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Weather Forecast
Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and
probably tomorrow. Lowest tonight around
56. (Full report on Paeg A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Midnight 56 6 a.m. __sl 11 a.m. __6o
3 a.m. ..56 8 a.m. ..54 Noon 62
4 a.m. ..54 10 a.m. ..60 1 p.m. ..63
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101st Year. No. 300.
Plea Renewed
For 90% Cattle
Price Supports
Delegation Calls
On Benson; Farm
Income Drops 7%
By James E. Roper
Spokesmen for 350 cattlemen
appealed anew today to Agricul
ture Secretary Benson to sup
port the price of live cattle at
not less than 90 per cent of par
ity.
The cattlemen, who came here
from 30 States, unanimously
passed a resolution calling for
the price supports and dispatched
a 22-man committee headed by
Dennis Driscoll of Colorado
Springs, Colo., to the Agri
culture Department to present
it to Mr. Benson.
The cattlemen also asked to
have a delegation call on Pres
ident Eisenhower.
When Mr. Driscoll submitted
the proposal for cattle price sup
ports to Mr. Benson, the Secre
tary replied: •
“Our minds are open on this
subject. We will study this very
carefully. As you know, we have
asked the livestock and farm
organizations for advice. Twenty
out of 23 raised serious questions
that we can put supports under
live cattle."
Quick Decision Urged.
Mr. Driscoll commented:
"I hope you can study it and
be quick about it because many
cattlemen have to make a deci
sion now on whether to stay in
business."
While the committee called on
Secretary Benson, other cattle
men went on a lobbying mission
to Capitol Hill armed with new
statistics showing lower farm in
come. The Agriculture Depart
ment announced today that net
income for farming in the United
States this year will be about
$12.5 billion—or about seven per
cent, or $1 billion, below last
year. In 1954, farm profits
should be about the same as this
year, the Agriculture Department!
said.
Cash Receipts Off 10 T ,c. J
The department said farmers’
cash receipts from the sale of
cattle and calves this year are j
about 10 per cent below a year j
ago. Prices on cattle have been
halved in the last 18 months, the i
department declared, but part j
of this has been offset by larger ■
marketings from America’s!
herds, the largest on record. i
Mr. Benson told the cattle
men yesterday he knew of no
practical way to support cattle
prices, which have been on the
downgrade for two years.
The key section of the reso
lution adopted by the cattlemen
said:
“We urgently petition the
President and the Secretary of
Agriculture to immediately put
into operation a cattle price sup
port program at a minimum of
90 per cent of the parity price
for major grades and classes of
cattle by a combination of all
support methods authorized by
the Agricultural Act of 1949 in
cluding, if necessary, direct pur
chase of live cattle and purchase
agreements.”
The resolution also asked a
number of fringe benefits such
as extension of “disaster" loans
to areas that have not been hit
by a natural disaster.
Little Further Action.
Mr. Driscoll said a Govern
ment announcement to carry out j
such a plan probably would
(See FARM. Page A-3.)
Postal Staffs to Get
Christmas Work ,
Cutting Extra Help
The Post Office Department is
going to let regular employes
work overtime this year during
the Christmas rush and try to
cut down on the number of tem
porary employes it usually hires.
This policy was revealed in
San Francisco today by Assistant
Postmaster General Norman A.
Abrams, addressing the National
Association of Postmasters con
vention. Last year, the Post
Office Department hired 385,429
temporary mail handlers during
the weeks around Christmas. De
partment spokesmen were unable
to estimate how much this figure
would be reduced this year by
the new policy.
Roy North, District Postmas
ter, said he hired about 2,500
temporary employes here during
the last Christmas season.
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Dewey Decides Not to Seek
Fourth Term as Governor
Plans to Return to Private
Practice of Law Early in 1955
By Gould Lincoln
Star Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Oct. 27.—G0v.;
Thomas E. Dewey does not in
i’ tend to run for re-election next j
year. Further, he will decline to
become a candidate when the ■
time comes for him to make such
|an announcement.
