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Bid to Aid Greece Rejected By Yugoslavia Country to Continue Boycott of Special Balkan Commission •y **>• Associated Press PARIS, Nov. 9.—The United Nations Political Committee asked Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania today to co-operate with Greece in settling the Balkan crisis stemming from the Greek civil war. Yugoslavia served notice of defiance, saying she would continue to boycott the U. N. special Commission on the Balkans. Forty-three of the Political Com- j mittee's 58 member nations backed the move for co-operation. The six nation Soviet bloc again refused to vote. The committee resumed this morn ing its voting on individual para graphs of a resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and China. The delegates yesterday approved a paragraph condemning Yugo slavia, Bulgaria and Albania for aiding Greece’s Communist guer rillas. Calls for Co-operation. The first paragraph approved this morning by the committee again calls on Albania, Bulgaria and Yugo slavia to co-operate with Greece in an effort to settle the Balkan dispute by peaceful means. The Western powers won majorities of 48 to 50 votes out of 58 for sec tions of their resolution. A simple majority of those present and voting is required for committee passage. In the General Assembly, final ap proval is voted by a two-thirds majority. On the first ballot today, 43 del- j egates voted for the call for co operation. The six Slav nations announced again they were not tak ing part in the vote by paragraphs. Nine countries were absent. Most of the late-comers were in their places on the next vote. By a vote of 50 to 0, the commit tee then approved a paragraph call ing on Albania, Bulgaria and Yugo slavia to co-operate with UNSCOB. Greek Problem Debated. The Political Committee next took up a Greek proposal calling on all U. N. members and all other coun-; tries to which Greek children havei been removed by Greek guerrillas to send them back to their homes. Julius Katz-Suchy of Poland op posed this. He said Greek children are being well cared for in Rumania, Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia, Al bania and Bulgaria. The Polish delegate called on the Greek delegation to state what Greece planned to do with those children on their return. "Maybe they (the government! will punish them for the sins of their parents,” Mr. Katz-Suchy de clared. He demanded that the children be permitted to remain where they are until the Greek problem is settled. The committee then recessed for lunch without a vote on this phase. Man, 65, Injured in Fight After Auto Crash, Dies Audie S. Carroll, 65, who was in jured in a fight after a minor automobile accident, died today in Arlington Hospital. Arlington police said Mr. Carroll, who lived at 829 South Glebe road, Arlington, was involved in a fight Friday night with Benjamin Lee Griffin, 32. the driver of the other car, after a crash at Wilson boule vard and North Fillmore street, Arlington. Griffin was charged with felonious assault and was free under $2,500 bond. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Thomas Gilmer said the charge against Griffin would be changed to manslaughter. Griffin, a mechanic, lives at 2120 South Second street, Arlington. Mr. Carroll was an auditor at the Fort Myer post exchange. Below-Zero Temperatures Reported in Rockies By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Nov. 9—Temperatures dipped to below zero in the Rocky Mountain region and were below freezing over Midwest sections and the Texas Panhandle today. Generally mild weather was re ported from east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Coast. The cool belt covered the Rocky Mountain States, the Southern Plains and the Dakotas, Nebraska, Montana and Minnesota It was 4 below at Eagle, Wyo., 3 below at Leadville, Colo., and 2 at Laramie, Wyo. Late News Bulletin Commissioners Cut Fees For Stadium Protection The fees for special police and fire protection at stadiums and arenas here were cut more than half today when the Commissioners revised the regulations under which pro moters were charged the wages of the police and firemen for their time on special duty. The Commissioners agreed to limit the number of men on special duty. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Na tionals. whose fee was cut from $20,000 to less than $10, 990 a year, agreed to drop court suits he had instituted •gainst the fees. Shanghai Food Situation Worst In Years, Faith in Regime Drops Ten Weeks of Economic Restrictions Followed By Ten Days of Frantic, Unbridled Inflation ty tht Asiociottd Prm SHANGHAI, Nov. 9.