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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Charles A. Lutz, Is, Dies;
Express Agency Official
By the Associated Press

MONTCLAIR, N. j., Nov. 10
Charles A. Lutz, rs, former vice
president of the Railway Express
Agency died Thursday at his. home
here.
Mr.. Lutz was born in Loogootee,
Ill. His first position was that of a
station agent in Kentucky with the
Louisville g. Nashville Railroad.
Fourteen years later, in 1901, he had
risen to the post of assistant con-
troller.
In 1908 Mr.. Lutz left the railroad
and took a position as chief ex-
aminer of accounts for the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in
Washington.
Mr.. Lutz left the ICC in 1913 and
became successfully controller of
the United States Express Co., the
winchester Arms Co. and treasurer
of the United States Railroad Adj
ministration in Washington. He be-
came associated with the railway ex-
press in 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
New Regulation TO Control
Atomic Equipment Export
BY the Associated Press

The Atomic Energy Commission
today issued a new regulation re-
quiring a specific commission license
for the export of equipment which
may be used in atomic energy re-
search and production work. The
regulation is effective next Thurs
day.
The commission said the regula-
tion-required by the Atomic Energy
Act of 1946-Will provide effective
control" over the export of two spe-
cif1c classes of equipment;
Glass Facilities actually capable
of producing any fashionable mate
rial-for example, equipment such
as nuclear reactors ("piles~ in
which plutonium is produced from
normal uranium 238; and cyclotrons
and kindred equipment also designed
for atom smashing.
Glass 2-Component parts of a
class l facility - including such
things as radiation detection equip
ment and high vacuum apparatus.
Up to now, a commission an
nouncement said, controls have in
Guided the use of the powers of the
Commerce Department under the
Export Control Act of 1910 and OF
the State Department.
These will be continued, and the
commission also will continue and
expand" it's informal consultations
with manufacturers concerning ex-
ports in which it is interested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Tear Gas Hats
UnruIy Rally at
CoHeqe Park

Tear gas was used last night te
break up a rally of several hundred
University of Maryland students
near the campus at College Park
police reported today.
About 600 students were involved
police said. No one was hurt and
no arrests were made.
The rally, being staged on the eve
of today's football game between
Maryland and the University Of
North Carolina, led to police action
when some of the participants built
fires in streets. An attempt was
made to block United States High
way No. l, the Washington Balti-
more boulevard, police said, but il
was unsuccessful.
University, State and county police
co-operated in dispensing the stu
dents and at least two tear gas
bombs were used during the hall
hour that it took the meeting to
break up, according to police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Donald Nelson Married
In Simple Ceremony
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Donald M
Nelson, SO, former head of the War
Production Board and now presi-
dent of the Society of independent
Motion Picture Producers, and
Valerie May Rowell, 81. native of
Australia were married last night.
Only few friends were present
for the ceremony performed by
Judge Saul STREET of General Ses-
sions Court in Mr.. Nelson's apart
ment at the Essex House.
A former British Actress, Mrs.
Nelson previously was married to A.
Arthur Tracy. They were divorced
in April, 1915. Mr.. Nelson, born
in Hannibal, Mo, laad been married
three times previously. His third
wife, the former Marguerite Coul-
burn, died this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Royal Wedding Cake
Weighs 500 Pounds
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. Is. - Princess
Elizabeth's .5oO-pound 9-foot high
wedding cake was revealed today.
Built in four tiers, deliberately
decorated in Grecian style, the cake
took the baking firm of McVite and
Price five and one-half weeks to
make and 10 hours to bake.
The gigantic cake was formally
shown to the press yesterday at a
reception by the company which
holds the Kings royal warrant for
cookie and cracker baking.
Seven lucky charms-a bachelor
button, a wedding ring, thimble,
donkey, three-penny coin, a
wishbone and a horseshoe, all made
of silver, were included.
The cake was covered with white
icing interspersed with plaques, some
painted on silk and others modified
in sugar, rejecting the activities OF
Elizabeth and her bridegroom, 1t.
Philip Mountbatten.
The bridegroom had his last fling
as a bachelor last night. Thirty
close friends met in an exclusive
club for stag party organized by
the Marques of Milford-Haven, who
is to be 1t. Mountbatten' best man
at the wedding next Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Cincinnati Archbishop
Named Chairman Of !:
CathoIicWeIfare Body

