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Evening star., 1947-04-19
u. 5. Urged 10 Demand
Foreign NeWsprini
As Loan Condition
By the Associated Press

Senator Capehari, Republican, OF
Indiana, proposed late yesterday
that the United States ask for more
newsprint as a condition on any
additional loans to European coun-
tries.
Senator Capehart, chairman of a
Small Business subcommittee inves-
tigating newspaper problems, de-
clared during a hearing that he can
see only three ways of increasing
Inewsprint supplies; :
/. Production of newsprint in
Alaska which would necessitate the
construction of new mills, possibly
requiring three years.
| 2. Increasing the capacity of Ca
madam mills by installing new ma
chinery.
3. Increasing imports from the
Scandinavian countries and other
European nations.
Discussion Of the newsprint short
age came after Walter E. Hussman
of Texarkana, Tex, president of the
Texas Newspaper Publishers Asso-
fciation, testified that rules and prac-
Itices of the AFL International Typo
graphical Union are harmful and
costly to small newspapers.
Insofar as the small newspapers
Fare concerned he said. bargaining
cannot be the answer as competition
will force them to go along with
whatever the metropolitan newspa-
pers are capable and willing to con-
cede to the demands of the union. .
He declared the union should be
Evening star., 1947-04-19

IWtlling to negotiate OF arbitrate on
some of its general laws affecting
employment procedures and operat-
Ing costs.
Robert p. Lalor, vice president Of
Greater Buffalo Press, Inc, New
York, declared government restric-
tions make 1t possible for publishers
to buy 16-inch width rolls of news
print cheaper than 15-inch because
of duty rates. But many publishers,
he said, have installed machinery
for 15-inch rolls to save paper.
He declared the government re-
| striction Is arbitrary, discriminatory
and wasteful.
Senator Capehart asked Mr.. Lalor
whether the Government should
send representatives overseas In an
effort to buy more riewsprint. Mr..
Lalor praised the suggestion.
Hugo Gernsback, publisher of
Radio-Craft Magazine, New York,
proposed reinstatement of Govern
ment allocations OF paper. Senator
Capehart declared that plan would
not supply more newsprint.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington b. G. B-11
~,

81. 900 fine and Fuller received SEN
.tences tota1ing is months to four
years. Fuller now is serving 4 i've
year term on charges Of sending
fraudulent securities through the
mails,
The Justice Department later will
file answers to the Curley and Smith
appeals. The Supreme Court then
viii decide whether 1t will grant a
hearing.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Petersen Opposes Panama
On Joint Rule Of Bases
By the Assoeioted Press

BALBOA, Canal Zone, April 49,
Assistant Secretary of War Howard
G. Petersen, commenting on PAN
ama's proposal for joint administra-
ton Of the Panama Canal defense
bases, said yesterday that the last
war had shown that Joint military
command does not work"
Mr.. Petersen held a news confer
ence before boarding the steamship
Cristobai, bound for New York. He
said he had not seen any Pana-
manian officials on the question of
the bases during his stay here, add
ing that his visit with President
Enrique Jimenez had been a cour-
tesy call.
Mr.. Petersen said he would re-
port TO the War Department on the
question of bases here considered es-
sential to Canal defense. He said
he hoped for an early and mutually
satisfactory conclusion of the ne
gotiations.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Rent Control 10 End
Late This Month in
Paris Of d States
By the Assoeic,ed Press

The OPA plans to wipe out rent
controls in parts of 23 States late
this month.
Oficials Of the rental division said
the order will affect portions of 40
|of the 648 areas under rent controls,
1t will be one Of the biggest de-
control. steps the agency has taken
under its policy of removing restric-
tions as the need for them slackens.
OPA dropped controls in parts Of Is
areas in February.
The order is still "in the works, y
officials said, and the areas affected
will not be disclosed immediately.
They added that about TOO of the
5000 rent division employees viii be
dropped as a result Of the lighter
work load.
The White House is preparing an
executive order transferring rent
controls from OPA to the Office Of
Housing Expediter Frank r. Cree
don.
In another development on rents,
Senator Tobey, Republican, OF New
Hampshire. asserted yesterday that
a blanket rent increase @on top of
the present cost OF living would be
the last straw" because everybody
is squeezing the public for every
thing the traffic will bear"
THE rise In the cost of living Is
Evening star., 1947-04-19

