davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1946-05-08
CT Head Assai|s Proposal
For Army and Navy Merger
BY the Associated A Presx

Charles E. Wilson, president of the
General Electric Co., said today a
merger OF the War and Navy De-
partments would be an Invitation
to inefficiency, to authoritarianism
and to qualification.
Mr.. Wilson, former vice chairman
OF the War Production Board. testi-
fed before the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee at hearing held behind
closed doors at his request. His
prepared statement was made pub
lie, however.
Mr.. Wilson said he had not
studied in detail the bill approved
by the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee for consolidation of the
armed forces into a single depart
ment of common defense"
But, he said, it seems inevitable
to me that the institution of the
proposed secretary of common de-
fense is bound to create an inflex-
lble one-way street which will be
both undemocratic and inefficient
in its operation"
Instead, Mr.. Wilson said, there
should be peacetime agency COM
parable to the War Production
Board which would be constantly
available for any emergency and
would promote cooperation between
the armed forces and private in
duStry.
Evening star., 1946-05-08
FBI Agents Capture Monsour,
Last Jail Fugitive at Lurqe
Armed Convict Token
In Tourist Cabin at
LuwrencevilIe, N. J.

John Mansour, 81, one of the
five men who escaped from the
District Jail last November "a,
was captured today when FB1
agents rushed a tourist cabin
near Lawrenceville, N. J. He was
the last of the five fugitives to
be recaptured.
Mansour was armed. At first he
failed to respond to the agents
shouted demand to surrender. Then
a shotgun blast brought him out
of the cabin, hands over head.
He had been the object of Ma
tion-wide manhunt for five months,
which narrowed down as the other
men in the Jail break were rounded
up, one by one. Except for one who
gave himself up few hours after
the break all the fugitives were cap
tured by the FBI.
FBI agents surrounded the tourist
cabin in which they had located
Mansour early today and called upon
him to surrender. There was no
answer. The agents broke a window
Evening star., 1946-05-08
House Unit Approves
Enlisted Terminal Paw
By the Associoisd Press

Reversing a previous stand, the
House Military Affairs Committee
today approved legislation giving
enlisted service personnel the same
terminal pay rights that officers now
have.
The legislation would allow
maximum OF 120 days pay to Army
and Navy enlisted men at the time of
their discharge, provided they have
accrued the unused furlough time
when they are mustered out.
1t provides for the computation
of furlough pay at the rate of two
and one-half days for each month
of service. If man received actual
time off, he would not receive the
fwlough pay.
The committee earlier had shelved
the legislation after the Budget Bu-
reau said it would cost several billion
dollars and would pose "operational
problems of the most difficult solu-
tion."
The committee bill makes the
legislation retroactive to all enlisted
personnel who have served since the
draft law was enacted.
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Fleming Calls
Hospital Needs
.HereDepIorab|e
+ Urges Center Funds,
improvements in
Other Institutions
By Harold B. ROGERS

