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this meeting is to follow the sum-
mons of the War Labor Board"
O'NeilFs Statement.
Mr.. O'Neill issued this statement:
"At the session today the op-
orators moved for recess Of this
conference in order to conform with
the request of the War Labor Board.
The United Mine Workers voted
against the motion4 We have noti-
fed the miners that we will con-
form to this summons and appear
tomorrow r, before the War Labor
Board at the appointed hour. We
expect to leave town this afternoon"
The Southern Appalachian con-
ference held a two-hour session this
morning At its conclusion the
UNIV representatives refused to say
whether they intended to appear at
the WLB hearing tomorrow.
Edward R. Burke, spokesman for
the Southern operators, said the
morning conference was discussion
of "the situation as it now stands"
The conference was scheduled to
reconvene at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
BusebuIIs
Continued From First Page.)

Of providing residence the cement
hardened to point where the wool
was affected. This deadened the
ball
This has now been corrected. A
new type of cement has been tested
and accepted. Balls using this new
cement are being manufactured
and in tests have met the major
league qualifications These balls
will be shipped out as soon as pos
sible and substituted for the balls
now in use That will take about
two weeks.
I'VE are confident that when the
two weeks have elapsed we will have
supply of baseballs that will meet
all requirements. Naturally we re-
gret this occurrence-but it is one of
the many wartime occurrences over
which we have no control"
That something was the matter
with the ball was indicated as early
as the opening day this week when
pitchers turned in loW-hit perform
ances and hard-hit balls, apparently
tagged for the distant fences, sud-
denly stopped in their flight. The
st. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati
Reds played two 10 extra inning
games the first two days with the
Reds winning both of them.
Frick said he received complaints
from every club in his league while
Warren Giles, general manager of
the Reds and National League repre-
sentative on the committee which
adopted specifications for the new
ball, said the manufacturer admit
ted the new ball is IS per cent deader
than last year.
After talking with Mr.. Coleman,
Mr.. F'rick said the new balls would
be shipped to each club at the same
time and each team, in so far as the
National circuit is concerned, will
put them into play on the same day
Meanwhile, from Chicago came
word that Commissioner Lands was
planning no meeting to consider the
new ball.
However" " Judge Lands said. I'm
glad they have found out what's
wrong with the baseball and think
this settles the whole matter. The
thing couldn't understand was that
the balls didn't seem to be all the
same.
Warren Giles was the only one
to say anything to me about the
ball being dead, and Jimmy GAL
lagher of the Chicago Cubs told
me only yesterday that he had found
the new ball had more bounce than
the old one"
Evening star., 1943-04-23
II Panzers Smashed
In Romn,eI Gamble 10
Win Medjez-EI-Bab
Large Part Of TotoI
Tank Force Hurled
Against British
BY DANIEL DE LUCE,

Associated Press War Correspondent
MEDJEZ- -EL-BAB, Tunisia, April
81 Delayed Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel threw 4 large part Of his
total tank force into the frenzied
gamble to win Medjez- Ell Bah. but
British guns and aTrnor knocked out
at least q panzers and crushed the
counterdrive.
On two green ridges. Banana Hill
and Grenadier Hill, to s miles
southeast OF the white-walled. red
rooted Arab homes In Medjez-El-
Bah. Rommel risked the elements of
8 elite and infantry battalions and
10 tanks.
Almost at midnight, with the
moon hidden by clouds, the German
infantry stormed up Banana Hill
without artillery preparation and
overran small British unit at one
end. .
Haystack Fire Lights Battle.
In the wadi below the hill. a Brit
ish battery suddenly discovered 30
enemy tanks only 200 yards away,
and fired with open sights. German
tracer bullets set a nearby haystack
aflre. and this was like footlights for
the fierce engagement.
Racing into action from the re-
serve station. a force Of British tanks
hit the German panzer column be-
fore 1t consolidated its position.
Seven tanks were knocked out on
the spot. British armored crews re-
ported they lost only one tank.
A second German column of 40
tanks, meanwhile, thrust into the
British flank. But the British were
ready. A thick screen of anti-tank
guns and 25-pounders broke into a
flaming barrage and when daylight
came there were Is more wrecked
panzers abandoned in the little VAL
ley between Banana. and Grenadier
Hills.
Some German infantry still clung
to high ground. but were nearly sur
rounded by the British. All during
daylight today the enemy fought to
retreat from this unexpected trap
and one after another enemy troops
surrendered.
500 Nazis Captured.
Back along the dusty road to the
British rear tonight are marching
some 500 German prisoners, many of
them from the crack panzer regi-
ment with its name Hermann
Goering" on the sleeves Of their
disheveled uniforms.
I saw two of the abandoned Ger
man tanks towed into field repair
shops by British salvage crews and
the grease smeared face of the cap
tain was creased by a wide smile as
he assured the world well have
them ready in no time to fight the
Boche."
Allied warplanes scared eastward
over this sector in scores of forma-
tions today in support Of the British
1st Army. Only once did the Ger
man fighter -bombers sneak through
to attack forward positions here.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Two Derby EIigibles
Impressive in Mile
Modest IS, Lad, Sold Shower
Clocked in l:47 in Mud
By the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. KY, April 23.-Two
invaders from the East turned in
impressive mile workouts over
muddy Churchill Downs oval today
in preparation for the Kentucky
Derby May l.
v. S. Bragg's Gold Shower and
Mrs. Henry L. Finch's Modest Lad
both were clocked in 1:47 for the
mile. Gold Shower made the half
in 0:52 and the three quarters in
1:19 2-5, Modest Lad hit the half
pole in 0:54 and the three quarters
in 1:2l and after flashing past the
mile marker galloped out a mile and
one-eighth in 2:02 IS.
Count Fleet went three-eighths
Of mile in 0:38 2-5. Blue Swords
went three-eighths in 0:41 2-5. Both
horses will be given workouts to-
morrow.
Seven Hearts was galloped this
morning in preparation for a work
out tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Modern Pilots Work 7ooether
Or Die, Victor in 7 Fights Says

