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Evening star., 1946-10-01
Greatest Controlled INT BIosi
Will Be Set Off in Idaho l oduy

thud" 20 minutes after the blast
about the time 1t would take sound
waves to travel that far.
Time of the blast has been SET
for pm. tEST).
Capt. Walter E. Brown. command
er of the Pocatello Naval Ordnance
Plant, arranged for both military
and civilian observers to be no near
er the explosion than Az miles
Pilots were instructed not to fly di-
rectly over the blast site.
Explosives used were obsolete
bombs and mines. The blast was
intended to determine safe storing
methods for explosives.
Five hundred thousand pounds Of
explosives we're placed in the storage
magazine to be touched of. In
other magazines, 200, 400 and soc
feet distant, was an additional one
and a half million pounds Of ammu-
milton.
Capt. Brown said the experiments
blasting was the safest way to de-
stroy obsolete explosives. It was
preferred, he said, to loading the
ammunition on ships and dumping
it in the ocean.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

Schenley, Webster Hall, Roosevelt
Henry, Pittsburgh and Keystone.
The union offered seven-day
postponement but after the hotel
officials called for a 90-day delay
in calling the strike, the unions
36-man Strike Committee an
nounced it would put the work stop
page in effect Immediately.
Chief matter Of dispute in discus
sions of a new contract was the
unions demand for 20 per cent pay
raise.
1t was the first hotel strike here
since 1941 when the union walked
out in a wage issue.
Walters, elevator operators. bus
boys, maids and kitchen help were
4 rdered of the job shortly after mid
|. mt and told to report at union
il sadqcarters. Late diners found
themselves with food on their plates
but no next course. An orchestra
and singer walked out in the middle
of a number at one hotel, officials
said.
Elevator service was stalled for a
while but nonstriking personnel
soon manned such emergency cars as
have been running during the power
strike
Hotels said they would serve food
only to persons who are i'll. Most OF
the places said they would ask ali
except permanent guests to check
|out. Only one hotel reported it was
still accepting new guests.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Editors Leave by Plane
For European Inspection
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

A dozen editors and publishers
left National Airport today for 27-
day inspection tour of Germany.
Austria, Italy and France.
The War Department announced
that with the full cooperation Of
Army authorities in Europe the Wis
itors will be given complete oppor-
tunity to observe and report on
conditions and problems facing
American occupation troops"
Those making the trip are Barry
Bingham, editor-president, Louis
vile Courier-Journal; Paul Block,
jr., co-publisher. Toledo Blade,
Manchester Boldly. publisher, Los
Angeles News: Broyce, Brier, edi-
torial director, San Francisco Chron-
icle; Clayton Fritchey. executive
editor. New Orleans Item; John
Griffin, Sunday editor, Boston Post;
Palmer Hoyt, editor publisher, Den
yer Post: James Kerney, jr.. edi-
tor, Trenton IN. j. Times: MARCEL
lus Murdock, publisher, Wichita
(Kans.) Eagle; Philip Parrish, edi-
tor, Portland Oregonian: Maurice
Early, columhist, Indianapolis Star,
and Paul Smith, editor-general
manager, San Francisco Chronicle.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

some managers or chief medical
officers to act"
The delegates also heard Field
Marshal Sir Henry Maitland VIII
son, senior British representative
on the combined Chiefs of Staff
urge a continued bond between
Britain and America in the same
spirit that the war was fought.
The Legion bestowed it's highest
award, the Legion Distinguished
Service Medal on former Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, Bob Hope, the
comedian, and MIR Hoover. Maj
Gen. John H. Hilldring, Assistant
Secretary of State, received the
award for Mr.. Hull.
When the medal was presented
to the comedian, tie convention was
rewarded with bit of Hope humor.
At one point, describing his travels
and experiences during the war, he
told of a trip to Washington and the
White House, when. he saw the
President.
Incidentally" he commented,
"Mr. Truman didn't approve this
speech. You know he didn't ap-
prove the Wallace speech, either.
That one he got mixed up with a
piece of sheet music"
Evening star., 1946-10-01
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. l.
Americas largest nonatomic ex-
plosion to be purposely set OF is
expected to toss cloud higher than
mile over the desert country north
of here today.
Conducting munitions storage
tests for the second year, the Navy
will fire a half million pounds OF
TINT electrically from a point one
mile from the magazine.
If the Observation-Disclosures at
the Navy's Arco Proving Grounds
in desolate country rs miles north
of Pocatello-is successful, an ad-
ditional one and one-half million
pounds of TINT will not be ignited.
In a similar experiment last year
a quarter million pounds Of TINT
was fired but failed to ignite larger
amounts set 200 feet away and at
other farther distances. However
the blost shot cloud of purplish
gray dust / mile into the sky, blew
out windows in barracks one-half
mile away and ratified windows in
Idaho Falls, IS miles from the scene.
A reporter in Salt Lake City, 285
miles south, said he heard a dull
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Chinese School Announces
Evening Class Schedule