The National Catholic Welfare
Conference today announced that
Archbishop John T. McNicholas OF
Cincinnati has been elected chair.
man of it's administrative board
and Msgr. Howard j. Carroll has
been renamed general secretary.
The announcement followed three
day annual meeting Of the Catholic
Bishops of the United States here'
in which 1876 members OF the HER
archy participated.
The Rev. Paul F. Tanner again
was chosen assistant general secre-
tary.
Pope Plus XII sent message
to Archbishop McNicholas, express
ing thanks for United States con-
tributions in bringing relief to the
needy and aid to "the afflicted clergy
in many lands and the unfailing
generosity displayed toward our
sorely tried missions"
Elected with Archbishop Nc
Nicholas to serve on the board We're:
Archbishop Richard j. Gushing OF
Boston, vice chairman, and chair
man of the welfare conference,
youth department; Bishop John
Mark Cannon of Erie, Pa, treasurer;
Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne,
Ind, secretary; Archbishop Robert
E. Lucey of San Antonio, chairman
of the department of lay organiza-
tons; Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter
of St. Louis, chairman of the de-
partment of Catholic action study;
Archbishop James H. Ryan OF
Omaha, chairman of the department
of education; Bishop Karl j. Alter OF
Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the de-
partment of social action; Bishop
Emmett M. Walsh of Charleston,
S. c., chairman of the legal depart
ment, and Bishop Michael j. Ready
of Columbus, chairman of the press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Artie Shaw, Wed q Yeor
Is Officially Divorced

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.-Band
Leader Artie Shaw, who has been
married for about year to Kathleen
Winsor, author Of Forever Amber, u
is now officially divorced from Ava
Gardner, the actress
Miss Gardeners final decree was
entered yesterday, almost Is months
after the interlocutory decree was
granted October "a, 1916. Shaw and
Miss Winsor were married in Mexico
October %, 1916, after both obtained
Mexican divorces.
Miss Winsor's exzhusband, Marine
1t. Robert Herwig, complicated
things further last SATURDAY by
marrying Nadia Hegeman, Cali
fornia coed, at Las Vegas, New,
before his California divorce was
final. He paid a $500 fine after
pleading guilty to classifying the
marriage license application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
German W Expert Killed
With I Britons in Blast
By the Associated Press

AYLESBURY, England. Nov. IS
A German Va expert and 2 Brit
ish research workers were killed
and II other persons were injured
yesterday in an explosion at Brit
aims rocket station at Westcott, sew
en- miles from here.
DR.. Johannes Schmidt, "A, the
German scientist, and r. P. Row
lands, a Briton, lost their lives in
the blast. j. A. Salmon, also Brit
ish, died in hospital last night A
Royal Air Force wing commander
was reported among the injured.
The explosion occurred in a test
ing hut about $50 yards from the
administrative building of the sta
ton, which employs some 400 scien-
fists and laborers.
The Ministry of Supply said the
blast took place during the testing
of a rocket motor"-presumab]y to
aid in airplane takeoffs-and that
all staff members at the time were
under cover"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Radio, Film Stars to Aid
Food Collection Appeal

