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Evening star., 1947-03-09
Waiver Of Ship Safety
Rules Reluctantly
Voted by House Group
By the kssoeiofed Press

The House Merchant Marine
Committee yesterday reluctantly
approved waving ship safety re-
quirements for another year, but
said I'VE were just plain lucky" that
no disaster has occurred so far.
In a formal report, the committee
said it was extremely reluctant" to
request continuance of the Coast
Guards authority to allow passen-
ger ships to ply the seas in violation
OF normal peacetime safety rules.
The legislation approved by the
committee is to come before the
House next week. 1t was requested
by President Truman.
Its necessity, the committee said,
stems from "the situation facing
the American Merchant Marine
today and its relation to our COM
mitments abroad"
Peacetime Competition Faced.
AT the present time," the COM
mittee noted, "the privately oper-
ated American Merchant Marine is
in a period of transition between its
wartime activities and its peacetime
competition with the ships of other
maritime nations.
IF our ships were withdrawn
from world passenger trade because
certain safety standards could not
be waived, our future competitive
position in the world shipping pic
ture would be irrevocably damaged. "
Even after safety waivers are
granted. the committee said, Amer
lean ships are substantially safer
than those of other nations.
With the exception of the Amer
lea, several Grace Line ships op-
Grating in the South American
trade. and a number of passenger
vessels operated by the United
States Lines, the committee de-
clared, practically no American
ship now being used to carry pas
sengers complies with the safety
standards prescribed by existing
statute and regulation"
British Liners Cited.
The British Queen Elizabeth and
Queen Mary, the committee added,
do not comply with the high Amer
ican safety standards"
The original law allowing the
Coast Guard to waive safety re-
quirements was enacted to meet
wartime needs and expires at the
end of this month.
Fortunately" the committee COM
mented, mo direct loss of life or of
ships directly attributable to these
waivers occurred during these years.
But, as the chief of the Office of
merchant marine safety Of the
Coast Guard testified. we were just
plain lucky"
Evening star., 1947-03-09
; AlFLlocol OfficioIs
oustsd Is Communists ID
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OAKLAND, Calf, Mar. 8.-Ex-
pulsion of three officials of East
Bay Local 20, AFL Office Employees
International Union, on grounds OF
Communistic activity, was an
nounced today by John Kinnick,
secretary of the local.
Mr.. Kinnick said Tom Bolster
president, Herbert Kalman, vice
president, and Muriel Kerchen, bus
mess agent. were expelled by
the unions international executive
board after union trial last month
He said the executive boards re-
port included a finding that the
three "are closely associated with
and or lend support to the Com
munist Party"
The three may appeal the expul-
sion at the unions convention in
Chicago, March II.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Increased JobIess Benefits
Urged by Union Council

The Washington Industrial Union
Council (CIO), yesterday announced
1t had asked the District Commis-
sioners to increase the maximum
unemployment compensation bene-
fit to $25 for workers without de-
pendents and to $50 for workers with
dependents.
The council also suggested the
maximum duration of payments be
increased to 26 weeks and that the
present one-week waiting period be
eliminated.
Under. present rules the maximum
payment Is $40 for 20 weeks.
The council also asked that pay
ment be made to those unemployed
through labor dispute and because
of illness.
The recommendations were made,
the council said, "in the face of ris-
ing unemployment in the District of
Columbia and a threat from Con-
gress to cripple the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board by a
deep slash in appropriations"
Evening star., 1947-03-09
hussoIini' 5 Family,
lin Exile on Island,
Displays Bitterness
BY Jone Morqon
North American Newspaper AlIiunee

