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Evening star., 1947-04-28
Senate Passes Substitute
For Bill Truman Vetoed

The Senate approved today a sub
stitute for the legislation, vetoed
last week by President Truman, to
permit its War Investigating Com
mittee to hire former Senator Bur-
ton K Wheeler.
The compromise, worked out by
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico and approved by the COM
mittee, removes the technical obiec-
tions to which Mr. Truman referred
in withholding his approval.
The new measure contains a pro-
viso that nothing in the resolution
shall be construed as authorization
for Mr.. Wheeler. acting as special
counsel to the committee, to insti-
tute suits on behalf of the Govern
ment
Chairman Brewster of the Investi-
eating Committee said he saw no
possibility that the resolution might
be interpreted in the way Mr.. Tru-
man feared
Some anonymous adviser down
at the White House or the Justice
Department" advised the veto, he
said
Senator Brewster said the vetoed
bill will be. allowed to die.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
EI|ender Outlines Bill
To LitLid on Spending
In National Elections
Measure Also Will Force
Greater Publicity for
Campaign Expenditures
By the Associated Press

A. bill demanding greater pub
licity for campaign expenditures
but making possible the revival
of financial angels" in Federal
primaries and elections was
introduced today by bi-parti-
san group of Senators.
= The measure was prepared by
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana and four other members
of his 1916 Campaign Investigating
Committee - Senators johnson,
Democrat, of Colorado; Maybank,
Democrat, of South Carolina:
Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire, and Hickenlooper, Republi-
can, of Iowa.
Titled The Federal Corrupt
Practices and Pernicious Political
Activities Act of 1947,' the bill is
intended to replace the Corrupt
Practices Act of 1925 and the Hatch
Political Activities Act of 1889 and
all their amendments. y
1t tightens present requirements
for reporting campaign contribu-
tions and expenditures and closes
other loopholes. But it makes the
sky the limit on donations and
spending in presidential elections.
Thus anyone may give as much as
he likes to either party so long
as the gift comes from neither a
corporation nor labor union.
Covers Primaries, Conventions.
1t also broadens existing law to
cover not only general elections
for President, Senators and Repre-
sentatives, but primaries and con-
ventions nominating such candi-
dates.
Here are its main provisions:
l. Removes Hatch Act limitation
of $4,000, 900 which a national COM
mittee may receive or spend in any
one year.
2. Repeats Hatch Act limit of
5000 on individual donations.
8. Raises the amount a senatorial
candidate may spend from $4,000
to S25, 900 and a candidate for the
House from $4,000 to $500. These
limits. however, may be raised to
as high as $4,000 for a Senate and
$4,000 for a House candidate by
multiplying by cents the total
votes cast in the previous election
for the Office In question or for State
Governor.
The present Corrupt Practices Act
provision uses 3-cent multiple and
a maximum limit OF $25 900 for the
Senate and 5000 for the House.
Senators and Representatives now
are paid $4,000 a year, including
50 500 of nontaxable expense money.
The proposed law would exempt
personal expenses. such as travelling,
stationery and the like, from the
limit. but the candidate would still
have to report all campaign income
and outgo.
4. Political committees and all
other organizations which spend or
donate money for presidential cam
|paigns. even though they are not
political organizations as such, would
be required to file reports to the SEN
ate and House Rules Committees
lsee HATCH, Page A-43
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Bidof ST, 500, ,OOOOffered U.S.
On $7O,OOO,OOO CunoI Unit

The United States was offered
l,500 900 today for Canol project
No. l which was built during the
war at a cost of approximately
s7o,ooo,OOo.
This was the highest bid sub
mitted when the once of the For
eign Liquidation Commissioner
opened bids today on the oil pipeline
and refinery project in Alaska.
The War Department, widely
criticized for building the white
elephant" which proved useless, de-
clared it surplus some time ago
leaving its disposal to the foreign
liquiration commissioner.
Canol was built TO supply high
-octane gasoline to the Alaskan war
theater, particularly for planes
based at airports along the Alaskan
highway. 1t was designed to tap
oil fields in the Yukon Territory of
Canada. A refinery was huilt at
Whitehorse in the Yukon. and
various pipelines were laid to supply
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Customs Bureau Shakeup
By Snyder Reported Likely
By the Assoeioted Press