The schedule Of evening classes
was announced today for the fall
quarter starting Monday at the In
stitute of Chinese Culture, 2200 r
street NV.
The schedule, with instructors
follows: Chinese language, elemen-
|tary, S. N. Chang, 1880 p.m.. Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday; Ian
language, advanced, Mr.. Chang, $3.50
pm, Monday, Wednesday and FRI
day; culture and literature, DR..
Francis Pan and Wellington Hsia.
1880 and $50 pm, Tuesday; geog-
'raphy and history, Dr.. Pan and Mr..
Hsia, 7:30 and $3.50. p.m., Thursday.
Registrations will continue from
6 to $50 pm. daily through Friday.
Fees per quarter were announced as
$40 for language and SIS for culture
and literature or geography and
history. The quarter will end De-
cember 20.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

In Europe is still in an emergency
stage and while delivery may still
provide maximum utilization and
relief from hunger"
WAA acted in accordance with the
public interest" provision OF the
surplus property law. Although the
Department Of Agriculture handles
disposal OF most surplus foods, WAA
has been in direct charge of estab-
fishing the price and selling the
surplus ration packages to CARE
for resale to private citizens for de-
livery to Europe CARE has agents
and warehouses in Europe and pre-
ships food and other goods duty free
to Europe. When a person in the
United States pays for a package
his order Is airmailed to the desig-
mated country and the package re-
leased for Immediately delivery from
the nearest warehouse. Gen. Haskell
explained.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Admiral Believes Rockets
May Be Navy Spearhead
BY the Associofsd Press

Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman,
deputy chief of naval operations,
said yesterday, guided missile ships
may pack the big punch of future
naval attacks, with aircraft carriers
relegated to defensive role.
He told a news conference that
if the 27,500 = ton battle cruiser
Hawaii, now being changed to fire
guided missiles, proves successful,
the two other ships of the class,
the Guam and Alaska, will be
changed over. At present they are
laid up.
The As, 5,000-ton battleship Ken
lucky, which is still being con-
structed, also will be a guided
missile ship.
Admiral Sherman emphasized
that extensive experiments will be
necessary to determine the tactical
use of the new-type ships.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
New Steps 10 Back
Turkey on Straits
Considered by U. s.
By Gornett b. Horner

Acting Secretary of State Ache
son today reafirmed American in
terest In the Dardanelles and made
1t clear that possible new measures
were being considered to back up
this Governments opposition to
Russian demands for a share with
Turkey in defense of the strategic
straits.
He told news conference that
United States concern over the fu-
tures status of the Dardanelles was
a reflection of the entire foreign pol
icy of this country, which has to be
deeply interested in all problems,
wherever they arise, which might
affect world peace.
Mr.. Acheson said this did not nec-
essarily mean that he considered re-.
neWal Of Russian demands on Tur-
key last week as q threat to peace,
but that this Government must be
interested in what might develop.
Calls Panama Canal Irrelevant.
Mr.. Acheson dismissed as irrele-
want a question asking how the
American attitude on the Dardan-
elIes could be reconciled with its
policy for control of the Panama
Canal, and said he did not care to
60 into it.
He said that a statement by Sec
retary of the Navy Forrestal yes
terday. declaring that one reason
for keeping American naval forces
in the Mediterranean was to support
United States policies in that area.
was cleared in advance with the
State Department.
He added, however, that he
thought there was lot of unneces-
sary excitement about the Forrestal
statement, describing it as nothing
new or startling, but merely a COL
lection OF facts to answer a number
OF questions that had been put to
the Navy Department.
No Request From Turkey.
Mr. AcueSOn SalQ ne WIS StuuylnS
with his associates in the State
Department the whole problem
raised by Russia's renewal last week
Of her demands on Turkey for
share In defense Of the Dardanelles
in the face Of their rejection, q little
more than month ago.
He refused to indicate what new
steps might be taken here. He said
the War and Navy Departments
would be consulted after the matter
was threshed out in the State De-
partment.
This Government. Mr.. Acheson
emphasized, has not received any re-
quest from Turkey for consultation
| on her reply to Russia.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
|Secreey Surrounds
Pittsburgh ParIey
On Power Strike
BY III. Assoeioisd Press

