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100th Year. No. 41. SSmSSSS* TEN CENTS.
Italy Disavows Soviet Treaty
After 5 Vetoes of Her U. N. Bid;
May Stop Paying Reparations
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Rejection of Efforts
To Join Declared
Violation of Pact
By th« Associated °r*ss
ROME, Feb. 8.—Italy disowned
her peace treaty obligations to
Russia tonight because of re
peated Soviet vetoes barring Italy
from United Nations membership.
U. N. affiliation for Italy was
specified in the treaty.
Italy now may not make any
more payments on her $100-mil
lion war reparations debt to Rus
sia.
Payments on the debt in goods
and military equipment have been
made since the 1947 treaty became
effective. It was not learned im
mediately how much is still owed.
Italy’s treaty disavowal was an
nounced in a note delivered to the
8oviet ambassador here by the
Italian Foreign Office.
It declared the five Russian
vetoes on Italy’s U. N. membership
bid in themselves were a violation
of a the peace treaty.
Value of Properties Disputed.
The note was handed to Soviet
Ambassador Mikhail Kostylev by
Paolo Emilio Taviani. Italian
undersecretary of foreign affairs.
Mr. Kotsylev was summoned to
the Foreign Office in Chigi Palace
to receive the note.
It said Russia had pledged In
the treaty “to support the applica
tion of Italy to become a member
of the United Nations.”
Because of the Soviet vetoes,
the Italian government declared,
It “cannot adhere further” to
treaty obligations to the Soviet
Union.
Under the peace treaty, Italy is
required to pay reparations to
Russia in whole or in part with
Italian-held properties in coun
tries which now have become
Soviet satellites. They Include
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Italy valued her properties in
those countries at $100 million or
more—enough to cover her entire
reparations obligations to the
U. S. S. R.
Russia, on the other hand,
claimed the Italian foreign prop
erties were worth only $25 mil
lion to $30 million. Two commis
sions—Italian and Russian—were
named to study the dispute. After
several sessions the two bodies
could not agree and met no more.
May Charge Off Debt.
Informed sources here specu
lated that Italy now will make
no further moves to determine
the value of the foreign-held
properties or to make additional
reparations payments.
The Rome government may
take the view that confiscation of
the properties in the satellite
countries is equivalent to full
payment of Italy’s reparations
debt.
The note said:
“In the United Nations Security
Council meeting in Paris on Feb
ruary 6, the representative of the
Soviet government vetoed ap
proval of a French resolution rec
ommending to the General As
sembly the admission of Italy.
This recommendation had been
requested by the General Assem
bly on December 7, 1951, with an
imposing manifestation. And not
withstanding that all the Security
Council members with the excep
tion of the U. S. 8. R. declared
themselves in favor of the French
proposal for Italy’s admission.”
Italian Dignity Offended.
“This is the fifth time the
Soviet representative has vetoed
Italy’s admission to the United
Nations at the Security Council,”
the note continued.
“Apart from any appreciation
of the Soviet attitude in asking
the Security Council to recom
mend the simultaneous admis
sion to the United Nations of all
states that have applied, the
Italian government notes that this
stand cannot be justified with re
spect to Italy toward which Rus
sia, with its treaty of Paris of
February 10, 1947, has taken a
pledge to support the applica
tion of Italy to become a member
of the United Nations and to ad
here to all conventions concluded
under the sponsorship of the
United Nations.
“The Soviet veto therefore not
only offends the dignity of the
Italian nation but harms a rec
ognized right and constitutes a
violation of its pledge on the part
of the U. S. S. R., a pledge that
is underwritten and taken with
respect to Italy in the above-men
tioned treaty.
“As a consequence, the Italian
government raises a most ener
getic protest against this violation
and declares in the meantime It
cannot adhere further on its part
to the obligation that the treaty
has imposed on Italy with respect
to the U. S. S. R. in a situation
determined by the Soviet govera
ments’ attitude.’*
Two Almanacs on Sale
In Star Building Lobby•
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lobby of The Star building:
The Star Edition of tha Information
Please Almanac, an 896-page store
house of facts.
