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Evening star., 1943-05-10
High Court Opinion
Viewed by NBC Head
With Grave Concern
MBS Chief Welcomes
Application Of Rules
On Chain Broodcusts
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Niles
Trammell, president of the National
Broadcasting Co., today issued the
following statement on the Supreme
Courts decision upholding restric-
tions imposed by the Federal Com
munication Commission on chain
broadcasting:
The majority decision Of the
United States Supreme Court hold
ing that the Federal Communica-
tions Commission was within its
jurisdiction in the PRONUNCIATION and
enforcement Of the ch-disputed
network regulations is of grave con-
cern to American broadcasters.
I'VE have had an era in which
networks and stations, through COL
laboration, have been able to build
the finest broadcasting service the
world has ever known. This has
been accomplished through private
enterprise. with no interference on
the part of the Federal Communi-
cations Commission with business
relationships voluntarily entered
into between networks and stations.
Sees Regulation Extended.
with the present radio law given
this broad Interpretation by the Su-
preme Court. the Federal Commu-
nications Commission may endeavor
to extend it's regulations to cover
practically every phase of the busi-
ness relationship between the net
works and the stations.
THE commission now assumes a
grave responsibility that it exercise
the greatest possible wisdom in the
issuance of regulations which will
enable the broadcasters Of the Ma
ton to continue to render salts
factory service to the public. I am
convinced that unless such wisdom
prevails within the commission,
that the people Of the United States
will insist upon a revision of the
fundamental laws governing broad
casting so that the American system
of broadcasting as we have known
it will not be impaired
Il have every confidence that
despite the present limitations
which are about to be imposed upon
the broadcasting industry, that ulti-
mately, either through action OF the
commission itself or through Con-
gress, broadcasting will continue as
the greatest means of mass COM
munication, as an effective medium
for the preservation of the morale
Of the American public in wartime
and as its greatest source of enter
tainment in peacetime"
Statement by MBS Head.
A statement issued today by
Miller McClintock. president Of the
Mutual Broadcasting System, said
in part:
Finally the radio industry is tc
have a practical application of the
broadcasting rules promulgated by
the Federal Communications Com
mission and confirmed by the
Supreme Court. We welcome their
application without apprehension.
The Mutual Broadcasting System
pledges its full cooperation to the
FEC, to- the broadcasting stations
OF the Nation and to the network
industry in the fair and business
like operation of these rules as they
now stand or as they may be
amended"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Halifax Charges Nazis
Victimized 100000
Poles in Conquest
Nation to Be Restored,
He Says in Address
Hoi|ine Allied Progress
By the Associated Press

BY une Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 10.-The Brit
ish Ambassador to the United
States, Lord Halifax, charged to-
day that more than 100000
Polish men and women had suf-
fered "barbarous punishment or
death" at the hands of the NaZis.
THE latest estimates I have had
show that whereas 10000 Poles fell
in the actual fighting. probably
about 100000 Poles and 100000
Polish Jews have since died by exc
cution or maltreatment," he said.
THE estimates further show that
100000 Poles have been sent to
forced labor in Germany, that
100000 more have been driven
from their homes, and that 100000
are in concentration camps or pris-
ons. That is to say, out of peace
time population of 35,OO0,000, more
than 100000 men and women have
suffered barbarous punishment or
death"
SUhtdAllVu fAuulCSSs
Lord HalifaXs report was con-
tanned in an address prepared for
his appearance before joint meet
ing of the Chicago Association of
Commerce and the Chicago Council
Of Foreign Relations.
The Ambassador informed his
audience that the time would surely
come when Poland would again take
her place among the free nations of
the world.
Turning to the Tunisian success,
Lord Halifax called it =" a great and
decisive victory"
"We owe it to the gallantry OF your
men and ours. fighting through
mountainous country, in which the
advantage always lay with the de-
fense" he satd. Il believe that it
marks turning point in the war"
Took Big Risk in 1910.
The Ambassador traced the Tu-
nisian campaign back to the sum-
mer of 1910. when, he said, "our
Prime Minister, Mr.. Churchill, took
a big risk"
You know how grave was our
danger and how i'll we were pre-
pared to meet it. Dire as was our
need, he sent to the Middle East
the only armored division we had
To many it seemed an almost insane
act of optimism.
But the men and equipment at
that time enabled us to beat off the
Italian attack and to begin the long
series of operations which have
finally brought our armies into Tunis
and Bizerte."
Lord Halifax said China would
be "rearmed and reinforced' by the
United States and Great Britain
in her fight against Japan. He ac-
cused Hitler of encouraging the Jap
anese to attack Pearl Harbor and
added that this piece of strategy,
Il fancy, the verdict of history will
mark down as the biggest blunder
he and the japanese could possibly
have made.
Instead Of dealing with us all
one by one, he (Hitler) chose to fight
Russia and the United States and
the British Commonwealth all at
once. And so he sealed his fate"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
R Street
Continued From First Page.)