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1-Federal
negotiators today renewed efforts to
end Pittsburgh's Gripping, eight
day power strike in another meeting
with labor and management repre-
sentatiyes.
The joint session was resumed in
an atmosphere Of utmost secrecy in
d section Of the old post office build
ing from which reporters were
barred The United States Corcil-
iation Service maintains Offices on
the third floor where the negotia-
tors gathered.
The first joint session was ad-
journed early this morning after
two hours of talks with no break
apparent In the stalemated wage
dispute
Meanwhile, a walkout of about
1000 AFL employees in eight of the
city's major hotels further compli-
Gated chaotic conditions in the Ma
tion's tenth largest city. The hotel
workers seek wage raises and other
concessions.
Mediators Refuse Comment.
The mediators, William Margolis
of New York and Lucien Rye OF
Baltimore. refused to comment or
progress since arrival here yester-
day. Before the joint negotia-
tions they had held separate meet
ings with union and company nego-
tiators, presumably to canvass the
situation and arrange the joint
conference.
Mr.. Rye, an expert on power end
electrical disputes, was prominent
In the settlement of 19-hour strike
of Duquesne Light Co. employees last
February, when the union won an
Is per cent pay raise, following sub
mission of their case to arbitration
George L. Mueller, president OF
the Independent Association Of En-
ployes Of Duquesne Light g. Associ-
ated Companies, entered confer
ence shortly after midnight flanked
| by a new four-man Negotiating
Committee, chosen from the union s
52-man Policy Committee in a sur
prise move yesterday.
20% Pay Raise Demanded.
Previously, the unions negotia-
tions had been conducted by q
Committee of Ten" of which Mr.
Mueller was chairman
The Committee of Ten had de-
manded 20 per cent pay increase
and master contract covering the
nine Duquesne afiiliates, instead OF
nine contracts as at present. Wheth-
er the naming OF a new COMMITTEES
indicated the union was ready to
make concessions was a matter OF
conjecture.
Mayor David L. Lawrence yester-
day asked the Pittsburgh Council oi
Defense to issue a call for formel
air raid wardens to patrol the
city after dark to make sure homes
were burning a minimum Of lights
The Mayor said he received q tel
egram from the Wittie Manufactur-
ing and Sales Co., Chicago, saying
its plant had been closed completely
down "as result of your chaotic
strike conditions" which prevented
receipts Of parts from the Viegand
Co. Of Pittsburgh. Mayor Lawrence
said the telegram ended: Have in
formation other plants around Chi
cago in same condition" go
$50 Vote for Hotel Strike.
Local 237 of the AFL Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Association
! voted 95 per cent in favor of a
strike just an hour before its two
year contract expired at midnight.
Hotels affected by the walkout
are the William Penn Fort Pitt
Evening star., 1946-10-01
D. T.. Restaurant Men
ASK Full Deeontrol
OF Menu Prices

Indicating they expect OPA to ap-
prove meat item price increases to-
day or tomorrow, organized WASH
ington restaurant operators last
night urged complete decontrol OF
the restaurant industry.
In a meeting at the United States
Chamber of Commerce auditorium
more thar 800 members of the
Washington Restaurant Association
unanimously adopted resolution
which declared the groups belief
the OPA has outlived its useful
ness" in the control of restaurants
in the Washington area.
See Competition Protection.
The resolution. drafted by the as
sociations board of directors, as
serted competition in restaurant
operation will be the best method to
protect the public" Further. il
Fundamentally Endorsed resolu-
ton of the National Restaurant In.
dustry Advisory Committee authoriz-
ling the filing of petition for de-
control of restaurant meals by OPA
I'VE further recommend the filing
of such petition" the resolution OF
the Washington area group asserted
I"and any other steps that may be
necessary to bring about decontrol
of restaurant pricing
Robert j. Wilson, executive secre-
tary of the association, predicted
OPA would announce its decision on
what the meat price increases are to
be either today or tomorrow.
Ballot on Two Questions.
After the decontrol measure was
voted by unanimous voice vote. the
association members marked ballots
on the two questions. do you want
immediate decontrol of restaurant
prices in the Greater Washington
area?" and do you want the same
menu price adjustment on controlled
as we'll as decontrolled foods?"
Restaurant association officials
said the result of the balloting would
be known today.
Speakers at the meeting included
Mr.. Wilson; Douglas Boyle of the
Statler Hotels and the American
Hotel Association, a member of the
industry advisory committee; Arn1in
Kusswurm, National Restaurant As
sociation attorney, and J. NJ West,
president of the Washington associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
40, ,0OO-C CuIorie Food Puckuoes
For Europe Reduced to $40 u