The National Catholic Welfare
Conference war relief services Sec
ton announced today that more
than a dozen radio and screen
stars are lending their names to
spot radio appeals for support of
the Thanksgiving Food Collection
to be conducted from November
1880.
The conference hopes to collect
more than 100000 cans of food
stuffs from 1900 parishes in the
United States.
The radio and screen stars will
include Bing Crosby, Jack Benny
and Eddie Cantor. Msgr Edward
e. Swanstrom is executive director
Of the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15

in Baltimore for an operation on her
throat to permit breathing, which
was being restricted by a congenital
defect of the pancreas gland. Yes
terday morning she was flown to
the Portsmouth hospital.
A few hours later the naval hos
pital reported it did not have 90
size tubes for replacement of the
inner sheath of rubber in the silver
tube in this child's throat. A cal
was made to the Anacostia station
Within 10 minutes 1t. Terry P
Cassidy of Amber, Pa, took off ir
an F6F fighter plane. Eight minute'
later he landed in Baltimore. A
messenger from Johns Hopkins Hos.
pital met the plane with the TUBE
Four minutes later the plane roaree
into the air again and landed al
Norfolk So minutes afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Women Voters Testimony
By Disney Out Of Record
BY the Asseeiofed Press

Testimony linking the League of
Women Voters to smear" cam
paign against Walt Disney was
stricken today from the House I'm
American Activities Committees
records at Disney's request.
Robert E. STRIPPING, chief commit
tee investigator, said Mr.. Disney
wrote the committee that he was
confused by similarity of names"
when, on October "a, he testified
that the League of Women Voters
had sought to smear" him during
a studio strike.
What he meant, he wrote, was
"the League of Women Shoppers. "
His letter was inserted in the COM
mittee's records.
Mr.. Disney, producer OF Mickey
Mouse and other cartoons. testified
during the committees investigation
of Communism in Hollywood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Reds Rule in Hungary
By Violence, Refugee
SAYS on Arrival Here

Representatives of opposition par
ties in Hungary today are obliged to
"sit around a table with the Com
munists holding the knife, forcing
them not only to agree to what they
want but also SMILE" according to
zoltan Pfeiffer, refugee Hungarian
anti Communist leader.
To speak out gainst the Soviet
dominated regime means physical
and mental torture and a good
chance of death, he said at press
conference here yesterday.
Mr.. Pfeiffer, who arrived in this
country by plane Wednesday, ex-
planned he left his homeland to
avoid being forced to give informa-
ton which would have led to the
arrest of other leaders of his party
Escapes From Country.
So, in downtown Budapest, he
lost the luckily stupid" secret po-
lice who were following him, by
going in the front entrance Of a
building and out the rear door
Then, he was passed from hand to
hand" by friendly peasants CHS is
a peasant party and Hungarian
Army privates and crossed the Dor
der into Austria.
In Vienna, American authorities
helped him reach Frankfurt, Ger
many, Mr.. Pfeiffer said. There he
boarded a plane for the United
States with his wife and daughter
an aide and the latter's wife.
He said he talked with officials
of the State Department Division
of Southern European Affairs yes
terday, giving information about
present conditions in Hungary AND
thanking them for providing him
asylum in the Pnited States.
Beaten by Mob.
Mr.. Pfeiffer was beaten severely
by Communist mob, assisted by
police, when his party attempted to
hold a rally, and Communist In
terror Minister Laszlo Rajk sent the
coroner to see him, Mr.. Pfeiffer said
On another occasion coffin bear
ing his name was carried through
the streets by Communists, he
added.
Although his party was denied
access to press, radio and organ
lied campaigning, it polled about
Is per cent of the votes in the ALL
guest 81 election and won 40 deputy
seats, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Selected Stocks Gain,
But Many Leaders
Lack Support
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Press finoneiol Writer

