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Evening star., 1947-11-22
Missing U. 5. Airman
Believed Safe in China
sv the Associated Press

PEIPING, Nov. 22.-There is good
reason" to believe American Pilot
Harley Moore and two Chinese crew
men, missing aboard a commercial
plane since october II, are still alive,
American Consul General o. Ed
:mund Club said today.
In a written statement to the
press, Mr.. Club said Jack Dodds
of Toronto, a member of Friends
ambulance unit, was seeking infor-
nation in Communist-held territory
southwest of here, where the plane
came down. Col. David Barrett, as
sistant military attache, flew to Pao-
ting. 80 miles southwest of Peiping
today to try to learn the exact cir
cumstances attending the landing OF
the plane and the fate of the crew.
Mrs. Hazel Moore, of Washington
mother of the pilot, said the Com
munist relief organization had Of
fered to assist her in going to the
scene of the landing for personal
investigation. She said events
would determine whether she would
accept the offer.
Mrs. Moore said she had received
information that two persons, pre-
sumably the Chinese creWmen, para
chuted from the plane before 1t
came down for belly landing. The
man at the controls was said tc
have left the plane safely.
The information said the plane
burst into flames as villagers were
looting it and that several looters
were trapped inside and burned to
death.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Dinner Is Gipen
By Vamdegrifh
For. r.Nm7itzes

Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nimitz,
who will become a Special Assistant
to Navy Secretary John l.. Sullivan
when he retires as Chief of Naval
Operations around December Is,
and Mrs. Nimitz we're honor guests
at a dinner given last evening. The
hosts were Marine Corps Comman-
dant Alexander Archer Vandegrift,
who also will be retired shortly, and
Mrs. Vandegrift, and the party was
given at the conmandant's house.
Gen. Vandegrift's newly appointed
successor, Maj. Gen. Clifton B.
Gates, who has been In command OF
the Marine Barracks at Quantico
and Mrs. Gates were In the distin-
guished gathering, as were the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. w. John Kenney, the Assistant
to the Marine Corps Commandant
and Mrs. Lemuel c. Shepherd, jr.;
the Vice Chief Of Naval Operations
and Mrs. De Witt Clinton Ramsey
and the commanding general at
Paris Island, Maj. Gen. Franklin
Hart, who presently is serving on the
Selection Board, and Mrs. Hart.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
.20tb Century ClHb
Holds RecebtiOn

Officers and new members were
the honor guests when the 20th
Century Club entertained yesterday
at a reception at the Washington
Club. About 200 attended the party,
which is an annual affair limited to
the membership.
Mrs. GeofIrey Creyke, club presl-
dent, headed the receiving line,
wearing an orchid corsage presented
to her by Mrs, Charles Ferguson.
Mrs. Ryland c. Bryant acted as
chairman and the introduetlons
were made by Mrs. Howard G.
Nichols. In charge Of the dining
room were Mrs. William T. Clerk,
Mrs. Virgil Jackson and Miss Eliza
beth Wightman.
Evening star., 1947-11-22


to have established to its own salts
faction that the retired swivel chair
general is not a nice person and
that the Justice Department should
do something about him. Since
the committee apparently mad
learned in earlier secret hearings
nearly everything now being eX-
ploded in public hearings, you may
wonder why the committee didn't
lust turn the whole matter over
to the Justice Department as soon
as it had enough facts to justify
doing so.
The answer may be that the COM
mittee, having met with disaster in
it's effort to expose Howard Hughes
and Elliott Roosevelt, is seeking to
retrieve its own reputation. The
more sensational the case OF Benny
Meyers Is made, the more likely 1t
is that the Hughes-Roosevelt flasco
will be forgotten.
Spectacle Prolonged.
That is scarcely sufficient justi-
fication however, for prolonging the
present sordid spectacle. The basic
purpose of congressional invest1ga-
tions is the enlightenment of Con-
gress in order that Congress may
legislate wisely. Congress cannot,
by legislation, correct the character
of Benny Meyers.
Out of all the revelations thus
far there has been one that may
provide a basis for legislation. This
was the revelation that during the
war there existed in this country, a
fiourishing black market in patriot
ism.
War bonds were the commodity
dealt in. Benny Meyers told the
committee all about it. He hap
pened to be telling the truth as te
the manner in which this black
market operated.
You remember the circumstances
under which you bought your owr
war bonds. 1t was in the course
of a big patriotic drive. There
we're ads in the papers, posters or
the billboards, pictures on the
screen and persuasive voices on the
radio. There were rallies in the
public square. Movie stars came te
town and sold bonds with their owr
fair hands. Volunteer solicitors
maybe you were one yourself-can-
vassed the office or the plant you
were employed in. And you plunkee
down your cash or authorized the
cashier to take it out of your pay
check.
It wasn't always easy. In fact, i
Evening star., 1947-11-22

