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MAY m the Lowell MelIett.
statement given to the world by
the President and the Prime Minis
ter after their. historic meeting al
sea. Well, have got one to tel
them now! Listen: --
There amt no Bill Of Rights! :.
All your life somebody's been fool
ing you. I don't think it's beer
Roosevelt, In this instance, but
somebody's been fooling you ano
Congress and the Supreme Cour,
and even the alert Axis press.
made the discovery yesterday
in connection with the presentation
to the Library of Congress of one o1
the priceless originals Of the So
called Bill Of Rights. The presena
tation was made by Barney Balaban
president of Paramount Pictures
Inc. but no blame is to be attached
to him. Mr.. Balaban is fine citi-
zen. He made this gift to the Amer
lean people as a token of his graft
tude for liberties enjoyed in this
country since the days when, as the
12-year-old son of Russian immi-
grants, he carried Western Union
messages in Chicago.
Digs Up Copy.
Having enjoyed these liberties as
the result of guarantees contained
In the Bill of Rights, and having
learned that the Library Of Con-
gress had no original copy Of that
document; he dug up such copy In
q rare-book store in New York.
Yesterday he made his formal pres
entation and today if you go up
to the Library you will find it dis
played in the same shrine that
houses the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the U. S. Constitution.
It's all a hoax and we mustn't let
That Man get away with it.. What's
That Man got to do with it? Why,
he shouldn't have been fooling
around in Yalta while all this was
happening.
Here are the facts: Congress in
1889 adopted joint resolution
whereby IL proposed amendments to
the United States Constitution were
submitted to the 13 States. Four
teen engrossed copies, done on vel
lum, were made and each signed by
Vice President John Adams and the
Speaker of the House, Frederick
Augustus Muhlenberg. One copy
was retained by the Federal Gov
ernment and is now in the National
Archives. One copy was sent to
each of the State governments.
However, only 10 of the IL pro-
posed amendments were ratified by
those States. Those 10 are what we
call the Bill of Rights-you know,
freedom of religion, freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, the
right to a jury trial and so forth.
After receiving the ratification of
the States, Thomas Jefferson, who
was Secretary of State, had a small
edition of the 10 accepted amend
ments printed and transmitted a
copy to each of the States.
Real Sensation.
Now, here's the real sensation.
Not a single one of those copies is
now in existence and nobody living
has ever seen one of them! I have
this on the authority of DR.. Solon
Buck, the national archivist. The
State Department has a copy of
Jefferson's letter of transmittal and
that's all there is to prove the Bill
of Rights-as document-ever
existed!
OF course we've got the rights
themselves, all the guaranteed free
doms, but if I understand the scan
dal concerning the Atlantic Charter
correctly, that's not important The
important thing is to have our free
doms in glass case in the Library
of Congress.
The fact that one of the States
lost its copy OF the engrossed joint
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ons" be furnishsd = soon - .pos.

tions" be furnished q soon as pos
sible.
In . separate action. the War
Production Board lifted ct pm.
yesterday its ban on the use OF
natural or mixed gas by amusement
places In the District and seven
Eastern States. The agency said
the cold spell, which forced the two
day restriction, appeared to be over,
making 1t possible to restore service
to all war plants.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (P.-Ap-
.proximately 5000 night-club enter
tainers and others who help Broad
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and down and
shrieked with
glee when they
discovered that
t h ere Is no
sign e d an d
sealed Atlantic
Charter; how
happy they were
in demonstrate
ing that the
Charter was just
q myth because
there were no
pen and ink sig
n a t ur es, let
q lon e sealing
~ "A
Evening star., 1945-02-22
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.


By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How many telephones has a
modern battleship?-O. D.
A. The Navy Department says that
there are approximately 1,150 tele-
phones aboard a modern battleship
@. How many toes are there on a
cats foot?-R. r. M.
A. A cat has five toes on each
front foot and four on each hind
foot.
@. What Latin American countries
have a large white element In their
populations?-E. L. H.
A. Argentina Is almost entirely
white. Other countries with large
white populations are Chile and
Costa Rica.
@. In what battle of the last war
did an American offlcer say, RE
treat! Hell, we just got there!?-
F. w. S.
A. At Belleau Wood, France, in
1918 a marine officer made this reply
to a French officer who ordered the
Americans to join in general re-
treat from that sector.
