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Evening star., 1943-06-14
Navy to Probe Pay by Firms
To Reneqotiution Experts

of an instance where an accountant
formerly earning $4,000 had been
raised to $50 900, and another person
representing company in rene
gotation proceedings was employed
a an annual figure OF 100000
The discussion of renegotia tors
pay arose in general inquiry into
salary raises for officials of COM
panies with war contracts
MI Rockey said that generally
his board found the large salary in
creases occurred in family owned"
compa nies or companies otherwise
owned by few persons.
He told of one family -owned"
company. which he did not name.
in which one member had a salary
of s87,500 while doing practically
nothing"
In this case he testified. the en-
tire amount was disallowed as an
item of company cost. and he added
that IN many cases the board dis
allowed excessive remunera tions in
the process of renegotiation.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
RoIIbuck
Continued From First Page y

American Farm Bureau Federation,
told the Senate Banking Committee
that demands Of organized labor for
SUBSIDY payments to finance price
rollbaCkS represented a finely dis
gllSed effort TO secure another un-
warranted increase in wages
Appealing for legislation to pro-
hlbit a general subsidy program to
decrease prices of commodities. Mr..
ONeal declared that If any roll
back is to be made it ought to be
made rollbaCk of wages instead of
prices.
The farm leader declared the food
production program had been jeop-
ardlzed by what he called deter
mined efforts of the Office of Price
Administration to provide bargain
prices for consumers without regard
10 providing prices essential to Sc
cure maximum production
Again and again." he said, the
American farmer has been made
the whipping boy to appease the
unreasonable demands of organ
LED labor leaders"
The Senate Banking Committee,
which three DAYS ago heard Will
liam Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. predict
a spontaneous revolt of wage
earners' unless living costs are cut.
was told by Mr O'Neal that such
remarks were most unfortunate
at this time of grave national emer-
gency."
The 100000 farmers in this
country are not going on strike or
getting overtime beyond 40 hours, >
Mr., O'Neal said. Through reten-
tion of the 40-hour week with pre-
MUM pay for overtime beyond 40
hours. organized labor-supported
by the administration pre-
vented complete utilization of our
manpoWer resources, contributed
enormously to the inhationarv
spiral, and added greatly to the cost
of prosecuting the war
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Lewis, owl Deputy
Accused by Pring|e
Group, Quits Post
Former Vice President
OF CBS Was Aide
To Gardner CowIes