North American Newspaper Alliunee
FORIO DISCHIA, Mar. 8.-Mr.
Mussolini is a bitter young man,
who hates almost every one par
ticllarly newspapermen.
"NewSpapermen. are all louses, !"
he said, as we stood where I had
cornered him in the narrow cobble-
stoned street winding through the
island fishing village where he, his
mother and sister, Anna Maria,
have been isolated by the Italian
government to prevent incidents. /"
Looking like a rather distorted,
hirsute picture of the former Italian
dictator, 18-year-o,d son Romano
sneers where his father snorted,
and lowers his sullen brown eyes
and famous Mussolini chin. His
largish, square head belongs to the
Duce, but there is no hint of the
paternal bald pate In Romano's
thatch of brown wavy hair, streaked
with yellow.
Nor could there be a farther cry
from his fathers favorite speech
making balcony in Rome's Piazza
Venezia than Forio's main street.
Mule-drawn carts clatter by car
rying great barrels Of wine, the
driver standing bolt upright in tax
ing the bumps as easily as an
Indian riding bareback.
,Assails Newsmen.
Romano scuffed angry arcs on the
cobbled street with his worn shoes.
"Newspapermen all tell lies about
us-or about my father, which is
the same thing to me- he said,
and his clenched fists bulged in
the pockets of his patched tweed
suit.
They have said that Romano
and his sister Anna Maria have
the run of the small town of Forio
on their island of exile. Ischia, two
hours by steamer from Naples. But
that's no lie, according to Giuseppe
Dambro, Mayor of the fishing, wine
producing village.
"All day long the children are in
the street, or in the bar playing
cards." said the little man with
bright blue eyes and handle-bar
mustache which barely cleared the
foot-high mass of papers on his
desk. A thousand-lir banknote,
perched atop the welter of docu-
ments, f1uttered slightly as the
mayor sighed.
But he's a sad young man, Ro-
mano. A very sad young man. He
cannot forget as his sister can"
Forian mothers shake their heads
with disapproval over the cigarette
smoking, dancing ways of Anna
Maria and find good reason to pass
often by the open-air Club house"
where their children help the young
Mussolinis while away the long, hot
summer days.
Donna Rachele Mussolini has only
to look down from the balcony of
their ugly three-room house to keep
tabs on her children. Usually she
Is too busy to worry about them any,
way. She once complained that in
the old days guards never allowed
her to open package for fear of
concealed bomb, nor to take the
first bite Of q gift box of candy lest
it be poisoned. But now she is en-
tirely alone. Even Anna Maria, the
neighbors say, seldom helps her
mother with the household duties.
Donna Rachele cooks and washes
and cleanS-and waits for death,
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Britain 5 Industries
Lost 800 Million in
3-Week Coal Crisis
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 8.-Great Britain's
February coal and power crisis left
the nation at least $500, 900 600 ou,
Of pocket.
This figure includes a positive
loss of $200, 900 ,0O0-an estimate
which government economist sale
was probably low"-plus $780,
600, 900 in estimated losses to indus
tries for which figures are not vel
available.
The losses cover only the storm.
swept three weeks beginning Febru.
ary during which British industry
was forced to shut down because Of
shortages of coal and power. The
industrial cost of this weeks March
blizzard has not been calculated.
Here are some of the known ma
jor February losses: 5o
Motor output, $78,000,000 wages
$67, 100000; machine tools and ma.
chinery, $38, 900 600; electrical equip
ment, $22,000,000; steel ingot pro-
duction, $8,000,000; cotton textiles
81, 100000.
Can't Assess Other Losses.
Losses in such industries as rail-
roads, furniture, pottery, food pro-
duction and cutlery cannot be as
sessed for several months, govern
ment experts said.
It was explained that from the
time motor car or machine tool
rolls off the production line to the
day 1t shows up in export figures
several months often elapse. The
long-drawn out effect of the crisis
may result in loss of all types OF
exports of more than 5000, 900 900.
Every day OF lost production
means Britain will have that much
tougher a job to keep her place in
the struggle for world markets
British motor makers now are tax
ing note of reports that recently for
every British motorcar imported by
South Africa, four American cars
have been imported.
Government experts stress that
industry cannot get back on it's feet
by any process so simple as throwing
a switch.
Slow Climb Back Seen.
Steel men think the climb-back
will be slow.
Building, another of Britain's
postwar problems-has taken bad
bump in the crisis. Latest govern
ment estimates indicate that the
building program has been retarded
by some 10000 houses.
They look for quick rebounds in
what they call the simple" indus
'tries--like light engineering, textiles
and furniture making.
The complex" ones-those call
ing for a smooth tiow of power and
needing the right parts in the right
places at the right time-will find
the shedding rough and jerky. Prob
able laggards include motors, en-
gineering products and chemicals.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Troops Used in Drive
On Burmese Gunos
BY the Associated Press

RANGOON, Burma, Mar. 8.-The
British sent Indian and Burmese
troops with armored support into
the Pegu, Toungoo and Yamethin
districts north of Rangoon today in
a drive to smash attempts by armed
gangs to set up "dacoit dictator
ships" in those areas.
A communique from the head
quarters command of the Southeast
Asia land forces said dacoits-Bur-
mese robber gangs-were levying
taxes on villagers in some areas. The
gangs are armed with machineguns
and hand grenades and include
women in their ranks, the COM
munique added.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
inquest Set in Traffic Death

