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Pari-Mutuel Betting Away From Maryland Tracks Is Opposed ly tho Associated Press . BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.—The a Finance Committee of the Legis lative Council last night rejected ! a proposal that Maryland sponsor off-track pari-mutuel betting. The proposal had no announced backing other than its sponsor, Delegate Wagner, Democrat, of Baltimore. Opposing it were representa tives of law-enforcement author ities race track officials and * churchmen. The council’s crime committee ' simultaneously agreed to finish ' the hearings already started be fore it delved any further in ' Maryland’s crime picture. May Not Heed Sherbow. The committee’s action clouded the question as to whether it - would take the advice of Judge Joseph Sherbow of the Criminal Court in Baltimore City and ap point an investigator to delve into the crime situation further. * If it did, it would undoubtedly have to take up the proposal of Gov. McKeldin, who said he would back the spending of $50,000 for a crime probe, providing the - council’s committee works with one he is appointing to follow through on the United States Sen ate’s Crime Committee report. That report said that crime still flourished in Baltimore, ap * parently with the knowledge of some police officers. Hearing Next Thursday. * The work left for the council’s Crime Committee is to hear from Baltimore City authorities their version of the crime situation in the city, as it heard silimar authorities in Western Maryland and on the Eastern Shore. * The council’s crime probers yes terday decided to round out its present series of inquiries with a * two-county hearing next Thurs r day. It scheduled a meeting at Tow son to hear judges and law-en forcement officers of Baltimore and Harford Counties. Senator Crothers, chairman of! > the Judiciary Committee, said his . group would not consider any J more recommendations untif that hearing is over. Hornet Sting Kills Man RYE. N. Y„ Sept. 13 (£*).—A . single hornet sting caused the ? death yesterday of Charles Pilger, J 28, of Valhalla, N. Y. Mr. Pilger, scything weeds along with two * other utility company employes, % slashed into a nest of hornets j Dr. David M. Spain, Westchester 5 County medical examiner, said ? the man had been stung only once r—on the back of his hand. * PROPOSALS 2 Government or the district ■f Ol COLUMBIA. DIRECTOR OR r* CONSTRUCTION. D. C.. September * 7. 1951.—SEALED PROPOSALS will a be received 1 a Room 609. District .*? Building. 34th and E Streets N.W., « Washington 4. D. C„ until 2:00 * p.m. E 8. T„ October 9. 1951. and ( then publicly opened and read for , V Irstal ation of Three Electric Ele- ‘ « vators !r the Infirmary Building at ' i the Home for the Aged and Infirm. Blue Plains. S.W., Washington 20. i . D C.. Authorization to Begin Con atructlon and Allotment of Controlled Materials have been received Irom * Federal Security Agency. Proposal forms, specifications, drawings and J CMP 13 forms may be obtained in the Office of Chief Clerk, Engineer * Department, Room 427. District Building. Washington 4. D. C. (Tele -1 phone National 6000. Ext. 2378). 5e7,8.10.11.12.13 j j ' LOST. ! BAG. lady's small tan suitcase: “Kallar”; 1 taken by mistake or put in wrong cab. i 1 Sept. 10, a.m.. at Union station. Reward. * Call lost and found dept.. Diamond i * Cabs. NO. 0151. 9:30 ajn. to 5 p.m. —l4 * Belgium police dog. named "Chuck," 1 * old tag on chain. Reward. Call HO. ' 1983, —l3 1 ' BLACK PURSE, between Linden ave.. in Md.. and Griffith Stadium. Reward. Call 3L. 4381. —l4 | . BRACELET, lady’s gold: lost Sept. 6. Re * ward. Box 70-T, Star. 15* ; . BRACELET, gold, with Vale swimming • ■ medal attached. Engraved D. J. Callahan. . Reward. OL 8032. —l4 t- BRACELET. Mexican silver, lost Conn. • * ave., between Macomb and Tilden. Fri < . evening. Reward. WO. 2693. —l4 , " BROWN LEATHER TOOLED PURSE. Re ;l ward. Call K. M. WALSH. JA. 8-6654. 1 * after 6 —l4 «Cat, black female, lost about a week. vie. ? 23rd st.. 8 and Ridge rd.. Arl. Call ft OT. 7793 Reward.. —ls ~ DOG. black and white, smooth hair, mid dle-slzed. male, bobbed tail; vie. 4500 blk. Wis. ave. Reward. EM. 8260. —l4 * DOGS—i male black and tan coon hound i* 1 female white Walker and long-legged beagle: vie. 1600 blk. Swann st. n.w. SSOO reward. Call HO. 2562 or HO. 0847, —1» EARRING, cut steel; sentimental value: t' $2 reward, PI. 1260. * EYEGLASSES, tinted lens, brown leather case. Reward. TO. 4924 after 5 p.m. EVE GLASSES, shell frame, tinted lenses. blue case. Reward. RE. 0948. —l3 POX TERRIER, male, black and white, ••Mike." Call MRS. DARNEB, WA. 2962. Pox TERRIER PUPPY, black and “white, male; vie. Wis. and Albemarle n.w. WO. 7837. HOUND, female, black and tan. black back and tan legs; strayed from 401 D st. n.e. Good reward. LI. 4-0707. MR