The Star Edition of the AR-Sports
Almanac, which contains 256 pages of
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every sport, plus many other special
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Each booh costs $1. They are valu
able additions to the home and office
library.
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Truman Dig at Franco Regime
Now International Incident
Spanish Ambassador Lodges Memo
Of Displeasure at State Department
By Edward E. Bomar
Associated P-ess $*aff Writer
President Tnunan’s offhand dig
at the Franco regime turned into
an international incident yester
day as it was disclosed that the
Spanish Ambassador has lodged
a memo of displeasure with the
State Department.
Whether the tiff would imperil
plans to set up American air and
naval bases on Spanish soil to help
defend Western Europe was not
yet clear.
Mr. Truman remarked at his
news conference Thursday that
he had never been very fond of
the Franco Government. The
State Department disclosed yes
terday it had received a note Fri
jday night from Spanish Ambas
sador Jose Felix de Lequerica.
The contents of the note were
kept secret American and Spanish
officials said that it was some
thing less than a formal diplo
matic protest, and the State De
partment said no reply was
called for.
The incident occurs at a time
when the United States is pre
paring to send a new mission to
Spain to negotiate on the bases
question.
Apparently worried, retiring
United States Ambassador Stan
ton Griffis said after a conference
Friday with Mr. Truman that he
was assured the President rec
onizes the need for a military
agreement regardless of his feel
ings toward the Franco Govern
ment.
Mr. Truman had made his
comment when asked about a
statement attributed to Gen. Eis
enhower—and later denied—that
Spain should not be admitted to
the North Atlantic Treaty Alli
ance. The President replied that
he had not seen the reported
statement, and then added his
off-the-cuff comment.
Mr. Griffis, in his unusual state
ment, said Mr. Truman’s com
ment was “largely based on the
intolerable delays of the Spanish
Government in carrying out ef
fectively its promises that there
should be freedom of religion and
of its expression in Spain.”
Spanish Papers React
Unfavorably to Remark
By the Associated Press
MADRID, Feb. 9. — President
Truman’s remark that he had
never been well disposed toward
Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s
regime was prominently displayed
today in Spanish newspapers.
They commented on it unfavor
ably.
The newspaper Madrid said the
President’s words could not sur
prise anybody. The paper con
tinued :
“The only (thing) that can be
strange is his obstinacy in offend
ing a country wherein he has an
Ambassador and which country is
both the friendliest and least bur
densome to the Americans among
all the nations needed to form a
military bloc necessary to meet
the Red danger.”
Taft Says Eisenhower
Has Been Told He's tor
European Army Plan
Senator Will Go Along
As Long as Military Men
Can Report Progress
•y th* Associated Press
Senator Taft said last night
that Gen. Eisenhower has been
advised of the position he has
taken publicly that he will sup
port completion of the European
army project.
The Ohio Senator, an active
candidate for the Republican
Toft Outlines Views on Labor and Farmers
in Wisconsin Talk. Page A-4
Tatt and Stassen File for Primary Race
in West Virginia. Poge A-4
Reports Again Heard That Eisenhower
May Return in April. Page A-4
presidential nomination for which
Gen. Eisenhower also has made
himself available, said friends
had advised him it would be de
sirable that his views be com
municated to the general.
As a result. Senator Taft said
he understood one of several let
ters he had written to other per
sons stating his position has been
shown to Gen. Eisenhower.
“This is a statement of a posi
tion I have taken publicly,” Sena
tor Taft said, by telephone from
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., where he
had a speaking engagement.
No Secret Agreements.
"My friends said they were de
sirous that the general know
where I stood. They undertook to
communicate my position to the
general.
“There are no secret agreements
involved between us—everybody
should know by now where I stand
on the European army question. ’;
The Ohio Senator indicated in
the letter that he will go along
with efforts to rebuild Western
Europe’s defenses so long as Gen.:
Eisenhower and other military
men believe satisfactory progress
is being made.
