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Evening star., 1947-02-06
Rule Easing Rent Rise
Applications Will Be
Effective Feb. IS
New Financial Hardship
Regulation Expected
To Be Issued Today

The Office of Temporary Con-
trolls is expected to issue today
a liberalized regulation under
which landlords who can show
financial hardship" may apply
for rent increases. The new
regulation will become effective
February Is.
OPA, now an agency within OTC,
said there was no estimate OF the
percentage of landlords who could
qualify under the forthcoming re-
vision of the rules, but that it would
be limited" and that there Is moth
ing sweeping" about the change.
The new regulation will spell out
a revision of the financial hard
ship" regulation which Maj. Gen.
Philip B. Fleming, OTC administra-
tor, announced two weeks ago.
Brooder Hardship Regulation.
Since rent control was imposed,
an OPA spokesman pointed out,
there have been Is different reasons
which a landlord might assign as
thelbasis for a rent increase appli-
cation.
One, "the financial hardship reg
ulation, permitted a recent boost
application if the landlord coulo
show he had suffered financial
hardship in current year in COM
pa-1-a with a two-year 2ase pc
Rod" The base period was vari-
able in different localities, but al
ways between January l, 1889, and
the time rent control started.
The OPA spokesman said this
regulation would be changed so a
landlord could qualify for rent
increase provided he could show he
had suffered financial hardship for
the current year in comparison with
any two-year period since January
II, 1899.
| Thus the method is Hberaliza-
ton, for the landlord can choose
his own two-year period on which
to make the comparison, rather
than to be forced to use a fixed
base period"
Each Application Separate.
Each rent increase application
must be handled separately, an OPA
spokesman said. To obtain an in
crease, a landlord must be able to
prove he has suffered decline in
| net income from his property
caused by an increase In operating
costs or taxes.
Any increase granted, OPA said,
will not be greater than to bring the
new rent to the level Of comparable
rents for the area.
Meanwhile, the CIO Textile Work
ers' Union told Congress that II
rent ceilings are raised there may
be labor trouble in the textile in
dustry.
At the same time, the National
Home and Property Owners Founda-
ton Of Philadelphia contended
there viii never be an adequate
supply Of houses and apartments as
long as there is rent control.
Another property owner group, the
(See RENTS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06

The crew still had the radio bea-
con from the Little America base,
but in a few minutes this too failed.
The magnetic compass was worse
than useless, the navigator said,
pointing in no steady direction.
swinging over the entire 800 degrees
because OF the proximity of the
magnetic pole.
"There was no east, west, north
or south, forewards or backwards, /"
Capt. Buffers said later.
Meanwhile, ice had formed on the
wings, making it impossible for Maj.
Weir to take his aircraft above the
icy fog where Capt. Buffers could
Ak his position from the sun.
Everybody else in the world sees
the sun everyday and thinks nothing
of it," Capt. Buffers said. AT this
point, q half-second sight OF the
sun would have meant the difference
between life and death to US"
The fog was SO thick that plane
1See HENRY, Page A.5.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Oregon Democrat to Get
Maritime Nomination

Joseph 4. Carson, former Demo
cratic Mayor Of Portland, Greg. vii
be nominated by President Truman
tomorrow for appointment to the
Maritime Commission, White House
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said
today.
Mr.. Carson will succeed John M
Carmody, whose term expired some
time ago.
Mr.. Ross said Mr.. Carson ha6
been very strongly indorsed BY
many people Of the West Coast
both Democrats and Republicans,
for the commission place.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Republicans Pressing
For Vote by NiehtfaIl
On 2-Term Limit
See Passage Assured;
Democrats in House
Critical of Tactics
By Gould Lincoln

