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Weather Forecast Partly cloudy, cooler today, high about 64. Clear tonight, low about 46. Tomor row sunny, continued cool. (Full report on Page A-2.) Noon ....75 6 p.m.74 11 p.m. ...53 2 p.m.76 8 p.m._71 Midnight .54 4 p.m. ....75 10 pm. ...56 1 a.m. ...64 Home Delivery ~» The Evening and 8unday 8tar Is delivered by carrier to all subscribers at $1.20 per month when 4 Sundays; $1.30 per month when 5 Sundays. Night Final edition. $1.30 and $1.40 per month. Telephone ST. 5000. _An AssocioTed Press Newspaper 96th Year. No. 312. WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 7, 1948—156 PAGES. »nd Suburb* TEN CENTS. iftJSBS? . Fight Is Hopeless, Make Peace, 4 Arab Nations Reported Told By U. N. Mission Chief of Staff U. S. Marine General Said to Have Called Truce'Dead Duck# By the Associated Press PARIS, Nov. 6.—A United Na tions source said tonight four Arab governments have been advised their military position in Palestine is “hopeless” and that they had better make peace. This authoritative informant, who insisted on anonymity, said Brig. Gen. William E. Riley, a United States Marine Corps general and chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Mission in Palestine, “minced no words” in a three-hour confer ence with Syrian, Egyptian, Leba nese and Iraq representatives. The meeting, which took place on the initiative of Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting U. N. mediator, was attended by Dr. Bunche and his deputy, Henri Vigier, the informant said. Arabs Make No Commitments. The source said, “Riley made it clear that in the opinion of the people who have to try to work it the truce now is a dead duck.” The U. N. informant, who was in side the conference room, said the Arab representatives—Adel Arslan of Syria, Fuad Amoun of Lebanon, Mahmoud Fawzi of Egypt, and an agent of Iraq—asked many questions of Gen. Riley and examined the maps he produced. But they committed their gov ernments in no way. The source said Gen. Riley made no specific political proposal, though the tenor of his talk conveyed the idea that the Arabs should begin to think of their relations with the Jews in terms of an armistice. It is possible that Israeli repre sentatives here will participate in a similar heart-to-heart talk with Dr. Bunche and his top aides soon. Peace Reports Denied. Today’s conference coincided with reports published in Cairo, but denied by Trans-Jordan officials there, that King Abdullah of Trans jordan already is suggesting a separate peace between his country' and Israel. Gen. Riley was reported to have told the Arabs that as a military: man he believes time has come for the Palestine truce of last July to be replaced by some more suitable basis for peace. The Jews, he pointed out, are in complete control of Palestine. He was said to have advised them It will be difficult if not impossible for the mediator to administer the truce much longer—especially if he has to enforce the Security Coun cil’s latest order to Israel to with draw from the strategic positions she occupied in the Negeb in the' October 14-21 fighting with the Egyptians. To elaborate this order still fur ther would be to make it even more unworkable, Gen. Riley was quoted as emphasizing. Extension to Be Studied. The Security Council is to take up Monday a British move to extend to all Palestine the call for with drawal of Jewish troops from posi tions occupied since the beginning of the truce. In effect this would summon Israel to give up positions she took in fighting with irregular Arabs in Northern Galilee a little over a week ago. Dr. Bunche, in a report to the Security Council today, said Israel’s' troops now occupy 15 villages inside Lebanon and charged they engaged in ‘‘extensive and systematic loot ing.” The report charged that Israeli and Arab forces were guilty of a "grave and inexcusable violation of the truce" in that fighting which raged several days along a wide front. Dr. Bunche’s report on the fight ing in Galilee said it was set off when Arab "liberation” forces led by Fawzi Bey A1 Kaukji allegedly tried to prevent Israeli’s forces from supplying and strengthening their settlement at Manara on the Leb anese border in the northeast finger of Palestine. U. N. Observers Barred. He recalled that the U. N. ordered a cease-fire in the area on October 23 after which Kaukji's irregulars were to start withdrawing from heights they had seized. The Arabs accepted the order, he added, but the Israeli commander accepted on the condition that if the Arabs did not move out within an hour they would be driven out. Ten minutes before the cease-fire order was to become effective, at 1 p.m., Dr. Bunche reported, the Israelis opened fire with artillery, (See PALESTINE, Page A-9j Truman Leading Total Vote of 3 Top Opponents Late returns show President Tru man received more votes than his other three major opponents com bined in Tuesday’s