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Evening star., 1947-12-06
Selected Stocks Gain,
But Many Leaders
Fail 10 Follow
by Victor Eubonk
Asseeiatsd Press Finoneiai Writer

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Stocks
edged toward recovery on a selective
basis in today's market although
many leaders failed to make the
grade.
A little buying eventuated. largely
from professionals, on the idea Fri
days slump to an average low since
last June may have been overdone
Year-end tax selling still was a
handicap to numerous pivotals
and some customers continued to
trim accounts because of apprehen-
sion over disturbing foreign situa-
tions and the though that the ad-
ministration may press deflation
measures which will hit business.
The usual slackening of weekend
activity prevailed from the start
with the ticker frequently idle.
Fractional irregularity ruled near
the close. Transfers for the two
hours were in the neighborhood OF
400, 900 shares.
Resistant most Of the time were
United States Steel, General Motors,
United States Rubber, Boeing, Con-
solidated Edison, North American,
Anaconda, Kennecott, Dow Chemi-
cal, Union Carbide, Johns-Manville
and Phillips Petroleum. Armour was
given a modest lift on the first
dividend since 1887. Pacific West
ern Oil again advanced on favor
able California court decision.
Intermittent laggards included
Southern Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohie
tat 1947 low, Bethlehem Steel
Montgomery Ward. Woolworth
Oliver Corp. United Aircraft, Stand.
ard Oil of New Jersey, Texas Co.
Phelps Dodge, American Can, d.
Pont, Philip Morris and American
Telephone.
Bonds were narrow.
In the curb Prentice-Hall movet
on a split proposal. Supported were
Babcock g. Wilcox, Detroit Stee
Products and Phil Blum. Hesitant
were Creole Petroleum, American
Gas, Sunbeam Corp, Textron ane
West Virginia Coal.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Wheat and Cotton Futures
Turn Up After Big Drop
BY the Assoeioted Press

Wheat prices, which slumped 1871
cents a bushel in the last week OF
trading, began modest recovery
today and cotton earmarked fol
future delivery also moved ahead.
December wheat sold at S3.011l
cents a bushel at Chicago, "a cent
higher than yesterdays close. Eigh'
days ago December wheat reached {
new 30-year peak at $3.2oA.
The price decline was caused by
needed rains in the Southwest anc
the virtual withdrawal of Govern.
ment buying. Brokers said the
nervous liquidation apparently hae
dried up today.
In New York, cotton futures closed
IS cents to $l.15 bale higher.
During the week at the Chicago
stockyards, hogs advanced so cent!
to 81 a hundred pounds, the cattle
market was uneven and slaughter
lambs lost 81 to $1.35 a hundred.
weight.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
By Froncis P. Douglas
S,or Ston CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Charles E.
Wilson, president of General Motors,
told the National Association of
Manufacturers convention last
night that the situation today
clearly calls for reputation of such
infationary policies" as the 40
hour week.
In an address before the banquet
which closed the MANS SD annual
Congress of American Industry, Mr..
Wilson said:
The Government must cease sup
porting special interest groups that
require employers and their Gus
toners to pay for work not per-
formed or to pay excess prices for
goods and services.
Called "Job Rationing."
For example, the 40-hour week
is a heritage of the days OF planned
scarcity of plowing under cotton
and killing pigs to raise prices. 1t
is a job-rationing measure. The
penalty for extra hours of work in
terferes with the rights of many
particularly of lower paid and un-
skilled workers, to earn better
living
The dinner was addressed also by
Stanislaw Mikolaj jczyk, the former
vice premier of Poland, who fed the
country before the closing grasp
of Communists.
The industrialists rose and ap.
plauded as the stocky anti-Com'
munist leader, dressed in business
suit among the dinner-coated guests
declared:
Freedom and democracy are liv-
ing things. Never retreat from theil
defense"
Says Reds Strangle Poland.
He spoke of the Communist ma
chine strangling his country.
DO you know what it means,
he asked bitterly, ito be a demo
cratic citizen who has worked al
through his life for the democratic
institutions of his country to b.
called a Fascist by Communls
who only yesterday was membe
of foreign totalitarian Parlia
ment, simply because you disagree
with the Communist Party?"
Mr.. Wilson in his address said ths
first job of government is to reduc'
the cost of government and the sec
ond is to encourage the investmen
of private capital in productive en-
terprise.
Government Must Help.
THE third job of government il
to render every assistance it can tt
help people to be more efficient b,
eliminating every regulation ane
law that impedes production anc
distribution and thus unsuccessful!
raises COSTS" he said.
A resolution on housing adopted
by the organization declared homes
should be built and owned by pri'
vate interests. Building code!
should be revised to permit the us'
of tested new materials and new
construction methods, the resolu'
ton said, and restrictions which art
obstacles to efficient production
either on the part of unions, con
tractors or Government agencies
should be removed.
The organization also opposed th'
reimposition of controls over pro
duction, distribution, wages, prices
4 employment or investment. 1t urgee
its members to take a part in thu
schools Of their community, to taxi
an interest in the churches and II
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Memorial to Tom Mix
Unveiled in Arizona
By the Asseeiofsd Press

