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laboratory, weapons development
center for the commission. He was
one of the leaders in the develop
ment of the proximity fuse, some
times called the wars second most
important secret weapon"
Capt. Tyler, a former director ol
naval ordnance research and devel-
opment, served during the war as
special assistant to Dr. Vanneval
Bush, director of the Office of Sci
entific Research and Development
When he retired from the Navy he
was commanding officer Of naval
ordance plant at Macon, Ga.
One of the most important steps
in the transition of Los Alamos to a
permanent city is the residential
construction program to replace the
huts and barracks. Nearly 500 pre-
fabricated houses already have been
completed. and the program calls
for 500 more. There also will be
about IL apartment houses.
Facilities Outlined.
There will be an artesian well
water system, football and baseball
fields. tennis courts and Fairgrounds.
A new church has been built for
use by all denominations.
There also will be business
center with markets, a drug store, a
bank and furniture, drug and dry
goods stores, to be operated as con-
cesSions.
Hard surfaced roads and sidewalks
are being built. The whole program
is expected to be completed in about
three years.
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sisting they were innocent, but some
of the others submitted written
statements.
DR.. Barsky's three-page statement
charged that the resolution setting
up the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee was vague and un-
constitutional"
The committee had proceeded
against the defendants lin way to
infringe upon our constitutional
rights" he added. He said he had
every respect for the dignity OF
Congress, but that he felt the COM
mittee in it's actions had "impugned
that dignity .... .....s
If the House committee wanted
only the books of the joint commit
tee, it could have proceeded legally
against custodians of the books,
he said.
Mr.. Rogge told the court all the
defendants were good Americans
who had made important contribu-
tions to the welfare of their country
and that actually the offense
charged to them is no offense at ALL u
The defendants were doing moth
ing more than standing on their
rights as American citizens, Mr..
Rogge added.
/ They are living bystheir princi-
ples," he said. "They may disagree
with the House committee, but I
disagree with the House committee,
too"
| He said the committee had pro-
vided relief for anti-Fascist refugees
from Franco Spain.
The defendants were subject to
fines up to $1,000 and sentences
from four months to a year.
| AS the trial ended last month,
Justice Keech directed a verdict of
acquittal in the first of two counts
charging the group with conspiracy,
felony which would have sub
jected the defendants to fines of
$4,000 and two years imprison-
/ ment,
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Robert Jones, 18, who lost botf
his hands in a chemical explosion
last January at Richard Montgon'
cry High School in Rockville, showec
up with a second set of hands
today at Veterans Administration
exhibit of artificial limbs.
Bob, who graduated last month
said he got his new "hands" two
weeks ago. Since then, he has spent
most of his time learning all over
again to drive a newly acquired car
The youth obtained the first set
of the new-type hooks, which VA
doctor said gives him more nearly
normal wrist action than any other
artificial arm.
Harold Russell, double-arm
amputee who was featured in the
movie, THE Best Years of Our
Lives" was one of the most inter-
ested spectators as young Jones
demonstrated use of the hooks. He
was surrounded by dozens of other
onlookers who visited the VAS dis
play of more than 1000 artificial
aids for amputees, the blind and
the deaf.
Several other World War II am
putees, like Dan w. Morris. 800
Grosvenor lane, Bethesda, came to
see newest developments OF the ar
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bookies, carnivals and other enter.
tainment enterprises. from which
the News Chronicle said, Mr.. Deakir
apparently believed the necessary
workers could be drafted.
Press reaction to Mr.. Deakin's
proposals were. varied.-> While the
Laborite Daily Herald termed them
'sternly realistic" and said they
should be promptly considered by
the cabiilet, the Conservative Daily
Mail predicted they would split the
trade union movement"
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express
called the suggestions "a march to-
ward industrial slavery" and said
they bring to Britain the alien
conception that the state has the
right to do what 1t likes with any
or all its citizens in time of peace" "
The conservative Daily Telegraph
said acidly: I'VE can only note an
admission that socialism will not
work without repulsive system of
conscription Of labor"
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Mrs. Joseph 7. Kingsley
Dies at Virginia Beach

Mrs. Joseph T. Kingsley, 81, OF
Falls Church, Va, wife of the presi-
dent of the Norfolk, Southern Rail-
way and of the Norfolk. Southern
Bus Co., died Unexpectedly yester-
day at the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia
Beach, Va.
