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Evening star., 1943-05-03
By JAMES E. CHINN.

Archduke Otto Won Hapsburg,
pretender to the non-existent
throne of Austria, and his BROTH
er Felix were among the prom
inent guests" who attended one
OF the dinner parties at 21O1 R
street NV, which are under in
vestigation by a House Military
Affairs Subcommittee, it was
learned today from a reliable
source.
At the same time an admission
came from Secretary of the Navy
Knox that he and Mrs. Knox were
dinner guests at the house on March
Is, after being told earlier that an
old friend. Senator Bridges, Repub-
lican, Of New Hampshire, also would
be guest. War contracts were not
discussed, Secretary Knox said.
The party attended by the Haps-
burgs, it was said, was held last De-
cember. Cocktails, wine and South
ern fried chicken were served to
guests, said to include several high
ranking Army officers and a mem
Der Of the Senate. =
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Coal Situation
Work at Full BIust
Expected Tomorrow
By the Associated Press,

os tHe ASSOCldleQ PRESS.
PENNSYLVANIA hundred
and fifty miners at Gallitzin lead
in slow start on resumed production
Fayette County's beehive coke in
dustry has about half of normal
force at start of shift, but full work.
ing complement expected by night.
Both anthracite and soft coal mines
expected to be running full blast by
tomorrow morning.
ILLINOIS-Mosto of States 25. 900
United Mine Workers remain idle;
most of the $4,000 AFL's miners on
the job.
kENTUCKY-Several hundred OF
Harland County's $4,000 miners back
at work; union spokesman say all
Al mines will be operating tomorrow
WASHINGTON-Fuels Admins
traitor Ickes cancels freeze order
last week on in-transit coal ship
ments.
NEW YORK-President John L.
Lewis and other UNIV officials call
afternoon meeting to discuss course
Of action.
ALABAMA-At least $4,000 of
States $4,000 miners still idle; union
sources predict resumption tomor-
row.
OHIO-Eight major mines report
nearly a full working force; UNIV
offcial predicts early return of all
. miners.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Gas-RubberRow
Is C|imaxedby
Surprise Truce
Patterson Reveals
Plan for Inspection
Tour With Jeffers
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The long battle between the
programs for production of rub
Der and aviation gasoline was
climaxed by a surprise truce to-
day when Undersecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson announced
that he and Rubber Director
William M. Jeffers would tour
the country together inspecting
plants and finding ways to
break bottlenecks."
Despite this, however, it was an
nounced that the committee will
proceed with its hearings.
Mr.. Patterson made the announce
ment before the Truman Committee
which is investigating the rubber
and gasoline controversy. He amazed
committee members, newspapermen
and a large number of spectators
who had gathered for good show
by referring to the rubber director
almost affectionately as jeff"
The Patterson-Jefers inspection
tour Will start Immediately and will
include both rubber and 10O-octane
gasoline plants.
Mr.. Patterson said he expected
that great good will result from
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Showdown Tax Fight
Opens in House, Vote
Due by Tomorrow
Approval Of One Of ;
Proposed Measures
Viewed as Certain
By the Associated Press.

oS tue associated Press.
Four months of bitter party
strife culminate today in a
showdown on pay-as-you-go in
come taxation, and the House
appeared bound to pass by to-
morrow night bill wiping out
half or more of the $4,000, ,0OO,-
600 tax assets against 1912 indi-
vldual incomes.
Any measure enacted is virtually
certain to impose 20 per cent with
holding levy against the taxable
parts of wages and salaries, effective
July /.
The climactic debate began with
Republicans again arrayed behind
the Runl plan to skip complete tax
year, while Democrats countered
with a proposition to erase about so
per cent or s5,000,000,0O0 of the liza
bilities against last years incomes.
A third plan, seen as a possible
compromise, would cancel the per
cent normal and 13 per cent first
bracket surtax on the 1912 incomes
OF all taxpayers, the forgiveness"
amounting to about $7,5OO,OOO 900.
COP Claims Increased Strength.
Enactment of any one of the three
plans would provide that hencefor-
ward taxpayers would remit in one
year on the basis of income earned
the same year. The long disagree
ment has been on whether all, part
or any Of the tax liabilities against
1912 income should be Cancelled to
facilitate the transition to pay-as-
you-go. Under any plan adopted
there would be no taxpayers holi-
day in 1943.
The House members took their
battle stations freshened by a 10
day Easter recess, which many spent
back home with their constituents.
They will argue the various pro-
posals today and vote tomorrow
Republicans, with 2O9 House seats
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Murray Repeats Pledge
Of No Work Stoppages

