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Evening star., 1945-04-26
Petain Starts Last Lap
|0f Return 10 France;
Letter 10 Hitler Barred
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
WEESEN, Switzerland, April 49,
Marshal Petain left this community
in Eastern Switzerland today on the
last lap Of his return trip to France
to face charges OF high treason, a
crime punishable by death.
The 89-year -old marshal, his wife
and others OF his party travelled in a
four-car caravan led by motor
cycle escort.
Meanwhile. members of his en-
tourage made public a letter the
former Vichy chief Of state wrote
April S to Hitler announcing his
decision to return voluntarily to
France.
Letter to Hitler.
The letter, which seems likely to
stand as the theme Of his forth
coming defense, declared:
Il am informed that the French
authorities intend to place me on
trial in absentia before the High
Court of Justice.
Preliminary discussions begin
April "a. This information imposed
an obligation which I consider as
imperative and l address myself to
your excellency to aid me in accom-
plishing my duty.
g" AS chief of government In
Evening star., 1945-04-26
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spreading meat supplies more evenly
will cut the beef kill o: nonfed-
orally inspected packers at least Is
per cent.
This is designed to divert more
meat to federally inspected plants
In order that it may move across
State lines to areas of short supply.
Slaughterers without Federal in
spectien will be permitted to kill in
May and June no more than rs per
cent of their beef slaughter in those
months last year. This group OF
slaughterers will be limited to 100
per cent Of the lamb and sheep kill
of the corresponding period in 1874
OPA expects to continue the SO
per cent limitation on hog slaugh-
ter.
Nom Federal packers must regis
ter with district ORA Offices by May
IA If they plan to deliver meat un--
der the new order. Farmer slaugh-
terers selling meat must register
with local ration boards by May 49,
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Albania Demands
Farley Recognition
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 26.-The new
Popular Front government of Al
bania-possibly acting with Rus
sian approvel--today added its voice
tc the clanor set up by the Soviet-
sponsored Lublin Polish regime for
recognition at the San Francisco
Conference.
The Moscow radio acted as the
sounding board for Albania's claims,
put forward by Col. Gen. EnveE
Hoxha, self-described leader of the
Albanian Army of Liberation who
took over as Popular Front Pre-
mier last October
Gen. Hoxha made it clear that his
demand for recognition already had
been placed before the United
States.
tThe State Department re-
Gently said it had replied that
recognition could not be consid-
cred until American representa-
tives were permitted to gather
information in Albania on which.
the Hoxha regime could be
judged.)
The Moscow radio quoted
Hoxha as telling Yugoslav
Journalist that IAN injustice has
been committed" in exclusion of
Albania from the United Ma
tions Conference.
Gen. Hoxha's statement came as
the Slav Federation which Russia
has proposed for Eastern Europe
took on more definite shape with
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the
Lublin Polish regime already bound
to the Soviet Union by treaties
and Albania apparently moving
into line for a similar pact. Gen
Hoxha was quoted by Moscow as
voicing his infinite trust in the
Soviet Union
Evening star., 1945-04-26
De GouIIe Still Insists
PorIey Sights France
NV NIL. Axsociat.d pr.s.

BY the Associated Press. I
PARIS, April 26.-Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, IN broadcast to the French
people at the moment of the OPEN
ing of the San Francisco World Sc
curity Conference, declared yester-
day that "our best friends still
haven't seen the necessity for deal
ing with us in the same way as they
deal with each other"
He asserted that any world organ
ization, of which the conference
will make the first SKETCH" would
require the complete participation of
Europe land consequently Of our
selves ~
The speech reiterated De 0aulle IS
contention that France must par
ticipate as major power in any
ma jor decisions.
Evening star., 1945-04-26