—Shanghai today is facing its most critical food situation in modern times. Ten weeks of choking economic restrictions and the 10 days of frantic, unbridled inflation which followed have left the once great center of commerce a city of closed shops, sporadic rice raids and strikes. Chinese reports from the immed iate interior add tales of gang raids on surrounding villages, which are being stripped clean of edibles. Duiing the weeks of economic reg ulation, the flow of food from the interior dried to a trickle because of the low-ceiling prices prevailing here. The government expected that when the ceilings were lifted the normal flow would be resumed. But military disasters of the last two weeks have thrown those hopes askew. Faith in the government has plummeted to a new low. And so has plunged the confidence in the new gold Yuan. No one, particularly the farmer, wants any part of it. Prices have cliftibed as they never climbed before—doubling or more daily. Chinese officials in Shanghai and Nanking have promised daily that the government either would start dumping rice or start rationing to ease the shortage, which borders on starvation for hundreds of thou sands. But no rice has been forth coming. Peter Cneng, secretary to the Mayor, told the Associated Press to .day that the fault lay with the 'municipal authorities. The Ameri can Chinese aid mission and the i municipality agreed to a relief plan by which each would contribute 50 per cent of the rice rations, he said. However, last month, he said, due to the city’s unexplained inability to obtain rice stocks, the aid mis ; sion contributed the 100 per cent. Roger Lapham, ehfef of the China aid mission, stepped into the breach last night and promised to distribute American aid rice to tide the Chi nese authorities over. But, the situation is becoming uglier daily and even the American supplies cannot be distributed for another two weeks. Meanwhile, the working Chinese in Shanghai have more empty rice bowls than at the worst of World War II, or at any time during the Japanese occupa tion. Mr. Lapham said he was “shocked at the distress.” He said he had been forewarned before his return from Washington of the food situa tion, "but I could not realize how grave was the condition of nearly all classes of people in their search for food.” Specifically, Mr. Lapham prom ised wheat, flour and rice for the population centers. This is in line with the decision by Paul G. Hoff man, economic co-operation admin istrator, to keep up the flow of rice, wheat, flour, cotton, fertilizer and petroleum for China. Chinese authorities hope the ship ments will be speeded in order to discourage possible wholesale riot ing. Chinese newspapers reported (See SHANGHAI, Page A-22j Top U. N. Legal Expert Assigned to'Berlin's Currency Problem Trygve Lie Asks Report But Preparation of New Compromise Is Denied By the Associated Press PARIS. Nov. 9—Secretary general Trygve Lie has assigned his top United Nations legal ex pert to study the Berlin currency problem. Neutral efforts to find a solution of the Berlin crisis broke down last month, mainly over the currency question. Soviet Russia wants So viet-sponsored marks to be the only legal money in the blockaded city. Both Western marks and Soviet marks circulate in blockaded West ern Berlin. Apparently with the view of learn ing all the angles of that issue, Mr. Lie directed A. H. Feller, his chief attorney, to prepare a report on the currency situation. Informed sources said Mr. Feller expected to com plete his study in a few days. Not Conferring on Deadlock. A U. N. spokesman said Mr. Lie is not taking part in any negotiations on the Berlin deadlock. The U. N. took this unusual step in issuing a statement for Mr. Lie after a report.was published fn New York that the secretary-general was preparing a new compromise pro posal on the Berlin crisis. Mr Lie himself had nothing to say, but his spokesman read the brief statement at a news confer i ence. The»statement said: • “The following statement was is sued in response to questions. The secretary-general, Mr. Trygve Lie, is not participating in any negotia tions on Berlin. As part of his duty Is to keep himself informed on all matters before the United Nations, Mr. Lie is making a study of the currency problem in Berlin. Has Consulted Evatt. “In this connection, he has con sulted Dr. Herbert E. Evatt, presi dent of the General Assembly, and will consult with Dr. Juan Atilio Bramugha 'November) president of the Security Council on his return from London.'’ ! Reports have persisted here since the United States, Britain . and France put their Berlin struggle i with Russia before the Security) Council that Mr. Lie was trying to find a compromise settlement. Mr. Lie has told associates, how ever, that he did not believe the time jwas yet ripe for him to take an ac | tive hand in settlement attempts. The currency situation involves the question whether Russian zone marks will be put into effect in all i sectors of Berlin. Western dele gates have expressed willingness I 'See CLTRRENC Yj~Page~A^22j Jop Miners to Strike TOKYO, Nov 9. (TP).