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Home Rule
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and that is the only way in which
1t should be approached"
The session today took up general
problems of the city government Or
ganization. 1t did not 60 into the
issue of home rule. although the
subject was briefly touched upon at
one or two points
Commissioner John Russell Young
was spokesman for the Board of
Commissioners, all three of whom
attended. He read lengthy men,
orandum in response to six questions
submitted to the Commissioners by
the Auchincloss committee. 1t was
concerned primarily with explain
ing the set-up of the District gov
ernment and in some respects its
relationship to the Federal govern
ment.
Mr.. Young was questioned at some
length by committee members. He
was joined by Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West in answering some
technical questions about the au-
thority of the Commissioners.
! Present Setup Is Critical.
| The present setup of the District
government was criticized by several
witnesses who. however, made no
| personal references regarding the
administration now in control.
Chairman AuchinclosS stressed at
| the close of the hearing that "ques-
tions are not to be taken on a per-
sonal basis whatever but in spirit
designed to secure more informa-
! ton
/ To this. Commissioner Young said
he appreciated that the committee
was seeking the benefit of informa-
! ton from District heads and added
that he realized I'VE are not be-
fore board Of inquisitiop."
Mr.. AuchinclosS, in his opening
| statement, pointed out that many
studies had been made of the Dis
trict government, but that all of
them had proved unproductive, so
far as concrete legislative results
are concerned"
/ The committee chairman said his
group proposed to bring the earlier
reorga nization schemes up to date,
and to develop a program for mod
ernization of the government of
the District and for local self-rule,
which will at long last, We hope,
win congressional assent and so
consummate the long cherished
hopes of the community for mod
ern city charter and simultaneously
reduce the work load on Congress
| Both Mr.. Auchincloss and Rep
resentative Mccormack brought out
that the manner in which the Dis
trict government developed had led
10 its present complex structure.
Topsy- like Growth Is Cited.
Mr.. Auchincloss said the founding
fathers had never intended Congress
to concern itself with the petty
chicken-feed of District ordinance
passing He charged the Govern
ment of the District has grown like
Topsy" since 1874. when it had only
about 10 major units He said the
committees studies show that now
there are about 125 major units. OF
which 48 are Federal and n are
District agencies.
"Modernlzation of the PATCHWORK
administrative structure is long
overdue" he asserted, and is the
/. first objective of the study this com.
mittee is launching"
Representative Mccormack sale
the District government has grown
haphazardly for nearly 10 years
with the result that it now has 6
more or less cumbersome. uninte'
grated framework. He pledged hi!
Evening star., 1947-06-30

Rhulin Albert Thomas, 36-year-
old deaf linotype operator at The
Evening Star, has received his pri-
vate pilots license as the first step
in what he hopes will be the win
ming of an instructors certificate.
Mr.. Thomas, who believes he is
the first totally deaf person in the
Washington area to receive such a
permit, has been taking flying les
sons at the College Park (Md) Air
port since November,
His instructor was George Tru-
man, who has quit his teaching job
to begin preparations for a round
the-world fight In a light plane
sometime this summer.
One of his reasons for taking up
flying, he explained. was to work for
an instructors license in order to
teach other deaf men and women
to pilot an airplane.
Mr.. Thomas, who says he thinks
flying is safer than driving an auto
mobile, found the hardest thing to
master was the feeling of vibration
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men began quarreling over the
merits of capitalism and Commun-
ism in a dispute over family f1nan-
cial matters.
You don't know anything about
Communism" Chief MacInnis said
several guests in the house heard
young Soach tell his father
A clash Of views followed, thel
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cooperation to the committees
objectives.
DR.. George B. Galloway, director
of the committees staff, joined in
questioning the witnesses and is
expected TO take a major role dur
ing future hearings.
Representative Deane, Democrat
Of North Carolina warned that eve
are likely to touch on the toes OF
some individuals as we try to bring
more efficient administration to the
city government" Without refer
ring to the Commissioners them
selves he asked MI Young to call
upon subordinate officers of the Dis
trict government to Cooperate with
the committee, so the congressional
unit will be able to bring out the
right answers
The committee will resume its
hearing Wednesday morning to hear
witnesses from the four Washington
newspapers.
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Forces pilot and
his s53-year-old
father.
Police Chief
Fred X. Mac1n-
mis- identified the
dead as Michael
Souch. a worker
at the Phoenix
Iron Works, and
his son, Charles,
26. former Army
captain who few
265 fighter mis-
sions in Europe
and China.
Chief Mac1n-
- -
Evening star., 1947-06-30
House Begins Debate
Today on Admission
OF Hawaii 10 Union
by fhe Assoeiotsd Press

