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Evening star., 1947-10-01
Measures Tightening
Britain 'sAusterity
Go Into Effect Today
BY the Assoeioisd Press

LONDON, Oct. Life in this
tight little isle" became tighter
today with the enforcement o1
new government austerity meas.
ures that virtually banned for
eign holiday travel, wiped out
gasoline rations for pleasure
motoring and boosted railway
fares so per cent above prewa1
levels. \
Limited direction of labor goes
into effect next Monday under an
other decree issued by the Labor
Government, which recently OBJ
tanned from Parliament almost un-
limited powers to combat Britain s
economic crisis.
The new measures that became
effective today, two days after Prime
Minister Attlee began his long-ex-
pected cabinet shakeup, are part
of the governments program to
slash dollar spending and increase
production in the hope of erasing
the Nations grave export-import
deficit by mid-1948.
An advance warning that after
October /, Britons would no longer
be able to exchange sterling for
foreign currencies to spend on
holidays abroad brought last va
cation rush to the continent and
the United States during September.
Up to September Britons could
spend rs pounds $4,000 yearly in
foreign pleasure travel. Then the
allowance was cut to IS pounds
($140), and now it vanishes COM
pletely.
Beginning today the "basic petrol
ration" which permitted automobile
owners about 300 miles Of pleasure
driving a month, will be eliminated
and gasoline will be reserved in the
future solely for priority purposes
as 1t was during most of the war.
Travel is expected to be restricted
further by the fourth increase in
railroad passenger fares and freight
rates since 1899. The latest increase,
averaging 1925 per cent over present
fares, was attributed to rising labor
and maintenance costs. -
or stoves are being displayed in
store windows in Mexico.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

was awakened in his automobile by
1t. Lewis D. Redman and Sergt. Ear
Noble after he failed to call his sta
ton between 5 and m September
II. Pvt. Luebkert, according to the
charges, was found asleep in his car
at 6:25 am. September 13 after hav-
ing failed to call his station the
hour before.
Pvt. Charles M. Queen of 11th pre-
cinct and Pvt. Floyd S. Hathorne of
the fifth precinct are the others
scheduled to appear before the board
Friday.
Pvt. Queen was charged with
neglect of duty and willful disobedi-
ence of orders by failing to direct
trafnc at Minnesota avenue and Ben
ming road NE. September /. A seri-
Gus accident occurred between 9 and
9: 40 am. that day and. several per-
sons were-injured, the charges stated,
sPvt. Hathorne wasseharged witt
failure to call his station Septem-
Der 3d.
In another move to tighten super
vision of detective personnel, activi-
ties and reports, Maj. Barrett ap-
pointed 1t Thomas Sullivan. now a
|desk officer in the Detective Bureau,
TO have charge of all precinct de-
tectives. 1t. Sullivan will be sue
ceeded by Sergt. Joseph Johnson,
who today will be sworn in. as a
lieutenant, Maj. Barrett announced.
Entirely New Post.
1t. Sullivan will have no set hours.
He will visit all precincts, see that
proper hours" are kept, check re-
ports and give particular attention
to the handling and solution of
minor crimes. Maj. Barrett said
this post is entirely new" and re-
suited in part from the recent FBI
report showing substantial in
crease in minor crimes in the Dis
trict.
Maj. Barrett said another reason
for these moves to tighten super
vision of activities of policemen and
detectives is that too many "brazen'
robberies have been committed here
He said he was disturbed by reports
Of robberies in which thieves rolled
huge safes out of buildings and into
waiting automobiles at night with
out being detected by police.
The 24-hour supervision of tours
OF duty OF all men should keep
the force On its toes" Maj. Barrett
declared.
To Increase Robbery Squad.
Looking to the future, the super
intendentl said he would recommend
budgetary provision for four addi-
tional Heutenants. Two of them
would be assigned to the 4 pm. to
midnight shift and the other two
to the midnight to am. tour.
Maj. Barrett said he also intends
to increase the size of the robbery
squad as a means of closing cases
more quickly.
He served notice the department is
mot fooling" when it promises to
press for prosecution in all robbery
cases. If a person reports robbery
and later asks that the matter be
dropped, he will have to offer q
good explanation or run the risk
of being charged with making q
false report, Maj. Barrett said.
Australia's High Court has decided
it is illegal to call man crook.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Navy Announces Names
Of Destroyer Casualties

