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Both Sides Agree
Fighting Will Go
On During Talks
Negotiators Still
Deadlocked on Korea
Buffer Zone Issue
By th« Associated Press
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, July 30.—Allied and
Red negotiators bargained more
than 3 hours in sultry Kaesong
today, but made no progress
toward ending the shooting in
Korea.
Instead, they agreed that the
war would continue while they
talk. As they reached this un
derstanding Allied warplanes
smashed at the Red Korean cap
ital of Pyongyang in one of the
most determined air assaults of
the war.
The negotiators remained dead
locked on the problem of a buf
fer zone to separate the opposing
armies if and when a cease-fire
agreement is reached.
A U. N. spokesman said: “The
final solution is hoped for. That
doesn’t necessarily mean it is in
the immediate offing."
Meet Again Tonight.
They will tackle the same thorny
question when their 15th session
opens tomorrow at 11 a.m. (9
p.m Monday, EDT).
The U. N. communique said
Gen. Nam II, chief Communist
delegate, “stated it was also his
definite understanding that hos
tilities would continue during the
current armistice sessions.”
Gen. Nam was replying to an
earlier “clarifying” statement by
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy,
senior U. N. delegate.
It was the first official hint of
any prior misunderstanding on
this point.
In today’s session, an eyewit
ness said. Admiral Joy used a
slightly different approach “to
penetrate what might be a lan
guage barrier. It might have
some clarifying effects.”
Admiral Joy gave a detailed
analysis of the Allied and Com
munist proposals for a military di
viding line across Korea.
Want 38th Parallel Line.
The Reds want a zone 12%
miles wide along the 38th Paral
lel, prewar political boundary be
tween North and South Korea.
The Allies want a 20-mile-wide
zone along the present battle
lines. Most of these lines are in
side Red Korea, on the average
about 20 miles north of the 38th
Parallel.
Admiral joy asKea me rceas ior
comment on the U. N. proposals
“so that the final solution to this
item may reflect our mutual
views.”
The Red reply took 1 hour and
1 minute, and left the situation
Just where it was before.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U. N. briefing officer who attends
the sessions, said Nam merely
repeated what he has said before,
the 6ame words, but in different
order.
Today’s session lasted 3 hours
and 8 minutes, longest uninter
rupted meeting since the talks
began.
Gen. Nuckols said Admiral
Joy’s statement concerning a
final solution was “another invi
tation to the Communists to con
sider the U. N. stand on the
buffer zone.”
Seems Tired and Restless.
He said Gen. Nam listened to
Admiral Joy’s statement with
“considerable interest.”
Then Gen. Nam read his own
lengthy statement and Gen.
Nuckols said, “I got the impres
sion Nam II did not read his
statement with the same drive
(See TRUCE. Page A-3.)
Three U.S. Planes Lost
In Pyongyang Raid
By the Associated Press
U. S. 8th ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, July 30. — United
States warplanes blasted the
North Korean capital of Pyong
yang through rain today in one
of the most determined air as
saults of the Korean war.
It was not the war’s largest
raid, a 5th Air Force announce
ment said, but it was pushed
home with vigor. Two Marine
Corsairs collided in the rain
clouds and were lost.
The Air Force said an F-51
Mustang exploded after it was hit
by intense small-arms fire “just
north of the battle lines.”
Fires and explosions in the
Pyongyang area sent up smoke
columns that merged with rain
clouds and prevented accurate
assessment of damage.
B-29 Superforts blasted three
Red supply centers in North
Korea—Chinnampo and Kyomipo
in the west and Hamhung on the
east coast.
Air Force planes made 405 in
dividual flights in the Pyongyang
attack. The number of Marine
planes participating was not
given.
Weather forced other planes tc
turn back with their bombs
rockets and jellied gasoline, pre
venting what might have beer
one of the biggest fighter-bombei
raids of the war.
North Koreans fled today froir
major hills northeast of Yanggu
Allied troops battled to the cresi
of the hill mass at the climax o:
5 Vi days of bitter fighting.
Adjoining hills, linked into de
fenses of the main mountair
mass, and dominating the easterr
^pont for miles, fell yesterday.
