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Evening star., 1947-06-06
Pepper to Stick to Democrats,
But Will Push Wallace Ideus

Of the people," the florida Senator
said. "It must be the peoples party
as contrasted to the Republican,
which is the party of privilege.
I'm going to do everything / can
to make it the liberal party"
But come what may. Senator Pep
per said, he will stick with the
Democrats.
And unlike Mr.. Wallace, he said
that if President Truman is the
1948 nominee. he will fight for his
election.
At a news conference in Raleigh,
N. c., yesterday Mr.. Wallace was
asked directly If he would support
Mr. Truman for reelection.
That depends on" he said,
(See DEMOCRATS, Page A-3.l
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Judge Denies Having
FBI Report When He
Opposed Vote Probe
Two Other Missouri
Jurists Wait to Testify
Before Senute Group
By J. A. O'Leory

Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves
of Missouri told Senate Judi
ciary Subcommittee today that
when he recommended against
calling a Federal grand jury last
fail to look into charges of Dem
ocratic primary irregularities in
Kansas City he had only a
synopsis of the complaints and
not the text of the FBI report.
He testified, however, that United
States Attorney Sam Wear, who
asked his advice about the need for
a Federal grand jury. told him the
FBI report was available.
Judge Reeves said also he has no
recollection of having seen or heard
of transmittal OF the letter which FBI
Agent Dwight Brantley addressed to
the district attorney, putting him
on notice that the FBI report was
not the result of an investigation by
FBI agents, but merely compila-
ton Of data obtained from the Kan
sas City Star and the Board of
Elections.
Wear Seeks to Interrupt.
Don't you think if you had been
told it was not an FBI investigation
you might have taken a different
view?" asked Chairman Ferguson.
I'VE were very busy in the west
ern district of Missouri at that time,
Senator" the judge replied. Il don't
know what I would have done"
did you think this was synopsis
of real investigation by the FBI?"
Senator Ferguson asked.
The judge said that was what he
thought.
When Mr.. Wear sought to inter-
rupt, Senator Ferguson stopped him
and another of the frequent verbal
clashes between committee members
ensued. Senator Ferguson told the
district attorney he would have
chance to testify later.
Indictment Returned Later.
The Michigan Senator finally per-
mitted Mr.. Wear to say that he had
called Judge Reeves attention, in
an opening paragraph of the data
submitted to him, that it was made
up of information gathered by the
Kansas City Star.
Senator Ferguson brought out by
further questions that there was a
distinct difference between calling
a Federal grand jury and deciding
whether further investigation was
necessary and obtained from Judge
Reeves statement that he had
merely given the opinion that the
information he had at that time did
not warrant calling grand jury.
In recent weeks grand jury has
returned IS indictments, and the
Senate subcommittee is seeking to
find out why Federal authorities
did not pursue the matter last fall
Following the returning of the in
dictments under State law, some of
the ballots disappeared last week,
and the FBI has now embarked on
a full-scale inquiry.
Two other Missouri Federal judges
John c. Collet and Albert A.
Ridge-who likewise were consulted
by the District Attorney last fall,
are waiting to testify.
Complaints Based on Primary.
Judge Reeves is the father of
Representative Albert L. Reeves, jr.,
Republican. of Missouri. who won
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Budget Bureau Backs
Retirement Refunds
ToDismissed Workers
Mistake in BIonketine
Wor Service Employees in
System Is Admitted
By joseph Youno

The Budget Bureau today an
nounced its support of legislation
to permit dismissed Federal
workers to withdraw their con-
tributions to the civil service re-
tirement system.
Budget Bureau officials said the
administration was heartily in ac-
cord" with the proposal to alleviate
the financial plight of these en-
ployes by allowing them to withdraw
sums ranging from $500 to more
than $1,000.
The officials pointed out the leg
islation would not cost the United
States Government anything what
ever and, in fact, would result in
some savings. They said it costs
the Government many thousands of
dollars to keep the voluminous book
keeping records of these employees
until they reach the retirement age
and afterward.
Two Measures on File.
The legislation was introduced by
Representative Jones, Republican, of
Washington, a member of the House
Civil Service Committee The pro-
vision also is contained in the
omnibus Langer-Chavez bill to
liberalize the civil service retirement
system.
In announcing the administra-
tion's support of the legislation
Budget Bureau officials revealed
they now consider it a mistake to
have blanketed war-service en-
.ployes under the retirement system
in the first place.
Every one should nave known
that most war service employees
would lose their jobs at the end of
the wal and wouldn't be working
for the Government when they
reached retirement age" top off
cial said. What should have been
(See RETIREMENT Page Al
Evening star., 1947-06-06
BY the Asxoeiotsd Press

