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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1951—'TWENTY-SIX PAGES.
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Steel Scrap Price Rolled Back;
Aluminum Banned in 200 Items;
Use of New Rubber Is Curbed
- ♦-—_______-. - ..
Order Not Expected
To Bring Any Cut
In Cost of Steel
By Francis P. Douglas
The Government today rolled
back the price of steel scrap and
Iron scrap and also prohibited use
of aluminum in more than 200
“less essential” products.
The iron and steel price roll
back order, effective next Wednes
Woge Freeze Relaxed to Allow Merit and
Progression Raises. Page A-3
day, came from the Office of Price
Stabilization. OPS estimated the
rcll-back at $10 a gross ton on
standard grades of scrap, with
larger roll-backs up to $60 a ton
on special grades.
The National Production Au
thority issued the ban on use of
aluminum. It also cut back fur
ther the use of new rubber in
automobile tires and other civilian
rubber products. It ordered an
increase in production of camel
back for recapping tires.
- No Finished-Steel Price Cut.
So far as could be learned the
OPS order relating to steel andj
iron scrap is not expected to cause
any cut in the price of finished
steel. It is expected, however, to"
make it easier to prevent later
rises in steel prices. Scrap makes
up about half of the total weight
of raw materials going into steel
production.
The rubber order cut bacx
further the use of new rubber
In automobile tires and other
civilian rubber products, or
dered an increase in the pro
duction of camelback for recap
ping tires, and warned the rubber
industry that by March 1 or soon
afterwards the use of natuya'l rub
ber will be eliminated from some
products.
The aluminum ban is effective
April 1. It affects a wide variety
of products extending through the
kitchen to the golf course to the
cemetery. Pots and pans are not
ruled out but other kitchen equip- i
ment is. Aluminum is banned for
markers for golf tees and graves.j
Items on Prohibited List.
Gutters, Venetian blinds, storm
windows and canopies are on the
prohibited list.
Also on the list are such prod-:
ucts as automobile hardware and
trim, ash trays, cocktail shakers
and ice pails, bicycles, cigarette
lighters, cleaning accessories, do
mestic laundry equipment, wire
fencing, giftware, hair curlers,
jewelry, domestic ladders and step
stools, residential roofing and sid
ing, tricycles and other children’s
toys.
Effective June 1, aluminum can
not be used in the manufacture
of any item used solely for deco
rative or ornamental purposes.
The order also provides that
aluminum producers and fabri
cators must provide a larger per
centage of their output for de
fense production.
NPA explained ttfet although
aluminum production was ex
panded greatly during World War
II, and though further expansions
are under way, the present
stepped-up mobilization plan re
quires that more of the metal
must be available for defense pur
poses in the second quarter of
this year.
Cutbacks Continued.
The order continues in effect
cutbacks in the use of the metal
for civilian purposes previously
established. These provide a 20
per cent cutback in January, 25 in
February and 30 per cent in
March, figured from a base period
of the first six months of 1950.
In a revision of the earlier rub
ber order, a 20 per cent cutback
In the use of new rubber in Feb
ruary was increased to 28 per cent,
and the cutback for March was
set at 24 per cent.
It is estimated that January
consumption will run to 88,000
long tons. The February con
(See ALUMINUM, Page A-3.)
Burglar Phones
Police on Finding
Body in House
By th« Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3.—A startled
burglar telephoned police last
night to report finding the body
of a woman in the home he was
ransacking.
The burglar, who adamantly
refused to give his name, called
Police Dispatcher Arthur Harter
and said:
“There’s a body out here at
5910 Arsenal street.”
Asked who he was, the man
answered:
“I’m a burglar and I'm tele
phoning from the house, that’s
all.”
He hung up and police started
for the scene.
They found the body of Mrs.
Blanche Musskopf, 65, a widow,
in the kitchen of her brick bunga
low. The back door had been
forced.
The dead woman’s dog was also
dead and lying beside her. Both
appeared to have been dead sev
eral days, police said.
Russians Send 25 to Prison
In $1 Million Building Scandal
Group Charged With Organizing Fake
Co-operatives to Get Money From State
By *h« Associated Press
MOSCOW, Feb. 3.—A $1 mil
lion graft and kickback scandal
through the organization of fake
state building co-operatives has
led to the conviction of 25 persons
by a Soviet high court, Pravda
reported today.
Prison terms ranging up to 25
years, loss of civil rights for five
years thereafter together with
confiscation of property was im
j posed on eight ringleaders, it was
; announced.