statement issued by Mr.. Brooks,
"and am going to do everything
possible to see that all facts are
ferreted out by the committee -"
Letter From Delegation.
Mr.. Brooks delivered to Chair
man May on behalf of the Louisiana
delegation, the following letter:
I'VE have been informed of
broadcast made last night by Drew
Pearson of the Washington Merry
Go-Round, over a Nationwide net
work, with the parent station
WMAL at Washington, in which
the following was portion of the
broadcast delivered by Mr.. Pearson:
1.-The big red house on r street
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee investigating war lobbyist John
Monroe and his mysterious house
on R street has bear by the tail
and can't let go. Last week many
congressman, particularly Repub-
licans. were worried sick that Mon
roe might name more guests who
had come to his house for dinner
They repeatedly told him they did
not want to know who his dinner
guests were.
Gives More Tips
Last week I gave the Military
Affairs Committee some tips as to
what they might investigate. Here
are some more. See whether Mon
roe didn't appear before the WASH
inotop Don't roy,, ~ cio,, to holy, g.,
cure reduction of rent for a
colonel, who helps buy tanks for the
house, who helps buy tanks for the
Army. Also look into Monroe's deal
to buy steam boiler from the New
Orleans Public Service Co., and then
sell it at much higher price to the
Aluminium Corp. I think you will
find that Donald Nelson stopped the
deal-but especially, gentlemen, you
might investigate whether one of
your own colleagues, congressman
from Louisiana, was not supposed to
get juicy commission"
Formal Request for Inquiry.
eve, members of the Louisiana
delegation in the House of Repre-
sentatives, respectfully demand that
a full and complete investigation be
Immediately made of the charges
enumerated by Mr. Pearson in his
broadcast last night referring to the
Louisiana delegation, and that all
the facts be ascertained and fully
published"
Eight of the 27 members of the
Military Affairs Committee met
with Chairman May at an executive
conference this morning to discuss,
it had previously been announced,
whether there are sufficient grounds
to cite Mr.. Monroe for contempt of
the House for his loss of memory on
the witness stand last week in re-
calling who the New Deal off,
cials" are, who he had previously
charged warned him he was to be
framed" and prosecuted"
For an hour and ten minutes Mr..
May and the eight committee mem
bers conferred behind closed doors.
Mr.. May said afterward, however,
that the entire time was taken up
with a discussion of what type of
manpower control legislation should
be presented to the committee.
Cite Lavish Menus.
The two House members who
said they wanted the supplies for
Mr.. Monroe's dinner parties probed
into pointed out they had wondered
for some time how he could provide,
on his ration coupons, enough food
to entertain such prominent guests
as Government officials, high rank
ing Army officers and members Of
Congress.
Unrationed chicken, fried south
Evening star., 1943-05-10
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 10.-Future me-
teorologists, scientist said today,
must not merely be trained to fore
cast weather conditions-they must
become leaders "in the struggle
against nature" and learn how to
control the weather.
Our relations to the forces Of
weather and climate are still in the
most primitive stage" said Prof. AL
bert E. Parr, director of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History.
1--WE still are striving mainly to ex-
clude the variables of the atmos-
phere by housing and clothing,
which is exactly what our ances-
tors did when they put on a deer
skin, moved into a cave, and rubbed
two sticks together to start fire"
In his address at graduation cere-
monies Of the University of Chi
cago's Institute of Meteorology, Prof.
Parr told the group of several hun
dred Army Air Forces cadets that
meteorologists should take part In
city planning efforts.
Il should like to see a meteorolo-
gist offer city plan which would
create city of calm in a windy To-
cation he said. while complete
achievement is impossible, it Is
equally certain that tremendous i'm
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Wages
Continued From First Page.)