At the same time, the Ohio
Senator indicated he was relying
strongly on the predictions made
last year by Gen. Eisenhower in
appearances before congressional
committees that Western Europe
eventually can take over her own
defenses and most American troops
can be withdrawn.
Lt. Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Gen.
Eisenhower’s chief deputy and one
of his possible successors when he
retires as supreme commander of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation forces, testified last year
American troop withdrawals might
begin in 1953 or 1954 if all went
well.
Double Significance.
Senator Taft’s move to transmit
his assurance to Gen. Eisenhower
was regarded as having double
barreled political significance as:
1. An attempt to convince Gen.
Eisenhower that there is no over
weaning necessity for him to battle
for the G. O. P. nomination be
cause of any fear that Senator
Taft will campaign as an “isola
tionist” committed to scuttling
the European program.
2. An effort to meet charges by
his Republican opponents—certain
to be elaborated by the Democrats
if he wins the nomination—that
Senator Taft plans to wreck the
foreign military and economic as
sistance program.
i a
McKinney Sounds Call
For Democrat Victory
In Truman Eulogy
National Chairman Lauds
President, Minimizes
Corruption Charges
By Gould Lincoln
National Chairman Frank E.
McKinney sounded a call for a
Democratic victory next Novem
ber in a eulogy of President Tru
man last night which had all the
earmark^ of a nominating speech.
In a talk to a Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner at Raleigh, N. C„ Mr.
McKinney declared Mr. Truman
had taken steps to prepare the
United States for any eventuality
in the deadly peril created by the
machinations of Soviet Russia.
No other potential Democratic
nominee for President was men
tioned, and no other Democrat,
Survey Shows Most Democratic Leaders
Think Truman Will Run. Page A-5
J. A. O'Leary Reviews the Campaign
Week. Page C-2
Kefauver Says Water Must Be Squeezed
From Defense Budget. Page A-4
by name, except the late President
Roosevelt and the present Demo
cratic leaders in North Carolina.
"No President in our history,”
said Mr. McKinney, "has ever
been required to make decisions
of the boldness or of the grandeur
of those made by President Tru
man. The first of these was his
stupendous decision to use atomic
warfare for the first time in man’s
history. He did this, of course,
upon tne advice of the military,
but with the full realization of its
world-shaking effect on civiliza
tion.
Recalls Marshall Plan.
"Second — and this is without
precedent in our history—he pro
posed that we give aid to Greece
and Turkey when it appeared that
these strategically located coun
tries might fall to the Communists.
“Third, in what Mr. Churchill
has called ‘an act of majestic gen
erosity,’ Mr. Truman, and a Con
gress which responded to his lead
ership inauguarated the Marshall
plan—again an act without prec
edent in our history.”
Mr McKinney credited Mr. Tru
man with setting up the Berlin
airlift, which he said, saved Ger
many. And acting on behalf of
the United Nations, he said, Mr.
(See DEMOCRATS, Page A-8.)
Elizabeth Sets
May 31 as End
Of Mourning
King's Body Will Be
Taken by Train to
London Tomorrow
•y tho Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 8.—Court mourn
ing for King George VI is to last
until next May 31 by his daugh
ter’s royal command. The period
is shorter than had been generally
expected.
An official announcement to
night said Queen Elizabeth II
Village Neighbors of King Pay Tribute at
Coffin in Church. Page A-3
Elizabeth to Rule 120 Million; Father
Begon With 450 Million. Page A-3
New Elizabethan Era Dawns in Belea
guered Britain. Page C-1.
“commands that the court shall
wear mourning until Saturday,
21st May, next, for his late most
gracious majesty, King George VI
of blessed memory.
“The court is to come out of
mourning on Sunday, June 1,
next.”
Full mourning for the King’s
father, George V, lasted six
months. That was followed by
three months of half mourning.
In the mourning period, court
activities are curtailed and its
members wear somber clothing or
signs of mourning.
There has been no indication
thus far of any period of half
mourning to follow the compara
tively short period—just over 16
weeks—in the present case.
Throngs to Pay Tribute.
