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Evening star., 1947-07-30
Midnight U. 5. Broadcast
lis UninteI|igibIe in Russia
Ry tho Assoeiated Press

MOSCOW, July 30. - The first
midnight broadcast of the Voice OF
America" came through to the Rus
sian capital last night as a squeaky
ether whisper. It was drowned out
by atmospheric noises and loud sig
nails of European stations.
United States Embassy personnel,
sitting at monitoring sets and the
best type Russian short wave radios,
could not find the program.
The broadcast, sent from New
York and relayed by Munich, was
heard by the Associated Press only
on the 19-meter band.
When the "Voice of America" first
initiated it's broadcasts to the
Soviet Union they came through
poorly, but later there was improve
ment in reception.
The 9-p.m. American program last
night was received clearly. 1t was
the first time the hour long Voice
of America" program to Russia had
been split into two parts, the first
section being devoted to news and
the second featuring dance music
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Rees Launches Probe
I0f Personal Patronage
In Government Layoffs
Hopes to Have Ready
A Constructive Report
When Congress Returns
By Joseph Young

Chairman Rees of the House
Civil Service Committee an
nounced today his group will
conduct an investigation during
the congressional recess to de-
termine "to how large an extent
personal patronage exists in the
Government service"
Mr.. Rees, who has sharply criti-
cized what he chaarcterizes as "s
gradual return to the spoils system
in the Federal service, said his
committees investigative staff will
begin its work at once.
I'VE hope to have constructive
report ready for Congress when il
reconvenes in January Mr.. Reef
declared as he prepared to leave
/ for his home in Kansas. He plans
to return here in about SIX weeks
to aid in the investigative WORK.
May Ask Legislation.
The Kansan said that he will seek
remedial legislation next year if the
investigation bears out preliminary
findings which the committee al
ready has made.
Mr.. Rees is particularly critical o1
the situation which finds thousands
of career employees losing their job!
of facing dismissal, while war-serv.
ice employees in comparable job
are kept on the Federal payroll
He asserts that part of this result
from personal patronage" in case!
where agency officials seek to keeI
friends hired during the war or tht
payroll
Many permanent status person!
with IS or 20 years of service are
being let GO, while comparative new
comers remain on the job Mr.. Rec
declared.
Critical of Commission.
He also was critical of the Civi
Service Commission for failing tt
crack down on agency officials wht
violate civil service regulations. An
other criticism made by Mr.. Rees il
/ that the commission has failed tt
effect constructive program to pro.
tect the jobs of career people.
The commission recently has an
nounced plans to aid dismissed
career employees. Under its pro.
gram, these permanent status per.
sons would oust war-service em.
/ o. D1T~0NAcF pooe AL
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Crash Landing
DC. Meat Prices
Hit New Highs
In Some Stores .
T-Bone Steaks Quoted
At S1.25-o-Pound Top;
Heavy Demand Blamed

