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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15

WASHINGTON, - First few
weeks of the United nations
General Assembly, convening at
Flushing Meadows, N. Y, Sept.
16, will be spent in the some
what dull, red tape business of
getting organized.
Hearing a lot of reports and
electing a president, seven vice
presidents and the chairmen OF
six standing COMMITTEES are
first important business. These
IA officers constitute the General
Assembly steering committee,
which really runs the proceed
ings. It is responsible for the
agenda. Tentatively on this list
are some 81 issues now trou-
bling the world. More may be
added as the session progresses.
Over the presidency there
may be a battle. DR.. Oswaldo
Aranha of Brazil, who presided
over the special session on
Palestine, will probably be nom
mated to succeed himself. Elk
UN President Paul-Henri Spaak
of Belgium is expected to be a
candidate. Mrs. Vijaya Laksh-
mi Pandit of India. glamor
dame of all international confer
ences, will probably be nominal
ed. So will Herbert Ware Evatt
of Australia, international CAD
fly and spokesman for the
small nations.
All these. candidates come
from countries outside of the So
Wet sphere of influence. Russian
bloc candidate is expected to be
Zygmunt Mondzlenski, Pol
ish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Early in the proceedings will
come election. of new members
to UN councils. Three new non
permanent members must be
elected to the 11-nation Security
Council, to succeed Australia,
Brazil and Poland. Six nations
must be selected for the 49,
member Economic and Social
Council. The Argentine has a
proposal to increase this groups
membership to "a, which would
mean six more. Because the
United States has been given
trusteship over the former Jap
inundated Pacific islands, two
additional non-trusteeship Pow
ers must be elected to the Trus-
teeship Council.
Some time will have to be con-
sumed by reports. Secretary
General Trygve Lie has q num-
Der to file. The three councils
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
United Nations Red Tape
BY T S

must make reports on what
they've been doing in the past
year. After them come the UN
specialized agencies Interna-
tional Bank, Monetary Fund, Re-
fugee, C~hildren's, Aviation
Educational, World Health, Food
and Agricultural organizations.
Incidentally, Russia has boycott
ed eight of these outfits.
Finally come reports from the
six principal standing commit
ties of the General Assembly.
They are the Political and Sc
curity, Economic and Financial,
Social and Cultural, Trusteeship,
Budgetary andn Legal com
mittees.
Like Congress. much of the
work of the UN is first threshed
out il. committee proceedings.
In their long-winded debate, it is
easy for the impatient citizen to
get not only lost, but also dis
gusted.
First bout before the Political
and Security Committee is the
matter of UN membership. There
are now SIS member nations. The
,Secrsity Council has approved
admission of two others-Yemen
and PakiStan. Over admission of
ten other applicants there is
trouble. They are Ireland, Por-
4"gal, Trans-Jordan. Outer
Mongolia, Albania, Austria, Italy.
Hungary, Bulgaria and Roma
MIA.
Outer Mongolia, Albania, Hun
gary, Bulgaria and Roman;a are
definitely within the Soviet
sphere of influence. Taking them
in would increase to IL votes the
Russian bloc of nations which
now includes only Czechoslova-
kia, Poland. Yugoslavia. the Uk-
raine and White Russia, besides
the U.S.S.R. itself. Finland has
not yet applied for membership.
Australia has put on the Gene
raj Assembly agenda a proposal
to revise completely the proce-
dure for admission of new mem
bers, and to take away from the
Security Council its sole right to
appre or veto applications from
approve Or veto applications
from non-member countries.
That may provide one of the
LIVER debates at the forth
comnign General Assembly ses-
sion.
But with these procedural'
matters out Of the way the As
sembly can begin debate on
some more interesting questions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
Market Gone Wild


4NCW 4Olh ,
Instead, with the end o. u
war, the Administrator =. >,
momentary lip service 10 a. y
derby reconversion anu :.
mediately threw wage coH; u =,
the winds. Costs soareu !,
Spouse. Rationing came = A
end upon the assurance t =,
Secretary of Agriculture ' md
was no longer necessary I s,+
food shortage promptly lot h,,.
Ceilings were retained, ou' j !,
ceiling, figurative or mere .. I'M
stand by itself-the nation =.
profits went into the Many N
gangsters and the people o. "A 4
United States were Iaceg Nh.
the same lawlessness anu M NJ
placency toward laWleSsA''
accompanied prohibition T.. \,
Under those conditions tn III = ,
per last year urged the + b,
price ceilings, and to date u NJ 4
seen no reason to call 10l -
return. The reimpOsitioaa5 + Of h !
wartime controls mlsn. a.
this runaway market ous ;on
practical matter such acI.'' :.
inconceivable. TIE 6aSI II ID
course is in the hands srl n i
housewife, who today rey.i
at exorbitant prices anu a,,noott
theless pays them; she S su u
the market by her unNi lntituts:
to take bargains and suhs'1 nric'
down from the top, ne" e,lor b
ton will undercut them liter lot.r ,
bottom, and sooner or ,. .d, IN
equilibrium will be rea reach oicrs'
til then it is not a pret,g rnar
we face; America WIZ
price for its erroi'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15