—Union leaders said today that Japan's 480,000 coal miners would start a series'of strikes tomorrow' to back demands for higher wages and retirement pay. Negotiations, which began in Sep tember, were broken off today. The miners seek a 37 per cent wage increase. Kilmer Shooting Case Goes to Jury; Directed Verdict Plea Denied I Judge Cites Need to Show Reckless Use of Pistol to Convict Ex-Policeman A District Court jury today began deliberating the question of whether a former rookie po liceman, Wayne W. Edmondson, 22, was guilty of “gross negli gence” when he shot and crip pled attractive 19-year-old Dor othy Kilmer in a Fourteenth street night club last July. The case went to the jury of nine men and three,women at 12:25 p.m. after Judge Alexander Holtzoff In structed the jurors that it was not necessary to find that the defendant intended to shoot the young woman to convict him on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.” Earlier, the judge denied a defense motion for a directed verdict on the ground that no Intent to shoot Miss Kilmer had been proved. “If you find the gun was dis charged accidentally and the negli gence shown by the defendant was just ordinary carelessness and not reckless and wanton disregard lot the young woman's safety, he must be found not guilty,” Judge Holtzoff said. Prosecution Stresses Carelessness. In his closing argument to the jury, Assistant United States At- j torney William Hitz said the Gov ernment did not contend Edmondson intended to shoot Miss Kilmer. ‘In a certain sense,” Mr. Hitz said, "it was an accidental shooting, but the defendant was handling the gun not only in a careless manner but in such a reckless way as to show total disregard for the safety of persons around him.” Defense Attorney Charles E. Ford praised Miss Kilmer for the lack of bias she displayed in her testimony yesterday. ‘‘How fair,” he said, ‘‘was the tes timony of this lovely young lady who has been crippled for life. 5he was completely devoid of any b;t-| terness or prejudice against any one, including the accused.” Asks Jury to Be Magnanimous. Mr. Ford asked the jury to be as magnanimous in returning its ver dict as Miss Kilmer was in explain ing the circumstances of the shoot ing, which occurred in the Palm Grove night club, where she worked. July 29. Edmondson did not take the stand in his own defense. Yesterday a directed verdict of ac quittal was ordered for Roland H. Holifield, 26, who had been charged with assault, along with Edmondson. He also was a policeman at the time of the shooting. Mr. Ford asked for the directed verdict for Holifield after Mr. Hitz, in his opening statement, told the jury that the Government would not press the assault charge against him, but would ask his conviction on a charge of failing to arrest Ed mondson. Judge HoltzofI directed that Holifield be tried separately on the latter charge. Miss Kilmer, whose spinal cord was severed when she was shot, (See KILMER, Page_A-22 i ECA to Poll Europe on Aid; Faith in Sampling Unshaken ply th« Associated Pro** The Economic Co-operation Ad ministration is going ahead with plans for a “scientific poll" to find out how much the people of Europe know about the European Recovery Program. | Bryan Houston, ECA information director, said in response to ques tions that there had been no thought of dropping the plan since the upset | of election polls. “I wanted these surveys made before the election, and I want them now,” the ECA official said. Complete plans have not jellpd, but it Is understood the European polltakers will survey four of the 16 nations participating in the ECA program. Mr. Houston explained: “I have been getting conflicting ! reports from people returning from Europe on how much the people over there know about the recovery program. I’d like these polltakers to find out how much the people themselves really know about America's big attempt to help their recovery, what they think of the Marshall Plan, and do they find it is helping them.” Mr. Houston said negotiations are being continued with European polling organizations affiliated with Dr. George Gallup and Elmo Roper, but neither of the United States firms will conduct the proposed sur vey. How does Mr. Houston feel about the value of polls? "They have a very high average, and I wish mine was half as good,” he said. Britain Denies Having Troops In Palestine Rearming of Iraq And Trans-Jordan Charged by Israel ly th« Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 9.