CANNON —l6 Bet CASE, light tan, lost near 901 17th st. n.e. Reward for return. LU. 4-5162. MASONIC EMBLEM from ring, mounted inlaid stones; sentimental value. Re ward. CH. 0021. Parakeet, blue, named “Petey”; vie. of Queenstown Apts.; child’s pet. Call AF. 4539. —ls PARAKEET, green, yellow and black; very tame; children’s pet. WA. 3548. —l3 RlNG—Yellow gold West Point miniature ring, set with sapphire and diamonds; possibly vie. Walter Reed Hospital. Re ward. OR. 6212. —l3 Siamese CAT—Strayed Vic. Falls Church. Fairfax. Believed searching for home in D. C. Blue eyed; black mask, feet, ears tall. FA. 4118. Reward. —l3 SPITZ, black and white, answers to name of "Spotty." Reward. JO. 2-6053, —l4 WALLET, brown, man’s vie. of Keith’s Theater or 20th st. and Pa. ave. Re ward. HO. 6902. —ls WALLET, containing cash. Montana regis tration card. etc. Keep money, return .... papers to GEORGE O. PRATT. RFD 1. Falls Church, Va. WALLET, brown leather, with driver’s license and registration, name "Jesse Cocsey." Reward. EM, 6554. WATCH, lady’s, small square white gold with diamonds, in vie. of Windom pi. n.w.. Fri. night. Reward. EM, 8535, —l6 WHITE-HAired TERRIER, female, name "skippy.” Reward. 2458 39th pi. n.w. WO. 9160. _____ —ls WRIST WATCH, lady's, white gold, lost between Garflnckel’s and Woodward & Lothrop. Reward. 1739 Eye at. n.w. NA. 1768. —l6 LOST OB STRAYED —2 valuable Skye ter rlers; male, dark gray; female, lighter. Call OW. 1044. —l9 FOUND. COLLIE, male, also Dalmatian, pure breed and 1 boxer (female). Call PRINCE GEO. CO. ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. UN. 0887 or WA. 3579. CUFF LINK, one. man’s, gold, on F at., near 14th at. n.w.. Sept. 12: loser call at Evening Star business counter. BOG, young collie, vicinity 20th rd. and N. Utah. Arlington. JA. 8-4462. _ HOUND, mixed, male, black and tan. Owner or good home. KI, 9-3959. HORSES (2). 1 work horse and 1 rid ing horse Owner Identify. Call PRINCE GEORGES CO. ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. UN. 0887 or WA. 3579. LITTLE BLACK DOG with white markings; vie. Indian Spring Country club, Silver Soring. SH. 2986. ■mall Male DOG! tan honey-colored, &> e flS^jS&rT&a? o U> ° r C°ll>r -*IPTTZ. male, white with brown spots around gye. Owner or good home. KL > ■* .» pi. j mJH m flr Jg iU s| lIW R M |: l ' M mm I * | |l ,|MBiBB. . DEFENSE DIRECTORSHIP IS SHlFTED—President Truman confers with Robert A. Lovett (right) after naming him to succeed George C. Marshall (center) as Secretary of Defense. , —Star Staff Photo. Senate, Still Pushing Defense Bill, Talks Os Secret Weapons By Cecil Holland The Senate pushed today to ward Anal action on the record breaking s6l billion defense ap propriation bill amid more talk of frightful new weapons of de struction. Leaders hoped to complete work on the huge money bill which includes funds for new secret weapons that President Truman has described as ’’fantastic” dur ing the day. After some restrictions were added to the bill in yesterday’s third round of debate, Senate Democratic Leader McFarland won agreement from the Senators to limit discussion of each amend ment to 30 minutes and a wind-up flurry of talk on the bill itself |to two hours. Ae debate on the bill continued, there was more comment on new. weapons being developed in this country. Senator Ellender, Democrat, of Louisiana, a member of the Ap-! propriations Committee, joined in the talk by commenting in a radio broadcast last night: “There are new weapons that will be used shortly in the Korean war.” Senator McMahon, Democrat,! of Connecticut, chairman of the; Senate-House Atomic Committee,! yesterday told reporters that thej destructive power of this country’6 atomic stockpile is “truly fan-! tastic.” He made the comment after an "important” meeting of his com mittee with officials of the Atomic Energy Commission. Senator McMahon refused to hint what was discussed at the meeting and declined to be drawn into a dis cussion of whether new weapons recently referred to by President Truman and others should be used in the Korean war. “That,” Senator McMahon said, "is an executive decision.” Controls (Continued From First Page.) terrible Capehart amendment.” It backed his request that Con gress repeal the provision, and declared a proposed revamping of the section would accomplish no real good. The AFL’s views were set forth by one of its economists, Peter Henle, in a statement prepared for a Senate Banking Subcomit tee headed by Senator Robertson, Democrat, of Virginia. Mr. Henle was called as the first witness as the group started hearings on Mr. Truman’s apepal for changes in the law he signed reluctantly July 31. Senator Robertson’s subcom mittee was dealing exclusively with the Capehart amendment, which the President has assailed as a price-increasing "economic booby trap.” Capehart Is