Mrs. Kingsley was visiting the
beach with her husband. A native of
Columbus, Ga, Mrs Kingsley came
to Washington more than 20 years
ago. The Kingsleys also have a
home at Miami Beach, Fla.
Survivors, in addition to Mr.
Kingsley, are a son, Col. Joseph T
Kingsley, jr., who is stationed at
the Pentagon; two daughters, Mrs
Meta K. Humphreys of West Point
N. Y, and Miss Mary Lee Kingsley
Of Washington; her mother, Mrs
John w. Tumlin, sr, of Columbus; 9
sister, Miss Billie B. Tumlin of At.
lanta, Ga, and a brother, John w
Tumlin of Columbus.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1947-07-16
Chandler Asks New Trial
In Treason Conviction
By the Asseeiated Press

BOSTON, July 16.-Counsel fol
Douglas Chandler made a last
minute appeal today for new
trial for the 58-year-old former
Baltimore writer convicted of trea'
son on charges he served as a Naz
mouthpiece during the war.
While Chandler himself appeared
outwardly disinterested, Attorney
Claude B. Cross argued that Chand-
ler's conviction was against the
weight of evidence
Chandler, he said, was a para
noiac with a complete exaggerated
opinion Of himself.
Twenty one year old Laurette
Chandler, who has remained by her
fathers side during his trial, again
was present in the spectators row.
Evening star., 1947-07-16
Routine Army Shift
Reveals Highly Secret
New Mexico Project
by the Assoeiotsd Press

!: Use Of New Mexico base for a
highly secret project was disclosed
indirectly yesterday in a War De-
oartment announcement Of routine
changes OF command for a number
of general officers.
The announcement reported that
Brig. Gen. Robert M. Montague
former assistant commandant of
the antiaircraft and guided missiles
center at Fort Bliss, Tex, was now
assigned to the armed forces spe-
cial weapons project at Sandia
Base Albuquerque, N. Mex
There was no further explanation
of the function Of this project.
1t is known, however, that Maj
Gen. Leslie j. Groves, former chief
of the Manhattan project, the
agency which developed the atom
bomb for the Army, Is associated
with direction Of the armed forces
special weapons project"
The Sandia base was a former
ARMY Air Forces field. 1t is in the
general area of the. Los Alamos
atomic bomb Laboratories and the
site of the first bomb test at Alma
gordo.
Succeeding Gen. Montague at thu
Fort Bliss guided missiles center !.
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hart, artillery
officer for the 1st Army at Governor
Island, N. Y.
The War Department announce
ment also said that Maj. Gen. Ernes'
N. Harmon, who commanded thu
famout I'd Armored Hell on Wheels
Division which pierced the Siegfries
Line and who has commanded con
stabulary forces in the American
zone of Germany, will retire on Au
gust 81 after 80 years Army service
Two Army Ground Forces general
will leave during the next tw'
months for assignments to head
quarters of the European command
Frankfurt, Germany Maj. Ger
Louis A. Craig. now deputy com
mander Of the 5th Army in Chicago
and Brig. Gen. Ralph j. Canine
chief OF staff of the V Corps, For
Bragg, N. G.
Evening star., 1947-07-16
Tenant Farmer Is Held
In Fatal Beating Of Wife
BY the Assoei,tsd Press

WILMINGTON, DEL, July ia
26-year-old tenant farmer was held
without bail for grand jury action
on charge of numbering his 49,
year-old wife early today.
Maj. Herbert Barnes of the Della
ware State police said the farmer
Berlin Thomas Cain of Clarks Cor
ner, near Delaware, City, admitted
the brutal Staying of his wife. Her
bruised and battered body was found
in ditch beside a highway IA miles
south of here.
