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Evening star., 1946-12-12
Leon Blum Elected
Interim Premier by
France Assembly
Socialists Task Nov
Is to Get All Parties
To Agree on Program
BY ihs As.oeiotsd Press

PARIS, Dec. 12.-Socialist L,eor
Blum, IA, was elected President.
Premier today of the interim
French government which viii
serve until mid-January.
Vote tabulators said the National
Assembly. gave Mr.. Blum about SIS
ballots. He needed $40 for the abso-
lutte majority.
Mr.. Blum now faces the task OF
getting the parties to agree on a
program, and on whether the right
ist parties should be included In the
cabinet.
His cabinet will be occupied chief
ly with voting a budget for the first
quarter Of 1947.
Negotiated U. s. Loan.
Mr.. Blum's most outstanding role
since he was liberated from a Ger
man prison camp in May, 1945, was
the negotiation of the United States
loan to France last spring.
The new cabinet he would be
called on to form is scheduled to
be replaced In mid-January by a
permanent government.
The Socialist Party had an
nounced earlier in the day that Mr..
Blum would take the job on con-
dition that he be unopposed.
The announcement came as
leaders of the principal French
parties met In an effort to break the
nations political deadlock.
Andre LIE Troquer, chief Of the
Socialist parliamentary group. said
in an interview that Mr.. Blum in
tended to retain Mr.. Bidault as
Foreign Minister. Mr.. Bidault has
continued acting in that position
after the recent resignation of the
government which he headed.
Issues in Deadlock.
The parties had been deadlocked
on these points:
/. Who should be in the new
government. Whether it should in
clude the big three parties Com
munists, Socialist and MRP, as well
as the radicals and far rightist
parties.
2. Who should head the govern
ment.
3. What the governments pro-
gram shall be. Essentially, should
it be based on a rigidly state di-
rected economy, as desired by the
two Markist parties, or on a free
enterprise system.
4. How long the government
should last, should it actually be
provisional and be scrapped in mid
January, or really a definite one
that will be simply reconstructed
after the President Of the republic
is chosen.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Quinn, Who Broke District Jail
Joins Hunger Strike in Prison

permitted more privileges" Mr..
Burke said. I'VE at the prison feel
otherwise. We are not going to
force them to eat. They are being
served three meals a day, the same
as anyone else. When they get
hungry they'll eat"
Although confined in the segre-
CATION section, the warden said, the
prisoners are accorded some privi-
leges including exercise in the prison
yard and permission to listen to
radio broadcastS.
Van SAINT, Webb, Mcknight and
Sinister took part in a hunger
strike in October, 1945, which lasted
IA days.
Quinn was ringleader Of the day
light robbery in March, 1945, Of two
bank messengers carrying $4,000 in
payroll money from a downtown
Washington bank to Kann's depart
ment store. After his arrest and
conviction, Quinn escaped from Dis
trict Jail last November and re-
manned at large until Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation agents ar
rested him In Chicago in February
this year.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
100000 Chinese Reds
Reported Set 10 Attack
BY III. Associated Pres,