FLORENCE. Ariz., Dec. GA
stone column 7 feet high and topped
by statute Of a saddled but rider
less horse stands guard today over
the desert wash Is miles south OF
here where Tom Mix. popular West
ern motion picture star, was killed
in an automobile accident seven
years ago.
The memorial was unveiled yes
terday before 500 tourists, old-time
acquaintances of Mix and adults
who had followed his screen ad-
ventures in their childhood. 1.
Erected by the Florence Cham
ber of Commerce, the memoria,
stands by Tom Mix Wash into
which the 60-year old motion-pic-
ture star plunged to his death wher
his car overturned October IL, 1910
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Argentina to Decorate
|Gen. Crittenberqer
By the Associotsd Press

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. Cit. Gen
Willis D. Crittenberger. Indiana.
born commander of North American
forces in the Caribbean area, today
will receive Argentina's highest dec
Grafton. the Order of the Liberato1
Gen. San Martin.
The award will be presented by
Gen. Jose Humberto Sosa Molina
war minister, at whose invitation
Gen. Crittenberger is visiting this
country.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Women Sues Doctor,
Hospital for $45,00O

A $45, 900 damage suit was filed yes.
terday afternoon in District Court
against Sibley Memorial Hospital
and DR.. Donald H. Leeper, jr., for.
burns a woman patient claims TO-
have received there in September,
1916 .
While undergoing an operation,
the suit claims, Mrs. John M. Talta-
vull. 2 Ridge road Sc, was burned
when an allegedly defective instru-
ment used by the physician emitted
sparks. The suit asks $35 900 DAM
ages in behalf of Mrs. Taltavull and
an additional $4,000 for her hus-
band for alleged loss Of her services.
Their attorneys are Joseph D. Bull
man, Solomon H. Feldman and Sid.
ney M. Goldstein. =
Evening star., 1947-12-06