presidential elec tion. On the basis of returns from 130, 774 voting places out of a total of 135,855, this was the standing last night: Truman, 23,667.727. Dewey, 21.542,581. Thurmond, 1,005,945. Wallace, 1,116,379. The Dgwey-Thurmond-Wallace vote adds up to 23,664,905, which is 2.822 less than Mr. Truman’s alone. This was the first time that the Thurmond States Righter vote passed the 1,000,000 mark. The mounting returns pointed to the second largest total vote in history. With 5,081 precincts still missing, the total was 47,332,632. The record turnout was 49,815,312 in the Roosevelt-Willkie race of 1940. Radio Programs, Page C-8 Complete Index, Page A-2 New Congress Favors ECA, But May Balk on Price Curbs Survey Also Shows Strong Backing for Taft Act Repeal and High Support for Farmers LABOR’S HOPES high for repeal of Taft-Hartley Act. Page A-6. SUPREME COURT to hear argu ments on closed-shop issue this week. Page A-3. By th* Associated Press Strong backing for the Mar shall Plan, high support prices for farm products, and repeal of the Taft-Hartley law are indi cated in an Associated Press sur vey of members of the new Con j gress. But sentiment runs against giving the President standby price control [and rationing powers. Almost half the men and women I who will make up the Eighty-first \ Congress expressed their views on major questions. Answers to all or some of the questions were given by 27 Senators and 235 Representatives who will serve in the new Congress. Not all of them wquld allow their names to be used, and many were undecided on some of the questions. Others qualified their answers. Many said they reserve the right to change their opinions if develop ments between now and the time for actually voting indicate the need for a change. The answers came from all over the country and reflected a cross section of congressional thinking as of today on all four questions. Boiled down, here are the results: 1. Do you favor farm support at present levels? One hundred thirty five Democrats ana 53 Republicans said they do, several of them advo cating even higher supports than the present 90 per cent of parity. Six Democrats and 10 Republicans said they are opposed to price sup ports on basic farm commodities. Seventeen Democrats and 27 Re publicans were undecided, although some of them said they favor letting support prices drop to 60 per cent of parity after 1949 as provide in an act passed by the Eightieth Con gress. 2. Do you favor giving the Presi dent power to fix price controls and allocations? Thirty-five Democrats and four Republicans said they do. Twenty-seven Democrats and 76 Re publicans said they do not. Thirty seven Democrats and 14 Republicans weren’t willing to comment. 3. Do you favor repeal of the (See CONGRESS. Page A-5.i Forrestal Indicates He Will Quit Cabinet, But Doesn't Set Date Remarks to Cameraman Another i. Years Are Nc ?or Him By John A. Giles Secretary of Defense Forrestal does not intend to remain in President Truman’s Cabinet for the full four-year term, but the exact date of his departure re mained a matter of conjecture yesterday. • * His own comment indicated his probable departure, which has been rumored since Mr. Truman’s elec tion campaign in which he took1 little part. Mr. Forrestal, in Government, service for eight years and head of1 the huge defense establishment since September, 1947, was asked at the White House to pose with Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. A photographer, referring to the new term, said “we are starting another four years.” “But not for me,” Mr. Forrestal said, laughing. Reporters at the Pentagon, seek ing an explanation of the laconic comment, were told by Mr. Forres tal’s spokesmen several hours later that he meant: “He does not intend to remain in Goverment service for another four years. There was no other inference to be drawn from his remark.”. No Comment on Date. The spokesmen refused to say when the defense chief might de part or whether any decision on a definite date had been reached. A source close to the White House said he ‘‘doubted whether the Presi dent had made up his mind on any Cabinet changes, but Mr. Forrestal is a cinch to quit anytime.” He added that the White House had planned to deny reports that Mr. Truman was displeased with Mr. Sullivan’s efforts in the campaign because the latter had been “hurt” bv such reports. After Mr. Sulli van left, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said that he had come in to “d^cuss future naval policy” and he emphasized and repeated the word future. Mr. Ross also said the President thanked Secretary Sulli van for his efforts in the campaign. Mr. Forrestal told newsmen that he saw the President for a “general discussion of world affairs and the military situation.” Asked About Resignation. “Is there any question of your resignation?” he was asked. “The President has had my resig nation on his desk ever since I took