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she Is buying only items like ma
chinery, food and raw materials
that are not available elsewhere.
One major-source of relief for the
British would be for the United
States to assume Britain's dollar ex-
penses in running the combined
British-American occupation zone in
Germany. Some British officials
claim this obligation accounts for
IL per cent of all Britain's dollar ex-
penditures.
But despite hints that Britain
earnestly desires such action, there
has been no formal request to alter
the agreement under which the
United States and Britain share
German occupation expenses equally
The State Department successfully
opposed a British effort to discuss
these finances during the Anglo
American conference on Ruhr coal
production. After a diplomatic
argument of several weeks over what
to discuss, these talks are due to get
under way here tomorrow.
Reich Industry Is Issue.
American officials intend to con-
fine the talks exclusively to ways
OF stepping up coal output, if they
can. But they acknowledge the
sudden worsening of Britain's
financial position will make it ex-
ceedingly difficult to keep money
matters from cropping up.
Another inter-related issue Is the
level of industrial output to be
allowed Germany. Here again, how
Evening star., 1947-08-11

ever, the United States sought te
confine the Ruhr talks to coal alone
by agreeing to separate Anglo
French-American conference late,
to consider German industry !, in
general.
The American action Saturday in
announcing plans for a three-powe,
huddle followed vigorous French
protests to a reported agreement
between Britain and the United
States to let Germany double he,
current steel production.
France, eager to boost Ruhr Goa
production to a maximum, is wary
lest Communist forces seize on an,
increase in Germany's industrial.
output as an argument against
French leadership in the Marshal,
plan for European recovery. Com.
munists have taken the propagands
line that the recovery plan is es-
sentially a device to rebuild Ger
many.
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that the additional expense will de.
cline rapidly thereafter as deaths
occur.
Congress ordered the raise, first
of its kind in several years, to meet
increased living costs, particularly
those resulting from the advancing
age Of the recipients.
The increases affect an estimated
10000 veterans of the two wars
who receive pensions for non
service-connected disabilities and
5000 dependents of deceased vet
Grams.
Pensions now average about s1OG
a month for Civil War veterans
and s75 for Spanish American War
veterans. Payments to the de-
pendents Of deceased veterans aver
age more than $40 a month.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
u. ). 10 Ask Britain
For Loan Accounting
Al Financial ParIev
BY the Asseeicfsd Press

An American demand for 9
full explanation of how Britain
is spending her $3,750, ,000, ,00(
loan will confront British dele.
gates coming here to discus.
their country's worsening finan.
cial plight.
Oflcials. said today they need thi
sort of comprehensive Statement
before they can agree to relax an,
of the loan agreement provisions IL
a manner to help Britain save he
disappearing dollar resources.
The report given Parliament las
Thursday by Hugh Dalton, Chan.
cellor of the Exchequer. is regarded
by authorities here as insufficiently
detailed to provide an accurate pic.
ture of where the money has gone
Has Spent All But Billion.
Britain has spent all but 1000
000, 600 of the credit in IS months
about twice as fast as anticipated
At the present spending rate all the
money will be gone some time ir
October.
{In addition to the $1,000, ,00o,-
600 remaining of the United
States loan 1t Is estimated here
that Britain has $500 ,000,0 re-
manning from the 81, 1000, 600
Canadian loan and $2,400 900 900
in gold and "other resources.
American Government officials
preparing for the expected visit ot
British flnanciers next week, gener-
ally indicate that they are sympa-
thetic toward Britain.
Changes May Not Help.
But these officials emphasize that
the terms of the loan agreement
limit the amount of help Britain
can expect without congressional
consent, a process that would take
many months.
| There is even some doubt among
these officials that changes in the
non discrimination and convert.
ibility clauSes-as suggested by
Prime Minister Attlee-can provide
much help.
The discrimination clause
forbids Britain from cutting hel
purchases from the United States
in favor of heavier buying from the
colonies and dominions in order te
save dollars.
The convertibility feature, which
vent into effect July Is, makes II
mandatory for Britain to convert
pounds sterling into dollars when
requested during current trading
transactions.
officials here maintain that Brit
ain already has reduced her Amer
lean purchases to the point where
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800, while commission of experts
concluded that military expendi-
lures of over se9o,o00 could not be
borne by the Swiss economy.
The report underlined that dras-
tic cuts in the military budget would
weaken the defenses of this neutral
country.
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Civil, Spanish War Pension
Raises Start in September
By the Assoeiofed Press