prussure of a popular peoples draft which
was not artificially stimulated.
AS the political situation now stands. the
1948 campaign will be headed on the one
hand by President Truman, there being q
paucity of democratic presidential timber,
and on the other hand by well your guess
is as good as OUTS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
GOOD MORNING

Man can never come up to his ideal
standard. 1t is the nature of the i'm
mortal spirit to raise that standard
higher and higher as it goes from
strength to strength, still upward and
onward. The wisest and greatest men
are ever the most modest.-S. M. F.
Oss0li.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
Quotation

Our government is not an end in itself.
It exists to serve all the people. 1t belongs
to all of us. We cannot strike against our
selves.-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York.
We have two worlds now and they are
in a head-on collision. One of them is going
to survive, and I favor having ours come
out on top.-Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R) of
New jersey.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
(See LABOR DAY, Page AS.
Baltimore Policeman, Shol
In HoIdup, Kills Bandit
By the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 30.-A holdup
man was slain and his companion
and a veteran police officer were
critically wounded today in a gun
battle after police swept down to
break up a series Of five taxican
robberies. ..,
Police listed the slain robber as
William Thomas, colored.
In a hospital with a chest wound
was Sergt. Joseph Davey. 48, vet
eran of rs years On the force. He
fired six shots at the bandits after
falling to the pavement wounded.
The other wounded man was iden-
titled as Daniel Howard Chase. He
was shot in the head.
Barton c. Rote, 26-year-old driver
who was the fifth holdup victim
dived into a gutter and escaped the
whizzing bullets.
Mr.. Rote said he had just given
up So to two colored passengers after
one Of them pulled q gun on him
when a police cruiser pulled up.
Sergt. Davey and Patrolmen
Thomas McKenna and Anthony
Cadden got out and approached the
car.
Mr.. Rote said he turned on his
dome light and Chase opened fire
through the right window of the
cab at Patrolman Cadden. ther
turned and started firing out the
left side. One shot hit Sergt. Davey
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Senator McCarran
Given 7 Transfusions
By the Associoted Press

RENO, New, Aug. 3O-Senatol
McCarran, Democrat, Of Nevada
was reported resting well" today
after an internal hemorrhage.
The 71-year- veteran Senator
became i'll last Saturday at Tono-
pah, New, and has been given two
blood transfusionSin the last three
days, his physician said. He i'm
proved slightly yesterday after the
second TRANSMISSION at st. Mary's
Hospital here.
"The Senator is very anemic and
weak and conditions such as his
always are serious, especially In
view of his age," DR.. A. L. Stadtherl
commented.
DR.. Stadtherr scheduled X-rays
today and said he planned a hall
dozen" additional transfusions dur.
ing the next few days to strengthen
Senator McCarran.
Senator McCarran has been a
colorful figure in Nevada's politica.
history since 1908, when he entered
public life as a member of the
Legislature.
Engaged in farming and stock
raising as a young man, he later
studied law and was admitted tt
the bar in 1905.
His practice in Tonopah anc
Goldfeld during the mining booms
in those places stimulated an inter.
est in mining and metals which
made him a leader in the Senate's
silver bloc" since his election tc
that body in 1888.
He is a former chairman OF the
Senate District Committee.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Missing Students Reach
HeIsinki From Red Zone
By the Associated Press

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 30
Two American students and a
British artist, missing since August
g, arrived in Helsinki today. They
had been in the Russian zone OF
Porkkala.
The three were Ann Blumenfeld,
%, of San Rafael, Calf; Robert
Storch, 25, Newark, N. j., and Cor
don Thomas McGill Lawson, 80,
from Britain.
They left Stockholm for Finland
July 26 abroad the 30-foot yacht
Sea Shark and had been seen last
week after that in Hango, Fin
land, where they picked up nautical
charts.
Their friends in Stockholm, whers
the Americans were studying, be-
came alarmed when they failed to
return to the Swedish city on sched-
ule August Is. Films in boats and
airplanes began a search Of the Gulf
of Finland this week.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
What theRussions
Are Saying of Us:

MoScow radio, broddcaStino {
Russian to Russia last 11eek, said
THE matter of control over
atomic energy is at a dead end
because this is just the solution
of the atomic problem that suits
the intentions of the United
States.
LAS is known, the United States
atomic policy was formulated in
the so-called Baruch Plan. The
practical aim of it was to preserve
at all costs the United States
monopoly over the atomic bomb;
this is the beginning and the end
of atomic diplomacy which has
put its seal on the activity of the
U..N. Commission for the Control
of Atomic Energy.
"It seemed that clear, definite
and urgent task faced the COM
mission: To put into practice in
the first place the twofold resolu-
ton of the U. N. General AS
sembly providing for the signing
of an international convention on
the prohibition of the atomic
weapon as a weapon for mass
destruction. In fact, however, this
basic problem has been excluded
from the field of work OF the
commission; the United States
delegates sabotage in essence the
carrying out of the most i'm
portant decision of the U. N"
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Man Believed Hit.Run
Victim Dies in Hospital

The death of a Maryland Park
man, apparently the victim OF
fit-and-run driver, was being in
vestigated today by Prince Georges
County police.
The police identified the dead
man as Edward H. Hayes, go, whose
address was given as the 200 block
of Sixty-ffth street, Maryland Park.
He died in Prince Georges General
Hospital about noon today from in
iuries received at 1:30 am. at Addi-
son road and Linwood avenue, Seat
Pleasant.
Police were called to scene by a
resident, who said she heard a thud
and saw a motionless form on the
street under the headlights Of the
next car that passed.
Police said they had no other
clues to the death.
Acouaintances of Mr.. Hayes de.
scribed him as a former messenger,
handymsn and watchman. At the
hospital, where he was taken by the
District Heights Rescue Squad, au-
thorities said he suffered frac.
tured skull, broken arm and other
external and internal injuries.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Heavy Roinstorm
Hits Cleveland Before
| Start of Air Races
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.-A
heavy rainstorm accompanied
by high winds struck Municipal
Airport today less than an hour
before the start of the first
days program at the National
Air Races.
The rain reduced ground visi-
bility to about 300 yards. From
the press box it was not possible
to see the dozens of racing
planes parked near the end OF
the grandstand.
The Weather Bureau said
this mornings thunderstorm
would be followed by another
one in the afternoon or eve
ming.
If the weather forces a post
ponement, the entire days pro-
gram will be set back to Tues
day.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
TankAcciident
Mars Start Of
bendixAir Race
Muntz Favored to Win
$4,000 Bet as Rival
Loses Part of Cos
BULLETIN

VAN NUYS, Calf. P.-Wil-
liam P. Odom, 'round-the-
world record flyer, declared
himself out of the $4,000 Ben
dix Trophy Race at takeoff
time today.
By the Associated Press
VAN NUYS, Calf, Aug. 30
The $4,000 Bendix Trophy Race
got away to a crowd-chilling
start today and the $4,000 WIN
ner- -take-all match between Paul
Mantz and Glenn Mccarthy,
Houston (TexD oil man, was in
jeopardy almost before it started.
Mccarthy and Mantz, veteran
speed king and winner of the event
year ago, posted $4,000 apiece
on the Cleveland finish of the oil
mans souped-up Psi, piloted by
James Rubel of Houston and
Nantes Psi.
.Rubel was roaring down the run
way when he lost his starboard
(righD auxiliary gas tank. He
quickly got into the air, the plane
pulling noticeably to port. But he
Strengthened it out and headed east,
anyway.
His hackers said later that he still
had LAO gallons left, despite the
loss of the 165-gallon tank and could
reach Cleveland, with luck, on that.
Mantz Given Greater Edge.
But the sWashbuckling, colorful
Mantz, already a favorite to retain
his title. was conceded an even
greater edge as a result of the
mishap.
The tank skidded across the run
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Political Arson Hinted as Fire
Sweeps Elizabeth S Bridal Home
Spectacular BIoze Destroys South Wing
OfMonsion Being Prepared for Princess