Detailing one of the biggest
embezzlements in the Soviet Un
ion in years, the Communist
Party paper reported:
“With their purpose the theft
of state and co-operative funds,
the criminals organized fake
co-operatives including Artel
'Builder', Artel Bytprom', ‘Repair
Construction Section of Artel
Progress’, etc. (Webster defines
“artel” as a Russian co-operative
craft society.)
“They concluded contracts with
state enterprises for big construe
tion works and making out exag—
gerated estimates, calculations
and construction work schedules
and also exaggerating the scale of
work, pumped state funds into
fake co-op organizations.
"A significant part of the funds
vas stolen.
“'The criminals drew into deals
a large number of dummy char
acters. The latter were included
as workers in the institutions, and
in order to receive wages signed
for the receipt of money, and for
their signatures received 10 to 15
per cent of the sum paid out. The
basic sum was put in their own
pockets by organizers of the fake
artels. In the institutions there
was discovered the mass forging
of signatures. With the help of
dummies, and by making out ficti
tious bills and institutions, the
criminals stole about 4 million
rubles ($1 million).”
The case of the defendants, who
were reported to have had the
benefit of counsel, was considered:
by the Judicial Collegium Supreme1
Court. The tribunal was said to
_(See SCANDAL. Page A-2.1
Earl Johnson Visits
U. N. Troops Within
7 Miles of Seoul
I
Army Assistant Secretary
Says He Saw Dead Chinese
'All Over the Place'
By the Associated press
TOKYO, Feb. 3.—Allied forces
today were reported less than 7
miles from bomb-racked, fire-!
blackened Seoul.
Earl D. Johnson, American As
sistant Secretary of the Army, said
he visited troops within that dis
tance southwest of the former!
South Korean capital. His trip
indicated that U. N. elements ac-!
tually were even closer than 7
miles.
Battles raged along the Western
sector late today.
Mr. Johnson, making a person
nel inspection tour on the 10th
day of the Allied limited offen
sive, said he saw “Chinese bodies
all over the place.”
Mr. Johnson is a member of
John Foster Dulles’ peace treaty
mission to Japan.
Task Force Behind Lines.
Aside from the sector visited by
Mr. Johnson, the picture of the
western battle line in relation to
Seoul was not clear.
Associated Press War Corre
spondent Stan Swinton said one
U. N. task force stabbed through
to Samgo, 7 miles south of the
Han River and 10 miles south of
Seoul, in a shooting foray behind
enemy lines.
! Other Allied troops drove to
within Hi miles south of Anyang
—a gain of more than a mile—
against bitter Communist resist
ance.
Associated Press War Corre
spondent Jim Becker said the
Reds immediately launched coun
terattacks at three points in this
Western area, but at 7:30 p.m.
today U. N. forces were holding
firm against an enemy which was
“giving us the works,” a spokes
man said.
Reds Hit Turkish Troops.
A reinforced enemy battalion hit
hard at fierce Turkish troops
northwest of Suwon at dusk in an
effort to drive the U. N. force from
hard-won high ground. The Turks
were under small arms, machine
gun, mortar and artillery fire, j
During the night the Turks were1
forced to withdraw.
Another Red counterblow was
struck against doughboys 9 miles
• See KOREA, Page A-3.)
Yugoslav Doomed, 15 Get
Sentences in Anti-Tito Plot
By th« Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb. 3.
—One Yugoslav was sentenced to
death today and 15 others to
prison terms ranging from six
years to life on charges of plot
ting to overthrow the Tito regime
and restore exiled King Peter II.
The death sentence was im
posed on Dusan Ilic, 29, former
officer in the Chetnik forces dur
ing the German occupation. He
was accused of wartime atrocities
against Tito partisans and post
war espionage against the Com
munist government of Yugoslavia.
Life sentences were passed on
two other former Chetniks:
Teodor Milasinovic, 37, former,
officer in King Peter’s army and
wartime aide to Gen. Draja Mi
hailovic, Chetnik leader.
David Damjanovic, 30, .former
Chetnik officer who testified that
he had received his postwar train
ing as an anti-Tito spy from
French officers at an espionage
school in Versailles.
Truman Takes Train
To Philadelphia for
Dedication of Chapel
Returns This Afternoon;
Wartime Security Steps
Used to Guard President
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman left at 12:16
p.m. today on a train trip to Phil
adelphia to speak at the dedi
cation of the Chapel of the Four,
Chaplains.