by me NssoctuFeo FFesS
The Veterans Administration said
today 100000 Civil and Spanish
American War veterans and de-
pendents will get a 20 per cent pen
sion increase, starting with their
September checks.
The agency estimated the in
.creases will cost the Government
$29, 100000 for the first year but
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Swiss Experts Disagree
On Army Expenditures
BY the Assoeioted Press

BERN, Switzerland.-The Swiss
Federal Military Department stated
in a recent report that the mini
mum military budget for 1850 and
the following years should be $s17,-
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Rents.
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that he was leaving the rent ques-
ton to Congress.
Other Developments.
These were other developments on
rent control:
\ /. Senator Capehart, Republican,
of Indiana, a member. of the Bank
ing Committee, suggested that the
entire housing problem" should be
handed back to the States because
"the problems are as different as
are the States
n Senator Capehart Is one of fiye
Republican sponsors of a Senate
bill to increase. rents Is per cent
and extend rent: control to April,
1948. In a talk before the National
Home and Property Owners Founda-
ton last night, he said property
owners suffered an inequity because
"all other costs have gone up while
the property owners income has
remained stationary"
2. The Property Owners Founda-
tion prepared to vote on a resolution
calling on Congress to terminate
Immediately all forms of rent control
regulation"
3. A small business subcommittee
of the Senate recommended that
rent control over existing housing
be continued with adjustments" and
that ceilings on newly built dwell
ingS be abolished.
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Bridges
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country because ''Messrs. Stain,
Molotov and Vishinsky have finally
designed to smile on us; because
after cumming up the peace for a
year and a half, after looting many
areas of friend and foe alike, the
Kremlin has generously consented
to negotiate treaties"
This attitude of gratefulness for
signs of Soviet cooperation, Senator
Bridges went on, "is behavior un-
worthy of a fourth-rate nation un-
der the shadow of Soviet aggres-
sion, let alone the worlds greatest
representative government
The plain truth is that for all
their supposed softening Of atti-
tude, the Russian rulers have given
up nothing essential. They hold
what they've grabbed and are pro-
ceeding at double speed to con-
solidate the empire they've carved
for themselves"
Asserting that Russia has never
hesitated ito throw its full moral,
political and economic weight into
the scales on the side of Dictator
ship, in support of its satellite govern
ments and fifth columns every
where" Senator Bridges added:
IT submit that we should have no
more squeamishness about throwing
our full weight at all times and
everywhere on the side of freedom,
democratic aspirations, liberal world
trade, and above all. human rights. !"
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7 uxes
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by Chairman Knutson of the House
Ways and Means Committee, who
has been the chief advocate of
across the board" whiting. This
type of reduction would lop 20 per
cent off nearly everybody's income
tax, with the big taxpayer saving
many more dollars than the little
follow. Mr. Knutson put a $780,
600 income ceiling on the one-flfth
cut. Those above that bracket
would get 105 per cent reduction
Near Physical Clash.
Mr.. Knutson almost clashed physi-
Ically yesterday with the chief Re-
publican critic of his tax proposals,
Representative Engel of Michigan
| Mr.. Knutson, 66, and Mr.. Engel
SO, met each other in a House cafe
terra. They proceeded to exchange
verbal shots at close quarters. No
blows were struck. but both roared
at the other: Don't you take hold
of me-"
In a House speech, Mr.. Engel had
contended that Mr.. Knutson's bill
would help the rich instead of the
poor and might spell Republican
defeat at the polls in 1948. In the
cafeteria encounter, Mr.. Knutson
replied that Mr. Engels bill pro-
posing the largest relief for the low
income brackets, would cost the
Government $4,000, ,ooO,oO in yearly
revenues.
After Mr.. Martins announcement
that the copper cent cut remains q
Republican objective, but that there
is no commitment on the across
the-board" method, Mr.. Engel salo
he was satisfied.
"Knutson's bill is. a dead as an
Egyptian mummy" he told a re-
porter.
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House Witness Fined $50
For Refusinq 10 Answer