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employed had gathered In the slums
of Primavalle yesterday and charged
the government with "bestial bru-
tality" in breaking up the demon
stration.
One workman died of a gunshot
wound, several other demonstrators
were injured, 10 police were hurt,
one lieutenant seriously.
Action Follows Unrest.
The demonstrators threw up paw
ing stone barricades from behind
which they shouted demands for the
Public Works Department to employ
them.
LUnita declared that the new
labor organization represents SOC, 900
working men and women.
The disorders at Primavalle fol-
lowed two days Of labor unrest which
began in the provincial "Castelli
Romani" towns and gradually spread
toward the capital.
These developments for the first
time brought home to Rome on a
large scale the Communist INSPIRED
strikes and violence which have
harassed the government since No.
vember II when labor trouble started
in the big northern industrial center
of Milan.
The extension to Rome OF the
Communist fight against the gov
ernment came as Mr.. de Gasperi
was attempting to bring moderate
Leftist Parties into his cabinet to
reinforce its majority in the Con-
stituent Assembly.
fartisans Meet In Rome.
The National Congress of Parti-
sans-veterans who fought Nazi
occupation forces and who now are
considered to constitute the shock
troops of Italy's Left-assembled in
the Italian capital today to deter
mine what their stand will be in
the present italian political situa-
ton"
Delegations from Soviet Russia,
Yugoslavia, Hungary. Austria and
the Netherlands are expected to
attend this first congress of the
resistance" which has attracted
400 Italian representatives from all
parts of the country.
The Partisans were in the fore
front of the Leftist forces which last
week besieged Milan's prefecture for
"a hours to protest the removal OF
provincial governor, while 10 OF
their brigades-comprising 10000 to
20, 1000 men-put on parade at
Genoa Sunday for visiting Commu-
mist chiefs.
From Milan came reports that
police had jailed nine Fascists, one
q 22-year -oId girl for belonging to
gang that carried out several at
tacks on Communists Party ofaces
at Milan. and said they expected
to make many more arrests"
At Ostia, police reported a general
strike in which more than 1000
demonstrators tried to prevent
trains from leaving for Rome.
In Rome the Constituent Assem-
bly, abolished Italian titles of no.
bility yesterday. but agreed that
those who had them before the
Fascist march on Rome, October
20, 1922. could use the titles as part
Iof their names.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Henry
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for men. They will make 1t possible,
he believes, to give much larger
loses of various anesthetics which
paralyze the breathing muscles and
will prevent surgeons from becoming
frightened when patients suddenly
stop breathing. ..
1t was possible to maintain dogs
alive without breathing routinely for
IS minutes. For longer periods
there was always the danger OF sud-
den collapse and death.
The dogs that survived DR.. Dra-
per said, showed no III ef1ects.
Some have survived for a year or
more and appear as lively and In
telligent as ever.
A curious effect, however, is the
apparent absolute cessation OF all
brain activity. No electrical activ-
ity, evidence that the brain Is
functioning, can be detected after
S minutes of this strange suspended
animation. 1t sometimes does not
return to normal for weeks.
In the discussion of the report, 1t
was brought out that probably the
organism is saved from rapid car
bon dioxide poisoning by the escape
of this gas through the skin and
it was suggested that life might be
prolonged even further if big gashes
were cut in the skin so that more
would escape.
Calling on Breathing.
The ceiling Of breathing Is an
altitude OF 52,500 feet where air
pressure inside and outside the body
becomes equal.
At this height, rats ordinarily
stop breathing in about 18 seconds.
This period remains the same. how
ever, after the animals are taken
much higher. Below this level the
time required for respiration to stop
varies with the altitude.
This was brought out in report
by DR.. Samuel Gelfan Of Yale
University on decomposition tests.
Future aerial navigation at high
attitudes, it was explained, will be
feasible only with the use of pressure
cabins with constant danger Of
failure of the pressure apparatus.
The tests were undertaken to see
what would happen to the pas
sengers at various heights.
The only chance Of survival would
be by jumping. A man would have
to fall to a level of about $4,000 feet
in order to get enough oxygen to
live. The best speed possible at great
heights would be about 10000 feet
minute.
Using these figures, DR.. Gelfan
calculated that from $4,000 feet a
passenger equipped with an oxygen
mask would have so per cent
chance of coming down alive. With
out mask he would have no chance.
He would have a 100 per cent chance
of reaching breathable atmosphere
without a mask from a $4,000 feet
altitude and with a mask from a
60 900 feet altitude.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Indonesian Premier Arrives
Al Batavia for Dutch Talks
BY the Associoted Press

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 6.-Premier
Amir Sjarifoeddin of the Indonesian
Republic arrived in this Dutch-held
city today for the first time since
the Netherlands began police &C
ton" against the Indonesians more
than four months ago.
Negotiations for peaceful settle
ment of the dispute between the
Netherlands and the republic are
scheduled to get under way Mon
day aboard the American naval
transport in Batavia Harbor.
Richard Kirby of Australia and
DR.. Frank Graham of the United
States, members of the United Ma
tions Good Offiees Commission, met
Siarifoeddin at the airf1eld. There
were no high-ranking Dutch ofi-
cials present.
Indonesians greeted the Premier
and his party with cries Of "Mer.
deka (freedom)."
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Mother Saves Two Girls,
Dies in Fire With Third
" the Asseeiotsd Press