no question of arson," but official
sources disclosed that detectives of
the Criminal Investigation Depart
ment had been instructed to inquire
into every possible cause, including
arson inspired by political motives.
One unofficial theory was that a
lighted cigarette may have been
dropped in rubbish pile by one OF
the workers engaged in remodeling
the 25-room mansion, which has
been unoccupied.
D. M. Taylor, regional National
Fire Service commander, said the
construction of the building ham,
pered the firemen The mansion
was built ITS years ago. He said the
construction was one of cavity walls
with a false roof and flaring caves
which left a void between the walls
and the roof.
The fire travelled through this
void, and as we put it out in one
place, it popped up in another" MIR.
Taylor said.
Only the servants quarters es-
capped damage. No estimate of the
loss was given but authorities said
tSee ELIZABETH, Page ABB
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Fine Weather Forecast
For Holiday Weekend;
100000 Leave City
Influx Of Visitors
For Three-Doy Stoy
Is Almost as Large
Pictures on Page A-10.)

Ideal holiday weather all over
the Northeast and Middle At
lantic States for stay-at-homes
and for the estimated 100000
who departed for mountain or
beach for the Labor Day week
end was forecast by the Weather
Bureau today. Passenger traffic
men said nearly an equal num-
Der arrived in Washington.
The travel peak was over at Union
Station this morning but the num-
bers of travellers crowding the train
gates was we'll above normal.
The Weather Bureau local fore
cast was for a high of 88 today ano
a low of 10 tonight with fair skies
1t will be warm again tomorrow with
continued humidity. Monday may
be a little cooler and somewhat
cloudier.
Showers Forecast in Maine.
The only rain forecast in the
northeast was for thundershowers
tomorrow in northern New Hamp-
shire and Maine.
Railroads, airlines and bus compa-
nies carried the bulk of the zoo, 600
travellers and reached their peak
outgoing loads late yesterday,
shortly after Government workers
were let of.
All the major transportation IA
cilities reported an increase in busi-
ness over recent holidays, with air
line officials generally reporting
their best day of business in
months"
Automobile traffic in and out of
the city was described as reason
ably heavy" by police but moving
smoothly along the main highways.
Little Congestion.
The biggest crowds at Union Sta
ton started to congregate soon after
noon in an effort to beat the rush"
However, with officials estimating
that some 10000 persons had left
and another 10000 had entered
Washington by train up to midnight,
there was little congestion of the
1Coa I-Ap0P nav page A-3)
Evening star., 1947-08-30
picture on Page A-3.)
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, Aug. 30.-A spectac-
ular fire destroyed the entire
south wing and caved in the An
cient roof of Princess Elizabeth's
bridal home at suburban Sum-
ninghill Park today. Authorities
said they had not discarded the
possibility that the blaze was
touched off by. an incendiary
with political motives.
Ten fire companies battled the
blaze for hours, pumping thousands
of gallons of water from nearby
Mirror Lake before they brought it
under control at dawr1 Flames
shooting so feet into the air could be
seen for miles.
The south wing of the stately old
Georgian house, which was being re-
furnished as a home for the Princess
and 1t. Philip Mountbatten, was en-
veloped in flames when the f1remen
arrived shortly after midnight.
A National Fire Service officer
said he was satisfied that there is
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Russia toSpeed
Effective Date Of
SateIIitePacts
Five Treaties Ratified; ;
Reporotions, Troop
Withdrawals Set
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Aug. 3O.-Russiar
ratification of peace treaties with
five Axis satellites cleared the
way today for a formal ending
of hostilities for Bulgaria, Fin
land, Hungary, Italy and Ro-
mania.
The Moscow radio announced un-
expectedly last night that the pre-
sidium of the Supreme Soviet hao
ratified the five treaties, signed ir
Paris last February 10.
Russia was the last of the foul
major powers to ratify and a Brit.
ish official said Andrei Y. Vishin.
sky, deputy Soviet Foreign Minister
had promised that Russia would
agree to deposit the instruments
of ratification at IAN early date
thus completing action and making
the treaties effective. The instru-
ments of ratification for the Italian
treaty must be deposited at Paris
the others at Moscow.
Still to be drafted are treaties
for Austria, Germany and japan
BY the terms of the satellite
treaties, Russia stands to gain $780,
100000 in reparations, the only
major power to claim such pay
ments. She gets $500, 100000 each
from Romania and Finland, $780,.
100000 from Hungary and $780,.
100000 from Italy.
From Romania, Russia takes the
eastern border province of Bessa
rabia, and from Finland she takes
the northern port and province o1
Petsamo and 50-year lease or
Perkkala-U -Udd for a naval base.
Troop Withdrawal Required.
Britain and the United States are
required to withdraw their troops
from Italy within 80 days and Rus
sian troops must pull out of Bull
garia in a like period, but the
treaties give Russia the right to keep
soldiers in Hungary and Romania Sc
long as is necessary to protect COM
munications to occupied Austria.
The reaction in most European
capitals was one of relief that now
the first part of the peacemaking job
was done Some sources felt, how
ever, that Russian ratification-com-
ing only few days after approval
was rushed through the Parliaments
of Rcmania, Bulgaria and Hungary
-heraloed an attempt to facilitate
the admission of Eastern European
countries into the United Nations
perhaps when the United Nations
Assembly meets next month.
Mario Scelba, Italian minister OF
the interior, said in Rome that
Russia apparently delayed ratif1ca-
ton of the Italian treaty in order to
keep italy from winning U. NJ men,
bership last week. Premier Alcide de
Gasperi expressed hope that now
Italy could be approved for the U. N
Trieste Becomes Free City.
Other results of completed ac-
ton on the treaties included:
The ending of Allied control COM
missions in the five countries. Diplo-
matte representatives now will be
empowered to supervise administra
ton of the treaty provisions.
The birth Of the new free terri
tory of Trieste. Conflicting claims
by italy and Yugoslavia for the vita
port at the head of the Adriatie
lSee TREATIES PAGE AID
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Food Prices Drop Here
In Face Of Mid-JuIy
Rise in Rest Of i. ).
Labor Statistics Bureau
Says 0.4 Per Cent Dip
May Be Only Temporary

