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interior Fears Hot Dog Stands
May Mar Roosevelt Home

1915, Mr.. Krug has visited and con-
suited with the public In Alaska,
Puerto Rico. the Virgin Islands,
Washington, Oregon, California
Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex
leo and Texas.
2. The National Park Service dis
closed it has committee studying
the advisability of the Government
owning all the hotels. restaurants
and other services in national parks.
The accommodations now are op-
Grated by private companies under
concession contracts.
3. Director r. r. Sayers of the Bur-
eau Of Mines assured Congress that
his agency is careful guarding any
information on the atomic bomb that
1t receives.
Are you watching very closely the
secrets which we have relative to the
perfection Of the atomic bomb7" DR..
Sayers was asked by Representative
Jensen, Republican, of Iowa, during
the hearings. 4s,. HE Sd
Such information that comes to
us, I will assure you sir, We are, y
replied DR.. Sayers.
4. Gov. William. Hastie OF the Vir-
gin Islands disclosed that the rum
industry on the islands 'is in the
trough" The war time boom of the
rum industry has ended and the is
land is stuck with large inventories
of the product, he added.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
House Group Tells Cool Owners
To Find Their Own Statistics

record Of which was made public
today:
I'VE are very much concerned that
in q couple of years the industry
is going to be In a very depressed
condition because of increased COM
petition from gas and oil, as illus
trated by the recent sale Of the Big
and Little Inch lines.
I'VE are concerned also about the
proposed canals there, antismoke
regulations, the fact that the rail-
roads are switching to Diesel en-
ei1es.
consequently the industry is in
vital need of adequate statistics.
Mr.. Lamb told the committee that
the industry can't collect the sta
tistics adequately without running
the danger Of being charged with
violation of antitrust laws.
1--WE believe" he said, that joint
action by the Government and the
industry would provide the best data
and at the lowest cost"
Mr.. Corbett told a reporter today
he will attempt to have the money
put back into the bill.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

The National Park Service Is fear
full, despite its best efforts, that some
enterprising entrepreneur may mar
the entrance to the Franklin D.
Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, N. Y,
with a "nondescript type OF hot dog
stand"
Such possibility was disclosed by
A. E. Demaray, assistant director of
the service, which operates the site.
Mr.. Demaray's remarkS were made
before House Appropriations SUBJ
committee.
Mr.. Demaray said considerable
pressure to sell lshad been brought on
owners of property adjoining the
Roosevelt home. The land thus
acquired, he said, might be utilized
for construction Of q hot dog stand.
Il think 1t would be very unfortu-
nate" he said. ito have the en-
frances marred with perhaps nom
descript type of hot dog stand, and
50 forth"
Other. high lights brought out
during the hearings on the Interior
Departments appropriation bill in
clude:
/. Secretary Krug said he be-
lieved he has been fairly successful
in carrying the Interior Depart
ment to the people" Mr.. Krug said
he wanted to get into the States
and get the views OF the peo-
pie who have had long experience
with them" on critical problems.
Since assuming his post in early
Evening star., 1947-04-21