PEIPING, Dec. 12.-Goyernment
sources today said more than 100, ,000
Chinese Communist troops are lined
up for 200 miles along the north
bank of the Sungari River, posed to
strike south into Nationalist terri
tory.
Only spark is needed to touch of
Communist offensive, they added
Sand has been spread over the
frozen Sungari to facilitate crossings
The Communists continued to
pour reinforcements into three areas
north of Changchun. Nationalist
authorities said the Communist
forces were fashioned into an arc
so to 80 miles north of the Man
churian capital.
YENAN, Dec. 8 (P Delayed -
Mao Use -tung, chairman of the
Chinese Communist Party, stated
fatty tonight the Communists in
tend to recover, by arms If neces-
sary, all of the territory they have
lost to government troops in the
past year.
This, he said, includes their big
military base at Kalgan and
Chengteh in North Kiangsu Prov
ince.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
R. Y. Fletcher Named
American Railroad
Association Head
Acting President Elected
To Post Left Vacant BY
Deuth Of ]. J. Pelley
By ,hs Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R. v
Fletcher, who has been acting
president of the Association Of
American Railroads since the
death of ]. J. Pelley a month ago
today was elected president by
the directors of the association
Mr.. Fletcher has been the associa-
tion's vice president for research.
It was reported in railroad circles
that Ralph Budd, president of the
Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy Rail
road, had rejected an offer to place
his name in nomination for the
presidency.
Directors at their meeting today
expressed willingness to discuss with
the Chesapeake g. Ohio, Pere Mar
uuette and the Nickel Plate Rail
roads a proper basis" on which
these roads might effect their with
drawaI from association member
ship while continuing their connec-
tion with several association activi-
tieA
Director Didn't Attend.
Robert r. Young, chairman of the
C. g. O., announced on October 10
that the three lines Of the G. & O.
system we're filing notice of with
drawal from the association.
The directors said today the @
g. o. lines had expressed desire to
continue their connection with the
car service and several other
branches of the organization.
r. j. Bowman, president OF the
C. q o., who has been a director
did not attend today's meeting.
william White, president Of the
Delaware, L,ackawanna 81 Western
Railroad, was elected to succeed Mr.
Bowman on the board. Others
named to the board included:
E. S. French, president OF the
Boston g. Maine Railroad to succeed
lH. S. Palmer, president OF the New
York, New Haven g. Hartford; q: =
Ashby, president of the Union Pa
lcific Railroad, to succeed r. L. WI
lliams, president Of the Chicago g
Northwestern, and w. G. Voilmer
president Of the Texas q Paclne
Railway, to succeed Wilson NC.
ICarthy, trustee OF the Denver q Rle
Grande Western.
| Need for Organization.
Mr.. Fletcher told the directors
"there IS greater need now thar
ever before for q national organ
ization" Of railroads to enable then
to improve their work and mee'
their responsibilities to the public
Reporting On the associations &C
tiyities this year and plans for next
year, Mr.. Fletcher noted that l94t
presented operating problems
which in many instances were more
severe and difficult than they were
even during the war itself. He
added:
sThe fact that this fall the rail-
roads handled weekly more car
loads 81 freight for each car In serv-
Ice, and more loaded box cars than
lever before at any time, Is one IL
lustration Of the value to the coun-
try Of the cooperation in trans
portation which the AAR Is or
ganizcd to foster"
Evening star., 1946-12-12
|2-Hour Wildcat SitdoWn Strike
Hats Dupont Exchange Calls
Phone Union Head Quickly Ends Dispute
Over Three Non-Members on Duty

A personal tiff between 232
union operators of the Dupont
telephone exchange and three
nonunion operators resulted to-
day in a two-hour wildcat" sit
down strike in the exchange
Office at Fourteenth and R
streets NV.
The strike" ended at noon, after
Mrs. Mary E. Cannon, president of
the Washington Telephone Traffic
Union, a branch of the National
Federation of Telephone Workers,
told the operators to behave your
selves and go back to work"
The sitdown started at 10 am.
on the North exchange, which
handles North, Columbia, Adams
and Decatur calls. At II am. it
spread to the Dupont exchange,
which handles Dupont, Hobart,
Michigan and some Executive calls.
Dial phoning was not affected, only
calls requiring the use of an operator,
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. said it had been warned at 9:25
Evening star., 1946-12-12
BiIbo's Campaign Chief Named
As One of AirfieId Contractors
Former Army Engineer Official Tells
Probers Alfred Friend Wos Front Mon

A Senate War Investigating
Subcommittee was told today
that Albert B. Friend, Senator
Bilbo's campaign manager, was
in the contracting group that
won a contract to build an Army
airfield at Meridian, Miss, in
1941.
This was high light Of the open
ing of hearings by a three-member
subcommittee into the alleged finan-
cial transactions Of the Mississippi
Democrat with war contractors IN
that State. The investigators have
received sworn complaints that
Senator Bilbo received more than
$50 900 cash, q new home and other
gratuities from contractors
Mai. Gen. Thomas M. Robins told
investigators that Mr.. Friend was
the promoter" and front man
Evening star., 1946-12-12

am. that the strike would begin at
10. Mrs. Cannon said the call did
not come from union headquarters
She learned the strike" had
ended when she received a tele-
phone call in her Office at union
headquarters.
"Oh, it's you," she said. "What
the dickens has been going on up
there? Shame on you"
There was some more conversa-
ton, then she concluded:
well, you're back at work. Okay
Next time, try to remember to let
me know about these things"
Mrs. Cannon denied that the
union had asked the company to
dismiss the nonunion employees, add
ing that the union had no right to
tell the company whom it should
hire or fire. She said the unions
Grievance Committee would talk
with company officials in the near
future, in an effort to prevent such
incidents in the future.
She said the union is not now
(See PHONE. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Two Caught With $50, 900
In Detroit Bank HoIdup
" the Assocjuted Press