Unmoved. Senator Capehart, Republican, of Indiana has said the amend ment to which the President tagged his name actually was drafted by four Democrats and another Republican in addition to Senator Capehart. “But regardless of authorship, I still think it is a just provision which opens the way for price rollbacks as well as warranted in creases,” Senator Capehart told a reporter in advance of today’s ses sion. The provision permits sellers to pass on to consumers virtually all cost increases which occurred be tween the start of the Korean war and last July 26. It applies to non-farm commodities and allows price rollbacks if they can be achieved after designated cost in creases have been taken into account. For the AFL, Mr. Henle said regarding the amendment: “In a very real sense, it can be called a fraud on the American people because, while it does not abolish the structure and admin istrative organization of a price ; control authority, it does establish a rigid, automatic, cost-plus sys : tem of pricing which renders this authority helpless to prevent a • substantial increase in prices.” Sees No Rollback. Mr. Henle also declared the technical language of the amend ; ment is such as to rule out “any significant” price rollbacks, i “The housewife who has been , looking to OPS (Office of Price Stabilization) to reduce some of the out-of-line prices had better look elsewhere,” the AFL man ; said. “In the end, no one will benefit from this amendment. The higher prices will stimulate the inflation ary spiral, add to the cost of the Nation’s defense budget, and make > more difficult the task of wage Man Drowns in Tidal Basin Despite Attempted Rescue A 40-year-old man drowned this morning in the Tidal Basin despite the efforts of two other men to rescue him. Police said the dead man car ried an automobile driver’s permit issued to Chase Goodall, colored, of the 1300 block of Wallach place N.W. It was the sole source of identification. I The two who tried to rescue him were James Fitzsimmons, 35, of 3754 Gunston road, Alexandria, and Clarence Montgomery, 30, of 428 First street S.W., police said. They were quoted as saying they did not see the man go into the basin but saw him in the water and jumped in after him. He was taken to the bank and the police rescue squad tried in vain to revive him. Mr. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Mont gomery were treated at Emergency Hospital for exposure. Berlin Reds Kidnap Western Policeman ly th« Atiociated Prill BERLIN, Sept. 13.—East Berlin Communist police, guarding the . street barriers with which the So viet sector is gradually isolating itself from the West, today kid ! napped a West Berlin policeman | on the sector border. West Berlin police headquarters isaid Inspector Leopold Wittke was merely examining a newly erected Communist barricade when he was seized by a group of East Berlin People’s policemen and dragged off into the Soviet sector. Wittke was chief of a precinct station in the American sector borough of Kreuzberg. The new barrier, erected during the night, reduced to 26 the num ber of streets still open for East- West crossing within the city. Until a few months ago there were about 90. West Berlin authorities believe the Communist aim is to channel traffic over a few streets so they can control it easily. The Reds always have claimed that ‘ smug glers” have been hauling raw ma terials and valuable scrap metal out of their zone to West Berlin. The restrictions also would make the flight of political refugees to the West more difficult. Deferments for Students To Continue This Year ly tha Associated Press College students will continue eligible for draft deferments dur ing the coming academic year. In announcing this yesterday, Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg said, however, that the program may have to be "tightened up” when military manpower nears the bottom of the barrel in the following year Kite Electrocutes Student FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 13 (A*).—A Texas Christian Univer sity freshman was electrocuted by a kite yesterday. Gerald Wilbur Ottmann, 18. was flying a kite with a thin wire in a yard across the street from his home. The kite fell behind a house. The wire struck a 7,200-volt power line. The youth apparently was killed instantly. 