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Trade Bill
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action, Senator Taft supported the
bill, but said he would have favored
more permanent relationship, such
as 20 years Of free trade, with Con-
gress determining at that time what
should be done thereafter.
Referring to the provision under
which tariffs will be applied grad
ually after eight years, Senator Taft
said he can see no reason why that
is not going to stifle the sugar in
dustry in that period just as much
as if We did it today"
Even after the islands become in
dependent, they will always have
a special relationship to the United
States, "and I think we should SO
recognize, and should determine
what that relationship will be, both
from a political and an economic
standpoint" the Ohioan continued.
La Toilette Tells Stand.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive
Republican, of Wisconsin, likewise
said he regarded some features OF
the bill as 'unduly harsh" on the
Filipinos and said he would have
favored more changes If time per-
mitted.
Senator Walsh told the Senate the
testimony at the hearings showed
that the House cut in the sugar quo-
ia would benefit Cuba, and not the
domestic producers.
Senator johnson, Democrat, OF
Colorado, also said that when the
time comes to pass a new sugar act
fixing domestic quotas, the amount
restored by the Senate to the Phil
ippine quota would have to come
from the imports from some other
foreign country, and not from the
domestic production.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Msgr. 0rsenigo Is Paid
Tribute by Vatican Radio
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

LONDON. April 13.-The Vatican
radio paid tribute today to the men,
ory of the late Msgr. Cesare Orsen-
ig recalling the circumstances under
which, as apostolic nuncio, he met
Hitler In Rome in 1888.
During the Fuehrer's visit to
Rome, Pope Plus XII had decided
that the museums of the Vatican
were to be closed so that the Nazi
leader could not visit them, althugh
he had expressed a desire to do So
At the end of an interview with
the nuncio Hitler was quoted as
saying: II love art. I was pleased
to visit Florence and Rome and
think should have been even more
pleased if I could have visited the
Vatican monuments. What do you
say?"
The broadcast said the nuncio
smiling, replied: "Excellency, re-
member having read that happy are
those who still have something to
see in their lives"
Evening star., 1946-04-13
China
AeS9 Coilueoeo tneIu COuCrol OF tne
countryside.
American Attoche Flying
To See Reds uit Chonochun
Continued From First Pare.

MUkDEN. April Is R.-Maj.
Robert Rigg of Chicago, assistant
American military attache, and five
American correspondents emplaned
today for Changchun to observe the
withdrawal of Soviet troops from
the Manchurial capital.
The Russians, who have occupied
Changchun since the japanese sur
render, are scheduled to leave
tomorrow.
Chinese government military ON
cials warned the correspondents the
trip would be dangerous, saying 1t
appeared likely that Communist
troops would attempt to capture the
city as soon as the Russians with
draw.
The Communists were reported to
have large concentrations of troops
around Changchun. The government
has only 1000 armed men in the
city. The trained and
equipped new 1st (government)
Army is more than 100 miles away,
trying to reach the Communist
stronghold of Szepingkai.
Correspondents making the trip
are Tom Masterson, Associated
Press: George Weller, Chicago Daily
News; Henry Lieberman, New York
Times; Charlotte Ebener, Interna-
tional News Service, and Reynolds
Packard. United Press.
In Chungking, the Steering Conn
mittee of the Political Consultation
Council resumed discussions of the
Manchurian problem, which it hopes
to solve before the return Of Gen.
George G. Marshall, President Trur
mans special envoy, from Wash.
ington.
However, neither government nor
Communist representatives were
optimistic Of success before Gen.
Marshall arrives next week. He
negotiated both military and polit-
ical truces in January, but neither
has been made fully effective.
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Sugar
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which general wage and salary in
creases during wartime (January /
l941. to August II, 1945) were not
less than Is cents or more than 1s
cents an hour.
In reference to the 1918 cent
range, the board explained that its
preapproyal is Limited to plants
where the wartime general wage
rate increases generally were in line
with those in plants in which in
creases up to 1871 cents have al
ready been found approvable."
The board already had approved
the 1917 cents granted by General
Electric and now says in effect that
it will do likewise for WESTINGHOUSE
II that firm grants a similar in
crease to end the strike of CIO cleo
trical workers.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Bid Limited to Motions
Friendly With Spain