/, sAry until construction costs are
lower and the present acute housing
shortage has eased.
Export controls must be main
tanned to avoid price increases aris-
ling from uncontrolled foreign pur-
Ichases In this country. y
/ Credit control cannot be relaxed
30 long as prices are so high that
many consumers must 70 into debt
Ito make both ends meet. Making
more money available ON easier
credit terms would only enable
people to 90 Into debt at faster
rate. Over-extension of credit to
support over-extension OF prices is
fuel on the infiAtionary hres. It
would help no one In the long run.
It is In the tradition OF boom and
bust" The Government should re-
tain and use its measures for wise
credit control.
Desperation u Held Essential.
The economic policies here dis
cussed have not been devised hastily
to meet a situation which has just
appeared / have been urging
them for many months. The reit-
Grafton OF these policies Is made
necessary by the acute situation ex-
isting today. 81.
The responsibility Of preserving
our free enterprise system will con-.
tinue to rest upon the joint efforts
Of business, labor, the farmers, and
Government.
There must be moderation on the.
part Of business, forbearance on the
part Of labor. all-out effort on the
part Of the farmer, and wise guild
ance and action on the part of
Government.
There must be unity OF effort and
q willingness to cooperate in the
achievement OF our goal OF q strong,
stable economy.
The men and women here today,
and the rest OF the press of the
Nation, have great opportunity for
service at this time. Not only must
the facts be presented, but there
must be brought home to our peo-
pie the seriousness of the issue and
the need for united effort for the
good of all, rather than separate
effort for the benefit OF any group.
I take comfort In the knowledge
that the press OF this country will
accept this opportunity for service
In the same high spirit with which
1t has ALWAYS served this Nation
Evening star., 1947-04-21
BY the Associated Press

The House Appropriations Com
mittee declared today that If the
bituminous coal industry needs
statistics it should compile them
itself.
A report on the Interior Depart
ment appropriation bill said the
committee denied funds for the Bu-
reau of Mines to continue such
statistical work because "if there
is sufiicient demand for the collec-
ton of such statistics the work
should be performed by private in
dustry which is the beneficiary OF
such information"
Representative Corbett, Republi-
can, OF Pennsylvania, as we'll as
G. A. Lamb of the Pittsburgh Con-
solidation Coal Co., had asked the
committee to increase a Budget
Bureau recommendation for such
work from $426, 600 to $661 900. Last
years appropriation was $3.50, 600.
Mr.. Corbett told the committee
at a closed hearing, the printed
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Mine Safety Funds
increased Despite
Other Bureou Cuts


The Bureau OF Mines today
received all the funds it re-
quested for its mine safety pro-
gram. even though its total ap-
propriations were slashed $S,-
$50, las by the House Appropria-
tions committee.
The bureau was granted ST.
148. 900, an increase Of $ll3. 500
over this years appropriation,
TO investigate mine accidents
and operate mine-rescue cars.
It also was given l,625, 900. an
increase of 100000, for coal
mine inspection and investiga-
ton.
The cuts in the bureaus
funds were mainly in money re-
quested for research In liquid
fuels and metallurgies,
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Knights Of Columbus Urged
To Combat Communism

A plea to combat Communism
was made yesterday to 500 members
Of the Washington Council Of the
Knights OF Columbus by the Rev.
Samuel Cummings. S. A., superior
of Atonement Seminary, Catholic
University.
Speaking at a breakfast of the
council celebrating their 50th an
niversary Father Cummings empha-
sized the ideals OF the knights Of
Columbus as love Of country and
love of church. In defense OF
these ideals Catholics must fight
Communism tooth and nail" Fa-
ther Cummings said.
The breakfast was held In the
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Bronson Murder Trial Goes
To Jury This Afternoon

The case of Eugene Bronson,
colored, 46, accused of the first,
degree murder of Mrs. Carrie L.
Davidson. was due to go to- . Dtss
trict Court jury this afternoon,
Final arguments were completed
this morning and Justice Alexander
Holtzod. presiding at the trial, was
to- deliver his charge. to the jury
this afternoon. ~ y@.3 =.
Bronson, went on trial last Mons
day on charges of fatally stabbing
and robbing the 72-year-old woman
in her apartment In the 800 block
of Third street Sc. last November.
Bronson is being prosecuted = by
Assistant United States Attorney
John p. Burke. Attorneys Edward
B. Williams and Frank F. Robertson
represent Bronson,
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Coal Nine Fatalities
Fell SAB in 4 Years, !;
House Group Is Told
BY The Asseslas.d Press

