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Evening star., 1947-10-31
Arlington Chest Units
Announce Meetinqs

A schedule of campaign "kick- off"
meetings for various divisions of
the Arlington Community Chest was
announced today.
The first meeting is to be held at
$3.50 pm. today at the home of Mrs.
George Giles, 1856 Stafford street,
South darlington, and is for work.
ers in that area. .
Opening meetings for three other
areas are scheduled for 8 o'clock to-
Church; Buckingham, Windsor,
night. Area three workers will meet
at the Arlington Forrest Methodist
Highland Hall and George Mason
Apartments workers will hold their
meeting at the Buckingham Com
munity Center, and Colonial Village,
Leehigh, Lyon Village, Bedford and
Lee Gardens Apartments will meet
at the Colonial Village Office.
Arlington Village, Bancroft and
Pickett Homes Apartments workers
will launch their campaign with a
meeting at 8 pm. Monday in the
Arlington Methodist Church on
Glebe road at South Eighth street.
At the same time area seven and the
Westover Apartments unit will hold
their. kickoff in the Westover
Church.
Area five and the Parkland Gar
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Labor
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not intervene to get it's name on the
ballot in a collective bargaining
election. That will open the Or
ganizations to raids from complying
unions.
The Executive Board of the steel
workers decided in July it would
neither file affidavits stating that its
officers are not Communists nor
submit to the Labor Department
financial and organizational data
required by the registration section
of the Taft-Hartley Act. The
union is headed by CIO President
Philip Murray.
The United Auto Workers. led by
Walter P. Reuther, another anti
communist, took identical action, as
did the Electrical Workers, one OF
the CLOS left wing unions.
Today's deadline affects only cases
which were pending when the new
law became effective. The fact that
a union has not filed data necessary
for compliance by tonight does not
preclude that union from getting in
compliance at any future date 1t
chooses.
In order to east the last-minute
pressure, the board decided to grant
a 3O-day extension to those which
had taken initial steps toward COM
pliance.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Sisters Of Slain Man Defend
FUGITIVE LITER Who Reformed

and set up successful well-digging
business. He is the father of two
children.
Two sisters of the slain bank
president have expressed sympathy
for Collins and his wife.
Mrs. Will Johnson said yesterday
at her home at Salisbury, Mo-, that
she felt it would be better for Col
Inns wife, children and mother if
ne were not made to return to Ala
bama and finish his sentence.
II feel that maybe he was trying
hard to lead a better life" Mrs.
johnson declared.
She said another sister, Mrs. D. L.
Hearn,. who also lives at Salisbury,
had expressed sympathy for Collins
for his wife's sake. '
Mr.. Boswell said he had been no.
titled that Collins planned to fight
extradition, but that extradition pa
pers would be sent to Pennsylvania
Immediately.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Army in Trieste Silent
On incidents Report
by the Assoeiafsd Press

ROME, Oct. 31.-United States
Army public relations at Trieste
said today there had been no Army
confirmation of an assertion by
Representative Bennett, Republican,
of Missouri that there have been
"63 incidents of armed aggression
by the Communists" against Amer
lean forces in Trieste.
The public relations Office said
it could say nothing, however, about
Mr.. BENEFITS assertion at this time.
The public relations Office of the
Allied Military Government made q
similar reply to inquiries there.
In Washington yesterday the
Army said it had asked Maj. Gen.
Bryant Moore, American commander
at Trieste, whether there had been
any incidents involving American
and Yugoslav troops which have not
been reported publicly. The Army
said yesterdays request expanded
one sent Tuesday asking for a report
on whether any American soldiers
ndQ DeeI kIllcO VI WOuIIucu al AIS4~
dents.
Mr.. Bennett said Tuesday that
many" American soldiers had been
killed or wounded by Communists
in the Trieste area since American
troops moved into the former Italian
territory.
Mr.. Bennett, who recently re-
turned from a six-week tour Of
Europe and the Near East, said the
incidents had been hidden behind
brass curtain of American mill
tary censorship"
II have the names and identifica-
tions of the incidents as furnished
me by our military intelligence" he
said.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
| Sliding Walks
Ion Park Avenue
| Are Ruled Out
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The dig
nifty of Park avenue-sometimes
called the Nations wealthiest street
will not be ruff1ed by the carnival
appearance of exhibits and elevating
sliding sidewalks when New York
celebrates its golden anniversary
next year.
Mayor William O'Dwyer announced
last night that a special committee
had vetoed plans for an industrial
and educational exposition in the
center mall of the wide street of
expensive apartments, hotels and
shops.
Residents and business men had
complained that the proposed ex-
hibit between Forty sixth and Fifty
seventh streets celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Greater New York
would mar the beauty of the avenue.
The Belgian Congo produces 80
per cent of the worlds industrial
diamonds.
Evening star., 1947-10-31