by me AsSoctoleo rfess
Reports that heads may roll in
he Customs Bureau spread at the
Capitol today as Senators prepared
act this week on House-approved
appropriations cuts that have STIR
ed widespread controversy.
A Senator who asked that his
aame not be used, said there are
Indications that Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder may shake up the
Customs Bureau from the top down.
Secretary Snyder, who was not
lvailable for comment. was de-
cribed as disturbed by the reaction
70 Commissioner w. R. Johnson's
rider in firing most Canadian bor-
Ter patrolmen to meet a So SOC, 900
House slash in the bureaus salary
hnd.
This order brought a storm of
protest to members of Congress. 1t
resulted in findings by the Senate
Executive Expenditures Committee
asst week that the wholesale dis
fnarge was completely unwar-
nnted" and a bald attempt to
!rouse the public"
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Red Threat 0utweiqhs
Risk Of Aiding Greece,
Eaton Tells Committee
Long Debate Prevents
Action to Send Bill
To Floor of House
By J. A. OLeory

Failure to check communism
in the Mediterranean now would
be more dangerous for this coun-
try than any risk involved in
going to the aid of Greece and
Turkey, Chairman Eaton of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee told the House Rules Com
mittee today.
For two hours the veteran New
Jersey Republican defended the
$4OO ,0o0, 300 bill to provide economic
and limited military assistance to
Greece and Turkey, but prolonged
debate prevented the committee
from acting on a special rule to
bring the issue before the House.
The committee will continue its
hearings at 1890 am. tomorrow.
after which it probably will au-
thorize several days of general floor
debate on the measure, which
passed the Senate, Ct to %, last
Tuesday. Even if the rule is grant,
ed tomorrow, the House probably
will not take up the bill on the floor
until next week.
Several Republicans on the Rules
Committee expressed fear of the
implications involved in embarking
on this new phase of foreign pol
icy, although not disagreeing with
the objective of opposing commu-
nism.
Fears Spread of Communism.
Mr.. Eaton declared that if Greece
and Turkey fall, the spread of COM
munism into Iran, the Arabian
countries, Afghanistan, India and
China would be inevitable
Representative Harness, Repub-
lican. of India wanted to know if
Evening star., 1947-04-28
City Begins Donning Gala Attire
ToWeIcome AIemon 7 on1orrow
B-2os to Escort Mexican Presidents Plane;
Crowd Of ESQ 900 Expected to Turn Out

Orleans to Washington. The IL
B-29s then will return nonstop to
their home base at Fort Worth,
Tex.
Edgar Morris. chairman of the
Citizens Reception Committee, said
everything was ready for IAN en-
thusiastic welcome for distin-
guished Good Neighbor"
Posters are being distributed to
merchants and lamp posts along
the route-are being decorated today.
Some 10000 small Mexican flags
will be distributed through the
Scouts and the high schools.
President Truman, President Ale
man and the other members of the
reception party at the airport will
enter Washington via Memorial
Bridge and proceed to Constitution
avenue. The motorcade will move
down Constitution avenue to Sixth
street and then turn north to Penn
sylvania avenue. The party will stop
(See ALEMAN. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Mrs. Mclean Rites to Be Held
At Friendship tomorrow

time of the services not be an
nounced.
Members of the family, who have
arrived for the funeral, include Mrs.
McLean's two sons, Edward B. Nc
Lean, jr., of Colorado Springs, Col,
who few here from California, and
John r. (Jock) Mclean of Dallas,
Tex; their wives, cousin, Monroe
Lee. and former Senator Robert r.
Reynolds, Mrs. McLean's son -in-law.
The Rev. DR.. Edmund j. Walsh,
S. j., vice president of Georgetown
University, will oficiate at the
funeral services.
The family vault, where Mrs. Me-
Lean will be inferred, also contains
the bodies of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Walsh. Mr. Walsh
was the Irish-born prospector who
struck it rich" at the Camp Bird
Mine at Ouray, Col, and left his
daughter an immense fortune
The family retainers who will at-
tend the last rites for Mrs. Mclean
7see MRS. MCLEAN, PaEe A-53
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Daylight Time
Option for DC.
Voted in House
Roll Coll Is 218-145;
Amendment Returns
Bill to Senute
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