Coal mine fatalities declined from
l.47l in 1912 to 928 in is4e, a differ
Eenee of S43. the Bureau of Mines
informed the House Appropriations
Committee.
A tabulation made public today in
printed hearings on the. Interior
Department appropriation bill shows
that the number of accidental
deaths from all causes In hitumino,ls
mines fell from 1,24s In 1912, when
the Federal Coal Mine Inspection
Act became effective, to 758 in 1916.
For anthracite mines the figures
are 226 in 1912 and ITO in l946.. !.
Falls of roof and mine facingS
were the chief causes of death, ac-.
counting for 529 deaths In bitunli-,
nous mines In 1912 and 425 deaths la
1916. For anthracite mines the fig-;
ures are 132 in 1912 and 1o2 in 1916.
Anthracite Death Rate Higher. :
The tabulation shows that this
fatality rate is higher in anthracite
mines than in bituminous mines,
The rate of fatalities per million
tons of coal mined in 1912 was 3.798
for anthracite and 2139 for btu
minous, In 1946 the rate was 2.80ts
for anthracite and 1.425 for bituu
minous. $50 ~
DR.. r. r. Sayers, director OF the.
Bureau of Mines. told the commit
tee that the number of coal mine
fatalities -bituminous and anthras
cite combined--has been going
down for this five-year period Of
Federal inspection, and that is the
first time that has ever occurreH
during the whole time we have had
q history of statistics on coal mine
accidents" ~
Explosion Deaths Decline.
Another tabulation given the
committee shows that the number.
of deaths from coal mine explosives
declined from 1876 in 1917 to 20 IN.
la46. -
The figures are for deaths dties
directly to explosives and to Deaths
from explosions of gas and dust
caused by blasting or explosives.
The tabulation lists the death rate
per million tons of coal mined ip,
1917 at .208. In 1945 1t was ,034. )
The deaths from explosives were
listed, by years, as follows: H
1917 (l36); 1920 d75), 1925 (is5e,,
1890 (8s); 1881, (4I; 1882 (74); 1888
34): 1884 t37); 1885 f504; 1886 (52);a
1887 46D; 1888 (85); 1889 (6D; ls4ol
(110); 1941 t4o); 1912 t41); 1913.
t3Dt; 1914 (35); 1945 (48): 1946 ,20l,,
DR.. Sayers, who testified at the
closed committee hearing prior TO
the Centralia, ILL.,. mine disaster
said Federal inspectors. now visit,
mines employing from 90 to SO per,
cent of all miners and producing
from 81 to SO per cent of all COAX
mined.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Coll to White Plains
From New York Put
By Way of Ireland
By IL. Asseeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 21.-
Elmer Patrick Gargan spent
SIS last night to get word to
his wife in White Plains that
he had missed the last train
home and it was worth every
penny OF It," he said.
Mr.. Gargan couldn't call his
wife directly because of the
telephone strike, so he tele-
phoned his aunt, Mrs. James
McCann, explained the situa-
tion, and had her call Mrs.
Gargan.
Calls get through fine to
Mrs. McCann; she lives in
Tomebridge, County Antrim,
Ireland.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
interior
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generated at these projects in the
West to pay the portion of irriga.
tion investment which irrigators
are unable to pay,
AT most, your committee is recon.
mending merely a deferraI of that
portion OF construction which woulc
add to infiationary pressures which
were the basis Of the President,
freezing OF expenditures of funds ap-
propriated by the Congress for ths
l947 fiscal year and prior years"
Last August 2. the committee re.
called, President Truman directed
that, Reclamation Bureau construc.
tion expenditures be held to $85, 900, :
900 for each OF the fiscal years l94T
and l94S to conserve material foi
non-Federal construction.
The bureaus unexpended con-
struction balance in June 30, 1947
the committee said, will be s85, ,826.-
767 which. with the new funds, will
provide $l4l,085,367 for the fiscal
year 1913.
State Obligatio Cited.
"It is not wise management for
the Government to plan and 60
ahead with millions of dollars in
construction at time when private
business Is anxiously seeking in the
market place the same commodities
for which Government will be the
priority buyer If construction prof.
ects requested by the Department
of the Interior are allowed in full, "
the committee said.
"It is manifest that material
shortages have not been alleviated
and that the Government has been
q formidable competitor with private
enterprise"
In explanation Of its action curb
ing the oil and gas division, the
committee said 1t does not believe
the Government should compile free
statistics and reports for the oil and
gas industry.
"The States have some obligations
to the Indians" the committee said
as it Topped the allotment for the
Indian Affairs Bureau, and some
aid could and should be extended
by local communities"
Although 1t shaved the Bureau Of
Mines budget, the committee ap-
proved the entire fund requested for
coal mine inspections and investi-
cations. applying the reductions to
other bureau activities. ~
Evening star., 1947-04-21