William B. Lewis. assistant di-
rector of the Office Of War In
formations Domestic Branch,
one of the officials recently &C
cused of turning the agency into
a "ballyhoo" office, has resigned,
it was announced today.
Mr. Lewis. a former vice president
of Columbia Broadcasting System,
was one of those accused by a group
Of Is writer's who resigned from owl
in April of preferring slick sales
manship to honest information. J"
That group, led by Henry F. Pringle,
well-known author, left OWL after
severely criticizing it's policies.
Mr.. Lewis was a holdover in OWL
from the Office of Facts and Fig
ures. which year ago was merged
with the information office. He was
closely associated in OFF with
with Archibald MacLeish, who head
ed the agency.
In Owl Mr. Lewis served as as
sistant to Gardner Cowles. the do
mestic branch director Mr.. Cowles
already has announced his own
resignation. effective June Is. He
and Mr.. Lewis and James Allen
bore the brunt of the attack made
by the Pringle group
we very much regret to have
Mr.. Lewis leave Owl Director
Davis commented, but he feels that
he has essentially completed his
most recent assignment of helping
reorganize certain bureaus Of the
domestic branch He has been in
Washington since the early fall of
l94l and has earned a rest"
The successor to Mr.. Lewis will
be appointed by Palmer Hoyt, who
will succeed Mr. CoWles as head of
the domestic branch later In the
month, Mr. Davis said
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Seabee Commandant
Denies Private Gain
From Hog Farm
Capt. Ware Declares
Funds Are Devoted
To Mems Recreation
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CAMP PEARY, Va, June H.
Capt. j. G. Ware. commandant Of
the Seabee naval training station
here, denied today that there was
any private gain in Navys hog
farm, which husbands SO hogs and
few pigs. ANY profits in pig
raising are merged with those Of
other ship service" activities. he
said. which amount to more than
$4,000 month.
All this money. Capt Ware said,
goes into a recreation fund and is
used to provide the men with free
movies, athletic equipment. musical
instruments for battalion bands. etc.
Il run big amusement business
here on the side" Capt Ware said
With 80 900 men unable to shop
elsewhere this company store of our
does a big business, as do the ship
service activities at other large sta
tions. AS for the hog farm. it takes
careful management to keep that
even little in the blue
Wrong Impression Taken.
Capt Ware said that it became
evident to him on reading a Wash
ington newspaper TODAY that some
of his men had been under the i'm
preston that the hog farm was the
personal venture of the comman-
dant. However. he said, that when
he was asked about it last week by
tho psuyena parpoap chackjpo m tho
hogs, he had made it clear to him
that it was ship service activity
Our shin service" Can't. Ware
said today, includes soda fountains.
a tobacco store. cobbler shop. barber
shop. laundry and things ike that"
No Question Of Private Gain.
The so-called hog farm the
statement said, was run as a ship
service activity, and still is There
is no question of private gain in
volved. The purpose of this farm
is to supply some small amount of
additional food for the men of this
camp. This serves to relieve the
local food market of some of the
burden of feeding $4,000 officers and
men.
"As commanding officer. I am
aware Of the potential shortage of
food in this country. For that rea-
son we have grown Victory gardens
in areas not otherwise utilized by
naval activities.
With respect to the sale OF hogs
on several occasions the ships service
has authorized the sale of a few
OF them on the market in Rich
mond in the same manner as any
other sale OF hogs. But it has been
decided that no more hogs will be
sold as the meat is required for the
men in the camp
Capt Ware added that one of the
reasons for the ships service start
ing the hog farm was to provide
the men with fresh killed meat for
barbecues.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Baseball
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Lindell walked. Gordon sacrificed
but when Pyle threw wildly past
first base Keller and Lindell scored
and Gordon continued to third
Etten flied to Case. Gordon scoring
after the catch. Hemslev flied to
R. johnson. w johnson looked at
a third strike. Three runs.
WASHINGTON-Early flied to
Stainback. w johnson threw out
Sullivan. Myatt batted for Pyle and
looked at third strike.
FOURTH INNING.
NEW Scarborough now
pitching for Washington. Spence
made a spectacular overtime
shoulder catch OF Chambers deer
drive. Stainback singled to center
StirnWeiss flied to Case Keller
singled to right. Stainback going tc
third. Lindell forced Keller at sec
ond, Sullivan to Priddy.
WASHINGTON-S -StirnWeiss threw
out Case. Spence lined to Chandler
NSi i-OIl Ilileu to helleI.
FIFTH INNING.
NEW YORK - Gordon's hard
grounder took a bad hop over Sulli-
vans head for single. Etten flied
to Spence HemSley hit into dou-
bic play, Sullivan to Priddv to Ver-
non.
WASHINGTON - Chandler de-
flected R. Johnson's drive to Gordon
who threw him out. Kampouris
walked to become the first Wash
lngton player to reach first. Priddy
hut into double play, StirnWeiss to
Gordon to Etten.
SIXTH INNING.
NEW YORK Scarborough tossed
out w. johnson. Chandler walked
Stainback flied TO Case. Stirnweiss
famed
WASHINGTON-Early lined to
Lindell. Sullivan beat out slow
roller to StirnWeiss for the first hit
off Chandler. Robertson batted for
Scarborough and singled to right,
Sullivan stopping at second. The
runners advanced as Chandler threw
out Case. Gordon threw out Spence
SEVENTH INNING.
NEW YORK-Adkins now pitch
ing for Washington. Adkins tossed
out Keller. Lindell flied to Case.
Gordon fouled to R. Johnson.
WASHINGTON-Vernon flied to
Keller. R. Johnson singled to left.
kampouris was called out on strikes.
Etten was charged with an error
when he dropped Priddy's foul.
Priddy flied to Stainback.
Evening star., 1943-06-14

Civilian Pilot Program
Would GET 33 Million
In New Funds Bill
Senote Group Approves
State, Justice, Commerce
Department Funds
Earlier Stories on Page A-1.)
Rx the AssoeiAtAd prAsS