Smithers of Hillside, N. j., when we
sighted some Focke-Wulf 1905
going after British Spitfires. dived
on one and chased him to within 10
miles of TlnL before I shot him
down While turning back I was
attacked by two more Focke- Wulfs
and they chased me back home,
firing all the way until I was able
to rejoin the same British Spitfires
Boy. was glad to see them. Those
20-millimeter explosive shells were
bursting all around me as I whipped
back on deck I really was scared
"On April 10 we went on a sweep
over Tuns. protecting some bomb
ers pounding enemy airdromes
After they left the targets our six
Spitfres spotted four Focke- Wulfs
down low. We dived on them and
in the attack that followed I closed
on one and after firing on him saw
the enemy pilot bail out as bullets
struck the cockpit.
During this fracas another of our
pilots suddenly was attacked by six
Messerschmitts. One got directly on
his tail. I turned inside him and
fired. He exploded with my first
burst. We were right above. ground
at the time and they we're throwing
fax up at us by the bushel.
Three other fellows in our squad
ron got two more Messerschmitts in
that mixup. Our commanding Off
Ger, Maj. Robert Levine (24, Of CO.
lumbus, Ohio) got one. The other
was shared by 1t. John K. Blythe
GA, of White City, Kans) and 1t.
Victor Cabas tof New Castle, Pa.
IF we didn't work together in
these scraps they'd pick up of sepa-
ratefygs The German pilots we are
up against now are good meh.'
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Food Official Says
Potato Shortage Will
Continue 4-5Weeks
Unusually Heavy Demand
Poor Southern Crop
Blamed by Hendrickson

Roy Hendrickson, head of the
Food Distribution Administration
under Chester Davis. said today
there would be no relief from the
potato shortage In the East for
another four or five weeks.
The dearth Of potatoes for civilian
tables, Mr.. Hendrickson declared,
could be traced to four main factors:
l. The fact that the crop in the
South was not as large as usual this
year.
2. The low amount of carry-over
supplies in storage from last fall.
3. Heavy Government demands to
meet requirements Of the Lease
Lend program and to feed the
armed forces.
4. The Unexpectedly heavier per
capita demand OF the civilian pop
ulation.
Mr.. Hendrickson pointed out that
the price ceiling situation" had
recently been clarified. He referred
to the premium which had been
placed on seed potatoes to encourage
greater future acreage.
The shortages, he said, were con-
fined principally to the East Coast.
which is dependent at this season of
the year on stocks shipped down
from Maine He said he did not be-
lieve any appreciable quantities were
being held of the market for spec
ulation.
Government buyers were recently
given priority in purchasing Maine
potatoes. Mr.. Hendricksor said
these crops were being brought at
the rate of about rs cars a day and
that Government needs had nearly
been filled. He doubted, however,
whether the residue left for civilian
use would go very far toward filling
the demand
Mr.. Hendrickson made. his state
ments during the flrst press con-
ference held by Mr.. Davis. recently
appointed War Food Administrator.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Green Supports Stand
OF Businessmen on
Reciprocal Trade Act
Says, Refusal to Renew
Pocts Will Shake Faith
Of Allies in U. S. Aims

