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Evening star., 1947-04-16
Britain Repudiates
ANY Connection With
Wallace Speeches
Talk With AttIee Did, Mo-
Change Status as Private
Citizen, OffieioI Says
By the Asxoeiatsd Press

LONDON, April 1e.-A high
British official let 1t be known
today that the British govern
ment accepts no responsibility
for anything that Henry A. Wal
lace has said In Britain or may
say in the future.
IN almost the same words that
White House Press Secretary
Charles Ross used yesterday, the
official said Mr.. Wallace is regarded
as purely a private citizen. The fact
he had lunch with Prime Minister
Attlee last week, the official added
does not change his status.
Mr.. Attlee. he said, entertained
Mr.. Wallace because he had known
him before" and they didn't dis
cuss politics except in the most
general terms.
The official said it was his per-
sonal opinion that the former Vice
Presidents trip to Britain, which
ends tomorrow, had been "a popular
success" in some intellectual groups
but had mot one iota of effect"
on British foreign policy.
Rebels Declared Strengthened.
Some other men in public life
here, however, took the view that
the Wallace visit had strengthened
the position of the Labor Party
rebels in the House of Commons
who object to the policies of For
eign Secretary Bevin.
These rebels have enthusiastically
applauded Mr.. Wallace's view that
Britain should steer middle course
between Communist Russia ano
free enterprise America.
Last night Mr.. Wallace answered
critics of his recent speeches in a
broadcast interview with CHS Re-
porter Bob Trout.
Mr.. Wallace said:
"a little over a year ago at Fulton
Mo-, a distinguished private citizen
of Great Britain-Winston Churchill
told the American people how he
felt. The President of the United
States sat behind him as he spoke
Mr.. Churchill said:
"'Amid his heavy burdens, duties
and responsibilities the President
has travelled 1000 miles to dignity
and magnify our meeting here today
The President has told you that it
is his wish that I should have full
liberty to give my true and faithful
counsel to these anxious and baf-
fling times
"" At Fulton Winston Church
III expressed personal opinions al
variance with those of his govern.
ment. Now there was nothing wrong
in this, surely. A large part Of the
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Teacher Pay Raise Bill
Favored ConditionaIIy
By Commissioners
Mason Opposes Meeting
Cost by Cutting Other
City Expenditures
By John W. Thompson, Jr.

The District Commissioners
today gave conditional approval
to the new teachers pay bill.
Commissioner Guy Mason told a
Senate House committee they favor
the general pay boosts asked by the
Board of Education, provided the
cost is not met by cutting other city
expenditures in the 1948 District
budget now before Congress.
District budget officials have esti-
mated the bill would cost the city
approximately $2,5o0,0 at first, bu,
eventually about $4,000,0O0.
Mr.. Mason said taking money from
other departments, or from proposed
new construction items, to meet
teacher pay increases would be cur
ing one sore and creating another
Hearing Room Well Filled.
If this is done, he predicted, pre-
cisely as critical a condition will
develop elsewhere as has already de-
veloped in the Department of Edu-
cation"
The joint committee, headed by
Senator Cain, Republican, of WASH
ington, is handling the bill in con-
nection with its work on new city
tax program. The hearing room
was well filled with District and
(See TEACHERS PAY, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1947-04-16
SchweIIenbachAw
Public Reaction 10
Phone Strike Appeal
White House Maintains
Hunds-Off Stond Despite
Failure Of Peuce Plan

Active maneuvering toward
ending the To-day telephone
strike ebbed today as Secretary
of Labor Scfwellenbach awaited
reaction to his radio appeal for
public opinion to bear on the
disputing parties.
Despite reflections by the Ameri-
can Telephone a. Telegraph Co. and
the National Federation of Tele-
phone Workers to Mr.. Schwellen-
bach's peace plan late yesterday, the
White House still reported hands
of attitude by President Truman.
With negotiations set back gener-
ally almost to the status that existed
when $4,000 telephone workers be-
gan leaving their jobs April 7. there
was move afoot here today for
company and unions to resume
bargaining.
Conciliator E. r. Bell announced
that he would meet with of the
negotiators of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co. and the District
Federation of Telephone Workers
at II am. tomorrow in the Hamilton
Hotel. The meeting was arranged
when the company announced a
willingness to bargain at once all
disputed issues not covered in Sec
retary Schwellenbach's plan.
Tuck to Seize Virginia Plants.
The union replied 1t had wanted
to bargain these issues since Janu-
ary a and Helery Robinson. union
president, added that he proposed
to bargain them with the company
rather than with the public through
the medium Of the radio and the
press"
In Richmond, Va, Gov. Tuck Is
sued q proclamation that, on behalf
lot the State. he would take posses
sion at 6 am. May II of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac plants in Virginia,
to protect the public health, vel
fare and safety.
The Virginia Federation of Tele-
phone Workers, prevented from join
ing the national strike by State law,
have indicated they will strike
May II.
When the NFTW's Policy Com
nittee recessed at noon today with
no prospects of further delibera-
tions until tomorrow, there was no
indication the union would seek
immediate Intervention by President
Truman. The committee has named
a three-man delegation to call on
the President and outline the union S
position.
Joseph A. Beirne, NFTW presi-
1See TEL LFPHONE page A-87
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Reynolds Flyers Due
Al White House Today
After Setting Record
Iobe-GirdIing Trip Cuts
II Hours l9 Minutes
From Hughes Time
By The Asseeiased Press

