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Evening star., 1946-09-17
Short Calls on u. 5.
qor Strengthening
. OF Pacific Bases
BY the Assoeiossd Prsss

HONOLULU, Sept. 17-Repre-
sentative Short. Republican, of Mis-
souri,, member of the House Military
Affairs Committee, wants stronger
American bases in the Pacific be-
cause "a strong policy is the only
way to discourage and prevent fur
ther Russian expansion"
Mr.. Short said the six committee
men who have been touring Amer
lean military establishments in the
Pacific and Far East favor strength
ening the defenses of Alaska, the
Aleutians. Hawaii, Two Jima, Oki-
nawa. Guam and Saipan.
Wants Kyushu Defense Line.
"We must be absolutely impreg-
nable," he told interviewers. "I
think we should build defense ring
around Southern Kyushu" (Japan).
''We should hold onto" Pacific is
lands now under United States con-
troll but formerly inundated to
Japan, he added, until the United
Nations is functioning properly,
with an international police force
that can keep the peace"
Committeeman feel I'VE should do
everything we can to cooperate with
Russia, but United States appease-
ment of Russia has gone far enough"
Mr.. Short declared. Unfortunately,
the only way to Cooperate with Rus
sia Is to give her everything she
wants"
He termed Korea "the hot spot"
Of the Far East, like Trieste in
Europe.
Russians Try to Dig In.
Russians" he explained. ARE try
ing to dig in, in Korea and North
China Koreans want both the
Russians and the Americans to get
out. That suits us fine if the Rus
SLAMS will get out-but if we pull out,
then Korea will be swallowed by the
Russians"
Mr.. Short said he sided strongly
with Secretary of State Byrnes' for
eign policy, rather than with Secre-
tary of Commerce Wallace: I'VE
must have a strong policy, because
Russians have only contempt for
weakness"
Japanese realize, he added, that
the United States is now their best
friend, and he said he was informed
by an American admiral in Tokyo
that "the way things are shaping up.
the japanese will be wearing Ameri-
can uniforms in the next war"
Mr.. Short said the admiral, whom
he did not name, meant a war
with Russia"
Evening star., 1946-09-17

come levy to nonresidents earning
salaries here.
John c. Post, of the Medical Credit
Association, said physicians almost
invariably" recommend the sales tax
He said doctors were among the
principal bearers" of the personal
property tax, that 1t was hard to
administer and should be abolished
Mrs. Franklin B. Sartwell, for the
Metropolis View Citizens Association,
while calling for a greater Federal
payment and economy in District
outlays, voiced opposition to any new
tax levies.
Poor Mans Tax" Denied.
George H. Brown Of Columbia
Heights favored a sales tax which
he denied was "a poor mans tax"
TITS a tax you can't get away from !"
he continued. People here have
never paid a sales tax and thus
don't know what 1t Is"
George D. Riley, representing the
AFL Government Employees Council,
entered strong objection to a sales
tax. We are trying to bring gov
eminent Offices to Washington" he
said. but we don't want to slap a
sales tax on them as soon as they
arrive. How much of a sitting
duck is the government employe? ?"
Rigid economy to keep new taxes
TO minimum was recommended by
Ernest H. Pullman OF Manor Park
Citizens Association. He urged any
new taxes be so planned that every
class Of taxpayer will receive equal
treatment.
A vote against the sales tax and
one for broadening the income tax
was placed in the record for the
Potomac Cooperative Federation by
Mrs. Sarah Newman.
Opposes Utility Bill Tax.
Mrs. L. M. Logan of the Midway
Civic Association, opposed the sug-
gested 2 per cent tax on utilities
bills and suggested that the city
might obtain some badly needed
funds through legalizing gambling
and taxing it.
You all know what's going on"
she told the Commissioners.
Gambling came to the fore again
when Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sullivan,
speaking for the Progressive Citi-
zens' Association of Georgetown,
proposed lottery under Govern
ment control" Some countries OBJ
tain great revenues" from lotteries,
she remarked.
