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Evening star., 1944-01-27
Army Going Ahead
On Plans 10 Curtai|
Specialized Traininu

Secretary Stimson said today the
War Department is going ahead with
plans to taper of" the 100000 en-
listed men now attending college
courses under the Army specialized
training program.
He made it clear, however, that
an effort is being made to reduce
the number of ASTP men without
interference with the present courses
That was taken to mean that the
department does not contemplate
any drastic curtailments during the
present 10-week term.
Mr.. Stimson, defending the pro-
gram, which is under fire in Con-
gress, declared it has been a useful
adjunct to training"
Asked if he were back of the move
in the House Military Affairs Com
mittee to abolish the ASTP, he re-
Piled, II can't be held responsible
for what is said on the Hill"
Mr.. Stimson pointed out that he
had been helpful in creating the
program and added that the future
would have to be considered in re-
lation to training requirements In
the Army.
I'VE are reaching the tapering of
process IN many things" he re.
minded.
He explained that the reduction
In the present 100000 enrolment
would be governed by the exigencie.
OF military training and future re.
quirements. At present, he said
he could not tell whether the engi.
neering courses eventually would be
eliminated and the program con.
fined primarily to medical and den.
tai study.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Two Autos Leave Here
On 25,000-MiIe Tire Test

A 25,0O0-mile tour by two cars
designed to test the various makes
of synthetic rubber tires and to i'm
press the American public with the
necessity of tire conservation, start
ted off today from the Zero Mile
stone in the Ellipse.
Sponsored by the American Auto
mobile Association, the cars are
painted in white with red slogans
emphasizing tire conservation. They
will make six-week trip across the
Nation and return.
Each car has three synthetic rub
Der tires, each tire produced by q
different tire manufacturer, and a
recapped tire.
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey,
on hand to witness the start of the
tour, emphasized to the drivers
making the trip that their primary
purpose should be to persuade the
Nations drivers to comply with the
35-mile speed limit and conserve
tires.
1--WE don't want the public to get
the impression that synthetic tires
soon will flood the Market" he de-
clared.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Faster Ships Needed,
WaIIgren Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Wallgren, Democrat, of
Washington said last night that he
and some other members of the
Truman Committee are of the opin-
ion the Government should halt its
Liberty ship program land concen-
trate on the construction of the
faster Victory ships"
Senator Wallgren told a reporter
that subcommittee, headed by
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of West
Virginia, planned to hold hearings
next month at San Francisco, Sc
attic, Portland, Greg, and Rich
mond, Calf, on Liberty ship con-
struction.
'The Maritime Commission, now
holding hearings on the West Coast,
is cooperating with the committee S
inquiry into the cracking of num-
Der Of Liberty ships" the Senator
said.
"The development of cracks in
the hull of one Liberty converted
into troopship at the Lake WASH
ington shipyards has convinced
some OF us that further conversions
should be abandoned at once.
We've about reached the point in
our shipbuilding program where we
can concentrate on the faster Vic
tory ship anyway"
Evening star., 1944-01-27
HaIIeck Sees Revolt
Against Administration
y the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Jan. 27.-
Representative Halleck, Republican,
OF Indiana declared last night that
dissatisfaction with the Roosevelt
administration was widespread and
that some persons "are almost in
revolt"
Mr.. Halleck made the statement
at meeting Of Indiana Republicans
honoring him for his election as
chairman Of the Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Committee.
II do not blame Mr.. Roosevelt for
wanting to get rid of the New
Deal" Mr.. Halleck said. 'sIt is be-
coming more apparent every day
that the great majority of our peo-
pie want to get rid of it. And they
do not mean just change Of names
for the same old crowd.
"They want an end to the philos-
ophies and doctrines which failed so
miserably to solve the problems Of
the depression and which have, at
many points, hindered the war
effort rather than promoted It,"
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Expanded Job Service
For War Veterans
Launched by U. 5.
BY the Associated Press.