@. What fishes are suitable for an
aquarium?-I. E. B.
A. Nearly all small fishes, and the
young Of many large ones, are suit
able for the home aquarium.
@. What was the wind velocity In
the great New England hurricane Of
1887. T.
A. A -flve-minute wind measure
ment of 121 miles per hour and q
measurement with some uncertainty
of 1856 miles per hour for a shorter
period were made at Blue Hill OBJ
servatory, Milton, Mass. The latter
probably exceeded all other velocities
recorded for hurricanes.
@. Does the CT bill specify the
sources from which a veteran may
obtain loan that the Government
will guarantee?-H. A. c.
A. Under the regulations veteran
may apply to his local savings and
loan association, or to any bank
lending agency or individual who is
capable of servicing the loan.
@. Is a veteran entitled to a dis
ability pension for any disability
suffered while he was on active
duty?-A. L.
A. The Veterans Administration
says that service-connected disabil-
tiles are rated and paid on the per-
centage Of impairment. In addition
specified sums are paid for the per-
manent loss of specific parts Of the
body or for need of aid and attend
ance. Pension is not paid for a dis
ability rated at less than 10 per cent.
@. What type of ship is the U. S. S.
zaniah?-B. c.
A. The Navy Department says
that the. U. S. S. zaniah Is an aux
iliary- miscellaneous vessel.
". Are meOlCal cOrpSmen OF the
Navy attached to combat forces in
Europe paid at the same rate as the
men in other divisions?-J. B.
A. The Navy Department says that
hospital corpsmen attached to COM
bat units, either ashore or afloat. re-
ceive the same rate Of pay as men
not in combat, but they do receive
additional oversee pay If outside OF
continental limits.
@. Can a serviceman apply for
public land in Alaska?-C. C. w.
A. The fact of his being in the
military service does not bar him
from making an application if he is
otherwise qualified. However, it is
difficult, If not impossible, for such
person to fulfill certain require
ments under the law while he Is on
active duty. For specific informa-
ton serviceman should inquire at
the District Land Onices at An
chorage, Fairbanks or Nome, Alaska
or at the General Land ONCE, WASH
ington Is, D. c.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
By LoweH MeHeff

Wait till the Hearst and other
fiegende blaetters hear what I've
got to tell! Boy, will they be happy |
Remember how they jumped up
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@. What is an undesirable dis
charge from the Navy?-O. r.
A. An undesirable discharge from
the Navy is issued for one of the
following four reasons: Unfitness
desertion without trial, trial and
conviction by civil authorities and
fraudulent enlistment.
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Labor Leader Assais
Universal Training al
Committee Hearing
~ the Assoc iated Press.

~ the Associated Press. 80
Organized labor dashed out
against universal military training
legislation today, demanding to
know whom the United States Is
preparing to fight.
Heading group Of union spokes-
men called to testify during what
may be the final week Of hearings
on the proposal. Lewis G. Hines,
legislative representative of the
American Federation of Labor.
asked the House Military Affairs
Committee: =
May we in all fairness ask. pre-
paredness for what? If we are on
the brink of another war, should
we not have the right to demand
with whom, when and whereof"
The AFL, Mr.. Hines told the com
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Pearl Hurbor
Continued From First Page

copied by the Navy describing JAP
anese ship movements southwark.
IF you knew that japanese ships
were moving across the Gulf of
Siam into the Kra Peninsula, would
that have changed your mind in re-
gard to warning the Army"
Il don't think So" said Gen. Mar
shall. ut would merely have con-
| firmed my belief that war was immi-
nent."
Not Familiar With Terms.
do you now regard the Presi-
dents message to Japan of August
II as an ultimatum?" Senator Fer
guson asked.
Il am not familiar with the terms
of the Presidents message" the gen.
eral replied.
did you or did you not consider
it an ultimatum?" the Senator re-
peated. - -.... .....
II can't say"
Senator Ferguson cited that the
minutes of staff meetings showed
Gen. Marshall had recommended in
the month before Pearl Harbor that
mo ultimatum" be sent Japan. Gen
Marshall said that was correct.
