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Evening star., 1946-04-06
Exploratory Farley
Gives Hint Of Endinq
Westinghouse Strike
BY the Assoeioied Press

PITTSBURGH, April 5.-New
hope was raised today for early
settlement of the 8l-day-old West
inghouse Electric Corp, strike as
company and union officials an
nounced they had spent the last
three days conferring on a basis
for resuming direct negotiations.
Earlier talks before special Gov
eminent mediators broke down
about two weeks ago when the CIO-
United Electrical Radio and Ma
chine Workers rejected a company
offer which failed to meet the un-
ions demand for a pay raise of
1872 cents an hour and demanded
changes in the contract, which ex-
pired March 81
The mediators, Arthur Meyers
and William H. Davis, withdrew
from the case and reported to Sec
retary Of Labor Schwellenbach that
the company's position made
further mediation impossible.
Engaging in the three day con-
ference, which ended last night,
were Gwilym A. Price, Westinghouse
president; L. E Osborne, union
senior vice president, and James
j. Matles. director of organization
for the union
A Westinghouse spokesman said
the discussions were purely ex-
ploratory" and that mo conclusions
have been reached" Both company
and union said the object of the
talks was ito bring about further
negotiations.
Mr. Matles returned to New York.
presumably to report progress to top
union officials.
Meanwhile. the Executive Com
mittee of the Association of West
inghouse Salaried Employees. repre-
senting $500 white collar workers
at four plants in the Pittsburgh
area, authorized its members to re-
turn to their jobs Monday.
John H. Dillon, president of the
union, said the action was in line
with UE's proposal to the company
that clerical and technical employees
be permitted to work as long as they
did not engage in production.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Rites for George Dessez,
Architect, Set Monday

Funeral services for George
Adolphus Dessez. IS, architect and
native of Washington. will be held
at 8 am. Monday in St. Matthew
Cathedral. Mr.. Dessez died in New
York Monday.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Mr.. Dessez was the son of the late
Jean Baptiste Leon Dessez, French
engineer, who came to Washington
in l848. He was associated with
Eggers & Higgins, New York archi-
tects.
He is survived by a son. 1st 1t.
John Richey Dessez, A. U. S.; a
daughter, Mrs. Paul Cassard, and
two sisters, Miss Henriette Louise
Dessez, all of Washington, and Mrs
Francis Furlong, of Annapolis, Md.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Ten Unionists in GE Strike
Indicted in Contempt
lY the As,oeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, April 6. Ten
union officials were indicted yester-
day on contempt of court charges,
accused Of melting strikers to defy
a mass picketing injunction.
Officials of CIO United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers Union
were charged with instructing Cen
eral Electric Co. workers to mass
picket at a GE plant, then strike
bound, in defiance of an injunction
issued by Common Pleas Court
Judge Thomas D. Finletter.
Usual procedure in such cases is
for a judge merely to cite a person
for contempt. However, the de-
PENDANTS were indicted jointly un-
der the old common law of England
and under an act of 1881 which
entities defendant accused of vio-
lating an injunction to the right OF
jury trial
The district attorneys Office here
said it was the first time any one
had taken advantage of the 1891
sct and sought jury trial on con-
tempt charges.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Mine Detector Finds
S153,150 Loot Buried
by Postal EmpIoye
B, the Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April g.
The bulk of $4,000 in currency,
missing since May 16. 1914, was
located here by postal inspectors
in the back yard of postal employe
now dead who confessed the theft
shortly before his death. He had
hidden the money.
Using a mine detecting device
borrowed from the Army, postal
authorities late Thursday began
digging at spot, where the detector
showed it was over metal. -Four
hours later they unearthed $153, $50
in two glass jars and two tin cans,
sealed with parafin and inclosed in
two lengths Of stovepipe feet below
the surface.
The money was dug up between a
chicken coop and the rooming house
OF Mrs. Joseph D. Marshall, widow
OF the registry clerk who admitted
just before he died August 10, 1914,
following an appendectomy that he
took the currency.
$4,000 Still Missing.
The search is continuing for
SIT 900, which is still missing. Postal
authorities said Marshall spent
nearly $4,000 for jewelry. Inspec-
tors said Mrs. Marshall, who was
acquitted by Federal jury in 1945
Of charges of conspiracy and of
secreting and carrying away the
money, was not implicated and that
she had given permission for a
search OF the grounds.
The robbery was discovered when
a Federal Reserve shipment, which
arrived here the night of May l6
consigned to Miami bank, disap-
peared. The package which was re-
ceived at Miami the next day was
dummy.
1t was Marshalls handwriting
which leo to his arrest After study
ing the penmanship on the dummy
package. postal authorities deter
mined that it Tailed with Marshall's
and arrested him.
Yard Searched Previously.
Marshall was indicted. but never
brought to trial He became i'll while
in Jail and it was not until he knew
he would not recover that he ad-
mitted taking the money.
The Marshall yard had been
searched previously, but postal au-
thorities mad no detecting device
and, although holes were dug, they
dio not 90 depth of 9 feet. Postal
inspectors felt. however, that Mar
shall had not had sufficient time
between the robbery and his arrest
10 days later to secrete the money
far from home They decided there
fore to try an Army mine detector.
The money was in good condition
and was returned to Washington by
special messenger. In the recovered
currency were three thousand $40
bills, forty $1,000 bills and the rest
in $40 bills.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
immigration From Reich
To u. :. 10 Start Soon