House Republicans forged
ahead today in their effort to
restrict the presidency to two
four-year terms, while some
Democratic leaders voiced OBJ
lection to tactics designed to
bring a vote on the proposed
constitutional amendment by
nightfall.
While there was no roll-ca1l vote
on a Republican motion to pro-
ceed with two hours Of debate, scores
of Democrats opposed 1t with q
voice vote after Minority Leader
Rayburn advised members TO wait
a little while and cool OIL"
With Republicans claiming they
could muster the two-thirds ma
jority needed to send the measure
to the Senate, the House opened
an hour early today. Majority
Leader Halleck strongly urged sup
port Of the resolution, recalling the
attitudes of many Presidents in op-
posing tenure OF more than two
terms,
1875 Vote Recalled.
He said partisan politics should
play no part in deciding the ques-
ton. He cited the time in 1875
when the House, adopted q resolu-
ton declaring that abandonment OF
the two-term presidential custom
would be unwise, unpatriotic and
fraught with peril to the country.
At that time, he said, the Demo-
Gratis had 181 members Of the House
and the Republicans, LOT, and the
vote supporting the resolution was
234.
Asserting that the amendment
would deny future generations the
right to select any one they please
for the presidency, Mr.. Rayburn
said:
'Let us not lightly change a doc
ument that has served us we'll"
The resolution also would require
the votes of two-thirds of the Sen
ate and ratification as constitu-
tional amendment by two-thirds OF
the States.
Mr.. Rayburn said he could not
find, outside of the first 10 amend
ments which had been agreed on
even before the Constitution was
adopted, any other amendment
making a fundamental change In
the Constitution.
Mccormack Sees "Rigidity."
Democratic Whip McCormack said
the resolution would provide rigid
ity" and would prevent people in
the future from meeting emergency
conditions.
| He said a war in which the
United States was engaged near the
close of second presidential term
would find the people helpless to
re-elect the man who might be
best able to lead them.
Representative Springer Of In
diana, who reported the Michener
resolution to the House, contended
| 1See PRESTDENCY. PAGE A-4.l
Evening star., 1947-02-06

lima and long in law practice here,
Mr.. Gardner resigned as Under
secretary of the Treasury to accept
the Ambassadorship, in which he
was to have succeeded w. Averell
Hartman.
The Gardners had been widely
feted in advance of their departure.
and Mr.. Gardner's sudden death
shocked official circles.
A statement by President Tru-
man said:
"The. Nation mourns the untimely
passing of o. Max Gardner. Great
as were his achievements in public
and in private life, he was on the
threshold of what all his friends
were confident would be a career
of distinction and further useful
ness in the field of diplomacy.
Points to Achievements.
whether he turned his talents
to the law, to business and industry,
or to the Government, so great and
so versatile were his talents that
his achievements at once became
outstanding.
"In Washington, particularly from
the war years onward, his counsel
was invaluable. In his last official
post, that of Undersecretary of the
Treasury, his advice was always
helpful, particularly in the approach
to the solution of those manifold
problems of finance and fiscal affairs
which reconversion presented.
Keen, kindly, courteous always,
rich in humor, delightful as a racon-
teur, he also had a prodigious Ca
pacity for work. To these qualities
he added a tact and urbanity which
would have served him admirably
had he been permitted to assume his
duties as our Ambassador to Great
Britain.
"In his passing I have lost loyal
and devoted personal friend and the
country has lost a great American"
Former Secretary Of State James
IF. Byrnes, who is vacationing at
Tryon, N. c., expressed deep regret,
and said, "His death is great loss
to the Nation and to the State he
loved so we'll"
Lord Inverchapel, the British Am
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Senators Vote Tax. Bill


The Senate Finance Com
mittee today approved with
out change a House bill ex-
tending indefinitely wartime
excise taxes on furs, liquor
and other items. Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio said there
was an understanding that
some amendment on fur taxes
might be considered in the
Senate.
Wagner Act Repeal Urged
The Illinois Manufacturers
Association today asked Con-
gress to repeal the Wagner
Labor Relations Act as a nec-
essary step to gain industrial
peace and stability"
Earlier story on Page A-2.)
Gr0zidno Decision Due
NEW YORK R.-The New
York State Athletic Commis-
sion will announce its decision
at I pm. tomorrow on the
failure of Rocky Graziano to
report q 100000 offer to throw
a fight. The hearing ended
today after the boxer testified
he did not know the men who
made the bribe attempt and
looked on the offer as "a gag"
Earlier story on Page C-1)
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Soviet Still Using
|o5 Vessels u. 5.
Wants Returned
Note on Lend-Leose
Ships Ignored NeorIy
Year, Probers Told
By the As.eeiaied Pres.