Gen. Marshal explained II didn't
want an ultimatum because of the
slow movement of personnel and
equipment to Gen. Macarthur"
He added that planes destined for
the Philippines had not been deliv-
cred from the factories when prom
ised and that there were shipping
delays on the West Coast and fur
thei delays in organizing conveys
from Hawaii to the Philippines.
Referring to an earlier memoran-
dunn in which the general staff fig
ured Japan might attack in any or
all of five directions, Senator Fer
guson pointed out that none of
these was toward Hawaii, all were
in Asiatic waters.
1.-THE attack on Pearl Harbor,"
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Jail Brock
Continued From First Page.)

| 1t would be wise to make review
of the present welfare code and adj
ministrative setup, particularly as to
whether control over penal insti-
tutions should be transferred from
the Welfare Board to the Commits
sioners.
Asks Congressional Probe.
Fred S. Kogod, member of the
three-man Board of Welfare Insti-
tutions Committee which opened an
inquiry, said the break promised to
arouse citizens in general and Con-
gress in particular. He called for a
thorough congressional investiga-
ton at once so that the legislators
might loosen up and give us enough
money to run our penal institutions
properly"
Mr.. Kogod said last weeks investi-
cation of the Jail which led to the
suspension of General Superintend-
ent Howard B. Gill, would be fol-
lowed by "a thorough examination
of all penal institutions to see
what changes have been made in
the rules and regulations and why"
and if necessary, would result in a
rewriting Of the rules as laid down
by the Welfare Board.
Charge "Word-of Mouth" Rule.
Mr.. Kogod loosed a verbal bar
rage against management of the
Jail, accusing Mr.. Gill of usurping
the authority of Claude o. Botkin,
resident superintendent, and vir-
tually resembling all written rules
for "word-of-mouth" administra-
ton.
The second escape in two weeks
occurred between $40 and $50 am.
from the third-floor juvenile dormi-
tory.
At $40 am. Ulysses S. Sims, a
guard, counted II inmates in the
room. Thirty minutes later a guard
in another section of the jail noticed
long, white strand hanging from
the juvenile cells.
It was down the white strand
of eight knotted sheets that the
boys fed. They we're Carl Brount
and Percy Russell Brent, both COL
ored, the former held for house.
breaking and safe cracking charges
and the second charged with four
counts of auto theft.
Bench Aids Escape.
They scaled 9-foot wall lead
ing from the service court into the
women's recreation yard Here they
were confronted by a 15-foot wall,
but the handicap was defeated with
the aid of a 12-foot bench, which
was used in ladder fashion for the
last step to freedom.
On the ledge of the escape WIN
dow was a knife which evidently
had been stolen from a mess table
to cut through the three-quarter
inch iron bar.
How long the boys had whitfield
away at the soft metal was not i'm
mediately determined, but guesses
ranged from several weeks to two
months.
Knife = Mystery.
Mr.. Kogod. who examined the cell
with other members of the Institu-
ton Committee, said the sawed bar
was so per cent rusty at the point
of cleavage. indicating to him the
process may have required as long
as two months.
That raised the question of how
the knife was concealed through
numerous "shakedowns," the last of
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headquarters at Bad Nauheim yes.
terday morning to go pheasant
hunting near Mannheim. Gen. Gay
and the driver, Pfc. Horace Wood
ring, were unhurt.
A combat engineering unit COM
manded by Maj. Charles Tucker OF
New Hamburg, N. Y, was summoned
by an unidentified Red Gross girl
and found Gen. Patton slumped in
the rear seat of his sedan. An eye
witness. said Gen. Patton's face was
covered with blood from cuts suf-
fered when he was thrown forward
by the impact of the crash.
Gen, Patton was reported to have
said that. though. his neck hurt, hi
felt no other injury.
Rushed 20 Miles to Hospital.
Capt. Ned Snyder of Texas treatee
Gen. Patton at the scene of the &C.
cident, after which the engineering
units ambulance rushed him q
miles to the hospital in Is minutes
The fiery Patton, who reached hi
60th birthday last month, has beer
commanding the 18th Army since
October 2, when he was relieved Of
his command of the famous Sc
Army, which he led from Normandy
to Czechoslovakia. He previously
had won fame in North Africa ano
Sicily. The 18th has been paper
Army, primarily concerned with
preparing reports on lessons of the
war.