Meat prices in some Washing
ton area stores scared to new
highs today as T-bone steaks
were quoted from IS cents to
$1.25 a pound and lamb chops
from II cents to $1.19 a pound.
A check of independent and chain
stores in various parts of the city
showed price advances in virtually
all types of meats.
This was accompanied by high
prices for eggs, cheese and butter.
Chain store prices were generally
below those of independent stores.
One grocery chain listed these
prices today: '~s
T-bone and sirloin steaks, IS cents
a pound; loin lamb chops, 90 cents;
rib lamb chops, IS cents; loin pork
chops, 81 cents; rib pork chops, SO
cents; bacon, 73 cents; Clipped
beef, 81, and ready ground ham
burger, 40 cents.
Another chain were selling the
same meats at the following prices:
T-bone steaks, SO cents; sirloin
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Martin Says Kaiser Claimed
Inside Track on Materials;
Hughes Charges Brewster Offer
Pan American, TWA
Merger Called Price
Of Ayerting Probe
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, July 30
Howard Hughes issued a state
ment today demanding that
Chairman Brewster of the Sen
ate War Investigating Commit
tee, give the public the facts
concerning his abortive attempt
to intimidate and coerce me by
offering to call off this investiga-
ton of my airplane projects if I
would agree to merge TWA
(Trans World Airline) with
Juan Trippe's Pan American Air
ways"
The Hughes statement ADDED:
81 direct these four questions at
Senator Brewster and demand an
answer:
81. At lunch in your suite at the
Mayfower Hotel, Washington, D. c.,
did you or did you not offer to call
off this entire investigation if I
would agree to merge TWA with
Pan American Airways and support
your community airline bill?
Mentions Trippe Flight.
"2. Did I or did I not reply that I
had already promised Juan Trippe
that I would give him my answer
in 80 days?
49, And did Juan Trippe subse-
quently make a flight across the
country to see me, and spend two
days closeted in secret conference
with me at Palm Springs, Calf, or
did he not?
"a. And when you returned from
Europe thereafter, did Juan Trippe
tell you to hold up and not push
this investigation for while, as he
and I were still trying to get to-
gether, or did he not?"
The text of the statement said
that Hughes considered this pro-
posa1 for 80 days because it appeared
to him that Brewster had sponsored
the investigation in the first place
at Juan Trippe's direction"
Considered Giving In.
Mr.. Hughes statement continued:
Brewster was perfectly frank
and laid the cards on the table.
Under these circumstances, and
since the threat of the investigation
obviously was created in the first
place to maneuver me into
the merger with Pan American Air.
ways, I did not consider that my
giving in to their demands would
necessarily be dishonest on my part.
"In other words, since I felt that
the birth of the investigation was
illegitimate, I did not consider that
its elimination would be a crime.
However, I wanted to think 1t
over carefully and be sure my in
depreciation was correct.
st never did reach final de-
cision on the morals, because, at
the end of our negotiations, the
merger deal which Juan Trippe Of
fered was not one that I considered
equitable from the standpoint of
the other stockholders in my COM
pany, TWA."
Evening star., 1947-07-30

M. P.,s of plans for troop reductions,
the Socialist source said there were
cries of what about Palestine?'
The informant said Mr.. Attlee did
not reply.
1t is estimated 100000 British SOL
diers are in that mandate.
Forces in Germany were estimated
by a Informed source yesterday
at between 100000 and 100000. The
Prime Minister was said not to have
indicated the extent OF reductions
planned in Germany. The British
disclosed recently they would ask
the United States to assume 80 per
cent of the cost OF feeding and ad-
ministering the economically merged
American and British occupation
zones.
The Socialist informant implied
that Mr.. Attlee might furnish de-
tails Of proposed troop reductions
in a promised statement to Parlia-
ment next week.
5000 Troops in Greece.
Mr.. Attlee was reported to have
told the members of his party, who
met in a closed session, that Britain
planned originally to keep her
troops in Venezia Giulia during the
permitted 80 days after ratification
of the Italian peace treaty.
The informant said the Prime
Minister added that under present
circumstances, Britain could not
wait. The strength of British forces
in the Italian area, bordering Yugo-
slavia, has not been disclosed. Some
5000 British troops are in Greece.
The informant said Mr.. Attlee
promised reductions in the overall
size Of the armed forces. Field Mar
shal Viscount Montgomery, chief OF
the Imperial General Staff, was dis
closed in New Zealand yesterday to
be cutting short his Far Eastern
tour to return to London for con-
sultations.
Foreign Secretary Bevin, whose
strength in international consulta-
tions would be affected by any dras-
1Caa ppTTATN PAGE A-I0
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Efforts in 1912 to
Form Firm to Build
Mars Planes Told
BULLETIN

Former Chairman Jesse
Jones of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. testified this
afternoon that in awarding a
contract for the big Kaiser
Hughes cargo plane in 1912 he
was carrying out directive
from Donald M. Nelson, then
head of the War Production
Board. He said he had no
choice in the matter, nor did
he pass judgment on the plane.
Glenn L. Martin, Baltimort
plane builder, told the Senate
War Investigating Subcommit'
tee today that Henry Kaisel
claimed in 1912 he could ge'
Government orders to build big
aeroplanes that we're not within
the reach of other manufacture
ers.
Jesse Jones, former head of th'
Reconstruction Finance Corp, il
scheduled to testify before the sub
committee this afternoon.
Mr.. Martin, whose company bull
the big Mars flying boat, said Mr
Kaiser came to his Maryland plan
in July, 1912, and tried to interes
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Australia 10 Present
|ndonesian Dispute
To Security Council
Article 80 Of Charter
Invoked; ChifIey Hopes
To End Fight Quickly
By The Associated Press