Britain to Send Cabinet Mission
Tolran to Discuss Oil Settlement
Decision to Send Group Led by Lord Privy
Seal Made After Harriman Consultations
By the Associated Press
LONDON. July 30. — Foreign
| Secretary Herbert Morrison an
nounced today that Britain will
send a cuoinet mission to Teheran
to discuss an oil settlement with
Iran.
He told the House of Commons
the mission will be led by Richard
Stokes, Lord Privy Seal, and
added: ‘It is not expedient fori
me at this moment to say any
thing further on this matter.” 1
Morrison explained the decision
came about as a result of consulta
tions with W. Averell Harriman,;
Presideni Truman's special envoy
now in London.
Mr. Morrison said there still are
some points to be cleared up be
fore the mission can leave for
the Iranian capital.
Mr. Harriman boarded a United
States Air Force plane tonight to!
return to Teheran. He said he
will see Iranian Premier Mossa
degh immediately on his arrival
tomorrow. Mr. Stokes accom
panied him to the London airport.
Mr. Morrison said the British
government and the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Co. ‘ have been ready at every
stage to meet the legitimate aspi
rations of the Persian (Iranian)
people.
“We have every sympathy with
the natural desire of the Persian
people to control their own mineral
resources,” he said.
While Britain is ready to accept
the principle of nationalization,
Mr. Morrison explained, she will
not accept a one-sided violation of
an agreement.
“We aie entering a new era in
the development of Middle Eastern
oil,” he said.
Dispatch of a mission headed by
a cabinet minister reportedly was
agreed to by Iran as a basis for
reopening discussions over na
tionalization of the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Co.’s $1.4 billion properties.
Heretofore the Iranians have
said they would deal only with
oil company officials and not the
British government.
A spirit of optimism prevailed
both here and in Teheran that
Mr. Harriman had brought about
an atmosphere in which the ex
_(See IRAN, Page A-2.)_
Enemy's Buildup
Increases War Peril,
Marshall Declares
Secretary Warns
Conflict May Spread
Due to Soviet Actions
By the Associated Press
Defense Secretary Marshall has
warned Congress that “the ene
my’s buildup” is increasing the
danger of an all-out war.
Secretary Marshall left no doubt
he was referring to Russia as the
enemy, and to reported Commu
.nist buildup of troops and sup
plies in Korea and elsewhere.
The Defense Secretary testified
before a closed meeting of the
House Appropriations Committee
w'hich released part of the testi
mony today but deleted other por
tions for security reasons. The
.committee is considering the ad
ministration’s $60 billion military
budget proposal for the year which
started July 1, 1951.
Truman Sees Threat.
President Truman, in a speech
in Detroit Saturday, warned of
Communist buildups for war
“around the world.” The Presi
dent said the free nations must
have men and munitions on
“hand—ready for any emergency.”
Secretary Marshall testified Fri
day before the Senate Appropria
tions Committee that the United
States will have about 400,000
troops in Europe next year.
Later he exDlained in a letter
to Chairman Richards of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee that the 400,000 figure in
cludes 340,000 ground forces and
60,000 Air Force personnel, cov
ering supply and supporting
troops as well as combat units.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
of Alabama said tooay one of
Gen. Eisenhower’s goals is the
eventual withdn wal of all Amer
ican ground forces from Europe.
Recently Toured Europe.
Senator Sparkman was one of
nine members of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee who
conferred with the North Atlan
tic defense commander on a re
cent inspection trip to Europe.
Gen. Eisenhower was quoted
by the Alabama Senator as hav
ing told the group ? wants to
build Europe’s ground forces to
the point where no United States
troops will be needed except those
assigned to American air units,
j Secretary Marshall told the
foreign relations group last week
that this goal is a long way away,
He said by 1953, however, some
concrete thought can be given
toward attaining it.
Appearing before the House Ap
propriations Committee, Secretary
Marshall was asked by Represen
tative Mahon, Democrat, of Texas
whether the likelihood of all-out
war must still be considered.
“I think it is continuing and
ifrom the viewpoint of the enemy’s
buildup, it is increasing,” Secre
tary Marshall replied. His elabo
ration of this statement was de
leted from the public record.
