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Evening star., 1942-12-15
Senate Group Warns
Nation Faces Lumber
Next Year
WPB Urged to Take
Action to Lift Conudiun
Embargo on Log Exports
By the Associated Press.


The Senate War Investigating
Committee warned today the Nation
faced "an acute lumber shortage"
next year and recommended that
the War Production Board take "ap-
propriate action" to lift a Canadian
embargo against expectation of logs
to the United States.
The report, presented to the Senate
by Chairman Truman, Democrat,
of Missouri, also suggested that Ben
Alexander, WPB lumber co-ordina-
tor, "be censured for having inten-
tionally failed to seek a settlement
of his differences with the Forest
Service over a timber production
plan awaiting President Roosevelt's
approval
Dispute Prolonged.
The Forest Service plan, designed
to provide a 100000 900 revolving
fund to provide loans and markets
for small sawmill operators was first
submitted in June, but WPB ap-
proval, over Mr.. Alexander's opposi-
ton. was not given until November
l8, the report said.
Senator Truman declared Mr..
Alexander's failure to disclose exact
points of difference with the Forest
Service to allow determination by
higher authorities, resulted in the
unnecessary prolongation Of a dis
pute" between his division and the
Forest Service ito the detriment OF
the war effort"
The committee. called attention to
the action of Canadian authorities
in preventing continuation Of the
pre-war practice of shipping Ameri-
can owned logs from crown grant
lands in British Columbia to Amer
lean sawmills in the Puget Sound
region on the Pacific Northwest.
Embargo Effect SERIOUS"
These embargoes have had
serious effect upon the production OF
lumber in the Pacific Northwest, as
many speciality items. such as ship
timbers, were manufactured from
logs formerly imported from British
Columbia the report read.
Efforts of American officials to lift
the embargo, the report said, have
met with Canadian refusal Ito take
any action favorable to the United
States.
Even American requests to take
crews to Canada to get
the logs or to have Canadians sub
stitute logs for lumber ordered by
concerns have been re-
jected, Senator Truman reported.
The report quoted the Forest
Service as estimating that 3l.l bill
lion broad feet of lumber would be
required for military and essential
civilian use in 1912 against an an
ticipated production OF only 20 bill
lion broad feet.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Won Hartman in Madrid
As Finnish Attache
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID. Dec. 15.-Lt. Col. Carl
Won Hartman. an officer in the
Finnish Army who once worked in
Hollywood as a technical director,
arrived in Madrid today as Fin
lands military attache.
A professional soldier and veteran
of the German Army in the last
war Col Won Hartman also fought
in Finland and Estonia before go
ing to Hollywood to serve as an
adviser and technical director for
"Hell's Angels" and other films.
He volunteered with Generaissimo
Francisco Frances forces in the
Spanish civil war, in which he was
wounded five times.
With Finland and Russia again
at war. Col Won Hartman returned
to Finland He lost an eye in the
fighting on that front, was captured
and escaped
He was commanding a Lapland
brigade when his appointment to
the Madrid post came.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Poy Bill
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have to submit such data as the
budget director requests to justify
need for the present number OF
workers. If the Budget Office
deems the justification insufficient
it could order reduction in staff,
and the Civil Service Commission
would be authorized to transfer the
excess personnel to any other agency
that may need more workers.
Changes in Field Rate.
The overtime heretofore paid to
Army and Navy field workers. until
November 80, was not limited by the
wage ceilings adopted yesterday to
govern the new overtime privilege
being extended to other employees.
The Senate committee held another
meeting late yesterday, however.
and decided that in this temporary
measure the ceilings should apply
uniformly to all This will mean
that some of the technical workers
in Army and Navy, in the higher
brackets, will not be eligible for as
much overtime pay as before.
The only groups not covered by
the pending resolution are: En-
ployes on an hourly or daily wage
base, whose pay is regulated by
wage boards at prevailing commu-
nifty rates and who are always eligi-
BILE for overtime elected officials,
heads of departments and workers
outside the continental United
States, including Alaska, who are
paid on the basis of local conditions.
Meanwhile. the War Labor Board
last night delegated to the Interior
Department, the Federal Reserve
System and the United States En-
ployment Service authority. in their
respective departments, to make
wage and salary adjustments for
employees whose compensation is not
fixed by statute.
This action In decentralizing the
wage and salary functions assigned
to the board by the wage stabiliza-
ton order, it was explained, is In line
with previous board orders delegat-
ing similar authority to the Army
and Navy.
The boards orders cover approxi-
mately $4,000 Interior Department
workers, $4,000 employees of the
United States Employment Service
and between $4,000 and 10000 en-
ployes of the Federal Reserve Sys-
TEN.
The War Labor Board retains the
right of final review over the deci-
Nons of each Of the three agencies,
which are instructed to follow the
boards wage and salary Sterilization
policies.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
GuadaIcanaI Death Rate
Held 10 1oo Of Wounded
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Rear Admiral william Chambers
Of the Navy Medical Corps reported
today that men wounded on Quad
alcanal are speedily placed in mod
ern. wen-eQuipped hospitals. and
that the mortality rate is very low.
Admiral Chambers. just back from
an inspection tour in the South Pa
cific, said the wounded were removed
by ambulance plane to evacuation
hospitals scattered through the area
and that the mortality rate of l per
cent for the flrst thousand wounded
was continuing. He said the normal
expectancy Of mortality was per
cent.
The Navy released the admiral's
report, which mentioned the EN-
cheney and bravery of doctors and
hospital corpsmen and use Of sulfa
drugs. blood plasma and tetanus
toxoid as aiding In the saving Of the
wounded men.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Doctors Find Possible
Clue 10 Prevention
Of Infanti|e Paralysis
Nerve Cells kesistunt
To Virus, Hopkins
Researchers Report
by ALTON L. BLAKESLEE.
Assoeiated Press stan writer,


BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-Discovery
that nerve cells are resistant to in
fantile virus during a period of
resurge of growth is reported by two
Johns Hopkins research workers.
The resistance apparently stems
from some chemical change In the
cells incident to the growth stimulus.
This clue offers hope that artificial
means may be found for making
humans resistant to the dread virus.
This unusual nerve resistance was
discovered by Drs. Howard A. Howe
and David Bodian of the Hopkins
School Of Hygiene and Public
Health. research team that has
been investigating infantile paralysis
for some years.
Working with monkeys, they cut
the sciatic nerves to stimulate them
to repair the injury. The sciatic
nerves cells Of origin in the spinal
cord are very susceptible to destruc-
ton by the virus and resulting pa
ralysis.
After the cuttin, there was little
change for about 4 week In the re-
action Of the nerve cells to virus
invasion. But then they became in
creasingly resistant to the virus. and
the resistance apparently lasted
until regrowth of the severed nerve
was effectively completed.
Drs. Howe and Bodian now are
working with the spinal cords OF
goats to discover what this chemical
change in the nerves is, since mon
keys now are rare and costly.
II the exact nature of the chemi-
cal change can be learned, DR.. Howe
said, it may be possible to use arti-
ficial means to establish nerve re-
sistance to the virus In humans
without actual cutting Of the nerves.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Three-Yeor-OId
Boy Seized as
Shoe Burglar
By the Associated Press


CINCINNATI, Dec. Is. Police
detained a youngster of as the
city's youngest burglar today-and
with him, his brothers, and IL.
Then they investigated
The boy Of II was accused of
breaking into a shoe e-store window,
then pushing his brothers through
the opening to retrieve several pairs
of shoes and slippers.
It. Jacob Schardt visited their
home i. . found the mother and two
other children huddled in one small
room. All were living of charity
The. woman, whose husband had
deserted her, wore a pair of the
stolen slippers. Each Of the chill
dren wore new shoes -.
Il guess they needed them. and
the Oldest boy just went out and got
them" 1t. Schardt reported.
No charges were filed as police
continued the inquiry.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
UAW 10 Void Strike Pact
Il Salary Limit Is Killed
By the Associated PresS.