FRANKFURT, April 6.-Immi-
grafton from Germany to the United
States will be resumed April Is
when the first group of displaced
and persecuted persons leaves the
Munich assembly center for the
Bremen staging area, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Other groups will depart from
Stuttgart and Frankfurt April u to
make up an initial total of ap-
proximately 900 who will sail from
Bremen May l under the care of
the War Shipping Administration.
Top priority will be given to
refugees and victims of Naziism in
accordance with President Truman's S
directive December %, 1945, which
urged occupation officials to take
every possible measure to facilitate
full immigration to the United
States" to alleviate suffering among
displaced persons and refugees.
Claimants to American citizenship
are not included in the first group,
officials said.
After the first shipment, plans
call for moving between 300 and
900 persons weekly, with a total
annual quota of $4,000 for Central
Europe and the Baltic States.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Ruhr Question Delays
Fronco-British Treaty

PARIS, April (P.-Prospects for
early conclusion of a French British
treaty lessened yesterday, diplo-
matte sources said, with the French
cabinets decision to maintain Fore
ign Minister Georges Bidault's de-
mand for political detachment of
the Ruhr from Germany.
Britain has insisted on a simple
economic control of the industrial
region. which would remain politi-
cally attached to the Reich. French
President Felix Gouin in recent
speeches had suggested only an
economic separation.
The cabinet yesterday, however,
reaff1rmed the demand for interna-
tionalization of the Ruhr. Some dip
lomats said this would result in q
slowing down of progress in French
British treaty talks.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Chs Correspondent Loses
Press Status in Spain
By the Associated Press

MADRID, April 6.-Sidney Wise,
an American correspondent, today
said he had been compelled to sur
render his accreditation because of
what was called his Continued per-
sistent hostility to the Franco
regime.
Mr.. Wise represents the Columbia
Broadcasting System and the Over
seas News Agency. He said Tomas
Cerro, director general of the press,
objected to a story reporting the
arrest of 400 persons at Lugo, in
Northern Spain. Mr.. Wise said the
story mentioned some tortures and
that he had been unable to get a
specific denial of the truth of the
account from Cerro.
The correspondent said he had
not been advised whether he would
be expelled from Spain, but that
it was apparent he would be unable
to continue his work.
The order prevented Mr.. Wise
from sending his own story.
Evening star., 1946-04-06

to the first floor, where there was
only one unarmed man, with the
keys between them and liberty"
Mr.. Botkin pointed out that none
of the guards within the steel doors
of the Jail carried guns for the obvi-
Gus reason that there would be
danger that the prisoners would get
the gun.
Death Row Order Blamed.
He blamed the escape not only on
the two policemen, Hubert C. Davis
and Oscar C. Sanderlin, but on the
order from higher up that all men
sentenced to the chair should be
kept in the death house cell block.
He said that no one was locked
up there in 1914 because there
were no executions that year and
the practice was to put prisoners
IN the death cell block only when
they were about to be executed. He
said the death cell block was oc-
cupled only about a week in 1945.
To show how foolish the order
was" he said, when it came through
we had five men sentenced to death
and only four death cells. We had
to move four murderers over to
the death cell block and leave one
behind"
He said that use of the death cell
block takes more custodial manpow-
er. The system was to have a prison
guard "one of our own men," sit
ting right before a death cell when
prisoner was placed in it Just
before execution. To carry out the
order, additional manpower was fur
nished from the police force.
Former Chief at Lorton.
ut was absolutely unbelievable that
policemen who should know how
dangerous these men are should
have been playing cards with them,"
he said. How are you going to
guard against a thing like that"
Mr.. Botkin said he did not want
to come to the Jail in the first
1lace. He was transferred from Lor-
ton, where he was superintendent,
On the recommendation of the Rover
Committee five years ago. He
pointed out that at Lorton. there
never was an organized Jail break,
although it is an unwalled institu-
ton with no one between the pris-
oners and liberty but the guards.
He said he had been II years at the
Pontiac Prison, a State prison in
previously.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
U. 5. Opens Drive 10 End
Black Market in Lumber