BUDAPEST. June 6.-Matyas Ra-
koSi, Hungary's No. 1 Communist
and virtual dictator, has told factory
workers that his party took over
control of this country before the
United States could rub its eyes"
We were able to solve the crisis
before the foreign press, good and
bad, was able to intervene" Rakosi
said Before the United States
could rub its eyes, everything was
perfectly put over.
Such task could only be car
rled out when democracy is united
and is led by the brave and iron
listed Communist Party, conscious
of its aims.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
BY the Associated Press

President Truman, putting off
a final decision on the income
tax cut bill, left by air today for
a weekend reunion with World
War I buddies in Kansas City.
The Presidents plane, the Sacred
Cow, took off from the National
Airport at 8:42 am. for the flight,
which normally requires a little
more than four hours,
Mr.. Truman will attend a reunion
of the 35th Division with which
he served in France as a battery
commander in the 129th Field Artil-
lery. He will speak tomorrow night
at memorial ceremonies for the
divisions dead of two World Wars.
He told reporters at the airport
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Bulgar Opposition Leader
Held on Conspiracy Charge
By the Associoted Press

SOFIA, June 6.-Nikolai Petkov.
leader of the opposition Agrarian
Party, was arrested today and held
for trial on charges of conspiring
against Bulgaria's Communications
mated government.
The arrest followed a six-hour
debate in Parliament on a govern
ment prosecutors demand that Mr..
Petkov be deprived of immunity as
a i,ember of the Chamber of Dep
utic7 in order to be brought to trial.
Tic prosecutor charged that Mr..
Petkoy had had close connections
with a military club" and a "neu-
trail officer" who, he said, had par
ticipated in conspiracies against the
government.
BUCHAREST, June s (P).-Pre-
mier Petru Groza and a delegation
OF Romanian Ministers left for Bel
grade today for visit. The dele
CATION which included Foreign Mini
ster George Tatarescu and repre-
resentatives of all four principle
government parties, later will visit
Sofia, Bulgaria.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
WALLACE SAYS WORLD needs
peace treaty between U. S. and
Soyiets. Page Az
By the Assoe;oieJ Press

Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida said today he is going to
stick with the Democratic Party
through thick and thin, but will
fight along with Henry A. Wallace
to make it ''the liberal party"
Senator Pepper told a reporter
he thinks the present Democratic
leadership had better take heed of
what Mr. Wallace is saying or it
may find some of the citizens whose
support it needs staying away from
the polls in November, 1913
The Democratic leadership can
not afford to neglect the interests
Evening star., 1947-06-06
BULLETIN

KANSAS CITY lPl.-Presi-
dent Truman and Gen. Eisen-
hover arrived today to attend
the reunion of the 35th Divi-
sion. Their plane landed at
the airport here at 1:35 pm.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Snead With IS Breaks
Prince Georges Mark;
); Has 1871 for 36 Holes
Wright and Poyton Post
l34s and Roger Peacock
Comes Through With 1876
BULLETIN

Ed Furgol set a new course
record of 63 strokes, nine
under par, with brides on the
last three holes. Furgol had rs
yesterday. Bobby Locke added
a 68 to yesterdays 81 for 135
for SO holes.
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(See MESSERSMITH, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(See PRIMARY, A-4)
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(See ARGENTINE. Page A-3
Evening star., 1947-06-06

tSee DEMOCRATS. Page A-30
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(see RETIREMENT, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(See LABOR, Page A-30
Evening star., 1947-06-06

(see REVENUE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Aiken Sees Price Rise,
Aid 10 Communists if
Food Controls End
BY the Associated Press