oy A6SOCldleC fJSs3s
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 15-The
CLOS powerful United Automobile
Workers Union has resolved that if
Congress abrogates the $4,000 net
salary limitation, it will be con-
sidered to mean that there no
longer exists sufficient emergency
to hold unions to their voluntary
promise not to strike for the dura-
ton.
The resolution. introduced by
Vice President Richard Franksteen,
was passed unanimously by the
unions international executive
board last Saturday.
1t referred to sentiment in Con-
gress to remove the limitation, or
to raise the ceiling, and declared:
1T is apparently in keeping with
our freedom and democracy to limit
the earning power of one whose
income may be $1,000, $500 or
$1,000 q year, but it is communism
or dictatorship or the destruction
of all liberty to limit the income
of one whose income may be $780,
900, 100000 or 100000 a year"
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Draft Policy Group
Begins Work After
Seeing President
Chairman BeIIomy Says
Committee Hopes to
End Job in Month
"A. P. Wirephoto.

A special committee named last
week by President Roosevelt to
formulate . uniform policy to govern
requests for occupational deferment
from the draft for Federal employees
began its work today after con-
ferring with the Chief Executive at
the White House.
Paul Bellamy, Cleveland editor,
who is chairman of the committee.
said as the group left the White
House that the first business session
would be held later today. The
committee plans to work continu-
ously except for Christmas in the
hope OF completing its task in about
month, he added.
Task Is Intricate.
He remarked the committees task
Is intricate and dimcult, requiring
the wisdom of a Solomon" but said
we are doing our best"
In appointing the committee, Mr..
Roosevelt directed it to set up
standards for determining just how
essential an employe is to the Gov
ernment and whether his "skills and
abilities can best be used to make
his maximum contribution in the
total war program in his civilian
assignment or in military service" !"
Mr.. Bellamy declined to speculate
on whether the policy to be worked
out by the committee might be used
as pattern for deferment of work.
ers in private industry as well as in
the Government.
President Now Gets Requests.
Until the committee completes It's
formulation of definite policy. all
requests for occupational deferment
of Government employees must be
submitted to the White House for
individual consideration. s.
Members of the committee. in
addition to Mr.. Benamy, conferring
with Mr.. Roosevelt today were Ord
way Tead. member of the New York
City Board OF Higher Education,
and Eric Johnston. president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. william H. McReynolds. ad-
ministrative assistant to the Presi-
dent and liaison officer for personnel
management, also attended the con-
ference.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Beveridge Is Married
To Former Secretary