creased 4.9 per cent. Three-quar-
tiers of this rise, however, resulted
from factors inherent in the ma
tional purpose to win the war: Ex-
panding employment, increases in
hours of work and shifts of workers
from low-paid civilian to higher
skilled and higher-paid war jobs"
Changes in the price of labor,
the only factor over which the
board has control, he added, ac-
counted for only IL per cent of the
rise in payrolls. Thus, the income
of wage and salary earners has in
creased mostly because more men
work longer hours in war indus
tries"
The boards record, he added,
has been accomplished not with
standing the fact that the difficult
ties of the board have been in
creased by increases of prices of
things which wage and salary earn
erS purchased"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Missing Persons

Those haDing information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
1Uith the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Ma
tional 4OOO
Jean Thornton, 16. feet inches,
112 pounds. blue eyes, brown hair,
wearing tan coat, black dress trim
med in red, brown shoes, may be
wearing glasses; missing from 813
A strehet NE, since April 27.
Ruthette Elizabeth Jackson, 13,
colored, feet, ITO pounds. wearing
blue slacks. yellow blouse and brown
oxfords; missing from COB M street
Sc. since Saturday.
George Jordon, Is, colored, 4 feet
8 inches, 100 pounds, wearing black
trousers. blue shirt and black shoes;
missing from 406 Second street NV.
since yesterday.
Wilma Holmes, 16 feet inches,
100 pounds, brown eyes and hair,
wearing red coat, beige -colored dress
and pocketbook; missing from Balti-
more since May 5.
Albert ]. Campbell, 81, 5 feet 10
inches, 140 pounds, blue eyes, brown
hair, wearing tan sport coat, gray
trousers, brown hat and shoes; miss
ing from 1921 K street Sc. since
Saturday.
Mildred Harris, Ia, 5 feet 5 inches,
118 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair.
wearing tWo-piece suit, brown shoes
and carrying gray suitcase; missing
from 1000 I street NE; and
Edna Bradley, Is, feet inches,
1875 pounds, blue eyes, dark-brown
hair, of 919 Eleventh street NE;
both missing since yesterday.
john Molden, "a, colored, feet
inches, 145 pounds, artificial legs,
wearing gray suit, green striped
shirt, blue and red tie; missing from
1925 Park road NV. since Friday.
Mary Ellen Murray, II, colored, 5
feet inches, 110 pounds, brown
bushy hair; missing from 1925 P
street NV. since Friday.
Annie Bell Robson, 18, colored, S
feet inches. 1876 pounds, wearing
white dress. low brown shoes; miss
ing from 636 Aker street NE. since
Friday.
Thelma Mae Strawder, IA, colored,
5 feet 2 inches, 40 pounds, wearing
orange dress, brown sweater, black
tennis shoes: missing from l31
Florida avenue NV. since Friday.
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Six Foundry Officials
Plead Innocent 10
Sabotage Charges
Head of Cleveland Firm.
Reported III, Fails to
Appear for Arroienment
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, May 10.-Six top
officials of the National Bronze
& Aluminium Foundry Co.
pleaded innocent today to Fed
eral charges Of sabotage and
fraud in supplying castings for
warplane engines.
President John L. SCHNEIDER, the
seventh executive named in a Fed
eral grand jury Indictment returned
last Friday, was reported Ill and did
not appear for arraignment.
Judge Emerich B. Freed set trial
for June 7. and bond of s5 900 each
for Schmeller's brothers, Frank, gen.
eral manager, and Edward, chief
metallurgist, both Of whom were
given leaves of absence in recent
reorganization.
Bonds of $4,000 each were fixed
for James c. Helm, superintendent;
Robert w. Chrysler, chief final in
spector; Otto M. St. John, service
engineer, and Benjamin Prudenza,
chief inspector of rough castings.
The indictment charged the COM
pany and seven officials knowingly
wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously'
made defective castings with "rea-
son to believe" their act might OBJ
struct the United States and Great
Britain in carrying on the war.
The n1ne-count indictment also
accused the officials of conspiring
with 2l other employees to defraud
the Government, asserting specifica-
tions were violated by deliberate
welding and plugging of effectively
cast superchargers supplied to the
Packard Motor Car Co.; that re-
jected castings were repaired and
returned to Packard, and sources of
test bars were misrepresented in an
effort to show defective castings
were made from approved metal.
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Trade Pucts
fContinued From First Page