office,” he replied and added that he did not feel it necessary to “re iterate” his resignation. Mr. Forrestal, 56, formerly was president of the Wall Street bank fSee FORRESTAL, Page A-8.) Truman to Fly South Today for Vacation; Policy Parley Hinted McGrath, Barkley and Others to Confer With President at Key West By Joseph A. Fox President Truman leaves today for an ostensible two-week “va cation” at the Submarine Base at Key West, Fla., but there were indications yesterday that some policy discussions with key offi cials will break into his holiday. First, it was announced that Sen ator Barkley of Kentucky, Vice President elect, would join Mr. Tru man in a few days. Later, Senator McGrath of Rhode Island, chairman of the Democratic National Com mittee, who managed the victorious, presidential campaign, called at the; White House and told reporters he had been invited to Key West and expected to go down. Other addi tions of this caliber were considered possible, although Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said he knew of no such plans. Taking Large Personal Staff. The President is taking a large personal staff, and in about a week, Mrs. Truman and Miss' Margaret Truman will go to the "Little White House.’’ As he was clearing his desk in anticipation of a 9 a.m. departure today. Mr. Truman conferred with a number of his aides, including Secretary of Defense Forrestal. Sec retary of the Navy Sullivan, Secre tary of Commerce Sawyer, Secre tary of the Treasury Snyder and Budget Director Webb. Of the cabinet chiefs, Mr. Sulli van's visit was the only one on which any light was thrown. Mr. Ross said the President wanted to talk over naval matters witn him, and also thank the Navy Secretary for his help in the cam paign. McGrath Avoids Comment. Senator McGrath, who was asked about the possibilities of cabinet changes as he emerged front his meeting with the President, said it was too early to talk about that. It was assumed that this particu (SeeTRUMANTPage A-6.) Father Saved as 2 Sons. Drown in Mississippi By th» Associated Press PRAIRIE DU CHIENS, Wis„ Nov. 6.—A Prairie du Chien man was rescued today but his two sons drowned when waves swamped their boat on the Mississippi River near Harper's Ferry, Iowa. Those who drowned were Charles Steiner, 26, of Lynxville, Wis.. and his younger brother, Clement, 19, of Prairie du Chien. Their father, | Joseph Steiner, 55, was saved after 1 clinging to the boat for some time. White House Shut for Repairs, Banning Formal Social Season The White House—mecca for sightseers and heart of Washington’s social season—has been closed for extensive repairs and probably will remain closed throughout the win ter. Closing of the Executive Mansion, announced yesterday, means aban donment of the White House social season. Usually, the social schedule has extended from late fall to Lent. Yesterday’s announcement said the White House “will be closed im mediately to all sightseeing and social events until further notice.” No announcement has yet been made of the living arrangements of President Truman and his family while repairs 'are in progress, but it is thought likely they will move into Blair House. Officials said temporary repairs already have been made in the East Room, scene of the largest recep tions, because the ornamental ceiling has been on the verge of falling. In one place it sags about six inches. Pointing out that the building has been examined by engineers and er I chitects during the past few months, j 1 a White House announcement yes jterday said that “extensive repairs must be made to assure the safety ,of the building.” It added that, “with jthe consent of Congress, these re | pairs shall be started at the earliest possible date.” The mansion is to be closed "until further notice.” It was estimated unofficially that the repairs would take several months. White House Architect Lorenzo Winslow has announced plans to renovate the entire second floor of the aged structure at an estimated cost of between $750,000 and $1, 250,000. A preliminary study of the build ing’s condition under a $50,000 ap propriation showed the White House constitutes more of a fire hazard than had been supposed. The timbers were described as “dry as tinder.” Parts of the White House—some of the outer walls—are more than 150 years old. Most of It Was rebuilt after the British burned the execu tive mansion In 1814. Truman Favors 'Hard-Boiled' Cut in Budget Webb Reveals Stand On 16 Federal Units; Military Not Included (Pictures on Page A-5.) By the Auocioted Frm President Truman yesterday approved generally lower bud gets for 16 departments and agencies and his budget director announced: “We have adopted a hard-boiled budget policy.” Budget Director James E. Webb did not name the 16 departments and agencies whose estimates for expenditures in the coming fiscal year were approved. He told reporters after a confer ence with the President, however, that they did