DETROIT, Dec. 1.-TWO men
held up employees of Detroit
branch bank in an outlying section
today, but we're captured by police
as they started out the rear door
with an estimated $4,000, all OF
which was recovered.
Police said the men, armed with
pistols, ordered tellers to hand them
the money and then locked them
ia i vault. While they were gath
ering up the money, an employe
stepped on an alarm button.
As two police sergeants were
about to enter the rear door, the
bandits appeared and Immediately
surrendered to the ofncers.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
20 Morooned in Homes
Near Seattle by Floods
BY the Associated Press

SEATTLE, Dec. 12.-More than 20
men, women and children, marooned
by the flooding Green River, waited
at the windows Of upper floors of
their homes south Of Seattle early
today, while soldiers from Fort Lewis
and sheriff's deputies failed repeat
edly in efforts to rescue them.
Authorities reported that bridge
serving them was under water and
tGo Shaky for Army trucks to risk.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Man Is Found Hanging
By Sweater in Cell

A man identified by police as
Arthur T. Newman. Al, of the 1000
block Oglethorpe street, Hyattsville
Md, was found hanging by his
sweater from a ninth precinct cell
door shortly after S am. today.
He was taken to Gallinger Hospi-
tai, where doctors pronounced him
dead at $40 am. Police say he
was brought into the station at
11:05 pm. yesterday on a charge
of drunkenness. He was identified
ac clerk
Evening star., 1946-12-12

for a group of contractors awarded
the contract for the Key Airfield
at Meridian.
Now retired, Gen. Robins, former
assistant chief Of Army engineers,
said MIR. Friend appeared in WASH
ington on behalf Of the contractors.
Another witness, Douglas !. Nc
Kay, special assistant to the chief
of engineers, said he had heard
"rumors" that Friend was to get
"a 5000 cut" in the $63. ITS fixed
fee to be paid the contractors for
their work at Meridian.
Mr.. Mckay added that he had
no personal knowledge Of such an
agreement.
After Senator Ferguson. Repub-
Ilican, Of Michigan and COMMITTEES
Counsel George Meader had sought
:
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Gen. Rocks Nominated
To Succeed La Guardi;
As UNRRA Director
Officer Will Supervise
Final Activities of
Expiring Relief Agency
BY the Assoeiufed Press

Maj. Gen. Lowell w. Rocks
American Army officer, was
nominated today to succeed
Fiorello La Guardia December 81
as director general of UNRRA.
UNRRA's nine nation Central
Committee unanimously nominated
him and adopted an expression o1
regret at Mr.. La Guardia's decision
to resign. The 48-nation UNRRA
Council is expected to approve the
appointment tomorrow.
GeH,.Rooks, currently deputy di-
rectof.will direct the expiring relief
agerfcy's final three months Of aid
to the Far East and help wind up
relief operations in Europe.
La Guardia to Relax.
Mr.. La Guardia, UNRRA chief for
the past nine months, told re-
porter he plans to relax write and
think" after he quits his position.
Gen. Rocks is on loan to UNRRA
from the Army He was deputy chief
of staff under Gen. Eisenhower tn
the German campaign commanded
the Goth Division in the final stages
Of the. Battle of the Bulge" and
helped to crack the Siegfried line.
After We day, he headed the Al
lied group which took control over
the self styled acting German gov
ernment" and the German high
command.
There are prospects of an Amer
ican-Soviet dispute over the method
of winding up UNRRA.
Russia Makes Two Demands.
At issue is more than $625, 600, 600
in unexpended UNRRA funds for
relief shipments abroad.
Russia, through its chief delegate,
Nikolai Feonov, has demanded that:
/. Existing contracts for UNRRA
aid to needy countries be carried
out to the letter, and
2. That UNRRA, officially sched-
uled to end December 81, continue
until April, 1947.
Would Oppose Both Proposals.
Both proposals encountered i'm
mediate, bitter opposition from the
American delegate, G. Tyler Wood.
The receiving countries must not
be deprived of the promised relief
only because some calendar date ar
rives," Mr.. Fonov told the delegates
at yesterdays stormy session.
"The question is, will UNRRA full
fill its programs or will it terminate
it's activities leaving the programs
unfulflled and the funds unused?"
Informal committee discussion
showed a count of five to three
speakers in favor of prolonging the
councils life until next April, with
Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yu-
goslavia, and Norway ranged against
the United States, the United King
dom and Australia. Final decision
was left for the full Councils action,
Lii
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Truman Names Foley
And Creedon 10 Posts
Vacated by Wyatt
Entire Housing Situation
Will Be Discussed at
Conference Later Today