He was surrounded by wartime
security precautions. Armed
guards rode in the President's
train, which included his special
bullet-proof car. and in a pilot
train that ran 5 minutes ahead
of the presidential special.
Regular Train Runs Ahead.
A regular passenger train of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which like
other lines has been harassed by
a "sick strike" of yard workers,1
was 15 minutes ahead of Mr. Tru
man’s train.
It was pointed out that top
rail officials, experienced in oper
ation. always travel with the
President’s train, to observe the
work of the regular crews as an
extra precautionary measure. The
same arrangement was carried out
today.
The security program was put
in effect when the President trav
eled to Philadelphia for the Army
Navy game for his first trip by
train after the Blair House assas
sination attempt on November 1.
The Chapel of the Four Chap
lains is being dedicated at Temple
University. The structure me
morializes the four chaplains on
the Troopship Dorchester who
sacrificed their lives on February
3, 1943, when the ship was tor
pedoed off Greenland.
Gave Up Life Preservers.
The chaplains gave up their
life preservers to others aboard.
The men being memorialized
were 1st Lts. Alexander D.
Goode of York, Pa., a rabbi; Clark
V. Poling, Schenectady, N. Y., and
George L. Fox, Sharon, Vt., Prot
estants, and John P. Washington,
Newark. N. J., Catholic.
Lt. Poling was the son of Dr.
| (See TRUMAN, Page A-3.)
U. S. Speeding
ContemptAction
In Rail Strike
Special Court Session
Called in Chicago
To Expedite Case
Government lawyers returned to
Federal court in Chicago this
morning seeking to speed con
tempt of court action against
union leaders as the strike of
railroad switchmen continued to
; spread over the Nation.
The strikers ignored President
Truman's sharply-worded state
ment yesterday that their walk
outs are “directly injuring our
national security” and they con
tinued to report they are too
“sick” to work in major terminals.
A special session of Federal
court was called by Judge Michael
L. Igoe in Chicago to enable Jus
tice Department attorneys to ex
pedite their appeals for a contempt
citation against the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and its na
tional officers.
Hearing Recessed.
The hearing yesterday recessed
until Monday, but Judge Igoe
later called the special session
after United States Attorney Otto
Kerner, jr„ emphasized the im
portance of bringing the case “to
an early conclusion.”
In Washington the National
Mediation Board continued its ef
forts to settle the dispute, but
there were no indications that an
agreement was near. Bargaining
committees for the railroads and
for the union brotherhood in
volved in the walkout talked sep
arately with the board last night
and agreed to resume conferences
today. The board was not able to
bring the two groups together in
a joint conference, however.
Green Hits “Wildcat Strike.”
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor de
scribed the “sick” walkout of
switchmen as a “wildcat strike”;
while talking to reporters at the
White House today.
“I know the leaders of the
movement are trying to do all
they can to bring about a resump
tion of work through collective
bargaining,” he said.
Mr. Green said he did not dis
cuss the railroad strike with Pres
ident Truman. He went to the
White House to discuss the whole
mobilization effort, including
manpower and wage stabilization,
he explained.
Meanwhile, the five-day walk
out had nearly paralyzed most of
the Nation’s freight transporta
tion and struck hard at major in
dustries. The number of workers;
made idle by the freight tieup
soared past 150,000 this morning
with indications that thousands
more will be laid off next week
unless the strike ends.
Freight Movement Here Cut.
Movement of freight to Wash
ington has been drastically re
duced by the strike, but con
tinued operation of switching fa
cilities at Potomac Yards kept
food supplies for the city above
the danger level.
The Southern Railway System
clamped an embargo on freight
movement between Spencer, N. C.,
and Monroe, Va„ two of the sys
tem’s big division points. A spokes
man said the embargo will further
curtail freight movement into
Washington, but pointed out that
supplies loaded south of Spencer
can continue to move to Potomac
Yards.
Passenger trains were running
as much as eight hours late at
Union Station and terminal au
thorities cautioned travelers to
(See STRIKE, Page A-3.)
Turks to Send More Troops
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 3 (£>).—
Turkey has decided to send 600
more troops to Korea, bringing to
nearly 6,000 the number of men
she has fighting with United Na
tions forces there. The new con
tingent is slated to sail Feb
ruary 16.
3,700-Year-Old Farm Bulletin
Dug Up by Scientists in Iraq
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 3. —A
3,700-year-old farm bulletin has
been found in Iraq, archaeologists
for two universities reported to
day.