For months it has been pre
dicted that Gov. Dewey will seek
a fourth term. The reasons given: j
(a) the Republicans will demand
he run as the strongest and most
available candidate on the issues i
of the 1954 campaign, some of
them growing out of his own ad
ministration: (b) he will run in
order to keep himself available |
for a third Republican presiden
tial nomination in 1956, should
President Eisenhower refuse to
! run for re-election.
The New York Governor, how
ever, is determined to return to
private law practice. His decision
not to seek a fourth term in
Albany is not an overnight de
cision. It was made a year or
more ago—and he so informed
his closest friends.
I
Won’t Affect His Program.
The Governor’s decision not to
run next year will have no les
sening effect on his activities in
office. He is going right ahead
with his program for improve
ments and for legislation. Also, ;
he is not giving up the promi
nent part he plays in State and ;
national politics. He is here to
day to deliver a major speech
for the Republican candidate
for Mayor of New Yfcvk,;
Harold Riegelman. The Governor }
will be on television and on the j
radio when he speaks.
It is Gov. Dewey’s belief that
Rain Expected Here
About Nightfall; May
Total Half an Inch
Moves Toward This Area
After Giving Some Relief
In Drought-Hit Virginia
Rain moving up over the fire
pocked forests of Southwest Vir
ginia was expected to reach
Washington about nightfall with
some relief for this water-starved
area.
A light shower was falling at
11:15 a.m., but the Weather
Bureau called it a local develop
ment and not a part of the “real
thing” expected later.
Weather Bureau experts be- j
lieve as much as half an inch
will fall Defore ending tomorrow
morning.
While this will not be a com
plete answer to drought prob
lems, it will be a start toward
Dalton of Virginia
Asks President for
More Drought Aid
Ted Dalton, Republican j
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, today appealed to
President Eisenhower for
additional drought relief for
the State and said he was
promised that Virginia would
receive “a fair share of Fed
eral funds.”
Mr. Dalton, leaving the
White House, said he did
not discuss his gubernatorial
race with Thomas B. Stan
ley.
relieving suffering farms and
wetting down powder-dry tim
berlands.
May Be All for a While.
With cool air moving south
and sending temperatures into
the 30s in the Texas Panhandle,
the Weather Bureau said a series
of rain-bearing disturbances
may have started, but could give
no hope for more rain in the
immediate future.
Rains were reported over wide j
areas of the Ohio and Mississippi j
Valleys, the upper Gieat Lakes I
region and sections of the east- j
ern Rockies, all of which have!
felt the pinch of a national
drought.
Rain also was falling in south
ern West Virginia, another area
hard-hit by forest fires, and
brought hope that the danger of
other fires would be allayed foi
a time at least.
The moisture was particularly
welcome to Virginia foresters and
volunteer firemen who have j
just brought under control a
3,500-acre fire on Fort Lewis
Mountain five miles west of
Salem.
50-Acre Fire in Albemarle.
In Albemarle County, where a
woman threw ashes into a bush
and started a 50-acre fire, offi
cials urged residents to stay out
of the woods.
Relief for farmers continued |
to concern Virginia and Mary- ,
land. President Eisenhower as
sured Senator Robertson, Demo
crat, of Virginia that the Agri
culture Department will be asked
to review the cases of 12 to 14
| Virginia counties excluded in
for drought relief.
Another promise of help from
Washington was announced by
Virginia Agriculture Commis- j
| sioner Parke C. Brinkley, who
said the Agriculture Department
was sending an expert to Rich
mond to work out a program
• under which farmers will get i
greatly needed hay at reduced ‘
! prices. . '
Uht lltenitra
V s J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
** WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1953—FORTY PAGES.
! the Republicans have strong
candidates to offer for Governor
next year and that his decision
not to run will not embarrass
the party.
