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Evening star., 1947-11-09

But he has made it clear to as
sociateS that he won't resign until
President Truman lets him go. And.
at present, Mr.. Truman has asked
Mr.. Webb to stay on until q suit
able successor can be found.
When Mr.. Webb does leave, it will
be another case of the Government S
losing very able man because Of
the low pay for top Federal employees.
Mr.. Webb would like to remain in
the Government, but in justice to his
family he can't ignore the financial
offers he has received from private
industry.
As long as Congress doesn't lift the
present $4,000 Federal pay ceiling,
the Government will continue to
lose such able men as Mr.. Webb. An
encouraging sign, however, is a
movement among members Of the
Senate Civil Service Committee to
support legislation increasing the
salaries of the Governments top ad-
ministrators.
NO SIX-DAY WEEK Here's
some good news for Government
workers. There will be no precedent
breaking Of the five-day Federal
work week.
Some Veteran Administration
regional directors had been reported
planning to have VA employees work
on a six-day basis, with the object
of spreading out the work week and
therefore making it possible to get
along with fewer employees.
This had dangerous implications
for all Government employees, for if
the VA went on six-day work week,
other Federal agencies probably
would have followed suit.
VA officials here have received a
strong protest from the CIO United
Public Workers of America. And
Evening star., 1947-11-09

anniversary speech Thursday, said
the United States could not count
"on the possibility of avoiding
growing internal difficulties, OF
averting the advance of profound
economic crisis."D
But even Communist propaganda
has admitted tacitly that carrying
out the Marshall plan might prop
up American capitalism Indefinitely.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
Siqmu Omega Sigma Elects

Officers of the reorganized Sigma
Omega Sigma social sorority, elected
at meeting in the home of former
president, Mrs. Jennie Gordon. 2339
Fortieth place NV, were announced
yesterday. They are: Miss Ruth
Winnick, chancellor; Miss Betty
Shachtman, vice chancellor; Miss
Ann Fishkin, scribe, and Miss Har-
riet Handler, exchequer.
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'ne-hslf hour after sunset.
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
capital (current month to datel:
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Sun and Moon,
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Purdue Club TO Meet Here

The Purdue Club of Washington
will welcome r. B. Stewart, the uni
versity's vice president and con-
troller. at a meeting at pm. Tues
day in the Blackstone Hotel, 1O16
Seventeenth street NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
German States BaIk
AT Restoring Property
~ the Assoeiofsd Press

STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. g.
The presidents of the German states
In the American zone declined today
to enact legislation restoring prop
Evening star., 1947-11-09
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Budqet Director Webb Plans
To Quit if Truman Approves
By Joseph Young

Director James Webb plans to resign and when
President Truman gives his approval
offers from private industry the
why Webb plans to leave Government service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-01
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elderly Lady Lucy Angkatell
discussed the problem of enter
tanning the incompatible group OF
guests she had invited to The Hol-
low FOR the coming weekend with
Young Nudge Hardcastle, a distant
relative. Outside u attractive DR..
1obn Christow and .Gerda, his in
credibly dull wife, the others were
al members of the Angkatell clan:
Indy Henrietta S~avernake, sue
cessful sculrtress; serious-minded
ycung David Angkatel, university
student; and quiet Edward Angka-
toll, whose unrequitted love of
henrietta blinded him to the
charms of Nudge, who had adored
him since childhood. Meanwhile,
In their London studio, Henrietta
was in the throes of completing
her latest masterpiece-the blind
Nausicaa. The search for just the
light model had been long and
arduous and, although the fea-
t,res Of the girl she had finally
chosen were perfect, the sordid-
ness of her character had some
how managed to creep mo Hen
%r,etta's finished work. Not even
thoughts Of John Christow, with
whom Henrietta had been in love
for the past six months, dispelled
her dissatisfaction with the statue,
and reluctantly, she destroyed il.
In his Harley Street consulting
room. John Christow sat ponder
ing the cause of his increasing
lassitude and irritability. Follow
ing lunch with the children. he
md Gerda would drive to The
Hollow and Henrietta. His
thoughts went back to an earlier
chapter in his life, fifteen years
,go, when he had been madly in
love with glamorous Veronica
Cray, rising young motion picture
actress. He had broken their en-
sagement when she refused to
rive up her career, and shortly
after had married the prosaic Ger
da. whose slavisn devotion to him
through the years had enabled
him to pursue his beloved profess
sion In peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-01
SIX