e An inquest into the traffic death
gof James Flanagan, 66, of the Sol
oilers Home will be held at IL 80 m
Tomorrow, Coroner A. Magrude1
macdonald said yesterday. Mr.
Flanagan died Friday in the Soldiers
Home Hospital of injuries suffered
Spn February % when, police said, he
was struck at Sixth and M streets
aS.W.' by an automobile driven by
<Ehester r. Kopp, SO, of BOLT South
Ninth street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Soldier \ Thrown by Bull
At Rodeo GruveIyHurt
b By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Mar. 8.-Staff Sgt.
Eugene H. Madison, %, Camp Hola-
bird, was in serious condition at a
hospital here today after being
thrown by big Syd," a Brahma bull
at rodeo. -
Police said Madison was thrown
and trarnpled while competing for
a $1,000 prize offered to anyone
who could stay on the bull 10 Sec
onds.
The Signal Corps sergeant suf-
fered chest injuries including pune
tured lungs.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Army Bond to Salute Penn

- The Army Band, directed by Capt
-Hugh Curry, will honor the Univer-
seity of Pennsylvania on its weekly
campus Salute" broadcast to be
heard locally at $50 pm. Friday
over radio Station VOL. The half
hour program will feature 20-voice
ehoral group singing Pennsylvania
s&opgs and several concert and pop
tflar selections.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Contractors Group to Nee,

The Heating, Piping and Air Con-
ditioning Contractors D. C. Asso-
citation, Inc, will meet at 6 pm.
Tuesday at the Hotel Statler, ac-
cordlng to Lloyd B. Gruman, jr., ex-
ecutive secretary. Newly elected Off
GERS of the group include M. R.
Skinner, president; C. Timmis, vice
president, and w. K. Pace, treasurer.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Miss McKiever to Speak

Miss Katherine McKiever of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
tence, who returned recently from
tour of Europe, will talk on the
women of rural France at 8:15 pm.
Tuesday in the Study Guild Catholic
Library, 1725 Rhode Island avenue
NV,
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Teen Group to Dance

A dance which will have as its
theme shamrocks and snakes, in
honor Of st. Patrick's Day, will be
held by the Inter-High Y-Teen
group of the Young Womens
Christian Association at 8 pm. Fri
day at the YWCA building, Seven
teenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Morimbo Recital Planned

Miss Helen Unsinn, a student al
Immaculate Academy, will present
marimba recital at $50 am. to.
morrow in the auditorium OF the
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross
She Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Unsinn, 1908 Warren street
NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Hertzoq BoIiviun President

LA PAz, Bolivia, Mar. 8-(R.-
The Bolivian Congress today pro-
claimed Enrique Hertzog, former
cabinet minister, as the new presi-
dent. In the January S presidential
election, Mr.. Hertzog received 256
more votes than his nearest op-
ponent. Luis Fernando. Guachalla,
Uric La GOTTA was proclaimed vice
president by the Congress.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Cupt. MiIIiken to Speak

Capt. Rhoda L. Millikin, director
of the Women's Bureau of the Met
ropolitan Police Department, will
address members of the Planned
Parenthood Association at 1890 pm.
Wednesday in the YMCA, Seven
teenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

Payments on your home are
made easy. by renting a room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to II pm.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Baptist Church to Celebrate

The 45th anniversary of the
founding Of Centennial Baptist
Church will be celebrated at 8 pm.
today at the church, Seventh and I
streets NE. Edgar Speiden III, son
OF Dr.. Edgar Speiden II, a founder
OF the church, will speak.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Conference Of Christians
| And Jews Names Heffron

Edward ]. Hebron, 1910 Draper
lane, Silver Spring, Md, has been
appointed director of public relations
| for the National Conference Of
Evening star., 1947-07-26

L. Mortensen, businessman, alleging
he suffered spinal injuries in a re-
cent automobile collision. Mr.. Young
said he was in a plaster cast several
weeks and had to cancel radio and
stage appearances.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
AIon Young Seeks Damages

LOS ANGELES. July 2e P.-
Comedian Alan Young has filed 9
$34,70 damage suit against Lester
Evening star., 1947-07-26
New Cufbacks Feared
As SuppIier's S Strike
Hits Ford Company
BY the Associotsd Press