The Washington family food
bill dropped o. per cent be-
tween mid-June and mid-July In
contrast to a national average
advance of IA per cent, the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics disclosed
today.
But, with recent increases in food
prices here, particularly meat and
butter, the food cost decline may be
only temporary.
The bureaus retail food price
index for Sc large cities on July Is
stood at 1881 per cent of the 1885,
80 average. This was new high
for the second consecutive month
and 16 per cent above year ago.
Eggs, Milk, Meat Up.
Higher prices for eggs, dairy pro-
ducts and meats were the chief
factors in the national increase to
July Is, the agency said.
No explanation was given for. the
drop in food prices in Washington
However, the survey noted national
average price declines in fats and
oils, fruits and vegetables and coffee.
! Among the Sc cities surveyed, the
family food bill was higher in 40,
lower in six and unchanged in one.
Experts generally agree that some
food prices may go higher, as a
result of the poor corn crop this
year. This is particularly true of
meat.
Burmeister Predicts Rise.
Charles A. Burmeister, Agriculture
Department economist, in a speech
at Broken Bow. Nebr., yesterday
estimated consumers will receive
about per cent less meat next year
and probably pay higher prices for it
| He placed this years total meat
output at about % 1000, ,000, 900 pounds
then added: "a reasonable guess for
1948 would be decrease of S per
cent or more" He attributed this to
the low corn crop and to the fact
that many farmers, taking advan-
! tage of record market prices, are
sending livestock to slaughter now
ard thus reducing supplies for next
year.
I'm view of current prices for live
stock, one needs to be bold fore
caster to predict higher prices next
summer. But, in view of the
rather definite indications of smaller
meat supplies at that time, would
hesitate to predict that prices would
be lower" Mr.. Burmeister told the
Sand Hills Cattle Association.
In report issued here yesterday
the Agriculture Department re-
ported that farm partly prices hit
a new peak during the month ended
August Is. This is new record for
/ the second straight month.
Parity prices on August Is stood
at 235 per cent of the 1904 aver
age, the base period for computing
parity. Parity is formula that en-
ables a farmer to receive prices for
his products commensurate with his
cost of living.
The report also noted that the in
dex of prices that farmers paid, in
Guiding interest and taxes, was 16
per cent higher than for corre-
spending period last year.
Evening star., 1947-08-30
Qavam Reelected Premier
By lranian Parliament
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN, Aug. 30.-Ahmed Cav
am was reelected premier today by
the Iranian Parliament. He got rs
of the 116 votes.
Mr.. Qavam resigned Wednesday
under law requiring the premier
to quit whenever a new parliament
(Majlis) is elected.
He was first chosen premier jan
uary, 26, 1916, by a parliamentary
vote of So to 81. He has headed a
succession of cabinets.
During his administration, the
Iranian government has seen war;
time Soviet occupation troops with
drawn from its territory in the midst
of United Nations consideration of
their presence there,