— Israel formally asked the United Nations truce headquarters to-! day to investigate reports that “not inconsiderable numbers of British troops have -entered Trans-Jordan and that some of them have entered Palestine, i The British War Office in London issued a denial, saying “We have no troops in Trans Jordan and there is no question of any British troops going back into Palestine since the evacua tion.”) The Israeli government also charged the British with wholesale rearming of both Iraq and Trans Jordan, Arab foes of Israel. It wrote the headquarters of the mediator. Dr. Ralph Bunche, that large ship ments of arms and military equip ment for Iraq, including tanks of all classes, have arrived at the port of Basra in a British ship. A letter from Dr. Walter Eytan of the Israeli Foreign Office declared that if the reports of British troop movements proved true, “they would be flagrant violations.” The Arab Legion of Trans-Jordan is British trained and subsidized. It bore the brunt of the summer fight ing in the Jerusalem area. Unofficial reports persisted here today that t¥ Egyptians are evac-! uating Gaza, a Southern Palestine port which partition gave to the Arabs. <Egyptian Army headquar ters denied Gaza had fallen.) Air Force Remark Cited. Private Jewish sources declared British troops were moving into sections of Eastern Palestine held by the Arab Legion. These inform ants said the British came from troop bases at Marfrak and Aqaba, Trans-Jordan. An Israeli spokesman called at- 1 tention to a speech in which King U. N. to End Session In Paris by Dec. 16, Reopen in U. S. Jan. 1 By the Associated Press PARIS. Nov. 9.—The United Nations Security Council de cided today to end its Paris sittings not later than Decem ber 16, Council '’"legates said. The Council made this deci sion at a closed morning ses sion. 1 Prom December 16 until Jan uary 1. no meetings will be scheduled, the delegates said, except in an extreme emergency. The Council will resume its work at Lake Success, N. Y., after January 1. Abdullah said Trans-Jordan "now has an air force.” The spokesman said it is “well known Trans-Jordan never had one before; there has never been a Trans-Jordan war plane seen in the skies of the Middle East and if they have one now, it was acquired during and in violation of the truce.” An unofficial source asserted Brit ish shipments to Iraq included seme of the newest British fighter bomb ers, the Fury. Iraq previously has used old model Spitfire fighters and a few medium and light bombers. Egypt Claims Israel Is Attacking in Negeb PARIS, Nov. 9 UP).—Egypt com plained to the United Nations to-; day that Israeli forces were at tacking Egyptian troops in the Faluja area of Southern Palestine, which is covered by the Negeb truce order. I An Israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv reported earlier that Tgyp-} tians trapped in the Faluja pocket bega nheavy artillery fire at dawn! against Israeli positions, but the firing later died down. The impli cations was that the Egyptians had failed in an attempt to withdraw-. The Egyptian charge was tele phoned from Cairo to the acting Palestine mediator, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, as the Security Council ex plored a new approach to the Pal estine peace—transforming the pres ent truce into a U. N.-sponsored armistice. The U. N. representative in Cairo said the Egyptians threatened to retaliate unless the reported Jewish action was halted. j The Council scheduled two sessions !for the day, a closed meeting in the 1 morning and a public meeting in the afternoon. However, some delegates said, the Council spent most of the two-hour morning session deciding when it would move back to Lake Success, N. Y. Dr. Bunche to Be Heard. Then i? decided to meet again privately at the afternoon session to hear Dr. Bunche, and pos sibly his chief of stall, Brig. Gen. William E. Riley. Well-informed sources said the armistice proposed would include a, wide separation of the warring Jew- ! ish and Arab forces, creation of broad demilitarized zones and re duction of the opposing armies. It was planned that U. N. machin ery would be used to establish this armistice, the sources said. In the interim, Dr. Bunche would be directed to settle all current problems of the present truce. To do this, he W'ould have author (See PALESTINE, Page A-22.) Jerry Cady, Film Writer, Found Dead on Yacht Sy rtt. Aiiociat.d Pr.is AVALON, Calif., Nov. —Jerry Cady, the screen writer who adapted “Forever Amber,” was found dead yesterday on his yacht docked in Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island. /^Ifanybodywntsto^I ) KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A { SPLIT PARTY I'LL BEGLAD TO ADVISE.. , JOmWHE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS DOWN WITH THE t OLDGUARD f Biffle Conference With Truman Awaited as Inaugural Kickoff Democratic Leader Leaves for Florida To Discuss Chairman for Celebration (See Editorial, "No Time to Lose," on Page A-12.) A forthcoming conference between President Truman and Leslie Biffle in Key West, Fla., was awaited with keen interest here today as the kickoff on plans for what may be the most im pressive inaugural celebration since 1933. Mr. Biffle, expected to resume his former post as Senate