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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
AGRICULTURE FIRST

Eighty-six per cent of the people of Mississippi derive their income,
directly or indirectly, from the soil, and all of us find our welfare tied
to that of the farmer. Judge John Stennis, born o a farm and all his
life a student of agricultural economics, has pledged to fight down the
line for national agricultural policies that will benefit the farmers of
Senate.
Our present Congress has greatly reduced agricultural measures
which have Teen of great direct benefit to Mississippi, and unless a
stronger fight is made, many of these benefits will be abolished entirely
by June, 1913.
Judge Stenns is pledged to fight for the principles of the Bankhead-
Eastland Bill parity level price supports, agricultural education, research
and extension work, soil conservation with a full payment program, live
stock development, forest conservation, flood control and expansion of
rural identification.
His interest in agricultural problems was not born of this campaign,
but has been evident throughout his life. Judge Stennis was al original
member and is now state president of the All Club Advisory Council.
He will be the best friend of farm youth in Washington.
No other candidate in the race has an agricultural background or
knowledge that compares favorably with that of John Stennis. He will
represent Mississppfs real interest in Washington-the achievement of
a better way OF life for our state through the development of our agricul
tural potentiaIties.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
ENDORSED BY HOME FOLKS

John Stennis has served the people of Kemper County as State Legis-
lator and the people of Noxubee, Clay, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, and Kemper
Counties as District Attorney and Circuit Judge for sixteen years. Four
times they have reelected him to office without opposition.
The people of DeKalb, his home town, have endorsed him unanimous
y to the people of Mississippi as a Christian gentlemen and man of honor
who will serve with distinction as United States Senator.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
sTENNIs ON OTHER ISSUES

PEACE-"The United Nations Plan Is our great hope to preserve the
world from the total destruction of another war l will fight to strengthen
the United Nations Organization in the devout hope that it can be the
instrument of a lasting peace"
ROADs-T will work for a real extensive, farmtomarket program
that will actually build a aI[weather road within reach of everyone who
pays a gasoline tax"
LABOR-"Iabor organizations must respect the rights of the pub
lie. There must be no strikes against the government, nor violence from
either side in labor disputes. l believe that all men should have the right
to work. AS long as they both respect the rights of the general public,
/ shall respect the rights of both labor and management. shall not
barter for votes by promising to support one against the other"
EDUCATION-T favor Federal aid for our schools with ABSOLUTE
STATE AND LOCAL CONTROL. l shall endeavor to e that those o.
the great teaching profession receive a more just compensation for thei
valuable services"
an extended hospital program and an extended public health program"
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-T favor continued and adequate support
of public welfare funds for old age assistance and relief for the blind
and infhm, and dependent children"
TAXES-T favor raising the income tax exemption level for man
and wife from $1,000 to $4,000 with proportonate increases for single
men and women. l also favor the community property tax plan for joint
income tax returns for husband and wife. / believe that we should set
aside a definite portion of the national income each year to be applied
against the national debt"
STATES RIGHTS-T believe in states rights, and the sandity of
local government, believing them to be a vital foundation of our national
government. The people in each community, each town and each county.
must be allowed to make the decisions OIL the issues that confront them
in their everyday lives. l am opposed to and will fight to the finish any
attempt at Washington to infhct upon our people any legislation o regu-
lation that conflicts with such rights"
Evening star., 1947-08-10

Day
Camp

Children who remain in
the city all summer moy
enjoy many Of the outdoor
group activities offered
their ploymotes who go
owoy to camp, through
the six day comps oper-
oted by the District Recre-
otion Department. The
program runs on q sched-
ule Of two-week sessions,
Of which the final one
starts tomorrow. Here,
Miss Betty Jobe Ieods
group singing at the
Foundry Bronch Park,
Forty-fourth street and
Reservoir rood NV.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Pattern OF
the Week

A beautifully toiIored shirt
waist dress is O seoson- to-seo-
son fovorite. As on eorIy foil
choice. moke this one in O
coIorfuI lightweight wool. and
Decent it with wide belt.
JocqueIine White of RKO-
Rodio Pictures models the dress.
Picture Pottern Of the Week
No. BOSS comes in sizes II,
"a. Is. 10. 20. 40 ond AZ.
Size Ia requires. for the short
sleeve version, 4A yords Of
3o-inch moterioi.
The summer issue Of FASH
ION, containing O voriefy Of
sewing suggestions, oIso is
ovoiIobIe for 25c.
Evening star., 1947-11-11