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf. May 3.-Phillip
Murray, president of the CIO, has
reiterated his pledge that there will
be no wartime work stoppages called
by Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions unions.
Addressing representatives of the
United Steel Workers of America
from II Western States yesterday,
Mr.. Murray said: my friends, I'm
going to tell you-and I tell you with
all my heart and soul-I'm not going
to break my no-strike pact with the
President of the United States of
America.
Il should not like to have it said
about American labor that you or I
leaned over the dying body of an
American soldier and said, Son, you
wouldn't have been dying today had
I done my job back home"
Evening star., 1943-05-03

came in an hour later and officials
said they expected full crews by
tonight.
Eight major mines in Ohio re-
ported a nearly normal complement
and district vice president of the
UNIV predicted that the afternoon
shift would be normal.
Several hundred , miners went
oack in the Harlan County (Ky.D
field, where union spokesmen indi-
Gated all the fields mines would be
turning out coal tomorrow
In Illinois, whistles blown for work
we're largely ignored by the 25,OOO
UNIV members there but most of
the $4,000 AFL coal miners were on
hand.
Ickes to Seek Accord.
Uncle Sans new boss of the
mines, which appeared as late as
Saturday to be headed for Grip
pling general shutdown, is Solid
Fuels Co-ordinator Ickes. He will
seek to settle the wage contract
dispute between the miners and
operators during the next Is days.
Incidentally, Mr.. Ickes reported in
a routine Bureau of Mines paper
today that coal on hand amounted,
on the average, to a 33-day supply.
Describing the position of steel mills
Nd railroads as particularly pre-
carious," Mr.. Ickes said some steel
plants in Ohio had an average of
only "a days supply.
However, Mr.. Ickes regarded the
prospects now as sufficiently good
to permit cancellation of the freeze"
on in-transit shipments of coal,
which was ordered last week to help
make available supplies go where
most needed.
The White House was still with
out official word on the truce this
morning, Secretary Stephen T.
Early told press conference VIXEN
questioned about the President
emitting any mention of the truce
in his speech last night.
Amplifying. he said that nothing
had been heard from Mr.. Lewis or
Continued on Page ALA, Column l.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Davis Attacks Charge owl
Is Haven for Draft Dodgers
Tells Subcommittee Only So Deferments
Have Been Sought for Stoff of 1000

tee said that the total occupational
deferments amounted to 269, or 25.6
per cent of the total draft age per-
sonnel Of the agency" which is ex-
ceptionally high compared to the
reported national average of 3 per
cent"
Mr.. Davis reported that out of the
1000 men Of draft age in Owl, Gov
ernment requests for deferment
have been filed for So of them on
occupational grounds and SO others
have been given occupational defer
ment without an official request.
Overseas. he reported, owl has
155 men, of whom l08 are of draft
age, with 36 more of draft age await
ing transportation across.
He emphasized that permits to
leave the country-not deferments
(See DEFERMENTS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1943-05-03
BY BLAIR BOLLES,
Star Stan Correspondent.

STOCKHOLM, May 3 tBy Wire
less).-In an ancient cafe a
block from the royal palace last
night I heard gayety- seeking
Swedes singing Deep in the
Heart of Texas" Garry Me Back
to Old Virginny" and other
American songs. Twenty-nine
of Stockholm's A movie houses
are showing American films.
Only one has a German picture,
at a time when Germany is
flooding the continent with
films.
John Steinbeck is a favorite au-
thor here. Other American books
are read avidly by the Swedes,
whose country, inclosed inside Eu-
rope and surrounded by Axis-con-
trolled regions, remains one Of the
last neutrals. Evidences of good
feeling for the United States in
Sweden are deeply welcome to the
American traveller, because as for
every neutral country the great
(See BOLLES, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1943-05-03
MoryIunder Formerly
Was Walter Reed
Orthopedic Chief