Characterizing the hospital
situation here as "deplorable,"
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
administrator of the Federal
Works Agency, today recon-
mended that Congress appro-
pirate funds not only for con-
struction of a hospital center
but also for Improvements to
other hospitals not included in
the Tydings bill to establish the
center.
In letter to Chairman Mcmillan
of the House District Committee,
Gen. Fleming declared that Con-
gress may we'll consider that the
District OF Columbia, because of its
unique position. requires special
treatment as to hospitals"
Mr.. Mcmillan announced that the
Letter would be turned over to the
Judiciary Subcommittee of the
House District Committee for re-
vision of the Tydings bill for hos
pital center. which already has
passed the Senate.
McGehee to Call Meeting.
An increase in the amount be-
leved necessary was recommended
by FWA to raise the appropriation
from s20,000,00O provided in the
Tydings bill to s25 900 900, Mr.. Nc
MILAN said. This is to be incorpo.
rated in the revised bill, he added.
The Judiciary Subcommittee will
meet early next week at the cali of
its chairman, Representative Nc
Gehee, Democrat, of Mississippi, to
revise the bill. A hearing will be held
by the subcommittee when any
other hospital in Washington which
wishes to participate in the improve
ment program may present its case,
Gen. Fleming's letter was taken to
Capitol Hill about noon by Alan
Johnstone, general counsel of FWA,
and his assistant, Maxwell H. Elliott,
After conference with Mr.. McMil-
Ian these two conferred at some
length with Mr.. McGehee.
The FWA made an Investigation
into the hospital situation here,
OSAA' ASAAAAAAS Shpldl1lCd Ill IllS lGL-
ter, comforting with officers and
boards of directors with various pri-
vate and nonprofit hospitals. The
agency also had access to the report
OF the Metropolitan Health Council
made public last week.
Method Proposed.
Il am inclined to the view that the
most expeditions way to get results
would be for the Congress to appro-
PIRATE such public monies as it
deems expedient in the premises and
authorize some Federal official to
proceed by way of direct construc.
ton or grants to improve the situa-
ton" Gen. Fleming said.
This will permit construction Of
hospital center of such size and
| character as is feasible and would
authorize Improvements and fun
utilization of hospitals not included
in the center"
Gen. Fleming said FWA stands
ready to be OF any service in this
connection that the Congress might
consider appropriate"
1t was assumed that the public
buildings administration of the
FWA. which now is constructing
new George Washington University
and Georgetown University Hospit-
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Police Here to Sturt
Inspection of Cors
Next Wednesday

Moving to stem a reported in
crease in traffic accidents and
casualties, Maj. Harvey G. Cal
lahan today issued instructions
for an intensive safety check of
motorists and vehicles in the
District in which all Washing
ton policemen will participate,
beginning next Wednesday.
The six-week campaign will be
part of a Nation wide Police Traf-
fic Safety Check program, Maj. CAL
lahan said. In effect it will alert
hundreds of policemen for a spe-
cial duty.
Although Maj. Callahan described
the campaign as mot an enforce
ment drive, but an educational ac-
tivity," he issued instructions CIV
ing policemen authority to place
charges against motorists in cases
where serious violations are found.
The program, sponsored by the
international Association of Police
Chiefs, will not provide an individ-
lSee TRAFFIC, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Dominions Reported
Anxious Over British
Plans 10 Quit Egypt
AttIee Apologies to
Commons for Statement
They Agreed to Move
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, May 8.-An authori-
tative source said tonight that at
least two British dominions
looked with some misgivings on
the British Labor governments S
offer to withdraw its troops from
Egypt.
Prime Minister Attlee apologized
today to the House of Commons for
giving the impression yesterday that
British dominion representatives
had agreed to withdrawal of British
forces when actually they were not
asked to commit themselves.
Mr.. Attlee in debate yesterday
with former Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, said dominions
officials now in London had dis
cussed the proposal and agreed
this was the best method of ap-
proach."
Today he explained that he was
lied away in the course of the
debate.
"The dominions ministers were
not called upon to express agree
ment in a matter which was one
of United Kingdom responsibility,
he said.
The House of Commons stayed in
session through the night and did
not rise until 5:23 am. today after
the Labor members beat down, 327
to 158, the Conservative opposition
to the government decision.
An authoritative DominionS source
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Judge Biees Is Urged
For Chief Justiceship

Federal Circuit Court Judge John
Biggs of Wilmington, Del, las been
recommended to President Truman
for appointment as Chief Justice of
the United Staes, it was learned
today.
Judge Biggs is a Democrat and a
judge of the third judicial circuit.
The President, it is said, is giving
consideration to the advisability of
appointing Chief Justice not now a
member of the Supreme Court.
Backers of Judge Biggs say, how
ever, that should the President even
tually pick member of the court for
Chief Justice, the Delaware judge
would acceptably fill the Office of
associate Justice.
Evening star., 1946-05-08
EccIes Sees Danger
To Public Safety in
Violent Labor Strife
Urges OPA Extension;
Tells Senators Nation
Must Deal With Disputes
BY the Asxocioted Press