Meat packing started In Chicago
in 1883.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
|Ex-MRB Member Takes
Fraud Case 10 High Court
BY The Assoeio,ed Press

Donald Wakefield Smith, former
member Of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, has appealed to the
Supreme Court from his conviction
on charges of using the mails to
defraud.
Mayor James M. Curley OF Boston,
convicted with Smith, filed an appeal
earlier. A third man convicted,
James g. Fuller, has not filed a petit
ton with the high tribunal and
court attaches said his time to do so
has expired.
The three were former officials
of Engineers Group, Inc. The Gov
ernment charged that through oper-
ations of this concern funds were
obtained from contractors on that
the assurance that war jobs could
be produced.
Mayor Curley was sentenced to six
to Is months in jail and fined 81. 600.
Smith to four to II months and
Evening star., 1947-04-19
IA American Businessmen
In Reich for INSPECTION
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, April ia group of IA
American manufacturers and busi-
nessmen arrived today by plane
from Washington to consult with
military government officials before
making an inspection tour of indus
try in the combined American
British occupation zones of Ger
many.
The businessmen were scheduled
for four days of conferences with
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American mill
tary governor, and his economic ad-
visers. Tuesday they will fly to
Vienna for. brief visit and then
proceed to Munich to begin a tour
of the combined zones, where the
American and British military gov
ernments are. seeking to spur in
dustry to pfovide dollar-value ex-
ports to. help defray the costs of
occupation.
On their tour of the zones the
visitors plan to split up into groups
In order to visit factories meeting
their special interests.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
II4 School Units q Hedr
|Geryusi at Luncheon I

Fourteen public school organiza-
tions will combine to hold spring
luncheon meeting at the Mayfower
Hotel at 1890 pm. next Saturday,
Lawson j. Cantrell, associate school
superintendent, announced today.
Frank Gervasi, war correspond
ent, VIII discuss the struggle foI
power m the Mediterranean. School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning also will
address the group.
approximately 500 persons are ex-
pected to attend, including Board
of Education members. Mr.. Can.
trell, chairman of the affair, said il
was departure from the usual pro-
1cedure of holding separate sprins
organizational meetings.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Coal Dealer Reduces
Prices so Gems 10 81;
Hechf Stand Praised

One of the largest coal dealers
In the District area will cut the
cost of coal SO cents to 81 a ton, be- |
ginning Monday, and other dealers
are expected to follow suit.
Griffith Consumers, 1413 New
York avenue NV, announced to-
day the following prices for an
thracite effective Monday: 4
Egg, stove and chestnut, 1851 a
ton, a reduction of 81; pea, 1881.
also a 81 reduction; buckwheat,
$ll.57 ton, and rice. $10.61, both
. so cent reduction.
Return to Pre-War Policy.
The coal company said this
market the return to the pre-war
policy Of coal price reductions in
the spring and pointed out that
these lowest prices of the year are
subject to increase later.
It was estimated that Is per cent
OF the coal consumers would fill their
bins this spring and summer while
prices are at the present level
L. r. Potts, chairman of the coal
division for the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, that
by Monday other dealers "undoubt-
edly" would fall in line with the re-
auctions because 1t always is good
business to meet the competitors
prices.
All coal merchants have wanted
to reduce prices for some time, Mr..
Potts said.
SteeIman Praises Hecht Co.
Meanwhile, praise of the Hecht
Co. for its announced reduction of
prices on items considered ."over
priced for the present day consumer
came from John r. Steelman, assist
ant to President Truman.
Mr.. Steelman,, in letter to
Charles B. Dulcan, sr, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
store, said he had brought to the
attention of the President the
statement of policy of the Hecht
Co., In which the obligation of re-
tailers in the country to take i'm
mediate steps to bring prices down
at the retail level was pointed out.
'sThe President is gratified at the
response by merchants, distributors
and manufacturers to his request
that prices be reduced" Mr.. Steel
mans letter said. "It is his belief
that widespread and substantial re-
ductions in prices will help uphold
present high levels of production
and employment, thus assisting to
maintain continuously high stand
ard of living for more and more of
our people"
Evening star., 1947-04-19
George Hammond Heads
D. c. School Association