oy Inc AoSOCihteQ FTeSS.
War veterans, some Of them
wounded and leaning on canes, went
into offices in seven cities across
the Nation today to take advantage
of the Federal Governments new
expanded program to find work for
them.
The number Of applicants ran into
scores in some cities as the program
got under way yesterday. A large
number obtained jobs before the
day ended.
One wife said she practically had
to drag her husband to the Office,
he was so low in spirit. He got a
job. There even was a sailor look
ing for work during his 30-day leave.
The demonstration offices, as they
were described by Federal Security
Administrator Paul v. McNutt, are
located in Denver, Colo; New Ha-
ven, Conn; st. Louis: Houston, Tex;
Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Phil
adelphia.
Stats Are Larger.
The new setup included larger
placement STATS, greater co-ordi-
nation with employer representa-
tives and increased emphasis on
finding suitable jobs for disabled
men.
This was the picture by cities:
Observation-Disclosures veterans
of the 109 who applied got jobs i'm
mediately. Regional Director Frank
L. McNamee estimated 25,0O0 Jobs
are ready for veterans in the dis
trict.
New Haven-Some applicants
were anxious to get war production
jobs Immediately, while others said
they were more interested In jobs
with postwar future.
Minneapolis-A problem already
arising is that of returning high
school boys with no fixed occupa-
tional pattern. Officials said place.
ments were proceeding slowly.
Office Has $50 Employees.
st. Louis-This Office, which
handled 450 cases monthly during
the last half of 1943, reported no
noticeable increase over the average
The demonstration Office now has
$50 employees. compared with 10 full
time men under a program estab-
lished in 1887.
Los Angeles-In the fist two
hours yesterday 78 veterans, II oi
them disabled, appeared at the Of.
flee. Carl C. Overpeck, head of the
Office, said he expected no difficulty
in obtaining jobs.
Denver-Manager Albert w. Be.
van said he expected a steady stream
Of applicants and speedier handling
as the program progresses.
Houston-This Office reported that
Texas employers were volunteering
in large numbers to find work fol
returning servicemen.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Bishop Hughes Open,
Local Crusade for a
New World Order

Urging that Isolation" give way
to federation" Bishop Edwin Holt
Hughes, resident bishop of the
Washington area Of the Methodist
Church, today opened the local
Crusade for New World Order" at
the Foundry Methodist Church, Six
teenth and p streets NV.
Declaring that "piecemeal treaties"
and temporary armistices" were
only intermittent lulls OF ex-
haustion, rather than a lasting
peace" Bishop Hughes called for the
organization Of world league"
It would be a disgrace, Bishop
Hughes said, If all the nations could
be united for war but could not be
united for peace, and 1t would be
Government outrage" If our grand
children rs years hence, would have
to go through another baptism Of
blood"
Drive is "NOnpolitical."
Asserting that the Methodist cru
sade was not political effort in
the usual sense" the bishop called
for a program Of speedy organiza-
ton. He assailed those who believe
that peace can come from torn
fields without work"
The Rev. w. F. Quillian, cultiva-
ton secretary Of the board Of mis-
sions, told members of the congrega-
ton that "Methodism is mobilizing
In order that we may have beauti-
full and just peace.
The church, he continued,
Stands between two worlds. The
one world is dying 4" civilizations
are tearing themselves to pieces.
For the other world, the church is
girding itself for the greatest prog
ress since Jesus walked the earth.
Dual Responsibility.
Eve have a personal as we'll as
corporate responsibility" he said.
II would like to see what the
churches of the world could do if
they combined in the effort to
speedily Christianize China.
What sacrifice are We making In
order that the gospel of truth may
be carried to the ends Of the earth?"
he concluded. 1--WE must have vision,
the power to see the coming harvest
while the snow is on the ground.
Let us be Christian diplomats
and use Christian strategy and enter
every open door"
Tonight's session in Memorial
Continental Hall will be devoted to
young peoples roles in the crusade
and the ramifications Of the coming
peace.
Many Speakers Listed.
Other speakers will be the Rev.
DR.. Frederick B. Harris, pastor Of
Foundry Methodist Church; Mrs. j.
D. Bragg, national president of the
Women's Society of Christian Serv-
ice and Bishop Alexander P. Shaw,
resident bishop of Baltimore.
Also the Rev. DR.. r. E. Green, pas
tor of the Smyrna (Del.) Church;
the Rev. DR.. w. Emory Hartman,
pastor of Grace Church, Harris
burg. Pa; DIR. Stewart Patterson,
lay reader OF the Baltimore Confer
ence; the Rev. DR.. j. C. MILAN.
executive secretary Of the Baltimore
Conference Board of Education;
Bishop Paul B. Kern, resident Bish-
op Of Nashville, Tenn, and the Rev.
DR.. c. Clifford Bacon, Des Moines,
Iowa.
The Washington area includes
the District, Maryland, Delaware,
Northern Virginia, Eastern West
Virginia and Central Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Farley Predicts U. 5.
Will Liquidate Debt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-James A.
Farley, former Democratic National
Committee chairman, expressed hope
yesterday that private industry
would be able to absorb much of the
postwar employment load and de-
clared the American people would
find way to pay off the national
Indebtedness, although it might take
years to do so.
There Is certain to be some kind
OF an economic depression" in the
war-to-peace transitory period. he
told the Northeastern Retail Lum-
bermen's Association, but he said he
was certain "everythings going to
be all right"
A way will be found to liouidate
the huge national debt, he added.
declaring "the American people are
not going to permit this heavy debt
load to stop progress from going on. -
Mr.. Farley said I'VE must put every
effort forward to get gainful en-
ployment for those heroes of ours
who are now fighting in many thea
ters of war.
I hope private industry can do as
much as possible to absorb this
load" he said.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Equal Rights for Women
Endorsed by Wallace