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-Sir William
Beveridge. author of the recently
published postwar social security
plan for Britain, and Mrs. Jessy
Mair. his former secretary, were
married today after friendship
covering a quarter of a century.
1t was the first marriage for Sir
william, 63. His bride is a grand
mother and. like Sir William. has
long been known as one Of Britain's S
leading economists.
They were married privately at
Caxton Hall. Mrs. Winston Church.
i'll, Mrs. John G. Winant. wife of the
United States Ambassador, and sew
eral cabinet members accepted invi-
tations to attend a reception after
ward.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Navy Men, Employees Buy
100000, 900 War Bonds
sy the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex. Dec.
15.-Capt. Gerald Eubank, war bond
co-ordinator for the Navy Depart
ment. announced today that by De-
cember 81 the Treasury will have
received more than 500 900 900 from
Navy employees and personnel in war
bond purchases.
This total, he added while on a
visit to the Corpus Christi Naval
Air Training Center, Is more than
double the amount originally esti-
mated by the war bond sales COM
mite to be expected of the Navy.
Capt. Eubank also announced
that the Naval center here was the
first among all air stations Of the
Navy in the cash sale of bonds on
Pearl Harbor Day. with 3141, $50.
The Pensacola station was second
with $l40.38l.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
WPB Aide Predicts
Radical Changes
In About Effort
Hudsins Tells Congress
Groups Legal Blocks
Nav Be Overridden
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Houlder Hudgins. director Of the
War Production Boards procure
ment policy, told the Senate and
House Small Business Committees
today that all-out mobilization may
call for radical changes in our busi-
ness and social institutions
He declared it soon might be nee
essary to brush aside legal, psy-
Geological and physical obstacles
in the way of directing everything
We can against the enemy"
Mr.. Hudgins testified that a recent
WPB directive requiring the placing
Of contracts by negotiation rather
than by the traditional award to
the lowest responsible bidder was
designed to make possible appraisal
terms of overall national interest as
contrasted to the single objective Of
low price"
Terms Deadline Important.
Primary emphasis. he said, must
be placed upon securing deliveries
or performance at the time required
by the war program"
The directive requires placing of
contracts with concerns needing to
acquire the least amounts of addi-
tional new machinery. equipment or
facilities and attempting to let con-
tracts in areas of labor surplus.
He suggested amending the Small
er War Plants Act. contending it
was out df date since "it no longer
comprehensively expresses an all
out productive effort within man.
aged war economy"
Amendments. he said. should
bring the legislation within the
spirit of the recent WPB directive
and define smaller war plant as
amy productive unit not contribut-
ing its entire capacity to the pro-
duction of implements of war or the
necessary goods to provide for the
civilian life"
Sees No Room for COmplacency.
Senate Committee Chairman
Murray, Democrat, of Montana said
the production picture to date left
no room whatever for COM
placency-especially in view Of the
fact that 1912 production appears to
oe almost 80 per cent below the
Presidents goal for tanks, almost
20 per cent below for planes, and Is
per cent below for anti-aircraft
guns"
I'VE must utilize the enormous
productive facilities now lying idle
in the smaller war plants of the
Nation" Senator Murray told the
session.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Daughter Of Armour
Seeks Reno Divorce,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RENO. New. Dec: .l5.-Mrs. Lolita
Armour Mitchell, daughter of the
late j. Ogden Armour. Chicago
packer, today filed suit for . divorce
from John ]. Mitchell. wealthy resi-
dent Of Chicago and Santa Barbara,
Calf.
She charged Mr.. Mitchell had
treated her with extreme mental
cruelty since their marriage in Lake
Forest. ILL.,. June 10. 1921. Specific
acts Of cruelty were not outlined.
A private hearing was set for this
afternoon.
Her complaint said an out of :
court agreement settled the couple S
property rights and custody Of two
adopted children.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Priests Held as Agents
OF Alien Power on Bond
~ the Associated Press-

0y INT ASs0clAted PreSB~
DETROIT. Dec. l5.-Father Gig
haerie Moraru and Father Stephan
Opreanu, Rumanian Orthodox
Priests indicted by Federal grand
Jury last month on charges they
failed to register as agents of a for
eign power, were released on bonds
Of $4,000 each today. -
Earlier release had been prevented
because they were under detention
as enemy aliens. They furnished
the bonds after Federal author
ltles at Washington approved their
parole rs enemy aliens, with the
provision that they report once each
week to the immigration Service.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Congress
Continued From First Page.)