Senator Aiken, Republican, OF
Vermont said today the cost of liv-
ing at home will rise even higher
and more hungry nations may move
closer to communism" unless Con-
gress extends wartime powers over
scarce foods and commodities.
Senator Aiken offered these fore
casts as the Senate Agriculture
Committee called on Government
witnesses to amplify the admins
tration's request for continuing the
ALLEGATION programs scheduled to
expire 10 days hence.
These include sugar rationing and
the authority to specify amounts
of grains, fats and oils used by
various food and beverage pro-
ducers. However, separate legis-
lation to continue sugar rationing
is being considered by another Sen
ate committee, the banking group.
Sees Wheat Speculation.
The Vermont Republican told
reporter he believes the sharp climb
of wheat prices in recent months
has been caused "by spectators who
hope that Congress will allow these
domestic allocations to die along
with export controls"
The ALLEGATION authority is part
of the Second War Powers Act.
President Truman has asked that
both the domestic and export aLo-
cation controls be extended.
'If these (domestic) powers ex-
pire then whisky and liquor inter-
ests and soap and oleomargarine
manufacturers will reap a rich har-
vest by bidding up prices to try and
get most of the worlds supply"
Senator Aiken said.
Taft Opposes Controls.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
already has expressed complete dis
agreement" with Senator Aiken
about extending the domestic allo-
cation authority because, he said,
grains, fats and oils now are avail
able on free markets" of the world.
The Ohio Republican leader told
the Senate earlier this week that
any shortage of fats and oils was
uue W DllUlo1l clllo bC1Sld11 ttOl1NlCO
of holding down prices and "chok-
ing production"
Senator Taft said he was willing
to continue controls over exports
and that sugar rationing and con-
trolls over rice and rubber can be
handled under separate legislation.
Food Can Fight Communism.
But Senator Aiken said that I'M
less this Government participates in
the voluntary ALLEGATION of all scarce
foods through the International
Emergency Food Council the world
program will collapse with increased
distress among hungry nations.
He added that food is the most
potent weapon this Nation can use
in its opposition to communism.
Evening star., 1947-03-21

DANCES
New York State Society dance, Shore
ham Hotel, $50 o'clock tonight.
Alabama State Society dance, Wardman
Park Hotel 10 O'Clock tonight.
Community dance, Roosevelt Center,
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV, $3.50
o'clock tonight.
DISCUSSION.
"An Inter-American Conscience" guest
speaker. Philip Leonard Green, authority
on American affairs, auspices OF
the Biosophical Institute, Willard Hotel
8 O'Clock tonight.
FOREIGN FILM.
'Ahi Esta el Detolla," Spanish language
film, Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV, 8 o'clock nightly through
Saturday.
MEETING.
Akiba Club. at the Ads Israel Syna-
gogue, Sixth and I streets NV, SIS
o'clock tonight. Rabbi Solomon H. Metz to
speak on Marriage and Morals
Navy Band concert, Departmental Au-
ditoriunl Thirteenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV. S;15 O'Clock tonight
orchestral selections, Stanley Hall, $50
pm. tomorrow.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Smithsonian Institution, National His
tory Building, Tenth street and Constituuc;
pm. daily. Fifty first annual exhibition
OF the washington Water Color Club and
l4th annual exhibition of the Society OF
Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Graves,
through March.
Public Library of the District, Art Di-
Evening star., 1947-03-21

vision. Eighth and streets NV, open
8 am. to pm. Mondays through Thurs
days and q am. to pm. Fridays and
Saturdays; water colors and drawings by
Joseph C. Tucker, through March.
Botanic Garden. First street and Mary
land ave. S.W., open 8 am. to 4 pm.
Sundays through Fridays and 8 to IL am.
Saturdays: azaleas, amaryllis and acacia.
through March.
Fish and Wildlife Service, under main
lobby in Commerce Department Building,
am. to 4:30 pm. daily: display Of animals
and fresh-water fish. for indefinite period.
Library of Congress, open am. to 10
=. m. weekdays and 8 am. to pm. Satur-
days: ORIGINAL Lacock Abbey copy of the
Magma Carta, on loan from the British
government until December 15. 194S:
original draft Of Lincolns Gettysburg ad-
dress for an indefinite period, manuscript
Of Lincoln's three-page, autobiography,
for an indefinite period; projects of the
American architect BENJAMIN H. Latrobe,
through March 81: recent Siamese acquisi-
tions, through March 81.
National Gallery of Art, Sixth street
and Con nstitution avenue NV, open II
Evening star., 1947-03-21