Forests cover roughly one-third
the area of the United States.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
BY the A.seeiofed Press

MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 3l.-The state
Of Alabama weighed its legal code
today against the sympathy Of q
slain bankers family in the case Of
a life termer who escaped from
prison and earned respected place
in society.
Frank Boswell, State Prison di-
rector, declared that James Robert
Collins, 38, should be returned to
Alabama to pay his debt to society
for his part in an attempt to rob a
bank at Citronelle, Ala, 10 years
ago, In which the bank president,
Claude D. Hart, was killed.
Collins was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for his part in the crime.
The escaped life termer was ap-
pretended at Doylestown, Pa, after
II years Of freedom. He escaped in
1896, fed to Pennsylvania, married
Evening star., 1947-10-31

as Jay Peters and Isadore Boorstein,
described by Mr.. Russell as head
of the underground section OF the
Communist Party in the United
States" The investigator said the
committee had issued subpoena for
Mr.. Stephens several months ago,
but had not been able to locate him
until it learned he was arrested IN
Poughkeepsie three weeks ago by
immigration officials.
The committees decision to call
a halt to its hearing yesterday left
a number of subpoenaed witnesses
still waiting to testify. Actor Larry
Parks, star of "The Jolson Story,
had expected to testify today. Char
lie Chaplin was also subpoenaed
but, unlike the others, he "held
himself in readiness" in Hollywood
instead of coming to Washington
In all, the committee heard SO
witnesses.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Greek Troops Fight Rebels
"A Miles North OF SaIonlka
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATHENS, Oct. 31.-Press dis
patches said today that seven guer-
rillas were killed, one wounded and
q captured in an engagement with
government troops yesterday IA miles
north of Salonika. Three soldiers
were reported wounded in, the
skirmish, eS
A press report from Salonika said
$50 insurgents, supported by mortar
fire from Yugoslav territory, had
raided the village of Ereseli, 8 miles
southeast of Djevdjelija, Yugoslavia.
The guerrillas were said to have
routed inhabitants of the village,
fired a number of houses and re-
treated across the Yugoslav border.
The Greek government has de-
veloped a program sharply revising
tax rates and imposing new levies
in an effort to increase its annual
revenue by about $4,000, 900,
Dwight P. Griswold, head of the
American Aid Mission, announced.
Mr.. Griswold told a news confer
ence the program, devised with the
assistance of his mission, accepted
as a principle that increases should
be borne by those best able to pay.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Children Smother
In Ice Box; Family
Loses s in 6 Months
By the As,oeiotsd p,sss