Ry the Associated Press.
Vice President Wallace has in
dorsed proposed constitutional
amendment giving women the same
legal rights as men, Mrs. Emma
Guffey Miller, Democratic national
ccmmitteewoman from Pennsyl-
vania, has announced.
Acting as joint congressional
chairman Of the National Women's
Party, Mrs. Miller yesterday made
public a letter from Mr.. Wallace
which said:
There should be no inequalities
under the law because of sex. Every
man and woman should have an
equal right to earn a living, to con-
troll their earnings, and women
should be freed from governmental
restraints and handicaps, which now
limit their wages and opportunities
for advancement"
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Plane Building Peak
Reported Still 10 Come

The United States still has not
reached its peak in the production
Of airplanes, Representative Spark
man, Democrat of Alabama, told
a meeting of the Federal Bar Asso-
citation at Schneider's Restaurant
427 Eleventh street NV.
Recently returned from an inspec-
ton tour of Army Air Forces pro-
duction and training facilities in
this country, Mr.. Sparkman painted
an optimistic picture of airpowel
to come within the next few months
Mr.. Sparkman pointed out that
the Nation is now producing at the
rate of more than 100000 planes
a year. He praised the assembly
line process as adapted to plane
production, and said its use was
proving itself at the Ford Willow
Run plant.
The Alabama Representative pre-
dicted that our future planes will
be greater In size, weight and fight
ing power.
Miss Marguerite Rawalt, presi-
dent, conducted the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
House Group Backs
Ship Operators Fight
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Merchant Marine Com
mittee has joined informally with
ship operators in a campaign to re-
move present bars against surface
lines desiring to enter the foreign
air transport field.
After spokesmen for various ship
ping lines had told the committee
that present policies of the Civil
Aeronautics Board threaten to
drive American ships again of the
seven seas" Chairman Bland yes
terday invited organization of a
committee to furnish material fol-
use in seeking reversal OF policy
Several members throughout the
hearing expressed opposition to the
CAB stand.
The Ship Lines Committee would
be set up by John j. Burns, general
counsel Of the American Merchant
Marine Institute, who testified that
shipping operators don't ask to be
favored-we only ask to be taken
out Of the Disseminated against
class"
Shipping operators said they would
be in competition after the war with
foreign lines closely integrated with
air carriers.
The CAB policy was defended BY
L. WEIGH Pogue, chairman of the
board, who told the committee that
"the most vigorous development" OF
this Nations foreign commerce
might well result from having all
transportation as separate enter
prise" He said the Civil Aeronau-
tics Act and court decisions impose
definite restrictions on shipping
lines entering the aviation field.
The act forbids approval of ar
application by a carrier other thar
air" for a certificate to operate ar
air service unless the CAB finds
that such service would be to the
public interest and advantage ano
would not restrain competition, de.
clared Mr.. Pogue, who argued thai
shipping companies are not barred
from the air field, but merely re-
|quired to meet the public interest
REQUIREMENT
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Fiqht for Prohibition
Opened in South Carolina
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. PA
spirited contest was shaping up
today over a proposal to return
South Carolina to prohibition.
The proposal was approved by the
State House of Representatives as
an amendment to the general appro-
priations bill it passed and sent to
the Senate.
The Senate Finance Committee
deleted the amendment when it
brought out a $19,435, 100 bill, be-
cause no provision was made for
replacing more than 5000, 900
revenue from liquor which goes to
school support.
Several Senators have indicated
intention to introduce prohibition
rider to the appropriation bill when
it reaches the floor, probably today
and wet and drly forces are busy
lining up support for their positions
Evening star., 1944-01-27
|Wife Says She Knew
Law Killed Woman
And Burned Body
BY the Associatec Press.