CANBERRA, July 30.-Prime
Minister j. B. Chifey announced
today that Australia had directed
her representative in the United
Nations Security Council to draw
the Councils attention to the
Indonesian situation under Ar
ticle 80 of the U. N. Charter.
Article 80 provides that the Sc
curity Council shall determine the
existence of any threat to the peace,
breach of peace or act Of aggression,
and shall make recommendations OF
decide what measures shall be taken
+ to maintain or restore inter-
national peace and security"
Mr.. Chifey expressed hope that the
Council would act swiftly to bring
an end to hostilities between the
Netherlands and the Indonesian
Republic.
Further Delay Held Unjustified.
In announcing his government IS
! intention to bring the matter before
the Security Council the Prime
Minister said:
Australia takes this action 10
days after hostilities commenced in
Indonesia because in accordance
with Article 80 of the United Ma
tions Charter the parties to any dis
pute are obliged first of all to seek a
solution by negotiation or mediation
strenuous attempts have beer
made in consultation with other
governments, particularly the
United Kingdom, the United States
and India, to bring about solution
| in this way. However, it is felt that
further delay is not justified be-
cause OF the loss of Life being sus-
tanned"
"This is the first time in the
history of the council that this
Article (39) has been invoked, the
Australian prime minister said, land
it is the hope of the government in
taking this act1on that not only viii
hostihtieaDcease but that the Sc
curity Council will prove its worth
in dealing quickly and effectively
with a situation of this kind"
Investigation Held Unnecessary.
Mr.. Chifey said Australia in past
cases had followed the policy o1
acting under Charter Article "a
permitting Security Council in
vestigation of ANY situation which
might lead to international fric-
tion.'
However, the situation in Indo-
nesia differs from any previously
brought before the Security Coun-
cil,'' he pointed out. tHostilities are
being carried on. Investigation Is
not required to establish the crucial
fact. ="
The Prime Minister said AUS
tralia's action has been taken after
1see AUSTRALIA, Page Ara9
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Martin Says u. S.
Had 30 B-2os Able
To Garry A-Bomb
By the Associofed Press

The United States had at
least 80 B-29 bombers fitted to
carry atomic bombs when the
war ended, Glenn L. Martin
said today.
Mr.. Martin, Baltimore aircraft
manufacturer. made the state
ment during testimony to the
Senate War Investigating Com
mittee. The subject was brought
up incidentally at the commit
tees hearing on aircraft con-
tracts awarded to Henry j.
Kaiser and Howard Hughes.
Mr.. Martin said his company
made the planes which carried
the atomic bombs over Hlro-
shima and Nagasaki at its Oma-
ha (Nebr.) plant. They had to
be fitted with special bomb-bay
doors, he said.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Bill 10 Relax Controls
On RaiI-Bank Links
To Get Pocket Veto
Trumon Sees Departure
From Policy Against
Locking Direetorutes
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today ap-
piled his first pocket veto" OF
the postcongressional session
announcing in a statement that
he was withholding approval
from finance bill which he said
would facilitate banker control
of railroads and would sanction
a departure from the long-es-
tablished policy against inter-
locking directorates."
The President has 10 days afte1
the end of Congressional session
to approve or disapprove measures
passed by Congress and when ne
fails to approve within this period
a measure automatically dies.
The legislation killed today would
amend the Interstate Commerce
Act to relax the law prohibiting ar
officer or director of any carrier
to benefit from the sales of any Sc
curities issued by the company.
Under the proposed liberalization
an exemption would be provided II
a transaction involved carrier and
a banking house having the same
officers and if securities were sold
under competitive bids approved by
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion.
Would Aid Banker Control.
at has been stated that one Of
the results of the existing law was
to make it difficult or impossible
for a railroad to award prospective
security issues to banking or in
vestment concerns with which some
of it's directors we're connected and
that since regulations now require
that railroad securities be marketed
as a general rule through competl-
tive bidding, the restriction is un-
necessary" the President said.
"It was the expressed purpose OF
existing law to make it difficult or
impossible for railroads to deal with
banking or investment companies
with interlocking directorates and
the requirement'of competitive bid
ding is established, not by statute
but by a recent commission de-
cision and is, therefore, subject to
change at any time.
Moreover, this would facilitate
and encourage the banker contro
of railroads, which is the subject
of complaint in an important Gov
ernment antitrust now pending
against the railroads. The eradiea-
ton of such control is sufficiently
difficult without the enactment o1
new legislation to facilitate the
establishment of such control.
"The evil of the kind of transac'
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Brest Starts Repair Work
After Blast Of Nitrate Ship
By the Assoeiafed Press