George Hammond, director oi
safety and education for the District
branch of the American Automobile
Association, was elected president
of the District Public School Asso-
ciation at a meeting last night at
the District Building.
He succeeds Miss Bede johnson
who has been president for six years
Others officers elected were: Will
liam Milburn, first vice president
Mrs Caroline E. Coates, second vice
president; John T. Thomas, third
vice president: Mrs. L. G. Quincy
fourth vice president; Miss Elizabeth
Groves, secretary, and Charles M
Pidgeou. treasurer.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
IS RAF Flyers Killed
In Desert Crush
BY the Assoeiated Press

KHARTOUM. Anglo Egyptian :
Sudan, April 19.-The RAF reported
last night that Is flyers were found
dead yesterday in the wreckage OF
a South African air force plane at
El Shigeig in the desert so miles
southwest of here.
Twelve of the victims were South
African air force pilots en- route to
Cairo to fly back Spitfire planes pur-
chased from the British government.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

There are veins of coal under
about two-thirds of Illinois.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

wrong and vicious. !. Senator Tobey
told reporters ashe expressed deter
|mination to speed Senate action on
legislation continuing rent control
through next February without q
general increase. -
The bill was cleared two weeks
ago hs the Banking Committee, OF
which Senator Tobey Is chairman,
but is backed up behind the labor
bill and proposed tax reduction
legislation on the Republicans pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
George VI Expresses
Sorrow Over Explosion
BY the Assoeiaied Press

LONDON, April 19.-The Brit.
ish Foreign Office released las,
night the text of message sent
by King George VI to President
Truman expressing his sympathy
for those who suffered in the Texas
City explosions.
The Kings message:
THE Queen and I learned with
deep sorrow of the catastrophe
which has overwhelmed Texas City
May I express through you, Mr.
President, the horror which this
tragic disaster has evoked in my
people and their whole-hearted
sympathy towards all those af-
fected."
There are veins of coal under
about two-thirds of Illinois.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Mon Dies After Fall
From Second Story

Harvey Tapp. -. died early today
at Georgetown Hospital OF injuries
suffered when he fell from a second
story window at his home, 1888 Wis
consin avenue NV, last Sunday, ac-
cording to police.
Evening star., 1947-01-29

clear he is against both these bills.
He said he is inclined to think the
problems involved in industry-wide
bargaining are going to be worked
out without legislation.
Calls Arguments ~Weak."
Senator Ball told reporters he
thought the Secretary went quite
a way with US on the controlling
of secondary boycotts," but believed
Mr.. Schwellenbach was weak" in
his arguments for industry wide
bargaining. Senator Ball would re-
quire bargaining to be on an area
or local level, to prevent tieups
of the whole national economy.
Senator Ball said the industrial
peace the Nation is now having is
"as much a demonstration of power
as the strikes were" if
Chairman Taft declared late yes
terday the Government either must
outlaw the closed shop or see that
labor unions are democratically or
ganized to protect the rights o1
individual workers.
He made the statement after
Secretary Schwellenbach had de-
Tended the closed shop on the
ground the advantages an individual
worker derives from union efforts
outweigh the right the worker gives
up of deciding for himself whether
he will join.
Evening star., 1947-01-29
Size ofMoscow Delegations
Nav Curb Press Coyeraqe