Congress will hear its first
Statehood debate in nearly two
decades today.
The House called up for action
bill to permit the Territory OF
Hawaii group of Pacific Islands
to become the 49th State.
Republican leaders placed a must"
tag on the legislation, frst intro
duced in 1920, and predicted the
House will pass it before the Fourth
of July holiday. The measure has
administration approval.
Vigorous opposition is expected,
however, principally on the funda-
mental policy of granting statehood
to any off-shore island. But even
opponents concede privately they
are unable to defeat the bill In the
House.
Has Been Territory Since 1900.
Hawaii has been a territory OF the
United States since April 80. 1900.
Before that, it was kingdom and
then an independent republic.
AS citizens of the territory, the
people of Hawaii are citizens OF the
United States But they lack the
right to elect their own Governor,
to vote for President or to be repre-
sented in Congress by voting men,
bers.
One of the arguments advanced
by Hawaii's non voting delegate IN
the House, Joseph r. harrington, is
that Hawaiians pay more Federal
taxes than IA of the States. yet
Hawaii has no voice in levylng OF
spending them.
Krug Cites Revolution Cry.
Secretary of the Interior Krug
summed up that thought by repeat
ing to the House Public Lands Com
mittee the American Revolution
battle cry: Taxation without rep
resentation is tyranny
There Is no room in our scheme
of Government for holding an in
corporated territory in perpetual
state of tutelage," Secretary Krug
declared.
| Hawaii has a land area of 6,43s
square miles, slightly larger than
the combined area of Connecticut
and Rhode Island. Its population
is estimated at $4,000 more than
any other State at the time OF ad-
mission except Oklahoma.
Congressional enactment OF the
statehood bill would require the
Governor of Hawaii, Presidential
appointee, to order an election OF
delegates within 80 days to draft
State constitution.
The constitution would have to
be ratified by the people of Hawaii
in another election and approved
by the President.
A third election then would be
necessary to select Governor, two
Senators, two House members and
other State officials to take office
when the President admits the
State by proclamation.
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Congress in Brief
By the kssocioted Press

Senate:
Votes on President Truman's plan
for reorganization of Labor Depart
ment agencies.
Judiciary Subcommittee receives
Kansas City election report at closed
session.
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee con-
siders French taxation treaty.
House:
Opens debate on legislation au-
thorizing Hawaiian statehood.
I Armed Services Subcommittee
hears Government witnesses on
cashing terminal leave bonds.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Oil Council Head Attacks
Government Export Policy

MINNEAPOLIS, June 30 lE1.-Wal-
ter S. Hallanan, Pittsburgh, chair
man of the National Petroleum
Council, told the midseason meet
ing of the American Petroleum In
stitutes Marketing Committee to-
day that the Federal Government Is
export policy had been a major
contributing factor in the present
acute oil shortage.
He asserted in an address at the
opening session of the two-day
meeting that $3.50 tons of tubular
goods exported in the first quar-
ter of 1947 would have built a r.
inch pipeline from West Texas to
Chicago, which "alone would solve
all of the existing and threatened
shortages in the Middle West"
Mr.. Hallanan said that although
the oil situation was tight it was
not one that should create ANY
degree of panic
In the fact of tremendous in
crease in demand for petroleum pro-
ducts. we have every reason to
believe that this demand could be
met adequately if it were not for
transportation bottlenecks that arise
from inability to have sufficient
basic steel materials to meet this
vastly increased demand"
He said that the Government, by
permitting export of tubular goods
and other steel products, rs building
up the industry and war-making
potentials of Europe. including
Communist Russia. at the expense
Evening star., 1947-06-30