am. to pm. weekdays and 2 to 10 pm.
Sundays: American paintings, through
March 81; American portraits from col
lection Of National Portrait Gallery, in
cluding portraits of famous historical per-
sonages, through March 80.
National Archives, Constitution avenue,
between Seventh and Eighth streets NV;
1:3O to 5 pm. Sundays: President Tru:,
mans proclamation ending hostilities and
other World War II documents, through
March.
Z Smithsonian Institution, Jefferson driye
betweeN Ninth and Twelfth streets NV,
open am. to pm. daily and Sundays:
paintings and etchings of old and new
transportation subjects by Peter Heick,
Through April 27.
Washington Artists Cooperative. 1920
M street NV. open Monday through
Saturday 10 am to pm, Sunday l to
pm: exhibition of paintings. sculpture
drawings autographs, etchings and pastels,
through March 20.
Pan American Union, Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV, open Mon
day through Friday 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
Saturdays 8 am. to noon; paintings from
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Mexico by Lopez-Rey. through March 81
dolph place NV, open weekdays to 1C
pm, Sunday 2 to 5 pm; American
water colors, through April.
Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1900 Twenty.
first street NV, open Tuesday through
I pm, Monday ii am to 10 pm: paint.
ings by artists of Washington. Baltimore
and vicinity, through Monday; paintings
OAR Museum, Memorial Continental
Hall, Seventeenth and D streets NV, ,oper
Monday through Friday 10 am. to
pm; Album Of Americans in north wing
recent additions in south wing, bott
through March.
TEEN CLURS.
Special activities for teen-agers only
beginning at o'clock tonight at the
following centers:
Junior Police and Citizens Corps head
Evening star., 1947-03-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. ~ B-S
AY. q

party and other games, $50 o'clock to-
night. USO Club. 1911 H street NV.
Bowling, dancing, SQUARE dancing.
ococp tonirht shePea Penthonse ne rso rPas
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
For officers: Dance with orchestra, 8
o'clock tonight Officers Service Club of the
United Nations, 1644 Twenty-first street
N W
Evening star., 1947-03-21

quarters. 720 Barry place NV: Peti-teen
Basement Clubroom, 1918 Twenty-secon
street NV: Ivy City Junior Police Center,
100 U street NE, and Langston Junior
Police Center, 2701 street circle NE.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Ping pong, books. music, 8 o'clock to-
night, USO Club, sol Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
Dancing, ping pong and refreshments.
Episcopal Canteen, 1917 G street NV
8 o'clock tonight
Art canteen. o'clock, and bowling
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-07

County. Located at his home, 'Del-
amere," near Breathedsville, it af-
forded secondary education to sons
of men prominent in Revolutionary
times. The second portrait repre-
sents a prominent Philadelphia
beauty, Frances Howell, and two of
her sons. Mrs. Howell's connection
with Hagerstown is found in her re-
lationship to the late Mrs. James
Findlay and Miss Marguerite Camp
bell. The canvas is fine example
of the early work of Thomas Sully,
one of Americas most popular and
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-07
New Paintings Now
At County Museum
Oils And Watercolors Of
Local Artists Included, AS
Well AS Many Favorites From
Singer Collection.

The advent of a new calendar
month, as is the custom, found
changes on the gallery walls of the
Washington County Museum of Fine
Arts. Many favorites from the
Singer Collection will be found and
in addition other works of peculiar
interest to local residents.
In the Print Room will be hung
oils and watercolors by Claggett D.
Spangler and Edward S. Walsh.
These two local artists found their
inspiration in the scenes to be found
close to their doorsteps. The site
of the City Park held great interest
for Mr.. Spangler as is evident in
the watercolor of the old Heyser
farm, close to the southwest border
of the tract Mr.. Walsh gives us
glimpses in his charming little oils
of the banks of the Antietam, some
of the old stone bridges now gone
or fast disappearing, winding lanes,
houses and churches, in or near
Hagerstown.
Two other paintings of local con-
nection are the portraits of Rev.
Bartholomew Booth, by an anony-
nous English painter, who will be
remembered as founding the first
recorded school in Washington
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-07