! Among those who have been
mentioned for the Republican
gubernatorial nomina t i o n—
though always with the proviso
that Gov. Dewey himself is not
to be the candidate—are Senator j
Irving Ives: former Lt. Gov. 1
Frank O. Moore, who resigned
jto take a position with the |
Rockefeller Foundation, and <
Speaker of the Assembly Owald ;
D. Heck.
Ives Seen as First Choice.
Senator Ives has twice been
elected to the Senate, the first
time defeating Senator Lehman
by a wide margin in 1946. He un
doubtedly would be the first
choice of many Republicans for
the gubernatorial nomination, j
He was re-elected to the Senate
last year with a lead of 1,322,000
over his Democratic opponent, j
Mr. Moore is regarded as highly
qualified for the office of Gov
ernor and so is Speaker Heck,
who has been speaker for 16
years, a record in tenure of that
office.
Gov. Dewey had expressed a
personal desire not to run for
re-election in 1950. At that time,
however, the Korean war was
j in full swung and there was dan
| ger that it might be expanded to
a third world war. He believed
| it his duty to continue as chief
executive of the country’s most j
populous State under those cir
cumstances. He does not expect j
any such impelling reason to*
arise next year.
$1,672,595 Raised
In Chest Campaign,
41 Per Cent of Goal
Progress Exceeding Pace
Os Last Year's Drive
Reported at Luncheon
BULLETIN
The Community Chest today
announced the collection and
pledges of $1,672,595.22 or 41.81
per cent of its $4 million goal.
Last year at this point, 38.13
per cent of the goal had been
collected, lt was announced at
a report luncheon in the Wash
ington Hotel.
All units of the Community
Chest - USO campaign were
scheduled to report their prog
ress at a meeting at 12:20 p.m.
! today in the Washington Hotel.
The Red Feather volunteeers
yesterday began their third week
of general solicitation for a goal
of $4 million plus, for more
than 100 health, welfare and
recreational agencies in the
Washington area.
Today's meeting was devoted
to services provided by the USO.
Miss Mabel Cook, a veteran in
USO work and executive direc
tor of the YWCA, was among
the speakers. Miss Cook super
vises the program of the Pent
house USO in the YWCA Build
ing. Seventeenth and K streets
N.W.
Other scheduled speakers were
Maj Gen. Edwin K. Wright,
commandant of the Military
District of Washington: Rear
Admiral T. B. Hill, commandant
of the Potomac River Naval
Command, and Brig. Gen. Stoyte
O Ross, commanding general,
Headquarters Command, Army-
Air Force.
A special guest on the program
was Dagmar, the television per
sonality.
As of last Thursday’s report,
the campaign had reached 34.7
per cent of the goal, as com
pared with 30.03 per cent at the
same stage of last year’s drive.
Unit percentages were: Busi
ness and professional, 23.07 per
cent of a $1,643,562 goal; Gov
ernment, 46.75 per cent of sl,*
674,712; Alexandria, 29.32 per j
cent of $88,262; Arlington, 39.75
per cent of $65,236; Fairfax, j
24.76 per cent of $41,253; Mont- j
gomery, 11.15 per cent of $142,- |
989; Prince Georges, 38.87 per
cent of $65,568, and Residential, i
44 per cent of $278,418.
|
ICC Approves Railroads’
Baggage-Checking Fee
By th« Associated Press
The Interstate Commerce
Commission reversed itself to- j
day and authorized a large group
of railroads to impose special
service charges for checking the
baggage of train travelers.
The fee will be 25 cents for
each piece of hand luggage and
50 cents for each trunk.
The authority for these charges
went to railroads operating in
the South, in the central por
tion of the country and in the i
East, exclusive of New' England, j
This group proposed the fees
early this year, but a three-man j
ICC division, acting for full !
commission, turned down the
proposal in May. holding that |
the railroad practice of check- ;
ing a reasonable amount of bag
! gage on each ticket was of too
'long standing to be changed. 1
Trieste Action
Delay Possible,
Dulles Indicates
j
5-Power Conference
Awaited; Explains
Ban on Israel Aid
By Garnett D. Horner
Secretary of State Dulles indi
cated today that British-Amen
can plans for turning over a zone
of Trieste to full Italian control
may be delayed until a five
power conference can be held to
try to work out a final solution
of the Trieste crisis.