NEW YORK, Nov. Unsolicited
stocks continued their creeping re-
covery today although many market
leaders suffered from lack of sup
port.
There was little inspiring news on
the calender and mild irregularity
ruled from the start. Dealings were
slow throughout. Prices hardened
here and there in the final hour but
minus signs were plentiful near tine
close with numerous pivotals un-
changed. Turnover for the Two
hours ran to about 100000 shares.
Oil Shares Climb.
Up l to points were Pacific
Western Oil and Mission Corp. on
revived merger hopes. Texas Pacific
Coal 81 Oil touched a top for the
year. In front most of the time
were Allegheny Corp. preferred,
Baltimore g. Ohio, United States
Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, Sears,
Roebuck; American Water Works,
Electric Power & Light, Interna-
tional Telephone and American
Can.
Consolidated Edison reached a
1947 low. Backward were Deep Rock
Oil, Armour, Cerro de Pasco (also at
the years bottom), Graham-Paige
(the most active), j. c. Penney and
Oliver Corp.
Bidding, mainly by professionals,
still was based on the idea four
straight declining weeks entitled the
list to a good technical comeback.
Most brokerage customers stood
aside to await congressional de-
velopments regarding European re-
lief and domestic imitation.
Tax Cut Hopes Wane.
Waning expectations of tax re-
duction again provided bearish in
fuence and the possibility OF 1e4S
business recession remained as a
cautionary argument.
Bonds were narrow.
Better curb performers included
Ryan Consolidated Petroleum, New
Mexico & Arizona Land, Automatic
Products, National Pressure Cooker
and Northern States Power "a"
Hestant were McCord Corp, Amer
lean Republics and Baldwin Rubber.
Market trend students noted the
Treasury announcement that it will
increase the interest rate on an issue
of short-term securities to be issued
next month. The new issue will bear
a rate of Is per cent, will mature
in 10 months and will be offered in
exchange for certificates maturing
in December and carrying interest
of only "a per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15

decisions by which Chest affairs are
conducted"
Cooperation Promoted.
He said one of the major de-
velopments preceding the campaign
which did much to create the basis
for full cooperation by labor in the
present Embarrassing effort was the
establishment of a labor participa-
ton department as unit of the
Community Chest Federation.
Mr.. Preller asserted the AFL trade
unionists are doing their part in
every way to make the campaign a
success.
Mrs. Cannon said her group has
more than half it's quota collected
and that she feels confident it will
subscribe more than the amount
assigned to it.
Mr.. Beitscher pointed out that
Freedmen's Hospital, where Local
10 of the United Public Workers
(CIO) makes up about 80 per cent
of the staff, has reached 100 per
cent of its campaign quota.
Sees Activity Related.
He said the Chest and the union
are engaged in related activity.
I'VE are interested in eliminating
need in the District" he said. Ulti-
mately the Chests work should be
social planning and broad welfare
work, he declared
The first team of the Montgomery
County Unit to reach 100 per cent
of it's quota is one headed by Mrs.
Edward c. Fennimore, which is
soliciting in Glen Echo as part of the
Chevy hase-Bethesda area.
The Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, rector
of St. Johns Episcopal Church,
lafayette Square, offered the in
vocation.
The daily door prize at the lunch
con, turkey. was won by Mrs. Max
Y. Yacker. 1914 Georgia avenue
NV, a worker in the Residential
Unit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
.Midd|eman's Profits
On Homes Put as Hiqh
AS 53% by Builder
By Me Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Elimina
ton of middleman profits would
scale down to $4,000 the cost of a
home now selling for $500, William
j. Levitt, Long Island home builder
yesterday told congressional sub
committee investigating housing
conditions.
One of six witnesses to appear
before the House group, Mr.. Levitt
said that middlemen-dealers and
distributors-make "all the gravy
adding that distribution methods in
the construction field are IAN out
standing shame and disgrace to the
country"
The investigators also heard a
former Army captain, who operates
a truck crane, charge that labor
leader once threatened him with
death If he persisted in hiring non
union men.
Says They Don't See Products.
He told me he would kill me il
I tried to hire nonunion men," Eu-
gene j. Nelly. 80, testified. Il told
him that if there was any killing tc
be done, I'd do the killing"
Mr.. Levitt described practices that
enabled his firm to produce three
bedroom houses for sale at $4,000
each and two-bedroom cottages for
$780, He added that he could
rave reduced these prices on the
latter homes by third if it had not
been necessary to pay profits run
ming as high as SO per cent to deal
ers, distributors and wholesalers
who, he declared, do not even see the
products they sell"
The builder said his firm recently
purchased 20 carloads of kitchen
cabirets-"more than the local dis
tributor in the New York area han
dies" But the cabinets were sold
he said, under the system which al
lots profits to middlemen.
He said the system was used by
such companies as General Elec-
trio, Westinghouse, Johns-Manville,
Briggs and Kohler.
Invoices Misdelivered.
Have you had any letters from
these firms to that effect" Repre-
sentative Owens, Republican, of Illi-
nois, a member of the three-man
subcommittee, asked.
NO" Mr. Levitt replies, "but by
practice we know it to be SO. If
I wrote to them about it, they would
want to know if I were sane or
not
Citing an example of what he
termed high middleman profits, Mr..
Levitt said that two weeks ago 1--WE
got two invoices instead of shipping
notices from a manufacturer and
when we saw them we hit the ceiling.
These invoices were meant for
the dealer redistribution but through
a mailing error we got them. They
showed a profit that amounted to
SO per cent, based on what the
materials were costing US
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
1900 in Memphis Hear
Margaret Truman Sing
By the Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. 15.-An
audience of 1900 warmly received
Margaret Truman, the Presidents
daughter, who gave concert here
last night.
Shortly after the first intermis-
sion Miss Truman made five cur
tain calls and at the end of the per-
Torrance returned to the stage for
three encores.
Miss Truman will leave today
for Shreveport, La, where she is to
sing tomorrow night. Another con-
cert Is scheduled for Wednesday at
Tulsa, Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page)