He said he was “deeply con
cerned” that Russia apparently
—
(See MARSHALL, Page A-2.)
i
House Group Meets
Tomorrow on Pay
The House Civil Service Com
mittee today scheduled another
executive meeting on Federal pay
raise legislation for 10 a.m. to
i morrow.
The group previously had set
the meeting for Thursday, but
decided on tomorrow when it was
determined most members could
attend the earlier session.
The committee has held five oi
six executive sessions during the
past few weeks on the pay meas
ure, but has not yet reported a
bill. However, the committee ha<
tentatively agreed on a temporary
two-year pay boost for classified
and postal employes.
A tentative agreement on a $42C
postal pay raise has been reached
by the committee, but the group
has not yet decided how much
the classified salary increase
should be.
i The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee has approved an 8.4 pei
cent Federal pay raise measure
'Senate action, however, is not ex
ted for at least a month.
Controls Law Extended
Until Next July as
House Votes Approval
Truman Signature
Expected Despite Lack
Of Strength in Bill
BULLETIN
Congressional action was com
pleted today on legislation con
tinuing price and rent controls
until June 30.
This sent the compromise
measure to President Truman.
House passage was by roll call
vote.
| _
By Robert K. Walsh
The compromise economic con
trols bill awaited final action in
Congress today and reluctant sign
ing by President Truman tomor
row, but the subject was far from
closed.
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and few dissenting votes, was ex
pected to approve the price-wage
rent - credit - materials control
measure which the Senate adopted
last Friday after agreement, by
House-Senate conferees.
Congressional leaders who saw
President Truman today told him
that they expected to have the
controls measure on his desk this
afternoon but there was no in
dication if Mr. Truman would sign
the bill, according to Speaker
Rayburn.
It is generally believed that Mr.
Truman would sign the bill but
at the same time issue a state
ment pointing out the measure
does not meet administration pro
posals. By signing it he would
avoid ending all controls tomor
row midnight. i
Both Speaker Rayburn and
Senator McFarland of Arizona,
the majority leader of the Senate,
praised the bill as it emerged from
conference.
Calls Bill Workable.
“It is a better bill than I
thought we’d get at the begin
ning,” the speaker said, adding,
"frankly, I think it is a workable
biU.”
The speaker pointed out again
that neither opponents nor sup
porters had been able to get all
they wanted.
Senator McFarland said. “I
think the control bill now is bet
ter than either the Seante or
House versions.” The congres
sional leaders told the President
their plans for pushing ahead
with other legislation including
the big appropriations bill, taxes,
foreign aid and arms.
Speaker Rayburn said that the
House expected to take up the
multi-billion arms bill next Mon
day.
House Banking Committee
(See CONTROLS, Page A-3.)
Typhoon Misses Manila
MANILA, July 30 (JP).—A ty
phoon that hit northeastern Lu
zon roamed out into the China
Sea today, most of its force
spent in climbing over a 9,000
foot mountain range. It missed
Manila by more than 250 miles.
No casualties have been reported.
Connally Assails
Scheme to Send
Help to Asia
Urges Concentration
On Building Defenses
In Western Europe
By J. A. O'Leary
Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee today criticized adminis
tration plans for spreading
economic aid to Asia and other
parts of the world instead of con
centrating on building up the de
fenses of Western Europe in the
pending $8.5 billion foreign aid
bill.
William C. Foster, economic co
operations administrator, was tell
ing the committee how the $2.3
billion earmarked for economic
aid will be distributed georgraphi
questioned the wisdom of allocat
ing “hundreds of millions” to Asia
and other areas outside of Europe.
Before today’s hearing began, a
threatened delay in passage of
the foreign aid bill was averted
when the Foreign Relations Com
mittee agreed to let the Armed
Services Committee join in the
remainder of the hearings and in
voting on the bill.
Members of the Armed Services
group had threatened to seek
separate jurisdiction of the bill
later if denied a chance to meet
jointly with Foreign Relations.
Salty Language Reported.
Chairman Connally is under
stood to have felt strongly that
the foreign aid bill was clearly a
Foreign Relations ommittee
problem and there were reports
that in today’s clqsed session he
made his position clear in salty
language before acceding to the
request of the Armed Services
Committee.