George Powers was sentenced by
Justice Henry A. SchWeinhaut OF
District Court today to pay a fine
of $3.50 on charges Of refusing to
answer questions regarding Commu-
mist Party members when he was a
witness before the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities in
March, 1910.
AT the same time, Justice Schwein-
haut placed Powers on probation for
a period of six months.
Powers pleaded nolo contendere
(no contest) to the charges Mon
day. He was described as having
served as a secretary and district
organizer of the Communist Party
in Pittsburgh. Neither Attorney
Charles E. Ford, who represents
Powers, nor Assistant United States
Attorney Cecil r. Hef1in, who prose-
cuted the case, was able to say
whether Powers now is an officer
of the Communist Party.
The defendant, according to the
records, was born in 1905.
Questions Powers refused to an
swer included requests for names
of persons in the party mad one as
to whether his brothers were men,
bers Of the Communist Party.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Veteran Kills Self With Gas
I'm His Intended Home

Eugene L. Eby, jr., IS, Army vet
eran of the European theater, was
found dead over a gas range early
today in the kitchen at 1896 Alton
place N.W.-the home in which he
intended to move his family.
|. Deputy Coroner Christopher ].
Murphy issued certificate of sui
eide.
MIR. Eby, who had been living with
his parents at 42l9 Yuma street
NV, since his discharge from the
Army last April, was discovered by
his father, a retired Metropolitan
police lieutenant.
When MIR. Eby did not return to
his fathers home last night after
telling his parents he was going
bowling with friends, his father went
to the sons home with Pvt. E. A.
Sadler of No. precinct and found
him with his head on the stove and
all jets open. He had been depressed
for the past six months, his family
said.
Mr. Eby IS married and the father
Of five-year-old daughter, Barbara
Ann His wife, Bernadine, worked
in Chicago with a law firm during
the % months her husband was
overseas, and has been committing
between Washington and Chicago
since. The family was to move into
the Alton place home shortly. The
home had been rented for the past
three years, and was vacated only
last Monday.
Mr.. Eby was employed at the st.
Louis Southwestern Railway Lines
office here as commercial agent
until last December /.
| Besides his parents, wife and
daughter, he Is survived by two
sisters, Miss Evelyn B. ,Eby of WASH
ington and Mrs. Peyton B. Fletcher
of Bethesda.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Pastor Again Assails
DEGREE for Truman
By The Associoted Pres.

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 31.-The
controversy over Baylor University's S
awarding an honorary degree to
President Truman will not end with
the granting of the degree, the Rev.
w. L. Shuttlesworth said here yes
terday.
Mr.. Shuttlesworth, pastor of the
Park Memorial Baptist Church. is
the man who said, when the degree
was first proposed more than a year
ago, that no Baptist school should
confer degree on any man who
liked poker and drank bourbon"
When told yesterday that Presi-
dent Pat M. Neff Of Baylor would
confer the degree on President Tru-
man ON March 6, MIR. Shuttlesworth
said:
]. ~The granting of this degree will
not end the controversy. The prin-
ciple involved will not die with the
granting of a degree.
IT am not interested in to whom
a degree shall be granted" he went
on, 'but I am interested in whether
or not a. great Baptist institution
should sanction by any action it
may take liquor drinking and poker
playing"
Referring to the action Of the
Texas General Baptist Convention
in November, 1945, which objected
to giving a degree to MIR. Truman,
Mr.. Shuttlesworth said:
81 am amazed that a democratic
statesman like Mr.. Neff would be
SO undemocratic. as to refuse to
Rhear the majority of the great Bap-
tist body of which he is a member. >
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Auditors Shiver, but Gretno, Va.
Is Happy Over Cash I'm the Bag