Soviet Union five years behind
America" in development OF pro-
ductien belt methods. 5.,aa,r... ID
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotos
said in Moscow speech last
Thursday that "the secret of the
atom bomb ceased to exist long
time ago" He did not say specifical-
ly that Russia had the atom bomb
Prime Minister Stain had saids 13
months before, that "monopolistic
possession OF the atom bomb cannot
long continue"
This was in answer to a question
as to whether he believed possession
of the bomb by the United States
was threat to peace"
High Officers Reported at Test.
LTntransigeant said the Russian
test was held in the presence OF
three high Soviet Army officers and
of Mr.. Vavilov.
Besides Mr.. Vavilov, who also is
president of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, many other academy
specialists were among the 280 per-
sons present as observers, the ac-
count said.
Among the military men, 1t said
were Marshal Klementi Y. Vorosh-
ilov, Marshal Ivan C. Bagramian
and Marshal Andrei A. Zhadanov
Marshal Zhdanov, a member of the
Politbureau, attended as Prime
Minister Stains personal repre-
sentative, Mr.. Griggs added.
Mr.. Griggs quoted his informants
as saying the small bombs were be-
ing made experimentally at a
mushroom factory city deep in ST.
IBERIA, called "Atongrad." They said,
Evening star., 1947-11-11

Mr.. Griggs reported, that the Rus.
slams had not yet developed pro
duction- belt" methods. but we're at.
tempting to reach that goal.
Aided by German Scientists.
The article said the Russians were
being aided by a number of German
scientists who had accepted Rus
sian offers of positions at Atom
grad.
Among these it named Prof. Gus
tav Hertz, German cyclotron con-
structor and authority on uranium
235; DR.. Robert Doepel, Leipzig
physicist; Prof. Ludwig Bevilogua
and a Prof. Theissen, both identi-
fled as veterans of the Kaiser Will
helm Institute Of Berlin.
Mr.. Griggs reported that Soviet
scientists working on the bomb in
cluded Profs. Joffe, Kzeshizhansky,
j. P. Flerov and K. Petrzhak. He
added that the Russians were using
radioactive ores mined in the Uzbek
Soviet Republic, the Urals, the
1Ad&C CAAo4A 1oOl1uACSo d41N 1CHlOIl VI
Lake Baikal.
Tremors Noted In June.
A check at the seismological insti-
tute of Stuttgart University showed
two very distant earth tremors"
were recorded June is, but spokes-
man said similar shocks were re-
corded almost every day. The seis-
mograph reacts differently to earth
tremors and bomb shocks, he said,
and the two Of June is were typical
Of earth treuors.
'Seismograph observers in London
also recorded "a very faint" dis
turbance that day. But again the
observers expressed doubt that a
bomb was the cause.
A spokesman at the Royal Me-
neurological Observatory said the
record was made at 1890 am.
(GMT), which in Irkutsk would be
about 7:30 am. But he said the
recording was 50 faint. observers
could not estimate the direction
the distance, the intensity or the
cause
Evening star., 1947-11-11

not to enter a candidate for presi-
dent.
However, Mr.. Reuther's reelection
by acclamation was blocked by the
last minute candidacy of John de
Vito, Cleveland. Mr.. De Vito's
decision to run for the top UAW job
makes necessary roll-call vote
which requires several hours,
Prediction Caucus.
The anti-Reuther group held q
caucus before elections and Paul
Miley, Cleveland, chairman Of its
Strategy Committee, announced that
Mr.. Adde's would seek reelection
and that Mr.. Thomas and Mr..
Leonard would also run for their
vice presidential posts.
Mr.. Miley admitted that a candi-
date was not being entered for the
presidency because I'VE don't have
to vote to elect him and we don t
think we ought to take up the con-
vention's time" He added:
Il do think we have an excellent
chance to elect the other three off,
GERS"
However, the Reuther forces pre-
dicted a clean sweep for their side
and most independent observers
agreed with them. Mr.. Reuther
nevertheless instructed his campaign
managers not to relax.
Talk to every delegate" he told
them. Line them up. Work harder
and harder until the job is done.
Then we will celebrate"
On the non-Communist affidavit
fight, Mr.. Adde's, Mr.. Thomas and
Mr.. Leonard made futile appeals to
the delegates to defy the Taft
Hartley Act. They argued that
their union could not fight for re-
peal of the act and defeat its spon-
sors if 1t complied with any part OF
it. Mr.. Lewis made similar vain
appeal to the AFL convention last
month in San Francisco.
Mr.. Reuther won his point for
compliance by warning that it was
necessary to adhere to the act to
preserve 135 UAW cases pending
before the National Labor Relations
Board, which administers the law,
and to protect the union from
raids" by AFL organizations which
have complied.
Evening star., 1947-11-11