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But Mr. Lovett is much more in formal and has a habit of popping into an office personally, unan nounced, bearing his own message. He has a keen sense of humor and can speak the suave language of diplomats or the short, familiar words which soldiers and sailors know. Flew His Own Plane. The new secretary is intensely interested in airpower and that interest antedates his service as Assistant Secretary of War for Air when Gen. Marshall was Chief of Staff. He started flying his own plane in 1916 while a Yale student and later joined the now famed "Yale Unit” of naval aviators in World War I. He came out of the Navy a lieutenant commander Except to meet the strictest re quirements of his official standing, Mr. Lovett remains aloof from the Capital’s social life. He appears somewhat shy. Yesterday he ob viously did not enjoy the series of picture-taking sessions that he was forced to go through, first at the White House and then at the Pentagon. The newsreels and still photographers had him posing for more than half an hour at the latter session. The tall, bald ex-financier is a native of Huntsville, Tex. West European Press Worries Over Resignation PARIS, Sept. 13 (JP).— West European newspapers expressed both regret and worry today at the resignation of George C. Mar shall as United States Secretary of Defense. From the other side of the iron curtain there was no comment as yet. The morning press in Moscow reported the secretary’s; retirement briefly, without edi torial elaboration. Both Gen. Marshall and his successor, Rob ert A. Lovett, have been targets of sharp criticism in the Soviet press. Leading French newspapers re flected worry. The independent Social news paper Combat said in its front page report that “Marshall quit because the battle for Europe, the priority of Europe in the order of importance of the definite ob jectives of American policy: the battle of the Atlantic pact, to put the whole thing in a few words.” It added that Gen. Marshall was defeated "by a Congress which, far from listening to his appeals, kept on cutting the sums appro priated for Europe.” Attitude Toward Peiping Cited. The right wing newspaper L’Au rore took a similar view. “Gen. Marshall,” said its edi torial, “stood, if not for a less intransigeant attitudf toward Peiping, at least for the limiting of the Korean war at any price to the area in which it has been fought so far.” The left-wing but anti-Com munist newspaper Frank-Tireur asked whether Gen. Marshall and the Army differed on military stra tegy in the Far East; whether he disagreed with the State Depart ment on the policy of rearming ~ *" n I YOUR WILL is YOUR PLAN ... 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Marshall, who retired yesterday as Secretary of Defense, is a towering example of what a man must be prepared to face if he accepts high Govern ment office in these times. There are, of course, some other distinguished examples of this: Dean Acheson, still Secretary of State, and Louis Johnson and James Forrestal, both of whom were Secretary of Defense. After a long and brilliant mili tary career, Gen. Marshall held the two most important jobs in the President’s cabinet: Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. Altogether he has served the coun try half a century. He resigned as Secretary of State in 1949—Mr. Acheson suc ceeded him—and went into retire ment. He was called back by President Truman one year ago yesterday, September 12, 1950, to succeed Mr. Johnson as Secretary of Defense. China Efforts Recalled. And one year ago today this writer, reviewing Gen. Marshall’s career, noted that he and Mr. Acheson together had helped shape our policy toward China which the Communists eventually took over. And in that review a question was raised in the following two paragraphs, a question which was answered in the next 12 months: “For many months now, with the Communists in control of China, Mr. Acheson has been con- Japan and Germany, whether he! might have been sacrificed for hisj previous critcism of the Chinese Nationalists. The Communist newspaper L’Humanite, apparently not yet apprised of the party line on the 'matter, limited itself to a fac tual report of 150 words. Hopes for Unchanged Policy. In West Berlin newspapers ex-! pressed regret, but indicated faith that Mr. Lovett’s appointment meant no change in United States opposition to Red aggression. The “bloody endlessness” of the Korean war and the controversy over Gen. MacArthur’s removal may have figured in Gen. Mar shall’s decision, speculated the newspaper Der Tag. ! The Christian-Democratic news paper, Neue eit, which now is un der the control of the Soviet zone ! regime, criticized Gen. Marshall’s i career, saying he was responsible for a China policy which “sense lessly squandered billions of dol lars in supporting Chiang Kai shek.” Grady Leaves Teheran Sunday on Way to U. S. ly th. Associated Press TEHERAN, Iran, Sept. 13. Henry F. Grady, retiring American j Ambassador to Iran, plans to leave! Sunday on his return to the United; States. He plans stops en route! at Istanbul and Frankfurt. Loy Henderson, who will suc ceed Mr. Grady, is expected here from New Delhi September 19. Mr. Henderson has been Amer ican Ambassador to India. Kashmir Feels Quakes SPRINAGAR, Kashmir, Sept. 13 (#*). —Two severe earthquakes