Some people, but not the Govern
ment, she continued. get a great
deal out Of the numbers racket here.
Commissioner Young interrupted to
ask You mean to say there are
numbers rackets here?" Mrs. Sui
livan replied so I've been told"
The liquor industry here already
is heavily taxed, Jerome B. Mckee
testified in opposing the proposed
doubling of liquor levies for the
District Retail Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION.
Offers Scale of Fees.
He offered to support vastly in
creased fees for liquor licenses and
transfers. He suggested that these
fees be based on the amount of
business done to protect the neigh
borhood dealer who has a small
business.
Such fees might start at $1,000
for license of establishments doing
$160,000 annual business or less,
he indicated, with percentage from
bigger concerns on all over $160 900.
MIR. Mckee also supported a capital
gains and improved income tax for
Evening star., 1946-09-17

body kept its mouth shut than
refuse to face the issue"
The amendment offered by JUS
tice Roberts said "the general con-
vention should declare its convic-
ton that peace between nations can
be maintained only by law; which
involves a representative legislative
body elected by the people of the
constituent nations whose laws shall
be addressed to the citizens indi-
vidually. interpreted by their courts
and enforced by an executive an
swerable to them
Further resolved, that repre-
sentatives Of the people of the
United States be empowered to dis
cuss the organization of such a
Federal government with the rep
resentatives of any other nations
able and willing to join such a
union"
Jurisdiction Sought.
The original resolution, submitted
by John Milton Potter, president of
Hobart College, urged the President
and Congress to take the lead in
persuading nations to grant the
United Nations jurisdiction and
power, not subject to veto, to en-
force laws controlling the develop
ment and use of atomic energy, as
proposed in the Baruch plan; to
improve existing international
agreements for the protection of
health and welfare and to extend
the principles of world government
to fields affecting relations between
the nations. - Liz 7-f-+9
Urges Wider Refugee Program.
The House of Deputies also called
on the 1947 Congress to admit more
displaced persons to the country and
commended President Truman for
his stand on this subject.
The House of Bishops voted OBJ
servance of 1949 as the 4O0th ami
versary Of the translation OF the
book of Common Prayer into English.
The House of Deputies voted yes
terday to reconsider its Saturday
action tabling the canonical amend
ment calling for the retirement OF
all clergy at 72 1t also approved
a proposal that a canon to solemnize
the adoption of children be written
into church law.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Third Jury Will Hear
Under Cover Libel Suit
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 17.--A third jury
was sworn in yesterday by Federal
Judge John p. Barnes to try a $780,
600 libel suit against the publishers
Of the book, Under Cover" written
by John Roy Calson.
Judge Barnes dismissed the Sec
ond jury after he was informed yes
terday that all IL members had re-
ceived by mail matter pertaining to
the suit brought by George WASH
ington Robnett, executive secretary
Of the Church League of America
against E. P. Dutton & Co., book
publishers.
The first trial. last November
ended in jury disagreement. The
second trial started September IL
and the plaintiff rested Friday. The
third trial starts today.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Wallace
Continued From First Page,

tablished policy against dividing the
world into spheres of influence.
There were indications the mat
ter may come to q showdown to-
morrow when Mr.. Wallace Is sched-
uled to confer with President Tru-
man.
In announcing that Mr.. Wallace
will see the President sometime to-
morrow afternoon, White House
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
told questioner that he did not
know whether the President had
sent for Mr.. Wallace or whether
the Secretary had requested the
appointment.
Knows Nothing Of Letter.
A newsman told Mr. Ross that Mr.
Wallace Is reported to have written
the President letter pointing out
the dangers of war between the
United States and Russia" and that
copies of it have reached outsiders
Mr.. Ross said he did not know "a
thing about it."
Later at the Commerce Depart
ment, Mr.. Wallace's aides confirmed
that the Secretary had written q con-
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Kiss of Child, 7,
Decides Court
Custody Fiqht
BY the Assoeiotsd Prsss

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE kiss
of redheaded 2-year-old Gerald Oh
sen, jr., decided a custody case in
Bronx Supreme Court.