Mr. Foster testified today that
$1.65 billion of the $2.3 billion of
economic aid in the bill is Europe’s
share. He was giving a breakdown
of how the remainder will be dis
tributed to Africa and the Near
East, Asia and the Pacific area,
when Chairman Connally broke
in to question the ability of this
country to go on witn economic
aid on a world-wide basis.
Mr. Poster said he had referred
to the whole free world.
Senator Connally said he had
understood that the plan was to
limit ECA to such aid as was
needed to help build up Europe,
“yet you are coming up here w'ith
hundreds of millions for Asia.”
The chairman said he thought
ECA, like the shoemaker, should
"stick to its last” by concentrat
ing on strengthening Western
Europe.
Obeying Acts of Congress.
Mr. Foster denied he had put
any more emphasis on Asiq than
on Europe and insisted ECA has
only been carrying out acts of
Congress, which included direc
tions to aid China and other areas
as well as Europe.
Senator Connally said the
United States cannot subsist it
self if it has to help the whole
free world, and pointed out that
the finance committee was meet
ing in a room nearby trying to
find new sources of revenue.
Senator Green, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, also questioned Mr.
Foster as to why ECA has not in
sisted that European industries
whose profits have been increased
as the result of American aid were
not required to pass some of those
profits to their employes in better
wages.
jvesinclions irnneun.
Mr. Foster said the future
plans of ECA contemplate steps
in that direction. He said it was
difficult in the earlier stages of
the Marshall Plan to attach re
strictions to the aid while the
industries were being restored.
Secretary of State Acheson tes
tified last week that the foreign
aid program as a whole should
continue at this year’s level of
$8.5 billion for two more years,
or a total of about $25 billion.
Senator Smith, Republican, of
New Jersey, wanted to know if
that meant the current year quo
ta of $2.3 billion as the economic
share also would continue for
two more years. Mr. Foster said
he thought it would continue
about at that level.
Before the Foreign Relations
Committee agreed to let the Armed
Services Committee act jointly
(See FOREIGN AID. Page A-3.)
Van Fleet Orders U. N. Troops
To Guard Against Red Surprise
By the Associated Press
UNITED STATES 8th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, July 30.
j—Gen. James A. Van Fleet today
ordered Allied troops to “main
tain constant vigilance” against a
possible Red assault while cease
fire talks are going on at Kaesong.
The 8th Army commander told
his soldiers in a statement:
“Every noe is hopeful that the
conferences will come to a suc
cessful and honorable end so that
peace may be restored. No one is
more tonscious of peace than the
soldier.”
But he added:
“However, in spite of our hopes,
every man must be alert at all
times. We must not and will not
permit this great United States
to become a victim of a Commu
nist ambush.”
The general addressed his state
ment to “members of the 8th
Army, attached United Nations
forces and Republic of Korea
army.”
* He said his recent promotion^to
%>ur-star rank "pleases me gngt
ly, not only from my personal
standpoint, but from the fact that
this army in Korea is recognized
as a fighting force equal to that
rank. My promotion is, in fact,
a promotion for the 8th Army.”
He said his Army must be vigi
lant even though “admistice nego
tiations are being discussed.” The
general said “we are sure of the
good faith under which the U. N.
delegates are operating and we
hope for the same from the Com
munists.”
Gen. Van Fleet added:
“Our Army is stronger than
ever. Our morale is high. To
gether we will keep it the best
fighting team the world has ever
known, and I am sure ever? man
will continue to give his best as
he has done sc willingly in the
past.
“I am confident that this sea
soned and combat tested Army can
do anything that it is ailed upon
to do. We can take great pride
in the fact that we are alert to
the situation and are always
ready.” ™
Speedy Senate Action
Passes D. C. Budget;
Conference Tomorrow
Measure Restores Cut
Of TO% Voted by House
In Federal Contribution
By Don S. Warren
The District’s biggest budget
calling for an outlay of $138.4
million, was passed today by the
Senate in a matter of seven min
utes.
It now goes to a conference
with the House and the first meet
ing of the House and Senate
managers of the bill probably wili
be held tomorrow.
Every effort is to be made te
speed final passage of the bill
officials indicated, to a!d public
assistance recipients whose check:
have been held up by the delaj
in handling the supply bill.