caused panic last night among residents of Sprinagar and other nearby towns. Some property damage occurred to homes but no casualties were reported. IT the ATW ■ ■ DOWN STAIRS STORE demned by the Republicans for our China policy. Senator . Mc- Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin, even called him the ’Red Dei*.' “It seems unlikely that any one would dare try to put any Red labels on Gen. Marshall but. . , . Now we’ll have to see Gen. Marshall is going to be criti cized along with Mr. Acheson on the China policy.” Gen. Marshall got some criti cism from the 6tart, and more later, but no one went so far as Senator McCarthy who—in a 60,- 000-word Senate speech on June 15, 1951—called Gen. Marshall not only a liar but a “mysterious, powerful” figure in a “great con spiracy” to deliver this country to communism. McCarthy Attack Ignored. Gen. Marshall didn’t answer this attack which was pretty widely ignored by Democrats and Republicans alike. But Mr. Ache son as Secretary of State holds the modern long-range record for criticism while holding high Gov ernment office. Senator McCarthy has beaten on him from many directions— always following his main theme that the State Department is full of Communists but he hasn’t been alone in his attack on the Secretary. His fellow-Republicans in Congress took the extraordinary step of voting no confidence in the Secretary. Mr. Acheson, like Gen. Marshall, has had practically nothing to say about the attacks on him. But in the past two years his hair has I ■ —— Upper Marlboro Girl Hurl When Thrown From Horse Miss Sarah (Sally) Zantzinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Zantzinger, Upper Marlboro, suffered head injuries today when she was thrown from lysr horse at the Upper Marlboro race track. Prince Georges County police said witnesses told them Miss Zantzinger’s horse threw her at a jump as she was practicing for a forthcoming horse show. She was taken to Prince Georges General Hospital, where officials said she was in undetermined con dition. Her father, a Washington real estate man, is a former member of the Maryland House of Dele gates. Historical Junto to Meet The Pennsylvania Historical Junto will hold a discussion on the history of high school educa tion in Pennsylvania at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in the conference room of the National Archives, Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue N.W. THE RED LOBSTER RESTAURANT 811 South Washington St. Alex., Va. Will Be Closed Until Tuesday, Sept. 18 Due To The Death Os One Os Its Owners THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.*** THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1051 turned white. Because of the at tacks on him, or simply because be is growing older. Louis Johnson, who followed Mr. Forrestal as Secretary of De fense in 1949 but was replaced by Gen. Marshall last September, at the President’s request, took a broad critical beating, particularly after the Korean war started and this country discovered how un prepared it was for war. In his letter of resignation, Mr. Johnson told the President bit terly: “It was inevitable in the conscientious performance of my duties . . that I would make more enemies than friends. Some what ruefully, I now admit, I was right.” Forrestal Tragedy Cited. But Mr. Forrestal was the truly tragic figure. He quit a SIBO,OOO a year Wall Street job in 1940 to work for the Government at SIO,OOO. He was made the first secretary of defense in 1947. He had the tough job of trying to unify the armed forces. Criticism of him piled up. He resigned in March, 1949, and two months WHY NOT? It costs no more to park at the Capital Garage New York Avenue between 13th and 14th I Li li\l vs* I I //1 Mm 1 M K m flp | AT YOUR GROCER’S-AWW/ / later died in a plunge from a hos pital window. Doctors said ha was despondent. Writing on Mr. Forrestal’* death, Roscoe Drummond in the Christian Science Monitor said his case “may well help all Americans to a better understanding—indeed, to a somewhat fuller gratitude— for public officials who make great sacrifices to serve the Government and are rewarded in large part by an inverse ratio of abuse and criticism.” In a Senate speech the day after Mr. Forrestal’s death, Senator Flanders, Republican of Vermont summed up his view of the time and place by praising Mr. For restal as a good man “in this magnetic and magnificent City of Washington, D. C., which is in fact the capital of our world and in which is blended a mixture of integrity and insincerity, faith and godlessness, purpose and futility, purity and venom.” AIR-CONDITIONED STORE, OFFICE OR SHOWROOM CAFRITZ BUILDING 1625 EYE ST. N.W. Approximately 2,500 sq. ft. of space; includes mezzanine. Large show windows, soundproof ceil-' ing. 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