Secretary of State Marshall Off
cially informed Soviet Ambassador
Nicolai v. Novikov yesterday of his
intention to attend the Moscow Con-
ference of Foreign Ministers begin
ming March 10.
Mr.. Novikov inquired as to the size
of the delegation Of aides and ad-
visers which Gen. Marshall intends
to take with him to work on the
German and Austrian peace settle
ments. The Secretary, according te
State Department informants, re-
piled that he did not yet know.
This left in doubt the number OF
news reporters the Russians will
admit from the United States
Britain and France.
The space available for reporters
will depend on the accommodations
left over after the size of the British
French and American delegations
has officially been stated to the
Soviet government.
Evening star., 1947-01-29
Yale Cliff Climbers
Lectured by Judge
sy the Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 29.-
Three cliff climbing Yale students
who caused a traffic jam and
brought the fire and police depart
ments when they scaled the 300
foot face of East Rock, got off with
a lecture yesterday when arraigned
in City Court on breach of the
peace charges.
Judge Frank S. Bergin granted
nisi continuances for six months,
meaning the charges will be dropped
by that time unless they climb
more cliffs or get into some other
trouble, to C. A. Valentine, IT,
Chapel Hill, N. c.: Charles Helm
saith, 10, Medina, Tex, and George
Babson, 18, Washington.
After discussion of mountain
climbing Judge Bergin told the
trio, arrested January 18, ''We don't
do that sort of thing here"
Evening star., 1947-01-29
II Found Dead in Ruins
Of PIune in Colombo
By the Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. o.
Ayianca Always officials announced
last night that all II persons aboard
an airliner which crashed January
"a in dense jungles near the Mag
dalena River Valley had been found
dead in the wreckage.
Searchers had spotted the wreck
from the air several days ago. The
plane carried 1s pasAasngers and a
crew of four.
Included among the list of dead
were three Americans: Capt. Cliff
ford Pitman of Los Nietos, Calf.
the pilot, and two Gulf Oil Co.
ofacials-Paul H. Boots and Arthur
Kimball Dacy.
Evening star., 1947-01-29
Austin Is Expected
10 State U. 5. Policy
|0n Atom Next Week
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LAKE. SUCCESS, N. Y. Jan. 20
Authoritative sources said today
that Warren r. Austin probably
would make a major pronouncement
on American atomic-arms policy
when the United Nations Security
Council resumes international dis
armament discussions next week.
These sources said they expected
the American representative to the
United Nations to give sharper
definition of American ideas on how
the Council should proceed with
atomic control and disarmament.
Mr.. Austin's talk with Secretary
Of State Marshall and President
Truman In Washington were be-
lieved to be aimed at working out
this definition so there could be no
doubt as to where the United States
stands on these issues.
American sources here said there
would be no change In Americas S
basic policy on atomic control and
disarmament as far as they knew.
They said the United States still
was opposed to the proposal made
by Russia to establish q disarma-
ment commission until the proce-
dure for handling the atomic ques-
ton is settled.
The Disarmament Commission
and the Atomic Energy Commission
might work concurrently, they ex-
planned, If the atomic issue was not
by-passed and made secondary in
discussions.
Meanwhile, the Security Council
was more or less stymied today by
postponements.
The vital arms question cannot
be tackled until next Monday, the
date the United States requested
when it obtained postponement
two weeks ago to give Mr.. Austin
and Mr.. Marshall time to confer.
The Council was still awaiting
word from the Albanian government
when its representative could be
expected here to answer British
charges OF mine sowing in Corfu
Channel.
Evening star., 1947-01-29