ROXBURY, Me-. Dec. 6.-Mrs
Charles Greenwood, ~, and hel
s-month-old daughter, Mabel, wert
burned to death today in fire thai
destroyed their home, but the mother
tossed two other children into hel
uncle's arms before she died.
Mrs. Greenwood, whose woodsmar
husband was at work when the blaze
broke out, threw Martha, 2, ano
Margaret, 3. to her uncle, Carl Shat.
ney, from an upstairs window
Martha suffered minor burns on the
face and arms.
Mr.. Shatney, who lives in nearby
camp, said he was awakened by his
niece shouting: 1.-THE house is on
fire. Come quick, come help me-"
Flames prevented Mr.. Shatney
from entering the house.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
|4O-Hour Week Is InfIotionory,
Charles E. Wilson Tells NAM

Ico-operate with women's groups,
making available to them the facts
about our economic system.
Jobs Sought for Disabled.
Other resolutions called for the
NAM members to seek additional
Jobs in their concerns for disabled
veterans, to give adequate tnforma-
ton of policies and problems OF
their companies to employees, and
to regularize employment. Industry
wide bargaining was declared to
lead to monopolistic combinations
and practices by both labor and
management.
In a speech yesterday afternoon
Murray Shields, vice president and
economist of the Bank Of the NAH
haitian Co.. reiterated a point that
has been stressed in this convention
In order to step up production to
the point where it will bring down
prices, he said, industry must have
new plants and new and more ef-
fcient machines.
To provide these tools OF pro-
duction means new investments
he added, and the quickest way to
provide this venture capital is tc
cut taxes-cut taxes for all bracket:
although the risk capital investment
would come from the upper brackets
Vast Changes Foreseen.
Money is not as plentiful as II
was. Mr.. Shields pointed out. The
width in the gap between saving:
and the need for funds is indicated
by the rise in yields of corporation
bonds, he said. He urged that tht
Federal Reserve authorities an
nounce that they are obligated nj
longer to hold interest rates o.
bond yields at any given level. In
terest rates would then be permitted
to rise, he said, and attract in
vestments.
Thomas S. Holden, president O.
the F. w. Dodge Corp. and vic'
chairman of the NAM Government
Spending Committee, went over th'
organizations s31 ,0oo, 600, 900 bulge
. program. He urged members t.
send a strong letter or telegram tt
, their Senators and Representative
'. urging economy.
Atomic Research Seen Factor.
Robert M Hutchins, chancellor o
Chicago University, said atomic re
search now in progress will newt
ablv change the pattern Of industria
, operations. He advised that an.
, corporation that expects to be II
business Is years hence had bette
; keep in touch with current atomic
developments.
Chicago University has under way
a $12,0O0,000 atomic research pro-
; gram. DR.. Hutchins said q system
of industrial memberships in thi'
program has been instituted, ane
for $4,000 year a corporation
can be 'in direct touch with som'
of the worlds outstanding sci
entists."
He predicted there will be atomi'
automobiles. planes, ships and sub
marines.
Senator Wiley. Republican, o.
Wisconsin, addressing the SAM
meeting on the subject Of patents
said legislation appears necessary II
provide for the filing with the Gov
ernment of all patent license agree
ments. He said another factor IL
possible patent legislation is th'
feasibility Of uniform OBJECTIVE
. standard of invention which will b.
followed by both the Patent ONO
and the courts. ->-->
Also to be considered. he said, i
!. proposal to establish 20-yea
limitation from the filing date TO
, patents.
Evening star., 1947-12-06