/ they get from the hobby and the
satisfaction of seeing their birds
perform at shows.
Mrs. Jane Robertson of 6516
Eighth street NV. even gave up her
favorite pastime - watching the
Washington Senators play ball--to
supervise her entries at the show.
Seldom does she miss one Of the
home games-day or night. She is
the sister law of Clark Griffith,
and her son-Sherry Robertson,
utility infielder for the Nats-is one
of her main reasons for attending.
And she can see other members
of the family almost every time a
visiting team comes to town. Mrs.
Robertson's daughter, Thelma, is
married to Joe Haynes. pitcher for
the Chicago White Sox. Her other
daughter, Mildred, Is married to Joe
Cronin, manager of the Boston Red
Sox.
Special Cage Needed Now.
Mrs. Robertson pointed out that
the young birds must be watched
especially carefully during this time
of year-when they are losing their
baby feathers. BY fall, some of the
young entries will be ready for the
clubs grownup canary competition.
The entries were divided into nine
classes for the competition. Win
ners were:
Clarence Moore, 400 Lebaum street
Sc. Wee Gem Border class; Harry
Silfies, 2105 Conway avenue NE,
Yorkshire; John J. Reidy, 1906 Sew
enth street NV. Norwich; John
Allen. 1906 North Cleveland street,
Arlington, Border; James Thomas,
321 Seventh street NE. Hartz
Mountain; Mr.. Hartman, first
crossed hybrid and red factor
classes: Carlos Finohiaro, 227 Thirty
fourth street NE. second crossed
hybrid, and Mrs. Hines, best para
keet.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Britain Seeks Mexican Beef

LONDON, June 80 (P.-Spokes-
man for the Food Office and the
Mexican Embassy said today that
negotiations were proceeding for
the British purchase of indefinite
amounts of Mexican beef. The ne
gotiations, both sources said, were
conducted mainly in Mexico City.
Evening star., 1947-06-30

! II you want a nice calm hobby
pastime you won't have to worry
about and that won't take up much
time-don't start raising show
canaries.
That Is the advice of rs canary
raisers who yesterday submitted
about 175 entries at the annual
young bird show of the National
Capital Canary Club. held at Eagle
Tent Hall, 7 Fourth street NE.
Mrs. Margaret Hines of 1905 Ed
munston avenue, Hyattsville, Md.
only member of the club who raises
birds as business, has about 1,50o
500 OF them canaries-to keep her
busy. A good bit of her time, she
explained, is taken up by training
the canaries for shows.
And it isn't just matter of
throwing birds into a breeding cage
and coming out with a show bird, -
she said emphatically.
Must Build Up Poise.
A real show bird must be trained
to sing at any time He should be
moved from room to room and sub
jected to all sorts of noises, so his
poise and confidence will hold up
during the rugged surroundings of
a show. He has to be taught how
to stand. Even his eating has to
be regulated, Mrs. Hines explained.
All this is in addition to the more
routine task of feeding and cage
sizable job for most
of the club members.
For example, James Thomas, g.,
of 321 Seventh street NE, spends
about three hours a day on those
routine chores to care for the 200
birds he has in his basement. CAL
win B. Hartman of 1856 Sheridan
street NV. also too often" finds
himself taken away from the busi-
ness of operating his retasaurant
to care for his 100 birds, he said.
All, however, agreed it was more
than worth it in the companionship
Evening star., 1947-06-30
.Ex-FIyer and Father Kill Selves
In Quarrel Over Communism

the ex-f1yer smashed a model air
plane with his fist and shouted:
so this is what I fought for
this democracy"
Then, Chief MacInnis said, ID
took a 32-caliber German war SOU
yenir gun and walked out on the
porch. The father followed him. A
moment later there was shot.
Lewis Hegadus of Johnstown. Pa,
cousin of Michael Souch, said he
rushed out on the porch In time to
see the youths father pick up the
gun and fatally shoot himself.
Evening star., 1947-06-30

the following grounds for eviction
set forth: CA) Failure to pay rent
(B.) Violation of the obligations OF
tenancy" such as destruction ol
property. co. Commission OF q
nuisance or use of building for
immoral or illegal purposes. CD
Decision of landlord to occupy a
dwelling himself. tED Sale of a
dwelling for occupancy by the pur-
chaser. Long waiting periods ano
a provision for an OPA eviction GER
tificate are eliminated.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Bookmokine Opposed

Urging that bookmaking be kept
illegal, H. r. H. Chalmers, presi-
dent OF the New Zealand Racing
Conference, observed: You will
never find a totaliza tor offering s4OC
to jockey not to win or going into
factory and asking the workers
to put a pound apiece on horse. .
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Senate Group 10 Open
Hearing on Reported
Oil Shortage July "a
By the Assoeioted Press