Last evening in Our Lady OF
Lourdes rectory. Bethesda. Miss
Muriel F. Beaver became the bride
of Mr.. Matthew r. Monahan OF Ar
lington. The bride is the daughter
of Mrs. r. Frank Beaver and the
late Mr.. Beaver of Herndon, Va,
and Mr.. Monahan is the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank T. Monahan of La
coma, N. H. The Rev. Timothy j.
Larkin oflciated at the 7::30 o'clock
ceremony.
The bride wore a white satin gown
with full skirt, her veil of net fall
ing from a coronet of satin and seed
pearls. She carried a shower OF
white roses. Her only attendant was
her cousin, Miss Laura Bette San
ders of Vienna, Va, who was clad IN
pale blue taffeta dress with a
headdress of lace and carried a. bou-
uuet of deep pink roses. Best man
was Mr.. Peter T. Magnanelli OF
Bethesda.
After a wedding trip. Mr.. and
Mrs. Monahai1 will make their home
in Arlington County.
.Rollins.Ffefcher
The Rev. George E. Hughes oftl-
ciated at the candlelight wedding
last evening of Miss Annette Frances
Fletcher and Mr.. Preston Allison
Rollins. She is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. William E. Fletcher OF Ash
burn, Va, and Mr.. Rollins is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rollins OF
Ashburn. The 8 o'clock ceremony
took place in the Calvary Baptist
Church in Ashburn.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore ivory satin embroid-
Evening star., 1947-11-22


problems, expressed in academic
speeches about the blessings of de-
mocracy, are answered by the Com
munists with violence and crippling
strikes.
Both governments issue warn
ings about the need for strong
measures" yet neither dares to
take a determined stand. The
French and Italian governments
are on the defensive, while the
Communists take the offensive on
all fronts. The chances of the pres
ent governments surviving in their
defensive positions is extremely
limited.
Too Much Discord.
When American congressman Wis
tied France last october and heard
Mr. Ramadier's complaints about
trouble with the Communists, one
member of the American party re-
marked: I'VE heard the same tale
from Gen. de Gaulle yesterday
Since you both feel the same way
why don't you join forces and estab-
lish order in France?"
Mr.. Ramadier is said to have ex-
ploded and delivered a long dis
course about the Fascist tendencies
of the wartime head of the French
resistance forces.
Mr.. de Gasperi is not likely to
meet Moscow's challenge squarely
He talks while the Communists
act. The most that can be expected
of him is an occasional attempt tc
Evening star., 1947-11-22
On the Other Hand
Saws Black Market in Patriotism
Needs Further Senate Attention

came pretty hard sometimes. They
told you it was a good investment
and, of course, it was. But, what
the heck! That wasn't why you
bought the bonds. Your country
was fighting a war and that was
one way you could help.
Fighting Men Dug Down.
1t was so even In the case of
those doing the actual fighting
Between April, 1912, and the first
of the present month the men and
women in the armed services,
through cash payments or payroll
deductions, bought $2,993, 2,7a6
worth of bonds. To that extent
they dug down in their jeans, some
times muddy and ragged jeans, to
finance their own fighting.
So it was with the average citizen
but not with the Benny Meyers type
Benny and many thousands OF
others discovered a way to beat the
game. All that was needed was an
accommodating banker, From such
banker bonds could be bought on
margin-in some instances even
without putting up margin-ano
a quick profit realized. Meyers tolo
how he and his wife bought $4,000
900 worth of bonds in that manner
and realized 100000 profit What
he didn't tell was the name of the
bank that financed the deal.
At the Treasury it is admitted
that a great many banks lent them
selves to this practice, despite the
efforts OF the Treasury to discourage
it. The banks themselves couldn't
lose; they held the bonds as security
They did it for favored customers
usually citizens of Importance. Anc
there was no law against 1t.
Here is a phase of the war effor
that the Senate committee could ge
its teeth ln It could put some o.
those bankers on the pan and prob.
ably learn enough to enable Con
gress to pass law.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
u. 5. Envoy 10 Poland
Denies Embassy Aided
MikoIajczyk Escape
By the Assoeioisd Press