sec-! retary in January, left for Florida today to discuss the selection of a chairman for the general committee on inaugural arrange ments. The President is expected to name the chairman in Key West within several days. Mr. Biffle, it was learned, dis cussed several men with Mr. Tru man last Saturday, but no decision was made. Once the chairman has been chosen, the success of the inaugural events will depend on the co-opera tion of Washington civic leaders, businessmen and trade groups. The District Commisioners. it was learned, are awaiting only word from Key West before pushing their arrangements. Truman Will Welcome Barkley at Key West1 Vacation Spot Today Announcement of Coming Visit by Wallgren Stirs Cabinet Speculation By Joseph A. Fok Star Staff Correspondent KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 9.— President Truman today will welcome his Vice President-elect to his vacation retreat at the Naval Submarine Base. Senator Barkley took oft from Washington at 10 a.m. on his flying trip to join the President. He was accompanied by Leslie Biffie, who is scheduled to become secretary j of the Democratic-controlled Sen ate when it organizes in January, j They will be met at the Boca Chica airport by Capt. Robert L. Dennison, the President's naval aide, ar.d will be driven the 8 miles to the temporary White House at the base. The arrival of these key figures in the new administration may mean an interruption to Mr. Tru-' man's program of loafing, but today he kept his schedule. He got up before 7 a.m., ate a breakfast of bacon and eggs, signed a few papers and then left for the beach to enjoy the sunshine and surf. Wallgren to Visit. Meanwhile, speculation on new cabinet possibilities tfere stirred anew when the President revealed last night that Gov. Mon C. Wall gren of Washington, who was de feated by Arthur R. Langlie, Re publican, is coming for a visit. The President's announcement was responsible for throwing Gov. Waligren's name into the pot, along with those of others figuring in prospective top-flight personnel changes when the new presidential tern- opens on January 20. Mr.! Truman said his old friend will come to Key West next week. Immediately, White House re porters who know of the Presi dent’s high regard for Gov. Wall gren and the reciprocal esteem in which the Washingtonian holds Mr. Truman, started trying to figure; just where Gov. Wallgren might (See TRUMAN, Page A-22.1 ! From the President's headquar ters at Key West, The Star learned today that, while the President has not discussed details, he will follow the recommendations of advisors as to the extent of the inaugural cele bration. Hotel reports already indicate that while some space for the inaugura tion is still available, it is goihg fast. The Board of Trade, in anticipation of record crowds, is bringing its list (See INAUGURAL, Page A-22.T~ Right of Citizens Here To Sue Outside D. C. Studied by High Court Validity of 1940 Law Is Basic Issue in Case Taken Under Advisement The Supreme Court today weighed far-reaching final argu ments in an effort to decide whether Congress in 1940 or Chief Justice Marshall in 1805 was right on the question of al lowing District citizens to sue and be sued in Federal courts outside of Washington. A connection between that issue and the right of District citizens to vote and have representation in Congress came out in a discussion between several of the justices anti Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman. Mr. Perlman, speaking for the Jus tice Department in behalf of broad er Federal court jurisdiction- for District litigants, said he believed Congress has power to permit Dis tiict citizens to vote in national elections. The court took the litigation issue under advisement, after almost three hours of oral argument late yester day on a $10,000 insurance contract case between the National Mutual Insurance Co. of Washington and the Tidewater Transfer Co., Inc., of Virginia. The basic Issue was validity of a 1940 congressional enactment, au thorizing Federal Court jurisdiction throughout the United States in civil suits between citizens of the District and the States and terri tories. That statute was declared unconstitutional last year by a Fed eral District Court in Baltimore and the United States Court of Appeals in Richmond, in dismissing the In surance company’s suit. 1805 Ruling Cited. Arguments on both sides yesterday went back repeatedly to an 1805 ruling by Chief Justice Marshall. He held that the District is not a State within the meaning of the Constitutional section relating to the judicial power and diversity of citizenship among States and that District citizens, therefore, could not (See JURISDICTION~Page A-22.) Teacher Seeks Tax Deduction For Summer School Expenses By the Associated Press A Virginia teacher sought United States Tax Court support today of her claim that