The Navy Department yesterday
afternoon made public the names o1
the men who were killed and Il
injured when the Destroyer Douglas
H. Fox struck mine near Trieste
Monday.
The dead were listed as:
Melvin Louis Berthold, carpenters
mate, first class, whose wife, Mrs
Josephine Berthold, resides at Col
lege Park, Ga.
Charles Ronald Charlton, signal
man, third class, whose parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Charlton
live in Roanoke, Va.
Robert Lewis Mockford, radar
man, third class, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Mockford, live in
Indianapolis, Ind.
The injured, all of whom have
been removed to the 7th Staticf
Army Hospital at Trieste, are:
Staley Lowell Dickey, signalmar
second class, San Bernardino, Calf.
Richard Eugene Ferber, seaman
second class, Greenfield, Iowa
Harry Fernando, seaman first class
Palmer, Mass; Kenneth Adstir
Folsom, seaman second class, Month
cello, Me-; Oscar Melvin Hurt, cool
third class, Bluef1eld, Va; Harry
Myron Lay, seaman first class, Nor.
row, Iowa.
Also Raymond Francis Lovely
jr,a mailman third Class, Bradford
Mass; Joseph Patrick Moore, sea.
man second class, Flushing, Long
Island, N. Y; Leonard Mulane
Powers, seaman first class. Syra.
cuse, N. Y; Robert Edward Saal-
waechter, laundryman third class
Cincinnati, Ohio: Carl Junior VIM
cent, seaman second class, Jackson
Mich, and Eugene Aloysius Walsh
seaman second class, New York
City.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Two Senators Propose
Curb on Admittance
.0f Russians 10 u. ).

Refusal by Russia to let IL
Senators and an Assistant Sec
retary of State visit Moscow
brought demands by two of the
Senators today for a tougher
policy on admitting Russians to
this country.
Chairman Bridges of the Senate
Appropriations Committee disclosed
the Soviet action and asserted it
poses the important question of
how much longer we are going to
permit indiscriminate admission of
Soviet subjects and sympathizers to
the United States"
Senator Dworshak, Republican, Of
Idaho a member of the committee,
said there should be at least a care
full scrutiny of such admissions in
the future.
May Tighten Visa Rules.
State Department officials refused
to predict this Government course
of action Immediately. but one said
1t "is quite conceivable" that there
will be some tightening of the issu-
ance of visas to Soviet officials.
Senator. Bridges and II other
members of his committee, accom-
panied by John E. Peurifoy, Assist
ant Secretary of State In charge of
departmental and foreign service
administration. plan to leave next
week to inspect American Embassies
in Europe.
The group requested visas indi-
viduaIy some time ago to enter
Russia for the purpose of inspecting
the Embassy jim Moscow, Senator
Bridges said.
The Soviet Foreign Office turned
down the request Senator Bridges
said it gave this explanation:
"Inasmuch as the U. S. S. r. is
not considered a country that could
be made the subject of an investi-
cation on the part of visiting Sena-
tors, we do not consider their "trip
to be suitable"
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith
made a second request, emphasiz-
ing that the group would make an
examination only OF the operations
of the Embassy, but to no avail
Senator Bridges pointed out that
Mr.. Peurifoy has supervision over
the State Departments visa and
passport divisions and of United
States Embassies throughout the
world. and asserted that refusal to-
permit him to inspect the Ameri-
can Embassy came as a distinct
shock to State Department officials
and members of Congress-"
The State Department was expect
ed to move cautiously in considering
the Senate demands for a Tightening
of this Governments policy on ad-
mitting Soviet citizens.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Secretary Reveals Hoover
Is Suffering From Shingles
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-Former
President Hoover is well on the
way to recovery" after suffering
for flve or six weeks from shingles
a painful skin disorder of nervous
origin, his secretary said today.
The former President was suffer-
ing from the illness when he ad-
dressed a Madison Square Garden
meeting in behalf of German relief
the night of September 81. A doctor
and a nurse accompanied him to the
meeting.
Mr.. Hoover returned from Wash
ington yesterday where he attended
a meeting of "a i2-man commission
which will study how to simplify and
promote economy in the Federal
Evening star., 1947-10-01

A 47-year-old housewife today was
ordered held for a mental examina-
tion at Gallinger Hospital after a
charge of simple assault had been
filed against her in Municipal Court
by Fulton Lewis, jr., radio COM
mentator, acting for his daughter,
Alice Elizabeth, Is.
The defendant is Mrs. Agnes G.
Pearson Of 4408 Volta place NV,
a neighbor of the Lewis family,
which lives three doors away.
She was booked yesterday at No.
7 precinct, where she posted $500
bond after her arrest on a warrant
charging she chased Mr.. Lewis
daughter down the street in the
Foxhall Village section welding "a
large and dangerous" stick in q
Evening star., 1947-10-01