It is the oldest farm bulletin
ever found. The document told
farmers living in ancient Nippur,
1,700 years before Christ was
born how to sow their crops,
how to irrigate, how to handle
field mice and how to harvest.
The findings were reported by
the University Museum of the
University of Pennsylvania and
the University of Chicago Ori
ental Institute.
The archaeologists found the
bulletin near Nippur, Iraq. It;
was written in cuneiform script
on a clay tablet in the Sumerian
language, which can be trans-1
lated only by about a dozen
scholars.
The Sumerians, who developed
the first civilization which arose
in Mesopotamia, were principally
an agricultural people with their
religious capital at Nippur, 100
miles south of modern Bagdad.
The archaeologists uncovered
five temples to Enlil, chief god
of the Sumerians, at Nippur. And
they found the farm bulletin
which told them to “keep an eye
on the man who puts in the seed,
have him put the seeds in two
fingers deep uniformly.”
The sowing, according to the
bulletin, was to be done with a
seeder, a plow with an attach
ment which carried the seed from
a container through a narrow
funnel down into the furrow.
The farmer was told to plow
eight furrows to each strip of
19 V2 feet. Four types of furrows
were explained.
“On the day when the seed
breaks through the ground,” the
farmer was advised to say a prayer
to the goddess of the field mice
and other vermin that might harm
the grain.
The bulletin said it was time to
irrigate when the grain had grown
so that it filled the narrow bot
tom of the furrows. And the
farmer was advised to take care
lest the grain, when ready for
harvesting, bend under its own
weight.
The bulletin concludes with
these words: “Cut it at the right
moment." I
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Temperature Falls to 13 Here
For Coldest Day in 3 Years
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Weather May Ease
Slightly Tomorrow;
Skies Remain Cloudy
The coldest weather in three
years gripped Washington early!
today, and little relief was in'
sight from the icy residue of the
season's worst sleet and snow i
storm.
Temperatures, after a low of 13
probably will remain about four
Snow and Ice Grip Nation as Far South
as Florida. Page A-2
points under freezing throughout
the day. Mostly cloudy and cold
weather, the forecaster said, may
moderate somewhat tonight and
tomorrow.
Lows of 10 degrees or under
were reported from nearby areas
as the official 13 was recorded
in the city, the lowest since
February 10. 1948, when the
mercury dipped two points lower.!
The previous minimum of the
season wras 15 degrees on Decem
ber 27.
While main streets and high
Eisenhower Finishes
Report on 'Issues' in
Defense of Europe
Wherry to Ask Acheson
For Full Details on
Prior Commitments
By John A. Giles
Gen. Eisenhower today had
completed the last of his major
reports laying down what he
termed certain “basic issues” of
the defense of Western Europe
with his international army, in
cluding “modest” American con
tributions.
The general apparently was
making headway on Capitol Hill,
but Senate Minority Leader
Wherry, who opposes sending ad
ditional ground forces to Europe,
was not convinced.
The Senator, who probably will
make a Senate speech on the sub
ject next week, said he would de
mand that Secretary of State
Acheson tell Senate committees
whether commitments to Europe’s
defense already have been made.
One Division Wanted Now.
In an exchange with the Sena
tor yesterday, Gen. Eisenhower
declared that he would be in “an
awful place” as supreme com
mander in Europe, if Congress was
unwilling to give unqualified sup
port to the principles of the North
Atlantic treaty. Earlier he had
told House committees that the
early dispatch of one American
division would be worth two or
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-5.)
Prince Georges Boy, 11,
Dies After Sled Crash
An 11-year-old Cheverly (Md.)
boy died in Prince Georges Gen
eral Hospital last night of injuries
received while sledding.
He was William C. Parker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Parker,
3202 Cheverly avenue.
A former Star carrier boy, young
Parker was a sixth grade student
at the Cheverly-Tuxedo School.
The boy died of a ruptured
spleen suffered when his sled
crashed into a pile of logs near
his home Thursday. His father
said his son lost control of his
sled when he Swerved to avoid
striking another boy.
Eight Die in Georgia Fire
DILLARD, Ga„ Feb. 3 (A5).—Eight
persons were burned to death in a
fire at a farmhouse in the North
Georgia mountains today.
Suburban Sections
Too Cold for Speedy
Weather Reports
Temperatures got pretty
low in the suburbs early this
morning, but the Weather
Bureau had to wait a while
to find out.
The coldest morning in
three years made it difficult
to rouse unofficial observers,
on whom the bureau depends
ir. those areas, from their
beds, especially volunteers on
their Saturday day off.