NEW YORK April 16.-Airport
crowds broke through police
lines early today to welcome,
with kisses and congratulations,
three men whose trip around the
world was the quickest ever
made.
Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen
manufacturer; his pilot, William
Odom, and his flight engineer, T
Carroll Sallee, brought their con-
verted A-26 bomber-the Bomb
shen"-over La Guardia Field at
12:06:3o am, just 7S hours and S.
minutes after their takeoff last
Saturday. Their unoff1cial record
cut IL hours and 10 minutes from
the previous unofficial record.
A Reynolds spokesman said the
three men expected to go to Wash
ington some time today to receive
fSAe REYNOI nS pace A.6l -
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Truman 10 See Editors;
Cancels Press Session
BY the Assoeioted Press

President Truman has decided te
forego his usual Thursday news con-
ference this week.
The White House said today that
instead. he will see from 200 to 30t
editors at the White House at 3:4s
pm. tomorrow. The editors are at
tending a meeting of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Telephone Workers
Return to Jobs in
Texas Blast Area
by fhs Assoeid,sd Prsss

ST. LOUIS, April 1e.-All
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. employees who are members
OF the Southwestern Telephone
Workers Union, including OPP
orators, repairmen and any
other necessary personnel, have
been directed to return to their
jobs In the area affected by the
Texas City ship-explosion emer-
gency.
Everett Cotter. general coun-
sci for the union, said today the
members have been instructed
not to resume their part in the
Nationwide telephone strike
until the emergency has been
met.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Passage Of Labor Bill
BY Two-Thirds Vote
Predicted in House
6. o. P. Expects Margin
Tomorrow Wide ENOUGH
To Override Veto
BY the A.soeioted Press

Republican leaders made an
informal poll Of the House today
and concluded they have the
votes to pass their general labor
bill by well over a two thirds
majority.
The figure Is important because
1t takes two-third majority te
pass a bill over a Presidential veto
Republican leaders suspect Presi-
dent Truman might veto the bill il
t 1t should reach the White House
in substantially its present form.
Representative Arends, Republi-
can, OF Illinois, the party whip, TOLD
a reporter the sentiment surround
ing indicates only Is to, 20 of the
245 Republicans will vote against
the measure.
He figures rs to 80 of the 1877
Democrats will support the bill.
The COP is shooting now at pas
sage late tomorrow.
Democrats critical of the measure
indicate they will not make any pro-
1OAASCo 1iE41t hSd1llSb IL.
They figured they could not stop
it in any case and the tougher the
bills provisions remain (from the
standpoint of unions), the more po-
litical grief 1t will pile UP for Re
publicans with union men trying
to get even with the COP at the
polls.
Hasty Action Charged.
AS debate was resumed, Repre-
sentative Mccormack, Democrat, O,
Massachusetts, called the bill both
"antilabor and antimanagement."
The Democratic whip accused Re.
publicans of "hasty" action not only
on labor legislation but also on taxes
and budget cutting
"A desperate leadership" he said
! invariably produces very harmful
results, and this is what has hap.
pened in this bill.
"The few good provisions art
many times Offset by the unwiss
ones"
Representative Kennedy, Demo.
crat, of Massachusetts, predicted
passage of the measure would leae
to industrial warfare"
"The actual fact is" Mr.. Kennedy
said, land I say this with restraint
this bill would in its present form
strike down in one devastating blow
the union shop, industry-wide bar.
gaining and SO strangle collective
bargaining with restraints and limi.
tations as to make 1t Intellectual.
Republicans - and some Demo
crats-are banking on rank-and.
file union members to back theil
measure even though union leader.
oppose it. They point to ''bill o,
rights" section which they say will
rid members of union tyranny"
| In the Senate, some Republican,
and Southern Democrats were siz.
ing UP the chances of toughenine
iup on the floor a milder bill that
was softened even more in the
Labor Committee.
The Senate expects to debate la.
Dor legislation next week. Tht
Labor Committee there is through
with the bill except for roundins
of rough edges and final vot.
Of approval later in the week.
Chairman Taft, beaten in a mum,
Der of attempts to prevent dilutins
the measure, was undecided whethel
to offer substitute or try t,
! Gee Ap0D nor-
Evening star., 1947-04-16
French BuIqor Rift Ends