Chairman Malone announced to-
day that Senate Public Lands
subcommittee will open two-day
hearing July IA to ascertain the
facts" in connection with reported
shortages of Oil.
Declaring that many rumors
and statements concerning petro-
Ileum supply could easily lead to a
panicky state of public mind" Sen
ator Malone said in statement,
the subcommittee intends to "sift
fact from rumors as fully and rapid
ly as possible"
Representatives OF the INDUSTRY
and Government officials will be
invited to testify.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
sv the Associofed Press

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa, June 30
quarrel over Communism ended
in double suicide yesterday for a
much-decorated former Army Air
Evening star., 1947-06-30
Utility Executive Dies

MINNEAPOLIS, June 80 P.-
Theodore D. Crocker, 66, president
of the Northern States Power Co.
since 1943 and associated with the
company for 30 years. died yester-
day in Northwestern Hospital after
short illness.
Evening star., 1947-06-30

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even better service fromWas.h.
;oeton to Pittsburgh! With its
Convenient overnight schedule
and early morning artlssi'
his & ne train is ideal for busi'
ness appointments
You have the choice of single
or double bedrooms, COM
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of our national security ano OF tns
demands % of our peace-time econ
,,rs
Evening star., 1947-06-30

French museums are reopenine
as collections carefully hidden from
the Germans are reassembled and
brought back to Paris.
Evening star., 1947-06-30
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reclining coach.seats. AR
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Restful sleep, friendly cour'
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they'll be part of your trip on
this fine train.
Evening star., 1947-09-22

the lucky accident of good weather
IN America" can save lives of many
by food production. Another dust
bowl calamity here would mean
catastrophe in a food-short world
the official said in a radio interview
5. The Commerce Department
added bright fact to the food pic
ture-preliminary estimates. indicate
production of fats and oils from
domestic materials may reach the
peacetlme record of 9,5O0, 900 900
pounds in the crop year now ending
Meanwhile Norman j. Wall of the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics,
reported United States agriculture
now Is worth more than Sill 600 =
000, 900, little more than twice the
1910 figure and an increase of $l2,-
500, ,0O0, 900 in a year.
In an address to a conference of
the National Agricultural Credit
Committee, Wall said agriculture
during 1946 showed improvement
AL along the line with the single
exception of its debt, which became
larger" The committee is COM
posed OF representatives of banking
insurance. farm organizations and
the Federal Government.
But the debt increase was easilv
offset by the higher valuations OF
assets" added Mr.. Wall, who Is head
OF the bureaus division of finance
Evening star., 1947-09-22

agreement on Gen. Marshall's pro-
posal. The 16-nation sessions be-
gan July IL. -Four days later, an
organization was completed and
most top-ranking delegates went
home.
Clayton Goes to London.
Drafting Of the report was under
taken by 16-nation Committee of
Cooperation: a 5-nation Executive
Board and subcommittees on food
and agriculture, fuel and power, iron
and steel, and transport.
The planners, running past their
September ! deadhne, strove to fin
ish the report by a week ago, but
had to rewrite it because of objec-
tions from William L. CLAYTON,
Undersecretary OF State for Eco
nomic Affairs. Mr.. Clayton was
said to have insisted on more self
help efforts. The revised report was
approved Saturday.
Nations that helped draw it up
were Britain, France, Austria. Bel
gium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
Fire, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Den
mark, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal,
Greece and Turkey. Spain was NOT
invited. Eastern European nations
turned down invitations.
Mr.. Clayton was in London last
night. A reliable United States EN-
bassy source said he would skip to-
days Paris session and probably stay
in Britain until he sailed homeward
on the Queen Elizabeth Friday.
This source, asked If Mr.. Clayton
contemplated more talks with OFF,
cials on the British economic situ-
alton, replied: II suppose he won't
be wasting any time"
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Dr.. WdsseII Leaves
For Leper Colony Post
By the Associated p,...