S. Whether to impose any new
restrictions on marginal transac-
tons on the commodity exchanges.
The President may have addi-
tional suggestions to make Monday,
but these at least will be before
the Joint Committee on Economic
Report, when it meets Wednesday
to plan joint public hearings.
1t was still undecided today
whether the stopgap aid bill would
60 through the House or Senate
first. The Senate Foreign Relations
and the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittees both expect to get the ill
ready for floor action next week,
however.
Although the Senate Republican
Policy Committee did not pass judg-
ment on the amount or other de-
tails of the interim aid bill, Senator
Taft said there was not dissenting
voice on the question of seeing that
France, Italy and Austria get the
food and fuel they need for the
winter.
Still FavOrS Tax Cut.
Senator Taft also told his news
conference he agrees with Mr.. Tru-
man that foreign aid expenditures
should be met out of taxes, but
added he does not agree that the
granting of aid to Europe bars q.
tax cut.
He said he believes Congress will
have to know the general scope Of
the Marshall plan before it passes
tax reduction bill. Once the Mar
shall plan begins to take shape, he
said, the tax bill also can begin to
take shape.
Another Republican, Senator Ball
of Minnesota, said today that adop-
ton of "the gifts or loans to Europe
on the scale being proposed will rule
out any chance of tax reduction"
Senator Ball, member of the
Senate Appropriation Committee
which must pass upon all money
bills to carry out the Marshall plan
and emergency aid to Europe, told
a reporter he has an open mind"
on how much should be approved
to carry out the programs.
G.. o. P. Move Favored.
The Minnesotan said he favored
the move of the Republican leader
ship in deciding to wait until the
regular session in January before
taking up the $4,000 100000 tax cut
bill proposed by. Chairman Knutson
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
UNLESS there is a big cut in funds
for the Marshall plan" Senator
Ball said. 1T will rule out any
substantial tax reduction unless you
want imitation to go hog wild.
Our exports in 1947 are exceed
ing our imports at a rate of about
$11 900, 100000. Thus there are no
corresponding imports to satisfy the
purchasing power generated here.
THAT is intensifying the I'M
balance in this country of ordinary
supply and demand. If this Is kept
up. the infationary impact will con-
tinue.
IF we attempt to meet the re-
quests for funds for these aid pro-
grams, I doubt if we could balance
the budget and cut taxes. Even if
we could. I doubt that it would be
wise"
Asserting that tax cut ''is long
overdue" Senator Ball added: "A
scaling down of the Marshall plan
figures might permit some tax cut"
He said he wanted to make a full
study of all reports on the situation
before arriving at an opinion of
how much this country should spend
for European rehabilitation.