Gen. Patton has indicated thai
the command of the 18th Army was
not the sort of military job he liked
and 1t is believed that he planned
to retire at the end of his present
assignment, sometime within the
next few months.
Gen. Patton had refused to STATE
outright whether he would retire
but had said that when and If hi
did, he would devote himself to sail.
ing, fishing and hunting.
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Strauss Reed Notes at 4

Richard Strauss was taught by his
father to read notes before letters
and to play the piano at the age of 4
Johann Sebastian Bach was born
into family Of about so musicians
Giuseppe Verdi at the age of II re-
ceived so cents monthly for playing
the flute, clarinet and later the Or
gan in a church in Parma. Ludwig
Won Beethoven made a public ap-
pearance as pianist at the age Of
The father of the famous com.
poser Handel wanted his son to be q
lawyer.
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mittee. believed preparedness should
be accomplished through more ade-
quate physical care for the children
OF the country, sufficient medical
service for every one, an efficient
military intelligence system" and
eternal vigilance on the part of
the State Department and the elm
nation Of policy OF appeasemens
such as was followed previous to
the attack made upon us by Japan"
|. Mr.. Hines urged that congress
sional action on peacetime training
be deferred until after demobihza-
ton Of the armed forces and until
completion OF treaties and interna-
tional commitments and the out
come OF efforts to insure world
peace" -,
Called to follow Mr.. Hines vera
officials of the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations. the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters and
the International Association of
MachinistS.
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because its protection while in that
harbor became an Army function "
Senator Ferguson continued, and
the general responded. THAT is
correct"
British Papers Sought.
Secret British documents bearing
on negotiations with the United
States in the, critical days before
Pearl Harbor will be sought by Sem
ator Ferguson.
+ Senator Ferguson had asked Com
mittee Counsel William d. Mitchell
to seek permission of the British
government for the public release of
further documents which relate to
promises this Government may have
made to help the British in the Pa
cific or elsewhere before America
entered the war.
The British Foreign Office already
has allowed some of its confidential
documents to 60 into the records.
These included kilograms from Mr.
Churchill to Mr. Roosevelt dis
cussing the japanese menace in the
Pacific.
Senator Ferguson wanted particu-
larly to know what it was that i'm
PEELED Admiral Thomas c. Hart
then commander of the Asiatic
Fleet, to send a message to Admiral
Stark, saying he had heard that
this country had promised Great
Britain armed support under three
or four eventualities. The message
was received in Washington at lbs
am, December Z, 194l, the day OF
the Pearl Harbor attack.
The Michigan Senator indicated
his belief that British Admiralty re-
ports might throw more light OF,
Admiral Harris reasons for sending
the unexplained message.
Mr.. Mitchell has pointed out that
such diplomatic correspondence from
a friendly government cannot be
made public without permission OF
that government.
Senator Ferguson also may ques-
ton Gen. Marshall, further about
the letters he sent to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York last year
urging him not to reveal in any
campaign speeches that this coun-
try had succeeded in cracking the
japanese code. These letters were
placed in the record last week after
a split in the committee over the
wisdom of deleting portions of the
text. The committee finally decided
to release the letters in full.
Representative Murphy, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania expressed
fear today that the work of Amer
lean intelligence units may be
handicapped in future years as the
result of divulging in the Pearl Har-
Dor hearings information about
code-cracking. The deletions in the
Marshall letters to Gov. Dewey
which some members favored re-
ferred to technical phases of de-
cooling.
Il regret the necessity of breaking
into the open information as to code
cracking" said Mr.. Murphy. 1T
will in my judgment add immeasu-
rably to the difficulty of our armed
services and will contribute nothing
to the actual inquiry"
Other nations, Mr.. Murphy added
may tighten up their techniques as
a result of these disclosures to such
an extent that American intelligence
may be kept in the dark.
In war you bought bonds to back
~ 20 - No" ~,
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which was conducted by 100 police
men Of the Metropolitan depart
ment Just = week ago.
The Institution COMMITTEES hoped
to solve 1t today. The Welfare
Board members also were to. ques-
ton Mr.. Sims, the guard. No Dis
|ciplinary action has been taken.
It was pointed out; that In add
ton to the juvenile room, Mr.. Sims
was required to watch four other
sections OF the jail.