country with the United States
delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks
Conference in 1914.
A native of st. Louis and grad
uate of Princeton University and
of Washington University in st.
Louis, he practiced law for some
years in that city. His diplomatic
career began in 1917, when he was
appointed Third Assistant Secre-
tary of State. In 1888 he served for
a short time as a special assistant
to the Attorney General and was
American Ambassador to Italy from
1888 until 1886. Later he headed q
special State Department division
created to repatriate Americans
caught in Europe by World War II.
Mr.. Long has travelled widely in
both Europe and in Latin America
and has always evinced keen
interest in the arts. He served on
the jefferson Bicentennial Com
mission. He is the owner of a
number of notable art works, and
about IS years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Long added private art gallery
to their residence in st. Louis.
Evening star., 1947-01-29

his budget requests must be made
UP IS months in advance; that GCA
has yet to undergo proper COM
mercial service tests at National
La Guardia and Chicago, and that
he is seeking a supplemental ap-
preparation to take advantage OF the
AAFs offer of 20 additional sets.
Facilities Listed.
AS to informing civilian pilots OF
military facilities, he said these were
listed and distributed by the
Air Transport Association several
months ago, and the CAA now is
preparing more complete log of
all GOA systems.
Regarding the airliner which was
sent elsewhere after circling Ma
tional for more than an hour, Mr..
Wright said the five military planes
had first priority because of low
fuel, and it was his understanding
the pilot lacked the proper radio
wave channel to talk to military
GOA crews.
The CAA administrator told the
Committee he had no idea why the
five military planes used National
on the night in question, despite
the nearby Army and Navy fields
equipped with GOA.
Representative Hinshaw, Repub-
lican of California, who acted as
chairman in the temporary absence
of Representative Wolverton, Re-
publican, of New Jersey, said at
the conclusion of yesterdays all
day hearing that "the situation
seems to be one of joint neglect
which must be remedied as rapidly
as possible"
Evening star., 1947-01-29
Britain Expects Stain
IoCalI for Alliance as
Aid Treaty Substitute
by the Assoeiaied Press

LONDON, Jan. 29.-An official
source said today that the Brit
ish government expected Prime
Minister Stain to call for a
general military alliance between
Russia and Britain to replace
their present mutual assistance
treaty.
The source added Immediately
that in principle Britain wanted
full cooperation" with Russia.
The present treaty provides for
military cooperation between the
two countries only in the event of
aggression by Germany and her
wartime satellites any time until
1862.
Although he said he could not
PREJUDICE any Russian elucidation of
the reservations" which Mr.. Stain
had said weakened" the existing
pact, the informant emphasized
there was no reason to believe
Britain would turn down request
for general military alliance.
Clarification Asked.
Such military alliance between
the two countries woultl in no way
be in discord with Britain's obliga-
tions to the United Nations, the
source stated
Yesterday other Foreign Office
sources reported Foreign Secretary
Bevin already had asked Georgi
Zarubin, new Soviet Ambassador in
Britain, to obtain a Qualification OF
the reservations to which Mr.. Stain
referred in his recent message to
the foreign secretary.
When that Qualification is re-
ceived Mr.. Bevin will bring the
matter before the cabinet again
the official source said.
Mr.. Stain. he continued, ha6
expressed satisfaction" with the
explanation given to him personally
by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery
in Moscow early this month on the
agreement between Britain and
America to standardize certain arms
oIlu CQoIp11CAL W 1lACu O1l1tC1
States sizes and patterns.
Genesis of Agreement Told.
The chief of the imperial general
staff. according to the informant
had impressed on the Russian leader
that the whole question of arms
standardization had arisen between
America and Britain "out of the
experiences of the war" Some Brit
ish officers, Lord Montgomery was
said to have told Mr.. Stain, had
reported that various items of United
States equipment and armament
were considerably better than the
British equivalents. Agreement to
standardiZe followed.
Arising out of these talks, the
United States Army Air Forces and
Raj agreement to interchange 100
officers for training purposes had
emerged as well. the source said
Lord Montgomery told MIR. Stain.
When Lord Montgomery pointed
out that a similar exchange of Off
GERS between the British and Soviet
armies could serve an extremely
useful purpose, MIR. Stain, the source
said, did not object to this proposal
in principle" but expressed the view
that this was not the time" for
such an arrangement.