MADHlD, April Is {H},- 1ue
Franco cabinet, describing the latest
accusations against Spain as part OF
a world Communist campaign, today
invited the United Nations to send
a commission to this country limited
to those nations represented in the
United Nations with which Spain
maintains friendly relations.
Members of the Security Council
which do not maintain diplomatic
relations with the Franco govern
ment are Poland, Russia, Mexico
France and China.
The text of the communique fol-
lows: .,
"The government discussed the
world Communist campaign which
eliminates in a note against the
Spanish nation presented by the
Polish delegate to the Security
Council of the United Nations, and
in view of this decided:
"a. To reject as absolutely and
totally false the absurd accusations
formulated by the Polish delegate
that the country which is giving
proof of the greatest serenity and
pacific spirit, without giving even
a shadow of pretext to those who
provoke it, could be a danger to
world peace, despite the continuous
and systematic attack by interna-
tional Communism.
"B. To offer to those nations rep
resented in the United Nations with
which Spain maintains friendly re-
lations full authorization for a COM
mittee Of their technicians freely to
circulate in our country, visiting It's
manufacturing establishments and
experimental stations, so that they
may prove the absolute falsity of
accusations about alleged work on
the atomic bomb which Is said to
be carried on by German techni-
clans, provided that once the inac-
curacy of this is proved, ample pub
licity be given the results of the Wis
1t.
&c. To declare once more that 1t
opposes with all firmness any kind
of interference of foreigners in the
internal affairs Of Spain which are
peculiar and proper to national
sovereignty"
An authoritative source, mean
while, said that there were believed
to be no prominent German scien-
lists in Spain, although there were
enough technicians to form q both
ersome nucleus" for research, The
technicians are working In plastics
and communications equipment and
with companies manufacturing
Dornier and Messerschmitt planes,
this source sid,
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CLOTHING
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failing at $35 or less. This compares
with goal Of $500, 900 cheap suits.
Director Herbert Rose Of CPA's
textile division attributed much OF
the deficit to trend toward produc-
ton of women's wear fabric instead
of mems woolens and worsted.
Basic Reasons" Listed.
Mr.. Bowles listed these basic rea-
sons" for the shortage Of inexpensive
cotton clothing:
/. A shortage Of workers in the
textile mills during the last two
years.
2. Failure of the Government to
take more vigorous, realistic ac-
ton" in the early days of the cloth
ing scarcity. Mr.. Bowles reiterated
that clothing should have been ra-
toned and that controls to curb
shifts to high-price lines should
have been instituted sooner than
they were.
3. Removal shortly after the war
of controls which required mills to
make essential fabrics needed for
low-cost clothing. These were re-
stored a few days ago.
4. Rising raw cotton prices.
Prices at 22-Year Peak.
Mr.. Bowles said cotton prices are
the highest in % years and three
times as high as they were in 1899.
And every price increase in raw
cotton makes it so much harder for
the mills to weave moderately priced
materials-harder for manufactur-
ers to get the cloth they need for
inexpensive clothing" he said.
Mr.. Bowles repeated an earlier
assertion that unless OPA is sue
cessful in checking cotton specula-
ton through its program of higher
margin requirements for futures
trading, "the Government will def
nitely use its authority to set CELL
ings on raw cotton, If that's the
only way this ruthless speculation
can be stopped"
Evening star., 1946-04-13