One Of the first actions of We'll
fare Director Ray L. Hun was to re-
quest nine more policemen, to serve
as guards, augmenting SO assigned
to the jail after last, Mondays shake
down by police.
Sashweixht Found.
Found near the prints Of feet
where the boys had jumped from
the outer wall. was q 5-pound SASH
weight with alength OF cord. Police
supposed one of the fugitives had
carried it for weapon In the event
he encountered opposition.
A piece Of chewing gum was found
on the sawed bar, apparently used
to conceal the work until the break
was made.
Mr.. Gill was quick to point out
that last February he had recon-
mended new gates and towers at
the southwest corner, where the boys
escaped. This Recommendation was
repeated in report to the Welfare
Board which Mr.. Gill contends was
not read by that body before it Or
dered his suspension last Thursday.
In his criticism. Of the suspended
superintendent, Mr.. Kogod admitted
he had not read the report. because
it did not contain facts of the jail
break and merely was meant ito
confuse the issue"
Claims Rules Dropped.
I'VE found there were no rules
and regulations at the JAIL" he said
Mr.. Gill was dealing directly with
not only the captains of the watch
but with the guards themselves Mr.
Botkin Claude o. Botkin, resident
superintendent found he could not
follow the. rules. When subordi-
nate came to him, Mr.. Botkin had to
tell him to see Mr.. Gill;"
Last Saturday Mr.. Gill said one
Of the reasons he declined to live
at the superintendent home at
Lorton was that he wished to give
all institution superintendents a
free hannd and thought he might
influence the Lorton Reformatory
head by living near him.
Mr.. Kogod said the Welfare Board
was interested in improving the Jail,
but has found it impossible as long
as only q meager share of the Dis
trict burden is borne by the Federal
Government.
He criticized Mr.. ellis plan to
make big business of the Jail, by
putting all the prisoners to work
and hiring sales manager to mar
ket their goods"
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Your purchases Of Victory Bonds
are helping disabled veterans to
learn new trades while they are
.convalescing. Do your share to help.
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Mr.. Hoffman answered.
"Methinks the lady doth protest
too much" the mine leader replied
laughingly.
On Railway Act Lines.
The legislation requested by Mr..
Truman was modelled after the Rail-
way Labor Act. Mr.. Lewis remarked
that the Railway Act had some
times operated to the disadvantage
of labor. He said that considering
the high type of personnel employed
by the railroads and the respon-
sibility and difficulty of their work
railway labor is the most under
paid group of American workmen.'
Representative Fisher, Democrat
of Texas, asked Mr.. Lewis If he die
not think the strike record of the
railroads the last few years was
better than that of your mine work
ers." pa ~4 =
| Naturally And I think that is 9
fair assumption for the future" Mr.
Lewis replied. retS
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In war you bought bonds to back
the attack" Now you can Back
the Boys Who Made the Attack" by
buying Victory Loan Bonds.
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Potion
Continued From First Page.)

at the request of Mrs. Patton. Gen
Patton was also being treated b.
1t. Col. o. S. Hill, an Army surgeon
Mrs. Patton was expected to arrive
in Paris tomorrow morning and q
from there to Heidelberg either BY
rail or air.
,(Mrs. Pattons plane is an Air
Transport Command cargo mail
plane-a bucket-seat type. It
took off from Washington at 9::57
o'clock last night on a regularly
scheduled flight.
(The exact route was conting-
ent on weather conditions al
though a stop is scheduled at the
Azores.
(Col. Squirting was intercepted
on train at Cincinnati by Army
officials and flown to Washing
ton for the emergency mission.
He arrived here at $40 pm. and
81 minutes later was on his way
with Mrs. Patton to Europe.
They were accompanied by 1t.
Col. Walter T. Kirwin OF the
general staff operations division.
(Col. Squirting, who recently re-
turned from Europe where he
was senior consultant in neuro-
surgery, was on his way to WASH
ington on Army business when
he was called on to make the
f1ight.)
Accident With Truck.
The accident occurred when az
Army truck was reported to hav,
turned off side road into the auto.
balm (super highway and crashed
into Gen. Patton's sedan. Gen. Pat.
ton and his chief of staff, Maj. Gen
Hobart r. Gay, had left 18th Army