Chairman Mariner S. Eccles
of the Federal Reserve Board
said today violent" labor strife
in key industries threatens the
public safety and the Govern
ment should have some means
of controlling the disputes.
Mr.. Eccles, appearing before the
Senate Banking Committee to urge
a years extension Of price control,
testified:
mo group, no leaders, ever have
the right to inflict such injury upon
the general public. Dictators as
sumo such a right. It has no place
in a democracy"
Stresses Full Production.
Describing full production as the
country's chief need, Mr.. Eccles said
that already too much time has been
lost because Of paralysis of vital
industry-coal, steel, lumber, auto
mobiles, among Others"
He said that as necessary as he
considered an extension of OPA, the
public should not be misled into
thinking that is enough to hold the
line against inf1ation."
Neither this nor other devices for
dealing with infiationary effects can
succeed unless we reach full produc-
ton without further delay" he said.
Failure to produce is the chief
co11rro of tho S1oroor
Is Not Taking Sides.
Mr. Eccles said he was not familiar
enough with the situation to recon-
mend any specific labor legislation.
He added that he is not taking sides,
that there has been plenty of abuse
by capital of labor"
"The Government should have
some means-some court-where
controversies can be settled by the
Government" Mr.. Eccles said.
He told Senator Bankhead, Demo-
crat, Of Alabama he knew of no
such means now.
do you think priority should be
given to labor legislation over OPA
legislation?" asked Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio.
Both are essential at this time.
1 don't know which must have
priority" Mr.. Eccles replied.
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Truman Fovors Keeping Autos
From Hands of Crazy People
Asks Uniform Rules
On Traffic Sufety
As PorIey Opens

President Truman today called
on State and local governments
to keep people who don't know
how to drive safely-he called
them nuts, morons and crazy
people"-away from the wheels
Of automobiles, as the major part
of a concerted highway safety
program to check the mounting
toll of disaster" in traffic acci-
dents.
Speaking at the opening session
of three-day Highway Safety Con-
ference meeting at his call in the
Departmental Auditorium, Mr.. Tru-
man also urged establishment OF
uniform rules of the road" and ap-
pealed ito every driver and pedes-
trian for cooperation in making our
streets and highways safer"
"The problem before you is ur-
gent" the President told the ap-
proximately 1000 State Governors
Federal, State and local traffic off,
cials and safety experts gathered to
Evening star., 1946-05-08
21-Nation Conference
June IS Is Reported
Proposed by Byrnes
Secretary Soid to Have
Suggested That Big a
Shift Peace Treaty Job
BY the Associoted Press

PARIS, May 8.-Secretary OF
State Byrnes was said by Brit
ish informant today to have
proposed shifting the burden OF
drafting Europe's peace treaties
from the Four-Power Council to
a 21-nation peace conference to
meet in Paris June IS as the For
eign Ministers Conference ap-
peared to be breaking up on the
rocks of Southwestern diScord
The informant said it was con-
ceded the foreign ministers of Brit
ain, Russia, France and the United
States were unable to agree on the
major points of the treaties, but a
member of the American delegation
said the four ministers would con-
tinue their sessions at least into next
week.
Details of the debate which fol-
lowed Mr.. Byrnes' proposal were
lacking, but it was reported his three
colleagues replied that they would
have to consult their governments.
v. M. Molotov, the Russian for
eign minister. was reported to have
said in a series of long speeches
that he had hoped the drafts OF
treaties could be written before the
81 nations met. But he did not re-
ject or accept Mr.. Byrnes' proposal
outright.
Compromise Set Last September.
The present compromise formula
for writing Europe's peace treaties
was decided in London last Septem-
ber. The Russians then insisted on
limiting the participants in conclud-
ing peace treaties to the big powers
and the enemy belligerents. The
British and Americans insisted on
inviting the smaller Allies. The COM
promise called for the big powers
to prepare drafts which would be
submitted to a 21-nation conference
for discussion and suggestions, with
the big powers having the final say
The other three ministers were
said, however. to have accepted a
suggestion by Mr.. Byrnes that thei,
deputies draw up a list of points or
which they have agreed and an
other list on which they have dis
agreed.
1t was conceded that the list woulc
show that the United States anc
(See CONFERENCE Page A-60
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Ohio S Primary Sets
Stage for 1948 Fight
Between Bricker, Taft
Two CIO-PAC Choices
leod, One Trails in
Alabama Voting
Bv Gould inrofn
By Gould Lincoln