subcommittee Immediately after
the new Congress convenes.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat. of
Montana, who was expected to take
an active part in the investigation,
said the committee which author
lied the inquiry yesterday wanted
to learn how the Price Control Act
was being interpreted and applied
and what plans, If any, had been
made for the payment of subsidies
to maintain ceilings.
Il personally feel that there is
no authority under the law for the
payment Of subsidies" Senator
Wheeler told reporters. Il think We
ought to investigate the whole price
control setup to see what they are
doing. as well as the operations of
the Department Of Agriculture, par
ticularly their construction of the
law in absolute contradiction to the
intent of Congress"
Alfudes to Byrnes' Action.
Senator Wheeler alluded to action
taken by Economic Director James
F. Byrnes. under President Roose-
velt's orders, to count Government
benefit payments as part of farm
ers' crop income, thus permitting
the establishment of price ceilings
below parity levels in some in
stances.
Senator Aiken, Republican, of
Vermont, who has charged this was
contrary to the intent Of Congress.
told reporters he would not be sur
prised II action were taken in the
new session to cut OF funds for the
payment Of subsidies so that farm
price ceilings would have to be
raised to obtain suf1icient food pro-
duction.
Senator Wheeler said the commit
tee had been asked by Mr.. Byrnes
to approve . resolution permitting
the. Government to sell 10000, 900
bushels of wheat, now held under
certain sale restrictions. at market
prices, paying farmers q subsidy of
about 6 cents q bushel.
This was proposed. he said, as
part Of q plan to relieve q price
squeeze" on millers, which Senator
Reed. Republican, Of Kansas has
charged might result In q bread
shortage.
This plan called for an increase
Of So cents 4 barrel In the ceiling
price on flour, which the depart
mental experts believed would be
reflected In an increase of from s
to II cents . bushel in the amount
farmers received for their wheat.
Bakers were said to have agreed
generally to absorb the flour price
rise without increasing bread prices
II the plan went through. Commit
tee members thus far have not acted
formally on the proposal and there
was doubt that It would be accept
able.
They gave unanimous approval
yesterday, however, to the investi-
cation resolution sponsored by Sen
ators Gillette. Democrat. Of Iowa
and Reed.
While this proposal would require
Senate approval before 1t could be-
come effective, members said the
committee had decided to 20 ahead
with Its own overall investigation
into the price-control setup regard
Les Of the fate Of the resolution.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Edward @. Watkins, II,
Clock Firm Head, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GARDNER, Mass. Dec. l5.-Ed-
ward G. Watkins, inventor and pio-
neer in the manufacturing Of time
clocks and automatic time recording
devices, founder and president Of
the Simplex Time Recorder Co., died
today at the age of IT.
Mr.. watkins, who had been in Ill
health for three years. was honored
two years ago at National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers dinner in
Boston at which he was presented
modern pioneer" award for his
contribution to the Advancement Of
the American standard Of living by
invention of the mechanical time
recorder.
Evening star., 1942-12-15
Vandenberg AssaiIs
Critics Of Eisenhower
Deal With DarIan
COP Leader Refers
To WiIIkie Speech in
Attack on 'stroteeists'

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
OF Michigan spoke out today against
some Of our unofficial strategists
at home" who have criticized 1t.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for ac-
cepting the collaboration of French
Admiral Jean Darlan in North
Africa.
Without mentioning the name of
Wendell L. Willkie, tituiar leader
OF .the Republican party, Senator
Vandenberg referred to a quotation
from a recent Willkie speech.
THE general may be guilty of
false flnagling with expediency,' to
quote one Of his more voluble globe
trotting critics." Senator Vanden-
berg said, "but he is also guilty of
saving American lives and of saw
ing months Of valuable time and
Of amazing bloodless victories in
the winning of the war;
If that be a crime. I should like
to sign his bond" Senator Van
denberg told the Senate.
The Michigan Senator, a mem
ber of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, remarked that President
Roosevelt had declared the COL
laboration had saved both lives and
time.
This desperately important COL
laboration, Senator Vandenberg
declared, has been of supreme mill
tary Importance to the United
Nations.
1T has reached north of Toulon
and robbed the Axis of most of the
French fleet which, in enemy hands,
would have threatened our entire
Mediterranean operations, he said.
1T has reached as far south as
Dakar and delivered to our cause
without the firing Of a gun-the
whole of the most threatening
African outpost which we con-
3ronted.
Second Front Strategy.
The entire Allied strategy on this
total second front is interviewer
with Gen Eisenhower co-opera-
tive contracts with Admiral Darlan
who has magnif1cently kept every
engagement he has made with us.
Under such ife-and- death cir
cumstances I respectfully suggest
that some of our unofficial strate-
gists at home, who by their current
criticisms of the Darlan arrange
ment might succeed in upsetting it.
would do better for their country
and its fighting sons if they would
allow Gen. Eisenhower to win his
war as cheaply and as swiftly as
possible-saving as many American
and British and French lives as pos
sible-saving as much precious time
and material as possible-instead of
ham -stringing him with their anti
Darlan resentments and their post
war ideologies."