DANVILLE, Va, Oct. ST.
Twice in six months tragedy
has struck the home of Man,
geld Clark. The victims: Three
children and three grandchil-.
dren.
Mabel Ruth Clark, S; Willie
Lloyd Hairston, 3. and Samuel
Clark, 8, suffocated yesterday
in an old wooden icebox. Police
Chief j. G. Garrett said they
were shut in the box by James
Sonny" Clark, twin brother of
Samuel. while playing jail"
The little boy tearfully told po-
lice he ran crying for help when
he discovered they were lifeless.
James was q hero in q fire
which destroyed the Clark home
May 13 when two children and
a grandchild burned to death.
At that time he helped throw
two of today's icebox victims to
safety.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Un-Americun
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said Dr. Oppenheimer characterized
the attempt as Unreasonable" and
would have nothing to do with it.
Chief Investigator Robert E. Strip
ling led Mr. Russell through nearly
an hour of questioning in an effort
to show a link between the espio-
mage story and film personalities.
The names of several screen
writers now facing contempt cita-
tions were mentioned during the
questioning as having associated
with individuals implicated with
principals in Mr.. Russell's testi-
mony on espionage.
After MIR. Russell completed his
testimony, Mr.. Thomas said the
nine-day hearing has concerned it
self principally with spotlighting
Communist personnel in the movie
industry.
There is, however, an equally
dangerous phase of this inquiry
which deals with Communist propa-
ganda in various motion pictures
and the techniques employed" the
chairman went on, adding that a
special staff is now making an "ex-
haustive study" of that phase OF
the inquiry.
Either the full committee or a
subcommittee will resume hearings
on this matter in the near future
either in Washington or In Los An
geles, at which time those persons
whose Communist records the COM
mittee has will be given an oppor-
tunity to confirm or deuy those
affiliations"
Mrs Thomas said it was mot nee
essary' to emphasize the harm suf-
fered by the movie industry from
the presence within it's ranks of
known Communists who do not
have the best interests of the United
States at heart"
The industry, he said, should set
about Immediately to clean its own
house and not wait for public opin-
ion to force it to do So"
Industry Vindicated, McNutt Says.
Paul v. McNutt, special counsel for
the Motion Picture Association OF
America, issued a statement in which
he asserted that "the abrupt termi-
nation of the Hollywood hearings is
a complete vtndication of our posi-
tion.'
The committee charged that our
films contained subversive propa-
eanda," Mr.. McNutt said, but PRO
duced no proof whatever"
THE truth Is that there are nc
pictures of ours which carry Com
munist propaganda, and we do not
care how many so-called experts the
committee employs to try to find 1t,
he continued. ''The search Will OF
fruitleSs."
The (1s so-called hostile" wit
nesses also issued statement, de-
claring the committee was aiming
to dictate selection OF all per-
sonnel within the motion picture
industry and to establish authority
over what kind of pictures shall be
made and what kind shall not be
made.
"Not only a free screen, but every
institution in America is jeopardlzeo
as long as this committee exists,
the group stated.
Goldwyn Calls Hearing Flop"
In New York, the Associated Press
reported. Producer Samuel Gold
Evening star., 1947-10-31
MelleH Broadcasts
Statement Planned
Al Hollywood Probe

Lowell Mellett, former White
House assistant and now q column
ist for The Star, was not given an
opportunity to testify in the film
industry Communism inquiry, but
he had his say IN a broadcast after
the hearing had ended.
Mr.. Mellett had been waiting
throughout the inquiry for his
chance to deny that he had exerted
pressure on motion picture pro-
ducers and Actor Robert Taylor to
have the latter play the male lead
In the film, "Son Of Russia" The
chance to testify did not come.
Mr.. Mellett's impatience had
mounted in the last days of the
hearing, but Chairman Thomas con-
tinued to assure him he was to be
called. After the chairman's gavel
fell for the last time yesterday. Mr..
Mellett admitted he was "sore as a
pup"
Smear" Attempt Charged.
He said the committee apparently
was afraid to let him take the stand
to answer what he described as an
attempted Smear" of the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt or Elmer Davis, war
time chief of the Office Of War In
formation under whom Mr.. Mellett
served as chief of the Motion Picture
Bureau.
AS reporters and spectators filed
from the hearing room, however,
special events men of Radio Sta
ton WMAL handed Mr.. Mellett a
microphone and invited him to read
parts of the statement he had
planned to offer the committee as a
witness. The remarks were record
ed and broadcast last night over
the American Broadcasting Co. net
work.
In his statement, which had ap-
peared earlier in The Star, Mr..
Mellett declared the making Of
Song of Russia" originated with
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer and had not
been suggested by him.
Statement AsSailed.
"As for Mr.. Taylor, I did not ask
him to appear in the picture, or
suggest in any way that he should,
Mr.. Mellett stated. The statement
that I did so on the order of an
unnamed superior could only be
intended to smear Mr.. Davis or the
memory of President Roosevelt"
Mr.. Mellett recalled that his name
first had been mentioned in connec-
ton with the committee investlga-
ton when Chairman Thomas had
been quoted as saying, after a sub
committee had taken secret testl-
mony in Hollywood, that Mr.. Mel
lett came here specifically or
orders Of his superior to see that
MIR. Taylor played that leading role
Mr.. Mellett said his only gesture
In connection with the picture was
to write a letter to the Navy De.
partment noting request by Greg
ory Ratoff, an M.-G.-M. director
that Mr.. Taylor's entrance on active
duty in the Navy be delayed tt
permit completion of the film.
Never Received Subpoena.
Mr.. Mellett recalled his name hae
appeared on the committees orig
iral list of those II announced i
intended to subpoena, but added he
never had received o subpoena.
He said he had been asked If he
wanted one when Chief investigator
Robert E. STRIPPING told hfm yol
plans to call him last Wednesday
Mr.. Mellett said he replied HI
wanted to testify and, didn't cart
whether or not he was served with
o paper.
Further, he said, Mr.. STRIPPING
asked him to bring a copy of his
letter to the Navy Department con.
cerning Mr.. Taylor. He brought Il
and was ready to offer 1t for the
record when called, Mr.. Mellett said
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Food
From First Page.)