President Roosevelt today
nominated Brig. Gen. Norman
Thomas Kirk, Sc, of Maryland to
succeed Maj. Gen. James C. Ma
gee as surgeon general of the
Army. Gen. Magee's four-year
term expires June l.
Gen. Kirk. commanding officer of
the Percy Jones General Hospital,
Battle Creek. Mich, since last July,
will have the temporary rank of
major general. An outstanding
surgeon, he was at one time chief of
the orthopedic section of Walter
Reed Hospital here.
He was born January 3, 1888, at
Rising Sun, Md. and was graduated
in medicine from the University of
Maryland in 1910. Two years later
he was commissioned in the Army
Medical Reserve, and on May %.
1913, began his regular duties as
first lieutenant in the Medical
Corps.
Greatly Aided in Emergency.
Gen. Magee, who is 60, was re-
sponsible for guarding and promot-
ing the health of millions of Ameri-
can soldiers during the initial period
OF the emergency, and the first year
OF the war. His services in this
connection have been outstanding
and the death rate in the Army has
been lowered considerably. 1t was
not known at this time whether he
would retire from the service on the
expiration of his term, or would
take over some other active part in
the war effort.
The newly nominated Surgeon
General is we'll known in medical
circles in Washington, where he has
been stationed at various times.
He has been promoted rapidly
since the war and was made a briga-
(see KIRK, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Nine. Chang Returns
As White House Guest
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Nine. Chang Kai-shek, wife Of
the Chinese Generalissimo, returned
to Washington today to be a guest
at the White House again until
Wednesday.
She arrived in the United States
late last year for medical treatment,
subsequently spent more than a
week at the White House and then
began a trip around the country,
which recently was completed.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

Terming untrue and unjust"
charges that the Office of War
Information is a haven for draft
dodgers, Owl Chief Elmer Davis
today told the Costello subcom-
mittee investigating draft defer
ments that I'VE have a war job to
do and we need certain techni-
clans and experts to do it."
The Investigating Committee,
which made public a seven-page re-
port on Owl deferred personnel
data, commented that the occupa-
tional deferments in Owl were 'the
highest reported by a Federal Gov
ernment agency today"
Adding those who were in PA and
2-B, both by Government request
and on their own initiative, and
those who had received permits to
leave the United States, the commit
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Miners Trick|ing Back to Work.
Full Production Likely Tomorrow
After Truce and Roosevelt Plea
New Pact to Be
Sought During
15-Doy Period
fTert OF Roosevelt Radio Address
on Page B-12)

~SSSoSSSsS
on Page BIZ
By the Associated Press.
The coal crisis averted, miners
started back to work today in a
trickle that promised to grow
into stream by nightfall and to
have the mines running fully by
tomorrow morning.
Their new employer was the
United States Government, whose
Commander in Chief, President
Roosevelt, called on the men to get
back to digging the coal so neces-
sary for war production. The Stars
and Stripes waved over the shafts,
symbolic of the Government which
stepped in when John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers stopped work
last week.
A symbolic flag of truce, too, ac-
eompanied the return. For Mr..
Lewis and other UNIV officials asked
the miners to resume work tomorrow
morning on a 15-day temporary
basis.
Most Strikers Delay Return.
Most of those who have been on
strike appeared delaying their re-
turn until tomorrow-the Lewis
date-and in some instances where
men showed up today there were not
enough OF them to open the mine.
Three hundred and fifty men at
Gallatzin, Pa, led the return, en-
tering their shaft at 6 am About
half of those in the beehive coal
industry of Fayette County, Pa,
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Five Men Appointed
By |ckes 70 Operate
Hard Coal Mines
Names Interior Official,
Two From Union and
Two Owners
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 3.-Thomas
Kennedy, secretary-treasurer OF
the United Mine Workers, said
today Secretary of the Interior
Ickes had appointed John Forbes
as anthracite coal manager of
the Solid Fuels Administration
for War.
He said Mr.. Forbes, now chief OF
mineral production of the Bureau
of Mines, would be assisted by a
four-man advisory committee, COM
posed of two miners representatives
and two coal operators. Mr.. Forbes
and the committee, Mr.. Kennedy
said, would operate the Nations an
thracite coal fields.
John L. Lewis, UNIV president,
made public at the same time the
text of a telegram sent by the Ma
tional Policy Committee and the
Anthracite Tri-District Scale Com
lnittee to UWM locals stating that
they had unanimously approved
the request of Secretary Ickes
that work be resumed for the period
Of IS days" from May 4.
Mart F.. Brennan, president of Dis
trict 7 of the UNIV, and Mr.. Ken
nedy are the miners representatives
Mr.. Kennedy announced.
Also named to the Advisory Com
mittee, spokesman for the anthra-
cite operators said, were James H
Pierce of Scranton, Pa, president of
the East Bear Ridge Colliery Co.,
and c. F. Huber of Wilkes-Barre
Pa, chairman of the board of the
Glen Alden Coal Co.
Mr.. Kennedy made the announce
ment after brief caucus of the
Anthracite Scale Committee at the
Hotel Roosevelt, attended by John
L. Lewis, UNIV president.
Lewis Silent on Speech.
Mr.. Lewis, appearing refreshed
and in genial mood, was asked his
reaction to President Roosevelt's
speech last night in which he said
coal will be mined, no matter what
any individual thinks about it,"
mo comment at present." Mr.
Lewis said.
After the meeting, Mr.. Lewis said
a telegram had been dispatched by
the Scale Committee to the locals
in the anthracite region instructine
the miners to be back on the jot
tomorrow morning.
Text of Telegram.
The text of the telegram said:
The National Policy Committee
and the anthracite Tri-district Scale
Committee, districts l. 7 and 9, have
unanimously approved the request
of Secretary Ickes, solid fuel CO.
ordinator for war, now in charge Of
the anthracite and bituminous Goa
industry, that work be resumed fol
the period of IS days from tomor.
IoW, Tuesday, May 4.
During this period the old wage
scale and conditions will be in effect
with the guarantee that when a new
contract is made its provisions viii
be retroactive to May l inclusive.
The Tri-District Scale Committee
(See ANTHRACITE, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Allies Capture
Group Of Hills
Near Mateur
Won Arnim Reported
Withdrawing Units
From North Sector
BY EDWARD KENNEDY,
Associated Press War Correspondent.


