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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Senate Due 10 Pass
Revised 530-Mi|Iion
Deficiency Bill Today

The Senate probably will pass to-
day the $530,773.754 first deficiency
bill, which the Appropriations Com
mittee yesterday amended to set
aside a recent decision of the Con-
troller Generals ONCE, requiring a
new method of computing the over
time OF clerical-mechanical en-
ployes paid on a hourly basis at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
I The effect will be to continue to
pay these employees time and-a-halt
Tor work in excess Of 40 hours a
week. Treasury officials told the
committee the controllers decision
would require a recomputation of
the pay Of $500 employees back to
December l, 1912, and the payment
Of 100000 additional from that
date to June 80, 1945.
The back payments would amount
to $245 to $500 year for each en-
ploye If the controllers ruling
stands, according to the testimony
New Pay Plan Provided.
The committee was told the ruling
sought to apply to these hourly
workers a theoretical daily wage
formula created to estimate over
time for per annum employees.
The deficiency bill as reported to
the Senate calls for $50, 100 900 more
than the House allowed. The prin-
cipal changes are:
The additional $50 ,436 1884 to the
capital of the Commodity Credit
Corp. to make up for capital i'm
pairment during the last year.
A cut Of $15,000,000 in the House
allotment to the Federal Works
Agency for community facilities.
D. C. Item Added.
The only District Government
item added was 5000 to meet over
time salary payments in the cor
poration counsel's Office.
The ONCE of Director of Defense
Transportation, left vacant by the
death Of Joseph B. Eastman, vet
eran Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner, was made a $12,00O-a-year
job by an amendment to the bill,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Coroner Will Investigate
Two Traffic Deaths Today

A coroner's jury will investigate
today the circumstances surround
ing the deaths of two pedestrians
fatally injured by streetcars in the
District this month, according to
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald.
Miss Mary Schultz, SO, of 3l14
Mount Pleasant street NV. died
Sunday, shortly after she was struck
by a car as she crossed the street
near her nome. Police listed the
operator of the car as Thomas N.
Henderson, 46, of l446 Newton street
NV.
Julius Johnson, about 10, colored.
l2l0 D street NV, died March 7 as
a result of injuries received when
he was struck by a streetcar near
his home. Police said the operator
of the car was Norman Meyers, 81,
TOT Fourteenth street Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Germans Strengthen
Position in Finland
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 28.-The Ger.
mans are strengthening their mill.
tary positions in Northern Finland
reliable information from Helsink
said yesterday, while Finnish peace
proponents continued their behind.
the-scenes work despite the Finnish
governments rejection of Russian
armistice demands.
-Four Nazi transports, containing
a few soldiers but packed chiefly
with heavy war materials ano
equipment, arrived in Hangoe last
week, these advices said. More
Germans than usual were seen ir
the port of Turku last week end.
Since the Finnish Parliament re.
jected Moscows arrnistice terms or
recommendation of the government
two weeks ago there has been ar
undercurrent of belief and hope ir
Finland that peace was still pos
|sible.
Meanwhile, Swedish papers re-
ported that Gen. Nikolaus Won Falk.
enhorst, commander in chief of the
German army Of occupation in Nor.
way, had gone to Northern Finland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Col. Mccormick Saws
Communists Seek 10
Lead COP Convention
By the Associated Press,

OMAHA, Mar. 28.-Col. Robert r
Mccormick declared last night that
Communists not only dominate the
Democratic party, but are actively
trying to control the Republican Ma
tional Convention as the New Deal
did in 1940."
The editor and publisher OF the
Chicago Tribune, in a speech pre-
pared for the Ad-Sell Club, made nc
further reference to the 1910 Repub-
llcan convention which nominated
Wendell L. Willkie for President.
Col. Mccormick asserted that 9
million Communicates thar
eight-tenths Of l per cent of on,
lpopulation-dominate our Govern
ment"
Cites Balance Of Power"
"They do So" he declared, because
there are some 10000 of them in
New York State who have held the
balance of power between the Re-
publican and Democratic parties.
Unless they voted with the Demo-
Gratis, no Democrat could be elected
and unless the Democrats accepted
their dictation they would not vote
for the Democratic candidate, and
New York State has the largest vote
in the electoral college. 80
In other cities, the Communists
are not sufficiently numerous to af-
feet elections, but they agitate In
the CIO unions, hold meetings which
are exaggerated in the fellow traveller
press and furnish interrupters at
other meetings. " ="
Asking lis it not plain that the
trouble in which we find ourselves
came from overambitious Presidents
who fished in troubled waters?" Col
Mccormick asserted:
Foreign TuteIage" Hit.
"Our history appears to me plain
AS long as this country was true to
itself, it prospered and waxed as no
other country ever did, but when 1t
accepted foreign tutelage, when for
eign ideologies and foreign systems
OF government were pressed upon it,
1t fell into these catastrophies, the
end Of which Is not in sight.
However, believe that we
will recover from the calamities that
have been brought upon us and that
We will continue, long after the for
eignisms have been forgotten, to be
the free republic Of the United
States. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