| 6s tac ASSOClAteC Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. 81
The wife of Walter w. Law, con-
fessed slayer of Rose Brancato, wom-
ans page editor, told the New Haven
Register today in q signed statement
that her husband had blurted out to
her that he had committed the
crime and had urged her to 'come
on. 7 want you TO see the body"
States Attorney Abraham S. Ull-
man said Mrs. Law had given him
the same information.
Mrs. Law, whose 39-year-old hus-
band and father of three children
has signed a confession that he
strangled the comely Miss Brancato,
New Haven Journal-C Courier report
er and women's editor, on July
last year and then fed her fully
clothed body into the furnace of a
central building of which he was
superintendent, stated:
II knew about It. I never saw
the body. The night it happened
he was drinking; he didn't know
what he was doing. He banged me
couple Of times when he was
drunk. The next day he felt sorry.
He was always a drinker.
Called by Husband.
THAT night (July s. he called me
and said he had done something
awful.
II said: I'll co. I always went
when he was in trouble.
II went down and the door was
locked. I had to wait couple of
minutes until he opened it. I went
downstairs. said: oh, my God!
What happened?'
II could tell from the look on
his face that something had hap
pened
II went downstairs on the elevator
and walked over to the desk. First
I saw the pocketbock end I said:
oh! the grill! I picked up an en-
velope that was addressed to her
and I saw her name. I said to
myself: I have to get out of here
quick
Refused to Look at Body.
II said to him: What did you do
| it for?'
"He said: Come on. I want you
to see the body
II turned all colors and said, No
Walter. I want to get out of here.
II said: Please, Walter, let me up
the elevator
"He never told me why he had
done it. He brought me up in the
elevator and said: You go straight
home and don't talk to anybody" y"
Officials planned no action
against Mrs. Law, since, as the wife
of the accused, she had been under
no legal obligation to 60 to the
police with her knowledge.
Detective Capt. Raymond j.
Eagan said Law told him he Gre
mated the body in the huge water
heating furnace in the Woolworth
| Building,
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Arlington Tells Story
Of Staying WAC Wife

6y the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 27.-The
trial Of Wendell P. Arlington, %,
Miami defense worker, charged with
the knife-slaying last October of
his wife, WAC 1t. Mildred S. Ar
rington, %, formerly Of Coral
Gables, Fla, will be resumed today
In Henrico County Circuit Court.
The hearing was adjourned yes
terday after Arlington had told on
the stand of the Staying at the
home of his wife near Sandston, Va.
The shipyard worker testified he
had attempted to choke his wife
when she told him she was preg-
nant by another man and wanted
divorce, and that he had cut
her throat and then attempted sui
eide by slashing his wrists and
throat with razor.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Clio 10 Request WLB
Ito Void Pena|izinu
Of Cramp Strikers

