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Evening star., 1944-01-26

Mr.. ettmson who told the coanmittss
last week the men on the fighting
fronts are bitterly resentful7 over
labor troubles on the home front.
Before the committee Is . national
service bill by Senator Austin, Re-
publican, Of Vermont
Citing production figures an
nounced yesterday by the War Pro-
duction Board, Mr.. Patterson said
the output Of fighting equipment
has not been up to the national
goals, adding, the task Of producing
weapons and supplies in 1914 win
be harder than in 1943."
Mr.. Stimson said last night that
the Nation has no less right to re-
quire . man to make weapons than
1t has to require another man to
fight with them. --..rrr<
The Secretary declared that a
strikes in war plants last week re-
suited In the loss Of approximately
$4,000 man-days Of production. He
expressed the belief that q labor
draft would reduce strike calls, abb
senteeism and what he termed "the
shocking excess Of turnover In labor"
remedy the sense of injustice -"
the armed forces feel ." and In
crease production effectiveness.
THE pace is increasing as we ap-
proach the Climax" he said. Under
q national service law the American
people can bring to bear the Nations
total effort to shorten the period
Of the conflict and reduce It's toll"
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'Army's Expense Cut
.0f $27,378,396,000
Cheers Capitol Hill
By the Associated Press.

~ eae AssOClate0 FIek&.
Congress, faced with the larg-
est demand for appropriations in
history. today welcomed news
from the War Department that
it would spend $27 ,378, ,396, 900 less
during the current fiscal year
than had been provided in its
budget.
A second ''kickback" of $l4,2l4.-
877,00 attributed to changed mill
tary plans and price reductions on
Army supplies, was added to 4 SIM
liar $l3,l63,519, 900 reduction in es-
Inmates announced last November.
Thus, In all, Army expenses have
been cut 81, ,378 1896 900 for the year
ending next juno 30.
In announcing the Army's latest
"kickback," Chairman Snyder of
the House Appropriations subcom-
mittee handling Army funds, said,
however, that 1t offers no sound
basis for an immediate lessening
Of the tax load"
our pubic debt, he declared,
has reached such huge proportions,
and 1t Is daily growing, that in nv
Judgment 1t would be folly not to
tax to the utmost during this period
OF wide employment and high wages
and large war profits"
Brig. Gen. George ]. Richards
Army budget ofdcer, explained that
the newly announced savings were
due to shifts In grand strategy of
the war and the emphasis on Diff
ferent theaters Of operation" which
had affected the quantities and
types Of weapons and ammunition
needed.
Savings were broken down thus
Reduction in military personnel
s., ,46l 900. in addition to the 81 ,o46.-
039 900 announced In November; re-
ductions In requirements, $780,.
485 900, in addition to 50, ,62e ,275 re-
ported in November. and price re.
ductions, including refunds through
renegotiations Of contracts, $10ol6..
600 900, in addition to $8s, ,205 900 re-
ported In November.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Bodies
Continued From First PAGE }

bodies and in the graves" the broad
cast said. "All this evidence estab-
fishes precisely the time and the
circumstances of the crimes perpe-
trated by the German invaders"
MOSCOW first announced that the
commission was studying the Katyn
massacre" on January II and prom
ised early findings after noting that
the Soviet government could not
deal with the Polish government in
London because the Poles had asked
the International Red Cross to in
vestigate German charges that the
Killings were done by the Russians.
German propagandists said Polish
soldiers and officers had been killed
during the Russian occupation Of
Smolensk. The Poles asked for and
then withdrew a request for q Red
Cross investigation Of the ACCUSE
tons. Meanwhile, however, Moscow
severed relations with Poland.
The announcement today said
that when the Germans invaded the
Smolensk district three CAMPS for
Polish prisoners Of war were stu
ated Is and n miles west of smo-
lensk and the Poles were working on
roads.
These camps could not be evacu-
ated In time when the Germans
reached the region" the broadcast
said. The Polish prisoners and
part of the Soviet stan Of the camps
and guards fell into the hands of
the Germans"
The special commission found
that 10 miles from Smolensk along
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full commission, Alexeieva, one of
three Russian girls who did house.
work for the staff" said she heard
trucks coming to the forest late In
August and September Of l94l, then
regular shots sounding among the
trees, after which the Germans
would return to the house in ex-
element and down double rations
Of liquor.
Heard Shots ut Intervals.
She said she saw trucks bringing
Polish prisoners into the forest,
then heard shots at regular inter-
walls and II noticed fresh heaps of
sand. They grew larger and larger. !"
When she asked the Germans about
1t she said the Germans told her
they were building Notifications.
One OF the most damaging wit
nesses was Boris Basilevsky, So, pro-
lessor OF astronomy. who served as
assistant to the burgomeister of
Smolensk under the Germans, He
said Burgomeister Boris Menshagin
told him that in mid-September of
194l orders were received from Ber-
line to liquidate the Poles and that
by early October of 194l the job was
done.
He also testified a German assist
ant chief Of the political police told
him the Poles should be eliminated
as an inferior race" and reduction
OF the Polish population would serve
q useful purpose and widen Ger
many's living space"
One Of the members of the in
vestigating commission, Alexei Toll
stoy, told the correspondents that
in. addition to the determination
program, one OF the Germans mo-
tives for the killings was that the
prisoners had shown q tendency to
favor the Russians after the Ger
mans attacked their country.
He said the Investigators were
busy looking into 81 graves in the
vicinity of Smolensk be-
fore they started investigating the
Katyn Forest tombs.
He estimated 135, 900 Russian civil
ians and soldiers were killed in the
Smolensk region during and after
the battle Of Smolensk.
Evening star., 1944-01-26

