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Evening star., 1947-01-24
IS Police Cars Join
In 85-MiIe-an-Hour
Of Speeder
Young Driver Caught
After He Wrecks Car b.
And FIees on Foot

A youth in an automobile
which police said was stolen led
IS police cars in an 85-mile-an-
hour chase early today, wrecked
his car, but continued his flight
afoot. He was captured when he
tripped and fell.
The arrest was made by two po-
licemen in a twelfth precinct scout
car which remained within so feet
of the speeding vehicle throughout
the Smile ride. The chase began at
2::3O am. in Northeast Washington
and ended less than 10 minutes later
after feeting tour of nearby Mary
land.
Seven other District police cars,
four from Prince Georges County,
two from Montgomery County and
one Maryland State Police cruiser
were also rams in the cross-country
pursuit.
Race Into Maryland.
Pvts. w. E. Nolan and A. j. Senes
in a scout car reported they were
inspecting a gas station at Rhode
Island avenue and Eighteenth street
NE. when they saw a car racing
down Eighteenth street.
Giving chase, they drew alongside
the vehicle as it crossed Otis street,
where, they charged, the driver at
tempted to force them into the op-
posite curb. The police car, which
had radioed for assistance, hung on
doggedly as the other vehicle sped
around corners in an effort to
escaEe.
Turning into Queens Chapel road,
the two vehicles raced into Mary
land at speeds of 80 TO IS miles an
hour, according to police. A Prince
Georges County cruiser entered the
chase briefly as the cars neared
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Sunday Reading

England is bracing for her
culean effort to shoulder
America from the pinnacle of
transport aviation. Quality
planes will be balanced against
our mass production, and al
ready half a million British
workers are making their fac
tories and laboratories hum
with activity. How Britain
hopes to achieve world SUI
premacy in this field is out
lined in a London article in the
Editorial Section of this weeks
Sunday Star.
Georgia's Battle of the
Governor" sent Star Staff
Writer Robert K. Walsh dig
ging through the records to
see what other States have
offered in this category. He
found that what shouldn't
have happened in Atlanta had
parallels in Rhode Island and
Louisiana. In Sundays Edi-
torial Section Mr.. Walsh warns
over an unsavory but interest
ing bit of history.
A diplomats wartime diary
might be expected to make
better-than-average reading,
as in the case of Defeat in
Victory" memoirs of former
Polish Ambassador Jan Gle
chanowski, which Newbold
Noyes, jr., reviews in Sundays
Book Section.
These and q variety of other
features and pictorial displays
will supplement the regular
thorough news coverage in
H. G&,~A-.% &f.r
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Fleming Orders
Easing Of Some
Rent Ceilings
Tells OPA Officials
To Favor Landlords
In Hardship Cases
By Joseph A. Fox

Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
director of the Office of Tempo
rary Controls, said after a White
House conference today that he
had issued orders to iberaliZe
rent ceilings in Hardship cases. Z"
Gen. Fleming said the instructions
were given to OPA officials at con-
ferences here this week. He said
he had advised them in cases of
reasonable doubt to resolve the
doubt in favor of the landlords.
Gen. Fleming explained that the
line is being held on rents and that
these adjustments will only be made
on the basis of comparable costs.
The OTC head talked to report
ers after leaving a cabinet meeting
where he said the subject of rent
control was covered pretty thor
oughly." He emphasized his own
belief that rent control should be
continued beyond June 80, saying
that he was fearful an inflationary
cycle and thousands of evictions
would follow an end of control.
At his news conference late yes
terday President Truman also ex-
pressed conviction that rent control
should be maintained, but said that
was for Congress to decide.
Attorney General Clark, who also
attended the cabinet session, told
reporters that suggestion had been
made that unclaimed Nazi property
in Germany be turned over to dis
placed persons but that the matter
was not taken up at the cabinet
session..
Mr.. Clark did not say where the
suggestion originated
He said that this property for the
most part was monetary" in
cluding personal property and real
estate.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
6. 0.P. Senator
Seeks Audit Of
New Deal Era
Robertson Requests
10 Million to Study
All Agencies Funds
By J. A. O'Leory