At a news conference, Mr.
Dulles also:
1. Asserted categorically that
the United States is not con-
Yugoslovio Hints It Would Agree to
Confer on Trieste. Poge A-4
its armed forces from Western
Europe.
2. Moved to get off a domestic
political hook by saying that new
grants of economic aid to Arab
states as well as Israel have in
effect been held up temporarily.
Hints at Compromise.
Mr. Dulles descrbied the Brit
ish-American decision of Octo
ber 8 to withdraw their occupa
tion forces from Zone A of the
Trieste territory and turn over
the area to Italian administra
tion as a bare-bones decision
which was planned as a move to
ward a final peaceful solution of
the dispute over Trieste.
The secretary did not say the
British and American govern
ments were getting cold feet over
withdrawing from the territory.
But he did say that decision left
room for clarifications and am
plifications.
He seemed to be hinting that
British and American leaders
may hope for a compromise be
tween the previously adamant
stands of Italy and Yugoslavia—
a compromise which would make
it unnecessary to carry out the
decision of October 8.
Yugoslavia has protested vio
lently against that decision and
has insisted that it not be car
ried out until the United States,
Britain, France. Italy, and Yugo
slavia hold a full-dress confer
ence on the problem.
Italy Asks Equality.
Italy so far has insisted that
she could not go into such a con
ference until she h&s been put
in a position of “equality” w'ith
Yugoslavia, which already ad
ministers Zone B of the disputed
territory.
Mr. Dulles told questioners to
day that the question of timing
of the contemplated turnover of
Zone A to Italy had not been
settled yet. He said a British-
American group is working in
London on technical problems
involved in carrying out the de
cision.
Aside from the technical work
in London, the Secretary said
the Western powers are explor
ing various ways in which the
contemplated turnover could have
the effect of leading to a final
peaceful solution.
Protest on Israel.
Mr. Dulles’ remarks on Israel
came amid mounting criticism of
his department’s current crack
down on the Jewish state. Only
a week ago Mr. Dulles confirmed
that American economic aid to
Israel—aside from Point 4 tech
nical aid—was being held up be
cause of Israel’s defiance of a
United Nations agent’s , finding
that Israeli work on a Jordan
River dam and irrigation project
violated terms of an Israeli-Syria
armistice.
Since then there has been
acute political pressure on the
administration from Republican
leaders concerned about the Jew
ish vote in New York City's
mayoralty vote next Tuesday.
Harold Riegelmen, the Repub
(See DULLES, Page A-4.)
Late News
Bulletin
Title Investigator Dies
Weldon T. Codling, 58, a title
investigator for the Lawyers’
Title Insurance Corp., died
unexpectedly today in the title
office of the U. S. District
Court for the District of Co
lumbia. Companions said Mr.
Codling slumped back in his
chair at 12:15 p.m. An Emer
gency Hospital doctor pro
nounced him dead shortly
afterward.
Rescue Squad Saves Victim
Os Heart Attack, Loses Chief
By th» Associated Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 27. Fire
Capt. Albert Voight was in
charge of the inhalator squad
which answered a call last night
at the home of John O’Brien,
38, in suburban Oak Park.
Mr. O’Brien was unconscious
when the squad arrived and
Capt. Voight summoned a physi
cian. Dr. Arthur Weihe. The
doctor arrived as the fire squad’s
respirator was in operation. He
diagnosed Mr. O’Brien’s illness
as a coronary thrombosis and
instructed the firemen to con
tinue administering aid.
In 15 minutes Mr. O'Brien be-
"
The 'Demands' Are Using THREE Platoons!