the grand jury and available to Mr..
Conliff. AS one detective put it,
IF we didn't have enough evidence.
then why did the grand jury in
dict him?"
Why was the case dropped?
Most of the evidence" said Mr..
Conliff, was based on hearsay. We
were unaware and are still unaware
Of any additional evidence"
Wasn't All Hearsay."
On that point, 1t. Robert v.
Murray, who headed the police in
vestigation against Howard, said
the police had collected "a lot of
information. Some of it was hear
say, but it wasn't all hearsay."
1t. Murray said much of the in
formation came from prisoners who
said other prisoners had trafflcked
with Howard but they couldn't get
verification from the prisoners who
allegedly received Howard's favors
and Mr.. Conliff didn't seem to
think that was enough to prose-
cute on"
Mr.. Conliff said he had had moth
ing to do with investigating charges
against Howard. AS far as could
be determined, neither did any
body else in the United States at
torney's Office.
Mr.. Conliff explained that wher
the case was assigned to him fol
trial, he went over the case with
the police, listened to what the
witnesses expected to testify aIlG
became convinced that there
wasn't a chance of the case reach
ing the jury"
He said he had not discussed
Howard with Jail Supt. Claude O.
Botkin because as far as he knew
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Democrats
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names to the list. Some said they
did so because they agreed house
cleaning is needed" at party head
quarters. Others declared they IA
vored caucus 80 we can get this
all explained and let a lot Of steam
blow of1."
Representative Boren, Democrat,
OF Oklahoma, who prepared the Pc
tition, told newsmen he acted as he
did because evidently there is some
incompetency and ineficiency in
the Democratic National Commit
tee Office which must be
stopped because 1t is injurious to
democratic harmony"
Two recent events prompted the
action by Mr.. Boren and his aroused
colleagues.
Letter Sent to Chairmen.
One, disclosed yesterday, was a
letter sent by the National Com
mittee to the party's county chair
men throughout the Nation. The
letter called on the chairmen to
act Immediately to select "the prop
er candidate" for Congress in the
coming elections. National head
quarters explained the message was
Intended only for chairmen in dis
tricts where Republican legislators
now serve, but 1t went to many
others. Aroused Democratic incum-
bents branded this a reflection on
them.
The other incident was publica-
ton in the Democratic Digest of an
article concluding land let your rep
resentative know that every vote
for the Case Qabor disputes) bill
was a vote against the American
people" More than 100 Democrats
supported the measure and they
didn't like such language used about
them in an offlcial party publication.
Headquarters called the article an
error.
In Phoenix, Ariz., where he Is re-
cuperating from a throat infection,
Chairman Hannegan said he had
mo comment" to make on the latest
friction. Mr.. Hannegan said the
first he had heard of the letter to
county chairmen was when a re-
porter read an Associated Press story
about it to him.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Senute Votes to Extend
Scarcity Export Limit
kY ti,a Assoeiufed Press

A one-year extension of wartime
export controls over scarce materials
and products was approved by the
Senate and sent to the House yes
terday.
Chairman Thomas of the Military
Affairs Committee assured the Sem
ate that only those items needed
within this country would be subject
to the controls.
Evening star., 1946-04-13

VINO sought MISS Cummings.
transfer to the VA Chicago Office
at Christmas time so that she could
be near her family, was dissatisfied
with her work. She had, however,
returned only last Monday from a
nine-day visit with her family.
Body Found In Areaway.
When Miss Cummings body was
discovered at the bottom of an area
way Is feet below the level of
street NV, by the side of the VA
Building, police reported a slip of
paper was attached to her clothing.
On one side was her name and ad-
dress, including the telephone num-
Der of her landlady, Mrs. Laurie J.
Nettles, zoos Seventeenth street
south, Arlington, Va. On the other
side was the name of a brother,
Michael ]. Cummings Of Grimm.
Another brother. Pvt. Raymond
Cummings, Army Signal Corps, Ar
llngton Barracks, was found by po-
lice to be on weekend pass to
Mount Jackson, Va. Notified of the
tragedy, he Immediately returned to
Washington last night. He told po-
lice he was unable to account for
the girls action. The family, he said
was devoutly Catholic.
At S pm, police said, she left
the filing division where she was
employed in company with two
friends, Miss Vonna Brandstetter
26, 1916 Calvert street NV, and
Miss Wilma Shearer, %, Alabama
Hall, Arlington. The three went to
locker room, where they put on
their coats.
Suddenly, her friends said, Miss
Cummings handed Miss Brandstet-
ter her purse, saying, II forgot my
umbrella. You two 60 on. Don't
wait for me-"
Left Friends Hurriedly.
She left them hurriedly. Surprised
at being told not to wait, in view of
the fact Miss Cummings had left
her purse, the two friends said they
waited five minutes, then returned
to the empty Office. They found Miss
Cummings umbrella and coat on
her desk. The window was open
and the shade was blowing. One of
the girls said she looked out the
window, and saw Miss Cummings
body below.
Miss Cummings was pronounced
dead by Col. Raymond R. Decker,
Army Medical Corps, assigned to the
Veterans Administration.
Mrs. Nettles, with whom Miss
Cummings lived since last August,
tsaid the girl worked at the VA since
September, and that before that she
was employed by the Army Signal
Corps at Arlington Hall. She said
Miss Cummings had been here one
year this month. She and her flus-
fband both expressed their inability
to understand what had caused the
tragedy.
On the night before her death.
however, Mrs. Nettles recalled, Miss
Cummings went on sudden date
with soldier who telephoned at
7:30 pm. when she was preparing
for bed. The man was not known
to Mrs. Nettles.
Landlady Saw Girl on Bus.
Mrs. Nettles also left the house for
a visit. Returning by bus at mid
night, she saw Miss Cummings and
her escort on the same bus, and
was surprised when the girl ap-
peared not to recognize her.
Mrs. Nettles, who reached home
first. said the girl spent about 30
minutes on the front porch with the
soldier, retiring at / am. The girl
was awakened at $50 am, and left
for work as usual.
Following Miss Cummings death.
a man identifying himself only as
"Sergt. Downey" telephoned the
house and asked for Myrtle" Mrs.
Nettles reported, adding:
When told him what had hap
pened, he gave a whistle and hung
up"
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Mooney Has Heart AiIment