bring in many more additional
gifts" the committee stated. So
licitors are readily available for the
special assignments. it was an
nounced.
The committee said that despite
the hard work and loyalty of the
volunteers, it was inevitable there
would be uncovered areas, due in
some instances to unexpected home
emergencies met by the volunteers
themselves.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Edward H. Foley, .jr., campaign
chairman, said yesterday he was
encouraged by the fairly good
showing of s152,S07 in additional
contributions. aa 80
Indication of Generosity.
He said he felt it was an indica-
ton the people of the National
Capital area are going to be loyal
and going to be generous"
II am sure" he said. mo one wants
to see this Community Chest that
has lived and fourished in this
community and done so much break
up on the rocks of apathy and
neglect"
Another warning against indif1er-
ence came from the guest speaker
the Rev. DR.. Charles Sheerin, rector
of Epiphany Church, Thirteenth
and G. streets NV, and chairman
of the Chest Federation Speakers
Bureau.
Those who are lacking in COM
munity spirit in Washington, he
said, ought to realize that people
all oyer the country think OF the
Capital as the symbol OF what
America stands for.
The finest thing America has
learned to build up he declared
"is the spirit of free giving and free
community enterprise.
I'VE have an opportunity here to
carry that gospel out and I'm sure
we can still make it success"
S4,321 Check Presented.
Special guests at the meeting were
Hardy Pearce, athletic director II
District schools. and Bus Ham, sports
editor of the washington Post, WHIT
presented a check for s4,321 from
the proceeds of a benefit football
game between Mckinley and Cen
tral High Schools.
The leading unit of the campaign
Is the Government Unit, which I'm
dersecretary of Commerce William
c. Foster reported had raised &c..
per cent of its 81 1857 800 quota.
The Air Forces have oversub
scribed by 6.88 per cent.
Albert A. Smoot, president Of tn
Alexandria Community Chest, re
ported the Alexandra Unit ha'
reached 87.2 per cent of its $500
Quota, leading the suburban cam
paign units.
Other Unit Reports.
Other units reported as follows
Business I, 1922 per cent of
1882, 500 quota; Business II, 89.9
per cent of s150,000; Residential
1852 per cent of s537 500; Airing
ton, 66.5 per cent of $1,000; Fairfax
54.59 per cent of $43,200: Montgom
cry, 1912 per cent of $124,000, ant
Prince Georges, 80 per cent o
$4,000 quota.
Mr. Foster pointed out that thu
Securities and Exchange Commis
sion, which is moving back to Wash
ington from Philadelphia, has fel
enough "anticipatory communit.
interest" to subscribe 1888 to tn
campaign.
The invocation was given by Col
Charles I. Carpenter, chaplain o
the Air Forces.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
T runndn
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the Sacred Cow, arrived at Naples.
It backed up for half mile, and
when Mr.. Truman, riding in an open
car with Gov. Caldwell and Admiral
William D. Leahy, made the 35-mile
trip through portion OF the Ever
glades, the long, horn-blowing pro-
cession followed behind.
Hundreds Of persons from COM
munities sacattered along the way
lined the highway and cheered as
the President rode by.
First event on the program was
the presentation OF the tribal shirt
to the President by Corey Osceola,
descendant of the Seminoles' great
war leader In the conflict OF a CEN
tury ago.
A fish fry followed for invited
guests, but Mr.. Truman, his stan
and high State omcials dined at the
Rod and Gun Club instead.
MI. Truman was given a new
weapon ito deal with Congress and
any dissenting politicians" IN Key
West yesterday.
The weapon, in the form Of a
scroll and commission, formally
designates the Chief Executive as q
submariner, a veteran Of a Novem-
Der 81, 1916, submarine dive OF $50
feet at Key West.
Wearing his white sulky cap and
jauntily swinging an old American
Legion cane, the President accepted
the scroll.
Four Get Decorations.
"The admiral Of the undersea
Navy charges all officers, seamen,
Marines, soldiers, aviators, politi-
clans, Senators, Representatives
bureaucrats and landlubbers under
his (Mr. Trumans) command to be
obedient to his orders and respectful
of his opinions as q qualified sub
mariner" the scroll read.
/ Mr.. Truman presented four naval
World War II heroes with decora-
tions. They were Comdrs. T. s.
Hartman, Columbia City, Ind; G. H.
Whiting. Lumberton, N. c., and
George L. Street, Richmond, Va,
and 1t. g. w. Clarke, North Bend
Wash.
After the ceremony the President
donned his swim trunks and spent
| about IS minutes In the ocean.