countries abroad nave combined tt
force farm products upward.
The Government policy Of sup
porting farm prices at 80 per cent
Of parity Is not the cause. OF the
major food commodities potatoes
are the only crop currently being
given Government support. The
support price Of wheat, for exam
pie, Is s1.83 = bushel, while wheat
Is currently selling at about $3.50
. bushel The support price Of hogs
lis $l4.94 per hundred pounds. The
recent price has been around $500.
Let me repeat: The Government
policy OF supporting farm prices Is
not the cause OF the prevailing high
food prices.
Without the support program,
farmers, mindful OF the disastrous
farm collapse shortly after World
War I, would not have planted their
tremendous recent crops. The con-
sequence would have been smaller
acreage, greater excess of demand
over supply, and prices much higher
than they are now Because of the
support program, the consumer is
better OF and the world food situa-
ton Is more manageable.
With this sound bulwark against
4 repetition of the agricultural de-
preston which started in 1920, farm
ers should continue their efforts to
bring about maximum production.
Debt Reduction Il Supported.
I have been speaking about the
role OF businessmen, workers and
farmers in maintaining our present
prosperity. The Government also
has responsibilities. It is an axiom
of good economics and good busi-
ness that, in times OF great in
fiationary pressures, taxes should
not be reduced. Any surplus which
the Treasury can secure should be
applied to reduction of the Federal
debt.
Reduction Of the debt reduces the
annual interest obligation OF the
Government and also tends to check
infiationary forces. When we are
over the hump Of imitation, tax re-
duction will be feasih..s and proper.
It should then be extended first to
those who need relief most.
Additional weapons which the
Government possesses In its fight
against imitation are rent control,
export controls and credit control.
Rent control Is yitally neces.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
WhuIe Meat Sells Fost

Norway has used all of last sea-
sons whale meat stocks and awaits
return of its Antarctic expedition.
Recently, $1,000 pounds was shipped
from Oslo to England and proved so
popular there that $4,000 pounds
more was ordered. None was avail
alba.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

university dining hall after me-
mortal mass at the National Shrine
Of the Immaculate Conception said
by the Rev. Eugene J. Gallery Of
the University OF Scranton.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
500 Locks Are Busiest

In normal years the Great Lakes
locks at Sault Ste Marie fthe "Soo'o
handle four to six times the tonnage
that passes through either the
Panama or the Suez Canal.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

The average price paid by Amer
leans for electricity Is 3.24 cents q
kilowatt hour.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

Colombia Is the only South Amer
lean country which has both Atlantic
and Pacific coasts.
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Woman, 81, Hurt Pushing
Bow Out Of Truck's Path

A 64-year-old Arlington woman
saved small boy from serious in
jury yesterday when she pushed him
out of the path of truck which
struck her at Lee highway and
North Quincy street, county police
reported today.
She is Mrs. Ocie O'Meara, 2O33
North Quincy street, who suffered
an arm fracture and bruises in the
accident. Her condition was de-
scribed as good at Arlington Hos
pital today.
The child. who was crossing Lee
highway with Mrs. O'Meara, is Keith
Robertson, S, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy A. Robertson of the Quincy
street address. according to police.
He was unhurt.
Arlington police said the driver
of the truck, who was not charged
was Eugene Tracey, %, colored, of
Falls Church. They reported he was
making a left turn from Quincy
street to Lee highway.
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China Forbids Soviet Ships
Dairen 10 Enter Ports