Chairman w. w. Smith of the
Maritime Commission said today
Russia has ignored for nearly a
year United States efforts to re-
gain 95 ships turned over to the
Soviets under lend-lease.
Testifying before the House Mer-
chant Marine Committee, he said:
l. The Russian Embassy was re-
quested ON March IS, last year, 10
begin negotiations for the re-de-
livery of the vessels.
2. The United States has received
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of its request
3. Thus far, no arrangements have
been made nor discussions begun
with the Russians regarding the
lease-lend vessels.
4. Russia is operating the vessels
and so far as he knows is not pay
ing any fees whatever to the United
States for their use.
5. Russia at one time was operat-
ing 125 lease-lend ships, of which
rs were returned. Four were lost
during the war.
Mr.. Smith testified that the Mari
time Commission suggested that the
State Department begin immediate
steps for the disposition OF the YES
sells in a letter dated February IL,
1916.
Note Not Acknowledged.
Mr.. Smith said the State Depart
ment dispatched note to the Rus
sian Embassy asking that negotia-
tions begin for the disposition of
the vessels.
Chairman Bradley interjected
that Undersecretary of State Clay
ton told him the Russians had never
acknowledged receipt of the COM
munication.
Huntington Morse, special assist
ant to MIR. Smith, testified that when
the ships were delivered Russia
understood fully and completely
that the ships were to be returned. y
Mr.. Bradley asked how many OF
the ships had been converted to
canneries and were currently being
used to fish in United States waters
off the Northwest Coast.
MIR. Morse said he lacked complete
information but that the War Ship
ping Administration, acting on or
ders from the Foreign Economic
Administration, early in 1943 con-
yerted "a number of Russian YES
sells" into floating crab and fish
canneries.
u. s. Paid for Conversion.
He said the conversion was done
under lease-lend and was paid fol
with FEA funds. He said he did not
know the exact number Of ships
but believed they had been Russian
vessels.
Mr.. Smith told the committee that
the Maritime Commission is not
aware of the use to which the 95
ships are being put.
A resolution giving the Merchant
Marine Committee extraordinary
powers of investigation is before
the House with approval a foregone
conclusion.
Chairman Bradley told reporters
disclosures may result which Will re-
veal a situation worse than Tea
pot Dome"
Mr.. Bradley said he will ask for
a $4,000 appropriation to finance
the early phases of the investiga-
tions.
He said he will center the COM
mittee's attention on ID ship dis
posals and charters and shipbuild-
ing contracts of the Maritime Com
mission, and CD the War Shipping
Administration, which handled bill
lions of the taxpayers funds during
the war.
These things alone will keep us
busy for quite a WHILE" he said
They will be gone into first be-
cause the groundwork already has
been laid by the committee in pre-
vious hearings"
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Temperature Rises.
Into 30s, but New
Cold Wave Is Due
Some Snow Expected
Here Tonight With
22-Degree Minimum

Washington felt relief from
the cold wave today as tenn
peratures rebounded from yes
terday's 7-degree low and headed
for the middle 30s.
The Weather Bureau forecaster
looked for a touch of snow late to-
day or early tomorrow, and while
the temperatures may not dip below
20 degrees tonight, there are signs
OF another cold front moving in to-
morrow.
Even though . slackening wind
and slowing rising mercury reduced
some Of the physical effects of the
seasons coolest weather, there still
was a slowing Of transportation here
and over many other parts of the
country locked In the frigid grip.
Fire Alarm System Set Of.
Frozen water pipes under the side
walk at Eleventh and F streets NV.
were blamed for setting Of an auto
matte fire alarm system about II
am. today. The sprinkler system
in the basement of the Moses Build
ing, which houses part OF the Cen
eral Accounting Office ard some
business establishments, was set of
as water started back into the pipes
Fire Department officials said nc
damage was done, beyond the col
lection of water in the basement.
Union Station reported that many
trains were running behind sched-
ule, some from the West rolling into
the local yards as much as two
hours late. Bus lines reported a
general setback in schedules from
10 to Is minutes, but no serious dis
ruption in operations.
Automobile club employees breathed
easier today after a near-record
flood of telephone calls for help yes
terday. For the "a hours ended last
midnight, the American Automobile
Association received 1913 calls fol
assistance, mostly from members
whose cars were stalled from frozen
gas lines and carburetors and dead
batteries.
III Calls Received In Hour.
William Haight, director of the
service and travel bureau, said the
AAA received lit calls between 8
and 9 am. yesterday, about the
same number received during an
entire normal day. Eighty five ga
RACES were busy handling the calls
relayed by the AAA. The Keystone
Automobile Club, which handled 35o
calls yesterday, also found business
had fallen off today.
The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals reported an in
crease In calls from persons who
wished to aid stray dogs and other
pets. The society was busy provid-
ing shelter for the animals.
About 500 persons in Fairfax, Va.
vryT-J r fT5TTT:yYag
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Picard Grants Petition
OF Attorney GeneraIt 10
Enter Portal Pay Case
Also Renews Invitation
To National CIO to
Become Party to Suit
By the Associated Press