A $10,0O0,O0O appropriation to
enable Congress to make a COM
plete audit of all funds spent by
any Government agency from
the beginning of the New Deal,
March 4, 1888, to last December
81 was proposed today by Sena-
tor Robertson, Republican, of
Wyoming.
He introduced a resolution calling
for a special joint committee to SUI
pervise the audit. 1t would be COM
posed of five members each from the
House and Senate Expenditures
Committees.
The audit would be made in CO.
operation with the controller gen.
erals office, the regular agency that
reviews Government accounts. The
joint committee would be author
lied, however, to engage certified
public accounting firms by contract.
The Robertson proposal must be re-
ferred to standing committee be-
fore the Senate acts on it.
Meanwhile, the House Expendi-
lures Committee voted today to join
its Senate counterpart in a new in
|vestigation of war surplus disposal.
Representative Ridley, Republican.
of Oklahoma, who was named chair
man of five-man House subcom-
mittee, gave impetus to the idea Of
holding joint hearings to avoid dup
lication of effort in both houses.
The House and Senate District
Committees also are considering
joint hearings on major subjects
this year.
Chairman Hoffman of the House
Expenditures Committee appointed
Representative Jenkins, Republican,
of Pennsylvania; Snyder, Republic
can, of West Virginia; Holifield,
Democrat, of California, and Dorm,
Democrat, of South Carolina, to
serve with Mr.. Riley.
Mr.. Riley said the subcommit-
tee hopes to avoid going over any
of the ground covered by the
Slaughter Committee of the House
in the last Congress, which centered
its inquiry on the War Assets Ad-
ministration. Mr.. Ridley said the
new investigation will cover all other
agencies having anything to do with
surplus disposal, including the Mari
time Commission, the Agriculture
and Interior Departments and the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
8OO-Pound Sea Leopard Killed
In Antarctic for Smithsonian
By Thomas R. Henry
Stor StoH Correspondent

WITH THE NAVY ANTARCTIC
EXPEDITION, Jan. 24.-An 300
pound sea leopard, man-eater of the
Antarctic and one of the fercest
animals known, was killed last night
on the ice near the Bay of Whales
for the Smithsonian Institution col
lection in Washington.
The huge seal was shot by Capt.
G. F. Kosco, who fired four shots
into its head. It's skin was removed
at once for preservation by Jack E.
Perkins of the Interior Departments
Fish and Wildlife Service. 1t is be-
lieved this will be the first specimen
in any museum of an animal with
the appearance of q reptile and head
like that of prehistoric dinosaur.
This one measured 10 feet inches
long and feet 3 inches in girth.
Several specimens of fierce killers
have been seen since the expedition
reached the Bay of Whales, but they
have been mostly on the icepack
Evening star., 1947-01-24
State Department Can't Find
Anything About Missing Files

patch from washington by wallace
r. Deuel. of the Chicago Daily News,
a portion of which follows:
Some of the State Department S
most carefully guarded secret papers
have disappeared, it was learned
here today.
THE missing documents include
at least part of the security files
on the departn.c own officials
and employees.
These files contain information
collected by undercover operatives
who have investigated the personal
lives and political backgrounds OF
United States diplomats and cleri-
cal employees.
Many such investigations have
been made in order to check the
suitability of personnel for posts OF
trust in the department.
"At least part OF these papers
are now in the possession OF the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, it
is reported. ..
The disappearance of the docu-
ments was discovered when John E.
Peurifoy took up his duties today as
Acting Assistant Secretary OF State
in charge of administration
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Senate Small Business Unit
Extension Seen by 6. 0. P.

Senate Republicans are confident
they will have a majority for ap-
proval of an eight-month extension
of the special Small Business Com
mittee when the issue is voted on at
5 pm. today.
Although Democrats are prepared
to continue their fight against the
renewal of any special committees
in the new Congress, they lost the
decisive round Wednesday, when the
special War Investigating Committee
won a one-year lease on life.
The Democrats contend the con-
tinuation of special committees vio-
lates the spirit of the new Congress
sional Reorganization Act, which re-
grouped all legislative functions in
smaller number of regular COM
mittees. They also argue that ex-
tending the life of one or two special
committees will open the door to
others.
Republicans deny the Reorganiza-
ton Act was intended to bar all
special committees. They agree the
number of such committees should
be restricted, with each case being
decided on its merits.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Murray Carson Sees Himself
As an American Dreyfuss'
Contends Firm Made Great Contribution
To War and Soved u S. $500, ,000, 900
By Miriom Gutenberg

reporter, recalling that Carson was
reported convalescing in Cuba while
the Senate War Investigating Com
mittee was looking into the Carson
munitions combine last summer.
I'm not supposed to make any
statement" Carson replied.
Cuba seemed a safe enough sub
ject, however, so the reporter and
Carson started chatting about it.
Carson recalled he had spent some
time resting there in 1910 until
I felt we'll enough to come back and
try to help win the war"
Carson continued to talk of one
thing and another-anything but
the Indictment h2nded down a few
hours earlier. Mr.. Krouse relaxed
Suddenly, Carson leaped to his
feet.
I've just decided to make a
statement" he doomed. He started
to pace up and down the room.
Mr.. Krouse stiffened. Nov, Muir
ray" he pleaded. We're leaving
statements to Margiotti." (Charles
Evening star., 1947-01-24