June, 1910, at Bordeaux, I refused to
leave France. As chief Of state dur.
ing the grave hours which came
again for my country, ! decided to
remain at my post at Vichy,
"The Reich government compelled
me to leave April 20, 1914. It is not
true / sought refuge on foreign soil
to evade my responsibilities. - It
is in France alone / can explain my
act and I am the sole Judge Of the
risks that attitude implies. l haze
then the right to demand that your
excellency give me Immediately the
facilities.
Obligation to Do Duty.
you will understand the decision
have taken tosdefend my honor
and to protect by my presence
all those who followed my lead. This
Is my sole purpose. No argument
can make me renounce this object.
At my age one can fear only one
tning-that is, not to have per.
formed completely my duty"
From Paris, it was reported that
a court writ, addressed to the mar
shall, summoning him to appear at
a trial May II and answer charges
of plotting against the state" was
en- route to a Swiss frontier point.
Elaborate precautions were being
taken to prevent any disorder when
the marshal, revered by many as the
nero of Verdun of the World War
and hated equally strongly by others,
passes through France to prison
somewhere near Paris.
Paris dispatches said the capital
sizzled with rumors. One was that
Petain's arrival would signal ma
tion-wide uprising of Vichy SYM
pathizers. Another was that Petain's
star witness would be Admiral VIII
liam D. Leahy, former United States
Ambassador to Vichy and chief OF
staff to President Truman. The
marshal's adherents claim the Amer.
ican knows the full story Of Petain's
alleged efforts to save" France
rather than put her resources on
the side of Germany.
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Stettinius, Gov. Earl Warren of Cal
ifornia, Mayor Roger Lapham OF
San Francisco and Alger Hiss of the
State Department, designated by
Mr. Stettinius as temporary confer
ence secretary.
Back OF them were ranged IT rep
resentatives of the American armed
forces, in their service uniforms
the only military touch in the pic
ture All were non-commissionec
officers Nine were uniforms of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps. and
eight, those of the WAVES, WACS
and SPARS and the feminine branch
of the Marine Corps.
Only English Is Used. 90
Rieidly this line of young men and
women stood at attention through
out the address of the President
and almost as rigidly, at ease, dur
ing the following Is minutes the
conference was in session.
| There was no introduction of the
leading foreign figures at the con-
ference. Only English was used
during the 35 minutes of the meet
ing-ano it was noticed that an
interpreter was pouring words into
the ear of Foreign Commissar V. M.
Molotov, head of the Russian dele
cation. throughout the proceedings.
Nor was there any national anthem
of any nation from an unseen
orchestra which played while the
delegates and visitors were fling
into their places in the opera house.
One Minute of Silence.
The handsome. White-haired Sec
retary of State quickly raped the
meeting to order, declared the con-
ference opened. and asked for "one
minute of silent meditation" And
for one minute there was silence
from the still-seated gathering.
Thus was compromised what had
threatened to become somewhat of
an issue-whether there should be
an opening prayer.
Michael j. McDermott, State De-
partment press chief, had told in
quiring reporters that the official
journal of the day said nothing
about prayer"
The questions were prompted by
a complaint from the Right Rev.
Malcolm E. Peabody, Episcopal
Bishop of Central New York, about
what he called the alleged nom
religious procedure" of the con-
ference.
The multitude of religions repre-
sented by the attending delegates
and the fact that some have no
religion-would have posed a diffi-
cult problem in settling on any
set prayer.
Without further preamble after
the one-miute silence, Mr.. Stettinius
introduced "the President of the
United States"
President Truman's voice imme-
diately followed the introduction,
bidding the delegates welcome.
The world mas experienced a
revival of an old faith in the ever
lasting moral force of justice. At
no time in history has there been
more important conference, nor a
more necessary meeting, than this
one in San Francisco" the Presi-
dent said.
I'VE represent the overwhelming
Evening star., 1945-04-26
10 Davidson Seriously III
After Heart Attack

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.-Jo
Davidson, the noted plastic his
torian" who was to, carve busts of
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden. Soviet Foreign Commissar
v. M. Molotov and other notables
at the United Nations Conference,
is seriously i'll after a heart attack,
Mr.. Davidson. who had come here
despite q recent heart ailment in
Beverly Hills. was stricken before
the conference formally convened.
He is under treatment at St. Mary's
Hospital.
The 62-year-old New Yorker Is
noted for his sculptures of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Woodrow Wilson,
DR.. Albert Einstein, Marshal Foch,
Gen. Pershing, Litvinoff, Mussolini,
Clemenceau and others.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
|Connal!y Spokesman
For U. 5. in Shaping
Powers Of Council
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.-
Chairman Connally Of the Senate
Foreign Relations. Committee,
Texan who believes in force against
outlaws, emerged today as Americas
spokesman in shaping powers of the
proposed World Security Council.
The veteran Democrat was chosen
as the American representative on
the United Nations Conference
group which will pass on powers of
the 1l-member council. Under the
Dumbarton Oaks plan before this
conference, the council will decide
whether to use force against an
aggressor.
Secretary Of State Stettinius also
appointed Senator Connally and
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, OF
Michigan as vice chairmen of the
United States delegation. They will
preside at delegation meetings in
Mr.. Stettinius' absence.
Stettinius Heads Whole Group.
No American delegate may serve
as chairman of any Of the work
commissions Of the conference be-
cause Secretary Stettinius is chair
man of the whole works.
But from even a secondary seat,
what the American delegate pro-
poses is likely to carry more weight
than many suggestions from other
nations. ..
Thus. Senator Connally, who is
more accustomed to Texas cowhand
lingo than the stilted language of
diplomacy, will have a potent voice
in determining whether the council
voting procedure agreed on at Yalta
by President Roosevelt, Prime Min
lister Churchill and Marshal Stain
can stand up under fire from small
nations.
Briefly, this formula would re-
quire q unanimous vote by the
Big Five nations-the United States,
Great Britain Russia, China and
France-before planes and troops
could be used to curb a nation that
was going around with a chip on its
shoulder.
Stassen Also Assigned.
Assignment of American delegates
to their conference talks put Comdr.
Harold E. Stassen. on leave from
Admiral William E. Halsey's staff
on the committee which will study
both the peaceful settlement OF in
ternational disputes and arrange
ments to enforce the peace.
To Senator Vandenberg went the
job of representing the United
States on the group which will
study regional arrangements. Such
problems as maintenance of the
Monroe Doctrine under the general
framework of the international Or
ganization will arise there.
Senator Connally took on an ad-
ditional assignment to the group
which will study in nternatio on a
trusteeships, potentially explosive
issue.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Johnny J. Jones Troupe
Opens To-Day Showing