The Government is launching q
Nationwide enforcement campaign
designed to stamp out black market
ing in lumber, a condition which
threatens the veterans housing
program.
Announcing this yesterday, Price
Administrator Porter and Attorney
General Clark declared in a Joint
statement that complaints had been
received from many parts of the
country that a serious black mar
ket has developed"
With funds authorized from Con-
gress for use in curbing violations
OF lumber price ceilings, OPA is
enlarging its investigative staff to
concentrate on the black market, Mr..
Porter said.
Mr.. Clark reported that all dis
trlct attorneys have been directed
TO summon violators before a grand
jury.
The price chief said the black
market in lumber was a threat to
the housing program.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
'KeiteI Tells Court
OF ; Hitler Orders
He Hated 10 Sign
BY the Assoeioted Press

NUREMBERG, April 6. - Field
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, former
chief of the German high command
listed for the International Military
Tribunal today the three worst
things I had to do against my con-
science" in serving Adolf Hitler.
He testified that these we're:
l. Ordering warfare in the Soviet
Union, which violated civilized rules
q Sanctioning the Gestapo execu-
ton of so escaped British Raj pris-
oners of war in 1914 and the lynch
law against terror" flyers.
3. Issuing decree for the houida
ton of patriots in occupied western
countries.
These decisions, which he at
tributed to Hitler but admitted
signing, were most against my edu-
cation as a German officer and my
inner voice." Keitel said.
Cruelty Admitted.
An operation whereby Gestapo
agents spirited suspected resist
ance leaders from their native
countries to death in Germany was
admitted by Keitel to be extreme
ly cruel and brutal" Families of
those so executed were not in
formed. he said.
Gen. r. A. Rudenko. Soviet pros
ecutor, asserted that a month be-
fore the war with Russia Keitel
signed directive for the shooting
and numbering of Soviet political
commissars.
TT did not contain the word mur-
der" Keitel said.
''It speaks for ITSELF Gen. Ru-
denko replied.
Keitel yesterday denied that Adolf
Hitler was simply an upstart for
mer corporal, saying he was a mill
tary genius who knew more than
the highest professional officers in
Germany.
Says Hitler Was Officer.
"a few years ago I found out from
Hitler himself that he was a lieu
tenant in Bavarian infantry regi-
ment at the end of the first World
War. although he fought throughout
as a private and noncommissioned
officer" the former German Army
chief said in answer to a mocking
question from 1t. Gen. Roman Ru-
denko Of the Soviet prosecution at
the war crimes trial.
Hitler had surprising knowledge.
For all the armies of the globe
and, what is more remarkable, for
all, the navies, he knew their lead
ership, organization, armament
and equipment and it was impos-
sible to prove him in error. ."
Keitel asserted that all Wehr-
macht orders which resulted in
atrocities originated with Hitler,
and declared "even in everyday
questions, I was the one who was
advised and not the adviser
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Peace
Continued From First Page.)