not include the mili tary services, and constituted only about one-tenth of the entire con templated budget outlay. He said the figures approved yes terday for the fiscal year which starts next July 1 are “somewhat lower” than the current year’s bud gets. Will Be Tight as Possible. “There may be a few cases where they are higher, but generally speak ing they will be lower,” he said, adding that the budget will be made as "tight as possible in order to get as nearly as possible to a balance." However, he would not estimate the total of the new budget, cr whether there will be a deficit at l the end of the present fiscal year. This year’s budget is $42,200,000, 000. Last August Mr. Truman es timated there would be a $1,500, j 000,000 deficit next June 30, because of the Republican tax cut and other factors. "The President’s policies will be to hold down expenditures to the lowest possible level which will meet the needs of the country,” Mr. Webb said. “When we do that, the ques tion of whether we have a surplus or deficit depends on revenue.” Conforms to Directive. Although yesterday’s conference did not concern the military, the President recently announced that he has asked the armed services to trim their original estimates of around $23,000,000,000 down to $15, 000,000,000, of which $600,000,000 would be for stock-piling strategic materials. Mr. Webb said that the estimates approved yesterday conform to a directive Mr. Truman sent to all departments and agencies last July 22. His instructions then were to plan to continue operations at or below the current year’s level—"un less exceptional circumstances clear ly make this impossible.” The letter, made public yesterday for the first time, told the depart mental officials that “for budgetary purposes it should be assumed that (production and employment will continue high. Prices and wages [should also be assumed to continue at about the July-August 1948 levels ” i Warns Against Deficiency Plans. The President directed his admin istrators to cover all foreseeable j needs, and make no assumptions1 that deficiency appropriations will be forthcoming to cover deficits. “Expansion of existing activities or initiation 'of new ones should not be contemplated, unless re quired by law or to meet urgent needs,” he admonished them. He also said that Government power producing and transmitting projects in shortage areas should be planned “at an economical rate which will meet the demand at the earliest possible date.” New author ized projects, he said, should be started “only where the public need for them is so urgent that it is not in the national interest to postpone them.” Mr. Webb said that the policies now being followed will be adhered to in reaching estimates for the other divisions of Government. 98,256 Non-Red Affidavits Already Filed With NLRB By th« Asiociated Prtss Nearly 100,000 officers of local and national unions to date have filed affidavits with the National Labor Relations Board disavowing com munism. The board reported yesterday that a total of 98,356 of the non-Red oaths required by the Taft-Hartley Act had been submitted up to Octo ber 1. That was 9,234 more than at the end of August. The affidavits, together with de tailed financial data on each union, are required by the act as a condi tion for using facilities of the NLRB. Cooler Weather Forecast After Record High of 78 Weather more in keeping with the Christmas decorations going up on midtown F street was forecast for Washington tomorrow after the wannest November 6 on record. The mercury rose to 78 degrees shortly after noon yesterday, four i points above the previous high, set in 1888. | Today will be partly cloudy and cooler, with a high of about 64, the jforecaster said. | Clear and still cooler weather will [follow tonight, with a low around '45 degrees, and there will be sunny I skies and continued coolness to morrow, according to the Weather Bureau. Showers swept the city last night, and a mild thunderstorm was re ported In nearby Maryland. The rain was expected to end early to day. Four Prince Georges County vol unteer fire trucks were put into action to pump water from an exca vation at the new Bladensburg shopping center. The county fire control board at Hyattsville re ported walls of an adjoining build ing, occupied by a Peoples Drug Store, were starting to crack from the pressure of water In the exca vation. 