DETROIT, Feb. 6.-The United
States Government today be-
came. a party to the Mount
Clemens Pottery Co. suit, which
opened the door to nearly 5,000,-
100000 in portal-to-portal pay
claims.
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard
said he will sign an order granting
the Attorney Generals petition to
intervene.
The court renewed an invitation
to the national CIO also to become
q party to the suit. However, he
said, he has received no word from
that organization and that his offer
will not remain open indefinitely.
The Governments intervention
came over the objection Of Edward
Lamb, attorney for the pottery work
ers who began the suit in 1941.
The company made no objection
to the Governments Intervention
but reserved the right to oppose
similar petitions from any other
organization, including the CIO..
Prepares to Rush Opinion.
Assistant Attorney General John
F. Sonnet told the court yester-
day that the Government, with a
stake of many millions of dol
lars" in the portal question, wants
to return the Mount Clemens case
to the Supreme Court "as soon
as possible.p
AS q party to the suit, the Attor-
rley Generals Office could initiate
an appeal regardless of the out
come in the district court.
Meanwhile, Judge Picard cleared
his desk of other matters and set
tied down to work out his decision
on the pottery case, which became
a national issue after six years
of semiobscurity.
The court said he will hand down
his decision "as quickly as I can,
perhaps even by this week end.
To reporters, however, he indi-
Gated that it may take him longer.
The case began in 1941 as a sam
pie overtime claim by handful of
employees, members, of Local 1888,
CIO United Pottery Workers.
Federal Loss Claimed. =.
On June 10, 1916, the Supreme
Court injected the portal to portal
issue. The case was sent back to
Judge Picard and he was directed
to decide the portal time and wheth-
er or not it was trifling.
The Government, in public hear
ings week ago, asked for dismis-
sal Of the workers claims as trivial
Mr.. Sonnet repeated this plea yes
terday.
He cited the millions which the
Government stands to lose in tax
refunds and war contract rene
gotiations if industry is held liable
for portal claims.
The Governments intention to ap-
peal the case, regardless of out
come, Mr.. Sonnet said, has been
cleared by every Government
agency including the President OF
the United States"
Judge Picard told Mr.. Sonnet
that he, too, wants the case to &c
back to the high court.
my opinion is not worth anything
- &C., p0DTAT po0o AA1
Evening star., 1947-02-06

her age, but, Debrett's Peerage, q
leading biographical authority. gave
it as SIS.
A member Of a Manchester work.
ing-class family, Miss Wilkinson
trained to become a teacher but
entered politics instead and won .
seat In Parliament in 1924.
Although she stood only 4 feet,
lSee WILKINSON, Page A-z.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Trumon Conference Off

President Truman will not hold
his customary press conference this
week, Press Secretary Charles O..
Ross said today. A dearth of news
was responsible, he said.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
House Probers
SeekU.S. Action
Against EisIer
Communist Refuses
To Take Oath, Cited
For Contempt
ETIN
BULLETIN

The House Committee on
Un-American Activities today
asked that the Justice Depart
ment charge Gerhart Eisler,
an admitted Communist, with
conspiracy to overthrow the
United States Government.
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See PORTAL, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Bulletins

(See EISLER, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See GARDNER, Page AS.
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See WEATHER, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See CIVIL SERVICE, Page A-50
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See PRESIDENCY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-06

(See NISEI, Page A-5.)
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
FATE De Mers, Norbert
Streckling Are United
I'm Marriage Dec. 2S

A wedding ceremony performed at
the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Herbert Bailey of Billings,
united in marriage Mrs. FATE De-
Mers and Norbert j.. Stretching,
both of Billings. The wedding was
at $50 Sunday evening, with Rev.
T. F. Rutledge Beale, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Bill
lings, officiating.
Wearing a turquoise suit with
matching hat and a corsage of
bronze colored rosebuds, the bride
had as her attendant her sister, Mrs.
Geneva Jolley. Phil Gardner served
as best man.
Others attending from Laurel
were Mrs. C. C. Ferguson, Mrs.
Maude Roberts, Miss Grace Stadal-
man, Mrs. Mary Ann Drury and
George Handel.
The couple will reside for the
present in Billings where Mr.. Streck-
ling is electrical inspector for the
Northern Pacific.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