Observers noted that, by custom,
a coronation is not held in the
mourning period, but is held in the
months of good weather. Thus the
end of the period May 31 would
not rule out coronation for Eliza
beth either this summer or in
early autumn. It has been gen
erany assumed, nowever, tnat tne
coronation will come next spring.
This ancient British capital was
sadly preparing for its last ex
pression of affection and loyalty
for the King.
The streets will echo Monday
the muffled tread of a sorrowing
procession carrying his body from
a railway station to ancient West
minster Hall to lie in state for
three days.
Hundreds of thousands of his
people expect.to file reverently
past the great candle-lit bier be
fore the King is buried Frklgy
with his ancestors in St. George’s
Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Dnkea to Walk Behind Body.
This ritual contrasts sharply
with the simple scene in the little
church of St. Mary Magdalene on
the royal Sandringham estate
where the King lay today.
Monday the coffin will be car
ried from Sandringham to the
Wolverton station nearby to be
placed aboard a four-car funeral
train for the 130-mile journey to
London.
As guards of honor from the
nation’s three armed services snap
to attention, the coffin will be
lifted from the train at King’s
Cross station by one officer and
10 men of the King’s Company,
Grenadier Guards. The imperial
state crown, gleaming with dia
monds and pearls estimated worth
$840,000, will be placed on the
coffin.
At the hall the body will be re
ceived by a group of dignitaries
including the Archbishop of Can
terbury, the Lord Great Chamber
lain and the hereditary Earl Mar
shal of England.
Parliament to Attend Services.
Members of both houses of
Parliament also will gather in the
hall to take part in a short service.
Later all members of the royal
family, including the 84-year-old
Queen Mary, mother of the dead
sovereign, will attend a private
service in the hall.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day the body will lie in state so
that the public may pay last
respects.
Friday the coffin will be carried
to stately procession to Padding
ton Station, from where it will be
borne 21 miles by train to Windsor
for the funeral and burial..
King Haakon, Crown Prince
Olaf and Princess Astrid of Nor
way; King Frederick and Queen
Ingrid of Denmark, King Gustav
VI of Sweden, King Paul of Greece
and Queen Juliana and Prince
Bernhard of the Netherlands will
be among the foreign royal per
sonages at the funeral.
In St. George's Chapel British
Broadcasting Corp. engineers be
gan preparations for televising
the funeral.
Here's a Man Too Busy to Bill
Milwaukee for $500,000 Debt
By tho Associated Press
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9.—A Mil
waukee business man who has
half a million dollars coming from
the city but hasn’t got around to
sending a bill since 1946, was in
seclusion today, embarrassed by
publicity.
Leo Schneider, president of the
Schneider Fuel & Supply Co., was
reported by his wife to have left
Milwaukee “for a few days."
"He was so upset by the pub
licity, he couldn’t eat dinner last
night,” Mrs. Schneider said.
Mr. Schneider has refused to
bill the city for $507,232 worth of
building materials and sewer east
ings. Only Friday, his low. bid
of $69,970 for sewer castings and
manhole steps was approved by
the city. Meanwhile, the munici
pality has been setting aside
money to take care of the
Schneider accounts and it has
earned some $7,500 interest on
short term Treasury notes.
Mrs. Schneider’s explanation for
the failure of her husband’s firm
to submit invoices to the city was
this:
•‘Mr. Schneider runs a one man
business. Everything has to go
through his bands. There has
been so much business that he
hasn’t been able to clean up the
loose ends fast enough.” ,
at
YOU'VE GOT TO
, ADMIT HE SHOWS
PLENTY OF SPIRIT
YEAH...1N
FEBRUARY!
Probers Charge Waste, Abuse
In Gl Bill Education Program
Blame Placed on Corrupt VA Employes,
Schools, Students; Cases Here Cited
By George Beveridge
A special House committee
charged yesterday that the GI
Bill education program was
marked with “waste, abuse and
inefficiency,” and spread the
blame among student veterans,
school officials and lax or corrupt
Veterans Administration em
ployes.
The committee hit hardest at
“an excessive number” of VA
employes it said succumbed to
“temptations” and “accepted
bribes, gifts, unusual loans, gra
tuities, services and ownership in
schools under contract with the
VA.”