The bill as drafted by the Sen
ate subcommittee, headed by Sen
ator Hill of Alabama, was ap
proved without a single change
and with only the briefest of ex
planation by two Senators.
One of the major changes in the
Senate bill is to restore the Fed
eral payment toward District ex
penses to the full $12 million au
thorized in the 194" revenue act
The House had sliced 10 per cent
or $1.2 million, off this total in ar
ecenomy move. ,
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Other major changes from the
House bill include:
The addition of $130,000 too be
gin a program of fluoridation ol
the city's water supply as a mean:
of preventing decay in the teetl
of children.
An increase of $100,000 over the
$500,000 granted by the House ir
payment to nine private hospital:
for caring for the District’s in
digent patients.
The restoration of $250,000 tc
funds for the Police Departmeni
to permit continuation of the 5
day work week by providing foi
pay for police who volunteer te
work on a sixth day.
An outlay of an additiona
$100,000 over the House total foi
Gallinger Hospital, mainly foi
personnel to staff the new pediat
rics-crippled children’s building.
Increases in Personnel.
And, an additional $82,000 foi
scattered increases in personne
for a variety of city agencies.
Senator Hill told the Senate th<
fluoridation program was to b<
self-liquidating because the extn
item was placed under the Watei
Department budget which woulc
hp flnnnpprl nut. nf wotpr cprvim
rates.
Senator Ferguson, Republican
of Michigan, who has waged s
campaign to slice 10 per cent of
the personnel funds for all Gov
ernment agencies, told the Senat<
he was not insisting in such a cu
in the District budget. He said hf
was not doing so because thf
pending bill was for a municipa
operation and not directly associ
ated with Federal outlays.
Bill Was Held Down.
In addition, Senator Fergusor
told his colleagues that the Dis
trict bill generally was held dowr
to the levels of the 1951 appro
priations as to the number ol
city workers. He said he was noi
in agreement on all items in the
bill as it came to the Senate bui
that he thought some of thesf
issues could be ironed out in the
conference with the House.
As soon as the Senate hac
passed the bill by voice vote
Senator Hill won approval of s
motion that the Senate insist or
its amendments and ask for a
conference with the House.
Named as Senate conferees, ir
addition to Senator Hill, were
Democratic Senators O’Mahoney
of Wyoming, McClellan of Arkan
sas, and Neely of West Virginia
and Republican Senators Fergu
son and Wherry, of Nebraska.
Busmen's Holiday Upset
SELLINGE, England, July 30
(JP). — A London busmen’s mid
summer outing—on a London bus
—was broken up abruptly yest#
day. The bus overturned ^
Witnesses Assail T ransit Service
As PUC Opens Special Hearing
Many Charge Use of Dirty, Obsolete Buses;
Plans for Fare Increase Under Fire
i Capital Transit Co.’s service to
I the Washington public took a
severe drubbing today in a hear
ling before the Public Utilities
! Commission.
PUC is investigating the “rea
sonableness” of the company’s
service. A slate of 12 witnesses
representing the public had hard
ly a good word to say for the com
pany during today’s opening ses
sion in the District building.
Witnesses charged the company
with operating obsolete, dirty and
uncomfortable buses, providing
too infrequent service, having dis
courteous drivels and permitting
extreme congestion at one ter
:minal—Barney Circle.
Almost everybody hit the transit
' firm’s proposal today for new
fare increases. One witness even
urged a decrease.
A labor union spokesman ac
cused the company of trying to
“maximize profits at the expense
of service.”
Capital Transit officials waited
in a group to answer the charges.
Company representatives outnum
bered the rest of the persons who
turned out for the hearing.
E. C. Giddings, company vice
president, said two days will be
required to present the company’s
case.
Most of the dozen witnesses
who appeared at this morning’s
session were spokesmen for civic
organizations.
Stanley Gewirtz, president o:
• See SERVICE, Page A-2.)