as pinsetters up to IL pm. and boys
between 16 and l8 up to midnight.
Representative Simpson, Repub-
lican, of Illinois said his objection
was only that the bill would dis
criminate in favor of one business,
and that If the child la Dor laws were
to be modified the changes should
apply to all. $40. -''
On the marriage license measure,
Mr.. Russell said while there were
good features, wed better let well
enough alone" He reported he had
found in his State boys in-she Army
camps sometimes '"got stewed up"
and were married, to wake up the
next sday wondering Wh1 sc was
they had married. He said Texas
authorities finally caught up With
one wedding-minded woman who
had married four soldiers and was
collecting allotments from an four
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D. G.. Bills
Continued From First paee.)

porarily a bill which would permit
boy pin settlers in bowling alleys to
work at night, during the war, when
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech explained the Commissioners
now are considering a general meas
ure dealing with child labor work.
hour rules to aid the wartime labor
shortage. Details of this plan were
not announced.
Favorable Report.
Reported favorably were the fol-
loving bills: To transfer from the
President to the Commissioners the
power of appointment of notaries
public. to lessen the work OF the JUS
tice Department.; to authorize depu-
ties of the District health officer to
issue permits for burial or transpor-
tation Of dead human bodies; to
permit the sale of shad here in De-
cember. as we'll as from January /
to June, 10, each. year; and to trans
fer TO the credit'of the District gov
ernment SIC, 800. the receipts from
the sale ef "a years ago OF District
owned land lying east of Mckinley
High School to the Sanitary Gro-
cery Co, which BY misadventure was
placed To the cfsdit Of the United
States.
Opposition Cited.
Representative Russell, Democrat,
Of Texas reported that opposition to
the bowling alley bill had been reg
istered by the Children's Bureau,
the Commissioners, public school
authorities and spokesmen for the
CIO. The bill would permit boys
between il and Is years old to work
Evening star., 1944-01-26
| |1lio's Forces Reoeeupy
Stronghold Near Jate
By the Associated pres,.


LONDON, Jan. 26.-Yugoslav Par
tt4ans have stormed and reoccupied
the Western Bosnian stronghold OF
Mrkonjicgrad, near Jajce, the re-
Gently liberated headquarters bas-
tion Of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito)
but have been forced to evacuate the
strategic town of Tuzla In Eastern
Bosnia, T1to's war bulletin said to-
day.
Mrkonjicgrad was swept up in the
German advance down the Vrbas
River Valley from Banja Luka, 30
miles to the north, two weeks ago,
which also overran the nearby hill
fortress OF Jajce and several other
Partisan-held towns northeast OF
SaraJevo. Jajce was retaken on
January 81 by Tito's forces.
Tuzla fell before superior German
forces, Tito's communique reported
The battle for the town, which con-
unued for more than 4 week, cost
the Germans more than 500 men,
Tito asserted.
Evening star., 1944-01-26

the Vitebsk road in the Katyn Forest
are the graves where the Polish war
prisoners shot by the German in
vaders are buried" the broadcast
said.
The graves were opened in the
presence Of all the members of the
commission and medico- legal ex-
perts. The total number of bodies
found in Polish uniforms was, ac-
cording to medico-legal experts,
1000"
Moscow announced January II
that the commission also included
the writer. Alexei Tolstoi, who wrote
the Il Demand Vengeance Account"
OF atrocities in Stalino, and Metro
politan Nikolai Of the Russian
Orthodox Church, among others.
Evening star., 1944-01-26