In the dining room of the flat
above the consulting room, Gerda
Christow was staring at a joint OF
mutton.
Should she or should she not
send it back to the kitchen to be
kept warm?
II John was going to be much
longer it would be cold-congeal-
ed, and that would be dreadful.
But, on the other hand, the last
patient had gone, John would be
up in & moment, if she sent it
back there would be delay-John
was so impatient. "But surely you
knew l was just coming :"
There would be that tone of sup
pressed evaporation in his voice
that she knew and dreaded. Be-
SIDES, it would get overlooked,
dried up-John hated overlooked
meat.
But on the other hand he dis
liked cold food very. much indeed.
At any rate, the dish was nice
and hot.
Her mind oscillated to and fro
and her sense Of misery and anx-
iety deepened.
The whole world had shrunk to
4 leg Of mutton getting cold on a
dish.
On the other side Of the table
her son Terence, aged twelve,
said:
"Boracic salts burn with a
green flame, sodium salts are vel
low"
Gerda looked distractedly across
the table at his square freckled
face. She had no idea what he was
talking about.
did you know that, Mother?''
know what, deer?"
About salts"
Gerda's eyes flew distractedly
10 the salt cellar. Yes, salt and
pepper were on the table. That
was all right. Last week Lewis
had forgotten them and that had
annoyed John. There was always
something.
ITS one Of the chemical tests"
said Terence in a dreamy voice.
Jolly interesting, I think"
Zena, aged nine, with e pretty,
wcuous face, whimpered:
Il want my dinner. Can't we
start, Mother?"
e TN a minute, dear; we must
wait for Father"
I'VE could start said Terence.
Father wouldn't mind. You know
how fast he eats"
Gerda shook her head.
Crave the mutton? But she
never could remember which was
the right side to plunge the knife
H. o. course, perhaps Lewis had
put 1t the right way on the dish
put sometimes she didn't-and
John was always annoyed if it
was done the wrong way. And,
Ierda reflected desperately, it al
ways was the wrong way when
she did it. Oh, dear, how cold the
gravy was getting - a skin was
forming on the top of it-she must
send it back-but then if John
we're just coming-and surely he
would be coming now
Her mind went around and
Evening star., 1947-02-18
PostOffice
Continued From First Page.)

post rates. range from 4 to 5 cents
pound. A boost in special delivery
rates from to 10 cents pound
also was suggested for Congress
consideration. An increase of money
order fees ranging from 6 to %
cents on money orders from $3.50
to 500 also was recommended.
Postcards would be raised from ]
to cents
Pay Raises Chief Reason.
Post OfficS officials said the chief
reason for the prospective record
deficit was last years pay increases
for postal employees amounting to
1851 900, 900 annually.
Appearing for the Post Office De-
partment were Joseph j. LaWler,
Third Assistant Postmaster General
ana Nelson B. Wentzel deputy Third
Assistant Postmaster General.
In his budget message to Congress
President Truman warned that, "un-
less legislative action is taken to
revise postal rates, the Post Office
deficit threatens to be the largest
in history"
Mr.. Truman's statement added
that mail volume has expanded
enormously, but current operating
costs have increased even more
rapidly"
Meanwhile, the Senate subcom-
mittee investigating the operation OF
Federal cafeterlas here will resume
it's hearings tomorrow. The hearing
yesterday was postponed when Sen
ator Baldwin, Republican, of Con-
necticut, chairman of the group, was
delayed in his return to Washington
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Truman Considers
Draft Extension

President Truman is expected to
decide soon whether to let the draft
die on March 81 or request its ex-
tension to bolster recruiting, it was
learned today.
A War Department spokesman
disclosed that Secretary of War Pat
terson had presented the Army's
recommendations to the President
and the question was now out of
War Department hands.
Although the draft law is still on
the books, it has not been used to
induct men for months. Meanwhile,
voluntary enlistment for January
totaled 35,468 men-said to be, TO-
900 men above expectations.
Gen. Eisenhower, Army Chief of
Staff, is known to prefer voluntary
recruiting and has been using every
opportunity to urge his audiences
to become voluntary recruiters"
On the other hand, the existence
of the draft on the books-even
when it is not used-is believed to
spur recruiting and the Army must
keep up steady flow of recruits to
replace men lost through the end of
their short-term enlistmentS.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
PIuymote's Revolver
Fatally Wounds Boy