By the Associated Press.
william Green, president OF the
American Federation of Labor,
agreed with business representatives
yesterday that renewal of the Recip-
rocal Trade Act is important to
political amity during the war and
economic progress when peace comes.
E. H. Lane, Alta Vista, Va. a Gi-
rector of the National Association of
Manufacturers; Burton c. Budd.
Detroit, representing the Automobile
Manufacturers Association, and
Clark H. Minor, chairman of the
Foreign Commerce Committee of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. were the businessmen who
told the House Ways and Means
Committee of their stand.
Refusal by Congress to renew the
the act, Mr. Green testified. would
shake to the very foundations the
faith of our Allies and of other ma
tions In our leadership and our aims
in this war. Such action would
arouse suspicion over our motives
ana cast d1StruSt over our Willingness
to participate in the re-establish-
ment of just and equitable eco
nomic order after the war"
He disputed contentious of op-
ponents that the trade program had
impaired the American workers
standard of living.
Mr.. Lane said that reciprocal trade
agreements made under sufficiently
definite legislative restrictions can
have wide effect in eliminating the
postwar governmental control of in
ternational economic relations
through executive and administra-
tive authority
Mr.. Budd said his association be-
lieves the trade program has pro-
vided wider foreign outlets for sur
plus production, thus making pos
sible greater internal consumption"
Evening star., 1943-04-23
More Production Urged
To Answer jap Murder
Earlier Story on Pare Al

Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
A destroy Toxic production drive"
was advanced today as the Ameri-
can war workers answer to the exc
cution of some of the captured Doo-
little raiders.
A letter requesting 2,100 labor
management committees through
out the country to use meetings.
placards and other printed matter
to turn workers anger into weap-
ons' went out from the Office of w.
Ellison Chalmers, acting chief of
stan of the war production drive,
War Production Board unit.
Our answer to Jap murder of
captured soldiers the letter said,
must be more and still more pro-
duction."
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Padi|la Says Aecords
With j. :. 10 Be Revealed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD THE MEXICAN PRES
IDENTTAL TRAIN, April 23.-For-
eign Minister Ezequiel Padilla said
today that the conferences of Presi-
dents Roosevelt and Avila Camacho
will lead to certain accords of an
economic character which will be
made public soon."
Asked what Mexico expects from
the United States in the postwar
period, Mr.. Padilla replied:
This question cannot be an
swered with figures or concrete
points. In the postwar meetings an
economic policy of collaboration
and reciprocal services will be stud
led and approved.
AT present, an institute Is being
created to study the possibilities of
each American nation from q stand
point of economic expansion. The
ideals for which we are fighting
signify the liberation of peoples
from any exploitation or imperial
ism In the peace to come"
Mr.. Padilla warned Mexicans they
must make war sacrifices.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
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at the much easier 1s4l rates and
exemptions.
Republicans, were prepared to offer
the modified Ruml bill Is 4 substi--
tute when the committee bill is
called up Mays, and the battle will
60 on from there.
Democrats succeeded in beating
the skip-a-tax-year proposition
three weeks ago, 2l5 to 1913.
COP Wants IS Per Cent Abated.
If the Ruml plan fails again, the
Republicans are ready to come for
ward with another proposition that
would abate IS per cent of the 1942
liability for most taxpayers.
The bill advocated by the Demo-
cratic leaders was introduced last
night by Chairman Doughton. 1t
provides:
l. A 20 per cent withholding levy
against wages and salaries, effective
July l. This would not be an addi-
tional tax but a means of collecting
taxes dncome and Victory as now
computed.
2. The income of each individual
in 1912 to be taxed at the much
softer l941 rates and exemptions,
with taxes remitted up to July
on 1912 income to be transferred as
q credit against the liabilities or,
1943 income, and the entire obliga-
tions against 1912 income, after
being recomputed at the 194l rates
and exemptions, to be amortized
over a three-year period (one-third
falling due in l943) while the tax
payers at the same time remit on
current year income.
Would Permit Discounts.
3. If payment Of the reduced 1912
liability is made within two years,
discounts would be provided-lO per
cent on payments by March Is,
1914, and per cent on payments
before March IS, l945.
4. Men and women in the armed
services would be given an income
tax exemption up to $500 on their
service pay.
Settlement Of the House recess
was assured when the House and
Senate agreed on extension of the
Guney Coal Act for 30 days after its
April 26 expiration date. Until late
yesterday there was a difference be-
tween the two chambers as to how
long the extension should last, but
the House agreed to 30 days rather
than 120. The Senate will continue
In session.
Members began leaving Washing
ton in large numbers and many, no
doubt, will find among their home
people the answer to the question
OF how they should cast their votes
on the tax issue.
Speaker Rayburn told newspaper
men tax bill would be brought to
the floor under procedure allowing
the presentation of amendments.
That would open the way for an
other free-for-all such as occurred
three weeks ago when the Demo-
Gratis finally succeeded in beating
down the modified Ruml plan.
Some Legislators expect an effort
to be made In behalf Of q plan,
sponsored In the first tax battle by
Representatives Robertson. Demo-
cat, Of Virginia and Forand, Demo
crat, Of Rhode Island to abate the
per cent normal and - per cent
first bracket slrtax against the 1919
income Of Al taxpayers.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Dues Refund Plan Offered
To Get Out Iowa Labor Vote