The forecaster admitted
suburban reports were a bit
slow in reaching headquarters
this morning.
ways have been cleared of ice or
have been sanded, many secondary
roads in Washington and nearby
States are still coated with snow
and sleet. Sub-zero tempera
tures were experienced this
(See WEATHER. Page A-2.)
'Modified' Draft Study
Started After Plea by
Eisenhower for UMI
24-25 Month Service
Under Consideration
By Senate Committee
By George Beveridge
With Gen. Eisenhower on record
in strong support of the Penta
gon's 18-year-old universal draft
plan. Senators studying the pro
posal today buckled down to pos
sible “modifications” of some of
its most controversial points.
In a surprise appearance before
the Senate Preparedness Subcom
mittee late yesterday, the general
was unequivocal in his plea for
universal service and training for
all the Nation’s youth.
But his analysis of draft-expan
sion needs drew from some com
mittee members these possible
changes.
1. Shortening the proposal to
extend draft service from 21 to
27 months, possibly to 24 or 25
months.
2. Making the minimum draft
liable age somewhere between 18
and 19, possibly 18 years and 9
months.
3. Increasing the number of top
students who, after taking four
months’ basic training, could be
routed to college for training.
The Defense Department pro
posed that the maximum of such
student deferments be 75,000 a
year.
General Has Two Opinions.
Like many other proposals to
change the Pentagon blueprint,
however, those following Gen.
Eisenhower's talk face weeks of
discussion on both sides of Cap
itol Hill.
Gen. Eisenhower said he has
two opinions about a draft of 18
year-olds—one as a soldier and
one as an educator on leave as
president of Columbia University.
As a soldier, he said, he doesn’t
think the minimum draft age
should be above 19. But he
doesn’t care whether men are
called at 18 or 19.
But as an educator, he declared,
he is convinced that the 18-year
old who is called up will feel a
less disruptive impact on his edu
cation, job and general civilian
future.
Supports Universal Call.
In answer to a question, Gen.
Eisenhower also said he fav.ored
calling up childless husbands who
are between 19 and 26 years of
age and are not veterans. About
290,000 such married men now
are deferred.
“I think everybody should re
(See DRAFT, Page A-3.)
Wide Reverberations
Due From 'Politics'
Charge Against RFC
Senate Report Accuses
White House Assistant
And Agency Directors
By Cecil Holland
Far - reaching reverberations
were expected today from a Sen
ate Banking Committee report
accusing a White House aide and
others of exercising “political
influence” over the lending poli
cies of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
The report, issued yesterday,
said that Donald Dawson, air
assistant to President Truman on
personnel matters, succeeded to
some extent in efforts “to domi
nate the RFC.”
It charged, that the RFC direc
tors "seriously abused” the lend
ing agency's authority. It singled
out three of them—Walter L.
Dunham, Willtem Willett and C.
Edward Rowe—for special criti
cism. No mention was made of
Chairman W. Elmer Harber and
Walter Cosgriff, who are serving
first terms on the board.
Boyle Discussions Cited.
The report charged that it was
Mr. Dunham's practice “to dis
cuss the affairs of the RFC freely” j
with William M. Boyle, the chair
man, and others connected with
the Democratic National Commit
tee.
“Though he was a Republican
board member.” the report added,
“Dunham’s most frequent visi
tors, judging from his office rec
ords, were attorneys and others
who had been introduced by
Chairman William M. Boyle or
his assistants.”
Mr. Dunham and Mr. Rowe im
mediately issued statements deny
ing the subcommittee's charges.
Mr. Willett was reported out of
town and Mr. Dawson, returning
from Brazil, could not be reached.
His office had no comment on the
committee report.
200 Loans Studied.
The report was prepared by a
subcommittee headed by Senator
Fulbright, Democrat, of Arkansas,1
after months of investigation and
a study of more than 200 loans
made by the agency.
Senator Capehart, Republican,
(See RFC, Page A-5.)
Manassas Fugitive
Hunted in District
A city-wide search was on to
day for an escaped prisoner from
the Manassas Jail, after police re
ceived a tip he had visited his
wife at her Northeast home.
Members of the police fugitive
squad said a scout car from the
ninth precinct visited the wife's
home, in the 1400 block of Hol-i
brook street N.E., but did not
find Thomas J. Daniels, 30, who
escaped from a Virginia jail Janu
ary 25, for the second time wdthin
nine months.
Daniels broke out of Occoquan
Workhouse last May and was re
captured several hours later in a
police trap set up by his wife.