Surplus Army food ration pack
ages. which American citizens can
buy for shipment to undernourisiied
people In Europe, will be sold fl this
country for $40 instead of SIS a
parcel, effective today, the War
Assets Administration and the Co
operative for American Remittances
to Europe, Inc, announced.
The cooperative, known as CARE,
a nonprofit Organization composed
Of rs major accredited agencies con-
cerned with foreign relief, buys these
surplus packages, each with 10000
calaries content. from WAA and
sells them at the same price to in
dividual applicants.
/ War Assets Administrator Robert
M. Littlejohn and Executive Director
William NJ. Haskell OF CARE said
the price is being reduced ito speed
the disposal while the need for food
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Lottery Roid Brings
Arrest on 2 Churqes

In raid on his home yesterday,
police arrested Roy Sansbury, IS,
of the 1900 block Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. on charges of operating a
lottery and possession of lottery
slips.
Released under SO 500 bond, he will
appear before United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage to-
day.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Collectors Item
From the Salt Lake Tribune.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
Riding a hobby is a splendid activity.
1t keeps many tired businessmen from
boredom and doubtless saves the reason
of many statesmen. Collecting stamps,
coins, paper match books, sailboat
models and hundreds of other things
provides pleasure and education for
great numbers of people, both old and
young. The late President Roosevelt
won international fame as a stamp COL
lector and the representative of China
at the United Nations conference is said
to be a collector of match book covers
But the hobby followed by the late
Pierre Lang of France was perhaps
carrying the thing a little too far. He
collected all types of German land
mines strewn along the coast of his
native land during the war. In the
course of few months the collection
became the most complete in France
and was regarded proudly by its possess
sor.
But something happened to the COL
lector and his collection. No one is
sure, but M. Lang may have bumped
two of his exhibits together or dropped
one of his rarer specimens while exam
lining it. The explosion not only de-
stroyed this interesting hobby along
with its owner, but several buildings In
his home town including the home of
the mayor.
Sic transit compendium.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Prompt Action Needed

The Stars survey of investigative
facilities in the various Federal de-
partmentS and bureaus confirms
the opinion of Civil Service Commits
sion officials that few of the agencies
are equipped to undertake the type
of personnel Investigations neces-
sary to safeguard the Government
from inf1ltration by criminal and
other undesirable elements. Only
the Department of Justice has ade-
quate facilities for checking on its
employees and on applications for
jobs m that department. without
additional funds the Federal Bureau
of Investigation will not be able to
continue name checks" for the
Civil Service Commission or to rem
der any other investigative service
for Federal agencies except the
checking of f1ngerprints which may
be submitted Treasury, State, War
and Navy Departments have inves-
tigative staffS, but it is doubtful that
they can take on the additional re-
Sponsibilities of extensive personnel
screening, now that the Civil Service
Commission has been forced to dis
continue this sort of activity because
of lack of funds.
1t is hard to believe, however, that
Congress will permit this alarming
situation to continue much longer.
The times are too critical to warrant
letting our guard down against sub
verSive influences in the Federal
establishment. An emergency de-
f1ciency appropriation, as recon-
mended by the House Civil Service
Committee, would alleviate imme-
diate dangers.
President Truman undoubtedly
could facilitate congressional action
by advising Congress of the impor-
tance of action before adjournment.
And he could pave the way for
long-range tightening up and
Standardization of screening proce-
dure If he adopted the committees
suggestion for a presidential COM
mission to study the whole problem
and make recommendation to the
next Congress for possible legislative
reforms. A thoroughgoing reorgan-
lzation and modernization of the
present haphazard and perilously
inadequate system of checking on
the criminal background and loyalty
of applicants for Government serv-
ice are urgently needed.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