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, May s.
American and French troops oc-
cupied a group of hills IL miles
northwest of Mateur yesterday
while lull was developing over
most Of the Tunisian front after
two weeks of battle which has
left both Allied and Axis forces
spent and suffering from heavy
losses.
The enemy appeared to have suf-
fered the more fer French detach-
ments and forward units of the
United States I'd Army Corps drove
yesterday to the ridges known as
Kef Rdjal Touila to tighten the
pressure on Ma.eur and Bizerte.
The hills are about 4 miles west
OF Lake Ackel, among the eastern
shore of which runs the 18-mile
highway linking Mateur and the
naval base. Col. Gen Jurgen Won
Arnim was reported withdrawing his
advanced units in that region as a
result of the pounding they have
received from planes. field batteries
and infantrymen in the Allied offen-
sive.
Other Withdrawals.
At some other points also there
was slight withdrawal of enemy
forces to more convenient or better
defended positions. However, the
Germans are still far from cracking
IN their main endeavor. This is to
hold their strong points in the
MedJerda River Valley and adjacent
heights to prevent Allied tanks from
getting through it into the fanlike
plain OF Tunis ana thus bringing
about the final debacle, which Gen.
Henri Glraud said yesterday would
come this month.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
British 9Th Army, which is finding
the fight in the rugged hills of the
southern front harder than in the
desert repulsed a small enemy
counterattack yesterday in the
coastal area northeast of Enfdaville.
Otherwise, its activity was limited
to patrols.
-Four miles southwest of Pont du
Fahs, at the hinge" between the
lst and 9th Armies. two enemy at
tacks compelled units of the Gen.
Marie Louis Keltz's 18th French
Corps to draw back for some hours,
but at the end of the day they had
re-establlShed themselves in their
morning positions.
There is no doubt that both sides
are licking their wounds a head
quarters spokesman said.
Heavy Action Due Soon.
Both Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's
offensive and the Axis counterat-
tacks have been conducted day after
day over difficult terrain and in bad
weather, fog and frequent showers.
But a resumption of heavy action
was expected soon
Today's communique summed up
ground operations yesterday In three
sentences: There was lull on the
Tunisian front yesterday. Our
patrols were active and two local
| attacks by the enemy were repulsed.
Some prisoners were taken"
The total of prisoners taken by the
Americans and the French in the
Kef Rdjal Touila sector and by other
American units to the SOllth of H.
Saturday was officially listed as GAL,
OF whom IS were Germans and the
remainder Italians
(The fact that Italians were
among the prisoners suggested
that Fascist units had been re-
turned to the west front to sup
plement Nazi lines after a brief
rest, since it was announced at
(See AFRICA Page A-6O
Evening star., 1943-05-03
High Court Reverses
Ruling on Licensing
Jehovah's Witnesses
Justice RutIedge Casts
Deciding Vote in
5-to-4 Decision
BY I. A. FOX.