DETROIT, July 26.-Productiof
of the Ford Motor Co. Lincoln and
Mercury cars was suspended today
because of a lack of parts from
Murray Corp. of America plants
strikebound four days in contract
dispute.
more drastic cutbacks in produc-
ton within a few days" were fore.
cast by Ford spokesmen unless ar
early settlement of the Murray
strike can be reached.
! Idle workers at the two plants
totalled 1880, including 1000 GIG
United. Auto Worker members EN-.
| ployed by Murray and 4,500 employees
laid of by Ford.
Meetings yesterday between Fed.
eral and State conciliators and tor
Murray and union representatives
brought no prospect for an end to
the walkout. Main issue is the
unions demand for certain contract
clauses relating to provisions in the
Taft Hartley Labor Act.
| In accordance with pollcy SET
up recently by the UAW-CIO in
ternational, Local representatives
have demanded a contract stipula-
ton relieving the union of financial
responsibility in wildcat" strikes
and grievance procedure that would
not require recourse to the National
Labor Relations Board.
The corporation has not COM
mented on the demands, but UAW
President Walter P. Reuther re-
Gently described them as proper
and legal" He said they were in
cluded in a few existing contracts
Murray supplies frames and body
parts for the 100 Lincolns and 16C
MercurieS made daily in Ford De-
troit-area plants, company spokes-
man said,
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Sole Of Beer, Whisky
In Home Brings $50 Fine

Illegal liquor sales resulted in fines
totaling $50 for a 34-year-old man
who pleaded guilty to four charges
Of ABC violations.
The plea was entered by Jessie G.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Gail Potrick Is Married
Third Time IN Hollywood
BY the Associated Presi

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, July 26.-Gail
Patrick, IS, has become the bride of
Cornwall jackson, As, advertising
man, in the third marriage for the
Birmingham, Ala, actress.
The ceremony, performed yester-
day in her home by the Rev.
Thatcher Jordan, Methodist min
lister, was followed by a reception
aboard the liner Matsonia, on which
the newlyweds booked passage for
a honeymoon in Honolulu.
Miss Patrick formerly was married
to Robert Cobb, Hollywood restau-
rateur, and Arnold Dean White,
toy manufacturer, from whom she
was divorced.
Evening star., 1947-07-26

ing 1fom Loras MT 0"
College, Dubuque, Ohio, Mr.. Hef-
from earned law degree at George
town University and was admitted
to practice in the District. He is
the author of several articles and
pamphlets.
Evening star., 1947-07-26

through what was labeled "The
Sovereignty of Small Countries"
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
and French Foreign Minister Bidault
were pictured as 1ackeys on the back
of the machine with Leon Blum in
front blowing a horn and waving a
flag marked, Clear the Road"
The caption beneath the cartoon
said, "How Some American Min
listers Understand the Road to
European Unity"
Evening star., 1947-07-26
10 U. S. Press Officials
Arrive in Shanghai
BY fhs Assoeiafed Press

SHANGHAI, July 26.-Ten
American newspaper and, magazine
executives, studying conditions in
the Orient at the invitation of the
War Department, arrived by plane
today from Okinawa.
The group will leave by train for
Nanking tonight and are due back
in Shanghai Monday morning. The
party will leave Thursday for Manila
and a brief stopover there.
Evening star., 1947-07-26

Christians and
Jews.
Mr.. Hehron,
former eXecu-
tive secretary Of
the N a ! o n a !
Council of Cath
olic Men and
later in. charge
of public rela-
tions for the
National ASsoci-
dClOn OF 6TOdU-
casters, will have
headquarters in
New York.
After gradual
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Red Cartoon Lompoons
Marshall Aid Plan
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW. July 26.-The Soviet
press today continued its cartoon
campaign against Secretary of State
Marshall's aid-to-Europe plan with
a three column drawing in Pravda
showing an American capitalist at
the wheel of a Steamroller smashing
Evening star., 1947-07-26

Abrams, of the 800 block OF Twenty
first street NE, arrested for keep
ing and selling beer and whisky in
his home without a license.
Municipal Court Judge Nadine
Gallagher granted weeks stay to
enable the man to pay his fine.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
.Ten-Day Milk Strike
Ends in Louisiana
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, April A.
louisiana Today milk strike ended
last night.
The strike was called off after ar
hour long meeting of two local
unions of Dairy Employees. Chauf-
feurs and Maintenance Employees
AFL, at Amite, La.
Glinn Hendry, financial secretary
of the Amite local, said he had noti-
fed all creameries that the striking
dairymen would begin delivering
milk again this morning. During
the strike New Orleans was supplied
by out-of State deliveries and at nc
time suffered a shortage.
No official announcement was
made of the terms under which the
strike was settled.
State Senator Lesley Gardiner o1
Opelousa, La. member of the
Governors Arbitration Committee
said he understood shipments would
be resumed at $500 per hundred
weight of milk and that negotiations
for a higher price would begin from
there" -.
The strike was called after New
Orleans distributors announced they
were reducing the price from $5,75
to $500 per hundredweight, the
minimum set by the Federal Milk
Marketing Administration.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
Assailanf Ia
I Women