WARSAW, Nov. 22.-American
Ambassador Stanton Griffis issued
statement last night denying re-
ports current in Warsaw that he
might have had knowledge Of how
Stanislaw Mikolaczyk, former leader
of the Polish Peasant Party, fled
Poland.
Mr.. Griffis also denied rumors
that Second Secretary Munro VIII
liams Blake of the American En-
bassy might have been involved in
the Mikolajczyk flight and that
Zygmunt Modzielewski, Polish for
eign minister, had told Mr.. Grif-
fis that Mr.. Blake should be re-
called.
Denies Supplying Money.
Neither the American Embassy
nor myself have had any note from
the Polish government on the Mix
olajcZyk case nor any request or
suggestion that Mr.. Blake be with
drawn or transferred from this EN-
bassy," Mr.. Grifls said.
i deny unequlvocally that our
Embassy ever supplied Mikolajczyk
or any of his party with money"
Mr.. Griffis added.
The Ambassador denied reports
that a Scarlet Pimpernel" organi-
zation existed to aid Polish scien-
lists and others desiring to flee Po-
land.
Transferred to Canada.
He also said First Secretary
George Andrews of Chattanooga
Tenn, was not involved in any way
in the Mikola jczyk case.
| Mr.. Andrews left Warsaw october
26-five days after Mr.. Mikola jczyks s
Aight-on orders transferring him to
Vancouver, B. c., to be consul.
The Warsaw government has de-
clared that a foreign embassy was
involved in the Polish peasant lead
er's flight, but declined to name the
embassy.
Mr.. Mikolajczyk now Is in London
where he headed the wartime Polish
exile government.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Display Of Copies
.Of Princess Gift

Duplicates of the IL Steuben glass
plates which Ambassador and Mrs.
Lewis Douglas presented to 1t.
Philip Mountbatten and his royal
bride as a wedding gift will be on
exhibition at the Pinhoe bazaar to
be held at the British Embassy on
Tuesday, December 2, from 1890
am. to $40 pm.
The plates, outstanding examples
of contemporary American crafts
manship and design, depict Ameri-
can wild life, IL different birds
carved in intaglio on the bottom.
They are being sent down especially
for the bazaar together with large
print of the merry-go-round bowl OF
Steuben glass sent to the royal
couple by President and Mrs. Tru-
man.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.. ~ A
q,
COP Women Hit
Truman Request
For Controls

A call for Informed and balanced
thinking" on high prices and foreign
relief was sounded by the Executive
Committee Of the National Fedora
ton of women's Republican Clubs
in q statement issued yesterday
denouncing President Truman's re.
quest for authority to restore linz
tied price and wage controls.
The committee charged that the
President has done everything
within his power to force prices up"
ana asserted that he is now COM
planning because they are high. I'm
an attempt to cover up his admins
tration's mistakes" the statement
continued, "he is proposing to place
policeman in every kitchen by re-
establishing the discredited OPA."
The group also attributed politi-
cal motives to the Presidents pro-
posals. Declaring the he had failed
to use the OPA law while it still was
an the statute books, the women
added: "He doesn't want any such
law now-all he wants is to be in
position to blame Congress for not
re-enacting the law which he would
not enforce when he had It,"
The group said that the American
people are ready to take long steps"
to aid the hungry and suffering OF
the world and that they could count
on the Republican Congress to act
wisely.
What Is needed is realistic ham
ding of the long-range European
recovery program and also institu-
ton of forward-looking correctiVeS
for Truman high prices" they as
serted. Neither can be expected by
adherence to the inconsistent and
confusing planning Of the Truman
administration"
If the United States is to remain
free enterprise nation, the women
added, there must be informed and
balanced thinking toward lowering
prices by stimulating high produc-
ton and by drafting sound foreign
relief proram.'
| Mrs. Addison B. Green of Holyoke.
Mass, is president of the board.
which concluded a two-day session
here yesterday. Members include
Mrs. Joseph r. harrington, presi-
dent of the League. of Republican
Women of the District. and Mrs.
Robert w. Macauley, vice chairman
of the Republican National Com
mirtee, who is executive director OF
| the federation.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
JUDGE Chesnut Dismisses
Hartley Act Damage Suit
BY the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 22,-Federal
Judge w. Calvin Chestnut today dis
missed a damage suit against labor
union-the first such case to come
up in Maryland under the Taft
Hartley Act.
Harry H. Wilhelm, who testified
he was assaulted last September by
a shipyard striker, filed suit against
the Industrial Union of Marine &
Shipbuilding Workers of America.
Local No. "a.
Union counsel contended the Taft
Hartley Act does not cover such
cases and should be restricted to
matters arising from contractual re-
lations between unions and employ
erS.
Judge Chestnut dismissed the suit
on jurisdictional grounds.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Taft Confident, Liken!
Dewey Band Wagon
To 0ne.Hoss Shay
Feels Free to Give Time
To His Impersonotion
OF Mr.. Republican
Bv Doris Fleeson :