Ohio's primary elections yes
terday set the stage, in all
probability, for a contest within
the more conservative wing of
the Republican party for the
1948 presidential nomination,
with the unopposed nomination
of former Gov. John w. Bricker
for Senator.
If he wins election in November,
as he is expected to do, Mr.. Bricker
and Senator Taft will have to fight
it out to determine which is to
to be the Ohio Republican candi-
date for the presidential nomina-
ticn.
Three other States, Alabama, Flor
ida and Indiana, held primary elec-
tlons. In Alabama, testing ground
OF the influence of the CLOS Poll
tical Action Committee, two PAC-
indorsed candidates were leading
and third trailed.
Both Mr.. Bricker and Senator
Taft, at least through their friends.
already are seeking the presidential
nomination. In 1910 and 1914, they
settled the issue without primary
contest-Senator Taft receiving the
support of Mr.. Bricker in 1910, and
Mr.. Bricker the support OF Senator
Taft in 1914. A primary race be-
tween the two in 1948 would split
the Ohio Republican party wide
open.
Mr. Bricker's democratic opponent
next fall will be Senator James w.
Huffman, according to the latest
Associated Press reports. Senator
Huffman was appointed by Gov.
Lausche to fill vacancy caused by
the resignation of former Senator
Burton, Republican, who was ap-
pointed to the Supreme Court.
Senator Huffman, a son-in-law of
the late Governor and Senator Vic
Donahey, defeated former Repre-
sentative Stephen Young and Mar
win c. Harrison, Cleveland at
torney who had the backing of
the CLOS PAC. Mr.. Harrison ran
third.
With returns virtually complete,
Senator Huffman was 1880 votes
(See LINCOLN m paoe A-EI
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Palestine Report Is Betrayal
Of Arabs, King |bn Soud Says
Cannot Advise People
Longer to Remain
Quiet, He Declares
By W. E. Curtis
Assoeiofed Press Foreign CORRESPONDENT

SssSS's'ee F'Ss> 'o'eiSH SOHeSPoHoSnt
R1YADH, Saudi Arabia, May 8.
king Ibn Saud of Saudi Ara
bia, terming the British-Amer-
lean Inquiry Committee on Pal
estine a betrayal" declared
today, 81 can not advise Arabs
longer to keep quiet"
The six-foot, four-inch monarch,
who is regarded as the foremost
leader of the Arab world because
of his position as protector of the
cities of Mecca and Medina, told
the Associated Press in an exclusive
interview:
'We still hope the American and
British governments won't put these
recommendations into effect be-
cause then the betrayal will be COM
plete.
II have been doing my best to
convince Arabs to work hand in
hand with the Allies because I was
certain that one day justice would
be done," he continued. But now we
feel these recommendations are q
betrayal"
The King said he recognized that
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Another Overseas Star
Available Today

The latest Overseas Edition
of The Star is available to-
day at both The Star office
and the street floor service
desk in Lansburgh's Depart
ment Store.
Copies are free, with en-
velopes for mailing, but the
edition is strictly limited.
Please do not waste a single
copy.
Evening star., 1946-05-08

Inns, Senator Bilbo's chief opponent
in this race, and the Senator made
frequent sharp answers to the issues
Mr.. Collins has raised.
Senator Bilbo, fighting harder
than he has in II years against Mr..
Collins and four other opponents,
first describes what he has done
for farmers and Mississipians gen.
CONTINUED on Page A-6, Column s.
Evening star., 1946-05-08

something must be done to help the
Jews in Europe but indicated he
felt it was problem In the solution
OF which the entire world should
THE fact that the acceptance of
10000 Jews into Palestine Zone of
the Inquiry Committees recommen-
dations) does not settle the refugee
{See PALESTINE, Page A-6.5
Evening star., 1946-05-08
BY the kssociotsd Press