SHANGHAI, Aug 29.-Customs
authorities said today the Chinese
government had advised them that
Russian ships have been forbidden
to trade between Dairen and other
ports in China.
The new order also prohibits other
foreign ships from calling between
Soviet-occupied Dairen and China
ports. However, Russia allows only
Russian ships to use the South Man
churian port
The China Daily Tribune said the
step was taken by the Chinese gov
eminent because ''the taking over of
Dairen (by China has been OBJ
structed." Control of Dairen was
supposed to pass to China under a
treaty with Russia.
The move was regarded widely in
Shanghai as gesture by the
Chinese to draw more attention to
RusSia'S continued occupation OF
0ajl'an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Rent Office Hearing
River Terrace Appeal
For 1875 Raise Today

The District Rent Control Ad-
ministration today takes up the re-
quest of owners of River Terrace, a
99-unit apartment house in the 34OO
block of Benning road NE, for a
Is per cent increase in rents.
Hearings on rent increase pro-
posals in Washington are being
held almost daily as landlords and
property owners seek to meet rising
operating costs.
Rent Administrator Robert F.
Cogswell yesterday affirmed an ex-
aminer's order which will increase
rents at the Westchester Apart
ments, 1000 Cathedral avenue NV,
by 10 per cent, starting Monday.
Counsel for 266 of the $50 tenants
affected had filed with the rent Of
flee an appeal for review of an
earlier finding. Mr.. Cogswell up
held the examiner, Ernest F.. Will
liamS.
In another action yesterday, ten
ants of an apartment house at 2407
Fifteenth street NV, owned by
Raymond Sonny Workman, former
jockey, agreed to a per cent in
crease in return for one-year leases
Tenants of the 58-unit building in
clude Senators Bridges of New
Hampshire, and Quincy of South
Dakota. both Republicans.
Examiner James Tyson heard the
case and took it under advisement
1t will be about a week before a
decision is handed down, MI. Tyson
said.
Tenants at the Workman build
ing Pay rents from $5250 to 1850
according to the rent Office. Rates
DIT River Terrace range from $50 .6s
to $6323. it was said.
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Jap to Hang. Two Others
Get Terms for Cruelty
BY the Associated Press

YOKOHAMA, Aug. 29.-One jap
anese was sentenced to be hanged
and two others drew long prison
terms today for contributing to the
deaths of AZ Allied prisoners of war
at Mitsushima prison camp.
A military commission sentenced
Sergt. Maj. Masanobu Michishita to
hang for contributing to the deaths
of all AZ by beatings and compelling
sick prisoners to perform hard labor.
Mineo Nojima, civilian guard,
known as Big Speedo,' drew life
for contributing to the deaths OF 28
prisoners by beatings and collective
punishments. Shichinobu Shichino
was given IS years for failing as
medical sergeant to restrain those
under him from forcing sick pris-
oners to work.
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Senators Look Over Sites
For Alaska Pulp Mills

KETCHIkAN, Alaska. Aug. 90
A Senate Newsprint Subcommittee
viewed potential pulp mill sites and
the vast pulp timber resources of
Revilla Island yesterday on So
hour tour aboard a Coast Guard
cutter.
The tour started after Senator
Capehart, Republican, of Indiana
told a gathering of 100 Ketchikan
citizens at a special banquet for the
committee Wednesday night that
Alaskans are ready for statehood
and that admission of the Territory
as a State will benefit the Nation.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana told the group it is neces-
sary for the Government to assist in
housing, hospitals and education
facilities to thwart inroads of COM
munism. Senator Cain. Republican,
of Washington is the third member
of the group.
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LOS

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R RirF st TO H 5S41. to rala'e lnsa'eE re-
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