At the door of the hotel room,
Allen J. Krouse, Washington at
torney for Henry and Murray
Carson, said he was sorry, there
would be no statement.
Are the Garssons here?" asked
The reporter.
"One of them," parried Mr.
Krouse.
The verbal skirynish that followed
was interrupted suddenly by a voice
booming from the room:
Let the girl come in"
Seated in an easy chair was Muir
ray Carson, who few hours earlier
had been indicted for conspiracy
along with his brother Henry, for
mer Representative May of Ken
lucky and Joseph Freeman.
Even in the soft light, the mans
hair was much grayer and his face
more lined than his pictures had
indicated. Beside him was a ful,
ash tray, and he continued to smoke
constantly, squeezing the butts be-
tween his fingers.
"How do you feel?' asked the
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Colombian AirIines
Transport Missing
By the Assoeioted Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. pam
Avianca Airlines transport was re-
ported missing yesterday on a flight
from Bogota to Barrancabermeja on
the Magdelena River.
The plane, piloted by Clifford Pit
man of Los Nietos, Calf, carried II
persons, including United States cit
liens whose names were not given.
Ground parties and aircraft are
engaged in the search for the
troncrnrf
Evening star., 1947-01-24
|Krug Tells Probers
Inferior Will Expand
Staff in Some Offices
Additional Activities
Cited in Testimony
To Senate Committee
By Joseph Young

Secretary of the Interior Krug
today told the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee that his depart
ment expected to increase rather
than decrease its expenditures
during the coming months.
Mr.. Krug acknowledged that
further personnel cuts in some OF
the departments bureaus can be
made without hurting their ef-
fciency. He added, however, that
additional personnel needed fol
some of Interiors expanding &C.
tivities probably would offset the
reduction.
Appearing before the committee ir
it's investigation of alleged over
stating of personnel in Government
agencies, Mr.. Krug declared much
remained to be done to make the de.
partment as efficient as it might be
He described Interior as "a confed-
Cl dCy Vi Dul AoVllSA oAAeAAA teAl
integrated department."
Indian Bureau Cited.
The Office of Indian Affairs, which
last year spent $40,000,000 in car
ing for the Nations Indians on res
ervations, was named by Mr.. Krug
as one of the bureaus where more
stringent economy measures could
be put into effect.
The bureau has been the focal
point of the committees investiga-
ton thus tar, with Chairman LANCER
and other committee members feel
ing that substantial cut in ex-
penditures could be effected.
Secretary Krug named the Bureau
of Mines: the Geological Survey, the
Park Service and the Bureau Of
Land Management as the agencies
which need to be expanded.
He said that the Geological Sur
vey project sis a basic necessity if
we are to expand the country's min
eral resources"
Likewise, Mr.. Krug said that with
the end of the war the Park Service
will need to, be increased to accom-
modate the increased thousands of
visitors to the country's national
parks.
First Cabinet Witness.
Mr.. Krug was the first Cabinet
officer to appear before the COM
mittee.
After today's hearing, Senator
LANCER announced the group would
begin it's investigation of the Justice
Departments personnel practices
with Attorney General Clark as the
first witness.
This is in line with the committees
new policy of calling on the cabinet
officer of each Government depart
ment as its first witness, rather than
toward the last, as was the case
with the Interior Department.
In response to the committee S
request, Mr.. Krug promised he would
instruct all of his subordinates to
make detailed recommendations to
the group on where they think ad-
1See CIVIL SERVICE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-01-24
BY the Associated Press