President Truman today named
two men to replace Wilson w.
Wyatt, who resigned last week
as the Nations housing chief
after a controversy over con-
tinued controls.
Raymond M. Foley, commissions
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton, viii take over as administrator
lof the National Housing Agency,
and Frank r. Creedon as housing
expediter. Mr.. Wyatt held both
posts.
| At the same time, the President
| disclosed he would discuss the en-
tire future course OF the Govern.
ment in connection with the hous.
| ing situation at conference latel
this afternoon.
The President said he had NJ
intention of abandoning rem
controls.
Responding to reporters questions
| as to whether an immediate increase
in rent ceilings was ahead. Mr.. TTu-
man explained he had no plans to
order such boost. He added, how
ever, he did not know what the OPA
might have in mind.
Those Called in Conference.
Attending the White House con-
ference will be Maj. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, just named head of the
new Office of Temporary Controls,
which will carry on war emergency
agencies duties; RFC Director
George E. Allen, John r. Steelman,
renamed as an assistant to the Pres
ident; Mr.. Creedon and Maj. Gen.
Robert S. Littlejohn, war assets ad-
miniStrator.
Mr.. Foley will continue as FILA
commissioner, Mr.. Truman said.
Mr.. Creedon, former deputy to
Civilian Production Administrator
John B. Small in charge Of CPA
construction activities, is a native
of Brockton, Mass, and a graduate
|of the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology.
He first entered Government serv-
ice in 1910, and from early 1914 to
|mid-1945 was resident manager in
charge of construction at the atomic
bomb plant at Oak Ridge Tenn.
Has Headed FHA for Year.
Mr.. Foley, formerly in charge OF
FILA operations in Michigan for a
number of years, was appointed
|FHA chief more than q year ago.
Meanwhile, Senator Stewart, DEM
ocrat. Of Tennessee said that indus
try's demand for immediate removal
of all construction controls "con-
firms my opinion that the veterans
housing program is begged down. :
Senator Stewart made this state
|ment to reporters as his Senate
Small Business subcommittee sum-
moned additional industry repre-
|sentatives for their views on BUILD
ing restrictions.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Federal Employees Will Get
Half Holiday December "a

Government employees will get a
half holiday on Christmas Eve un-
der an executive order signed today
by President Truman.
The order covers both Washing
ton and the field service and ex-
cludes only those workers whom
agency heads deem necessary to
keep on duty.
Prior to the war a half or whole
holiday on Christmas Eve was gen.
eral Government practice.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
BY tho A..oeiot.d p,.s,