Eisenhower Places Medals
Os Honor on 7 Korea Heroes
President Wishes Occasion Might Be Last;
Honor Guard and Army Band in Ceremony
By Joseph A. Fox
President Eisenhower today
conferred the Congressional
Medal of Honor on seven wound
ed veterans of Korean battle
fields and expressed the hope
that the time will come when
it is no longer necessary to
award the Nation's highest dec
oration for valor in warfare.
The President spoke to the
heroic little group after he had
looped the prized medal around
the neck of each.
“Any man who wears his Na
tion’s highest award is marked
for leadership,” the President
said, adding that now they must
turn their talents to leadership
for peace.
Gen. Eisenhower said he
wished that this might be the
last time that “such a group is
Two Arlington Boards Cleared
Os Racial Mingling Charges
The Arlington County Board
and School Board today were
cleared of charges that they vio
lated Virginia’s segregation laws.
All five charges against the
County Board and three of the
four charges against the School
Board were dismissed by Circuit
Judge Walter T. McCarthy at
the request of Commonwealth's
Attorney William J. Hassan.
In the one case which Mr. j
Hassan argued, the court sus
tained a demurrer by School
Board attorneys James H. Sim
monds and Armistead L. Boothe, j
| vhc asked dismissal of the I
charge
This charge accused the School
Board of permitting mingling of
white and colored persons at a
music festival last May 28 at
Washington-Lee High School.
Question of Sponsorship.
The judge said that Mr. Hassan
! agreed the accusations should
be disregarded if the music fes
| tival was a governmental func
j tion. The judge said that if the
affair was not a governmental
function, then the board members
were not acting in their govern
mental capacities. Therefore,
he said, the charge should be
dismissed.
Mr. Hassan had asked dis-
I missal of the first eight charges
on grounds that the gatherings
complained of were private meet
ings. Mr. Hassan also said that
the County Board could not be
held liable for enforcement of
segregation laws by health or
| welfare officials because they are
not subject to direct removal by
the County Board.
Calls It Common Practice.
The complaint against the
County Board had been filed by
Lindell F Shrum, 6300 North
Twenty-ninth street. Mr. Shrum
said he took action against the
County Board after a grand jury
gan to respond and as oxygen
restored his strength, he im
proved visibly.
“He’s going to make it all
,! right,” Dr. Weihe said.
Capt. Voight, 46, and credited
with having saved many lives
with expert supervision of the
rescue squad, smiled and slapped
one of his firemen on the back
Then he fell to the floor uncon
scious.
Attempts to revive him were
futile and Dr. Weihe pronounced
him dead.
Mr. O’Brien continued to im
prove and was termed out of
danger and put to bed.
ever called to the White House”
to receive the Medal of Honor.
He told the veterans that it is
up to them to see that this state
of affairs comes about.
The Medals of Honor were the
first that Gen. Eisenhower has
awarded and the occasion was
marked by a colorful ceremony
The presentations were to have
been made in the south grounds
of the White House to accom
modate the kin of the seven and
others attending, but because of
the inclement weather it was
moved to thee north portico.
There was an honor guard from
the Army and Marine Corps, and
the Army Band also was on
hand.
The group today was among
(See MEDALS, Page A-3.)
asked the court to consider pos
sible violations of segregation
law by the School Board. Mr.
Shrum said he did not believe
the School Board alone should
have to face charges for what
he contended was common prac
tice in Virginia.
Mr. Shrum had complained of
mingling of white and colored at
public zoning and budget hear
! ings.
Mr. Hassen contended that
board meetings are “not a call
ing together of a meeting of the
spectators—the board members
are meeting among themselves
and any orderly person who de
: sires to attend may do so.’’
Follows Court Practice.
Judge McCarthy said that of
ficials have interpreted the law
as permitting such gatherings.
The action taken by the county
board conforms to practice gen
erally accepted by the Richmond
City Council and by the courts
in Richmond. Portsmouth and
Norfolk, the judge said.
Attorney John Locke Green
i fiied the complaints against the
; School Board. He said the board
i permitted mingling of white and
j colored teachers, in training
| courses and permitted mingling
jof white and colored children
during pre-school examinations.