"menacing" manner.
At a hearing before Judge George
D. Nelson to determine whether a
mental examination was necessary,
Miss Lewis testified she was walk
ing her dog in front of Mrs. Pear
sons home when the defendant
threatened her with a broom handle
and later threw it at her. The
stick missed, however, she said.
Defense Counsel Albert F. Gra-
ham, objecting to his clients COM
mitment, claimed Mrs. Pearson
merely has a strong dislike" for
dogs and was provoked" into any
actions she may have taken.
Judge Nelson declared that suf-
ficient prima facie evidence. had
been submitted and continued the
case for 80 days pending the exami-
nation at Gallinger,
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Society of Agricultural Engineers,
a former director of the American
Forestry Association, a member of
the Committee on Agricultural Co.
operation Of the National Associa-
tion of Manufacturers and has
served on various committees of the
Farm Chemurgic Council.
Donald r. Ernst is president of
the school association.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Retirement Age Waived
For 7 TuxCourt Judqes

President Truman today issued
an executive order waving the TO-
year retirement age rule for Judges
William w. Arnold and John A.
Tyson of the Tax Court of the
United States.
The waiver will permit the judges
to finish their terms. Judge
Arnold's tenure expires in June.
1856, and Judge Tyson's in
June, 1850.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Counsel for Romney lFi|s
Briefs for His Appeal.

Counsel for Kenneth Romney,
former House sergeant at arms, who
was sentenced in District Court last
May on charge Of concealing
shortage of more than s143 900 in his
accounts, have filed briefs in the
Court of Appeals. where they are
seeking 10 have his conviction set
aside.
Romney was sentenced in District
Court to serve from one to three
years, but has been at liberty under
$4,000 bond. pending the outcome
of the appeal from his conviction.
Evening star., 1947-10-01


standard, but could impair the con-
1dence of business, and thus jeop-
ardize the splendid record we have
achieved in the maintenance of high
employment, high production and
general prosperity. We must get
prices down and help hungry people
in other countries at the same time
1T has been estimated that we
waste about 10 per cent of all the
food we buy. Clearly, by wasting
less, American families can help
significantly in feeding hungry
families abroad. In addition to cut
ting down waste, Americans can
save by being more selective in the
foods they buy.
Should Cut Living Costs.
I'm our free enterprise system,
we place. major reliance on the
voluntary actions of businessmen,
farmers, workers ssand GsconsunaeFs.
It is in accordance with this prin-
ciple that I have consistently set
forth a program for voluntary ac-
ton in all parts of the economy.
The appointment of the Citizens
Food Committee is. q. further step
in this direction. Tnesconservation
practices which this committee
works out, by reducing the demand
for certain foods, should bring down
some food prices, and hence reduce
the cost of living.
LAS representatives of all seq
ments of our population, the Citi-
zens' Food Committee can help us
plan where, how much, and what
kinds of food we should save. 1t
can enlist the aid of those who
should support the program-con-
sumers, retailers, food distributors
and professors, and farmers. 1t
can also develop the best ways of
informing the public on what steps
Americans, as individuals and
groups, can take.
1--WE must deal with the problem
quickly and decisivelL Much de-
pends, therefore, upon the volun-
tary conservation measures which
the Citizens Food Committee will
propose. Much depends upon the
speed and thoroughness with which
the American people will put these
voluntary measures into effect.
THE saving asked of each indi-
vidual is actually very small. One
bushel of grain saved by every
American in the next few months
will do the job"
Urges Speed by Committees.
J. The President decided on the call
to congressional committees after a
meeting with Republican and
Democratic leaders at which he ad-
vised them that $3.50, 5000 must
be raised to aid Western Europe,
principally Italy and France-from
December until March 81. In the
letter to the committee chairman
he cited the situation confronting
this country and reiterated that
early action by the committees lis a
necessary first step" to laying a
program before Congress for action.
Already, a move has started for
a joint session of Senate Foreign
Relations and House Foreign At
fairs Committees November 10.
These groups would have to ap-
prove a program in advance Of
formal requests to the appropria-
tions committees for money.
The issue of renewing wartime
controls was raised, meanwhile,
when Senator Brewster, Repub-
lican, of Maine, said in a men,
orandum to Mr.. Luckman that
Congress probably will reduce the
use of grain for liquor If distillers
do not do so voluntarily. He urged
that the Luckman committee sup
port use of potatoes as an alcohol
base substitute.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Mother Removes Valves;
Radiator Heat Kills Baby
by the Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Oct. Mrs. Gladys
Saugez, 21, thought the early morn
ing air today in her small sons
bedroom was chilly so she removed
the valve from team radiator and
retired to her own room.
William, her husband, awakened
at 6 am. and found the nearby
bedroom Of 2-year-old William. jr.,
had become steaming cauldron.a
The father rushed his son to Sister
Elizabeth Hospital-but the child
was dead.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

a meeting OF the
Coolidge High h
S c DOL Home
and School As
sociatton at 3:
pm. October IA
in the school.
Mr.. Livingston
will demonstrate
a number of the
newest develop
ments OF chemi-
cal research and
the effect on the
average Ameri-
can. He Is q for
mer president Of
/ A
Evening star., 1947-10-01
u, S. Envoy Says Poles
Must Trust America
BY the Associated Press