members. Mr. Couch estimated that
in the last general election only 40
per cent Of Iowa union members
voted.
The financial incentive system is
used to encourage attendance at
union meeting and under it, 96 per
cent Of Iowa union members turn
out for such sessions, Mr.. Couch
said.
Apply the same principle to elec-
tions and the labor vote will be
something really to reckon with"
he added.
Mr.. Couch said the unions would
have their own representatives at
the polls to issue cards to members
certifying they had voted.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Baby Carriage
Business Doomed
| By Busy Stork
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. a.-re n
The stork is being kept 20 busy
that 100000 more baby carriages will
be manufactured this year than last.
After hearing that 1928 1000
failed to meet the demand, the War
Production Board. after heavy
thinking by some of its top ofIlcials,
decided yesterday to expand second
quarter quotas to $1,000 one-baby
and 5,827 two-baby jobs.
And any Of the Is manlifacturerS
who want to turn out . snappy num-
ber for triplets can do so-if they
get special permission. g
Production at the new rate during
the remainder Of the year. WPR
said, should be ample to meet thA
expected demand for. 900, 1000 car.
riages this year.
Evening star., 1943-04-23

seas Inspection TRIP covering some
IS, 900 miles of travel.
Gen. Adams compared the opera
ton of the new service with the
railway mail service. Postal clerks
sort the mail out on the planes
while in fight, he explained and de-
liver it to each unit along the entire
front line in North Africa. Several
cargo planes are utilized daily in
this mission, which he said was in
augurated just before he left Tu-
niSia.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
BY the Associated Press.

1S t&ie ASSOIldLcu fIcSS.
DES MONIES. Iowa, April 23.-
Members of Iowa labor unions would
be given a financial incentive to vote
in political elections under a pro-
gram being worked out by union
leaders, A. A. Couch, president Of
the Iowa Federation of Labor, an
nounced today
Under the proposal Mr. Couch
said, dues would be increased S to
10 cents a month. The extra dues
would be refunded to union men,
bers after they had voted.
The only objective. he said, is to
get out the union voters, and no
effort would be made to influence
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Small Business Held
Vital 10 Future Of
u. ). Economic Life
Clark Tells N. Y. Group.
Dangers Involved in
Postwar Monopolies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Tom C..
Clark, Assistant Attorney General,
told members of the New York local
of the American Business Congress
last night that the future of the
common man depends on thriving
competition and small business.
The American Business Congress
Is a ''non-prof1t organization of in
dependent businessmen devoted to
the preservation of free enterprise In
America
Mr.. Clark, successor to Thurman
Arnold in the Antitrust Division Of
the Justice Department, declared in
his address:
''If the Nations new plants and
knowledge are fully used after the
war our standard of living may well
be half again higher than ever before
in our history Furthermore, our
productive strength will permit us
to contribute to the establishment
OF a sound peace by helping in the
relief and reconstruction Of dis
tressed peoples.
Monopoly Peril Cited.
But If monopolies succeed In re-
stricting the full use of our produc-
tive resources, our domestic life will
be beset by unemployment and a
falling standard of living, and we
shall have no surplus of goods or of
energy to spend on re-establishing
the peace of the world"
The Assistant Attorney General
said the antitrust division is now
devoted almost exclusively to war
prosecutions.
American business. by and largo
Is honest, but there are a small
number of predatory men who put
their profits above their patriotism"
he said. They would steal from
Uncle Sam even by delivering bad
material, overcharging, or by using
some other trick to secure an ad-
ditional dollar.
Offenders Caught.
while we call these offenses war
frauds, in time of war they are little
short of treason. We are ferreting
out such offenders as quickly as
possible and I am glad to report
that quite a number have been
caught.
IF you think the antitrust laws
are dead" said Mr. Clark. Just ask
some of the New York department
stores. They recently made an at
tempt to use their combined eco
nomic power against a New York
newspaper. They tried to control
advertising rates. If they had sue
ceeded in this attempt, if the Anti
Trust Division had not taken action,
the way would have been open for
any group with enough power to try
to control editorial policy and the
character of the news. Not even
the department stores themselves
were aware of the implications Of
their act" .**
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Joan Fontoine, Actress,
Becomes u. S. Citizen