BREST, France, July 3o-This
Brittany port today began pulling
itself out of the ruin spread by an
ammonium nitrate explosion and
fire Monday aboard the freighter
Ocean Liberty which killed 18 per-
sons and injured more than 400.
Those who were not attending in
jured and sitting up with the dead
started repairing houses and shops
while smoke from the blasted Nor
wegian vessel out in the roadstead
still drifted over Brest.
The waterfront was fiattened.
City streets were strewn with glass
and other wreckage. Lumps Of
twisted iron carried by the impact
of the explosion were found as far
as miles from the port.
Correspondents inspecting the
Liberty ship from boat found her
a battered maze cf sheet iron.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Stocks Continuing
Downward Spiral
In London Trading
By the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, July 30.-The Lon
don stock Exchange continued
its downward spiral today, with
industrial issues losing heavily.
Uncertainty over Britain's
financial and economic position
was regarded as the main factor
behind the rush of selling, al
though prices were also inf1u-
enced by yesterdays sharp Wall
Street break.
The London News Chronicle
called it the worst slump IN
many months, and said millions
of pounds had been wiped of
values Of industrial stocks.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
By L. S. ChokoIes
Assoeio'sd Press Foreign Correspondent

KoZANI, Greece, July 3o.-
Ragged remnants Of the guerriIlas
who marched on Grevena in North
west Greece five days ago and met
disaster are incarcerated today In
girls school in this Western Mace
donian village.
Worn by Hunger, their clothing
in tatters and the soles Of their
shoes almost gone, they told wearily
of a grim force march from the
mountains near the Albanian bor-
der which ended in the rout OF
their forces.
I talked with six of the more than
10 VINO were brought here in trucks
Yesterday. All OF them said they
were equipped and supplied In the
mountains near the frontier, but
that they did not know whether
they had been In Albania at the
time.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Maryland Acts TO Stop
Fish Destruction in Tests
BY the Assosioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 30.-The De-
partment of Tidewater Fisheries
acted quickly today in an attempt
to halt wholesale destruction Of fish
by mine or depth charge explosions
in Popes Creek, off the Potomac
River.
David H. Wallace, executive secre-
tary. asked Navy officials to halt at
Orc the explosions which continued
as late as Yesterday afternoon when
three State officials saw a great
number of fish killed.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
him in plans for a new company
build 500 of the Mars-type ships.

him in plans for a new company TO
build 500 of the Mars-type SHIPS.
The witness told the subcommittee
investigating the $4,000, 900 war con-
tracts for airplanes given Mr.. Kaiser
and Howard Hughes that the Kaiser
plan was to get the Glenn L. Martin
CO. and four or five other plane
manufacturers to get together on the
building of the 500 Mars planes.
Plants Capacity Filled.
"1 explained that our capacity was
filled up with Army and Navy work, :"
Mr.. Martis testified. HE continued
to argue he could find the materials
without interfering with that work.
He argued he could save time,
and if. we all got together we could
make nice profit and get the ships
out" Mr.. Martin added.
The Baltimore plane builder said
he told Mr.. Kaiser he would only
90 into such a venture if the Gov
ernment directed him to do so.
Senator O'Conor, Democrat, OF
MARYLAND, wanted to know what
Mr.. Kaiser, who had been surface
shipbuilder, thought he could con-
tribute to the new airplane venture.
It was in reply to this question
that Mr.. Martin quoted Mr.. Kaiser
as saying he could get orders that
were not within reach OF otner
plane manufacturers.
Four Years Spent in Design.
MFR. Martin said he thought "it
was obvious he (Mr. Kaiser) was
thinking of some method other than
regular Army and Navy channels.
Mr.. Martin had told the commit
tee earlier that his company spent
four wears designing the Mars, ano
that it had a Government oroer iof
20 of the big militray ships, which
was cut back to six after vi Day
senator O'Conor asked Mr.. Martin
what possible profits Mr.. Kaiser
mentioned from his proposed giant
combine.
was not specific on this point.
Chairman Ferguson OF the sub
committee asked: Aircraft building
Is a highly specialized field is ii
not?" A..
eyes. sir. Some portions OF the
work can be turned over to mechan-
ical engineers after special training
hut stress analysts and the like can
not be produced quickly"
was Completely Designed.
Asked if the Mars plane which
MIR. Kaiser proposed to mass pro-
dice had not been completely de-
signed at the time, Mr.: Martin an
swered in the affirmative.
The Baltimore manufacturer, who
nroduced and delivered some 5000
combate aircraft during the war, al
a total cost of some 81 00,000 900
said Mr.. Kaiser proposed to him two
programs running concurrently, one
to mass produce the Mars and an
7F1oofinI1ed oI, Page As. Column J
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Nelson Leaves Hospital