His mother, Mrs. Lillian Olsen,
two years ago entrusted the child to
Mrs. Norma Oarrico when Mrs. Olsen
and her husband were estranged.
Yesterday her mother sought to re-
gain custody in a court suit.
Mrs. Oarrico, also seeking custody
of the child, said she had grown to
love him as her own. Justice Ben
jamin Schreiber left it up to Gerald.
Go to your mother and give her
kiss" Justice Schreiber said.
Gerald ran to Mrs. Oarrico and
won her the decision. The mother
was told she could renew her appli-
cation in six months If she had a
home for Gerald.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Tuxes
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minority Of witnesses protested
against the imposition of new taxes
Of any kind, and several of these
contended that q new tax load
should be held of only until Con-
gress raises the Federal share of
costs to an equitable level
Commissioner Guy Mason an
nounced the city heads would ar
rive at no conclusions on the reve-
nue. program until after they had
held hearings on the $l36,000 900
record-smashing budget requests
submitted by their departments and
had arrived at at least general con-
clusions as to the size of the budget
the Commissioners will recommend
I'VE do not propose to recommend
any series of new taxes until we
have obtained a pretty concise idea
Of what will be our fund require
ments for next year" he said.
The proposed one cent increase
In the Districts gasoline tax levy,
also recommended by the Commits
sioners' Tax Committee headed by
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West. Is scheduled for separate
hearings soon when the l948 High
way Department budget is to be
considered.
Approval Foreseen.
Approval by the. Commissioners
Of this levy, to swell the separate
Highway Fund, is regarded at the
District Building as a foregone
conclusion.
Lining up either for a sales tax
or for the adoption of one as an
alternative to some other move or
as one that may be found neces-
sary were spokesmen for The Board
Of Trade, Junior Board Of Com
merce. Washington Taxpayers As
ISOLATION, the Medical Credit Asso-
citation, Federation of Women's
Evening star., 1946-09-17
EpiscopoIions
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OF Pennsylvania campus, went into
Its eighth meeting day.
Bishop Sheriff.. who served as
chairman of the Episcopal Army and
Navy Commission for Chaplains and
also as chairman of the Army and
Navy General Commission for Chap
lains, was born in Brooklyn on No
vember 6, 1890. He is a graduate of
Brooklyn Polytechnic School, of
Hotchkiss Preparatory School and of
Yale University. He took his SEM
mary work at the Episcopal Theolog-
ical School at Cambridge, Mass,
and was graduated in 1914.
Served In World War.
He served as an Army chaplain in
France for 20 months during World
War after being assistant minister
OF Trinity Church in Boston from
1914 to 1917 Returning from the
war, Bishop Sheriff. became rector
of the Church Of Our Saviour in
Brookline, Mass, in 1919. In 1928.
he returned to Trinity Church as
its rector, staying there until 1890,
when he became Bishop of Massa-
chusetts on the death of Bishop
Charles L. Slattery.
As chairman of the Army and
Navy Chaplains' Commission, Bishop
Sheriff. few more than 10000 miles
during World War II visiting chap
lains in different parts of the world.
Last year he went to Germany to
confer with leaders of the German
churches for the Federal Council
Of Churches.
Bishop Sheriff. told this reporter
that the impression he received
from those visits abroad was the
suffering caused by the war could
not be appreciated by Americans
who just read about it or saw it in
the moving pictures.
You must be on the ground to
realize the misery present" he said,
adding, Unless we have a new
spirit in the hearts of men we are
going TO see the same conditions
here that exist abroad" He ex-
planned he did not consider himself
pessimistic but realistic in that view
Belongs to Liberal Group.
Bishop Sheriff. is considered an
adherent of the broad or liberal
church group within the Episcopal
church. Bishop Stevens is generally
classed with the high or Anglo
Catholic group and Bishop Strider
with the low church group.