summer school ex penses are deductible in figuring income tax. After Mrs. Nora Payne of Danville testified about her reasons for de ducting $239 she spent in summer training, Judge William W. Arnold commented: “You have a very interesting ques tion, I’ll say that.” He then allowed 45 days for filing of briefs. Government counsel explained later that the question was new so far as the teaching profession is concerned. Counsel for Mrs. Hill, head of the English department in Danville's Georg* Washington High School, argued that the summer school at tendance was required by State authorities for her to keep her job. The only alternative, he said, was a reading course which he contend ed would not have given the bene fits of a summer school. Government counsel contended the expenses were personal and not de ductible as business expenses. Mrs. Hill testified the summer school course she took at Columbia University helped especially in her teaching of short story writing. She said she could not have ob tained from reading such benefits as studying under a professional writer and hearing criticism of her own and others' work as a group. Mrs. Hill, who has been teaching for 30 years, said she "tried to be (See TAX, Page A-22.) Housing Chief to Ask Tighter Rent Controls And Year's Extension Woods Wants Congress To Plug Loopholes in Law Ending March 31 By the Associated Press Housing Expediter Tighe Woods will ask the new Congress for tighter rent controls for “at least another year.” A spokesman for Mr. Woods gave this word to reporters today. He said the housing expediter believes the new law should carry criminal pen alties for violations and should plug "some of the loopholes in the pres ent law.” The proposed one-year continua tion of rent controls would be from next March 31, when the present law expires. Among other things, it was stated, Mr. Woods will ask: 1. Control over eviction*. 2. Triple damages to tenants who are overcharged. 3. Criminal penalties for rent ceil ing violations, including lines or jail terms or both. The spokesman Indicated that the idea as to Federal control over evictions is to give tenants some period of time during which they could not be evicted. At present, evictions are governed by the local laws in each community. The recommendations to be urged by Mr. Woods would restore vir tually all the teeth contained in rent control when it was adminis tered by OPA In wartime. The triple-damage provision is not contained in the present act. which wefit into effect last April 1. The only penalty which can be invoked by the Office of the Housing Expediter is the restoration to the tenant of the actual amount of the overcharge. Chest Workers Hold Report Session Today Volunteer Workers of the 1949 Community Chest campaign are hoping to pass the $3,000,000 mark at the report meeting to be held today in the Hotel Washington. To reach this goal, the nine re porting units will have to turn in about $300,000 among them. At the last general report meeting held Friday, the score stood at $2,703,212 collected, for 59.1 per cent of the $4,566,790 goal. Chauncey G. Parker, general cam paign chairman, urged workers at that time to strive for the $3,000,000 goal by today. The drive for the support of 104 Red Feather agen cies in the Washington area is scheduled to end next week. One factor which makes for op timism by Chest officials is the re port that gifts in the two business units of the campaign have in creased considerably within the last l week. The units, which between l them are responsible for the collec Ition of more than half the total goal, lagged badly at the start of | the drive. The resolicitation of Government workers, some of whom may have hesitated to contribute because of the uncertainty of the presidential : election, also Is expected to boost the ! amount turned in today, officials j said. Gen. Paul, Army Personnel Chief, Asks to Retire Dec. 1 By the Aiiociattd Pr.ji Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul, Army director of personnel and adminis tration. has asked to be retired December 1. Announcing this today, the •Army said Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks, commanding general of Army forces in the Caribbean, will succeed Gen. Saul. , There have been reports that Gen. Paul has had several offers from | civilian concerns. He was not avail able for comment. Gen. Paul is 54. a native of Worcester, Mass., and wartime com mander of the 26tJ» Infantry Divi sion in Europe. He has been per sonnel director since October, 1945. Gen. Brooks, a native of Concord, N. H., commanded the 2d Armored Division and later the 6th Corps in Prance. He has been in the Carib-! bean since September, 1947. Family Evictions Called Problem For Congress 40 Must Be Moved From Homes on Site For Senate Building By Harold B. Rogers Congress should tackle the problem of rehousing 40 families to be