Michael j. McDermott, State
Department press officer, said
today that he could find moth
ing to substantiate" a report
that secret papers are missing
from the files of the State De-
partment.
Mr.. McDermott was told at a
news conference that such report
has been published and was asked
for information.
He said that he had inquired of
Undersecretary of. State Acheson,
of Acting Assistant Secretary OF
State John E. Puerifoy and of vari-
ous other responsible officials and
nobody knows anything about this
story"
Mr.. McDermott was then asked,
"Can you say that no papers are
missing?"
st have found nobody in the de-
partment who knows there are any
papers missing" he said. I am
continuing my Investigation
The report that secret papers
uyere missing uas contained in q dis
Evening star., 1947-01-24

edge near the water into which they
would escape, even if badly wounded.
This one was spotted about half a
mile inland.
Only slow locomotion on ice or
land prevents the sea leopard from
being one of the most dangerous
animals living. 1t will attack man
and probably could slash off a leg
or arm with its sharp curved teeth
and the strength of its great leg
muscles. 1t lives chiefly on penguin
and other seals as large as itself. Its
dark gray fur is mottled with black
and silver. The animal is usually
seen alone on the ice. never in packs
like other seals, and is always alert
instead of sleeping as are most
others.
The Bay of Whales area is one OF
few where dinosaur- like creatures
are found. One of the last requests
of DR.. William Mann, director OF
(See HENRY, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1947-01-24
u. ), Observers Find
Many Violations Of
Polish Law in Vote
People Have Attitude Of
'Cynicism, Submission
Warsaw Embassy Told
BY the Associated Press

WARSAW, Jan. 24-United
States Embassy observers re-
ported to Ambassador Arthur
Bliss Lane today that the atti-
tude of the Polish people to the
parliamentary elections was one
of "cynicism, hopelessness, fear
and abject submission"
The reports told of Illustration
and regimentation" among the ma
tion's voters and attributed the con-
dition to intimidation exercised by
the pro-government bloc parties,
aided by armed forces which pro-
duced what was described as mass
open voting and long list OF vio-
lations of the Polish constitution
and election laws.
The Ambassador said he would
send detailed reports to Washington
next Wednesday.
Embassy personnel and other
Americans visited all the important
sectors of Poland before and during
Sundays election.
Voters Afraid to- Talk.
Asked his opinion on the reports,
the Ambassador said his own views
were the same as those of the Amer :
ican Government in notes which
were submitted to Moscow and War
saw and which, in advance OF the
balloting, scored the election setup
as being neither free nor unfettered.
Embassy observers reported that
everywhere they found voters feared
to talk about the elections and teit
the results were a foregone con-
clusion.
Reports from those who visited the
polls in the cities of Wroclaw (Bres-
lauD, Krakow, KatoWice, Gdansk
Danzig), Lublin, Posnan Posen)
and Warsaw recited numerous vlo-
lations of secrecy of voting by tens
of thousands.
Observers said there were many
arrests of members OF the Psi
(Polish Peasant Party, that one jail
in Kielce had 1000 prisoners and
there was large-scale pressure by
security police to force the Poles TO
vote pro-bloc.
Armed Attacks Cited
The reports cited armed attacks
against PSI district headquarters,
and mass disenfranchisement OF
voters. The reports told of no place
which had booths for secret voting
In Lublin the voting was dis
orderly and probably thousands
we're unable to cast their ballots be-
fore the polls closed, the invest1-
gators said. In many precincts only
those openly pro-block were afford
ed the first opportunity to vote, they
added.
The embassy reported it had little
information on the. counting OF bal
lots. But in many places there were
no watchers for the Polish Peasant
Party and that party was not rep
resented on the election commission.
The British embassy also is pre-
pairing a report to London.
Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikola jczyk
asserted yesterday that the govern
ment bloc had robbed his Polish
Peasant Party of victory in Sundays
balloting and that IAN honest and
Co. DOT AND pace AL
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Water Tank Break
Floods 8 Top Floors
OF 30-Story Hotel
by the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. a.
Fifty thousand gallons of water
flooded the eight top floors of
the 30-story Drake Hotel, then
spilled out open windows into
the street, creating a number
of miniature waterfalls.
A broken connection to huge
tank on top of the hotel was re-
sponsible for the flood.
Guests were evacuated from
virtually all of the hotels 750
rooms as water gushed nearly
waist deep through corridors
and down stairWayS.
Sub = freezing temperatures
froze the water after it hit the
street forcing re-routing of
traffic temporarily.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Bulletin
Jury Gets Turnoge Case

The case of United States
Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage went to the jury at
$50 pm. today shortly after
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert d. Wise, in the prose-
cution rebuttal, had denounced
"the police work in this case"
as "stinking to high heaven"
The commissioner is on trial
on a charge of driving while
drunk.
Earlier Story on Page BID
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Patterson Disapproves
Appeal by 5Dismissed
On Communist Charge
Involved Officials of
UPWA at Aberdeen
Proving Ground
By Nelson M. Shepard