In a roll call vote, the House
today passed the Washington
local option daylight saving
bill, 218 to 145. The approval
came after a voice vote and a
standing vote had approved
the measure, but Representa-
tive O'Hara, Republican, OF
Minnesota, leader of the oppo-
sition, demanded the roll call.
The Senate already has ap-
proved the bill, but it will go
back to the Senate because of
a House amendment.
Whether Washington is to
have daylight saving time hung
in the balance today.
The House, scheduled to meet at
noon, was to vote on the McGrath
bill under which the Commissioners
may order daylight saving time if a
public hearing shows the commun-
ity wants it.
The measure, sponsored by Sena-
tor McGrath, Democrat, of Rhode
Island, has passed the Senate. If
it clears the House today it will go
directly to the White House and the
chances are that the city will have
daylight saving time by the end OF
the week.
Bills Vote Uncertain.
Inauguration of daylight saving
time in other parts of the Nation
created little or no confusion for
Washingtonians, it appeared today.
The information counters at Union
Station, National Airport and the
bus depots said they had few queries
from travellers on time problems.
Experienced Capitol observers
were unwilling to predict the fate
of the bill since the House some
weeks ago resoundingly rejected a
bill ordering daylight saving for the
city. Farm bloc members led by
Representative Smith, Democrat, Of
Virginia, are due to vote mo" but
the House majority leadership
favors the bill.
Leaders in the House. District
Committee also believe that many
who opposed the mandatory bill will
support the permissive legislation
nov before it.
Commissioners Cautious.
A spokesman for the District
Commissioners said they were not
going to presume" anything and
would wait until President Truman
signs the bill before calling any
hearing.
The reception for President Ale
man tomorrow will automatically
(See DAYLIGHT SAVING, Pg. A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-04-28
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 28.-The
United Nations Assembly, in spe-
cial session, agreed today on Gre
alton of a 14-nation Steering
Committee to resolve the con-
troversial problem raised by
Arab demands for immediate
independence of Palestine.
The committee scheduled it's first
meeting for this afternoon to con-
slider the Assembly's agenda.
At present the agenda is limited
to one item: Britains proposal te
set up a fact-finding committee
which would make a preliminary
study of the Palestine question ano
report to the regular Assembly
meeting in September.
The five Arab members-Iraq
Syria, Saudi Arabia. Lebanon ano
Egypt-have proposed the addition
of an item calling for immediate
ending of Britain's 25-year-old
League of Nations mandate over
the Holy Land.
Aranha Elected President.
The committee also will have to
consider the rival demands of the
official Jewish Agency and the He
brew Committee of National Liberia
ton that they be permitted to par
ticipate in the debates of the spe-
cial Palestine session without vote
Creation of the Steering Com
mittee was proposed by DR.. Oswaldo
Aranha of Brazil, who was elected
president of the extraordinary ses-
sion, and was accepted without
The committee was composed of
the president, seven vice presidents
and the chairnen of the Assemblys
six standing committees.
The Assembly elected as vice
presidents the representatives of the
United States, France, Britain, Rus
sia, China, Ecuador and India. The
committees were scheduled to meet
later in the day to electe their chair
men and complete the membership
of the Steering Committee.
The Brazilian received As votes
on the first ballot and Immediately
took the chair. Prince Faisal AL Saud
of Sauda Arabia, Andrei A. Gromykc
of Russia, Herman Santa Cruz oi
Chile, Lester B. Pearson of Canada
and Herman G.. Eriksson of Sweden
each received one vote.
The session convened this morn.
ing with the official Jewish agency
declaring itself absent unless it il
formally recognized.
Siam Becomes Member.
The Hebrew Committee of Ma.
tional Liberation. which has filed 6
rival claim for the right to repre-.
sent the Jews, had observers" or
hand in the Assembly chamber.
Peter Bergson, spokesman for the
committee, said his group woule
remain present whether it was
officially recognized or not.
U. N. officials reported they hao
found several official bulletin boards
inside the assembly building scrawl-
ed with the words "Irgun was here
This reference to the extremist
organization Irgun Zvai Leumi in
Evening star., 1947-04-28

Final preparations were being
made today throughout Wash
ington as the city awaited the
arrival of President Aleman of
Mexico tomorrow afternoon.
More than 250,00o persons are ex-
pected to line Constitution and
Pennsylvania avenues to greet Mex
ico's president. He will arrive at
the National Airport at 4 pm. to-
morrow. where he will be welcomed
by President Truman and members
of the cabinet. From there he will
be driven to the District Building
and then to the White House.
The District Commissioners said
they would excuse all District en-
ployes at Ais pm. tomorrow to greet
President Aleman.
Mr.. Aleman will make the trip
from Mexico City in President Tru-
mans plane, The Sacred Cow"
Two squadrons of B-29 Superfort-
resses of the 9th Air Force will
escort the Sacred Cow from New
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Wreck Of Fast Train
Hurts 36 in California
By The Associated Press