serving major matters on which
they cannot agree for resolution" by
the Foreign Ministers at the April
Is meeting.
The State Department said the
message, dated April 4, had only
just reached the other three capt.
tails. The fact that it was made
public before answers arrived car
ried some significance, for it would
have the effect of drawing internal
tional public attention to the Ameri-
can move. 4.s,s,
Some OF the major stumbling
blocks in the preliminary treaty.
framing work have been the still
unsettled questions regarding future
disposition of Italy's African colo
nies, reparations and settlement of
the Yugoslav-Italian frontier dis
pute in Istria.
Presumably, these are among the
major matters" which Mr. Byrnes
disclosed he had suggested be taken
up at the Paris meeting.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Show Reds Democracy,
Mrs. Roosevelt Urqes
By the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-"We
must show the Russian by acts, not
by lip service, what we mean by de-
mocracy," Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
said yesterday.
I'm dealing with the Russians We
must know what we mean by de-
mocracy. We must show them we
cannot be worn down and not tired
OUT she told an audience of 300 at
the 50th annual meeting of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science
She said study of American his
tory would show I'VE closed the door
to our country in the early days of
the Republic" and were suspicious
of others just as the Russians, who
know their economic and social
policies are opposite to the rest OF
the world"
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Welfare
Continued From First Page)

granted Mr.. Gill on charges filed by
the Welfare Board has prevented
hiring a new penal superintendent,
Mr.. Paul charged that the "un-
orthodox" decision to appoint an
inquiry board was dictated from the
White House.
I Mr.. Paul reported that both Com
missioner Young and Commissioner
Guy Mason told him I'VE must get
rid of Gill" just after the November
"a escape and assigned policemen
to conduct a search December 3 be-
cause they had no confidence in Mr..
Gill's ability.
Two members OF the Welfare
Board have positive information
that the attitude of the Commits
sloners changed when word came
from the White House that Mr.. Gill
should receive a public hearing be-
fore an independent board, accord
ing to Mr.. Paul.
A bill now in Congress to strip
the Welfare Board of administrative
powers and give authority over the
penal system to the commissioners
would divest the public of any voice
In its own government and give
undue power to men beholden only
to a "niggardly Congress" and the
White House, he said.
Paul Assails Coffee.
Mr.. Paul accused Commissioner
Young Of assigning inefficient police
men to the Jail. He said Repre-
sentative Coffee, chairman of the
District Subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee, is in
terested only in public relations in
his home State and repeatedly has
shown that he is antagonistic to-
ward provision of adequate public
welfare.
Mr.. Paul also indicated he doubts
that a special subcommittee ap-
pointed by the House District Com
mittee to investigate the penal
system can find out what is wrong.
The committee is headed by Repre-
sentative Hebert, Democrat, of
Louisiana.
IF Representative Hebert believes
a short, quick hearing will solve the
welfare problems of the District,
then I think he is making a great
mistake" Mr.. Paul asserted. IF
Congress gives the job of welfare
administration to the Commissioners
then we will be further away from
misrepresentation than we are
today"
Congress Called "NiggardIy."
Commissioner Young suggested
assigning police to the Jail following
the escape of five prisoners Novem-
ber "a "to give the public more con-
fidence," Mr.. Paul said. The Com
missioner allowed men with records
OF inefficiency to be "palmed off" on
the Welfare Board. Mr.. Paul
charged.
"The Welfare Board was in no po-
sition to investigate their records.
We had to take what we could get"
the vice chairman commented.
Mr.. Paul accused Congress of q
very niggardly attitude" toward re-
quests for more personnel and struc-
tural Improvements at the Jail and
said that was directly attributable"
to Representative Coffee.
Testimony on the 1947 District
appropriations bill shows that
Representative Coffee asked Ray L.
HUFF. welfare director. to submit q
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Clark Kerr Becomes
Boron InvercupeI
BY the Asseeioted Press

LONDON, April 6.-Sir Archibald
Clark Kerr, Ambassador designate
to the United States, has taken the
title of Baron Invercapel of Loeb
Eek, it was announced last night at
Buckingham Palace. He was raised
to the peerage on New Year Day
and assigned to Washington several
weeks ago. Invercapel is the name
OF his family home at the foot of
Lake Eek in Scotland.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Man and Woman Slain,
Police Hold Suspect

A man and woman were killed by
two blasts of a shotgun early today,
police reported. The shooting, in
the 300 block of M street S.W.,
resulted in the deaths of John Byrd,
n, colored, of the M street address
and Evelyn Lee, "a, colored, of the
300 block of Mclean avenue S.W.,
according to police.
Police are holding Robert Green,
40, colored, of the 300 block of O
street S.W in connection with the
double Staying. They said he told
them the woman was his common
law wife.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Metals
Continued From First Page.)