ment permitted the expectation of
millions of tons of scrap iron and
steel to her that she returned to
us at Pearl Harbor in the form Of
planes, torpedoes and other imple-
ments of death. Indeed, the Jap
anese planes that dealt death at
Pearl Harbor were powered with
American gasoline
mo, friendship is not an article
Of commerce and it cannot be meas
ured in dollars and cents"
Mr.. Knutson said These (recipro-
cab treaties are negotiated by a
group Of impractical theorists who
are scheming TO make the world
over after the war and along lines
that have come to them in visions
while they were dreaming"
Of the Republican plan to offer
an amendment to give Congress veto
powerc over the trade pacts, Mr.
Knutson said:
Regardless Of all other angles
of this question YOU are asking (by
proponents of extension without
amendments to vote to eliminate
the Congress from the major de-
cisions OF the postwar period. To
accede is unthinkable."
"Bunkum," Says Fish.
Representative Fish. Republican,
Of New York, said it was sheer
hypocrisy and bunkum and false
hood to say that the agreements
have something to do with pre-
serving the peace" and that that
idea was sold through mass propa-
ganda, especially to womens groups
which are writing to us"
Mr.. Fish said he favored continu-
alton Of the agreements in their
present form, but for two years in
stead of three, so the hands of the
next Congress are not bound"
After the war, Mr.. Fish contend
ed, the United States would have
100000 to 30,000,0o0 unemployed
He asked: DO we want to enter an
agreement with Czecho- -Slovakia,
for instance. where workers get 81
day, and place their goods in COM
petition with ours, made by workers
getting SIS day, and add to our
unemployment?"
Majority Leader Mccormack said
that "as far as the Republican party
in the House is concerned, we're
going to have a repetition of isola-
ton and trade barriers"
ITS policy which leads to war
Mr. Mccormack continued LAS far
as m concerned, I blame the states
men and politicians of 2O-odd years
ago for the present war;"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Anti-Strike Measure
Being Rewritten
May Heads ConnuIIy
Redroft Group
Earlier Story on Page A-S.)

NEarlier STORY on rage A-o.)
BY the Associated Press
At a quickly called meeting, a
House Military Affairs Subcommit-
tee headed by Chairman May was
set up today to rewrite the Con-
nally anti-strike bill and report a
new measure to the full committee
probably tomorrow.
Confirming the action, Mr.. May
said he was unable to predict what
shape the legislation would take
Other members said they expected
the subcommittee to write into the
Senate bill the major provisions of
measures previously introduced by
Representative Smith, Democrat, of
Virginia.
Mr.. Smiths legislation would out
law the unionization of supervisory
employees in industry, prevent strikes
from being called except by a secret
vote of a majority of the workers
involved. and put other restrictions
on wartime activities of labor Or
ganiZationS.
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Coal
Continued From First Page. J