The Johnny ]. Jones Exposition,
with Is tented theaters, circus side
shows and rides, opened a To-day
showing at Twenty sixth street and
Benning road NE. last night.
Features of the carnival were the
Del Rio midget musical revue, a
troupe of Muriel Asche dancers and
singers, Gay New Orleans, an all
colored musical show of dancers,
singers and comedians, and a 12-
piece orchestra.
In addition, there are animal at
fractions and motordrome with
stunt driving.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Practice Tunes
By Porley Bands
Are Prohibited
BY the Associated Press.

. y e
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.-The
ban Is on any more preliminary
practice tunes by military bands
awaiting . formal session OF the
United Nations Conference.
A band, out OF sight behind the
elaborate opera house stage set
ting, started to strike up few In
cidental NUMBERS 81 minutes before
the conference formally convened
yesterday.
One of the off-hand numbers was
Lover Come Back to Me" Several
delegations, believing the piece to
be the anthem OF one of the rs
nations, started to rise. When 9TH
ers didn't they retook their seats
with some embarrassment.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Lincoln
Continued From First PAGE.

ever be considered by belligerent
leaders as merely evidence of weak
ness, the organization we establish
must be adequately prepared to meet
any challenge"
Urges Roosevelt Principles.
Two great figures. the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt and former Secretary
of State Hull, who initiated the
move for the United Nations Con-
ference and the international organ
ization which is to follow, were
present only in spirit.
Mr. Hull, member of the Ameri-
can delegation. has been unable to
attend the conference because of i'll
health.
Referring to Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.
Truman said
I'm the name of a great humani-
tarian-one who is surely with us
today in spirit earnestly appeal
to each and every one of you to rise
above personal interests and adhere
to those lofty principles which bene-
fit all mankind"
And later he said:
If We should pay merely lip
service to inspiring ideals, and later
do violence to simple justice. we
would draw down upon us the bitter
wrath of generations yet unborn
Justice remains the greatest
power on earth. To that tremen-
dous power alone will we submit"
Address Praised.
The Presidents words came over
the air slowly and deliberately. They
were heard with the utmost intent
ness by all the delegates, and later
only praise was heard from the for
eign as well as the American repre-
sentatives
The delegates assembled yester-
day in the War Memorial Opera
House, along with as many of their
assistants, distinguished visitors and
the press as could be squeezed into
q hall that accommodates $500
persons.
Although it was the opening OF
an international conference, it was
an American show. Only the foreign
delegates, who sat in the orchestra
seats, and an array of United Ma
tons flags, gave it an international
touch.
On the stage were only four chairs
occupied by Secretary of State
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Nepticism on Farley
Is Voiced by Stassen S
7 Servicemen Aides
BY FLORA LEWIS,

SAN FRANCISCO, April "a
couple OF wounded servicemen, on
clsl aides at the United Nations
Conference, said today "the most
we can expect is another military
alliance unless the conference is an
idealistic success"
Comdr. Harold E. Stassen, one of
the United States delegates to the
conference. picked the veterans of
this war toehelp him represent the
feelings and views of men who have
seen combat.
They are 20-year-old Sergt. John
B. thomson Of the Army and "a
year-old 1t. Cord Meyer of the Ma
rlnes, from German and Pacific
battlefields.
Have Their Own Ideas.
The two have their own ideas
about what should be done to keep
the peace. They aren't overly mn
pressed by the way statesmen of 46
nations are going about it.
1t. Meyer, who was shot on Guam,
remarked that "the most we can
expect is just working alliance"
Sergt. Thomson put in that al
though you can't expect perfection
from the first conference, you've got
to get something concrete. Not an
other League. Shaking your fingers
at naughty nations doesn't work"
1t. Meyer said that perhaps the
big trouble, as he put it, is that the
United States is working simultane-
ously for world cooperation and
single-handed system of security
for itself.
The two policies often clash" he
added.
Trusteeship Urged.
Explaining that he spoke for him
self and not Comdr. StaSsen, 1t.
Meyer said there should be a gen.
eral trusteeship for all the worlds
dependent areas"
The Marine differed with Admiral
Ernest j. King and Congress men,
bers who say islands in the Pacific,
conquered at the price of American
lives, should be held by this country.
Sergt. Thompson said he was sure
Representative service vote would
be for much tighter, stronger,
toothier world willing
to use United States armed forces
with less recommendations and
more orders"
In the midst of the interview,
Comdr Stassen popped in and said
he expected to listen a great deal
to the determined ideas of his young
aides.
Evening star., 1945-04-26