DETROIT. April 13 {P.-Edward
Cardinal Mooney, 63, is in Provi-
dence Hospital, suffering from what
his physician described as minor
heart condition" DR.. Norman E.
Clarke said yesterday Cardinal
Mooney probably will remain a
patient for "a matter of many days" !"
but described his condition as
favorable"
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Prince Georges Kiwonis
Hears Child Aid Survey

The contributions possible to the
community in work with under
priviledged children was discussed
by James Lynch, past international
vice president of Kiwanis, at the
annual charter night dinner Of the
Kiwanis Club Of Prince Georges
County at the Prince Georges
County Country Club.
President Richard Mansfield pre-
sided at the dinner which was at
tended by l65 members of the club
and their guests. Chairman Of the
affair was Z Rrry B. Wilkinson.
Evening star., 1946-04-13

her death from
the fourth floor
OF the Veterans
A d m inistration
Office, where she
was employed.
Issuance Of the
C e r t i fcate, he
said, awaits the
formality OF his
speaking with
her family. now
on tn e ir way
h e r e t r O m
Grimm, Wis. He
said he believed
t h a t the girl,
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currently maintain that Spanish
problems must be resolved by the
Spanish people.
It appeared unlikely that the
Spanish question would be reached
on Monday. The Iranian issue is
ahead of it on the provisional
agenda, and even If Iran withdraws
its objection to dismissal of its case
against Russia, the American and
British delegations are expected to
argue for its retention until May
to look into the status Of Red Army
withdrawal from Iran.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Fatal Fall Of Girl, q,
|At VA Will Be Ruled
Suicide by Coroner

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
announced today that he would is
sue a certificate Of suicide in the
case of the Miss Myrtle E. Cum
mings, %, who yesterday plunged to
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Pres,

Senate:
In recess until Monday.
: Judiciary Committee studies war
contract bill.
House: '-s
Drives f. passage of draft extern
sion bill. ~
Evening star., 1946-04-13


difficult
Stat
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-06-29

H. McCray, state chairman of the
Progressive Democratic Party, both
said their organizations would re-
ply to the letter.
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the church officials who told Rev.
Safran, you've gone too far" and
demanded his dismissal
The Detroit Methodist con-
ference was in session here at the
time of this upheaval and seemed
to be strangely silent on the mat
ter the first few days, but later it
is reported that when the ouSteG
minister, who is a member of the
conference, appeared before the
body and is said to have stated:
Il will not be stopped from preach
ing what l think I ought to talk
about" that Christianity begins at
home and that Marysville should
give Negroes jobs and an equal
chance for happiness, the social
action fellowship of the confer
ence came to his rescue and plan
ned to intercede for the pastor.
The Negro ministry throughout
the state has become aroused. The
Rev. Charles A. Hill, pastor Hart
ford Avenue Baptist Church and
president of the NAACP and the
Rev. T. t. Timberlake, head of
the Baptist Ministerial Alliance,
both OF Detroit, sent wires to the
Methodist conference protesting
the removal of Rev Safran. Mr..
Hill declared: Christianity is on
trial." while Rev. Timberlake ask
ed them to stand by the minister
and make the Kingdom of God
operate in this instance"
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Minister OuSted After
Plea Against Race Bias