ENGLEWoOD. N. j., Sept. 22-
DR.. Corydon w. Wassell, whose
wartime rescue of IL wounded men
from a bombed-out hospital in Java
earned him presidential citation
and formed the basis of a Hollv-
wood movie, was en- route back to
the Pacific today to become a med
ical missionary on the island of
Molokai.
DR.. Wassell, a resident of Hot
Springs, Ark, left SATURDAY., He
had been staying here while his
wife, Madeline, completed a grad
uate nursing course at the Engle-
wood Hospital.
Mrs. Wassell, whom he married in
China in 1921, will follow him later
to Molokai.
The island, noted for its leper
colony, is in the Hawaiian group.
DR.. Wassell will work without pay
at the Shingle Memorial Hospital.
an Episcopalian institution.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Longer Registration
Period 10 Be Weighed
By Montgomery Unit

Proposals to extend the time for
voter registration in MONTGOMERY
County will be considered tomorrow
by the County Board of Election
Supervisors, Chairman Richard II.
Lansdale announced.
In a letter to Mrs. j. r. Hemins-
way Of Takoma Park, president of
the League of Women Voters, Mr..
Lansdale said the board will discuss
the matter at a meeting at 10 am,
in the courthouse at Rockville.
The league had objected to the
scheduled six-day registration
period from October q through No
vember and asked for a longer
period and a rowing" board to sit
in communities of the county be-
sides Rockville, Bethesda and Silver
Spring.
]. Bond Smith, chairman of the
Montgomery Democratic Central
Committee, has written the SUPER
vlsors urging registration period
OF three weeks and a rowing board.
Voters must register within the
prescribed period this fall to be-
come eligible for the election In
November, 1948. when ballots will
be cast on the county charter, Con-
gressional candidates, President and
Vice President.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
u. NJ
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developments over the week end
They were:
l. The powerful 14-nation Steer.
Ing Committee of the Assembly
voted. IL to 2, to recommend that
the Assembly consider Secretary Of
State Marshalrs proposal for a
little assembly" year-'round com.
mittee of the SIS member states. Rus
sia opposed this strongly, but only
Poland voted with the Soviet against
this recommendation.
2. The Steering Committee also
decided to recommend that the
Assembly discuss Gen. Marshall's
proposal for a full debate on the
independence of Korea. The vote
again was II to 2, with Russia and
Poland in the minority.
3. Mr.. Austin hurled "libel" and
'falsification' charges at Mr.. Vishin-
sky, who blasted the whole range of
American policies in a speech to the
Assembly last week. Mr.. Austin
spoke Saturday night at a dinner
meeting of the American Association
for United Nations.
In sharp contrast to Russian op-
position to almost every item that
the United States has proposed for
the General Assembly, the United
States offered no objection to a
Russian resolution tossed in by Mr..
Vishinsky at the end of his one
hour and 33-minute broadside.
Thus the Steering Committee
passed on to the Assembly without
a record vote Mr.. Vishinsky's reso-
luton calling on the Assembly to
condemn "the criminal propaganda
for new war" which Mr.. Vishin-
sky charged was being carried on,
particularly in the United States,
Turkey and Greece.
No one spoke on the resolution
Evening star., 1947-09-22

except Mr.. Austin, who said briefly
that the United States did not
object to its inclusion in the agenda.
The Steering Committee complet-
ed work on the list of more than so
items proposed for the Assembly.
At the end of the general debate.
tentatively scheduled for this aft
ernoon or tomorrow morning. the
Assembly will take up the Steering
Committee recommendations. The
fights in the committee are expected
to break out again on the floor, as
the Assembly alone has the right to
Judge what it shall discuss.
Optimistic Over Speed.
Secretary General Trygve Lie, op-
timistic at the speed attained by the
Steering Committee at an extraor-
dinary meeting at Lake Success yes
terday, said he hoped the important
committee work of the Assembly
could begin Wednesday. The U. N.
is holding to its hope that the AS
sembly can adjourn in mid -Novem-
ber.
The Steering Committee passed
on to the Assembly a proposal by a
group OF Latin American countries
for revision of the Italian peace
treaty. The vote was 4 Omitted
States. Brazil, Cuba and Mexico) to
2 Russia and Poland, with 8 alb
stentions britain, France, China,
Luxembourg, Syria, Chile, New Zea-
land and India).
Mr.. Gromyko charged that the
American delegation was, putting
moral pressure" on the Soviet
Union to modify the terms of the
treaty. The United States told the
committee it merely wants the AS
sembly to recommend that the sig
natory powers consider" revising
the treaty to take out generous"
provisions.
The Security Council also will
meet this week. Mr.. Gromyko.
current president of the Council,
called for sessions on Wednesday
and Thursday morning to deal with
applications of Italy and Finland
for membership and the question of
a governor for the tree territory Of
Trieste.