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Evening star., 1947-05-21
-Four Hurt as Locomotive
Hits Slab Set on Track
BY the Assoeiaied Press

OAKLAND, Calf, May 21-Four
crewmen were injured yesterday as
a Western FAcific locomotive hit an
obstruction on the tracks at Decoto,
20 miles southwest of here.
The most seriously injured were
Engineer Ray Cope. 81, Of San Jose,
and Firemen r. c. Kennedy. Al, of
Stockton.
Mr.. Cope said the locomotive
turned end over end" as 1t hit a
concrete block. The engine was
demolished.
The other injured were John Nc
Cam, 54. San Francisco, a news
agent, and Ruel Packard, SO, San
Francisco, baggagenlan.
All four we're treated for cuts and
bruises.
A preliminary report by the rail-
road said the block had been placed
deliberately on the track.
Railroad investigators said the
slab. several inches thick and more
than a foot square, was the top of
a water meter box.
The westbound Exposition Flyer
from Chicago passed over the wreck
spot about am. yesterday. 4 hours
before the wreck.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
.Roxas Plane Carrying
IS Missing in Wlds
by the A.soeio.sd Press

MANILA, May 81. - President
Manuel A. Roxas tonight announced
the loss OF the presidential plane,
Lily Marlene, in the wilds Of North
ern Cotabato in Mindanao.
The plane was carrying from II
to Is government officials.
The four -engine C-54. formerly
the personal plane of Lord Louis
Mountbatten, was last heard from
at 8 am. Sunday when it took
of from Buayas Airield at Gotta
bato bound for Bacolod, Negros
Island.
The list of passengers given out
by Roxas included Judge Francisco
Zulueta, Rafael Alunan, Col. Ed
win Andrews, chief Of the Philippine
Army Air Force. and DR.. Alfredo
Parades.
The Lily Marlene carried q crew
OF eight. It was scheduled to fly
TO Paris to return Vice President
Elpidio Quirino and his party to
the Philippines.
Army. Navy and commercial air.
lines planes viii join today in hunt
ing for the missing aircraftf
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By Miriom Gutenberg

The Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution today advocated
II resolutions aimed at fighting
Communism, maintaining imni-
grafton and naturalization bar
riers and opposing Federal aid
to education, proposals which
would place education control
in the hands Of the Govern
ment."
Members Of the patriotic So
ciety also commended Secretary OF
State Marshall "for his courageous
determination to uphold funda-
mental principles without compro-
mise; advocated adequate paw for
teachers and commended President
Truman for his loyalty inyestiga-
ton.
ssnefore afioutinr the resolutions
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By the Asseeiatsd Press

Employees who strike against the
Government forfeit not only their
jobs but their right to undelivered
pay for work done before they walk
out. Controller General Lindsay G.
Warren ruled today.
His decision came in a case in
volving three union carpenters who
were employed by the Veterans Ad-
ministration in remodelling its
Waco (Tex9 center.
MI. Warren notified Veterans
Administrator Bradley that the VA
had been right in not only removing
the men from its payroll but also re-
fusing to deliver salary checks COW
ering work before the strike.
The ruling constituted an inter-
probation of the Law passed by Con-
gress last year forbidding payment
OF wages or salaries to any one strik-
ing against the Government or
holding membership in an organiza-
ton Of employees claiming . right to
strike against II.
Mr.. Warren held that IL Is tim
material" whether an undeliyered
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Flour Piles Up in Manila
Amid Hunger in Far East
BY The Associated Press