and argued also that the lower
courts wrongly refused to pass on
the reasonableness Of the regulations
they were accused of breaking.
Decision Is 6 to 3.
In 6-3 decision written by Chief
Justice Stone the court said that the
standards prescribed by the act "are
sufficiently definite and precise to
enable Congress, the courts and the
public to ascertain whether the ad-
ministrator in fixing the designated
prices has conformed to those stand
ards"
The methods prescribed for judi
cial review also are within the
province Of Congress, the court
added.
The same considerations involv-
ing price regulation apply equally
to rent controls the court said ir
an 81 decision reversing Georgia
Federal district court which helc
rent fixing unconstitutional.
There is no grant of unbridlec
administrative discretion" said Jus.
tice Douglas in the courts opinion
which set aside the finding of thu
lower court that rent control repre-.
sented an unlawful delegation o.
power.
Roberts Disagrees.
Taking issue with that view, Jus
tice Roberts said: ct is plain tina
this act creates personal government
by a petty tyrant instead of gov
eminent by law. Whether Their
shall be law prescribing maximum
rents anywhere in the United State
depends solely on the administra
tors personal judgment"
In another case decided yester
day, the court held, 81, that a Sc
lective service registrant cannot b.
forcibly indicted into the Arm,
against his will, but If he refuse
to submit to induction, he violate
1.-THE Selective Service Act "as clearl,
as one who refuses to report" to thu
Army.
The decision reversed a ruling BY
the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal
that Arthur Goodwin Billings, for
mer University of Texas instructo,
"a conscientious objector-was in
Quoted and thus subject to militar.
discipline, after the Army oath
which he refused to take-had beer
read to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Dissenting Justices
See 0PA Decisions
Reversing NRA Case

Wartime price and rent control
today had the approval Of the Su-
preme Court - but with emphatic
qualifying views from dissenting JUS
tees as to the constitutionality OF
the OPA administrative and proce-
dural scheme.
Dissenting in the two cases yes
terday, in which prices and rents
were at issue. Justice Roberts de-
clared the legislation represented an
unlawful delegation Of congressional
legislative powers to the executive
branch Of the Government. He said
the courts decision leaves nc
doubt" but that the celebrated
Schechter case decision, which out
lawed the National Recovery Ad.
ministration, lis now overruled."
Justice Rutledge-joined by Jus.
tice Murphy-also hammered away
at that phase of the price-contro
Legislation which the court sale
denies trial courts the right to con.
slider the validity of OPA regula.
tions In criminal proceedings, ane
confines tests of these rulings to tn,
special Emergency Court OF Appeals
"Piecemear' Procedure Hit.
"A procedure so piecemeal, 81
chopped up, so disruptive of con.
stitutional guarantees in relation.
to trials for crime should not, anc
in my judgment cannot, be vail.
dated, as to such proceedings under
the Constitution" Justice Rutledge
said.
The decisions on price and rent
control came at a time when a
move is under way in Congress tc
limit the price administrator au-
thority.
The price case originated in Bes.
ton, where two meat dealers were
fined $1,000 and sentenced to 81,
months in jail for above -ceiling sale:
OF beef. The defendants contendec
the law improperly delegated au.
thority to the OPA administrator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Chapel Window Showing Mary
Holding Wurship to Be Altered