Earlier Stories on Page A-1.)
BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee added $50, ,940,358 for
civilian airplane pilot training to
a measure providing funds for
the State, Justice and Commerce
Departments, which it reported
to the Senate today.
That was the biggest increase
made by the committee in the bill
passed by the House, which came
to the Senate floor carrying total
of $226. los, 1853 for the next fiscal
year.
Senator McCarran. Democrat. of
Nevada told reporters the additional
funds would finance training Of
8.648 pilots from among whom it
was estimated the Army would re-
ceive 1900 graduates.
The bill provides In all, $l02 $751;
300 for the Justice. $33,52S. 100 for
the State and $89. 9.920.358 for the
Commerce Departments.
The committee recommended an
appropriation OF $295, 900 to continue
the field ONCE service of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
for which the House, In the absence
of budget estimate, refused to ap-
propriate.
It also recommended striking out
Of the Commerce appropriations a
House provision prohibiting the use
Of anv of the funds for "promotionaI
activities" or inquiries in connection
with "oleomargarine. filled milk.
filled cheese or other pretended
substitutes for dairy products
An appropriation of $1.842, 900 was
added to tre funds of the admin
istration of civil aeronautics for
strengthening Alaska airway COM
munication facilities and communi-
cations services generally. Another
provision made available an un-
expended balance of $99. 900 900 from
current appropriations for military
pilot training, air transport COM
mand and air-defense activities.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
BY tht Associated Press.

The appearance Of new and as
vet unidentified disease. with high
mortality rate but apparently not
widespread, was disclosed today by
release of testimony before House
committee b. Public Realth Service
physicians.
DR.. r. F. Dyer of the service said
discovery OF Tie disease was rather
astonishing sort of thing but de-
clared the causative agent had been
isolated in animals and expressed
confidence that given little time
we will find out what 1t is
An Appropriations Committee
member raised the question whether
the disease had been planted in
this country. but DR.. Dyer said
there was no evidence to substantiate
such a suspicion.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
By the Associated Press.

On suggestion of members of the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
who raised the question whether a
'renegotiation racket had devel-
oped. the Navy Department Price
Adjustment Board agreed today to
inquire into the remunerations re-
ceived by persons representing war
contractors in renegotiation pro-
ceedings
Representative Hebert, Democrat.
OF Louisiana told Kenneth Rockev.
head of the adjustment board, that
'racketeer leeches" appeared to
have shifted from contract procure
ment to ''renegotiation experts"
Mr. Rockey told the subcommit-
tee studying war contracts that n
the future the board would inquire
about private arrangements tina
persons appearing in renegotiat lion
proceedings have made with the
companies they represent.
Mr.. Rockey had told the group
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Frederick F. Fursmon,
Art School Head, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAUGATUCK. Mich. June A.
Frederick F. Fursman, prominent
member OF the Saugatuck art colony
and for many years director of an
art school here, died at his home
Saturday night.
Mr.. Fursman was the first of a
group Of Chicago artists to establish
a summer colony here Is years ago.
When the Chicago Art Institute
opened summer school here. Mr..
Fursman was made a director and
established permanent residence.
Mr.. Fursman was native Of Ell
Paso. Ill.,. and studied at the Chicago
Art Institute and also in European
cultural centers His wife, Ida, died
year ago. Funeral services will be
held here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Father Wins Custody Of Boy, 9,
After Long District Court Fiqht

After this case the Washington
City Orphan Asylum was awarded
custody of the child for year and
kept him after the year expired,
while the question Of custody was
being continued in court. Both the
father and mother were seeking the
little boy. who is known as Jimmy"
Under the court order the mother
can see the child at the fathers
discretion.
Mr.. Ford and Mrs. Stewart were
divorced in 1888 Mr. Ford. who also
is remarked, has daughter by his
present wife.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Mystery Disease Uncovered;
Mortality Rate Is High

The disease was first discovered
near New IBERIA. La, with II cases
resulting in 8 deaths Most OF the
deaths occurred among nurses who
cared fo.' the original cases.
Since tren," said Dr. Dyer, I'VE
have heard Of some suspicious
cases, ona case occurring in an Army
camp. This is apparently a newly
discovered disease in the pneumonia
group A disease which will kill
8 out of u people is rather serious
thing
Why it should start in an isolated
community We do not know. We
have rather indefinite history of
some muSkrats in the neighborhood
having died a little bit before the
disease appeared in human beings.
But this disease goes we'll In ami
mails and given a little time we will
find out what 1t is
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Freedmen's Hospital
Adjustments Urged
In Supply Bill Report
Measure Carries Funds
For Howard U. and
St. EIizobeth's Hospital
Earlier Story on Page AID