Cain first told police he found his
wife's body while walking home from
a Delaware City taproom. However,
Maj. Barnes said, Cain later signed
Ia statement admitting the Staying.
Deputy Coroner c. E. Kelly said
the Gains -four children had been
removed from custody of their pa
rents several months ago by order
of the Delaware Children's Bureau.
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|Missino British War Bride Found
With Aunt After Hitch-Hike

British girl, who married Mr.. Grow
in England in 1945. acted on i'm
pulse in leaving Columbus Thurs
day afternoon after applying for
work at the Columbus Ohio Bell
Telephone Co. Office.
"She suddenly decided to go to the
only person she felt she had in this
strange country" Mrs. Duncan said.
"She still is too tired and upset to
do much planning. But I believe
she'll return to her husband"
The aunt said that Faye Ann went
to bed shortly after her Monday ar
rival, slept all night and almost all
of yesterday, then sent telegram
to her husband advising him of her
whereabouts.
Mr.. Crows reaction, at Columbus,
to the report that his wife bad been
found safe and sound was a mixture
of relief and bewilderment. Since
Mrs. Grow messaged' she had writ
ten him a letter, he said that he
would await its arrival before decid-
ing. what to do.
TT all depends" he said, "on
what she says in the letter"
Evening star., 1947-07-16
Standard Of Ohio Adopts
Quotas for Customers
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

CLEVELAND, July 16.-Standar6
OIL Co. of Ohio announced today
In the interest of fair treatment
of all its customers it must immedi-
ately limit supplies of gasoline and
kerosene among its service stations
dealers and distributors to quanti-
ties not exceeding their last years
usage
This is necessary, the company
said, Ito stop the drain on our in
ventories caused by current unpre-
cedented demands for all types OF
finished products and especially by
the great increasee in the use OF
heating oils, which must now be
stored for next winter"
The. company said that during the
first six months of this year it had
produced and purchased more crude
oil than at any time in its history
Company officials said the pinch
was caused by lack Of transporta-
ton for crude oil.
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argued, has rendered large armies
unnecessary and obsolete.
This contention" he declared,
soverlooks the significant fact that
though World War II was the most
mechanical in history, nevertheless
it required the largest armies" He
denied that a system of universal
military training will be wastefui'
He argued that its cost, while large,
would be infinitesimal as compared
to the cost of fighting a war
Training Will Strengthen Nation.
eff We could have shortened
World War II by three and one-half
days. he said, the saving in cost
would have paid for the training OF
a million men for whole year
IT am convinced that universal
military training will strengthen our
war potential in personnel in ad-
vance of war with minimum OF
Gislocation of the lives of our people
and the peactime economy of the
Nation, and that whatever the cost,
we cannot afford to do without 1t.
The conference will be called on
by Gov. Thurmond to pass on the
question of military training and
cf general preparedness. He has pro"
posed a resolution covering the
ground. His recommendations COW
cred every phase of preparedness
for war, including total mobiliza-
tion and scientific research.
Following as it did on Gen. Mar
shall's appeal, Gov. Thurmond S
recommendations were listened to
with interest.
After declaring that the influence
Of the United States for peace de-
pended upon its being strong, Gov.
Thurmond said:
1--WE may as well face the facts
Evening star., 1947-07-16

What has transpired at the council
tables of the world during recent
months points not to peace but to
war. One of our greatest allies In
the recent war has embarked on
what appears to be q policy OF
isolationism. At this very moment,
one group of European nations Is
meeting in Paris in an effort to
design plans for the rehabilitation OF
war ar-devastated Europe. Another
group of European nations, under
the leadership of the Soviet Union
has remained away from the Paris
conference.
Youngdahl Discusses Labor.
This choosing up of sides In
Europe, this forming OF spheres OF
economic influences is following q
path that leads to war. not to peace.
Gov. Luther w. Youngdahl o1
Minnesota, strong supporter o1
Harold E. Stassen for the Republi-
can nomination next year, in dis.
cussing labor disputes, said the
Taft-Hartley Labor Law goes toe
far in some of the restrictions il
imposes"
| Gov. Youngdah1 said the import.
ant factor in labor disputes was in.
varia bly, the proper administration
of any labor law. Without such ad.
ministration, he contended, gooe
law would be ineffective and with
it even a poor law might be o1
great value.