Daniels had been sentenced to
Occoquan for threats and assault
on his wife.
Police said Daniels’ latest es
cape was made by sawing through
the bars of the Manassas Jail. He
was serving a one-year term for
auto theft.
North Korean Prisoners
Reach Total of 136,188
The Army said. today that a
total of 136,188 North Korean
soldiers had been captured as of
January 10.
Of the prisoners of war who
are cold-weather casualties, it
added, 44 per cent “have required
some form of amputation.”
I
Public Hearing
Is Ordered in
Butler Election
Gillette Names Group
And Promises Speed
In Maryland Case
Public hearings into complaints
growing out of the election of
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Maryland, were ordered by the
Senate Elections Subcommittee
today.
Chairman Gillette announced
the hearings would be held “at
the earliest possible time.”
He said they would be conducted
by four members of the five-man
subcommittee — Senators Mon
roney, Democrat, of Oklahoma, as *
chairman; Hennings, Democrat,
of Missouri, and Senators Hen
drickson, of New Jersey, and Mar
garet Chase Smith, of Maine, Re
publicans.
2 Charges to Be Probed.
Senator Gillette said the hear
ings would be directed toward
charges:
1. That “scurrilous and defam
atory” literature was used in the
Butler campaign.
2. That campaign contributions
and expenditures had been exces
sive.
Senator Butler defeated the vet
eran Democratic Senator Tydings
in the Maryland election in one
of the biggest upsets in the No
vember Congressional races.
May Be Held in Baltimore.
Senator Monroney said the
hearings would be arranged “with
out any undue delay.” He said
they would probably be held here
and perhaps in Baltimore.
The vote to hold the hearings.
Senator Gillette said, was unani
mous, as “has been every action
taken by the subcommittee.”
The hearings were ordered after
the subcommittee received a re
port from Senators Monroney and
Smith on investigations that have
been conducted into the Maryland
election.
Senator Gillette said Senators
Hennings and Hendrickson were
| added to the group to hold the
Maryland hearings sujae it in
volved “a sitting Senator,” and
| that neither Senators Monroney
nor Smith were lawyers.
Other Hearings Ordered.
Senator Butler, at the start of
the 82d Congress, was allowed to
| take his seat “without prejudice”
| pending the subcommittee's in
vestigation of the charges grow
i ing out of the Maryland campaign.
! The charges involved the use
of a composite picture—two pic
tures joined together—purporting
to show' Senator Tydings in con
versation with Earl Browder,
former leader of the Communist
Party in the United States, and
other types of literature.
In other actions, the subcom
mittee:
1. Directed hearings into charges '
that public funds were turned
over and used by the Republican
Party in Lucerne County, Pa.
2. Directed that a list of illegal
voters whose names appeared in
previous public hearings in Phila
delphia on the senatorial election
should be turned over to the Reg
istration Commission of Pennsyl
vania for such action as It deemj
fit.
Hanley to Be Questioned.
3. Authorized the subcommit
tee's agents to question Joe Han
ley, who was defeated in the New
York senatorial race, about obli
gations mentioned in the now
famous “Hanley letter” and of
which, Senator Gillette said, “the
payee disclaimed and knowledge.”
Senator Gillette said the subcom
mittee would decide after its in
vestigators make a report on what
further steps to take about the
New York senatorial election.
4. Disallowed a claim by former
Senator Taylor, Democrat, of
Idaho for attorneys’ fees growing
out of an investigation of the
1 Idaho primary. Senator Gillette
said the subcommittee unanimous
ly decided it had “no legal liabil
ity” for the $1,500 sought by Sen
ator Taylor since there wTas no
contest in the primary.
Baukhage Held Up,
Robbed of $10 in
Apartment Lobby
H. R. Baukhage, radio commen
tator, reported to police that he
was held up at gun point and
robbed of $10 in the lobby of his
apartment building early today.
The commentator, whose “Bauk
jhage Talking” has been a daily
feature on the ABC network for
years, said he was awaiting the
automatic elevator at 1735 New
Hampshire avenue N W„ when he
turned around to find himself con
fronting a man with a small shiny
; revolver.
! The man mumbled something
j about “a stickup.” Mr. Baukhage,
without a word, handed over his
billfold, which contained $10. hi3
j White House reporter’s pass and
other credentials.
| Mr. Baukhage said the robber
| was a well-dressed man of middle
i height. A detailed description
was broadcast almost immediately
and police radio cars searched the
neighborhood, but were unable to
find him.