PARIS, April Is. LP).-The French
and Bulgarian governments issued
a Joint statement yesterday which
said the two nations had reestab-
lished normal diplomatic relations
and that their recent rift was a
closed incident. The trouble In
volved alleged mistreatment of
French nationals,
Evening star., 1947-04-16
'C,hen1iicaIsGoUp
In Ship Fire in
Galveston Bay
Stricken Gulf Town
Reports Poison Cos
Spreads After Blaze
BULLETIN :

TEXAS CITY, Tex. (R.
The Texas Department
of Public Safety announc-
ed this afternoon that re-
vised estimates indicated
$50 were killed in a chain
of explosions that virtually
razed this city 10 miles
across the bay from Gal
eston, Tex. Well over / 900
were injured 1t said.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Greek Aid Bill
WinsApprovaI
0fHouseGroup
Senate Presses Debute,
Administration Lushes
AT Wallace Charges
by the Asseeiofed Press

The House Foreign Affair.
Committee today approved
the administrations $4O0 ,OO0, ,00t
Greek Turkish aid measure.
Chairman Eaton said the vote wa.
IL members for the. measure with
3 voting present. Ten were absent.
As finally approved by the House
committee, the measure contains. few
major differences from that nov
under debate in the Senate.
Missing from the House bill Il
the Connally-V -Vandenberg preamble
terming the measure consistent with
the principles Of the United Nations
Charter.
Clark Charges "Lie."
In an effort to speed action or
their bill, Senate leaders ordered g
night session tonight. They were
anxious to take advantage of what
some Senators described as melting
opposition to the measure.
Meanwhile, the administration
lasned out at Henry A. Wallace's
criticism abroad with charge OF
"lie."
While Mr.. Wallace went unnamed
In the blistering denunciation At
torney General Clark fired at "the
cheap, blundering assault now being
made by some upon the bipartisan
foreign policy of our Nation" the
reference was obvious.
Particularly so when Mr.. Clark
told Jefferson Day dinner audi
ence In Philadelphia last night
that: zone who tells the people of
Europe that the United States is
committed to ruthless imperialism
and war with the Soviet Union
tells ne."
1t seemed equally clear, too, that
the Attorney General would not
have delivered his blast at the for
mer Vice President if the cabinet
officer thought Mr.. Truman might
object.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of LOU
isiana, announced that he has
changed his Municipality because of
Mr.. Wallace-and will support the
Greek Turkish aid bill.
Ellender Won Over.
With Senate leaders plugging for
a vote today on opposition amend
ments, Senator Ellender told a re-
porter he has been converted into
supporter because % he fears
Mr.. Wallace has placed the wrong
light" on the program and t2) be-
cause he now is convinced no more
than handful of American troops
will be sent to the two countries.
Previously. the Louisiana Senator
had said he would vote for only non
military relief aid, a proposal SEN
ator johnson, Democrat of Colorado,
planned to call up today instead of
his pending amendment to eliminate
Turkey from the program.
i think Henry Wallace's attacks
on this program abroad have been
near treasonable," Senator Ellender
said. Il don't understand the man,
for think he is as much against
communism as most of us are. But
he has helped me make up my
mind to support the program"
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan told the Senate yester-
day in urging speedy passage that
the situation abroad is "deteriorat-
ing"
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Il
linois, agreeing, put an added slant
on it
Lucas Urges Quick Action.
~The sooner we pass this bill,
the sooner We'll answer Henry Wal
lace" the Illinois Senator told q
reporter.
Senator Lucas was one of the
members of the Senate Democratic
Policy Committee which discussed
Ic-AA TCar1 EIc.NI -
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Stussen in Leninqrud