While Montana has no four lane
highways in the rural areas, the
volume of traffic is fast approach
ing the level at which those wider
roads will be required. Many Mon
tana towns and cities do have
streets that will accommodate two
lanes of traffic in either direction
and at times the traffic is so heavy
that extraordinary driving car is
needed to get everyone through with
a minimum of bent tenders, broken
bones and lost time. Furthermore,
not a few Montanans travel to
other states where four or more
lanes of traffic are the rule rather
than the exception. The illustrated
te~chniques will serve to keep people
out of trouble if everyone will obey
them.
Montana law merely requires that
vehicles be operated at all times
at the right of the center of the
road, except when ~overtaking and
passing another vehicle. Center
line driving is the leading cause Of
accidents between motor vehicles,
particularly in the rural areas.
Head-on collisions are the most
serious type of accidents, since the
speeds of the participating vehicles
are added together. For example, if
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
Laurel News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Beechman
and Jake Pittman of Jensen, Utah,
were guests here Monday of their
uncle, w. L. Orndorff. and fa~'ilv
and their cousin, L.. G. Orndorff,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gremmer
were hosts at Sunday dinner to a
number of out of town guests. They
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Gremmer
and daughter Elsie of Custer; Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Gremmer of Har-
lowton; Miss Eleanor Rhoda of
Iowa; Don Lohof of Lowell, Wyo.;
Mrs. Morris Lohof and son Dickie
of Reed Point; Jimmy Lohof, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Lohof and sons
Bruce and Almond and Mrs. Nc
Mullen, all of Billings, and Mrs.
Henry Strending.
Mrs. o. N. Varnais entertained
last Wednesday at an afternoon
tea for the women of the neighbor-
hood. The rooms were decorated in
Christmas greens and lighted with
candles.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
The Outlook Says:

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Orndorff
entertained at a party at their home
last Tuesday evening in honor of
their thirty-third wedding anniver-
sary and the birthday of their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. G. Orn-
dorff. The evening was spent play
ing five hundred, with awards go
ing to Mrs. Casper Schmidt, high;
and Mrs. Frank O'Neil, low. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Watson
and daughters Judy and Barbara,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank O'Neil, Mr..
and Mrs. Casper Schmidt, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. G. Orndorff and son Alan,
Gary and Brian, Miss Alma Bon
giani, John and Donna Orndorff
and the guest of honor, who re-
ceived a number of gifts. A birth
day cake was served with the re-
freshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Funk and fam
lily returned Monday from a visit
with relatives in Hebron, N. D.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

estimating by more than 20 per cent
have until Jan. Is to file.
Collector Robinson stated that
due to the large volume of work
and the limited number of expert
enced employees, it will be impos-
sible this year to visit the smaller
towns before Jan. Is. Deputy col
lectors will be stationed at the
Helena office and zone offices
throughout the state to assist tax
payers from Jan. 2 through Jan.
Is with the exception of Saturdays,
Jan. 8 and 10.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
UNCLE SAM IN NEED
OF MONEY BY JAN. IS

Thomas M. Robinson, collector of
internal revenue for the Montana
district has reminded federal in
come taxpayers that Jan. Is is the
deadline for filing, amending ana
paying 1947 declarations of estimat-
ed tax.
Robinson cautioned taxpayers to
not confuse the Jan. Is tax date
with the usual March Is deadline.
If a taxpayer files and pays his
final 1947 tax return Con form
1O4O) by Jan. Is, it will serve both
as his return and as any declaration
or amended declaration which would
otherwise be due from him on that
date.
This date concerns farmers in
particular. Farmers were excused
by law from estimating their 1917
income tax early in the year and
therefore must file their declara-
ton or final returns and pay the
tax now
Most business and professional
men were supposed to have filed
declarations on their 1947 tax last
March Is and generally will have
only to pay the final installment
on such declarations. Those who
fafled to file should do so now and
these who wish to change their esti-
mate to avoid the penalty for under
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

two cars, each travelling at 80 miles
per hour collided head-on the re-
suit would be the same as driving
into a solid concrete abutment at
60 miles per hour.
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