The court held that the in
stances cited by a grand jury
which heard Mr. Green’s charges
were not violations of laws re
quiring that white and colored
persons shall be taught in sep
arate schools.
Members of both boards ap
peared in court today in re
sponse to court orders that they
i show cause why they should not
be dismissed from office for al
leged violations.
i
Package Delivery
Service on Boston
Streetcars Proposed
By *h» Associated Press
BOSTON. Oct. 27.—A city
councilman has proposed use of
Boston’s publicly owned trolley
car system for package delivery
service to help business in down
town Boston, increase revenue
on the deficit-ridden system and
to help the shopper.
The plan offered the City
Council yesterday by William J
Foley. jr„ would work this way:
Persons would come into town
by trolley car to do their shop
ping. The store would give
them a receipt and put the pack
j ages on trolley cars for delivery
i at the stop nekrest their home.
The shoppers then would ride
I home clear of bundles and pick j
| up "the packages with their re-'
1 ceipts.
A Bite of News
When an elevator operator’s fals'
teeth fall out it may cause a bit of trou
ble—if so, then it’s worth reporting. See
“Life in the U. S.”
/ Page A-9.
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Reds Responsible
If Korean Talks
Fail, Dean Warns
Both Sides Are Firm
In Their Views on
Role for Neutrals
By the Associated Press
PANMUNJOM, Oct. 27.
United States Ambassador Arthur
Dean warned today that unless
the Reds get down to business
in planning the Korean peace
talks they face the “onus of not
having a political conference.”
After his second straight day
of standoff preliminary talks
Indian Officers See No Hope of Re
opening POW Persuasion. Page A-5
with the Communists, Mr. Dean
told reporters that if the Reds
"persist In their attitude” the;
must face such a responsibility.
In the 2 hour and 22 minute
session both sides clung stub
bornly to opposing designs for
the conference and even how to
plan it.
The Communists again de
manded that non-belligerent na
tions be invited to the peace talks
and that the question be settled
before anything else time or
place —is discussed.
Neither Side Yields.
Mr. Dean insisted that only
those nations whose troops fought
in Korea make the peace apd
urged the Reds to settle on a
site and date for the confer
ence. He warned:
“If we invite neutral nations,
admirable though they may be.
we may turn the political confer
ence into an endless debating
society.
"In the meantime, our troops
face each other across an un
easy armistice.”
The second day of talks to
plan the political conference
were almost a replay of the first,
with neither side yielding a point,
but Mr. Dean said he still feels
the Communists do want the
conference. It is too early, he
said, to look for solid progress in
the preliminary discussions.
Another meeting will be held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday (9 p.m.
Tuesday. EST).
Reds Repeat Demands.
Ki Sok Bok, North Korean
foreign ministry delegate, opened
the meeting today by raising
anew the repeated Communist
demands for non-belligerents in
the conference.
The Reds want India. Burma.
Indonesia, Pakistan, as well as
Russia at the conference.
Mr. Dean, who was sent to
Panmunjom for this special mis
sion, replied with a seven-page
detailed review of the United
Nations stand.
He told the Red delegation
that only nations which put men
on the battlefield should sit at
the peace talks. The U. N. has
said, however, that Russia can
come on the Communist side if
Red China and North Korea
want the Soviets there.
Mr. Dean Insisted again that
the delegations proceed quickly
with fixing the time and place
for the conference, which he said
would “be another step forward
toward world peace.”
But he left an opening for the
Communists to expound their
views later, telling them that
after all other arrangements are
fixed “we can exchange views on
other pertinent matters.”
In his press conference, Mr. !
Dean said the Reds "flatly re
pudiated” his suggestions.
2,059 'Slots' Destroyed
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 27 I
TP).—State police said yesterday
they had destroyed more than
half the estimated 4,000 slot
machines in Louisiana. Troop-1
»rs said they had smashed 2.059
machines since the drive started
Dctober 14.