Air Force colonel, inspected the
reconnaissance plane and recon-
mended later that the Government
adopt it.
Although Mr.. Hughes yesterday
attacked many of the earlier wit
nesses and various critics OF his
plane projects, he indicated he has
just begun to fight.
Main Points in Testimony.
His testimony late yesterday in
cluded the following main charges
counterchargeS or comments:
l. That Charles E. Wilson, former
vice chairman of the old War Pro-
duction Board, sanctioned contin-
uance of at least go experimental
plane types that were not completed
until after the war, if at all. Mr.
Wilson, president of the General
Electric Co., told the subcommittee
last week he thought it was silly
to 60 ahead with the Hughes recon-
naissance plane during the war, and
that he also tried to cancel the fly
ing boat contract.
2. That Mr.. Wilson did not object
to continuance of work on recon-
naissance plane by the Republic Air
craft Corp, although that plane has
not yet passed its tests as has the
Hughes plane.
3. That Mr.. Wilson should "tell
this committee how much work was
done by General Electric for the
Government during the war and
was never finished"
Airline Pressure Charged.
4. That Pan American Airways
and the Republic reconnaissance
plane ought to be investigated by
the. subcommittee.. Mr.. Hughes as
serted that Pan American exerted
pressure" in an effort to have the
Government order some of those
planes so that Republic could make
them at sufficiently low cost to en-
able Pan American to buy them.
Pan Americans plan, Mr.. Hughes
said, was to use these fast planes as
"a tool" to obtain air routes within
ifhe United States. No such arrange
ment has been made Ito date" Mr..
Hughes added.
Evening star., 1947-11-11
.Constontine Brown Told
sOf Explosion in Siberia

Last Saturday Constantine Brown
The Stars foreign columnist, re-
ported as follows:
Some months ago there was an
explosion in Siberia which wiped
,out a large area. This explosion, it
was suspected in professional quar-
tiers here, may have been caused by
negligent handling of radioactive
, material in the first stages OF man
.ufacturing a bomb.
+. According to reports received in
, Washington recently, the real ex-
..periments with live bomb will take
: place. in March or April next year.
: The area selected for the test is in
: the Arctic Ocean, in the neighbor-
. hood of the northern tip of Novaya
Zemlaya and Wrangel Island. Some
; time must elapse between success
) full completion of the test and &C
+, tual production of the bomb in
quantity"
Evening star., 1947-11-11
by the Asseeiofsd Prsss

Onetime war secrets by the mil
lion, including some atom research
data and formerly top secret mill
tary maps and. charts, are being
broadcast to the Nation-and in
directly to any foreign power that
may be tnterested-by the Library
Of Congress.
Disclosing this, the library said it
was acting with the full co-opera-
ton of the military services" which
are removing sheaves of maps and
documents from the secrecy list so
they can be distributed to $50 IL
braries throughout the country.
In nearly all these libraries the
information can be studied and
copied by anybody-"including,
suppose, persons who could pass it
on to the Soviet Union," a library
spokesman said.
Walter B. Greenwood, who is be-
ing paid by As Of the participating
libraries to hurry the distribution
along, said the armed forces and
other agencies supplying the docu-
ments would hardly release any
thing that would weaken United
States security.
But boy, I hope nobody makes a
Evening star., 1947-11-11
JAW
Continued From First. Page.)

funds to the support Of the anti
Reuther faction.
Mr.. Murray, in his speech also left
the UAW delegates free to follow
the proposal of Mr.. Reuther that
they comply with the Taft-Hartley
Act and sign the affidavits disavow-
ing communism.
Free to Make Own Policy.
Mr.. Murray, who as head of the
CIO United States Steelworkers has
refused to sign an affidavit, told
the meeting:
ANY union in the CIO that be-
lieves for good, sound reasons that
its interests would be best protected
by filing should feel free to do so.
Each union can make its own de-
cision without violating any ma
tional CIO policy"
The anti-Reuther faction which
nearly defeated him for Office 18
months ago and which has ruled
the Executive Board since is headed
by Mr.. Adde's and the two vice
presidents, r. j. Thomas and Rich
ard T, Leonard
Following Mr.. Murray's indorse-
ment Of Mr.. Reuther, the Adde'S
Ihomas-Leonard faction decided
Evening star., 1947-11-11
Fleeing Man Is Trapped
On Dead-End Street