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 23.-Act-
ress Joan F'ontaiae, British subject
born in Japan, was admitted to
United States citizenship today in
Federal court, along with $50 other
aliens.
She is the wife of Brian Aherne
and sister of Actress Olivia de Hav-
illand Miss Fontaine's father, Wal
ter de Havilland, formerly was a
professor at the Imperial University
in Toxic. She won the Academy
Award in 1912.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Cossis Will Corry Top Weight
In Pimlico Feature Tomorrow

pounds to 1T on G. c. Greer'S Cape
Cod.
The Baltimore Spring Handicap
is open to 3-year-olds and up, and
is contested at s furlongs.
Other probable starters and their
assigned weights: Mrs. Sidney
Zells Unchallenged. 100; Alfred
Gwynne vanderbilt's Rascal, ITO;
Mrs. r. H. Heighe's Pony Ballet.
100; j. w. Y. Martins Abrasion,
lot: Mrs. G. e. Nelson's Sassy Lady,
l03, and Vincent Cicero. jr.'s Royal
Flush, 100.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Funeral Set Tomorrow
For Ex-Goy. Dickinson

CHARLOTTE. Mich, April 23.-
Funeral services will be held at
4 pm. tomorrow In the Lawrence
Avenue Methodist Church for for
mer Gov. Luren D. Dickinson. 81.
who died yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
President of BoIiviu
To Visit Roosevelt in May
Dy The Associated Press.

- the Ass0eiAtsd Press.
President Enrique Penaranda Of
Bolivia viii visit the United States
next month Is . guest Of President
Roosevelt.
The State Department. announc-
ing this today. said the. South Amer
lean executive Is expected to arrive
here May 5 and remain In the
Capital for about four days. He
also viii visit war industries In De-
troit and Buffalo and spend Z few
days IN New York.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
BY the Associated Press.

6y luc ASS0Cl&C8d FfeSS.
BALTIMORE, April ga field Of
seven older sprinters was named to-
day to contest the $2,500 added
Baltimore Spring Handicap, first
nat race stake Of the Maryland sea-
son which win feature the Pimlico
program tomorrow.
The seven likely starters. sur
vivors Of 4 list OF 50 nominees for
the event. Is headed by the top
weighted Cassis Of the Howe Stable
string. Cassis was assigned i1S
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Planes Deliver Soldiers Mail
Along African Fighting Front

American combat soldiers in North
Africa are now getting their mail
delivered along the entire front by
special airplane service daily with
their rations, Brig. Gen. Clayton
S. Adams, chief of the Army Mail
Service, disclosed today.
This air mail service has been
inaugurated for the first time at
the front in postal history, he de-
clared on his return from an over
Evening star., 1943-04-23
{ Commercial Lund Low

OF $1,000 square miles of forest In
British Guiana only 5000 is now
believed to be suitable for CONNER
cial use.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Magnets Solvoee Metal

British aircraft manufacturers are
using . magnetic separator 10 sale
wage usable metal from door sweep
ings.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Fypewriters Frozen

The government Of Argentina has
ordered that one-half the new type
writer's held by dealers be reserved
for government Offices.
Evening star., 1943-04-23

Others die for you; the least you
can do Is buy for them. Get your
War savings stamps now.
Evening star., 1943-04-23

The Axis b watehins yeu; keep
'em sghing whiis yss kesD buying
War savings stampA
Evening star., 1943-04-23
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