and mo onew INJURED p
Evening star., 1944-01-26
|WFA Maps Program
To Support Prices Of
Farm Commodities
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
War Food Administrator Mar
vim Jones today announced the
minimum levels at which the
Government proposes to support
producer prices OF more than 30
farm commodities under q 1914
production program calling for
q record output.
Under present price-control poll
cies the support program would
cost the Government between $780,
ooo, 900 and $500, ,ooo. 900, the final
amount depending on volume OF
production.
The cost would be incurred in
assuring farmers returns in excess
of once of Price Administration
ceilings on some crops.
Subject to Congress Action.
Mr.. Jones emphasized that the
support program was subject to
action Of Congress making pro-
vision for carrying out the support
prices and will not be effective unless
such provision is made" He said
administration leaders In Congress
had assured him there was no strong
opposition to the support prices as
such.
However, powerful antisubsidy
bloc is fighting a request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the WAS Com
modify Credit Corp. be allowed to
assume the cost of the price-support
program. 1t is insisting that the
OPA put its ceiling prices in line
with the farm support prices.
Commodities which would be sup
ported at levels above OPA ceilings
include the vegetable oil crops pea
nuts, soybeans and flaxseed), yege-
tables for processing, sugar, dry
beans. cheddar cheese, some fruits
for processing, some fruit juices and
peanut butter.
Follows Lines of 1943 Program.
The new support program, which
Is designed to assure farmers re-
turns in line with wartime produc-
ton costs and hence to encourage
maximum production, follows the
general pattern of a similar pro-
gram last year.
Slight increases were proposed for
a number Of commodities, includ-
ing corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts, soy
beans, fiaxseed, sugar beets, sugar
cane, sweet potatoes, barley and
grain sorghums. Only hogs will be
subject to lower support price, be-
ginning next October.
Mr.. Jones said various devices
will be used to carry out the price
minimums. These will include loans,
Government purchases Of affected
commodities and direct payments to
farmers.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
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Evening star., 1944-01-26
Poles in Russia Urge
Creation of Unity Group

MOSCOW, Jan. rs (P.-The Union
of Polish Patriots in the Soviet
Union, through an editorial in its
newspaper Wolna Polska, today
urged creation Of political center"
uniting the Poles in the homeland
with those of Russia. the United
States and Great Britain.
The Polish regime in London was
denounced as mot a representative
Polish government" and its answer
to the Soviet proposal that the
Cur1on Line be adopted as q tenta-
tive basis for the postwar border was
called mot the ansKer Of the Polish
nation" m
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Paterson Appeals :
For Labor Draft Law
10 Shorten War
~ the Associated Press,


Undersecretary of War Pat
terson appealed to Congress to-
day for enactment of q labor
draft law, declaring national
service will shorten the war"
Appearing before the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee, Mr.. Patter-
son declared there are serious man
power shortages in war inudustries
which can be solved only through
passage Of u bill to draft civilian
labor. President Roosevelt has
asked such legislation, and Secretary
Of War Stimson In . radio speech
last night said our country has q
right to draft workers as well AZ
soldiers.
Citing labor shortages and Job
turnovers in war-vital industries,
Mr.. Patterson declared:
Every delay we. have in getting
workers. every bit OF production
which Is lost through excessive turn
over, means delay. - Those de-
lays mean lengthening the war"
Labor cannot be concentrated in
essential industries, he said, unless
we have truly effective manpower
controls"
Mr.. Patterson said there is q
shortage Of workers in ball bearing
plants, the aircraft industry, the
100-octane gasoline program and ir
plants making military radio detec-
ton equipment.
1T should be pointed out that In
nearly every case of shortage Of la
Dor there are men and women fl
for the work who are living in the
vicinity" he testified. rs 1t a hard.
ship comparable to that which the
soldier endures, merely to require
that these persons contribute their
services toward arming the soldiers?'
| Mr.. Patterson echoed the view n,
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Eden
Continued From First Page.)