Certain adjustments" in the
personnel at Freedmen's Hospital
we're recommended by the House
Appropriations Committee today
in reporting the 1914 supply bill
for the Labor Department, Fed
eral Security Agency and related
independent offices.
The measure provides $685. 900 for
the hospital, an increase of $3l $50
over the amount appropriated for
It's operation during the present fis-
cal year ending June 30. 1t also car
rles S155.200 for the Columbian In
stitution for the Deaf. a cut of SIS
500 under the funds allowed for the
present fiscal year; S747240 for
Howard University, reduction Of
s3O.26O and sl.963.O0O for St. Eliza
beth's Hospital, an increase of
S544,70O.
Statement on Freedmen's.
With respect to Freedmens Hos
pital, the committee said in its re-
port to the House:
In connection with the appro-
priation bill for l943, the committee
called attention to numerous evi-
denceS of irregularities and made
quate administrative control of the
affairs of the institution
In the past year the dean of the
medical college at Howard Univer-
Sitv has been designated to serve
also as superintendent of the hos
pltal, and the committee is glad to
note some improvement in the man.
agement of the business affairs of
the hospital. particularly in connec-
ton with the collection of bills"
The committee pointed out that a
larger proportion of patients in the
hospital are now pay patients, or
at least part-pay patients, but said
1t appears there is room for fur
ther improvement in this direction.
After inquiry into the admins
tratlve affairs Of the hospital" the
report declared, 1t is the judgment
of the committee that. in addition
to those ConSummated. certain ad-
Justments in personnel should be
made looking toward the procure
ment Of the most competent per-
sons available for certain key posi-
tons
The committee pointed out it had
eliminated from the bill a provision
which requll ed the hospital to re-
imburse Howard University 5000
year so long as the dean of the
School of Medicine at the inStitu-
ton serves as superintendent of the
hospital.
This provision has been stricken
from the bill" it said, as it would
appear that the two positions are
Of such Importance and require such
close attention to detail. that one
man should not serve in both ca
paClties, This action is in no way
reflection on the present dean of
the medical school and superintend-
ent, who appears to be we'll qualified
for either position"
The increase allowed St. Eliza
beth's Hospital, the committee ex-
plalned. is due to an anticipated in
crease in the patient load of men in
the armed services who are wounded
in the war A 42'2 per cent jump is
expected between July l, this year,
and July l. 1914
Evening star., 1943-06-14

A child custody fight which had
lasted several years was ended today
when Chief Justice Edward c..
Eicher of District Court signed an
order giving custody of Kenneth j.
Ford, 8, to his father. Kenneth A.
Ford, 80. an administrative assistant
Louisville, KY.
About two years ago the child's
mother Mrs. Evelyn M. Stewart, 81.
who is remarked. was sentenced to
serve so DAYS when a District Court
jury found her guilty of beating
the child. The boy also was burned
when he was put In tub of hot
water. 1t was testified.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Bomb Noise Alone Nearly Fatal,
Italians on PunteIIeriu Soy

German types with Italian mark
ines.
The prisoners volunteered to help
remove the wreckage on the all field
and do general cleanup jobs. OFF,
GERS told Sergt. Love of the "bom-
Dardmento terriffico," illustrating
with gestures.
The Briton flew to the island
with important documents. posters,
instructions for the islands civil
population and. more Interesting
from the viewpoint of the Allied
occupational forces, American and
British Army newspapers.
Within a few minutes after he
had landed, the troops were reading
the Stars and Stripes and Union
Jack. telling just what happened be-
fore and after they arrived.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
Knight to Aid Censors

LONDON. June IA (P.-John S.
Knight, publisher of newspapers in
Detroit, Miami and Akron, has ar
rived here to act as liaison officer
between United States and British
censorship. it was disclosed today.
He represents Byron Price, director
of censorship.
Evening star., 1943-06-14
BY the Associated Press


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. June IA Brit
ish flyer who surveyed results of the
Allied aerial bombardment of Pan
telleria said today on his return
from the captured island that Ital-
ians told him the noise alone nearly
killed them"
The flyer was RAF Sergt. Pilot H
E. Love of London.
Sergt. Love said the Italian aarrl-
son still had enough equipment to
sustain resistance several months
when it capitulated.
OF 80 wrecked aircraft he counted
on and around the islands bomb
pitted air field. he said many were
Evening star., 1943-06-14
One Killed, 8 Injured
In Navy Plane Crash
BY the Associated Press.