ONTARIO, Calf, April 28.--
Thirty-six persons were injured,
three seriously, when the Southern
Pacific's New Orleans-bound Argo-
naut struck broken rail at Guasti,
miles east of here, last night.
Only the locomotive, two baggage
cars and the last two Pullmans Of
the 18-car train stayed on the track.
The others we're derailed but re-
manned upright, although several
hundred yards of track was torn up.
The side of one coach, the fourth
behind the baggage cars, was
sheared away by another car but
only three passengers we're seated on
that side of the aisle, railroad men
said.
Ambulances took the injured to
four nearby hospitals and the unin-
jured passengers were transferred
by bus to Cotton and continued their
Journeys in another train. Eight
of the former were released soon
after receiving treatment.
M A. Nugent, assistant superin-
tendent, who reported broken rail
was responsible for the accident,
said the train was on time and run
ming about so miles an hour at the
time, The wreck occurred on a
straight, level stretch of track.
The train left the Los Angeles
union station at $40 pm. and was
wrecked and hour and Is minutes
later.
WARSAW, Ind, April % LP).-
The Pennsylvania Railroads west
bound Golden Triangle left the .ails
at crossover in this city this morn
ing and eight persons were injured,
two seriously. All of the lat pas
sengers were shaken up.
Those injured most seriously are
Howard Wyland, 43, of Warsaw, a
cross switcnman, who was struck by
flying debris, and Evelyn Huchrow,
10, Chicago, a passenger.
Doctors said Mr. Wyland suffered
back and internal injuries and Miss
Huchrow may have suffered a frac-
tured skull.
Others treated at Warsaw hos
pitals: Elmer j. Rodgers and Edgar
Clark, both Of Chicago. leg injuries;
Mrs. Joseph Shedwell, East Chica-
go, Ind, minor head injuries; Paul
Rainhold. Pittsburgh. back injuries:
George r. Harris, Chicago, dining
car waiter. hand, knee and head In
juries; Howard L. Morrison, Column
bia City, Ind, brakeman, sprained
back
Several OF the cars were leaning
to one side, but none turned over.
The engine did not leave the rails,
but tore loose from the cars and
rolled up the tracks for some dis
tance. The double line of rails was
torn up for about four blocks.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
BY the. Associated Press

The Supreme Court today
agreed to review conviction of
18 Utah residents on charges of
conspiring to advocate plural
marriage and unlawful cohabi-
tation.
Counsel for the 18 contended their
conviction in the District Court of
Salt Lake City violated Federal
Constitution guarantees of freedom
of speech. worship and assembly.
In petition asking a Supreme
Court review their attorney as
serted:
This is case wherein the de-
PENDANTS nave been found guilty
of expressing their religious views,
not for practicing them"
The Utah Supreme Court upheld
the convictions, finding the 18 had
committed acts injurious, to public
morals in violation of a Utah law.
In another decision today the
Court ruled that two members of a
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Revolt Of Navy Troops
Put Down in Paraguay
BY the Assoeioted Press

AsUNCIoN, Paraguay. April o.
President Higir1io Morinigo's govern
ment, fighting rebellion in parts of
Paraguay, announced last night the
suppression OF revolt of navy
troops that early yesterday occupied
q power plant and interrupted
normal service.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Smith to Leuve Moscow
For Washington Friday
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, April 28-An EN-
sassy source said today that United
States Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith would leave Moscow Friday
10 make a special report to Wash
ngton and confer with Govern
nent officials.
Mrs. Smith will remain in Mos
cow while the Ambassador is in
The United States. His visit in
Washington was expected to be
brief,
Evening star., 1947-04-28

ROME. April % lP).-Alberto
Tarchiani, Italian Ambassador to
the United States, who came to
Rome two weeks ago for economic
consultations, left by plane for
Washington today.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
5 High Court 10 Review
}, Conviction Of Is in
e Plural Marriage Case
Two-Judee Decision
In ice Rate Hearing
Is Ruled Invalid
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

The Supreme Court ruled
today that OPA can bar car
rying through of eviction
judgments three Texas land
lords won against tenants
during the June 30-July rs
period last year when there
was no price control, law. The
81 decision reversed a United
States District Court ruling at
Dallas.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
u. n. Assembly
Picks HolyLand
Steering Group
14-Notion Committee
Will Try to Solve
Controversial Issue
BULLETIN