Earl Owens, 40, Of the 100 block
of Pierce court NV, yesterday sur
rendered to officers at Juvenile
Court on a nonsupport warrant.
then suddenly decided to change
his plans and wound up cornered in
a dead-end street with night in
jail ahead.
Owens, in his decision to leave
the court clerks office, dashed
through the nearest door, slamming
it behind. Shattering glass gave q
sound effect to his flight, which was
joined by United States Marshals
Charles E. Ramey and Donald
Miller.
The fugitive nearly made it, but
in his effort to out-distance the off,
GERS, he turned off E street and en-
tered a vacant lot bounded on three
sides by buildings. The chase end
ed there. Owens was committed to
District Jail.
Evening star., 1947-11-11
u. S. Scientists Express
Skepticism of Report

CHICAGO, Nov. II LP).-Several
leading American atomic scientists
expressed very marked skepticism
to-day of reports that Russian sci
sentists had exploded a small sample
atom bomb last June in Siberia.
"All this does not make much
sense" said DR.. Edward Teller, pro-
fessor of physics at the University
of Chicagos Institute of Nuclear
Studies, when advised of the report
He did not elaborate.
y Several other members of the in
stitute were in DR.. 1eller's office
when he was advised of details of
the reported explosion as carried in
"a Prague dispatch published in the
extreme rightist Paris newspaper
L'Intransigeant.
DR.. Teller advised the other
atomic scientists of the details and
then said their reaction was one of
Every marked spekticism"
: Even an ordinary cannon can be
heard 20 miles away" said DR.
Teller, when advised the Paris
newspaper had reported the atomic
sbomb explosion had been heard for
20 miles.
Evening star., 1947-11-11
Brookiand AssaiIs
Civil Rights Report

A resolution approving the con-
demnation Of the Presidents COM
mittee on Civil Rights report by the
Federation OF Citizens Associations
was adopted last night by the
Brookland Citizens Association.
Arthur B. McNerney, president of
the group, said President Truman
was entirely unfair in appointing a
committee consisting of non-District
residents to investigate civil rights
here. The report was misleading
and extremely inaccurate in some
of its statement" Mr.. McNerney
said.
Mr.. McNerney said also that he
had received several threatening
letters and telephone calls as re-
suit of his defense of covenants and
racial segregation in the District at
previous meetings.
"Of course We speak what we
think, but is that not the purpose
of a citizens association. to discuss
problems?" Mr.. McNerney asked.
Wilbur S. Finch, former president
of the Federation, asked the citizens
to support the District home rule
movement.
The complexity of the prevailing
situations is too great for the caliber
of men now holding Office in the
District Government" Mr.. Finch
said. Under the present system a
person is appointed year after year
because he knows some one in the
White House. Isn't it about time
the people gain enough power to
throw out unwanted off1cials?"
Sergt. John Ryan of police head
quarters addressed the meeting,
which was held in the Brookland
School, Tenth and Monroe streets
NE.
Evening star., 1947-11-11
Paris Report Is Met Here.
By Profound Silence
BY the Assoeioted Press

A Paris newspapers report tina
Russia has exploded an experimental
model atomic bomb was met only BY
a profound official silence here to.
day.
AT the Atomic Energy Commits
sion and elsewhere there was INC
comment on questions about the
Prague dispatch in the newspaper
L'Intransigeant.
1t was noted. however. that the
same newspaper had produced al
least one other startling report about
atom bombs. July 7 1t quoted French
military circles as saying a new
American bomb was so powerful II
had blown a crater 2,700 feet deer
and II miles wide during a test in
New Mexico. The atomic commits
Evening star., 1947-11-11
Library Of Congress Gives Out
War Secrets and Atomic Data

mistake and releases something he
shouldn't" said Mr.. Greenwood, q
former Marine intelligence officer
Handling things like this makes me
nervous"
He rested his hand on a pile oi
mimeographed reports from the
Oak Ridge Atomic Research Center
They concerned such things as hy-
drogen ionization and fiuorine flow
An explanatory note said they were
condensed from reports still on the
Classified (secret) list.
DR.. Burton w. Atkinson, chief Of
the Congressional Library's Maps
Division, showed similar skittish-
ness as he leafed through now
released Office OF Strategic Services
maps Of China and aeronautical
charts showing the locations Of
United States radar stations in
the Caribbean.
"The idea seems to be-" he said,
that these are either out Of date
or else that they don't contain any
thing which the Russians couldn t
find out somewhere else. We know
the Russians are buying American
maps by the dozen. No, we don't
buy many Rssuain maps. Can't get
them out Of Russia"
Evening star., 1947-11-11