NEW YORK. July 80 (P>.-Donald
M. Nelson, president of the Society
of Independent Motion Picture Pro-
ducers, has been discharged from
French Hospital, hospital, author
tiles said last night. The former
chairman Of the War Production
Board entered the hospital last week
Nature of his illness was rlotsdls
closed
Evening star., 1947-07-30
$50, 900 in Gems Stolen
From British Film Star
By the Associated Press

LONDON, July 30.-Margot Gra-
hame, British movie star, reported
to police yesterday that jewelry
valued at $4,000 was stolen from
her sixth floor apartment in the
HYDE Park district Monday night.
Miss Grahame said that after re-
turning from a dinner party she
left the jewels scattered on a dress
ing table. Police said the thief ap-
parently entered the apartment
with key and took the valuable
without disturbing the actress.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
III. Warns Russians.
On Selling Property.
In Satellite Nations.
Soviet Told Transfers
Of Axis Assets Must
Meet Treaty Terms
U. S. PREPARES to take new steps
in U. N. on Balkans. Page As
By Gornett D. Horner

BY Gornett D. Horner
The United States today
warned Russia against taking
German and italian property
from Hungary, Bulgaria and Ro-
mania except in accordance with
peace-treaty terms.
undersecretary of State Lovett
made public at news conference
a note on the subject delivered to
Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow
by American Ambassador Walter
Bedell Smith.
The note declared that the United
States Cannot regard transfers to
the Soviet Union of German and
Italian assets in former satellite
countries made before the peace
treaties come into force as being
more than of provisional character"
Austrian Property Not German.
Furthermore, the note added, this
Government "can recognize only
transfers made in accordance with
treaty terms"
In the case of German assets, this
means transfers as provided by the
Allied Control Council for Germany.
1t also emphasized the Ameri-
can view that Austrian assets found
in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania
cannot be considered German and
that their final disposition must de-
pend on agreement to the definition
of the term German assets" in re-
lation to Austrian property. Dis
agreement between Russia and the
Western powers on this point is one
of the chief obstacles to working
out peace treaty with Austria.
No Amount Given
Mr.. Lovett said he did not know
the precise amount of property in
volved but assumed that 1t was OF
considerable Importance.
Russia already has seized much
property in Austria and the Balkan
countries which she contends was
German-owned.
The note to Mr.. Molotov said the
United States desires to be in
formed regarding any provisional
transfer of assets which may be
affected prior to the coming into
force Of treaties and to be consulted
in connection with any discussions
which may grow out of the applica-
ton of treaty provisions governing
transfer of German assets"
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Two Kidnapped Britons
Hanged by 1errorists
In Execution RepriisaI
No Trace Of Bodies, Found,
However, After Hunt by
Troops, Police, Newsmen
BULLETIN

JERUSALEM P).-TWo Brit
ish soldiers were killed and
three were injured today by an
electrically detonated mine
near the Hedera railway sta
ton, it was officially an
nOunced.
Evening star., 1947-07-30

(See MEAT, Page A-4.)
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CONTINUED on Page AS, Column l
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(See VETO, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-07-30

1See PATRONAGE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-07-30

(see PALESTINE. Page AL
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(see BRITAIN, Page A-43
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