During the present rapidly pass
ing wheat harvest, l saw several
scenes that were reminder of the
days gone by, in rather unusual
way. First there were two ladies
carrying sacks of wheat from a
truck into one of our elevators. Now
if you have never carried sacks of
wheat you can not appreciate this.
Or, if you are one of these Modern
Muscle Men, you may scott at the
idea of sacks of wheat being heavy.
But after you have handled these
bundles of bread in the raw for one
long day, and have been coerced
into trying to keep up with someone
who was used to that kind of work,
you will agree that it is hard work,
and scarcely the kind of thing one
should find women doing.
There was a time when the wom-
en- of our country shared with their
men in almost all the work, especi-
ally in the busy season of the year.
OF course there were women of great
strength, and many women were
much more obviously the managers.
To-day, you just don't know IT'D
On one occasion two elderly spin
sters drove into, Maugansville and
pulled up to the curb between two
other vehicles. Swinging out, they
tied their horse to the hitching post
and then looked the situation over.
Just like many a modern parker"
they found that the back end of the
Spring wagon" was still out in the
street Did they get in and jockey
back and forth trying vainly to get
the rear wheels nearer the curb?
They did not. Our ladies of the
days gone by simply picked up the
back end of the wagon and set it in
near the curb. Oh, if only some
of our drivers today could just do
that; think of the tenders, hub-caps,
and dispositions it would save.
Another scene one can occasion
ally see today is the traditional
family way of shocking wheat. In
the days when the greater part of
the work of wheat harvest was done
by hand, it took the combined efforts
of every person available. Follow
ing the binder could always be seen
the wife and all the children big
enough to help. 1t would seem that
some people raised children just for
that purpose, like one would raise
colts and carrots, for it was a COM
mon thing to hear men speak of
their children as "the help" The
invention and use of the combine
was indeed a great blessing to our
women, taking most of them out of
the harvest field.
The advent of the combine
brought another change into the
life of farm women; the death of
that costly institution, the "thresh-
ing dinner" Before the threshing
machine arrived, women made pies
and cut noodles. Extra help was
needed to feed the crowd of raven
Gus men and every dish in the house
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Horse And Buggy Days
BY IDA 10 MARTIN

was dirtied Someone started the
custom of setting the table" with
just about every dish of food known,
and the good wife's pride would
not let her be out-done by any of
her neighbors. l can remember a
number of these meals in which
were served the usual first course of
bread and butter and preserves, and
then the works: fried country ham
huge slices; mashed potatoes and
gravy; baked beans; homemade
noodles with bits of chicken;
creamed peas and corn; cheese and
crackers, redirect pickles; fruit
mixture and last of all PIE-there
was always pie.
The pie was really part of this age
old institution, for many a woman
felt disgraced if she had no pie A
resourceful wife near Middleburg
once found herself in this embar-
RAISING misunderstanding dinner
and no pie. Oh she did happen to
have just one pie left from a few
days before, but what is one pie
among fifteen men? But she
could not face the thought of having
it reported that she did not serve pie.
so at the close of the meal she got
out her one lonesome pie. Going
to the table, she made very rapid
circuit around the men, calling as
she did so, pies going around! If
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-07

nobody wants some I'll put it back
in the cupboard" And she straight
way put it back in the cupboard
1t was the custom for the farmer
to provide both dinner and supper
for the threshing gang if it took all
day to thresh his crop, in addition
to getting breakfast for the men OPP
Grating the threshing rig. All this
meant untold work for the women,
and a very large exense to set such
table. But on many farms, all
this has gone. Today two men oper-
ate combine, and they bring their
lunch. The combine, in one opera
ton, does the work formerly done
by the binder, the shockers, hauling
the sheaves to the barn or to the
thresher, and the threshing itself
Of course if the straw is wanted it
must be gathered by another way,
but much of the straw today is left
on the field to be plowed back into
the soil. The combine has taken
the place of earlier methods on just
about half the wheat and other
grain in Washington County.
There was once an old-timer
helping thresh on the Martin farm
along the Broadfording Road who,
like most of his buddies, had pro-
vided an extension to his face, as the
permanent residence for a "chaw of
tobaccy." Coming out of the house
from the dinner described above, he
got out his tobacco and, before
taking a bite, he said, 81 want to
take that ugly taste out of my
mouth"
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Wet pavements are easy on tires
in one respect. Tire treads average
about 40 degrees lower tmperature
when roads are wet than when the
same surface is dry and other con-
ditions equal.
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prolific portrait painters, and is
dated 1914
Visitors to the Museum are well
come on all weekdays, except Mon
days, from 10 a. m. to p. m, and
on Sundays and holidays from 1 to
6 p m.
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