$.
NORFOLK, Va. June 14.-Lt.
q. g. r. W. Hathaway, Dayton,
Ohio, was killed yesterday when a
Navy patrol plane crashed near
Cherry Point, N. c., the Fifth Naval
District announced today.
Minor injuries we're suffered by
the eight other occupants of the
plane.
Evening star., 1943-06-14

There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch Offices for Star want
Ads" located throughout the city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-29
Entire War
Agency Quits

Detroit, Sept. 29-lNS - The
Michigan regional division OF the
Smaller War Plants Corp. today re-
signed in a mass protest stating
the agency was nothing more than
a gloIifled publicity agency.
Thomas w. Moss. regional direc-
tor. said the designations OF the
entire hoard were included in a re-
solution sent to Robert Wood John
son, head OF SWPC, who himself
resigDca last week effective Oct. /.
The resolution charged that tax
payers money was being wasted
and that the agency had failed ito
produce results beneficial TO the
war effort or to small industry.
Red tape and lack Of the boards
operation as an autonomous unit
was partly responsible for its fall
ure, tie resolution pointed out.
The board had absolutely mo
authority. it was said, and its
duties we're apparently Ito carry
out requests received from Wash
ington that the members contact
their congressman and the press.
CONNIE nding the efforts of SWPC
and obtaining favorable publicly
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-29
Post War Supplies Going to
Russia Miss Kellems Claims

Boothe Luce in a congressional
race last year, made the accusa-
ton before the Chicago Rotary
Club.
She declared the Administration
is violating the spirit OF lend.lesse
by requisitioning vital materials
for foreign countries that are not
actually required to fight the war
Through J. w. Flatley, chief
contract and purchase branch,
Treasury Department, procurement
division" she charged. "9S42.000
feet OF long distance telephone ca.
BILE, 4,264,000 feet Of power cable,
52,000,o00 pounds OF bare copper
and huge quantities OF other vital
material have been ordered in this
country for Russia.
ut comes Miss KelIems added,
under the Presidents direct super
vision-it is a must"
These orders for. Russia, she
said. are for long-range. postwar
development.
Complaining that her own com
pany mas been turned down on pri-
critics by the War Labor Board
Miss Kcllems said other American
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-29
to
Follow Hard
Fought War

Washington. Sept zS-fNS-fff-
dustrial labor and newspaper lead
ers who attended the War Depart
mehts Victory Mobilization" con.
ference in Washington predicted
today that the United States would
have a generation OF prosperity AZ.
ter the war with "jeeps for sale"
signs In the windows OF now-emp-
ty automobile salesrooms
III We all work together" said
Ward Canaday, the Toledo, O., max
err OF jeeps. prosperity Is ahead
OF this country for at least a gen
GRAFTON after the war ends"
The War Departments two day
meeting, attended by more than
200 OF the nations outstanding in
dustralsts, labor leaders and news
paper editors. ended late yesterday
with the Army putting on an I'M
pressife demonstration OF a land
ing operation upder simulated bat
tie conditions, At nearby Fort Bel
yofr va zsss
Prios to that. War Mobilization
Director James F. Byrnes and Tn
dersec-etary OF War Robert p.
Patterson warned that the roads
to Berlin and Tokyo are still long,
hard and bloody" They expressed
the main theme OF the conference
II was that while American pro
ductioI has been spectacular there
must lie no letup TO ensure an early
victory
Hany OF those attending the con
claye were frankly more interest
ed in postwar industrial mobiliza.
ton. But once they were given
the cod facts OF what the armed
forces needed in the way OF pro-
duction 10 win the war, they said
that they were impressed.
The came away, too, with the
opinion that the Army did not want
to keep the thirty billion dollars
worth OF war plants the govern
ment now owns once the war Ia
over. They were given a promise,
too. that the system OF free compe-
titive Kidding, not the present d.
rect negotiation and renegotiation
OF government contracts, would be
restored after the war.
Their main thought was. az they
left Washington, let's get the war
over with by giving the Army all
It needs on time and then start con
yertins for the postwar prosperity
era.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-29

though banks here will close at
noon Saturday. late purchasers
may get their bonds and have
them processed at the Martha
Washington Theatre until its clos.
ing Saturday night
Another factor which was par.
TALLY responsible for the increased
sales was that the Martha Wash.
ington Theatre and management
cooperated so well in their bond
premiere, according to bond off
Gals. The theatre was nearly MI
ed to- capacity. an excellent crowd
seeing a splendid war picture for
the purchase OF a bond.
A total OF sll7,j54 remains to
be sold for the city to meet its
quota. F. bonds sold to date to
tai S261,672. with Mondays sales
amounting 10 S21,46S. Investment
securities bonds total $790.774,
with Mondays figures reaching
$l3s,4S0.