MANILA, May 21.- Philippine
-four importers reported a 10000
ton surplus today In the midst of
hunger in the Orient
Importers asked the government
to lift its ban on the re-export of
-four, saying 100000 sacks had
piled up in Manila. The Manila
Bulletin said -four was rotting on
the docks.
Flour importers estimated earlier
this week that the supply on hand
would last the Philippines until next
November. The, Bulletin said the
best American flour deteriorates
after four months in storage here,
and much of the surplus began ar
irving in January,
Gov. Silvino M, Gumpal of Isa-
bella Province told government
authorities that 5000 inhabitants
of the remote town of Palanan on
the east coast of Luzon were dying
of famine.
He said food was scarce there due
to two typhoons last year which de-
stroyed all stored grain as we'll as
standing crops.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Two Top Army Flyers,
5 Others Die in Crash
~ The Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN. H., May 21.--Two
top Army flying officers and f1ve
other soldiers were killed last night
when B-25 crashed in cornfeld
near here during Violent thunder
storm. the Army announced today.
The dead included Col. Raymond
E. O'NeilI. So, 30-year Army vet
eran OF both wars and AAF balloon
expert, and Col. George e. Wnatley,
As. who had served in the Army
since 1925 and headed the mobile
training unit at Chanute Field, near
Champaign.
Col. O'Neill, who was brigadier
general in World War II, coln-
manded Chanute Field from 1910 to
1914 and later was executive ofacer.
He was born in Port Townsend.
Wash. Col. Whatley was . native
of Texas.
Their ship was bound for Cha
mute Field from Cheyenne, WyoEn,
at the time o fthe crackup last night.
The wreckage OF the plane, strewn
over a wide area about Is miles
north Of Champaign, was found
early today.
It was last heard from at 10:47
pm by radio contact as 1t passed
Burlington, Iowa, police said.
Ekke F1esner, in whose freshly
planted cornfield the ship crashed,
said aan awful thump' awakened
him last night. He went TO q win.
dow and peered out. Seeing nothing
in the drenching rain, he went back
to sleep.
This morning, Mr.. Flesner said,
his brother -in-law called him and
asked what's that In your fieId?"
Mr.. F1esner went out and found
the pieces Of the plane and counted
seven bodies. /.
The body Of the ship lay about
$50 yards from the Fiesner resi-.
dcnce and the motors quarter
mile away. The plane - not burn.
X
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Accord Is Reported
On Major 0bjeetives
OF Service Merger,
Gurney Hopes Committee
Will Approve Moior Port
OF Bill Tomorrow
sx me A..oeiated Press

Chairman Gurney of the Sem
ate Armed Services Committee
said the committee tentatively
agreed" today to a provision set
ting forth the basic aims OF
President Truman's bill to unity
the armed forces.
|. He hopes the committee will act
finally on it tomorrow, Senator Cur
ney told newsmep after a commit
tee session behind closed doors.
"No specific amendments were &C
tually adopted" he said, '"but q
clearer definition of the Secretary s
power was quite generally tentatively
agreed to-"
The section of the bill under dis
cussion deals with the authority Of
"a proposed Secretary of National
Defense, who would head up three
separate branches-the Army, Navy
and Air Forces.
Later Amendments Possible.
Senator Gurney said the action
will not in any way shut out later
any. specific amendments or substi-
tutes for sections of the bill"
He refused to say exactly what
the new definition Of the so-called
supersecretary's powers will provide,
asserting that it will be only gen.
eral rewording.
Senator Gurney said 1t will prob
ably take three or four more meet
lings for the committee to agree on
its final action, but the section dis
Icussed today. he added, lis the con-
trolling part of the BILL
Undoubtedly clause will be
adopted that retains in the Depart
ments of Navy, Army and Air Forces
all their present powers not spe-
Ecifically given to the Secretary Of
National Defense In this act" he
said.
House Group Sidetracks Issue.
Several opponents of the adrain-
Iistration bill had predicted that any
showdown over the proposal would
tSee UNIFICATIoN, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-05-21
OAR to Fight Reds, Oppose
Easing Of Immigration Law
Resolution Hits Federal Aid to Education;
Trumon Praised for Stund on Subversives

the delegates to the
society's 56th Continental congress
heard defense of the white artists
only" policy in Constitution Hall
and q charge that unfavorable COM
ments on the society's hall policy
were usually inspired by publicity
seekers or radical groups trying to
exploit some minority"
The delegates specifically went on
record against an amendment to
the Nationality Act which would
permit veterans parents who are
SO years old and have lived in the
United States since July l, 1924,
to become citizens without having
to be able to read, write or speak
the English language.
Before voting. on this resolution,
the delegates heard Mrs. William
A. Becker, national defense chair
man, declare passage Of the bill
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Forenlen Strike
Al Three Detroit
Ford Plants
Union Says Wolkout
Will Holt Production
Within 10 Days
sy ,he Asseeiased Press