Broad church followers adhere to
the Book OF Common Prayer serv-
ices, have little ceremonial, are lib
eral In the Interpretation of doc
trine and have a closer relationship
than the others In thought to other
Protestant bodies.
The House Of Deputies approved
today the new marriage canon as
passed by the House of Bishops. It
was passed without amendment and
without q record vote. The canon
was passed after 2l years of study.
Yesterday, former Supreme Court
Justice Owen J. Roberts, president
OF the House of Deputies, told that
body the United Nations as now
organized does not eliminate the
danger to world peace inherent in
national sovereignty" and called
for a Federal democracy among the
peoples of the nations to meet the
situation.
Relinquishing the chair to Charles
Anson McCook of Connecticut SO
he could address the deputies
Justice Roberts asserted the reso-
luton brought in by the committee
"straddled the ISSUE" adding he
would rather this great Christian
Evening star., 1946-09-17

the city with payroll Withholding.
The proposed 10 per cent tax on
ticket price to amusements was de-
nouhced as vicious by Carter Bar
ron, speaking for the motion picture
theater owners of the metropolitan
district. Charging that the theater
industry was more tax-burdened
than any other In the world, he said
the theater industry was being dis
eliminated against.
IF you had just played us across
the board with other industries here
We might not be able to object" he
said, but you have singled us out"
Admits Licenses Are Low.
Mr.. Barron agreed license fees
for amusements could be raised.
John H. Connaughton Of Petworth
Citizens Association told the Com
missioners the District has not been
as frank as 1t could be with Congress
in willingness to assume Its part Of
the tax burden and likewise the
Government had not been frank IN
assuming its fair share of expenses.
Mr.. Connaughton favored a gas
tax increase, broadened income
tax, liquor levy boosts and a sales
tax with appropriate exemptions, but
opposed the suggested tax on utility
bills.
Would Broaden Income Levy.
G. T. Bowman of Forest Hills
Citizens Association called for an
increased Federal payment and tax
Ing OF all income earned In the Dis
trict. He supported sales tax.
The Junior Board of Commerce.
through James Beattie, favored ex-
tension of the income tax to those
who derive benefits here but do not
pay. He Endorsed the entire program
OF the Commissioners Tax Com
mittee with the exception of the
utilities tax.
No increases in taxes at all was
advocated by Gilbert C. Vincent,
president Of the National Gateway
Citizens Association. Instead, he
urged greater efficiency In govern
ment,
Mrs. E. B. Morris, speaking for
Randle Highlands and Fort Davis
Citizens Associations, opposed the
sales tax and the utilities bills tax
but favored broadening the income
| tax.
Evening star., 1946-09-17

fidential letter to Mr.. Truman last
July setting forth in detail his views
on foreign policy. The letter was
not released by the Commerce De-
partment, they said, and added that
Mr.. Wallace had no intention of re-
leasing it now. The letter was de-
scrioed as quite lengthy" perhaps
covering as much as II typewriter
pages, single spaced.
Will Tour Is States.
Mr.. Wallace will make a 15-State
stumping tour that will carry him
as far west as Kansas next month,
William Edwards. director of the
Democratic Speakers Bureau, re-
ported, meanwhile.
Mr.. Edwards said the committee
had twice that many requests for
Mr.. Wallaces appearance, but that
Is was the maximum number of
States 1t was felt he could cover.
He said that the bulk of the re-
quests came in before Mr. Wallace's
Madison Square Garden speech.
Mr.. Clayton told reporters that
last weeks speech by Mr.. Wallace
was mentioned when he conferred
briefly with the President yester-
day, but that the matter was not
discussed at any length.
Asked If he could say that his
assumption that such speeches In
the future would be cleared with
the State Department was based on
his talk with the President, Mr..
Clayton said no, he did not think he
could.
He explained that he was just
assuming that such practice
would be followed In view of the
situation that arose as a result of
the Wallace speech last week.
A reporter pointed out that Mr..
Wallace had shown the controver-
sial speech to the President in ad-
vance of delivery, and asked Mr..
Clayton if it was correct for Mr..