New York Markets, Pages A-18-19
Court Cancels
Jury's Report
In Kellam Case
Document Expunged
From Record, But
Indictments Stand
• By th* Associated Brass
RICHMOND, Oct. 27.—Federal
Judge Sterling Hutcheson ruled
today that the controversial
grand jury report that accom
panied the income tax indict
ments in the Kellam case should
be expunged from the court’s rec
ords.
The highly unusual report rep
rimanded a former official of the
Internal Revenue Service and
hinted that a payoff was involved
in a previous decision by In
ternal Revenue not to prosecute
the tax cases.
A motion to delete the grand
jury report had been made by
Theodore C. Uhlcr, the retired
revenue official, who contended
that the jury’s statement was
tantamount to an unwarranted
accusation that he took a bribe.
Mr. Uhler was sectional head of
Internal Revenue's penal divi
sion.
Indictments Not Altered.
Judge Hutcheson said he found
after reviewing all the authori
ties cited by the attorneys that
“functions of a grand jury have
been elaborately discused but
not clearly defined.”
Nevertheless, he added, “I have
come to the conclusion that the
application to have this report
expunged be granted. ”
Expunging the grand jury’s re
port does not alter the indict
ments returned two weeks ago
against then Democratic Cam
paign Manager Sidney S. Kel
iam and five others on charges
of income tax evasion or con
spiracy to evade taxes in the
operation of the Virginia Beach
Taxi Corp. Mr. Kellam quit his
political job after being Indicted.
Mr. Uhler took the position
that the grand jury’s action was
highly irregular in that its “re
port” was neither a true bill of
indictment nor a refusal to
indict
Hint but No Names.
The report suggested that a
large sum of money had been
paid to block earlier Federal
prosecution and then, without
naming names, said if this were
true the case could have broad
ramifications in the State.
Mr. Uhler was reprimanded,
by name, for his decision not to
prosecute Mr. Kellam and the
others when he was with internal
revenue. Mr. Uhler reached his
decision, he said later, on his
considered judgment that the
Government would be unable to
obtain convictions.
United States Attorney L.
Shields Parsons, jr., told the
court that the grand jury which
returned the controversial re
port clearly had the legal right
to do so.
Acceptance at Discretion.
At the same time, he said, ac
ceptance of the report would
lie within the discretion of the
judge.
Mr. Parsons took the posi
tion that today’s proceeding, in
which attorneys for Mr. Uhler
asked that the jury report be
expunged, represented a legal
controversy between Mr. Uhler
and the court, with neither the
United States Attorney’s office
nor the grand jury a proper
party to the dispute.
The indictments, coming with
in three weeks of the November
3 election for Governor, imme
diately touched off cries of
“smear politics” by the Demo
cratic leadership and prompt
denials by the Republicans—
with their first United States
Attorney in office in Virginia in
years—that politics had any
thing to do with it.
Byrd Sees Political Motive.
Mr. Kellam, Thomas B. Stan
ley, Democratic candidate for
Governor, and Senator Byrd,
head of the Virginia Democratic
organization, all said lt was ap
parent from the timing of the
presentments to the grand jury
that the move was politically in
spired.
But G. O. P. Candidate Ted
Dalton—along with other lead
ers in his party—said they didn’t
think the indictment of Mr. Kel
lam should be a campaign issue.
However, Mr. Dalton made it
plain he would be content to
make an issue of it if the Demo
crats wanted it that way.
U. S. Schools Head
Gives His Philosophy
ANOTHER BROWNELL—Dr. Samuel
Miller Brownell, the Attorney General's
brother, is coming to Washington as
United States commissioner of edu
cation. Among other things, he wants
to see more' men teachers in the
grade schools. Dr. Brownell is intro
duced on page A-8.
GOBLIN FEAST—Halloween cofia
for special treats and Food Editor
Violet Faulkner has just the recipes—
goblin eggs, red devils, popcorn bars
and caromel apples. She tells all an
page B-5.
Guide for Readers
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