DETROIT, May 21-An esti-
mated $500 foremen began q
strike at the Ford Motor Co. at
10 am. today.
The company said its River Rouge
and Lincoln plants were first affect
ed. There was no immediate report
on the Highland Park unit. AL are
In the Detroit area.
initial reports indicated the strike
affected only Detroit plants.
There was no immediate comment
from the company after the Fore
mems Association of America Or
dered its members off the job. A
later statement was promised.
Unanimous Strike Vote.
Robert H. Keys, president OF the
independent union, said the strike
received unanimous approval OF the
Ford Chapter of the FAA last night.
A spokesman for the union pre-
dicted the walkout would halt auto
mobile production at Ford within
10 days"
The FAk filed its strike notice
April II and the 30-day waiting
period, which expired Saturday. was
extended to permit conference
with company officials earlier this
week.
A contract between the company
and the union was terminated al
most simultaneously by both sides
early in April. Ford later offered
one-year renewal of the pact.
Mr.. Keys outlined the chief issues
at dispute as raiding of ranks of the
unionized foremen at Ford, failure
to equalize the wage structure, rec
ognition, shift 3 differentials and
overtime pay. and what he labeled
arbitrary actions of the COM
pany."
Ford Was in Conference.
Mr.. Keys said picket lines would
be established "for supervisory en-
ployes only" and that CIO United
Auto Workers In the three Ford
plants here would not be asked to
respect them. ,-.
The union leader said Henry Ford
II took part in a two-hour con-
ference yesterday that ended in
deadlock.
He said the company demanded
a renewal of the old contract with
no amendment" for one year, while
the FAA insisted on certain altera-
tiot,s IN the terms.
with our contract terminated, we
felt free to strike" Mr.. Keys added.
The Foreman's Association struck
the Ford plant twice before obtain
ing its first contract In 1914. There
had been no strikes since that time
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Labor Bill 10 Reach
President in Week,
EIIender Predicts
Senator Says conferees
Will Complete Droft
By Next Wednesday
BY the Assoeioted Press

Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana predicted today that
Congress will send the final
draft of a labor bill to the White
House by next Wednesday.
The Louisiana Senator told a
reporter the conferees compromising
differences between widely differing
House and Senate bills probably
will finish all but few details of
its job by Friday. Senator Ellender
is one of the conferees.
We'll be ready for a vote on the
conference agreement in both
Houses by next Tuesday or Wednes-
day at the latest Senator Ellender
said.
Plan Day-Long Meetings.
He offered this forecast as the
conferees assembled today for their
fourth session. The plan is to hold
day-lo.3g meetings the rest of the
week, rather than just morning dis
cussions as heretofore.
THE whole thing has been going
along much better and faster than
1 had anticipated" Senator Ellender
declared.
The principal reason for this Is
that House conferees have been far
more willing to abandon provisions
exclusive to their bill than the
Senate group expected.
Senator Ellender said he still is
convinced that the final version will
be fundamentally the same" as the
bill approved by the Senate. The
House measure has more union
curbing provisions, including a near
blanket ban on industry-wide collec-
tive bargaining.
Agree on Enlarging NLRB.
The House already has yielded to
the Senate, subject to a final vote
later, on a provision which would
have scrapped the National Labor
Relations Board in favor of new
labor management relations board.
An agreement reached yesterday
calls for enlarging the NLRB from
the present three to seven members.
This is the Senate version.
The conferees have passed over
temporarily several House provi-
sions the Senate group opposes, but
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio,
chairman of the conferees, indicated
the House members plan to yield on
all of these.
They include ban on sympathy
strikes, monopolistic strikes and the
practice of forcing employers to hire
more men than are needed on q
given job. This is called feather
bedding"
Difficulties Cited.
Sen. Taft said the "feather-bed-s :
ding" prohibition would impose on
the courts the almost impossible"
task of determining how many men
are needed for given jobs. He cited
the difficulty of trying to decide,
for example. how many bricks a man
should be able to lay in day.
He said the sympathy strike ban
seems to outlaw any strike which
does not deal with wages, hours or
working conditions"
As for the monopolistic strike ban,
Benator Taft said the Senate group
is opposed to it UNDER any circum-
stances because 1t would have the
effect of outlawing industry wide
bargaining. ~
Evening star., 1947-05-21
President S Mother Has Chance
To Recover, Physician Says
Gen. Grohom Says Everything Depends on Will
Ofo4-Yeur-O Old Mrs. Martha Trumon to Live

arose, and then, when he break
tasted in the Muehlbach Hotel here,
he drove out to Grandview.
He did not take his customary
walk this morning.
Mr.. Truman told reporters his
mother was doing as well as could
be expected.
Mrs. Truman, whose fight" has
amazed physicians since serious
heart condition developed Saturday,
insisted this morning on having
wheat cakes for breakfast, saying
that she wanted to enjoy some Of
the Vermont maple sirup sent her by
William D. Hassett, one of the White
House secretaries.
Mrs. Truman rallied surprisingly
last night, shortly after Mr.. Truman
left her bedside In the small frame
cottage to spend the night at his
hotel here.
The news of Mother Truman's
gain came within two hours after
Tr-- r~TnF ANY -. 4 -
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Bulletins
Vote Probe Funds Granted