Ty Cobb, Frick Defend
'Reserve Clause' as
Vital to Good Baseball
House Hearing Opens;
Old Detroit Star Tells
Of Trouble With Rule
By Miriam Ottenberg
Ty Cobb, one of baseball’s im
mortals, today told the House
j Monopoly subcommittee that if
ball players were allowed to shop
around for the highest salary, the
wealthiest clubs would get all the
| best players and the leagues would
| be “lopsided.”
Leadoff witness at the congres
sional hearings on whether base
ball should be exempt from anti
trust laws, Cobb defended the “re
■ serve clause,” although it once
kept him from shopping around
for more money. Under the “re
1 serve clause,” the players are tied
to the clubs that own them for
l as long as the clubs want their
1 services.
Cobb's testimony — a blend of
■ reminiscence and drawling cracks
—was backed up by a detailed
defense of the reserve rule by
Ford Frick, president ol the Na
. tional League and spokesman for
big league baseball.
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! Mr. Frick declared that the “re
; serve clause” simply “reflects the
I fact that the ball player offers
;j an unique and unusual service and
that each individual club must
j be able to depend on the avail
' ability of qualified personnel from
: season to season so that the com
petitive balance essential to the
survival of baseball may be main
' tained.”
’ Mr. Frick said he could not
see why there was all the furor
about the reserve clause because
it is basically a long term con
tract, which is not unusual where
distinctive personal service is in
volved.
The subcommittee drew from
Cobb the story of his 1913 fight
for a higher salary from the De
troit Tigers. The story brought
out that the late Frank Navin,
then president and owner of the
Tigers, refused to give Cobb a
raise from $9,000 to $15,000 and
(See PROBE, Page A-3.)
Late News
Bulletin
Brothers Drown in River
Two brothers were drowned
today in the Potomac River at
the foot of Bashford lane,
Alexandria, when a wooden box
on which they were floating
upset. Alexandria police iden
tified the victims as Leroy Mor
ris Johnson, 11, and Lonnie
Richard Johnson, 9, colored, of
419 North Pitt street, Alexan
dria. The tragedy was wit
nessed from the shore bjfttheir
7-year-old brother. Mich^w.
U. 5. Plans Additional
Tests of Atomic Bomb,
AEC Chairman Says
Legislation Seen Needed
If British Want to Use
American Proving Ground
By the Associated Press
The United States is plannin;
more tests of the atomic bomb
Chairman Gordon Dean of thi
Atomic Energy Commission saic
today.
Mr. Dean declined to tell a new:
conference, however, whether th:
tests would be at already an
nounced proving grounds or a
some other place. There has
been speculation that a new prov
ing ground may be established ir
the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
Mr. Dean said any first test o
a British-made atomic bomb oi
an American proving grounc
would probably necessitate s
change in the United States atom
ic energy law. He was asked thi:
direct question by a reporter:
"Have the British made anj
overtures about their first atomic
test?” He answered:
"If they have they did not make
it to us. (The Atomic Energj
commission)."
Offers No Statement.
Mr. Dean offered no statemeni
that the British actually wer<
planning any first test of ar
A-bomb. But he did say:
“It would mean a change in tlx
‘atomic energy' law to allow then
to use one of our proving grounds.’
Mr. Dean added: “It would in
volve a lot of problems ... I don’i
see how a joint test could be con
ducted without some kind of legis
lative blessing.”
In saying that the United State:
is planning further tests of its
own atomic weapons, Mr. Dear
said “we are not quite ready tc
give you the test sites and dates.’
He said the commission at one
time or another had thought of
test sites “in practically every
part of the globe.” He did not
amplify that statement. Asked
why the same proving grounds
cannot be used over and over
again, he said that one of the
reasons was the heavy logistics
involved in faraway tests such
as those at Eniwetok.
Depends on Test Nature.
He added: “It depends on what
you want to test.”
Mr. Dean said that “if it is
something that does call for elab
orate instrumentation and a big
‘bang’ ” such a test is held at a
remote place. Otherwise, he added
a test can be held “closer in.’
Then he said, “One of the con
siderations also is hurting some
body.”
The chairman added confi
dently:
“We don’t test these things to
see if they will go off. We know
they will. We test them to deter
mine improvements that might be
incorporated.”
He said that none of the weap
ons so far tested by the jpnited
States “has ever failed to so off.’