With a test vote fast ap-
preaching, Senator Mcfarland,
Democrat, of Arizona called on
his colleagues today to demand
a "businesslike settlement" of
Britain's World War I debt be-
fore approving the proposed new
$3.50, 100000 credit.
The Western Senator spoke In
support of his amendment specify
ing that the settlement take the
form of American rights to wartime
bases in British possessions.
The Senate met Is minutes earlier
than its usual noon convening hour
under an agreement to vote on the
Mcfarland amendment by 2:45 pm.
There was bare possibility that
the entire loan measure which has
tied up Senate legislative machinery
more than three weeks might be
cleared to the House by nightfall.
Wants Old Debt Talks.
In his prepared address, Senator
Mcfarland said that all he asked
was that Britain shall sit down
with us and work out some mutually
equitable method of adjusting the
First World War Indebtedness"
Saying this amounts to the dis
puted unpaid balance on $4,277, ,0O0,-
600, which some loan proponents
believed should be forgotten, the
Arizona Senator added:
Let them 60 out and explain to
the American taxpayers who dug
into their pockets to float and pay
for the loan and the interest on it."
Any agreement on the old debt, he
asserted, should grant the United
States first, permanent use of the
so-called 99-year bases; second, the
elimination of the present restric-
ton against commercial use of those
bases, and third, the right to use
for commercial purposes other bases
which We with blood. sweat and
tears won back from the enemy for
Britain, and others which we helped
Britain retain"
Cost Put at $4,000, 900 900.
Senator Mcfarland said the bases
on which 99-year military leases
were granted in 1910 in exchange
for so over-age destroyers cost
American taxpayers some $4,000
100000 and their "airfields and
communications centers are poten-
TALLY far more valuable in peace
time than they were in war"
Brushing aside arguments that
this country already is assured of
rights, Senator Mcfarland cited
what he described as protests from
American airline operators and COM
munications and press groups to re-
cent British-American aviation and
the communications agreements.
To contentious that the bases are
white elephants Senator McFar-
land said the British could i'll afford
to keep them if this were true and
in any event all this country wants
is the airfields and bases, not the
surrounding territories.
Administration Senators, fighting
to put the resolution through with
out change, regarded the Mcfarland
proposal as likely to attract more
votes than any other of series of
proposed amendments.
Majority Leader Barley has
served notice that adoption of any
amendment which would require re-
negotiation of the loan agreement
would be the same as killing it.
Senator Barkley said he wanted
only one hour of the three before
(See BRITISH LOAN, Page abb
Evening star., 1946-05-08
Dead Plane Engine
DELAYS Eisenhower
BY the Associated Pres,

MANILA, May 8.-Gen. Eisen-
hower's luck as a trouble-free flyer
ran out today. His transport plane.
the "Sunf1ower 3D." returned to
Manila with dead engine shortly
after taking off for Okinawa, ending
the chief of staff's record at 600
hours.
Gen. Eisenhower took off in an
other C-54 after a three-hour delay.
Evening star., 1946-05-08

and told the man inside they would
count i've to give him a chance to
come out safely before they started
shooting. Again there was no an
swer. Then the agents let 60 with
q shotgun blast. Mansour walked
(see MANsOUR, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1946-05-08
T Trumun Works as Usual
On cd Birthday
By Tho As.oeiuisd Press

President Truman observed his
62d birthday today by posting a
business as usual" notice at the
White House.
If the family planned any party
Mr.. Truman hadn't been told about
it. Neither had White House Of
dcials.
Secretary Charles G. Ross said
Mr.. Truman told him it WOULD be
like any other day, only more so,'
and that if there was to be a BIRTH
day cake it was being kept secret
from him.