! He commented on the success
Minnesota has had with its ad-
ministration of the State labor laws
enacted during the administration
of former Gov. Stassen, now a can
didate for the Republican nomina-
ton for President. Minnesota at
one time had bad record Of labor
disputes and violence.
The greatest need" he continued
"in this whole field of labor problems
is just simple tolerance and under
standing. 1t doesn't help one group
to try to make a scapegoat out OF
another. What is needed is a spirit
humility on the part of both. Too
long We have allowed selfish and
designing men to array class against
class"
Education Aid Is Topic.
A round table discussion yesterday
afternoon on the subject of Federal
aid in education found a great ma
jority of the speakers aligned against
that kind of aid, on the ground that
it would lead to encroachment by
the Federal Government in the
field of education and its eventual
domination by the Federal Govern
ment. Two Governors, however
Thurmond and M. F. Conaughy oi
Connecticut, supported the proposal
for Federal aid to the States fol-
their schools.
Gov. Tuck of Virginia said he i.
opposed to the principle OF Fedora
grants in aid to States-"particu.
larly in the field of public educa.
ton" However, Gov. Tuck declared
that as long as there are Fedora
grants, Virginia intends to ask fol
and get her share simply as mat.
ter of self protection"
The system of Federal aid tt
schools, Gov. Tuck said, is "a sure
method of undermining the remain
ing rights of the States and thereby
wrecking a fundamental unit of oul
machinery of government and quite
possibly running what we are pleased
to call our American way of life"
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thority in regard to strictly Dis
trict matters for the maintenance
of public order, welfare and safety
The council would adopt budget
and make necessary adjustments in
the tax structure, although final au-
thority in all such matters would
remain with Congress. The council
also would have authority to over
rule or modify actions of the zoning
Commission, the Public Utilities
Commission and other agencies hav-
ing quasi-legislative functions.
The present judicial system IN the
District would remain unchanged IN
the Grant plan.
Gen. Grant told the subcommit-
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tee that the District is entitled to
much more autonomy and local
control than 1t now has. He added
that the Federal Government at the
same time is entitled to make sure
that it does not eventually become
an intruder in its own home" The
Federal Government, therefore,
must preserve a certain measure of
control and general supervision, he
maintained.
Sees Efficiency Aided.
Il believe" Gen. Grant said, that
this proposed organization will
greatly improve efficiency Of the
District government, streamline il
for more prompt action and FIX
responsibility more definitely with
out forfeiting the benefits of multi
pie counsel.
1T also will relieve Congress of all
routine administrative and legisla-
tive problems concerned solely with
municipal affairs" he said.
DR.. Schmeckebier informed the
committee that there is not neces.
sarily any conflict between local anc
Federal interests in the District ex.
Ecept in the matter of the contribu.
ton that should be made by. the
Federal Government"
He agreed that Congress is un.
necessarily burdened with minol
legislation. Under his plan. he said
the District would have the same
status as a territory, but by reason
of its small area, there would be nc
minor civil divisions such as coun-
ties and towns"
Silverman Testifies.
The witness, in urging city man.
ager form, explained that there
could be a mayor for ornamental
purposes to take part in ceremonial
activities" He said he had no par
ticular preference as to the manner
in which a city council might be
chosen.
Irwin w. Silverman, chief counsel
of the Division of Territories and
Island Possessions, Interior Depart
ment, outlined the manner in which
Alaska, Hawaii and other Terri
tories or Possessions are governed
He declared that there ought to
be at least the same amount OF
home rule extended to the District
but said he did not believe the Dis
trict should have representation in
Congress. H. <ss
Chairman Auchincloss said that
District budget and tax officials
! Corporation Counsel Vernon E
/ West and United States District
Attorney George Morris Fay viii
testify tomorrow.
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efforts will certainly have our sup
port"
But the problem" he continued
lis Of such magnitude that both we
and the South American countries
must also take steps to aid in its
solution.