ma jority of all mankind. We speak
for people who have endured the
most savage and devastating wal
ever inflicted upon innocent men
women and children.
I'VE hold a powerful mandate from
our people. They believe we will full
fill this obligation. We must prevent.
if human mind, heart and hope can
prevent it, the repetition of the dis
aster from which the entire world
will suffer for years to come"
In a brief address. as temporary
chairman, Mr.. Stettinius reminded
the conferees of the urgent necessity
inherent in their meeting.
Warren Welcomes Delegates.
mo large nation and no small ma
ton can afford anything less than
success in this endeavor," he said
Gov. Warren entered a welcome
from the State of California. empha-
sizing the solemn and fateful pur-
pose behind the meeting with a
prayer that the bonds of under
standing forged here will serve to
benefit all humanity for generations
to come"
Mayor Lapham spoke for San
Francisco. He told the delegates:
Here, in this War Memorial Opera
House. raised to those who died in
the First World War-to all intents
and purposes, died in vain--We look
to you for the foundation of a just
and lasting peace"
The opera house had been refur-
nished for the momentous occasion
The huge hall was blaze of color
ranging from brilliant sky blue
backdrop for the stage, through
splendid Colds and rich creams to
the plush red of the auditorium
seats.
Well to the front of the back
drop on the stage was curving row
of four columns, widely spaced, be-
tween which flags of the 46 confer
ence nations rested on white stand
erds.
Some said the pillars-shining
with light-stood for the four free
doms; others that they symbolized
the. domination of the conference by
the Big Four sponsoring powers.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Moi. Bong Is Assigned
To Technical Service
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 26-Maj Rich
ard I. Bong. who downed 40 japanese
planes in the Southwest Pacific and
Philippine Islands, has been as
signed to the Air Technical Service
Command Headquarters at Wright
Field, Ohio, it was announced yes
terday by 1t. Col. Henry S. Thorne,
New York regional commander.
Col Thorne said the 24-year -old
ace would be attached to the fight
section where his combat experience
and technical knowledge would be
used. The Command has direct re-
sponsibility for design, engineering
manufacture, supply and MAIN
tenanee of all Army Air Force
euuipment.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Fly Clothes to Chino

American garments for the relief
of the Chinese soon will be delivered
by air through funds supplied by
the National War Fund, it was an
nounced today by Herbert L. Will
lett, jr., director of the Community
War Fund. The initial shipment OF
100000 pounds of clothing is now
under way.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Weather Report

PDistrict of Columbia-A thunder
shower this afternoon, followed by
clearing and cooler tonight; windy
early tonight. Fair and cooler to-
morrow
Vrginia-Fair and cooler tonight
preceded by thunderstorms in south
east portion early tonight; windy
north portion early tonight. Fair
tomorrow, cooler in east and north
portions.
Maryland-Fair and cooler tonight
and tomorrow; windy early tonight
River Report.
Potomac and Shena ndoah Rivers clear
Ct Hsrpers Ferry. Potomac very muddy at
Great Falls
REGARD for last ~ uours
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Record for Last "a Hours.
Fronn noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, 16, noon today Year ago, "a.
Lowest, 55, $50 am. Year ago, 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. SO on March 80.
Lowest, 12. on January 25.
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Tide Table.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Monthly precipitation in inches in /
Capital area (current month to date):
Evening star., 1945-06-19
Not This
GIuyos WiIIioms

From R. L. Milwaukee: In the
old days of the volunteer fire de-
partments, the chassis of the hand
bumpers were ornamented with
fancy designs done in brass tacks.
At fire the chief would urge the
boys to push the pump handles
down to the brass tacks.
From ]. w. B.. Cincinnati: Brass
tacks, with heads covered witt,
plush, leather or other material
have been used for years in tack
ing upholstering to the framework
of furniture. In time the covering
wore off, exposing the brass heads
of the tacks. In other words, hard
usage had gotten down to brass
tackS.
From F. T. F., MiSsoula: Kit Car
son and other frontiersmen used to
drive brass tack into the stock of
their rifles for each enemy killed
Carson is said to have ended many
Dragging contest by producing his
gun and saying, Nov, let's get
down to brass tacks."
My thanks to the many readers
who have submitted these and
other theories. To me. the store
counter theory appears the most
logical.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.J
Evening star., 1945-06-19
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