But it was almost as critical
of top VA officials here, declar
ing that they—despite warnings
from VA’s own investigative serv
ice—failed to take “positive steps
!» eliminate these conditions.” "*
Sam Coile, head of the VA
education program, said the in
stances of wrongdoing noted in
the report were comparatively few
—
In view of the vast training pro
gram for World War H veterans.
He told reporters:
“I am not countenancing any of
the offenses, but it is not sur
prising that there have been some
in view of the size of the pro
gram.”
The report made two refer
ences to Washington area Irregu
larities—one involving an official
of the VA regional office here, and
the other the head of a now-de
funct. business school for colored
veterans.
The special committee, headed
by Representative Teague, Demo
crat, of Texas, made its charges
in a 222-page document which
also proposed that educational
benefits be extended “in an en
tirely new” law to veterans of the
Korean war.
But it proposed numerous steps
for tighter control of the bene
mn*r~«3p the “exploitation
which plagued the World War n
program.” Heavy emphasis was
(Continued on Page A-7, Col. 1.)
McCarthy Says Reds
Talked to Keyserling
About Party Aims
Wasn't Asked to Join,
Unnamed Witness Told
McCarran Group
ly *h» Associat'd Press
WHEELING, W. Va., Feb. 9.—
Senator McCarthy, Republican, of
Wisconsin, said tonight that
secret and previously undisclosed
congressional testimony showed
that what he called a member of
“the President’s official family”
had discussed aims and objectives
Of the Communist Party with a
Communist Party organizer.
Senator McCarthy identified the
man as Leon Keyserling, chair
man of the President’s Council of
Economic Advisors.
Mr. Keyserling was not inr
mediately available for comment,
being reported en route to Wash
ington by train.
In a speech before a Lincoln
day dinner of a Republican
women’s club. Senator McCarthy
said he had learned Mr. Keyser
ling had been approached by a
Communist organizer through an
unnamed witness who had testi
fied before the McCarran sub
committee on internal security.
Senator McCarthy, according
to an Associated Press staff writer
who heard the Senator’s extem
poraneous speech, was quoted as
saying he asked the unnamed
witness if Mr. Keyserling had
joined the Communist Party. The
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-8.)
Kensington Architect
Found Dead With Gun
William Hartgroves. 50-year-old
Kensington. Md., artist and archi
tect, was found dead off a road in
Rock Creek Hills last night, a
bullet wound in his temple and a
borrowed rifle across his body.
Police said be left his home at
9619 Bexhill road about 1 pm.
yesterday, carrying a rifle he had
borrowed several days ago from a
friend. Mr. Hartgroves was em
ployed by the Public Buildings
Administration.
The body was found about 10:20
pm. near the intersection of Bex
hill drive and Alfred Ray road.
Police said his wallet contained
a note giving instruction on fu
neral arrangements.
He is survived by his widow
and two children.
Police said Mr. Hartgroves had
been despondent over failing eye
sight and had undergone several
s
Congress Is Shirking
On D. C. Expense Bill,
Donohue Charges
Fails 'Persistently'
To Vote Adequate
Funds, He Charges
District Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue last night lambasted
Congress again for persistently
failing to vote an adequate Federal
share in District expenses.
And almost in the same breath,
he chided the Senate for occupy
ing itself with the “important
question’’ of dog and cat licenses
here.
Occasion for his blasts was Mr.
Donohue’s weekly “Report to the
People” over Radio Station
WWDC.
He started out by discussing the
recent Police Department request
for $229,000 to appoint about 200
school crossing guards to relieve
the overburdened regular police
guard of that assignment.
Forced Into Abeyance.
"This is just another worth
while project that must be held in
abeyance for lack of funds,” the
Commissioner said. -
“It is just one more indication
of. what is happening to the Na
tion’s Capital in consequence of
the fact that for the past 20 years
the Federal share in the responsi
bility for its own Capital city has
averaged 14.5 per cent, while the
District taxpayers have assumed'
85.5 per cent of that burden.”