A 15-year-old boy was fatally
wounded yesterday while school
mate was showing him a .38-caliber
revolver.
Theodore A. Minor, colored, 100
block of Seaton street NV, was
pronounced dead on arrival at Gar
field Hospital
Police said the shooting apparent
ly was accidental. 1t occurred in
the home of Roland A. Holiday, Is,
colored, also of the 1700 block of
Seaton street NV. Young Holiday
was released in custody of his
mother pending appearance at an
inquest.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Two Arrested in 5cuffIe
AT Picketed Newspaper
BY the Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. 49,
A brief scuff1e with two arrests
developed today outside the Daily
News plant as the management OF
that newspaper went forward with
plans to publish in face of strong
strikers picket lines.
Booked on charges of breach OF
the peace, were Walter Shea, Is,
striking reporter member of the
American Newspaper Guild (CIO)
and Arene Longtin, 20, circulation
clerk, who, police said, was going
into the plant when trouble de-
veloped. Both were released under
$25 bail each.
The Daily News was published
yesterday after being forced to sus-
pend along with three affliates for
146 days because of a strike involv-
ing mechanical employees and news
men.
Six patrolmen were on duty out
side the Daily News as approx
mately 100 pickets marched around
the plant virtually shoulder-to-
shoulder.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Death Asked as Jury
Gets Case in Assault
On Mother of Two

The Government demanded the
death penalty today as District
Court jury received the case OF
Henry E. Higgins. 25, colored, of the
1900 block of Meigs place NE. He
is accused of criminally assaulting
and robbing a 24-year-old mother of
two children.
Justice Alexander Holtzoff, in his
45-minute charge to the panel in
structed the jurors to return one OF
these verdicts:
Guilty of criminal assault, with
the sentence to be the death PEN
atty; guilty of criminal assault, with
the sentence to be a prison term
guilty of assault with criminal in
tent; not guilty of criminal assault;
guilty or not guilty of robbery.
Assistant United States Attorney
A. j. Mclaughlin demanded the
death penalty in his final argument
Taking the stand in his own de-
fense yesterday, Higgins, under ex-
animation by Defense Attorney
Robert I. Miller, testified that ht
was at home at the time the crime:
allegedly were committed last No
vember.
His mother, Mrs. Georgia Higgins
also testified she heard him come
home before the time of the Of
fenses. A brother of the defendan
testified he saw the accused a
home.
The victim said her attackel
forced his way into her apartment
in the TOO block of Trinidad ave.
nue. NE. when she opened the dool
after hearing noise in the hall
She said she at first failed to iden.
tify Higgins, but did so later, after
hearing his voice.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Suburban Hospital Drive
Reaches HALLWAY Mar k

The halfway mark has been
reached in the Suburban Hospital
drive to enroll 5000 members and
raise $4,000, Arthur G. Lambert
president of the Board of Trustees
of the Bethesda Hospital, reported
today.
The sum of $25,632 has been re-
ceived from 1900 members in the
campaign which yesterday entered
it's fifth week. Individuals have
subscribed $19,359, clubs $2,230 ano
business establishments $4,043
DR.. John G. Ball, member of the
hospital staff, and William Liebling
president of the Bethesda Chamber
of Commerce. will discuss the hos
pital in a broadcast from sos tc
Sis pm. Thursday over Station
WBCC.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Atomic
Continued From First Page.

Mr.. Hart directly if he ever had been
member of the Communist Party
and held card in that organization
Yes, SIR" Mr.. Hart said.
Senator Hickenlooper asked is he
followed all the party's views
Not all of them, Mr.. Hart said
Specifically, he explained he did not
follow the party anti-religious line
He said he never had been ar
Atheist and made that clear wher
he joined.
Mr.. Hart characterized himself
as IAN idealist" who at the time hao
"only a very confused understand
ing" of Communist aims.
Senator McKellar handed a min.
eographed copy of the purportee
letter to the 30-year-old Hart, who
was employed as a iva messenger
Did you ever write such a letter
Evening star., 1947-02-18