who headed up an interracial
committee looking into the econo-
mic, social and living conditions
of the 1900 Negroes here, based
his statements on the findings Of
this committee after a careful
survey. This committee of the Port
Huron Ministerial Association
sought to do something about
these discriminatory practices and
Mr.. Safran thought there was no
better time and place to get his
message across then when talking
to young people into whose minds
he hoped to instill tolerance anS
Justice while acquainting them
with the true conditions of some
of their fellow citizens.
LAWYER MINISTER
Mr.. Safran, a former lawyer
who turned minister "for the good
I could do for my fellow man.
evidently brought down the ire of
the City Manager James Gallo
way, when he named the two ma
tionally known industries whom
he took to task in his racial plea.
1t is reported that it was Gallo
way who used his influence on
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-06-29

Europe.
Those who would bring up their
children in Mississippi must need
look closely at what we have de-
veloped in our state lest our fu-
ture generation become as the
generation of young Germans un-
der the spell of the Nazi theology
and teachings, as a great world
physician said had become the vic
TINS of disease of the mind that
made them capable of committing
the brutalities that Mortified the
world and brought down upon
them the condemnation Of all man.
kind.
In seeing that their children do
not become the minions of hate,
terror, and violence, Mississippians
have the chance now to win for
the state new place in the ma
ton and to win for the ma
ton a new place in the world.
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Capitol Spotlight
Continued From Page One

a part, are now being collected,
evaluated and prepared for even
tual release to the public. Pend
ing such release, of course, much
of the material will be classified"
Nj. Peterson addeu that, in ad-
dition. the documents contain case
studies of individuals by name,
and it is the policy of the War
Department to afford the families
OF defendants in court marital
proceedings degree of protection
by not publicizing such records.
HITS TRADITION
1t appears that classification of
material contained in the study is
contrary to the American tradi-
ton. In courts of this country
criminal prosecutions are open to
the public, and Army court mar
tial are no star-chamber proceed
ings.
By classifying the documents
the War Department arouses sus-
picion as to the fairness and i'm
partially of military justice in
view of the fact that of seventy
soldiers executed in the European
theater, fifty-five were colored and
only fifteen white. The only way
that such a suspicion can be abated
is by the War Department making
public the information which it
now suppresses.
Moreover, in the light of the
designation by the Secretary of
War of a group of members of the
American Bar Association, to
which colored lawyers may not be-
long, to inquire into Army court
martial procedure, there is all the
more reason why the department
should make public the documents
in order that members of the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild, the Ma.
tional Bar Association and the
Negro press may evaluate for
themselves military justice as it
was carried out in the European
theater.
Most of the crimes committed
by colored soldiers were commit
ted by men in grades A 5 under
the Army General Classification
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Jews Urge
Negroes To Bow
Before Whites

FLORENCE, s. C. M. Rosen-
field, Jewish businessman here,
addressed an appeal to Negroes
thru letter in Sundays Morn
ing News, urging them to let the
white man rule as he wishes and
stay away from the polling places.
Rosenfeld confessed himself and
his race to be hard pressed as are
Negroes but held that America
was founded by white men who are
entitled to rule it as they wish,
while Negroes were brought in as
slaves and are not entitled to the
same privileges.
The writer, who has provoked
bitterness among Negroes here,
accused Negroes of seeking $50
cial equality" and the NAACP of
defending Negroes who have COM
mitted "heinous crimes The Ne
gro soldiers, he said, fought not
for the rights of America rather
to protect whatever little rights
they already had
The lengthy letter is expected tc
draw replies from NAACP and
PDP leaders during the week. In
Columbia, James M. Hinton, state
president of the NAACP and John