LONDON, April 16 tP).The Mos.
COW radio said today that Harold e,
Stassen, Republican presidential
aspirant who Is touring Europe, had
reached Leningrad.
Evening star., 1947-04-16

toIligHt tnat RUSSIA mad no
objection to completing Aus
trla's peace treaty during the
current conference. He prom
ised his delegation would strive
toward that end.
WESTERN DELEGATIONS prepare
to end Moscow Conference.
Page Az
BY the Associated Press
MOSCOW April 16.-secretary
OF State Marshalls 9O-minute
talk with Prime Minister Stain
last night was understood today
to have failed to break any OF
the deadlocks which have TIED
the Council of Foreign Ministers
in knots over the whole range of
issues.
The chief value of the talk from
Gen. Marshall's viewpoint was be-
lleved to have been the presenta-
ton to the Soviet leader of a frank
and unvarnished statement of Amer
ican policy in relation to Germany
Europe and the whole trouble area
of United States-Russian political
and diplomatic conflict.
The Secretary clamped tight
secrecy on the American delegation
respecting his trip to the Kremlin
He was believed, however, to have
reported the result of his meeting
in his daily report to President Tru-
man.
Marshall Took Initiative.
1t was disclosed officially that the
meeting was arranged on Gen
Marshalls initiative in response to
request he made several days ago.
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith
and Charles Bohlen, interpreter, ac-
eompanied the Secretary to the old
fortress, which Is the Soviet Unions
seat Of government.
The Marshall Stain meeting was
an event SO momentous on the
possible work OF the Council OF
Foreign Ministers and on the state
OF relations between the two
greatest powers In the world that
1t monopolized diplomatic talk
throughout Moscow. ..
Some nuggets of hard facts be-
gan to appear alongside the bare
bones Of the official announcement
which Gen. Marshall and his ad-
visers agreed to give out.
1t was disclosed officially that
Gen. Marshall, Gen. Smith and Mr.
Bohlen were with Mr.. Stain fol
about an hour and a half that Gen
Smith requested the conference
through the Soviet foreign min.
istry.
Exactly what took place behind
the battlemented walls remained fol
the moment a closely held secret
of handful of men.
Situation Unchanged.
1t was no secret, however, te
any one who inquired persistently
among responsible informants thai
the deadlocked diplomatic situation
here had not changed as a result
of the talk, though there was some
hope that in an indirect way, II
might be changed eventually.
Major diplomats held the gloomy
conviction that the current break.
down in Big Four cooperation
could hardly be worse.
Both the American and Russian
positions held firm 49, certainly SC
far as any spoken commitments
go-on such basic problems al
reparations. the American sponsored
German disarmament treaty ano
the like. If any changes were tt
result from last nights converse.
ton, the best responsible opinion
was that it would develop rather
slowly as a result Of policy reviews
fco, NFNc00rT
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Mats Come Called Off

BOSTON, April 16.-The Mats
Red Sox baseball game was called
Of today because Of cold weather.
Evening star., 1947-04-16

(See WALLACE, Page A-A1
Evening star., 1947-04-16
.MarshaII-5taIin
Conference.-The
1oEnd Deadlock
Result Of o0-Minute
Talk Believed Given
Directly to Truman
BULLETIN

MOSCOW P).-Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov told the
Council of Foreign Ministers
tonight that Russia had no
objection to completing Aus
trla's peace treaty during the
current conference. He prom
ised his delegation would strive
toward that end.
WESTERN DELEGATIONS prepare
to end Moscow Conference.
Page A-f
Evening star., 1947-04-16

(See FOREIGN, Page A-4.)
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(See EXPLO OSION. Paoe A-61
Evening star., 1947-04-16

{See BARUCH, Page A-4.0
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(See LONDON, Page A-4)
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(See MOSCOW, Page A-4.)
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(See LABOR, Page A-4.)
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(See PALESTINE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-04-16

fSee REYNOLDS, Page A,
Evening star., 1947-04-16
ath er Forecast

Cloudy and showers this afternoon, with pos.
sible thunderstorm. Windy, cooler tonight
low about "A. Tomorrow sunny, cool.
Temperatures today-Higa, &c.. at Ito pm;
low; 50, at 4:50 am. Yesterday-High, 10
at 400 pm; low. 46, at 2:45 am.
eFuI Report on Page Az,
Evening star., 1947-04-16

See TELEPHONE, Page A-6.5
Evening star., 1947-04-16

(see TEACHERS PAY, Page !
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
OCEAN VIEW