ers, said he had asked State to block
any such proposal.
IT was outraged by Mr.. Luck
mans proposal" Mr.. Lourie told
an Associated Press reporter. He
said his group, which represents 80
per cent Of the Scotch importers
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Navy Honors Mrs. Warren.
Refirina After 80 Years

Mrs. Belle x. Warren, 3O12 Cam
bridge place NV, retired today
from the Navy's photographic Of
flee after 80 years service.
Mrs. Warren was presented with
a letter Of commentator from Sec
retary of the Navy Sullivan by Rear
Admiral r. o. Glover. and her fell
low employees presented her with
$3.50 in savings bonds.
Mrs. Warren was born here
October 10, 1887, and was educated
in District public schools and
Mount st. Agnes College in Balti-
more. Her husband, Charles e.
Warren, is superintendent of the
miscellaneous division in the Post
Office Department. She is past
commander of Jacob Jones Post,
American Legion.
Forests cover roughly one-third
,r~o ~ TT,1;%ol Stofas
Evening star., 1947-10-31

dens Apartments workers will launch
their campaign at 8 pm. Wednesday
with a meeting at the Arlington
Recreation Center.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
British Mission Fails
To Reach Agreement
With Soviet on Trade
BY the Assoeioied Press

LONDON, July 26.-Harold Will
son, chief of British trade mission
to Soviet Russia, reported to his
Government today after more than
a month of negotiations in Moscow
that his mission had failed to reach
a comprehensive agreement.
The mission was shaken up last
night when the transport plane in
which it arrived from Moscow over
shot the runway and nosed over.
Only one member of the mission,
woman, was slightly injured, how
ever.
Mr.. Wilson said: 1--WE reached
wide area of agreement on trade
matters but we have not reached an
agreement on the financial question
which the Soviet government has in
sisted upon as a condition of any
comprehensive trade agreement
Moscow dispatches quoted mem
bers of the mission as saying two
contracts were signed in Moscow,
one for the delivery of $4,000 stand
ards of Soviet timber, about enough
for $4,000 houses, and another for
large quantity of mine props. These
were small items compared to the
l 100000 tons of wheat and other
items which the British wanted
from the Russians.
The negotiations broke down over
terms of repayment of the British
194l credit to the Russians. The
present terms called for repayment
of 40 per cent of the advance in
gold or. dollars in about six months
from now, and the remainder in
five annual installments. The Rus
slams wanted to delay the initial
payment for four years and then
make II annual inStallments. with
the interest rate cut from 2 per cent
to n per cent.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Marshall Plan Farley
Seeks DATA on Nations
Recovery Programs
By the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, July 26.-The delegates OF
16 nations and their home govern
ments began assembling extensive
economic data this week end to map
the reconstruction of Europe on a
cooperative basis.
In its first burst of activity, the
Marshall Plan" Conference has
completed it's organization, charted
it's general objectives and now is
waiting for information on all
aspects of it's members individual
recovery programs before tackling
the task of synchronizing them.
A 12-point QUESTIONABLE was en-
ructe from Paris to each Of the Is
other capitals with a request that
it be answered and returned before
midnight of August 3. When the
answers are received, the economic
organization and its component
committees can begin their work in
earnest.
Conference in Lull.
The attempt by the 16 nations to
draft a common response to the
offer of American help made by Sec
retary of State Marshall thus finds
itself in a sort of hiatus.
In the interim, many of the
leading delegates are returning to
their capitals to work with their
own economic experts in drafting
the replies. These will furnish the
raw material for future decisions
within the international organiza-
tons six technical committees: For
metal industries, food. inland trans
port, maritime transport, power and
finances. %
The QUESTIONABLE covered such
topics as:
Difficulties due to the war, includ-
ing shortage of food, equipment,
raw materials, transport and disrup-
ton of normal channels of trade.
Data On Resources Sought.
Efforts within each country for its
own reconstruction, including the
objectives, results as of July /, and
methods employed.
Contributions to the reconstruc-
ton of other nations, including as
sistance both granted and received
National recovery programs for
the period of 1947 to 1851 inclusive,
covering objectives. means and diff
culties.
Deficits and surpluses in food and
raw materials, including essential
means of production.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Democrats AssaiI 6. 0. P.
Failure in GI-Sfudent Aid