on Friday at meeting of the dis
trict Executive Board.
Miners went back to work a week
ago today under a 15-day truce de-
c1ared by John l.. Lewis, UNIV pres
ident, after work stoppage tied up
mines in the bituminous fields and
President Roosevelt ordered Federal
s1zure of mines.
We assume when President
Roosevelt instructed the solid fuels
administrator to seize the mines and
operate them," Mr.. Owens said,
that they would negotiate wages
and conditions of employment dur
ing the is days of extension of the
old agreement. If this is not done
they are determined to cease work.
THE miners urge their Govern
ment to liquidate their obligation
with this basic industry in nego-
tiating a wage contract which will
permit them to produce coal and
maintain their families as good
Americans should"
Evening star., 1943-05-10

ern style, apparently was the piece
de resistance at most of the dinners
according to the guests who have
admitted they had attended the
parties. But, as one House member
said, there must have been coffee,
sugar and other things on the ra-
ton list that were served. I intend
to ask the recall Of Mr.. Monroe be-
fore the committee to answer q
question as to how he procured ali
the food"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
Textile Union Chief
Urges Labor 10 Back
New Dealers in IA
Postwar Jobs Must Be
Found for 19 Million
Men, He Tells Convention

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Emil Rieve,
general president of the Textile
Workers Union of America, CIO,
said today that labor should pre-
pare for the 1914 elections now so
that We will perpetuate the New
Deal candidates in office"
Mr.. Rieve, speaking before dele
gates representing 100000 members
at the unions third biennial conven-
ton, said jobs must be found for
$4,000 900 men in the postwar period
and "if private enterprise can't give
them jobs, public enterprise must"
He told reporters later that his
estimate included an equal number
of men released from armed service
and from war industry.
''No matter how great the griev-
ances of the miners, there is no
justification for the complete stop
page of the production of coal in
this emergency period" Mr.. Rieve
said, adding, I'VE must assert that
the miners of this Nation have
justified grievance and deserve the
support of all American labor
Mr.. Rieve, in discussing the mine
wage question, said that the presi
dent of the United Mine Workers
of America, without mentioning
John L. Lewis by name, had
pledged to maintain unbroken pro-
duction for the war effort" and
added nothing has happened which
should cause labor to deviate from
that pledge one iota."
Mayor La Guardia, who also ad-
dressed the convention, said the
Allied victory in Tunisia, while i'm
portant, had only brought the Allied
armies up to the gate of the back
yard and there is still the big front
yard to invade"
Evening star., 1943-05-10
New Jap Landing Moves
Futile, Chinese Say
Ev the Assnciatnd prne,

BY lHe ASSoClaIed Press.
CHUNGKING, May 1o.-Fresh
japanese attempts to gain a foot
hold on the south shore of Lake
Tungting, possibly to make a fourth
attempt to capture Changsha, failed,
the Chinese high command said to-
day in communique. The lake
is in North Human Province, of
which Changsha is the capital.
Troops aboard scores of steam
launches tried to disembark, the
Chinese said. One unit succeeded
in landing two days ago, but was
forced to retire Yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-05-10
American Flyers Pound
Messina in Day Raid
BY the Associated Press.


CAIRO, May l0.-American Lib
orator bombers attacked the Sicilian
harbor of MeSsina in daylight yes
terday, hitting the ferry slip a
locomotive roundhouse and other
targets, United States communique
said today.
Enemy fighters attacked the for
nation and several challengers were
damaged. All American planes re-
turned safely.
A British communique announced
other exploits of Allied bombers
based in the Middle East.
Other aircraft, the bulletin said,
attacked shipping in the Aegean
Sea. Three small ships were re-
ported bombed and damaged in an
island harbor and three others were
attacked at sea-one of which was
listed as probably sunk. A seventh
vessel was reported set afre.
On Saturday, the communique
declared, a sailing vessel was sunk
and another severely damaged.
All planes were reported to have
returned safely.