Mr. Donohue emphasized that if
the municipal operating cost were
divided on a 50-50 basis, as it was
long ago, “we oould have school
crossing guards and other institu
tions that the Nation might well
be proud of.”
nog License issue.
Then he launched into the dog
license hearing before a Senate
District subcommittee last Tues
day.
"How inept others in the United
States must regard their fellow
Americans who live in this politi
cal vacuum called, the District of
Columbia, be declared, "when they
read in their local newspapers the
amount of time in these critical1
days spent by the United States 1
Senate in considering the lmper- i
bant question of whether the li- i
cense fee for dogs should be $3 or i
(5 and whether cats should re- 1
quire licenses. I
"Wouldn't you think,’’ he went i
on, “that nearly a million citi- i
seps living in the District, who .
look like Americans, pay taxes
like Americans and who, when nec
essary, fight and die like Ameri- ]
cans, would be accepted as quail- i
Bed to malm that kind of world- 1
shaking decision for thenwelves?” :
Three Inquiries Await
Bullock oil Return
To Duty This Week
Senate, District Heads
And Police Will Query
Acquitted Inspector
Police Inspector Albert I. Bul
lock, indicted and cleared as a
co-conspirator in the Nelson gam
bling syndicate, will report for
duty this week with investigations
from the Senate, the District of
ficials and Police Headquarters
still facing him.
Awaiting him is a demand from
thq Senate District Crime Investi
gating Committee for immediate
return of a completed financial
questionnaire which he refused to
fill out last fall.
Held in escrow at Police Head
quarters Is the more than three
months’ back pay which has been
impounded since he was sus
pended He was named In the
gambling conspiracy indictment
with Charles E. Nelson, wealthy
Marylander and 14 others last Oc
tober 22.
Return to Duty Is TenativS.
Maj. Robert V. Murray, chief
of police, said Inspector Bullock’s
restoration to duty remains “ten
tative” pending a review of “pos
sible charges” which might send
him before a poliee trial board
because of his association with the
convicted Nelson syndicate gam
blers.
At the District Building, it was
learned that a special committee
of three private lawyers appointed
by the District Commissioners last
week is preparing for. an immedi
ate review of Inspector Bullock’s
case.
The Commissioners asked the
special committee tc advise them
whether administrative action
should be taken against active or
retired policemen as a result of
the recent crime investigations.
Highest Indicted Here.
Inspector Bullock, highest po
lice official ever indicted here in
connection with gambling, was
acquitted in the Nelson case by a
directed verdict ordered by Judge
Kirkland on January ‘29. The
iudge ruled that the Government
had failed to prove overt acts
against Inspector Bullock for the
period between October 22, 1948,
and October 22, 1951.
Immediately after his restora
tion to duty, Inspector Bullock
went to Florida on a 10-day leave
of absence. His leave expires Tues
day at midnight and he has con
ttded to friends that he plans to
report to Police Headquarters at
B a.m. Wednesday.
Maj. Murray said he has up
immediate assignment in mind
for Inspector Bullock, a former
district inspector.
Soon after his suspension. In
spector Bullock returned a par
tially-answered questionnaire to
Arnold Bauman, counsel of the
Senate District Crime subcommit
tee. He explained he would not
answer all of the questions be
cause of possible self incrimination
while his trial was pending.
Sent New Questionnaire.
A new questionnaire has been
lent to Inspector Bullock with a
request that he fffi it out in full,
it was learned. *
The subcommittee plans to hold
in executive session Wednesday.
It is expected that Murray Olf,
former race wire operator, who
-efused to answer questions at a
Jublic hearing, will be called and
isked to talk in private.
The special racket grand jury
sonvened by United States At
orney Charles M. Irelan will
-esume its probe into local crime
omorrow. Witnesses scheduled to
ippear are former associates of
toger (Whitetop) Simkins, local
cambler who refused to divulge
my information to the Senate
sommlttfe._
-old Cash Melts Away
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 9 (#).—
3urglars took $263 in cold cash
rom a grocery today. It. had
teen hidden in the store’s meat
freeser. - I
Slum Cleanup
Plans Revealed
For Southwest
2 Architects Submit
First Blueprints on
Long-Awaited Project
By John W. Stepp
The first specific plans for tear
ing out slums and rebuilding the
Southwest section of the Nation's
Capital were released by city plan
ners last night.