Latin American Hope Dispelled.
1--WE had hoped a year ago that
admission of displaced persons into
Latin America and other countries
outside of Europe would solve the
whole problem, but we now know
that it will not. Shiploads have
moved to Paraguay and Brazil ane
some are now on their way to Ven.
ezuela. Other plans are in the max.
ing.
But we can not, I feel, sit back
ourselves and expect other countries
to make all the positive efforts tt
solve this problem in which We are
so directly concerned"
Gen. Marshall contended that the
United States is in a better position
to receive a substantial number O,
displaced persons than any othel
nation. He hoted that the DPS are
primarily from the Baltic states
from the Polish area now under
Russian authority and from Yugo.
slayla.
Thinks Veterans Approve.
1--WE have numbers of their stock
already in this country who now
know their language and have the
resources and interest to assume
the task of fitting a relatively small
number of their kinsmen into ouI
vast economy, without expense tc
this Nation in their resettlement
and with reasonable assurance that
they will not beeome public charges,
he said.
Il do not believe that the great
rank and file of our veterans, aware
of the facts, would want this rela.
tive handful of our allies and VIC
tins of the Nazi armies to be forcibly
returned to areas where economic
and political systems alien to our
own prevail and which they are un-
willing to accept"
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ernment move in." Senator O'Ma-
honey said. II don't think it's zoe
late for industry to do the job OF
holding prices"
AS for coal price increases already
in effect, Senator O'Mahoney said
"It's not too late to cut them
back"
But he added that this is not
likely to happen.
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Bow Who Lost Hands in Blast
Displays New Type Of Hooks

tificial limb industry. Mr.. Morris,
26, who lost his right leg at Sicily
in action with the 1st Infantry
Division said he still Is wearing the
CT leg he was issued by the Army
three years ago.
The display, open to the public
each weekday, can be seen at room
800 at the VA, Vermont avenue and
H street NV.
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committees, when and where peace
conferences should be held and the
like.
In its formal announcement, the
State Department said it had sug-
gested that deputy foreign ministers
and experts participate in the ini-
tial meeting because the Ministers
themselves are tied down with other
commitments.
General Conference Proposed.
The department also said it is the
view of this country that nations
other than the principal II should
be given an opportunity to present
their ideas during the drafting OF
the treaty. After the draft has
reached "a sufnciently advanced
stage" the department suggested, 1t
should be considered by a general
conference of all nations who were
at war with Japan.
The American proposals for con-
ference procedure, the department
added, were presented to embassy
representatives of the II nations at
a conference last Friday with Assist
ant Secretary of State Hilldring and
John Carter Vincent. director Of the
departments ONCE Of Far Eastern
Affairs.
The announcement said August Is
was suggested as "a tentative date
for the meeting.
Macarthur Kept Informed.
This date follows by only 10 days
the opening of British Common
wealth conference on japanese peace
problems at Canberra, Australia
Some officials believe that because
of this the Australians might favor
delay in the 11-nation meeting
Informants here said Gen. Mac.
Arthur had been kept fully advised
of plans for the conference ano
the implication was that the pro-
posals have his approval.
A majority of the IL nations or
the Far Eastern Commission also
have very informally indicated full
agreement with American sugges-
tions and, in fact, the only posi-
bility of disagreement seen here
lay in some protest or rejection from
Moscow.
Russia Might Accept.
Speculation also covered the pos
sibility that Russia, which obviously
will not like any system which de-
nies her a veto, might accept the
invitation with some reservations
and tight out the issue after the
conference opens.
In the case of the European peace
treaties, the initial principles and
the actual drafting of the treaties
thus far completed have been ham
died by the Council of Foreign Min
listers composed of the Ministers OF
the United State. Britain. France
and Russia. Any one of the four
could block any or all work OF the
Council simply by refusing to agree
American officials, beginning with
former Secretary of State Byrnes
have always taken the view that
there is an essential difference be-
tween the European and Far East
ern settlements. They base this on
Russia's own standard argument OF
degree of participation in the war.