Mr.. Allen.
II asked him why and he shot me
in the leg" Mr.. Allen said.
Mr.. Allen said that as he fell he
threw his pocketbook to the ground
and shouted for help. The bandits
took the wallet, containing $50, and
ran away.
Mr.. Allen was taken to Casualty
Hospital, where his condition was
described as satisfactory The bull
let went through the right thigh,
physicians said.
A few minutes before Mr.. Allen
was shot and robbed, bandits at
Evening star., 1947-11-11

tempted another holdup. Charles
A. Perkins of 121 Twelfth street
Sc. told police two men att
tempted to rob him as he was walk
ing in the first block of E street
NV. A crowd of people coming out
Of hotel in the block frightened
them off, Mr.. Perkins said
The bandits were described as
about 20 to Is years old, 100 to $50
pounds in weight and wearing over
coats and hats.
In 1899, United States per capita
consumption of wheat flour was only
about three-fourths as great as the
average in the wears 19O9-l6.
Evening star., 1947-11-11
Hughes
Continued From First Page.)

what goes down to the archives Of
Congress"
Senator Williams then broke in to
defend the earlier evidence.
Every figure I put in the record
last week was accurate and was
based on the income tax reports of
your companies" the Delaware Sen
ator said. "They will prove your
companies made profits during the
war, despite your statements on the
stand last summer that you made
no profit as result of the war"
Sold Many Materials.
When Senator Williams called
attention to the Hughes organiza-
tion,s consolidated statement of
earnings showing a total of almost
5000, 100000 in sales during the war
years, Mr.. Hughes explained this
did not come solely from war con-
tracts. His companies, he said, sold
many materials and services to
other companies in the war effort.
The plane builder was on the wit
ness stand seven hours yesterday.
When Chairman Ferguson began
hammering the witness for Clear
er recollection" of details, Mr.
Hughes declared:
Senator, 1 resent this cross
examination with the implication
that I am not telling the truth.
The Michigan Senator, denying
"the implication" persisted in his
effort to pin down the witness as to
exact words, times and places. This
E,was insconnectien with the asser-
stions ~tffat" Gen. Meyers had asked
FfNr. Hughes for a job and later a
100000 loan. ... r
Gen. Giles Awaits Call.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Barney M.
Giles, wartime air staff chief, sat
in the hearing room ready to testify
/ at the demand" of Mr.. Hughes.
Senator Ferguson said he hoped also
to recall<Gen, Meyers to thea stand
glate today if Mr.. Hughes f1nishss
testifying.
Pressing the witness for more in
formation about the alleged loan re-
quest, the chairman asked:
Were you to make loan on
Gen. Meyers note or were you to
hold the bonds as collateral?"
THE discussion never progressed
to the point where technical legal
details were mentioned" Mr.. Hughes
replied, but surely there was no in
tent by Benny Meyers to let me hold
the bonds
Question of Interest.
Were you to get interest on the
loan?"
well, when Gen. Meyers said I'd
get all my money back I assumed 1t
would be with interest" Mr. Hughes
said.
Were you to get any profits?"
II don't think I was to get any"
Then" Senator Ferguson COM
mented, you we're to take all the
risk and he was to get all the
profit"
THAT was ehe deal, yes" Mr..
Hughes agreed.
That was quite a deal!" the
chairman exclaimed.
Further questioning brought a
denial from Mr.. Hughes that he
discharged Neil S. Mccarthy be-
cause Mr.. Mccarthy failed to sign
up" Gen. Meyers for job. He said
he was unhappy that Mr.. Nc
Carthy had not been able to ex-
plain to Gen. Meyers the COM
panys reasons for refusing to give
job to the general That may
have had something to do with Mr..
McCarthy's later voluntary resig-
nation as a company ofiicial.
Gen. Meyers testified last week
he never asked Mr.. Hughes for
money or job.
+ Gen. Giles, according to inquiry
hearings last August, visited the
Hughes aircraft plant in 1943 about
the time Elliott Roosevelt, then an