Harvey said. "To put our house in
order. This is the first outside audit
in II years to my knowledge, and
we knew there would be some things
to straighten out, but we can't find
fault with a man who can accumu-
late that kind of money for us
especially when the towns net
bonded Indebtedness is only $50, 600. .
Il personally think it is mighty
good report, /" he continued. "A man
would have to be certified public
accountant to figure out just what
is wanted, and there are mighty few
CPA's in Gretna. The money might
not all be in the right holes but
if it's all in the bag, that's what
counts"
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Grace Says Portal Claims
Threaten Lobor's Pay

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 (P.-E. G
Grace, chairman of Bethlehem Stee
Corp, said yesterday that If labor
obtains its portal pay claims, the
unions won't talk about getting
substantial wage increases; they'll
talk about getting any pay ateaH."
Portal pay suits against Bethle-
hem aggregate about s40o 900, 900, he
said, adding that 1--WE have just
about enough property to satisfy
them" If labor gets that, he COM
mented, they'd have to provide the
payrolls afterward"
Mr.. Grace made his statements
at news conference where he dis
closed Bethlehem's net income for
final 1916 quarter was $11,937 ,281
equal to $3.4t1 common share, COM
pared with LAT, 1853 or 1929 q
share in the similar 1945 period. Net
income for the year totaled $41, ,731,-
931 or $1179 a share, against 1884,
947,1 or 1882 share in 1945.
Current production of ingots and
castings is at 80 per cent of capacity
and Mr.. Grace said he believed de-
mand for steel would be sufficient
for full operations throughout the
wear.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Churchill
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!
lay our mandate at the feet of the
United Nations.
| Britain, which conquered Pales-
tine from the Turks in World War
I, administers it under a 1922 man
date from the League of Nations,
held by some to have expired. Mr..
Churchill made a similar proposal
last fall, but the Labor government
has shown no disposition to leave
Palestine.
AS the debate ragged in the Com
mons, Jewish sources in London ex-
pressed "shock" at the governments
evacuation plan. Arabs here for
conferences welcomed the step.
''The announcement has taken us
by surprise and is a great shock to
u.s." said Moshe Shertok, head of the
Jewish Agency's Political Depart
ment. Agency representatives have
been holding unofficial talks with
government officials outside the for
NAL Anglo-Arab talks.
Arabs Ask Strong Measures.
The Arab delegation spokesman,
DR.. Wadil Jamali, Iraq Foreign Min
lister, said: I'VE certainly hope that
strong measures will now be taken
to suppress terrorism of any kind in
our country and that a peaceful
solution will be evolved under peace
full conditions"
Mr.. Churchill asked that the gov
ernment make every effort to avoid
"squalid warfare with terrorists" in
Palestine, with the United States
and the rest of the world looking on
But he urged against bowling to
intimidation by threats from the
Palestine underground, declaring:
"If you are brought into quarrel,
pugnacity and will power cannot be
dispensed with. 1t is terrible thing
to be drawn into a quarrel and to be
cowed out of doing your duty.
Good gracious me! How should
we have, got through our late strug-
gle if we had allowed our will power
to be Influenced in this way?
"What would have been said when
the Germans were bombing London
if we had sent a message to say If
only you will leave off, we will guar
antee not to touch Berlin
THAT Is the road of abject defeat.
I hate this quarrel with the Jews
but when you are engaged in the
matter, at least bear yourselves
like men,"
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Two Killed, II Injured
As Relief Train Hits Freiqhi
By the Associated Press