The designer explained he had
informed the Rev. E. M. Conover,
director of the INSTRUMENTATION
Bureau Of Architecture, that "be-
cause the theme q the window has
offended certain church groups" he
had been asked to eliminate the
destroyer escort in the arms of Mary
and place it by figure Of the Christ
Child.
The idea for the window was given
to me by the Roman Catholic chap
lain then in charge Of this particu-
lar chapel" Mr.. Burnham said, land
I personally feel that the idea we
endeavored to express was misin-
terpreted by those who are offended
by the introduction of the destroyer
escort In the Virgins arms"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Nozis Deny booming
Recuptured Prisoners

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar 28.-British efii-
cial quarters said today the Ger
man government had denied a re-
port that five British prisoners OF
war, recaptured after their escape
in Italy, had been sentenced to
death.
The British government had asked
the Swiss government to investigate
the report originally put out Feb
lruary 8 by the German DNB agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Seaman Given 20 Years
In JeweIry HoIdup
y the Associated Press.

Ely the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 2s.-Judee J.
Aoner Sayler yesterday sentenced
James Otis Smith, 19-year-old sea-
man from California, to 20 years in
the penitentiary for an armed hold
up OF a jewelry store March Is.
Smith pleaded guilty and told
Judge Sayler he had committed
holdup to get money to go to Cali
fornia to see his sick mother. He
SAID his pockets were picked of more
than $500 in the three days he had
been In the United States after the
ship on which he sailed was sunk
at sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
|Wi|Ikie Pays Tribute
To Labor, but AssaiIs
Arrogant Leader
BY the Associated Press.

Rs Inc hhSOCldLeC FIeo6s
MILWAUKEE,, Mar. 28.-Organ-
lied labor,s sincere leaders" won
praise from Wendell l.. Willkie last
night, but the Republican presi-
Dental candidate singled out one
of labor's chieftains whom he de-
scribed as Arrogant" and whom
he asserted must be ousted from
the ranks.
Mr. Willkie devoted the major
part of his speech to labor matters.
After paying tribute to sincere
labor leaders" and war workers, he
asserted that labor must drive
from its ranks the arrogant leader,
the one who disregarded the COM
mon decencies in the relationships
between labor, management and
G overnment-and I think you know
whom I'm speaking of
War Work Praised.
He asserted that labor also must
drive from its leadership those who
have become corrupt" and should
develop more sense of RESPONSE
bility in relationships with other
elements of the social economy"
There should be "a movement in
labor toward characterization Of
labor ITSELF" he added.
In his tribute to labor, the COP
candidate praised the magnificent
story in this war of the tremendous
contribution by millions of war
workers"
Organized labor has come into
more political activity in recent
years, Mr.. Willkie said, made some
mistakes" and some leaders made
some serious mistakes"
He offered suggestions how labor
should get its house in order, adding,
however, this is far from saying
organized labor has been disregard
full of public welfare" War workers
and labor leaders, "by and large,
tried to maintain their no-strike
policy sincerely" he said.
In the railroad strike, he declared,
the Government failed to uphold
its responsibility"
Foreign Policy AssaiIed.
Mr.. Wlllkle SAID that In previous
wars Presidents had certain de-
clared detectives which they pursued
consistently without regard to ex-
pediencies Of the moment"
Early in this war, he declared, the
President and other Allied leaders
laid down broad general principles,
the Atlantic Charter and the United
Nations theory and recently Secre-
tary Of State Hull restated the gen.
eral detectives, but at each success
sive step we have violated the very
principles we have announced as
principles for which we fight"
AS Illustration, Mr.. Willkie listed
the Polish boundary question, the
Vichy policy, the Yugoslav policy,
the policy toward italian Fascists. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
American Labor PART
Control al Stake in
New York Primary
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Mar. 28.-The g.
year-old American Labor Party
whose 417,000 votes gave President
Roosevelt 225, 900 plurality and as
sured him New Works Al electoral
votes in 1910, fought out in the
State primary today an intra-party
squabble which might have roper
cussions in November.
The ALP right wing left wing
fight for control OF the 750-member
State committee highlighted the
balloting. District delegates will be
elected to the Republican and
Democratic National Conventions,
but the absence of contests made
election of the organization unin-
structed states a formality.
Politicians consider the makeup of
the Democratic and Republican
delegations as overwhelmingly in
favor of President Roosevelt and
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for the presi-
Dental nominations.
Democrats will elect Sc and Re-
publicans IS district delegates today.
Delegates at large will be named
later by the State committees.
In the ALP fight for the State
Committee-the group which will
have the party's presidential cleo
tors-both factions favor a fourth
term for President Roosevelt. How
ever, the controlling right wing de-
clared victory for the opposition
would open the party to Communis-
tic influence. -
"At stake is not only the future
of the ALP, but also the nomination
OF President Roosevelt and Vice
President Wallace, which the State
Committee elected will have the
legal right to make" right wing
statement said. Should the Com
munist forces win the primary,
Roosevelt. and Wallace will be ur1y
able to accept an ALP nomination =
Dean Aifange, ALP candidate for
Governor in 1912 and right wing
leader, said in a radio talk last night
that the presidential election might
hinge on New York's electoral votes,
and whether this crucial bloc OF
votes can be carried for the Presi-
dent will depend on our ability to
maintain the ALP as the balance Of
power"
The polls will be open from noon
until 9 pm. outside of New York
City and from to 10 pm. in the
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Gen. Shang 10 Come Here
AS Chinese Mission Head
BY the Associated Press