Durant here last June shortly after
returning from Chicago with the
defendant. He said the brothers
got into an automobile with him
but he was not allowed to say what
was said or done before the court
could rule on the objection by Maj
Bryan.
No testimony has been offered al
the Washington section of the trial
which was moved here from Frank
furt, Germany, a fortnight ago
about how the Army investigators
dug up two containers of jewels and
another containing $4,000 in cash
in nearby Virginia and later found
in the bushes near Falls Church
ball of gold wire, said to have
been melted down from the settings
Of the stolen pieces.
Tells Of Trip to Chicago.
Col. Pierce told the court yester-
day how he took Col Durant tt
Chicago early in June in an abor-
tive effort to recover large dia.
Evening star., 1947-02-18

or that letter." Senator Hicken-
looper asked.
Mr.. Hart, who had studied the
copy for several minutes, replied:
II did not write the letter. I
never knew or talked with Rob F.
Hall"
The letter was addressed to Hall,
described as active in Communist
Party work in Tennessee.
"The first time I ever saw it was
in the Knoxville Journal in 1943, i"
Mr.. Hart said.
Senator Hickenlooper then asked
If Mr.. Hart had authorized any one
else to write such a letter or carry
on such correspondence.
mo, sir" Mr.. Hart replied.
Calls Letter Fabrication.
Mr.. Hart then was allowed to read
a statement he had prepared.
II am glad to have the oppor-
tunity," he said, ito testify under
oath in regard to this letter allegedly
written by me on which is hung the
preposterous charge that Mr.. Lilien-
thai countenanced communism in
IVA" -5t'.-s 80 ID
Terming the letter "a fabrica-
ton out of the whole CLOTH" Mr..
Hart said it is tragic that the
great issues before this committee
should be confused by fraudulent
document.
He said he earnestly hoped the
committee would investigate the al
legged letter thoroughly to find who
was responsible for it.
The Senate Public Works Com
mittee will resume hearings Thurs
day on the nomination of Gordon
r. Clapp, to succeed Mr. Lilienthal
in charge of iva.
To Testify at Clapp Hearing.
Chairman Revercomb told re-
porter following a closed meeting
that Mr.. Hart would testify then.
The hearings were recessed last
week because of absence of Senator
Revercomb and other committee
members from Washington and by
request of Senator McKellar.
Mr.. Hart insisted he was the only
| IVA worker who was a Communist
Party member. He said he knew of
no other Communists in the power
agency.
The slender witness said he had
subscribed to the Daily Worker,
Communist Party newspaper, for
about eight months" but it was
sent to his home. He denied ever
seeing Communist periodicals circu-
lated at IVA.
Attended Communist Meetings.
Mr.. Hart told of attending three
Communist Party meetings. He said
about a dozen persons attended two
in the "Ferger Building" in Chat
tanooga, but only four were present
at a third session in the apartment
of Wellman in the same city.
Chairman Hickenlooper asked why
Mr.. Hart decided to quit carrying his
Communist Party card.
Il found out what the score was, y
Mr.. Hart replied. Il learned it was
not an American political party as
first believed. found out it was
being run from outside the United
States"
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida today contended, meanwhile,
that the fight against Mr. Lilienthal
is being pushed by ambitious mill
tarism and isolationism and greedy
efforts to establish private monop-
olies" in atomic energy.
Sends Letter to Truman.
Senator Pepper made this state
ment in a letter to President Tru-
man.
The Florida Senator said the NOM
inee, as chairman of the IVA, effec-
lively carried out traditional liberal
policies" and that rejection of his
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Economic Life Of Man
OF Concern 10 Church,
Bishop Dun Declares
By Cospor Names
Stor Stc9 CORRESPONDENT