same moment the United States Navy
orders a second cruiser to the Trieste
area. II Italy is rendered helpless
against Yugoslavia, for instance. or a
rapacious France, who is to defend her?
United States Marines? The Red Army
against Tito? The United Nations,
in which every issue is judged, not ac-
cording to impartial standards of law
or justice but according to the inter-
ests of the great powers. each able to
negative the decisions of all others?
Disarmament! By all means let us
beat swords into ploughshares and
atomic energy into industrial power
and create a world law against war,
taking away from every state the SOW
ereign right to resort to war as an in
strument of national policy-that, by
the way, is also in a treaty signed by
all countries. But is Russia disarming?
Is the United States disarming? What
of the new congressional amendments to
the atomic control bill? Is Tito a
pacifist?
The italian treaty specifically de-
mands that the ships to be handed
over shall be fully equipped, in oper-
ational condition, including full arma-
ment stores" So it is not disarmament
but transfer of armaments, and not
to the United Nations. or to defense
less allied countries, but to the four
great powers.
All Italys colonies are to be taken
away. Because the Allies believe colo
nies or satellites" are unjust?
But anyhow, the Italian people are to
- ;ol,
of expression, press, publication, reli-
gious worship, political opinion-for all
Italians. They will, of course, have no
free opinion regarding their entire fu-
ture. But apart from that they will
have liberty. The italian government
must promise it.
And suppose the promise is broken,
Who will enforce Italian civil liberties?
The Soviet Union?
The same newspapers which report
these treaties also report that the Polish
Labor party, having been refused per-
mission to call party congress unless
it's leaders agreed in advance to present
a fusion ticket at the coming elections,
was broken. Only the old Peasant party
opposes. helpless under the NKVD and
persistent bans on its activities. Will
Beiruts Poland enforce Italian civil
liberties-or Mr.. Byrnes' home State
see that no Italians are barred from
full exercise of civil rights because of
race? Or will CZechoslovakia rally
to an italian anti-Fascist banner while
depriving every German-speaking Czech
of all rights?
Well. anyway, Italy agrees to collab-
crate for the liquidation of the "perma-
nent" court of international justice
That court set up in world where in
ternational justice was nonexistent,
was just as permanent" as these peace
treaties will be.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1946-07-26
To Strengthen the Peace

In unanimously approving a reso-
luton to commit the United States
to the principle of compulsory juris-
diction of the International Court of
Justice, the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has taken a step calcu-
lated to strengthen the peace-pre-
serving machinery of the United
Nations.
AS a member of the U. N. we have
already subscribed to the statute
establishing the court, but this has
not obligated us to accept it's juris-
diction in an area much beyond
those legal cases which we may
agree to refer to it, The statute.
however, contains a clause under
which any nation may at any time
declare in advance it's commitment
to compulsory jurisdiction in dis
putes involving it as regards treaty
Interpretation, question of inter-
national law, a breach of inter-
national obligation, or the repara-
tion to be made for any such breach.
More than twenty members of the
U. NJ, including Great Britain, have
already made this commitment. But
the United States. like Russia, has
not, and it is this deficiency that the
Senate resolution would correct.
The resolution, requiring a two
thirds vote in the Senate, would run
for restricted period of time but
would be renewable, at our own
option, after that. In effect, it would
be formal declaration, filed with
the U. NJ, binding us to compulsory
jurisdiction in the types of inter-
national legal disputes listed in the
court statute 1t would have no
bearing on domestic matters. 1t
would involve no important issue of
sovereignty. 1t would simply place
us in the company of such countries
as Britain in demonstrating COM
plete readiness to accept the courts
decisions on questions of law. In
relation to our own proposals for
atomic control. it would be little
more than tiny enlargement of
what we have already committed
ourselves to do. but it would be a
significant further demonstration of
our determination to make the
United Nations as strong a peace
instrument as possible.
Actively supported by the Presi-
dent, Secretary of State Byrnes and
outstanding organizations like the
American Bar Association, the meas
ure, now that the Foreign Relations
Committee has passed upon it with
out a dissenting vote, merits the full
and prompt support of the Senate
as a whole. Its primary objective is
an unanswerable argument in its
favor-the objective of promoting