4 _>1 --^OURJOB IS T0™1^ J OPERATE SO THAT IT WILL ^ BEfAIR TO INDUSTRY AND FAIR LABOR. _ G. 0. P. in Congress May Take Control of Party From Dewey Sharp Clash Possible on Formation of Policy; Legislators Have Edge Similar to '45 Position DEWEY SAYS HE couldn’t quit as titular leader. Page A-5 By Gould Lincoln National Republican leader ship now will revert to the Re publicans in Congress, in the opinion of a leader who has held a high place in party coun cils and party organization. Both Gov. Dewey of New York and his running mate, Gov. Warren of California, have two more years in office. Whether they will attempt to steer the course of the Repub licans in Congress, and whether they will be successful if they try, art questions yet to be answered. Gov. Dewey declared only yester day that he has no intention of renouncing his titular leadership of the party. There always la the possibility of a sharp clash between Gov. Dewey and the Republican congressional leaders in the formation of Repub lican policies during the next two years. The members of Congress, however, are in a strategic position. The position reverts strongly to that in 1945—when Gov. Dewey was in Albany and the Republicans were in the minority in Congress.' The Republicans in Congress wrote a declaration of principles at that time and the party went to the polls in 1946 and won control of both houses of Congress* The record that the Republican minorities in the Senate and Housed make in the next two years will, after all, be the record on which j the party will have to go to the polls in 1950, the next congressional election year. Because of this, Re publicans in Congress will consider carefully the selection of their leadership in the two houses. Later, (See LINCOLN, Page A-5.) King George Voters Approve Bond Issue To Equalize Schools Count Is 322 to 245; J Negroes Cast Only 49 Ballots in Referendum . By Alex R. Preston Star Staff Correspondent KING GEORGE COURT HOUSE, Va., Nov. 6.—Voters to I day approved a $150,000 bond issue to equalize the Negro school with the high school for white children in this county. A very small percentage of Negro voters participated in the special referendum. Thus, in some measure, King George County voters came to the assistance of schobl officials who are under Federal Court order to pro vide equal facilities for the two races. The officials also must show they are not in contempt of court for failing to equalize school facilities earlier. The vote was 322 for the bond is sue and 245 against it. Negroes Cast 49 Ballots. This compares with a total of 720 ballots cast in Tuesday's presidential election. v. Negroes cast only 49 of today'6 votes. School Supt. T. Benton Gayle ex pressed satisfaction with the re sult of the vote and said that im mediate steps would be taken for construction ef new buildings and other improvements at the King George Training School for Negroes, the colored high school. Part of the money will be used to double the size of the present four and one-half acre tract. Commonwealth’s Attorney Horace T. Morrison also expressed pleasure at the result. He is convinced the county’s case has been greatly strengthened in Federal Court. While the people voted! indica te KING GEORGE, Page A-7J Textile Union to Demand 10-Cent Woolen Mill Raise By th» Associated Press BOSTON, Nov. 6.—The Textile Workers Union of America, CIO, will demand a general wage increase of 10 cents an hour for Its 90,000 mem bers in the woolen and worsted In dustry, Emil Rieve, union president, announced today. The increase would mean a mini mum wage of $1.15 an hour and bring straight time average hourly earnings in union mills to $1.41, Mr. Rieve said. Mr. Rieve said the demand was authorized by 400 delegates repre senting workers in 160 woolen and worsted mills in New England, the Middle Atlantic States and the Mid Cest. He said the increases, if anted, would go into effect Feb ruary 1. Delegates from cotton and rayon textile locals will meet tomorrow to determine whether to reopeh their contracts for wage increases. Mr. Rieve said representatives will attend from New England and the Middle Atlantic States. Connaughton Elected Again as President of Citizens’ Federation Vote Is 73 to 55; Babp, Critical of Campaigning, Gets Vote of Confidence John H. Connaughton was re elected president of the Federa : tion of Citizens’ Associations last night as the climax of a cam paign which was described by one of the delegates as ‘‘the rankest in the history of the federation.” Mr. Connaughton received 73 votes to 55 for .Ralph W. Donnelly. Both candidates headed slates, and there was vigorous electioneer ing before the voting. David Babp. for 25 years secre tary of the organization, was the delegate who spo.ie bitterly of the campaigning. He asserted he had been accused of "having juggled committee assignments to further the candidacy of my son-in-law, Baxter Smith.” Gets Confidence Vote. ‘‘Every year I have been secretary it has cost me *250,” Mr. Babp went on. “Before you vote on me for secretary tonight I want a vote of confidence.” He was accorded the vote unani mously and later was elected secre tary for the 26th year. Thus also was unanious. After the election of other officers, breaking the slate headed by Mr. Connaughton, nominations were made for The Evening Star Trophy. Mr. Donnelly was nominated for his work as chairman of the Member ship and Credentials Committee in drafting a constitutional amend ment providing that the Federation