The long-awaited blueprints for
redeveloping more than 400 acres
in the Southwest were prepared
by two architectural consultants
working independently.
One is a study by Elbert Peets,
retained by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Arthur P. Davis, consultant to
the District Redevelopment Land
Agency, prepared the other.
Collaborated for Year.
The commission and the agency
have been collaborating for nearly
a year to map out the compli
cated process of reconstructing
most of that large tract of the
Southwest which lies between the
railroad tracks to the north and.
Fort Lesley J. McNair to the
south.
The two plans are the first con
crete designs for the southwest
to come before the public. A
third plan is in the offing. All three
will be considered before decision
is made on a final blueprint.
Officials emphasized that none
of the three concepts will neces
sarily be adhered to in the final
draft. Since the southwest re
development will be carried out
in gradual stages over the next
zu years, planners are m no nurry
to adopt any single fixed plan.
They prefer a composite of ideas.
The third study is being readied
for release in May by Architects.
Louis Justement and Chloetmel
Woodward Smith.
Number of Similarities.
A number of similarities exist
between the concepts of Mr. Peetg
and Mr. Davis. At the same time,
some of their planning ideas con
trast sharply. . . .
Noteworthy, by way of accord,
is their alignment of the south
west portion of the “inner-loop**
roadway in the vicinity of F street.
Only in details do the architects’
—and the District Highway De
partment’s—proposals differ.
’The recently published Highway
plan calls for use of F and O
streets as one-way in opposite di
rections. Mr. Peets would develop
F street alone. Mr. Davfi envisions
use of the entire section between
F and G streets as a combined
parkway-road belt.
Some Agreement Reached.
Actually, in the last two weeks
some agreement has been reached
among the Highway Department,
NCPPC and the land agency on
the desirability of concentrating
on F street.
The latest inclination is to
widen that thoroughfare about
100 feet to the North and to lay
it out on a partly depressed,
partly elevated basis.
As Mr. Peets and Mr. Davis are
in general agreement on the "in
ner-loop”, so do their ideas coin
cide in the treatment of the entire
section North of F street.
They would leave virtually un
changed the commercial and light
industrial areas which fringe the
(See SOUTHWEST, Page A-14.)
More Aluminum Allotted
Auto Industry for Cars
•y the Associated Press
The Government yesterday al
located an extra million pounds
of aluminum to the automobile
industry for the April-June period
to help build more cars and alle
viate the industry’s unemploy
ment.
Manly Fleischmann, Defense
Production administrator, said he
hopes the action will enable the
industry to “reach or approach”
its 930,000-car production quota
for the second quarter.
Mr. Fleischmann said, however,
it was impossible to allocate more
copper to the industry.
Production of 930,000 cars and
trucks has been authorised for the
second quarter. However, copper
and aluminum sufficient only for
800,000 units has been allocated,
and steel for 900,000 units.
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Inside Today's Star
NOT ENOUGH CARS-More mote
rials help ease unemployment in De
troit's ante industry, but there is vir
tually no chance that enough civilian
automobiles will be allowed. Star Staff
Reporter James Y. Newton tells, on
page A-15, what alternatives are avail
able to the city's manufacturers.
DOCTORS ON A SAURY—Critics
have termed the loard of Police and
Fire Surgeons a handy tool for ousting
unwanted epembers of the Police and
Fire Departments. How the board
operates is described by Staff Reporter
Jack Jonas in the second ai three
articles on the departmental pension
system. Page A-21.
HOLD YOUR HAT—Traffic experts
will tunnel through an office buikfing
to untie a tight traffic knot. What
will be done to ease the flow of autos
at the end of Maine avenue under
Fourteenth street is discussed by Star
Staff Reporter James G. Deane in an
other of his stories on “Highways of
The Future." Page A-6.
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