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 1S.-The
church is concerned with the Ma
tons living and working condi-
tions. because its job covers all
things affecting the lives of men,
message from the Right Rev.
Angus DUN, Bishop of Washington,
said today.
Bishop Dun's message was read at
the worship service opening the
National Conference on the Church
and Economic Life here.
About 400 church, political, busi-
ness and labor leaders are gathered
here for a three-day conference to
discuss economic tensions" and to
propose "a program OF action for
the churches. The meeting is
sponsored by the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in America,
representing IS UNCONVENTIONAL
bodies having membership of ap-
proximately $1,000 900 persons.
Bishop Dun had the odd expert
ence of hearing his speech read at
the opening of the conference.
The Bishop was delayed en- route
here from Washington by the rail-
road wreck near Altoona. He ar
rived Just after the Right Rev. Will
liam Scarlet, Episcopal Bishop OF
Missouri, started reading his speech.
Charles P. Taft, president Of the
Federal Council. and prominent
Cincinnati lawyer, was scheduled
to address the first business ses-
sion of the conference today.
Cites Many Lay Delegates.
Mr.. Taft issued statement In
which he pointed out the large
number of delegates prominent in
organized labor and business who
were present at the meeting. He
also noted that only 80 per cent of
the conference delegates are clergy
men.
Conference objectives are to study
the relation of the church to the
economic life of the Nation, to make
the results of this study available
/ to the churches and to provide
\ them with a basis for a program
designed to aid their members in
applying Christian principles to
economic life.
Labor, Industrial Leaders Attend.
Among the labor leaders at the
conference are Walter Reuther,
United Auto Workers president;
Boris Shiskin, AFL research di-
rector, and Kermit Eby, CIO re-
search director. Industrial leaders
at the meeting include Eric john
ston, president of the Motion Pic
ture Producers Association; Howard
Coonley, former National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers president,
and Paul G. Hoffman, president OF
the Studebaker Corp.
Arthur S. Flemming, civic service
commissioner and president OF the
Washington Federation of Churches,
and DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, exec
utive secretary of the local fedora
ton, are representing the District
at the meeting.
Other Washington residents at
the conference are DR.. John w.
Rustin, pastor of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church; Mrs.
Theodore Wedel, wife Of Canon
| WedeI of Washington Cathedral
The Rev. Francis McPeek of the
industrial relations department
Congregational Churches of Amer
lea: Nelson Cruikshsnk of the AFL
Paul Maris of the. Agriculture De-
partme1t and Willard Thorp, AS
sistant Secretary of State.
Republican Representatives Gwinn
of New York and Buffet of Nebras-
ka also are at the meeting.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Hearings Begin March )
On Newsprint SHORTAGE
By the Asseeiated Press

Senator Capehart, Republican, of
Indiana designated yesterday as
chairman of q subcommittee to in
vestigate the newsprint and paper
shortage, announced hearings will
begin Monday, March 3.
Senator Capehart said Govern
ment departments probably would
be invited to appear first. He ex-
poets the inquiry to last quite
awhile"
The hearings will study the effect
of shortages on large and small
newspapers, Senator Capehart said.
Chairman Wherry of the Senate
Special Committee on Small Busi-
ness named the subcommittee which
also includes Senators Cain, Repub-
lican, Washington; Martin, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania; Murray.
Democrat, of Montana, and Ellen
der, Democrat, of Louisiana.
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Bradley Says Ceiling
Should Be Kept on
|GI. Student Aid
By George Beveridge

Veterans Administrator Bradley
today strongly urged Congress to
maintain a limit on subsistence al
lowances to veterans in schools and
training, according to wages they
actually earn.
In his first public statement on
the controversial issue, Gen. Bradley
told the House Committee on Vet
erans' Affairs he would leave up tc
| Congress determination of how fal
the Veterans Administration shoulc
go in supplementing veterans wages
He warned, however, that if th'
payments are increased, Congress
also should resurvey payments O
other benefits. He said he particu
larly referred to totally disabled
veterans, whose compensation total
$138 month and to all of the othel
2,186,000 disabled ex-GIs.
At present, trainees without de-
pendents can draw allowances of ST.
month, while those having depend
ents can get $50. The payments ar
Ilimited, however, if the total income
of those with dependents reache
5000 a month. A ceiling of SITS i
imposed on those without depend
ents.
In executive session prior to tn.
hearing the committee voted not tt
hear representatives of the Ameri.
can Veterans Committee on the
subsistence allowance question. A
committee member said a motion tt
admit the AVG was defeated by 8
vote of Is to 8.
| Charles G. Bolte, AVG nationa.
chairman, flew from New York this
morning in hope of testifying be-
fore the committee. When Mr.
Bolte was advised of the decision
he charged that AVG was barred
because it's views do not coincide
with those of Representative Ran
kin, Democrat, of Mississippi, rank
ing minority member of the COM
mittee.
Gen. Bradley told the committee
that unless Congress imposes a cell
ing, he would be given power actu-
ally to determine national policy.
IF the principle of the ceiling is
repealed or too materially increased
I predict that employers will be sub
jected to great pressure to convert
their production jobs into courses
of training" Gen. Bradley declared
He said this pressure, in turn
would be exerted on State approving
agencies to authorize vast number
of new courses.
Gen. Bradley will continue hi.
testimony before the committee al
10 am. tomorrow. On a motion BY
Representative Kearney, Republican
of New York the committee voted tt
end hearings on the ceiling question
at noon Thursday.