Wallace to assume that constituted
proper clearance. He agreed that
it was.
Would Point Out Conflicts.
Mr.. Clayton was asked what would
happen If Mr.. Wallace should submit
to the State Department a speech
containing points at variance with
established foreign policy. He re-
piled that all the State Department
could do would be to point out to
Mr.. Wallace the portions that were
in conflict with the Governments
policy
Returning yesterday from a week
end holiday, Mr. Wallace made his
first public statement bearing on
the aftermath of the Thursday
speech. after telephone conversa-
tion with President Truman.
Il stand upon my New York
speech, he said. "It was interesting
to find that both the extreme right
and the extreme left disagreed with
the views I expressed Feeling as 4
do. however, that most Americans
are concerned about, and willing to
work for peace, I intend to continue
my efforts for just and lasting
peace, and I shall within the near
future. speak on this subject
again
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Assets
Continued From First Page.

fusion was that the dozens OF coun-
ters were crowded and 10 deep
by wives, mothers. children and
other relatives or friends of veterans
attracted by the prospect of buying
such assorted items as white shirts
silverware, hardware, linens and
numerous kinds of household equip
ment at prices which were low even
for wholesale. The huge but orderly
rush prevented many veterans from
making first-day purchases.
No Help to Chiselers.
AS for the comparatively few pur-
chases by nonveterans who appar-
entity presented proof Of discharge
which was not closely inspected by
clerks In the haste to sell goods, off,
cials declared that undoubtedly the
system is open to abuse because the
certification process is so much
looser than In all previous sales" "
But, they added, this new plan
limits purchases to one or two items
to a customer for personal use
They say "it wouldn't be worth the
while of any big time chiseler" to try
to attempt widespread fraud or use
veterans as front men.
This general store plan for veter-
ans is not big money proposition, -
Leonard Barnes, WAA regional di-
rector here, explained. "The dollar
delivery will be much smaller than
at other kinds of surplus property
sales. But this gets rid of red tape
and. from all complaints we have
had in the past. the veteran wants
to get rid of red tape. The veterans
also must be given a greater oppor-
tunity to get everyday consumer
surplus goods for his own personal
use in small quantity and at espe-
cially low prices" Officials estimat-
ed that total sales for the first day
amounted to almost 100000.
Mr.. Barnes and other WAA OH
cials were not prepared to say the
general store" for veterans has
proved so successful that 1t should
be put into continuous use through
out the country. They believe that
sales of this kind from time to
time" might be desirable but should
not take the place OF site and other
types with far more rigid certiflca-
ton requirements. The loose sys-
tenn of certification" could not be
applied to bulk buying, even for the
benefit of veterans purchasing COM
paratively expensive equipment for
use in their own businesses, the
officials said.
Commend Officials.
Representatives Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana; Colmer, Democrat, Of
Mississippi; Morrison, Democrat, of
Louisiana, and Manasco, Democrat,
OF Alabama, as well as several vet
Grams organizations spokesmen here,
commended national and regional
WAA officials for what they said was
far-reaching improvement in surplus
disposal to veterans.
The current sale Is held in un-
usually attractive surrounding over
looking Lake Pontchartrain and
within fairly close driving distance
OF downtown New Orleans.
Despite the large first-day crowd.
which at the 8 am. opening num-
bered almost 5000, there was no dis
order and relatively little fnconven-
fence except for what seemed to be
the inevitable waiting in line. The
waits, in most instances, were seldom
more than Is minutes, far shorter
than those at the recent Baltimore
sale
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Clayton Hamilton Dies;
Playwright, Professor
BY the Assoeiosed Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Clayton
Hamilton, SIS, author, playwright
and former English professor at Co.
lumbia University and Barnard
College, died today of a heart at
tack.
His plays included The Love
That Blinds" The Stranger at the
Inn" and, with A. E. Thomas, The
Big Idea" Thirty Days" and The
Better Understanding"
At various times he was dramatic
critic and associate editor of Forum
and was dramatic editor for Book
man, Everybody's Magazine, and