The Senate today voted an
additional SS5,000 to finance
inquiries of a subcommittee on
elections into two disputed
senatorial contests, including
the Maryland fight by d. John
Markey, Republican, to unseat
Democratic Senator O'Conor.
The committee already had
S35,000 to start its work.
Earlier Story on Page A-30
Jim Grow Coach Blasted
FORT WORTH, Tex. "a
mysterious explosion blasted
windows from a Santa Fe jim
Crow" passenger coach q few
miles north of Ardomre, Okla,
early today. Two persons were
slightly injured. The coach
had been picked up at Newton,
Kans., and was en- route to
Dallas. Instead it was brought
here, where FBI explosives ex-
perts were called in. A rail-
road special agent said the
blast apparently originated
from the top Of . water cooler.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
haySaysHeC Contacted
Army for Garssons
As Part Of House Job
Testifies Congress Told
Committee He Headed
To Check War Effort
By Robert K. Welsh

Former Representative An
drew ]. May testified at his Dis
trict Court trial this afternoon
that he made numerous tele-
phoe calls and wrote many let
ters to high War Department
officials in behalf of the Carson
munitions combine because the
House Military Affairs Commit
tee, of which he was chairman,
was specifically instructed by
Congress to investigate the prog
Iress of the war effort.
Government prosecutors objected
to Introduction II 4 copy Of TIE
Congressional resolution. They de-
clared "it would be just as relevant
to introduce the Ten Command
nents,- but the court permitted the
document to be introduced when
defense counsel claimed they would
provide specific evidence that Mays
activities were related directly to 1t.
May was on the stand for the
fourth day in his trial with the
Carson brothers on charges OF con-
spiracy to defraud the United
States. The Government declares
the Garssons paid May more than
s53, 900 in reutrn for wartime fayors
he got for them.
Earlier today May testified that
81, 900 of a S., 900 check he deposited
in a Washington bank after receiv-
ing 1t from Murray Carson In Au-
gust, 1914, went to pay Camber-
land Lumber Co. note and Carson
lawyer, who since has died.
He gave the remaining $1,000 in
cash to Joseph F. Freeman, Wash
ington agent for the Carson mu-
nitions combine, to be returned to
Murray Carson, he asserted.
This testimony came in the course
Of a point point explanation of
the way he said he disposed of a
TcS-- - ArCCONT "A. - 4 <
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Nozi Sea Ruider cuptoin
Sentenced to 10 Years
ev the As,ocjctcd Press

HAMBURG, May 21.--Helmuth
Won Ruckteschell, 57-year-old Ger
man naval officer, was sentenced to
10 years Imprisonment by a British
military court today after his con-
viction on charges Of violating the
rules of war while commanding q
surface raider in the South Atlantic.
The charges on which he was
convicted included firing on mer-
chant ships after they had given
the signal to abandon ship. firing
on seamen In lifeboats and making
no provision for the safety OF sur.
yivors.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
4O9 Fund Slash
F||orAgric!u||liu'|Ire II
UrgedbyG. 0. P
Overall Cut Moy Top
450 Million. House
Members Believe
BY the A.soeiaied Press

House Appropriations Conn
mittee members reported today
additional cuts have been rec
commended to reduce the Ag-
riculture Departments 1948
budget of $1,000, 600. 900 by al
most 40 per cent.
The subcommittee In charge Of
the bill met in closed session today.
Members said privately they were
asked by party leaders to find new
places in which to make cuts.
The House Republican Steering
Committee met early this week and
Speaker Martin reported some
members had complained that pre-
liminary recommendations for re-
ductions in the Agriculture Bill were
inadequate.
The House made an II per cent
cut in President Truman's estimates
in passing So, ass, ,791, 100 Navy sup
ply bill yesterday.
Cut win Exceed $50 Million.
Members who attended today's
meeting said the overall cut In Ag-
riculture Departments budget for
the year beginning July /, would be
more than $450, ,00O, 900. The budget
calls for approximately $i,20o ,000,-
600, including about $l45 ,000, 900 IN
customs collections which the de-
partment has used In the past Tor
its various programs. This fund
has been known as Section "
money.
In addition to recommending cam
collation. OF this fund, committees
members said, the subcommittee
has voted to cut around $3l5, ,OO0, 900
from new appropriation requests OF
$944, 900, 900. Certain recurring ap-
propriations fixed by law make up
the remainder of the budget.
The subcommittee recommends
tions 20 before the full Appropria-
tions Committee Friday, with the
bill scheduled for House debate next
week.
The Section 80" funds represent
30 per cent of gross receipts from
customs collections and have been
used in the past to finance farm
programs. They have been ear
marked for projects designed TO
encourage both foreign and do
mestic consumption of agricultural
commodities and products.
Passed by Voice Vote.
There was little controversy yes.
terday when. after four nours cf
debate and by a voice vote with
only about 100 members present,
the House sent to the Senate the
IS, ,4ee, ,76l 100 Navy supply bin fcr
next year.
Several attempts to restore part
OF the $377.519, 200 cut from the
bill by the Appropriations Commit.
tee were defeated by voice votes.
However. big Navy" advocates had
agreed in advance to make their
main fight in the Senate.
The House acted despite asser-
tions from Democrats led by Repre-
sentative Thomas Of Texas that the
reductions would cause cut OF
10000 In the uniformed strength OF
the Navy and $4,000 In the Marine
Corps next year.
Republicans headed by Repre-
sentative Plurnley Of Vermont irl-
sisted that the funds recommended
are sufficient to insure Navy
sufficiently strong to protect the
United States in the event OF any
emergency or catastrophe.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
s35O, 100000 Fund
For Foreign Relief
Approved by House
Move to Reeommit Bill
With View Of Slash to
200 Million Detected
BULLETIN

