illinois, Robertson of Wyoming.
Revercomb of West Virginia and
; Wilson of Iowa, all seeking re-elec
ition, and Representative Rizley of
Oklahoma and Patrick J. Hurley of
New Mexico, who are seeking Sen
ate seats.
Will Spend Million.
Joseph Keenan of Chicago, direc
tor of AFL’s Labor League for Polit
ical Education, said the organization
will spend $1,000,000 to defeat these
and 113 House candidates.
It was learned, meanwhile, that
confidential reports received by the
Republican Campaign Committee
indicate that Senators Revercomb.
Ball and Robertson and Mr. Rizley
all face uphill fights. These reports
gave the Republicans the edge in
Illinois and Iowa and about an
even chance in Kentucky—all dan
ger spots as far as the Republican
Senate control is concerned.
The Republicans now hold a slim
51-to-45 margin in the Senate and
a shift of four seats to the Demo
crats would cost them the leader
ship.
Arrangements were being made
for Gov. Dewey. Republican presi
dential candidate, to lend his pres
tige and influence to the candidates
l in the danger areas.
Capehart to Join Tour.
Senator Capehart. Republican, of
'Indiana disclosed that he had ac
cepted an invitation to join Gov.
Dewey's Western tour next week to
assist the Republican nominee in
giving what help he can to the
party's senatorial candidates.
His task. Senator Capehart ex
plained, will be to see that the
party's nominees in Iowa. Colorado
and New Mexico meet the New York
Governor for strategy conferences.
He predicted that an overwhelming
|victory for Mr. Dewey would help
; (See POLITICS. Page A-5)
Bulletins
Troops to Load Cargo
Secretary Royall said today
the Army will use troops to
load military cargo on the West
Coast if it is unable to hire
stevedores or get the work
done by contract.
Series to Start October 6
CINCINNATI (*’).—The 1948
World Series will begin on
October 6 this year in the Na
j tional League city winning the
pennant.
Prisoners' Van
Upset in Crash;
Policeman Dies
Driver Gravely Injured,
Passengers Unhurt in
Fifth Street Collision
(Pictures on Page B-l.)
One policeman was killed and
another critically injured today
when a police van carrying 12
prisoners from precinct stations
to Municipal Court collided with
a sedan and overturned at Fifth
I and K streets N. W. None of
the prisoners was hurt.
Pvt. Mortimer P. Donoghue, 58,
of 4902 Kansas avenue N.W., was
crushed to death under the rear
[wheels of the van.
j Pvt. Earl Johnson. 39. colored,
j 629 Quebec place N.W., driver of
jthe van. suffered a possible frac
tured spine, broken left leg. multipl#
j bruises, and a severe cut on his left
j eye. Freedmen's Hospital officials
reported he may not live
James J. Hartin, 54. of 1803 M
j street N.E., driver of the other car,
j escaped with a few scratches. His
usedan, after colliding with the heavy
| van, spun around and crashed into
jit a second time, witnesses said. Th#
| van fell on its side and had to b«
lifted by a crane.
Traffic lights, set to go on at
6 o'clock every morning at Sixth
and K streets N.W.. were not on
^_________
PVT. MORTIMER P.
DONOGHUE.
Killed in Crash.
at the time of the accident, police
disclosed.
j An accident investigation unit
official said an Inspection showed
that the automatic timer was 4®
minutes slow. The light, ther®tore.
did not begin operating until About
10 minutes after the crash, he said.
Mr. partin was questioned by
poiice. but no charges have been
placed against him. He complained
i later of a slight pain in his side
| and went, to Casualty Hospital for
an examination.
Believed to Have Leaped.
Police believe Pvts. Donoghue and
Johnson might have jumped from
'the van in an effort to avoid in
jury. The two men had been sit
ling together in the front seat and
they were found lying a few feet
from each other at the rear of the
van, although Pvt. Johnson was
; clear of .the wreckage.
Piisoners locked m the back of
tne van screamed and shouted.
Some of the 12, witnesses said,
seemed dazed and badly frightened
when taken to Casualty Hospital.
Hospital authorities reported, how*
'evei, that the 12 men were found
I to be uninjured. The 12 were turned
lover to police again to be taken
to Municipal Court.
The key to the back of the van
I was on a key ring on Pvt. Donog*
| hue s body. Police used it to unlock
the van so the prisoners could be
removed.
The prisoners, all of whom were
' being brought to court on minor
charges were: Glen Miller, William
R. Shoemaker. Albert C. Bcilems,
Joseph K. Smith, John Bradley,
Aaron Townsend, Albert Brown,
'! Thomas Fuller, Thomas E. Cobb,
John H. Lott, David McField and
Ivan Hendricks.
Only Witnes- Disappears.
The crash occurred about 6:30 a.m.,
shortly after the van left No. 2 pre
1 cinct station. Pvt. Johnson and Pvt.
Donoghue had been on van duty
; together since June, 1947. Every
;: morning they toured various pre
' cinct stations to pick up prisoners to
be taken to Municipal Court.
The van was going south on Fifth
street and Mr. Hartin was driving
I west on K street. As far as police
could learn, the collision was wit
nessed By only one person, a man
'who hurried to No. 2 precinct station
to report it and then disappeared.
Several persons in the vicinity
heard the crash. Within a few min
utes several ambulances, police cars,
crane cars from the Police Depart
ment and the Capital Transit Co.
and scores of onlookers were on the
scene.
John Maddox. 31, of 4017 Eighth
street N.E , proprietor of a gas sta
tion at Sixth and K streets N.W.,
said he ran to the scene and found
Pvt. Donoghue pinned beneath the
left rear wheel. He and several
other men tried unsuccessfully to
iift the van. With a Jack from the
filling station, they managed to lift
TSee-POLICE'VAN, Page A-5.1
Hurricane Now Centered
South of Newfoundland
•y fh« As»ociot«d Prt»s
NEW YORK, Sept. 15—The At
lantic hurricane was centered about
300 miles south-southwest of Cape
Race, Newfoundland, at 6 a.m. today.
The Weather Bureau said the
hurricane apparently Will not strike
the North American continent.
The bureau’s early-morning ad
visory said the hurricane was mov
ing northeastward at about 35 miles
pei hour and was expected to con
tinue that path, with its speed in
creasing during the next 24 hours.
Coast Guard area headquarters
here said it had not received any
report of a ship in distress in tho
1 hurricane area.j
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