NEW YORK P.-Informed
quarters said Soviet Delegate
Andrei A. Gromyko had moved
to postpone a meeting of the
14-nation Steering Committee
named today to decide the
agenda of the United Nations
Assembly's special session on
Palestine.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Late News
Bulletins
s3,250,000 Divorce

s' W ~
LOS ANGELES tP.-Louis B.
Mayer, 64, millionaire movie
magnate and sportsman. was
divorced today by his wife of
43 years, Mrs. Margaret Shen-
berg Mayer, who receives a
cash settlement of S3,250,000
Warren Funds Restored
Members said the Senate
Appropriations Com m itt e e
voted today to restore funds
permitting retention of Direc-
tor Edgar L. Warren of the
United States Cancellation
Service. The committee voted
also to place back in the Labor
Department appropriation bill
a 100000 item, previously de-
leted by the House, to keep
the Division of Labor Stand
ards operating.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
ItoIion Envoy FLYING to U. S.

(See COURT, Page A-5D
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(See U. NJ, Page A-5.)
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(See HARRIS, Page A-4D
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(See FOREIGN. Page A-5)
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(See MARSHALL, Page AS J
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See DAYLIGHT SAVING, Pg. A-4.)
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(See HATCH, Page A-49
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

an 81 per cent increase. The cost
OF building concrete headwalls on
the ends of drainage pipes was ITO
per cent higher than in 1910.
The cost of laying 1S-inch con-
crete pipe increased 81 per cent.
Graham continued. The price Of
liquid asphalt material rose 101
per cent. and sand asphalt pave.
ment in place cost As per cent
more than in 1910.
Work requiring hand labor ad.
vanced more in price than work
items which are Accomplished
chiefly with machines. Graham
pointed out that the high costs Of
local common labor was a major
factor in these increases.
1.-THE commission has been verv
careful to obtain the best possible
prices by limiting its lettings, de.
laying Increased cost types of
work and by timing its projects
to the market trends" he said,
but these a%bnormally high costs
nave consumed our available
funds to a serious extent, and are
severely limiting us in our efforts
to carry out the program for this
year."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
SOUGHT

K1NsTON, Feb. 15-- up City
authorities are trying to obtain
some IS of the IS buildings at the
kinston airport which were used
by the Marine Air Forces during
the war. They would be used for
airport and national guard bust
ness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Highway COSTS
: SHOW INCREASE
cute Highway Study Com
nleted; 100 Per Cent
Increase Is Shown

.1rrGH. Feb. Is up "A
RAD ~ ths State Highway and
stloy Works commission has re-
Fu t1ad that highway construction
vsale eosts zoomed sharply upward
ual' w. 1910 and 1916, Chairman
pew, |, y Graham said today.
,~oonarison OF unit costs in
a aTo-war and postwar years
the upd that the Highway commits
sA0Ss n.;d over 100 per cent more
SION lx KS for many unit jobs than
!, 1910, he reported.
Highway commission paid
i. inc ner cent more in 1916 to clear
10 sere of trees and remove the
~ as than 1910, Graham said.
lnl Dd;ro the removal of unclassi-
jew avcavation and placing in a
|hsu FIJI, cost 1856 per cent more,
nssi tbs price of grubbing out and
l'aosing Of stumps on one acre
|aSy I.nd went up 125 per cent.
.. tbe construction of concrete
!oss the cost Of concrete in
|'l.as increased 90 per cent and
ssorcing steel in place recorded
Evening star., 1947-03-17
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, Mar. IT,
Three young housewives wrestled
with a very money-important prob
lem today: How to divide billiard
table and so free cue lessons they
won in a radio contest, plus other
prizes totaling $17,590 in value.
Mrs. William H. Mccormick, her
sister, Mrs. William H. Harmon,
and a neighbor, Mrs. A. B. Timms,
all of Lock Haven, won the prizes
by correctly identifying Mrs. Hush"
on NBC's Truth or Consequences
program as Clara Bow, the former
screen star.
All had agreed to divide the spoils
if their guess was the winner. Mrs.
McCormick's contest letter was
selected.
In addition to the billiard table
and lessons. the three women must
split such items as an airplane, an
automobile, a steam heating unit,
silver fox fur coat, a week end in
New York. A weeks vacation at
Sun Valley, Idaho, years supply
of frozen foods, free maid service
for a year, a completely equipped
trailer, one coat of paint Inside and
outside) for one house, a refrigerator
-etcetera, etcetera and etcetera.
The jingle on which listeners were