The Democratic National Com
mittee last night assailed what 1t
called failure of the Republican,
dominated Eightieth Congress to
take action" to raise subsistence
payments for student veterans.
A statement from the committee
quoted Republican leaders as saying
a prospect of a presidential veto
was the reason for failure to bring
out for House action the Senate
approved measure boosting pay
ments.
Then it quoted IAN administra-
ton spokesman" at the White House
as saying:
The President does not indicate
his decision on legislative matters
until he has had an opportunity to
see the bill in question and study it.
To say that he has SO indicated op-
position to this bill or any bill is
to distort the facts for obvious po-
litical ends"
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Veterans Groups Hit
Small Volume OF GI
Benefit Legislation

Adjournment of the 8oth Congress
last night brought lusty bronx
cheer" from the Nations major
veterans organizations.
Statements from leaders Of the
five largest groups bluntly criticized
the small volume of legislation for
the benefit of vetreans.
Only vital veterans legislation
passed by Congress this session,
they said, was the provision to al
low former enlisted men to cash
their terminal leave pay bonds. The
bill was sianed into law yesterday
by President Truman.
Other Action By-Passed.
By-passed, at least until next
January, they complained, was ac-
ton to speed housing and to con-
troll increased costs of living. Their
other chief criticism was against
House leaders for refusing to in
crease subsistence allowances to vet
erans in school and training under
the CT Bill.
In the last-minute rush, the Sen
ate passed measures to raise pay
ments to veterans in school and to
increase limits on total incomes of
on-the-job trainees. Both bills,
approved early this year by the
House Veterans Affairs Committee,
failed to reach the House floor for
votes.
Chat Paterson, national COM
mander OF the American Veterans
Committee, declared Congress "ut-
terly failed" to meet the problem Of
rising prices, and said Congress
next year Should reinstate price
controls if there is no other way to
meet imitation"
"Scandalous Job"
But the most scandalous job,"
he said, was the failure to provide
some kind of plan for veterans
housing. Congress gave the green
light to construction of honky-
tonks and race tracks, but there
was nothing for the veterans
And remember" he added, that
little joker to increase rents by Is
per cent
Mr.. Paterson assailed the House
Rules Committee, which refuses to
allow measures passed by the
veterans committee to reach the
floor of the House, as "a super vet
erans' committee that has decided
to consider the merits of legislation
rather than to channel 1t for
action"
Jack Williamson, legislative Of
fcer of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, said the House leaders could
have had two reasons in mind for
failing to consider the CT Bill in
creases.
Charge Politics.
Either they committed a gross
error in thinking the legislation was
not important, or they played
politics with the veterans by holding