Transit Asks 15c
Fare, No Tokens
And $2.25 Pass
Plea to PUC Cites
$2 Million Increase
In Operating Cost
The Capital Transit Co. today
asked the Public Utilities Commis
sion to grant fare increases effec
tive August 19.
The company asked:
1. That tokens, now sold three
for 40 cents, be eliminated.
2. That the weekly passes be
increased from $2 to $2.25.
3. That the straight cash fare
remain at 15 cents as it is now.
The 3-cent fare for school chil
dren, fixed by act of Congress
since 1931, is unaffected by the
request. The company has indi
cated it would like an upward
adjustment, how;ever.
Pending before the Senate Dis
trict Committee is a bill that
would give the PUC power to set
the school fare.
Would Bring in $675,000.
The petition to the PUC said
operating expenses are expected to
jump $2 million in the coming
year. The fare increases asked
today would bring in an additional
$675,000 annnally.
The request for a fare increase
came as the PUC prepared to open
a public hearing today on the
•'reasonableness” of the service
the transit company is offering to
the Washington public.
It also followed closely an an
nouncement last week by Capital
Transit officials that the company
10-Year Tabulation
Of Capital Transit
Fare Increases
Following is a tabulation
showing Capital Transit fare
increases over the last 10
i years:
Cash Tokens. Weekly
Date. fare. pass,
i July 30, 1941 10c 8 for 50c *1.25
I May 11. 1947 10c (none) 1.50
Oct. 31.1948 13c 3 for 35c 1.75
Ju!y 10. 1950 15c 3 for 40c 2.00
July 30, 1051 15c (none) 2.25
I (asked)
The company’s net income
for the last 10 years follows:
1941 _*1,308.969
1942 _ 1.748,991
I 1943 1.545.250
1944 1.565.225
i 1945 1,342.079
1946 914.527
I 1947 •90,631
1948 _ 390.065
1949 _ 332.432
1950*_ 905.857
19515 _ 925.262
•Net loss.
♦Beginning of new management.
$Six months ending June UO.
earnings the first half of this year
were more than five times that of
a year ago.
Company Stresses Expenses.
As its justification for fare in
creases at this time, the transit
company said its operating ex
penses would increase despite its
j efforts to reduce the cost of op
eration and still render adequate
| service.
| The petition stated that the
company was entitled to a return
i for the fiscal year ending June 30,
11952, of not less than $1,885,000.
I This is based on a “fair” return of
inot more than 7Vi per cent applied
! to the rate base, which rate base
[the company considers too low.
The amount by which the com
ipany will fail to earn the 7 Vi per
[cent return will be “not less than
[$1 million,” the petition continued.
: Excepting its Maryland operations,
| the petition said, the company will
[need an additional $675,000 to get
! frVio 71/. nor rent rofnrn nw ifc T1ic_
Itrict operations.
Firm Must Remain Stable.
“It is in the public interest that
the company should maintain its
financial stability and credit,” the
petition said, adding:
“Any delay in the effectiveness
of the fare changes . . . would be
detrimental to that financial sta
bility and credit and may impair
the company’s ability to render
adequate service to the public.”
Capital Transit said the wage
increases granted its employes
following a three-day strike last
month would add "more than $1.7
million” to its annual wage cost.
The company said other oper
ating expenses would go up an
other $300,000. Of that sum, it
explained, $226,000 is the addi
tional electric power bill which
the Potomac Electric Power Co.
won earlier this year when it got
ja rate increase from the PUC.
Increases Were Forecast.
Request for increases was fore
cast when the transit company
agreed to increase wages and
other benefits in settling the re
cent strike.
The strike, called by Division
1689, AFL Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street, Electric Railway
j and Motor Coach Employes of
—
(See TRANSIT, Page A-2.)
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TALE OF TWO CITIES—Star Staff
Reporter Alex R. Preston tells the
story behind the campaigns of threa
candidates seeking the Democratic
nomination for two seats in the Vir
ginia House of Delegates. His analysis
of the primary race in the Staunton
Waynesboro area appears on Page B-l.
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION—A veteran
British diplomat calls for co-ordinated
"cold-war activity" to fight the dan
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through apathy and Russian propa
ganda. The second of this series
appears on Page A-7.
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