leave Russia in possession of most
Of the territory she took in 1899.
The Polish government in London
suggested the United States and
Britain mediate the dispute, but the
Soviet announced it considered the
Polish stand rejection of its offer
for settlement of the boundary con-
troversy.
Statement in Reply to Question.
Mr.. Eden's statement was made in
reply to a question by Kenneth
Pickthorn, National Conservative
who asked whether the policy of
the government is still represented
by the Prime Minister'S statement
Of September 3, 1910, that there will
be no recognition of territorial
changes taking place during the war
unless with the free consent and
good will Of the parties; by the
foreign secretary's note quoted by
him in the House July 80, 1941, that
there would not be recognition of
any territorial changes effected in
Poland since August, 1899, and by
the second principle of the Atlantic
Charter against territorial changes
not IN accord with the freely ex-
pressed wishes of the peoples con-
cerned."
Mr.. Eden's reply: THE statement
OF the Prime Minister to which you
refer is as follows: We have not at
any time adopted since the war
broke out the line that nothing
could be changed in the territorial
structure of various countries. On
the other hand we do not propose
to recognize any territorial changes
which take place during the war un-
less they take place with the free
consent and good will of the parties
concerned
This statement represents the
view Of his majesty's government.
The wording of the note which
addressed to Premier Sikorski after
the signature of the Russo-Polish
agreement was his majesty's gov
ernment do not recognize any terri
torial changes which have been ef-
fected in Poland since August, 1882
This remains the position. His
majesty's government of course
stands by the principles enunciated
In the Atlantic Charter"
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Old Rubber Sign Posted
At Income Tax Window
NJ ths Aesnniotnl D.,

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY.-Sign over bas-
ket confronting income tax payers as
they present checks to the cashier
Of the Internal Revenue Depart
ment:
Throw all old rubber here"
No reflection on the customers, in
sists the bureau-it's feature OF the
salvage drive.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Hoover Again Refuses
To Answer Questions
AT Inquiry Into Fec
~ the Associated Press.

- hne SASSSSAescu EIcSS.
j. Edgar Hoover today refused
for. the second time to answer
questions put to him by a House
committee investigating the
Federal Communications Com
mission and was backed up by
Attorney General Biddle.
The director OF the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation reiterated previous
statement that he had been directed
by the President not to discuss in
public matters affecting internal
security.
The committee is seeking informa-
ton on relations between the FBI
and the FEC.
Biddle Explains Stand.
Mr.. Biddle, who refused to comply
with a committee request that he
produce the presidential directive on
which. Mr.. Hoover based his refusal
to answer questions, advised Chair
man Lea Of the committee that
"even in the absence Of instructions
from the President, should
have directed Mr.. Hoover to refuse
to answer these questions.
1T Is my view," Mr.. Biddle said,
that as a matter Of law and of
long-established constitutional prac-
tice, communications between the
President and the Attorney General
are confidential and privileged and
not subject to inquiry by COM
mlttee OF one of the houses of Con-
gress In this instance, it seems
to me that the privilege should not
be waived; to do so would be to
establish an unfortunate precedent.
inconsistent with the position taken
by my predecessors.
I must therefore respectfully de-
cline to produce before your COM
mittee the Presidents communica-
tions. Without waving in any wav
the privilege, however, believe that
l can inform the committee that the
Presidents direction states that be-
cause the transactions relate to the
internal security of the country, it
would not be in the public interest,
at the present time, for Mr.. Hoover
or any officer of the department to
testify about them or to disclose
any correspondence concerning
them"
Difficulty Over Records Cited.
The FBI chief appeared last week
before the committee and indicated
his agency had difficulty in getting
some 250,000 fingerprint records the
FEC had taken of radio opera tors
and other communications workers
But to series of questions as to
how much cooperation his outfit
had gotten from the FEC before
the Pearl Harbor attack and wheth-
er any acts of commission or omis-
sion on the part of the FEC had
contributed in any way to the de-
struction suffered there December
7, lS41, he gave noncommittal II
have been advised to decline to
answer"
His refusal to reply, he told the
committee, was not necessarily based
on lack of any facts with which to
answer, but the fact that he was
under the presidential directive to
refrain from discussing matters af-
fecting national security.
Chairman Lea echoed a demand
by Committee Counsel Eugene L.
Carey that Mr.. Hoover should pro-
duce, If possible, the directive, so
that the committee might ascertain
how far his immunity from ques-
tioning went.
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Uncle Ruy's Corner
Which one of these boys mil
NTH questions phich puzzle him?

Since ! wrote about odd names
the past summer. letters have been
coming to me from various readers
One of these is from the Rev. George
Sixt, who writes:
Il have clipped some OF your
articles for nv scrapbook. including
Notes About Family Names 1, too,
have something unusual TO tell
In 1915 I received a call to Eaton
Ohio, and went there as the sixth
minister in succession whose first
name was George. My last name.
Sixt, suggests the Sixth, and have
been spoken of as George VI"
Thank you, Rev. Sixt, for that
note. If had kept track of the
order in which I received the letters
about names which came to me re-
Gently might have found that your
letter was the sixth in the batch.
Perhaps it was. but I do not know.
DR.. Ray Hulburt has sent me a
letter with quite sheaf Of interest
ing facts about names
"As a boy" he writes, my father
(Hulbert lived in a neighborhood
with two families, Hull and Burt.
Years later we lived within a
mile of three families with the
Evening star., 1944-09-30
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