The War Labor Board will be
asked to overrule decision of the
boards shipbuilding commission
penalizing workers who struck at
the Cramp Shipyard. Philadelphia,
Philip Van Gelder, secretary-treas-
urer Of the CIO International
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers, said today.
Mr.. Van Gelder, declaring the
ruling was Illegal, said, This puni-
tive action was made after the
company and the union had ar
rived at an agreement and despite
the company's withdrawal of its re-
quest for penalties" the Associated
Press reported from Philadelphia
Labor members of the commission
dissented from the penalty ruling.
The commission, in the first case
OF its kind, directed that members
OF the Cramp union who went on
a four-day unauthorized strike jan
uary 6 be penalized for failure to
return at the telegraphed order Of
the WLB by losing one months re-
troactive pay under any increases
that might be approved in the wage
case now pending before the labor
board.
The commission said the strike
was called in protest against dis
missal Of painters at the yard who
refused to use paint spray guns.
The strikers ignored pleas from
international union officers to re-
turn.
'The national board has never
had this particular issue before it
IN this FORM" the opinion said, "but
on occasions has withdrawn or with
held maintenance of membership
provisions from unions which had
given evidence of responsibility
through strikes"
Chairman William E. Simkin of
the commission said in the ma
jority opinion that in case of "out-
right defiance" the agency has no
alternative but to take such disciple
nary action as is consistent with its
public responsibility"
Lucian Koch, CIO member of the
commission, declared in dissenting
opinion that the majority action
contained "ominous implications"
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Bulgaria Declared Near
Crisis Similar 10 Ita|y's
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 27-Bu-
dapest dispatches said today Bulga-
ria was approaching crisis compar-
able to that of Italy last July when
Fascism was overthrown.
"The decisive factor in Bulgarian
politics continues to be the presence
Of 20 German divisions which have
become forces Of occupation rather
than defenders of the frontiers -
the Budapest correspondent of the
Gazette de Lausanne said. Allied
bombings were said to have produced
moral, physical and political crises.
Sofia was said to be desolate with
average destruction Of go per cent
in three fourths Of the capital. Open
discomfort was reported, especially
against those responsible for state
affairs.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Japs Report Treatment
OF Nationals Improved

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The Toxic
radio, reporting that much of the
'inhuman treatment" of Japanese
nationals by enemy nations at the
start of the war had since improved,
said today that 100000 Japanese
nationals are still in the United
StateS-a and Hawaii.
Treatment received by the Japa-
nese "has improved little by little as
the results Of our protests and other
measures taken," said the broadcast,
beamed to South America and re-
corded by United States Govern.
ment monitors.
It estimated at $4,000 the total
Japanese nationals in countries at
war with, or that have severed
relations with. Japan.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Justice Department
To Seek Ruling on
Mail
BIZ the Associated press.

The Justice Department disclosed
today that 1t will seek a clear-cut
judicial Interpretation Of the Sec
ond-class Mail Act.
AS counsel for Postmaster Gen.
eral Walker in the Esquire case,
the department plans to file In Dis
trict Court here in the near future
a petition urging q "once and for
all" Interpretation Of, the statute,
on which various interpretations
have been placed since its enact
ment almost IS years ago.
Mr.. Walker revoked Esquire's Sec
ond-class mailing privileges, effec-
tive February %, and the magazine
has asked for an injunction. Mr..
Walker held the magazine was not
devoted to the dissemination of the
news, science or the arts and there
fore was not eligible for second
class privileges.
Questions Outlined.
Frank M. Shea, assistant attorney
general In charge of the Claims
Division, who will represent Mr..
Walker, is expected to ask the court
to answer these questions:
Does the statute mean that any
periodical is entitled to the low
second-class postage rates, or does
it limit second-class mail to publi-
cations Originated and published
for the dissemination of information
OF a public character, or devoted to
literature, the sciences, arts or some
special industry" as Mr.. Walker
interpreted it?
Does the Postmaster General
have the duty to decide what pub
lications are entitled to second-class
mailing privileges, and If so can
he set the standards, or does the
court set the standards?
Inconsistency Admitted.
Over the years, Mr.. Walker said,
the decisions affecting second class
mail and their administration have
been inconsistent.
From language in court deci-
sions having some analogy to the
matters here in issue, opposite con-
clusions may be reached" Mr..
Walker added. From the inter-
pretations and practices the off,
cials administering this statute over
the years, opposite conclusions may
be reached.
II do believe that statute which
so vitally, directly and continually
affects so many, should not remain
longer in the realm of doubt OF
subject to the vagaries of what
ever Postmaster General may then
be administering them"