The Chinese Embassy said yester-
day that Gen. Shang Chen, head OF
China's National Military Council
and one Of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's most trusted aides, is ex-
pected to leave Chungking in the
near future to head the Chinese
Military Mission here.
Gen. Shang's arrival is expected
to signalize closer military relations
between the United States and
China as joint military operations
expand against the Japanese.
Gen. Shang speaks English fluent
ly. in contrast to Gen. Hsiung Shin
hui, last head Of China's Military
Mission here, who returned to China
some months ago amid reports that
he had found his relations with
American military officials not alto
gether satisfactory.
Gen. Shang is go years old and is
one of the few Northern Chinese
militarists who have remained close
to the generalissimo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
BY the Associated Press.

1s tue AsSoClAteu Ftesk.
WAKEFIELD, Mass, Mar. 28.-A
stained-glass window showing the
Virgin Mary with destroyer escort
in her arms is to be altered at the
request OF the chaplain at the Nor
folk (Vao naval operations base.
Wilbur H. Burnham, designer of
the window. said last night the re-
vision would have to be made before
the window was installed in the
chapel at the Virginia base.
Mr.. Burnham said the window
has caused considerable contro-
versy,' but that he had "had no
adverse criticisms from members of
the Roman Catholic faith; in fact,
the window has received high
praise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Washington Ensign
KILLED in Coast Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 2s.-Twt
flyers who lost their lives in thu
crash of training plane Friday a.
Alameda Naval Air Station wer.
identified today by the Navy.
They were Ensign Gilbert White.
house, 81, the pilot, whose brother
Henry, lives at. 5805 Fifth stree
NV, Washington, and Charles H
Hoppe, Is, aviation radio technician
of Cleveland.
The training plane and anothe,
ship collided as they were landing
on the air strip. Occupants Of tn.
other plane escaped injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Leo Casey to Handle
Wilkes Publicity

NEW YORK, Mar. % P.-Leo
Casey, former Republican National
Committee publicity director, who
held similar post with the New
York Worlds Fair, has been named
political publicity director of Wen
dell L. Wilkes campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

Wanted-Waste kitchen fats ia
make explosives for our guns! Save
yours. Take them to your meat
Dealer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
Takes S Nazi Officers

The car screams 10 a stop and
tries TO turn around as the gunner
shouts. That looks like a Jerry"
and is reaching for the lanyard
on the - when Holland stops him.
THE 5O-caliber Is enough. he
tells the gunner. Bring 'em
hack alive"
The gunner uncorks spray Of
tracerS meant 10 head the car off.
but which results in blowing off
both the cars front wheels as its
driver runs into the bullet stream.
The car plows TO a sudden stop
and five Nazi officers come out
with undue CELEBRITY, their hands
high.
Unable 10 step out Of the tank
because OF his foot Sgt. Holland
covers his gunner with a Sub-ma-
chine gun as he approaches the
officers. One of them barks eX-
citedly in good English
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS prisoners
of war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15

hell -bent about 300 yards away,
and, through the vision slots
periscope-like mirror reflectorS in
Sits about 2 inches by 10, two
Sits in front and one on the side
that revolve with the turret he
plainly sees the swastika on the
car hood.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
Infantry Pinned DoWn