Reversing a decision of a year
ago, the Supreme Court today
knocked out licensing ordinances
in four cities that required mem
bers of Jehovah's Witnesses to
pay fee for the distribution of
religious literature.
The court split, 5 to 4, on the issue,
with Justice Douglas reading the
majority opinion in which the court
declared this type of evangelism
occupies the same high estate un-
der the first amendment as do wor-
ship in the churches and preaching
from the pulpit. 1t has the same
claim to protection as the more Or
thodox and conventional exercise O,
religion. 1t also has the same claim
as the others to the guarantees of a
freedom of speech and freedom OF
the press
Not Business Enterprise.
THE mere fact that the religious
literature is sold by itinerant crea-
lures rather than donated does not
transform evangelism into COM
mercial enterprise" the court said
If it did, then the passing of the
collection plate in church would
make the church service com
mercial project" the court added.
The deciding vote in the case was
cast by the newest addition to the
court, Justice Rutledge. The dis
senters were Justice Roberts, Frank
furter, Reed and Jackson.
In the decision a year ago which
upheld the ordinance former Justice
Byrnes voted with the majority.
The principal decision of the court
today came in nullifying an ordi-
nance in Jeanette, Pa, which hac
been responsible for the arrest of a
large group of Jehovahs Witnesses
On the basis of that decision then
the court announced the reversal of
last years decision which upheld
ordinances of Opelika, Ala; Fort
Smith, Ark, and Casa Grande, Ariz
Handbill Ban Voided.
In another decision read by JUS
tice Black, the court voided an ordi-
nance at Struthers, Ohio, which for
bids those persons distributing
handbills or other advertisements
to ring doorbells or otherwise sum-
mon the occupants of the residence
to the door. The court said that
the Struthers ordinance does not
safeguard constitutional rights.
Justice Reed, who wrote the ma
jority opinion last year, read a dis
sent today in which he expressed
the opinion that the sale of religious
books cannot be said to be a re-
ligious exercise.
And even if the distribution OF
religious books was a religious prac-
tice protected from regulation by
the first amendment, certainly the
atfixation of a price for the articles
would destroy the sacred character
Of the transaction. The evangelist
also becomes a book agent.
THE rights which are protected
by the first amendment are in es-
sence spiritual-prayer, mass, SER
(See SUPREME COURT, Page Ala
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Agreement PIeoses Workers,
Owners Ready for Operations
U. S. Flags Are UnfurIed at CoI|ieries
For Start of Work Under Government

10 o'clock when Mr.. Lewis made
the announcement that settled the
question of the miners return.
Union officials in many States ex-
planned that while every effort
would be made to get notice to
their members they did not expect
most of them would return until
tomorrow. In some instances,
however, union leaders insisted Mr..
Lewis told the men to return to-
morrow and tomorrow it would be.
In the meantime the coal op-
orators, in their newly conferred
roles as managing directors for the
United States of their properties the
Government seized Saturday, un-
furled American flags from the
tipples and sent cleanup crews into
(See MINERS Page A.60
Evening star., 1943-05-03
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May 3.-Saved
by an eleventh-hou truce from
choosing between loyalty to
country and their union, 480, 900
coal miners jubilantly responded
today to whistles summoning
them back to work at collieries
flying the American flag.
Partial resumption of coal pro-
duction, brought to a standstill in
II States Friday night, was assured
today. Only the lateness of the
hour the 15-day truce was arranged
by UNIV President John L. Lewis
in New York postponed until Tues
day complete return of the
miners.
1t was only a few minutes before
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Admiral GIussford Gets
New Assignment Here
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May s.
Rear Admiral William Glassford will
be detached as commandant of the
9Th Naval District and the Charles
ton Navy Yard and report to the
Navy Department in Washington
today for duty there, public rela-
tions officials announced here today.
Admiral Glassford, who has been
commandant here since June 2,
1912. learned of his transfer in
Washington last Wednesday when
he was decorated with the Gold
Star in lieu of a second Distin-
guished Service Medal,
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Strong German Quake
DAMAGES BUILDINGS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The strongest earthquake regis
tered in Germany in 40 years shook
the southwest province of Wurttem-
berg Saturday night and yesterday
morning and caused damage to
buildings, the Berlin radio said in q
broadcast heard by the Associated
Press.
The tremors Saturday night were
said to have lasted several seconds,
followed by lesser shocks after q i've
minute interval. Several tremors,
most Of them slight, we're felt yes
terday morning, the accou1t It said.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Montgomery County's
Proposed Charter

The final draft of a pro-
posed charter for home rule of
nearby Montgomery County,
Md. was presented to the
county commissioners today
by the County Charter Board.
The charter would give a
county council of nine men,
bers power to enact local leg
islation. Story on the charter
is on Page B-1 and a partial
text of the charter on Page
B-8.