Secretary of War Patterson has
disapproved appeals in the cases
of five former civilian employees
who were fired from jobs at the
Aberdeen (Md.) Proving Ground
seven months ago on charges
they were members of the Com
munist Party, it was learned Off
cially today.
The five were officials of Local $50
of the United Public Workers of
America (CIO). on whose behalf
CIO President Philip Murray had
asked Mr.. Patterson to intercede.
Their dismissal last June 26 was
not admitted until a month later at
the Armys ordnance installation,
scene then of secret testing of rock
cts, other guided missiles and atomic
bomb defense techniques. Aberdeen
officials, however, claimed none of
the union oNcials was working on
any classified secret project at that
time.
mFlaxer Charges "Scare."
Abram Flaxer, international pres
ident of UPWA, however, charged
the announcement was a War De-
partment effort "to create a scandal
out spy scare on the eve of a House
vote to determine the control of
atomic energy.
The men were identified as:
Harry Spector, president of Local
$50, employed for five years as all
ordnance engineer.
Phil Weiss, trustee and chairman
of the Organizing Committee of
Local $50, employed as - physicist.
Irving Spector, chairman of the
unions Grievance Committee, and
World War II veteran, an engineer
Abraham Kotelchuck, a physicist
and chairman of the unions Educa-
ton and Legislative Committee.
Rheabel Mendelsohn, secretary,
local $50, a statistician.
SOuSnL fuDlIC nearing.
A War Department official at the
time said the men were dismissed
under public law 80S, a wartime
authorizing the War and
Navy Departments to dismiss any
employe "in the interests of ma
tional security" without specifically
divulging the charges against them.
In appealing from the dismissal
order, the five employees asked for
a public hearing and denied they
ever had been or were then men,
bers of the Communist Party or any
affiliate.
They charged, also, they were vic
Tins of a War Departments "all-
out union breaking campaign"
In revealing Mr.. Patterson's final
disapproval of their appeals to a
board of review, War Department
spokesman said today leach case
was considered individually and each
disposed of on its merits The ap-
peals were filed laast July.
The American Civil Liberties Un-
ion on August % joined Mr.. Murray
in asking the War Secretary that
the traditional rights of due proc
ess" be accorded the five union Off
cials.
In reply, Mr.. Patterson wrote the
union head he was giving very seri-
GUS consideration" to questions
raised by him in asking for inter-
cession.
Three of the cases were decided
some time ago, it was learned, but an
announcement was withheld until
the the Secretary had disposed of
all five. So far as the War Depart
ment is concerned, it was indicated,
the matter has been closed.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Flyers. 68 ond 70, Killed

ROSWELL, N. Mex, Jan. "a tP.-
Two brothers-one 68, the other 10
died in the crash of their light
plane yesterday IS miles southwest
of Roswell. The men, A. C. and
George Hendricks, owned the Flying
H. Ranch.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Bandits Get $4,000
From Brooklyn Eagle
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. "a. Two
masked men entered the Brooklyn
Eagles business Office, held up a
girl cashier and escaped with a
weekly payroll of approximately
$4,000 today.
The holdup pair walked quickly
through the frst-foor business Of
flee where dozens of people were
working. They went straight to the
cashier cage which was encircled
by wire and bars rising halfway to
the ceiling.
One man pulled a gun and held
up the girl, who was the only occu-
pant of the cage. The second man
scrambled over the top of the cage,
seized canvas bag containing the
payroll and clambered back.
They then ran to the street where
two other men awaited them in a
car and made a quick getaway.
w. F. Crowell, business manager
of the newspaper, said the loss was
about $4,000. Armed guards had
brought the payroll to the cashiers
cage not long before the holdup
men made their appearance.
WESTFORD, Mass, Jan. "a fP1.-
Four men, armed with pistols, today
robbed the Forge Village plant OF
the Abbott Worsted Co. of the bulk
of a $4,000 payroll.
The office force of eight men and
women said the quartet entered the
office 20 minutes after the payroll
had been delivered by a Lowell bank
messenger in an armored car. AT
pistol point, the employees were
herded to the cellar and compelled
to remain on the floor while three
of the robbers secured the money
State police said they took s31. 1.ooC
OF the $4,000 payroll.
Evening star., 1947-01-24

The report that secret papers
were missing was contained in dis
Evening star., 1947-01-24

(See CHASE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-01-24

lSee POLAND, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1947-01-24

See GUTENBERG, Page A-6.