feet square, which seemed to be
paved with these blocks" 1t. Mel.
sen said.
Hidden by Social Group.
The spokesman for the social grour
told the American officer that the
laborer had come to members of the
group in fear of death and was being
hidden by them It was on assur-
ance by 1t. Nielsen that the laborer
would be protected that he was
produced and told this story:
Some time in the latter part
OF July, 1945. with other laborers
I was ordered to meet a group OF
officers near the Maritime School
We were told by the officers that we
were to help unload some trucks
These trucks were driven onto the
dock where covers were taken off
We were informed the trucks were
loaded with steel ingots that were
being disposed of.
While we were lifting the heavy
1ngots out of the truck and dumping
them into the water, one of nv
companions scratched the heavy
paint which covered the bars and
discovered it was gold.
He started to tell some others
about it and was overheard by one
of the officers. The officer called us
all together and told us We would
lose our lives if we ever mentioned
what we were doing
Heard Estimate of 30 Billion Yen,
1t. Nielsen said the laborer in
formed him it took some time to
dump the thousands of bars and
that during the operation he over
heard the officers talking about the
gold, silver and platinum. He heard
them estimate the value at 30,OOO,-
100000 yen.
The laborer finally told the social
group about it. The Geisha girl in
turn learned of the metals from the
group members and thought they
were the ones hiding it.
However" 1t. Nielsen said, it
seems the social group members
merely were debating to whom to
take the information and readily
talked when I talked to them"
Capt. William Swope, ST., of the
engineer outfit working on the diving
operation, said he had felt the cache
on the bay bottom and it was the
"damndest thing I ever saw"
Capt. Swope estimated it would
take several days and modern equip
ment to recover all of the ingots.
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Back-to-Work Plan
Finds Little Favor
In Coal Pay Farley
BY james Y. Newton

Soft coal wage negotiations con-
tinued today with little prospect
that agreement ending the strike of
100000 United Mine Workers would
b reached any time soon.
A proposal from outside the con-
ference that the miners return to
work Immediately and place settle
ment Of the dispute in the hands of
q Federal fact-flnding board was
received with little favor by either
the union or the operators.
Charles Dorrance, president OF
the West Virginia Coal e. Coke Co.,
telegraphed the proposal to John L.
Lewis and the operators. Operator
negotiators described the back-to-
work phase of the suggestion as
"meritorious" but they did not favor
the fact-f1nding idea.
Mr.. Lewis was silent on the pro-
posal, but it is known that he is op-
posed to Government intervention
in the dispute beyond attendance of
q conciliator at the negotiations.
Edward R. Burke. president of the
Southern Coal Producers Associa-
ton, said the Dorrance proposition
was brushed aside with scorn" by
Mr. Lewis in the conference.
Mr.. Lewis still adheres to his
public statement that he will not
permit any work." Mr.. Burke said,
"even on a retroactive basis, until
new contract has been negotiated.
We are willing to agree to such
contract, but Mr. Lewis apparently
does not think the time is yet ripe
to start serious negotiations
Meanwhile, the number of idle in
steel mills and on fuel-carrying
railroads as a result of the six-day-
old strike increased to at least $4,000.
About 5000 of these were in United
States Steel Corp. subsidiaries and
more than 1000 on the railroads.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
alone reported the furloughing OF
3550
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Mary Stoutenburgh
Still Fights for Life

Mary Alice Stoutenburgh, II,
whose brain was pierced by a bullet
week ago, is still fighting for her
life at Walter Reed Hospital. Her
condition was reported today as
unchanged"
The girl lay beside the bodies of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul P.
Stoutenburgh, 1921 Kalmia road
NV, for nearly two days before
being discovered. The coroner's
Office ruled that Mr.. Stoutenburgh
shot his wife and daughter and then
committed suicide,
Evening star., 1946-04-06
1,500-Eeg Hunt Decried
As Waste of Food
BY the Associated Press

PITTSFIELD, Mass, April GA
plan to use $500 hard boiled eggs in
an Easter egg hunt for Pittsfield
children was criticized yesterday by
the Rev: Ralph H. Hayden, rector of
st. Stephens Episcopal Church, as
"a waste OF food ). and very bad
taste in view of world conditions. -
jackson ]. Perry, superintendent
of the Park and Recreation Depart
ment, who announced the hunt for
Saturday, April 20, answered.:
Since we are having only chill
dren 9 years old and under, wastage
will be negligible. Older children
might use eggs for baseballs, but
eggs mean too much to younger
ones"