evicted this winter and next spring from low-rent quarters on the site of the new Senate Office Building, in the opinion of leading housing experts here. The Washington Housing Associa tion has recommended that Con gress appropriate funds for the Na tional Capital Housing Authority to build low-rent homes. John Ihlder, executive officer of the NCHA today said he agrees with this proposal. It's up to Congress." he empha sized, "because Congress is evicting these people.” Long NCHA Waiting List. Shortage of Shelter in Washing ton, Mr. Ihlder said, will create a serious predicament for those who will be evicted. There are 18,000 families on the waiting list for 8,100 dwelling units under control of NCHA, Mr. Ihlder said. Those evicted by the Government have priority. But there are no vacan cies now. he said. Col. Waldron E. Leonard, director of the District Veterans’ Housing Center, which lists available dwell ings. said he could see no immediate solution to the problem. It defi nitely is the responsibility of some Federal agency, he emphasized. Home owners and renters in the .area, it was learned today, have be gun to worry as cold weather ap proaches and the Government pushes forward its program to pur chase or condemn their homes. Still in Dark. These people, The star found in a spot check, are having no luck'in finding rooms, apartments or homes they can afford to buy. They don’t know how soon the Government will take over their present homes. And the owners don’t know how much the Government will pay for the property and consequently how much money they will have to buy new places. The area, facing First street, op posite the present Senate Office Building, between B and C street* N.E., is being acquired by condem nation through a suit in District Court. As soon as title passes to th* Government people will be evicted and the buildings razed. Destruc tion is expected to begin in the spring. There are mbre than $0 families in the area and mfcny single per sons. Forty families are within the low-income range and can afford only the lowest rents. Many of these live in Schott’s alley, a notori ous slum area, within sight of the present Senate Office Building. Facing the three street frontages are old residences, several of them fine old structures, occupied for the most part by renters. Many Gov ernment employes live there. Survey Presented Lynn. A comprehensive survey of the entire half block to be acquired, running eastward to the alley, was made by the Washington Housing Association, disclosing the dire need for low rentals to house those evicted. Results of the survey were pre sented recently to David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, who is in charge of the new office building project. Forty of the renting families found in the area would be de prived of low-rent housing by action of the Federal Government, Mr. Lynn was informed by Sydney Mas len, association vice president. "We believe,” he wrote to Mr. Lynn, “that the Government should | assume responsibility for their re | housing. One precedent is that : families displaced for the Navy : Yard during the war were rehoused through funds provided to the Na ; tional Capital Housing Authority." Late for Needs. Mr. Ihlder agreed with this, pointing out, however, that con gressional appropriations now would | be too late to meet the* immediate needs of the persons to be ousted I by spring. Mr. Lynn said he had been in ; formed by an official of NCHA that a study of the area and the people i to be dispossessed would be made by the Tenant and Community Rela tions section of NCHA. I Meanwhile, Mr. Ihlder said, hia office will be glad to receive appli cations from those to be evicted for ; whatever vacancies occur in the i NCHA homes here. Such applications, he explained, may be filed at his office, 1737 L street N.W. They will be consid ered, along with the priority they have because the applicants are be ing evicted by the government. Mn Lynn expects to begin nego tiations with property owners as soon as he receives a report from the Justice Department prepared by three appraisers on the estimated value of each parcel. This report is expected late this week, or next week, he said. Selling Rush Drops Stocks As Much as $4 a Share By th* Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Leading stocks were knocked down $1 to around $4 a share by a sudden blast of selling in today’s market. The drop was an abrupt reversal of an upward trend that started when the market opened for busi ness. The uptrend was short-lived. Selling was fast enough at one time to put the high-speed ticker tape three minutes behind actual transactions. Stocks marked down included United States Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Godrich, Schenley, American Telephone, General Mo tors, Du Pont, Sears-Roebuck Corp., American Woolen, Standard Oil (New Jersey) and TWA.