could not accept as delegates those who were members of subversive organizations. He was nominated by Mrs. Henry A. Bartlett. Clifford H. Newell then nom " (See FEDERATIONTPage A-9.) ~ O'Mahoney to Resume Chairmanship of D. C. Appropriations Unit Senator Sdys He Expects To Continue Work on District Finances By Harold B. Rogers Senator O’Mahoney, Demo crat, of Wyoming, is expected to resume his chairmanship of the District subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Commit tee when the new Congress con venes January This became virtually assured last night, after a review of the Senator's other commitments. While he was mentioned earlier last week as possible chairman in view of his position as ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, there had been some doubt he would take the post, because of other heavy responsibilities. ‘‘I have always been personally interested in the District,” he told The Star last night, “and always shall be. I expect to continue my service on the appropriations sub committee for the District.” 2 Other Positions Filled. With Senator O’Mahottey slated to head the unit handling the city’s annual budget of more than $100, 000,000, the three principal Senate posts most vitally affecting the Dis trict are considered filled now. Senator Holland, Democrat, of Florida, is to head the Senate Dis trict Committee, succeeding Sena tor Buck, Republican, of Delaware,; who- was defeated. Senator Holland's selection fol lowed decision of Senator Johnston,; Democrat, of South Carolina, to take the chairmanship of Civil Service Commitee instead of the District committee. He had the choice of either but could not serve as head of both. At the same time it was revealed that Senator Cain, Republican of Washington, has resigned his place on the District committee. In the last Congress he led the fight for a District sales tax and age.inst an income tax. Subject To Approval. His secretary. Art Burgess, said the Senator, as a minority party member, can serve on only two com mittees and he is already on the Public Works and the Banking and Currency committees. Committee chairmanships are subject to approval by the Demo cratic Steering Committee, but it was forecast in reliable quarters that Senator O'Mahoney would be ap proved for the appropriations com mittee post. He will succeed Senator Dworshak, Republican, of Idaho, who was de feated for re-election. A champion of the theory that the National Capital should receive a larger payment towards its op erating costs from the Federal Gov ernment, Senator O’Mahoney led a successful fight in the 79th Congress on this issue, when he was chairman of the same District subcommittee. He developed the so-called O’Ma honey formula for calculating the Federal payment. Legislation to put this formula into effect never was (See D C. COMMITTEES Pg. A-9.) Husband, 82, Sees Streetcar Kill Woman,Learns LaterShe Is Wife Joseph D. McCauley, 82, a retired Bureau of Engraving employe, saw a streetcar hit andkill a woman on Columbia road N.W. yesterday morning but he didn’t realize she was his wife. He finished his morning walk and returned to his apartment at 1954 Columbia road, two blocks from the intersection of Mintwood place where the streetcar pinned the woman to the pavement. As he came in the lobby, he told several of his neighbors about the “terrible accident.” Then he went up to his apart ment, where he and his wife had lived for more than 15 years, and waited for her to return from her morning shopping. Meanwhile, police had identified her as Mrs. Caroline D. McCauley, 67, his wife. She was pronounced dead on the scene by Dr. Carl Dicksa. of Emergency Hospital, and her body was removed to the Dis trict Morgue. The neighbors learned of the tragedy before Mr. McCauley did. They said the elderly man was In poor health, and all were anxious to protect him from shock. Miss Evelyn Dutton, resident mar«. ?r of the apartment, sought to get in touch with friends of the couple best qualified to break the news to Mr. McCauley. Meanwhile, the switchboard oper ator was instructed not to put any calls through to the McCauley apartment until his friends had called on him. The accident oc curred at about 10:45 a.m.. and it was two and a half hours later before a delegation was ready for the Sask. Friends said the McCauleys had no relatives here, and had lived quietly to themselves since Mr. Mc Cauley’s retirement. Police said the driver of the street car was William F. Watson, 51, of 1019 B street N.E. Mr. Watson told them Mrs. McCauley stepped in front of the streetcar and that he applied the brakes as he saw her but it was too late. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald said last night that an inquest would be held early this week. Senators Urge Higher Pay for Top U. S. Jobs Subcommittee Also Proposes Increase for D. C. Commissioners By J. A. O'Leary Pay increases for the Cabinet, the District Commissioners, and more than 200 top-ranking offi cials of independent Government boards were recommended unan imously yesterday by a three man Senate subcommittee. These officials, whose salaries now range from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, would be raised to various levels between $15,000 and $20,000 by the tentative draft of a bill made public last night by the subcommittee members. The subcommittee is composed of Senators Flanders of Vermont and Baldwin of Connecticut, Republi cans, and O’Conor of Maryland, Democrat. It plans two or three days of hearings in December, in time to prepare a anal report before the new Congrecs meets Jaunary 3. In addition to Federal depart ment heads, the bill would raise the salaries of the District Commission ers from $10,000 to $16,500 a year. Their pay was raised from $9,000 to $10,000 in 1945. District Employes Left Out. i When Congress was voting a pay increase for the rank and file of Federal employes last June, these ] salary increases for top-ranking of ficials were included in the original bill, but were eliminated before it passed. The pay increases in the June law were a flat $330 for the rank and file in the Federal clas sified service, and $450 each for Postal workers. It was recalled yesterday nearly all District Government employes | were left out of the general pay in crease in June, because Congress got into a squabble over the local sales tax needed to raise the required additional revenue, and failed to pass it. The subcommittee also indicated on overhauling of the Federal Clas sification Act was in prospect. This project, which probably would mean general increases in the pay of Federal workers, is reported looked upon favorably by members of the subcommittee. It is intended to include merger of the various classification groups into one system. In a press conference yesterday, Senator Flanders said: “I think we’ve got to find more money for the District Government. I don’t think they (the District workers! should be treated any dif ferent from all the others.” Presidential Raise Urged. Although the bill does not apply to the President and Vice President, Senator Flanders said he personally thinks their salaries also should be higher. The President gets $75,000 a year and the Vice President, $20, 000. He said that question may come up at the hearings, but the tentative bill is confined to ap pointed officials as distinguished from those holding elected offices. Asked if he thought the presenta tion of this top-level pay bill would give rise to suggestions for another review of Federal salaries generally. Senator Flanders said he could not prophesy as to that. In their formal statement, how ever, the three subcommittee mem bers made it clear their purpose is to k£ep the salary issue for depart ment heads entirely separate from any other changes. The statement reads, in part: “This proposed bill should have top priority in the Cbngress next ■ January. We want to emphasize jthat other bills to strengthen the Federal service by overhauling the Federal Classification Act and other personnel laws, but co-ordinated as to pay scales with the proposed bill, are being prepared for introduction next January. Separate hearings will be held later on these subjects. "However, it appears desirable to separate the two types of pay legis lation in order to make possible speedy action on a bill designed to assist the administration in bringing top management personnel to Wash ington.” Flanders Cites Inequity. In explaining the need for this legislation. Senator Flanders said one result of the general pay in crease law of last June was to in crease the pay of some subordinate officials above the salaries of their superiors, who got no increase. It gave rise to instances, he said, where subordinates who had been at the $10,000 level were getting $380 more than their bosses. Besides cabinet officers, the cate gories covered by the bill are: As sistant secretaries, and undersecre taries of the executive departments, heads and assistant heads of inde pendent agencies, members of in (See PAY, Page A-6.) Terps, G. W. Win; Penn, Go. Tech, Baylor Defeated Four of football’s top teams were toppled from the ranks of the un beaten and untied in a day of stun ning upsets yesterday. Pennsylvania lost to Penn State, 13 to 0, ending a winning streak that stretched over two seasons; Georgia Tech was beaten by Ten nessee, 13 to 8; North Carolina was tied by William and Mary, 7 to 7, and Baylor lost to Texas, 13 to 10. Others amon^ the elite came through as expected. - Notre Dame wallpped Indiana, 42 to 6; Michigan beat Navy, 35 to 0, Army defeated Stanford, 43 to 0, and California beat UCLA, 28 to 13. Clemson whipped Furman, 41 to 0, to remain the South’s only unbeaten and un tied team. In games involving teams from this area, Maryland beat South Car olina, 19 to 7, and George Washing ton blanked Citadel, 14 to 0. i (Details in Sports Section.)