They overhaul the infantry.
where il is pinned down by SIX
enemy armored cars with light
Italian machine guns that bounce
bullets like popcorn off the tank
armor.
The General Sherman opens
fire at sight with a burst from
it's Is that tears through one ar
mored car to disable another in
the line of fire before Holland
can order his gunner TO switch
to the 59-ealiber. A burst from
this machine gun disabled third
car and brings a white flag flut-
teriHg from the others.
No longer interested. Holland
and his crew push on toward the
city 10 miles away.
For no particular reason they
detour the tank onto small dirt
road 10 the right. Maybe Sgt.
Holland has a hunch Maybe it's
just luck when. after a mile or
SO. he spots a staff car coming
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
Two Bodies Found
In River Identified

Police today had identified the
bodies or Two men taken from the
Detroit River. The body of Bethel
McNairy. 80. missing from his
home at TAT Whelock $ ince
Wednesday, was identified by his
wife. Catherine. A body found at
the foot of Third street was lden-
titled as that of Daniel r.
Spencer, p. OF 2714 Second.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
Loses Eye IN Battle

It's shortly after noon Of this
day in April when the hills and
plains OF kasSerne Pass are
swept for three days with terrible
gunfire into which 200 or so l.. 5.
tanks are moving with orders 10
take the pass. and II Is rounding
small hill that the SS-mm. can
non she'll drills into the side Of
Hollands turret and eXplodes in
side 10 Kill the assistant driver,
the gunner and the assistant gun
ncr. instantly. and hurl shrapnel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15

he didn't want his part in World
War III TO begin and end before II
got started. Chiefly. he is frank TO
admit. the increased Strafing and
bombing on the beach looked more
hazardous than the battle mission
itself.
Turn around boys" Sgt.
Holland yells 10 his crew. Lets
head for the town"
There are four in his crew
tho driver and his assistant, the
gunner and his aSSlstant-and all
offe To proceed alone if the
sergeant feels he cant make IT.
"I'm okay." saws Holland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15

the battle of Faid Pass and GafSa
When the I'd Arnored breaks
up as requirements for the list.
Harry and his boys are there and
ready for the retaking Of kaS-
Serine PaSS-that historic turning
point in the African campaign
where slowly but surely the bull
let-poCked tracks OF the old Cen
eral Sherman are grinding to-
ward that one spot on the map
where the Nazl shell IS TO find
them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
BACK FROM HE'LL =. by Burrs Jenkins Jr
Thrice Wounded
in Tank Battles,
Bags High Nazis

TT ALL ends quite suddenly
Il Nobody IN the tank hears the
shell coming There's a sudden
blackout for Sgt Holland. and for
his driver one awful moment of
intense light and shock. and then
the driver rs alone in the smoke
and heat of the tank with only
himself alive in the crew except
for the sergeant lying bloody,
blind and motionlesS on the tur-
ret platform.
Grimly the driver yankS the
levers between his feet. the bat
tered old General Sherman growlS.
turns and limps for the first and
last tlme-to the rear.
IL took lot of fighting for one
German SO 10 stop them.
That began weeks ago when the
old medium brand new then
first plunged off the lighter into
four or five feet Of water and
rumbled up the beachhead
They almost got Sgt. Holland
right then at the start.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-15
Hit by Fragment

He had leaped out fast 10 strip
the water-proofing tape from the
motor so the blowers can start
working before the motor over
heats. He has one foot on the
track to climb back inside when
one of those "air-burStS' or time
shells eXHodcs close and pieces of
shrapnel ring against The tank,
one fragment flying into his Stom-
ach. another into his left foot.
With the beach growing more
dangerous and no medics visible
in the thinning blur OF figures
running up the sand between the
half-dozen General ShcrmanS lum-
bering inland toward the town,
Harry Holland OF TewkSbury.
Mass. heaves his 100 pounds into
the tank to examine his wounds
Both wounds are bleeding a lot.
but all Harry can manage is 10
wrap a first aid bandage over the
hole in his stomach and give him
self shot of morphine from the
aid kit.
There's nothing he can do
about the foot. which leaves prints
Of blood on the turret platform
whenever he moves from one
vision slot TO the other.