Two young women were knocked
to the ground last night by mys-
terious assailant who made no at
tempt to rob or further harm them,
police reported today.
The first, Mary Katusa, 81, OF
1880 Nineteenth street NV, told
police she was walking alone in the
1900 block of Nineteenth street when
she was struck in the back of the
head with a blunt weapon.
The victim screamed as she fell
to the ground, she said, and turned
to see colored man running north
on Nineteenth street.
Five minutes later, at 1925 pm,
Beulah Jentons, colored, %, of 1865
Kalorama road NV. was similarly
struck down in the 1900 block Of
Columbia road NV, few blocks
away. she told police. VS. Us
The second victim screamed,
scrambled to her feet and ran into
a nearby doorway. Before the as
sailant fed, she told police, he
looked at her and yelled: Get on
the other side!" She said he made
no other remarks.
Both women gave the same de-
scription of their assailant. He was
said to be light-skinned, between
20 and Is years old, 5 feet 7 inches
tall, and about t45 pounds In
weight. He was wearing light tan
trousers and tan topcoat.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
Will Calls for Program
To Conserve U.S.. Resources

The necessity of formulating pro-
grams for conserving and using
wisely diminishing natural resources
was stressed last night by Ralph R
Will, an administrative officer in
the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, in an address before the
Washington group of the American
Geophysical Union, section OF
NEUROLOGY.
Mr.. Will said such programs are
necessary to prevent the diminish
ing ito critical point" of such
resources as agricultural crops and
forest lands.
There is no longer a superabun-
dance of these resources, owing to
increases in population and demand
he pointed out.
He declared that along the lines
of conservation and wise usage. it
will be necessary for private initia-
tive to do all it can, with the Gov
ernment taking up the slack
He stressed the Importance of irri-
cation, flood control, and the use
of water power and water resources
in connection with the conservation
programs,
Evening star., 1947-04-04
" fhs Assoeiulsd Prsss

JERUSALEM, April Worshipers
of Jesus Christ-in modern dress,
desert garb and army Uniform
kneit together today to pray on the
route Christ followed when he car
ried his cross to Calvary.
While the Christians observed Good
Friday with their traditional process
sion along the via Dolorosa Way OF
Sorrowsl two other religions marked
holy observances.
Early today the ancient walled
city of Jerusalem was frightened By
colorful Moslem banners as the
faithful made their way to Haram
Esh Sharif to pray before starting
their pilgrimage to the desert shrine
OF Nebi Musa tthe Prophet Moses}.
AT sunset the jews viii begin their
prayers at the Waiiing Wall to mark
the beginning Of the eight-day Feast
OF the Passover. Hordes OF Orthodox
jews prepared to trudge through the
narrow streets of the old city to the
wall-presumed to be partially built
Of stones from Solomon's Temple.
The Christian observance OF Good
Evening star., 1947-04-04
phia anG New York, starting today
and ending Monday.

phia anG New York, starting today
and ending Monday.
Coaches Added.
Most other railroads into Wash
ington, however, are not adding any
trains to their regular schedule
either this week end or the next
when the Cherry Blossom Festival
will take place. Most of the COM
panies will take care of extra pas
senger5 by adding coaches to pres
ent trains.
The cherry blossoms will be out
in plenty of time for the festival ii
the wa,m weather continues, ac-
cording to George Harding, chief
of the horticulture and maintenance
division of National Capital Parks.
II examined some trees this
morning." he said, land the buds
are just beginning to break. I feel
sure that with a few days of mild
temperature, the trees should be
bloss ming by next Wednesday or
Thursday"
Evening star., 1947-04-04
Christians Prey Along Route
Thut Jesus | rod to CuIvury

Friday began shortly after dawn
with services IN the basilica Of
Calvary in the Church Of the Holy
Sepilchre. Here stand affairs COM
memorating the places where Christ
was nailed to the cross. where the
cross stood and where his body was
embraced BY the Mother Mary,
Before these affairs Roman Catf1olics
prayed to begin observance OF one
Of the hottest days Of Christendon
The procession along the way Of
the cross began shortly before noon
in the old Turkish school building
now housing the British police sta
ton. This building is believed to
have been built over the the spot
where Pontius PLATE delivered
Christ to the multitude.
The procession Of worshipers, led
by Catholic priests. moved slowly
along the dingy streets, pausing to
pray at the Stations Of the Cross, =
each denoting some incident during
Christ's' agonizing journey to Col
gotha. y