The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service held their election of
officers on Tuesday evening, De-
cember 2, and the following were
elected:
President, Mrs. Amos F. McCabe; !;
vice president, Mrs. Francis Der
rickson; promotional secretary
Mrs. Harley Burbage; recording
secretary, Mrs. Elsie Evans; trea-
surer, Mrs. Charles E.. Johnson !;
spiritual life, Mrs. Thomas c.
Jones; missionary education and
service, Mrs. Horace Derrickson
social relations and local church
Mrs. Clarence B. Holt; student
work, Mrs. Elliott Evans; youth
work, Mrs Chester Richards; chill
dren's work, Mrs. j. R. Hill; sup
ply work, Mrs. M. j. Parsons; lit
erature and publication, Mrs. Geo
Robinson; membership, Mrs. Yer
non C. Cobb; sunshine, Mrs. Thos
G. WalstOn.
/ The reopening of Bethel Metho
dist Church will take place on Sun
i day, February /, 1948. The last weel
in January the church will cele
brate its fiftieth anniversary witt
services each night during tn
week.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
EPWORTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon McCauley and
family were dinner guests on Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Hutchinson of Smyrna.
Mr.. Rawlins Stuart went on a
business trip to Philadelphia last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith and
family were shoppers in Whining
ton on Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie McCauley is visiting
relatives in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Mcbride and
daughter, Beatrice, of Wilmington,
were dinner guests on Saturday Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Adams. Call
ers in the afternoon were Mrs.
Ralph Friedel and Mrs. Edward
Mariner and daughter, Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Stuart and
daughter, Betty, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Collins on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carey and family
were shoppers in Wilmington, Sat
( urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wes
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Turner and son, Michael OF
Sunday evening.
! Do your Christmas Shopping il
/ Milford and Save Money. Milfort
Chamber of Commerce. n14-6
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12

Talking Phone Girls
Telephone operators of Bombay
India. must have a speaking knowl
edge Of six languages.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
Inhale! Exhale!
Hep! It's Basic Training

PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. (Rl-
Marine Staff Sgt. Charles G, Allen,
drill instructor, is wondering when
he'll be hearing from his Congress
man.
Sgt. Allen had been accustomed
to giving his platoon smoking per-
iods at regular intervals.
All recruits are issued cigarettes
in the Post Exchange.
After the break for the third such
period. one of Aliens recruits came
into the drill instructors room.
"Sir, / smoked two cigarettes, but
I just can't smoke this third one. >
Don't you smoke, Iadv the drill
instructor asked.
mo, sis but thought we had to,
SO l tried them couple of times.
They call it basic training.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
Plastic Threatens
India's Lac Business

NEW DELHI - (P) - The gov
ernment of India has warned the
country's lac industry, which pro-
duces 10000 to $4,000 tons annual
ly, that 1t faces serious competition
in a new thermoplastic material.
Valite 7796-B "sells at less than
half the current price of shellac, .
the government press note said:
'As compared with the unpredic-
table composition of natural shell
lac, which varies considerably be-
cause of climatic conditions and
inherent impurities, the new ma
terial is cheap synthetic resin
which can be continuously reused.
Lac is produced chiefly in nor
thern India and considerable am
cunt is exported.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
NATIONAL SAFETY
COUNCIL HINTS
FOR FURTHER LIVING

CHICAGO, Dec. Don't Let
Death Take Your Holiday"
With that slogan as keynote,
the National Safety Council an
rounced today a nationwide COM
paign to check the huge annual
Christmas holiday toll.
The Christmas-New York holiday
is the most hazardous single period
of the year, according to Council
statistics. In traffic accidents alone,
three times as many persons are
killed during a Christmas holiday
period than on the same days of the
preceding two weeks.
Heavier travel and the festive
spirit of the holiday season increase
the normal winter hazards, such as
bad weather, slippery roads and
more hours of darkness.
More than 130 national organiza-
tions, city and state officials, safe
ty councils and civic leaders have
joined forces with the Council in
the year-end campaign. Together
they seek to create in the public
mind an awareness of the special
holiday hazards, and to enlist vol
untary cooperation on the part of
every individual to hold accidents
to minimum this Christmas.
The Council emphasized that the
campaign is the final effort of the
year to hold the 1947 traffic death
toll below the 1916 total of 33,700
/ At the end of the first nine
months of this year, there was q
small reduction in traffic deaths
4 per cent-from the same period oil
1946. But the final quarter of the
\ year always is the one with tne
most traffic Deaths.
4 christmas time is family time
/ the season of reunion, of joy in one,
children, of drawing even closer
/, the most fundamental ties that binC
us together--truly a season to b.
merry" said New H. Dearborn
president of the Council
j But it is a season to be wary, a
! well. The tragedy of an accident be
\ comes even more poignant durini
the Yule season. 1t takes only |
little forethought, a little extri
care and, often. just a little extri
courtesy to make certain Christ
mas celebration of joy and festivit
unshadowed by accidents.
Remember - Don't Let Deaf
Take Your Holiday"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12

Do your. Christmas Shopping in
Milford and Save Money. Milford
Chamber of Commerce. n14-6t