pf tbo As&oSt0Ied rfeSt
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-A
United Nations subcommittee
with an unexpected burst 0.
speed quickly approved the frs
half of a draft plan on worle
arms reduction today after vot.
ing two amendments. The As.
sembly is striving to adjourn b,
tomorrow night.
The new provisions injected init
the arms plan:
/. Added requirement that an!
program adopted by the Security
Council must be approved by spe.
cial session of the 54-nation Gen.
eral Assembly in addition to slip.
ulation already accepted that il
must be ratified by individual y. N
member states.
O. Laid down q specific condition
that any arms reduction program
must provide for the control ol
atomic energy ito the extent neces-
sary to insure its use only for peace
full purposes, |"
Both provisions were offered BY
Canada and accepted with little
debate, the first .by q 10-to-9 vote
and the second unanimously.
Franco Resllution Debated.
Meanwhile, the General Assembly
in plenary session debated resolu-
ton, already approved by the 54-
nation Political Committee. recon-
mending that all member states
Immediately recall their Ambassa-
dors and Ministers from Franco
Spain.
Polish Delegate Oscar Lange
sought to have the Spanish debate
postponed because of light attend
ance at the session, but was voted
down. 21 to Is.
The Subcommittee on Arms Re-
duction drove ahead with its work Al
President Paul Henri
Spaak OF Belgium announced he was
to stay In New York "until
Christmas, 1948," II necessary te
break the stalemate over the arms
reduction and troop census plans.
Mr.. Spaak had said yesterday he
would sail for home Saturday, re-
gardless of whether the Assembly
had finished its business.
Byrnes Ready to Intervene.
Secretary OF State Byrnes was re-
ported ready to intervene In the
discussions for the first time, but
probably not before tomorrow.
Senator Connally represented the
United States, but Mr.. Byrnes was
said to be ready to step in at the
appropriate time"
American sources indicated, how
ever, that If Mr.. Byrnes felt the
subcommittee could reach agree
ment without his participation he
would delay his statement until the
issues come before a plenary ses-
sion of the Assembly.
Both British and American
sources close to their respective
delegations believed that some sort
of arms reduction program could
be agreed on at this session of the
Assembly. But there was grow
ing belief that the whole question
of a troop inventory might be COM
pletely washed out and delayed until
next years assembly session.
The disarmament resolution as
drawn up finally by the drafting
group calls for:
l. General reduction of arma-
ments and armed forces.
2. Top priority for considering
prohibition of atomic weapons.
8. Effective safeguards by way OF
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Plenty Of Replies

A local attorney, in paying
for three classified ads, writes:
May / take this occasion to
tell you that, in competition
with other Washington papers
running the same ad at the
same time, The Evening Star
produced ten times as many
inquiries"
All advertisers should not
expect results to this extent.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Mexico Names Attuche

MEXICO CITY, Dec. IL P.-
Gen. Leobardo G. Ruiz was named
Military Attache to the Mexican
Embassy in washington today. He
said he would leave for his post
next week.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
Clay Back in Berlin

BERLIN, Dec. IL DIT. Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, deputy American
military governor, returned to his
headquarters here today after SPEND
inbg a month in the United States.
Evening star., 1946-12-12
U. n. Group0k's 5
Basis Of World
Arms Cut Plan
Inspection, Control
Machinery to Be Free
Of Bie-Power Veto
BULLETIN

NEW YORK tR.-A United
Nations subcommittee today
approved the basic principles
of a world wide arms limita-
tion program providing for,
inspection and control ma
chinery free Of the big-power
veto.
Evening star., 1946-12-12

central point from which TO dis
tribute pledge cards. As suggested
to the banks and stores, the plan
would place blank Chest pledge cards
where customers could obtain them
on request.
Arrangements have been made for
receipts for such gifts to be mailed
to the giver from Chest Federation
headquarters, l101 IN street NV.
While the plan is being put Into op-
Grafton, contributors may continue
Evening star., 1946-12-12

Banks and large retail stores IN
the downtown area are being asked
to assist in providing pledge cards
for persons who have not yet con-
Evening star., 1946-12-12

tributed to the
C o m m u nity
G h e $ t Fedora
ton cor1paign.
Campaign Of
fcials said the
plan was de-
veloped in re-
sponse to many
ro1r,ncfS for a.
Evening star., 1946-12-12

.(See FIRE, Page A-4.)
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(See q. n, Page A-4.)
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tSee BHBo, Page AS.
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(See TAKES, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1946-01-28
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Evening star., 1946-01-28
Uncle Rays Corner
PRIVATE LIVES

A certain king felt greatly pleased
one day. A son was born in the
royal family, the first prince of the
realm during this kings reign.
The monarch was Louis XIII, and
he had been on the French throne
since he was 81 years old. Seven
years later he had married prin-
cess known as Anne of Austria.
The son, and first child. was born
% years after the marriage. There
was great excitement in France,
People both inside and outside the
palace were glad that prince had
come into the world.
The little one was given the name
OF Louis, and he was to belong to
a long line of French rulers of the
same name. The best possible care
was taken of him. He was heir to
great wealth and was to rule one OF
the leading kingdoms in Europe.
Before the prince reached his fifth
birthday his father died, and the
son was hailed as king under the
name of Louis XIV. His mother
and Cardinal Mazarin, her chief
minister, took charge of public af-