Bipartisan foreign policy
won another victory in Con-
gress today when the House
yielded to the Senate on a
$3.50, 900, 600 general foreign
relief bill. BY a vote OF 205 to
ITO, the House defeated move
to recommit the bill to confer
ence with instructions to insist
on holding the fund to $780,
900, 900, which the House pre-
viously had voted. Final House
ratification of the full $780,
100000 was expected to be
voted swiftly.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Doomed Nuzi Hangs Self

WARSAW, May 81 Pl.-Karl Gal
lasch, wartime commandant of Ger
manys Gross-Rosen concentration
camp. who was sentenced to death
for killing several thousand war
prisoners, hanged himself In prison
cell at Wroclaw, 1t was officially
announced TODAY.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By Joseph A. Fox
sior StoH Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 21.-
President Truman said this
morning that his mother was
holding her own" but he added
that she did not have a good
night.
The President called at the
Grandview home OF the 94-year-old
Mrs. Martha Truman soon after he
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By Newbold Moves, Jr.

Carl A. MarZan1 teStlfled In
District Court today that he
picked targets for the Doolittle
aerial raids on Tokyo.
The 35-year-old Arlington man, a
former State Department employe
accused of having concealed Com
munist Party Affiliations from Gov
ernment loyalty" examiners, said
his name appears on the map desig-
mating which of 300 possible targets
in Tokyo were to be hit. He said he
picked IS.
do you mean that you personally
chose the spots On the map Wilere
the bombs were to be dropped?''
asked John M. Kelley, jr, Govern
ment prosecutor. i
'sYes sir, / did. picked the fac
tories, that is-not necessarily their
geographic location" Marzani said
Asked when the Tokyo raid oc-
Cured, Marzani said he did not
remember exactly. but thought ii
was several months" after he had
picked the targets. Mr.. Kelley re-
minded him the raid was on April
18, 1912. Marzani had admitted he
first went to work for the Once OF
Strategic Services on March 7, 1912
Obviously" said Marzani, my
recollection as to when the raid oc-
CURED Is at fault"
Justice Richmond B. Keech told
the, jury later that prosecution and
defense counsel had agreed Marzani
had not meant to testify that the
targets chosen by him were bombed
by the Doolittle flyers. The agreed
testimony, Justice Keech said, was
that targets chosen by Marzani may
or may not have been bombed.
In his cross-examination of the
witness, Mr.. Kelley brought out the
Evening star., 1947-05-21
BULLETIN

GRANDVIEW, Mo. R.-
President Truman's personal
physician today gave his 81
year-old mother a chance for
recovery If she maintains her
present gradual improvement.
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham
said everything depends on
Mrs. Martha E. Truman's will
to live.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

eSee FOREIGN, Page A-5D
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See OAR, Page A-51
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(See CARSON, Page A-4.)
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(See TRUMAN, Page A-5.)
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(See WARRANT, Page Az
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Marzani Tells Court
He Picked Targets
For First Tokyo Raid
Ex-Stote Department Aide
Quizzed on War Work
In 'LoyoIty' TrioI
BULLETIN

The defense in the Marzani
case rested at LIS pm. today,
Justice Richmond B. Keech
Immediately recessed the court
until 10 am. tomorrow, when
prosecution and defense coun-
sells will present their final ar
guments to the jury.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

Before Adopting the resolutions