With Gov. Dewey oeIenslVely
taking to the road, other favorite
sons showing new life and the '4S
rocket weapon, Gen. Macarthur,
about to descend on American
shores, Senator Taft is happy man.
Mr.. Taft is confident that the
Dewey band wagon is now in limbo
with the one-hoss shay. Thus he now
feels free to devote his time to his
celebrated impersonation OF Mr.. Re
nublican, an act which he hopes will
make him the inevitable nominee
for President.
He has not, however, been so
carried away that he views the tar
nishing of the Dewey prospects as
necessarily profit to Taft, either IN
whole or in part. But In his CUSTOM
ary methodical way, Mr.. TAFT mad
singled out as his first campaign
objective the demolition of the i'm
nression that Mr.. Dewey had got the
nomination and gone with 1t. 1t is
with admitted satisfaction that he
looks at the picture today
Dewey mas LUSt ohVuhu'
Senator Taft may be mistaken or
overoptimistic about Gov. Dewey S
nresent situation The general i'm
pression here is that the New Yorker
has certainly lost ground. But with
every poll proving that the only
certain aspect of present political
Temperature is that they are erratlc
not manv people share Mr.. Tatt's
complacencv. He believes it though
and he can be depended upon to act
on his beliefs.
Senator Taft, once described as a
man far too much in earnest to care
whether he bored his audiences, Is
also too single minded to attempt
tactful concealment of his bubbllne
optimism. This has been widely-ano
acidly-noted on both sides OF the
aisle.
watching Senator Taft fling him.
self into the fray against President
Truman like a one-man army, ar
irked Democrat commented: Lister
to that fellow! Did you hear thai
speech? Heck, he thinks he's Pres
ident already"
Freshmen Republican progressive'
are letting it be known that tneS
too are irked by Mr.. Taft's impet'
uousness. He could, they complain
at least have gone through the fol
mality of a policy meeting before
he committed the party to his owr
point of view. This group made
tentative gesture of revolt last ses'
sion, and it apparently feels it's tlm'
for more limiting.
Includes Favorite Sons.
AS it includes favorite sons-Sal
tonstall of Massachusetts, BALDWIN
of Connecticut-and the very aol'
Ives of New York, Flanders ane
Aiken Of Vermont, among others, !
could give the Senator various kind'
of trouble.
Mr.. Taft has not yet gotten arount
to worrying about what comes mex
If he and Gov. Dewey create dead
lock at the convention. Others In
fiuential in party management have
and their present idea is that th
Republicans may we'll be in for ont
of their rare prolonged conventions
as in 1920 when Warren Harding
emerged from smoke-filled room
They suggest that only five mer
now have the national build-up t.
win consideration from the smokers
who would be called on to resolve
a 48 deadlock: Speaker Martin, Sen
ator Vandenberg, Gov. Warren ant
If war clouds loom-Gens. Eisen
hover and Macarthur.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
This Changing World
u. S. Observers Doubt Politicians
Can Cope With France and Italy Crises

restore order with the police and
military forces at his disposal. But
the instructions given to the COM
manders of, strife-ridden areas are
reported to be to avoid using force
unless there is actual physical
threat.
Moreover, there have been many
instances where ringleaders have
been arrested and then Immediately
released by orders Of the Ministry OF
Interior or the Ministry OF Justice.
This weakens the morale of police
officers who fear that eventually
they may be victimized by the men
they have taken into custody.
Congress, which is In session to
act on stopgap relief appropriations
of nearly 100000 for France,
Italy and Austria, is watching with
interest developments IN the two
Mediterranean countries.
Many Ask Questions.
Many members of the House and
Senate ask how American relief can
reach European countries If their
ports are strike-bound, as is the
case now at Marseille, or If trans
portation workers are on strike when
American supplies arrive.
The Communists admit bluntly
that they oppose American relief
because it means helping "Ameri-
can imperialism This country can
send millions of dollars worth OF
supplies across the Atlantic, but
cannot assure that the ships will be
unloaoed. And unless the unions rio
| themselves of Communist domina-
ton, which appears highly improb-
able in the light of present develop
ments, American goods will not be
unloaded, or if unloaded will rot on
the docks of Marseille, Naples ano
other ports.
Thus, unless the governments oi
France and Italy are in the hands
of men who will appeal directly tt
the people and will adopt the stern
est measures against those who art
trying to wreck the economy o.
those countries on orders from Mos
COW, all the money appropriated by
Congress and all the goods we sene
will be of no avail.
In spite of American official:
strong dislike for Gen. de Gaulle, hi
appears to be the only French leader
capable of meeting the Communis
challenge with their own violen
methods.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Meridian Hill Hotel Again
Up for Sale by Government