ALTA VISTA, Iowa, Jan. 31.-Two
men were killed and II others in
jured, seriously yesterday, when a
relief engine from Rochester, Mimi,
struck the caboose Of a stalled
Chicago Great Western freight train
in a binding snow storm.
Wayne Miller of st. Paul, Mimi,
one of three crew members in the
caboose, was killed outright. Paul
Butterfield OF McIntire, Iowa, crew
member of the freight train who
was standing beside the track, died
later at the hospital in New Hamp-
ton of burns suffered when the relief
engine exploded in the crash.
George Klahr and E. H. Hove, both
Of Rochester, engineer and fireman
on the relief engine, were among the
injured. Mr.. Klahr said the ''visi-
bility was so poor that I did not see
the stalled freight in time to avoid
crashing into It," esd "i
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the pottery company urged the
court yesterday to follow this course
Such an action on the courts
part, all sides are agreed, would
drastically reduce labor's chances OF
collecting the billions at stake In
other portal cases.
However, Judge Picard said he is
not in a position to consider the
economic effect of any decision he
may reach.
do you think this court has the
right to consider the effect on the
industrial world of its decision" he
demanded sternly of Assistant At
torney General John F. Sonnet at
one point. do you think this court
must take the weight OF the indus
trial world on it's shoulders?"
The NAM asked that portal claims
be disallowed for the period before
last June 10, when the Supreme
Court handed down its decision in
the Mount Clemens case. Attorney
Harvey M. Crow contended that the
company and its employees were liv-
ing up to the Fair Labor Standards
Act as they understood it before
that date.
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interned at Santo Tomas prison
camp.
She received her last letter from
Jim on Christmas Day, 1914.
From the time of the japanese
surrender until now, Marion has
been searching for her Jim. She
has pored over official records;
written to and interviewed dozens
of officials; toured the Philippines,
the China Sea and Japan for some
trace of him.
When the Army arranged the
evacuation of internees to the United
States, she remained in Manila for
IA months to continue her search.
She went into the hills and talked
to captured Japanese. She went
into the tunnels of Corregidor and
scanned the walls and the trash,
looking for some clue to his fate.
The reports were conflicting. Some
said Jim was executed in the last
months of japanese occupation.
Others said he was killed by Ameri-
can fire while plotting raft to the
mainland during the final battle.
In Washington she hopes to find
the answer to the mystery.
Central High School records list
Marion Booth and Clarke Beach as
1919 freshmen there. She attended
only one year. Mr.. Beach graduated
in 1923.
Her home address was listed as
1910 Eleventh street NV, but name
of her parents or guardian are not
shown on the record, school officials
said.
War Department records show
that a determination of death" for
Capt. James Scatter was issued in
March, 1916. The record did not
show date or cause of death. His
next of kin was his mother, Mrs. F..
E. Scatter of Anchorage, Alaska.
War Department officials said they
have not been advised of Mrs. Seat
er's reported impending visit.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Palestine
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correspondents were told their pres
ence was not considered essential.
Appropriate" action will be taken
against any persons refusing orders
to leave. The order was based on
1945 defense emergency regulations
permitting the evacuation of mon
essential personnel, not being Pales-
ttine citizens" or "any persons or
class of persons other than persons
so evacuated"
The order was signed by H. L. G.
Gurney, chief secretary of the
Palestine government.
Deportations Cause Trouble.
Ironically, it was the earlier de-
portation of thousands of Jews
which led indirectly and in part to
evacuation of the British families
Thousands of Jews who reached
Palestine waters without immigra-
ton certificates have been deported
the Cyprus, and Jewish underground
organizations have struck back in
protest, leading to widespread dis
turbances.
Zionist organizations seek to
establish in PALESTINE national
home for the Jews. The British gov
ernment, which rules the Holy Land
under a League of Nations mandate
has been conferring in London with
Jewish and Arab leaders. The Arabs
oppose extension of Jewish immi-
grafton and the Arab league seeks
to establish Palestine as an inde-
pendent ab-dominated state.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Civil Service
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charges that Irregularities exist at
the Naval Air Station at PatIxent
River, Md, involving civil service
personnel working for the Navy and
private contractors. Top Navy
officials have been subpoenaed to
appear before the committee next
Thursday to give their side of the
story. N
Chairman LANCER today said all
the committees findings will be
turned over to the Senate War In
vestigating Committee, for iappro-
pirate action. G
The civil service group yesterday
also learned that Neil M Snyder,
brother of Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder, is on the: Government pay
roll at $1,000 year, supervising a
nearly deserted war internment
camp in MCGEE, Ark.
Interior Department officials, un-
der close questioning, said Mr.. Sny-
der is to supervise the camp, now
occupied by 27 japanese internees,
until it is disposed of as surplus
property. Meanwhile, it is under
Interior Department control