The Meridian Hill Hotel, Govern
ment-owned eight-story residence
hall at Sixteenth and Euclid streets
NV. will be offered for sale again,
the Defense Homes Corp. announced
today.
The residence, constructed in 1912,
was disposed Of in July, 1946, to a
group of Chicago businessmen. This
group, however, has failed to meet
terms of conditional sales contract,
II was said.
New bids for the building will be
accepted until December Is, the an
nouncenent declared.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Reds End Money Gifts
To Decoration Winners
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Nov. 22.-It was an
nounced officially today that the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
has Cancelled as of January /, 1948,
monetary awards and other privi-
leges afforded winners of high
Soviet orders and decorations. They
will continue to be exempt from
paying any income tax, however.
Privileges Cancelled include the
right to ride free on railways, street.
cars and water transport and the
right to receive discounts on their
rent bills.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Bazaar T0dav

The annual Christmas bazaar OF
the Washington Society for the Hard
of Hearing will be open until 6
o'clock today at the society's head
quarters. 2431 Fourteenth street
NV
Miss Minnie M. Hill is general
chairman of the affair which fea-
lures the sale of homemade candies
Jams and jellies, cookies, aprons
stuffed toys. dolls, white elephants
and handwork. Hand-molded can
dies and other seasonal novelties are
on display at the Christmas table.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

Homer Ferguson
h as fin all y
pl u m be d the
depths of de-
pravity, proved
or alleged, to be
found in this
particular indi-
vidual som e =
thing else turns
up and the COM
m i t t e e is off
a g n, hot on
the scent. And
S ce mt is t h e
word.
Already t h e
Evening star., 1947-11-22
IOzVa State Dance

The Iowa State Society. of which
Senator Bourke B. Hickenfooper is
president, will give dance this
evening at 10 o'clock in the west
ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel, to
which all Iowans and their friends
are invited. Additional information
may be obtained from the secretary,
Miss Gertrude M. Louis, Roosevelt
Hotel
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Coast Guard Party

The class of 1881 of the Coast
Guard Academy at New London,
Conn, is holding a reunion dinner
and dance tonight for their alumni
who are stationed in or near Wash
ington. The party will be at the
Washington Golf and Country Club
and those present will include
Comdr. and Mrs. C. B. Arlington,
comdr. and Mrs. william D. Shields,
Comdr. and Mrs. o. G. B. Wev,
Comdr. and Mrs. n. r. Alexander,
Comdr. and Mrs. A. @. Unger and
Comdr. and Mrs. II. J. Webb.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

rnier Alclde de.
Gasperi can cope
with the crisis
which grips their
respective coun-
tries. Any lack
of determination
m ay seriously
affect practical
application of
the program for
stopgap Amer
ican aid to Eu-
rope.
Mr.. de Cas-
peri's philosoph-
al-political ap-
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Wood|ey Park Towers
Rent Rise Authorized

Rent increases averaging 8 per
cent have been authorized by Exam
iner James G. Tyson for 160 apart
ments in the Woodley Park Towers,
2737 Devonshire place NV.
The increases were granted yester-
day after a hearing in the Office OF
the administrator of rent control on
a petition filed by the Ell and Kay
Building and Investment Co.
The new rents will range from
$3.50 per month for one room and
bath to $27O for units having 10
rooms and three baths. Rents for
merly ranged from $47.50 to $3.50.
The owners sought the increases
because of a substantial" rise in
operating expenses and real estate
taxes since 1941 and because OF CAPT.
tai improvements.
The increase asked for by the
owners would have increased their
annual rentals by about $40, ,469, or
more than 10 per cent over the l94l
rates.
The increases granted will bring
the owners $15,576 more per year.
Gold is being shipped from the
&an% a
Evening star., 1947-11-22
William Hills Back

Mr.. and Mrs. William Sasscer
Hill, jr., who were married Novem-
ber 4, have returned from their
wedding trip to Bermuda and tenn
porarily will reside at the Shore
ham until their apartment is ready.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Bv LoveII MeUen

The Senate committees investi-
CATION of Benny (Maj. Gen. Bennett.
e. Meyers, goes on and on. just
when it appears that Sub-chairman
Evening star., 1947-11-22
RrConsfantine Bro,cn

The view taken by qualified OBJ
servers in Washington is that nei-
ther a new French premier, wlio-
ever he may be, nor Italian Pre-
Evening star., 1947-11-22

A Colombia firm is building six
new refrigerated cargo ships OF $500
tons. ...