WARSAW, October Limited
States Ambassador Stanton Grifis
told a press conference yesterday
that Poles must trust the United
States to do her best to bring about
world peace.
IF nations have no confidence in
each other" he said, then civiliza-
ton will shortly end. Either you are
going to trust the United States or
not. and you had better make up
your mind"
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Destroyer Mine Blast
|Probed With Hint That
Ship Was Off Course
by the Associoted Press

BY the ASSoctofed FreSS
TRIESTE, Oct. 1.-Vice Admiral
B. H. Bieri, commander of the
United States Mediterranean Fleet
yesterday ordered an investigation
into the accident suffered by the
American Destroyer Douglas H
Fox following reports the ship
might have been off course when ii
struck mine.
Three men were killed and IL
injured in the mine explosion Mon
day in the upper Adriatic, lS miles
off Trieste. Four men critically in
jured were expected to survive. The
dead were taken to an Army
morgue at Udine, from where they
will be sent home.
British Capt. c. S. D. Noakes said
the destroyer might have been of
course. He said he based his state
ment on information given by Capt
Robert N. McFarlane, commander
of the American I'd Naval Squad
ron, that the destroyer struck q
mine.
Capt. Noakes said the position
given by British charts, would place
the ship several miles south Of the
normal course from Trieste to
Venice and about nine minutes east
of the line which marks the NINE
fields, ..-...
He added that charts captured
from the Germans disclosed the
position of every mine in the
Adriatic" and that since the wars
end there had been but one known
case of q floating mines having
done any damage.
A United States naval public rela-
tions officer said a court of inquiry
in such cases was normal procedure.
The Fox was in drydock at
Venice, but extent Of the damage
could not be assessed until the dock
was pumped out.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Du Pont Aide 10 Address
Coolidge High Association

L. r. Livingston, manager of the
extension division OF the E. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Co., will speak
on Research and Better Living" at
Evening star., 1947-10-01
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kret Of the second precinct will an
swer charges that they were asleep
on duty and failed to communicate
with their stations. 8 They also were
charged with driving cars to their
beats instead of walking, as ordered.
The charges stated that Pvt. Cue
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Government. He is chairman Of the
commission.
His secretary said he was at his
desk working today,
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Australia's High Court has decided
it is illegal to call man crook.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

DODGERS-Jorgensen famed
Ritzzuto threw out lombard. Stanky
went out the same way. No'runs.
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Lawyers Guild TO Ask
Clark 10 File Brief
Opposing Covenants

The District Chapter of the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild prepared to-
day to ask Attorney General Clark
to file in the Supreme Court brief
expressing Government opposition
to restrictive covenants.
The organization voted to make
this request, after speakers at a
meeting in the National Archives
Building auditorium last night ex-
planned pending or prospective Su-
preme Court cases to test the con-
stitutionality of such covenants and
the validity of court injunctions to
enforce them.
Judge Alfred Noyes of Rockville
and Prof. j. M. Nabrit of the How
ard University Law School attacked
as undemocratic and inequitable the
covenants aimed at preventing Ne
groes and other minority groups
from owning or occupying property
in white neighborhoods.
Hit Is Economic Theat.
Phineas Indritz, an Interior De-
partment attorney who is associated
with counsel for group of District
residents petitioning the Supreme
Court to invalidate covenant mere,
attacked covenants on the "socio-
logical ground" He called them
threats to the economic and moral
welfare of the community. He pre-
dicted that, If the Supreme Court
upholds the enforceability of cove
nants, there will be "a rash of cove
nants" everywhere to hem minor
ity groups in slum areas. This would
result in "ghettoization," he asserted.
Judge Noyes is the attorney for
Aaron Tushin who, he said, is con-
sidering the advisability of bringing
q counter suit against q group of
Bannockburn Heights property own
ers who sought to have him evicted
from his home in that development
because of covenant aimed at Jews.
The property owners dropped their
suit, but Mr.. Tushin may decide to
seek q declaratory judgment in
Montgomery County Court that the
covenant is invalid, Judge Noyes
said.
Sees Favorable Ruling.
1T Is q shocking thing that, In
the Nations Capital, there are areas
where Negroes, Jews and others
cannot live" he declared. Property
rights have sometimes been upheld
against personal rights, but be-
lieve the day is coming when the
courts will rule in favor Of civil
rights in this matter"
Prof. Nabrit participated in two
District cases carried to the ST.
creme Court In a consolidated pc
tition at the October term. These
cases concern q 1906 covenant by
which a group of white property
owners on Bryant street NV. sought
to prevent sale Of houses in q cove
nanted area to Negroes and an
Indian.
The United States Court Of Ap-
peals here last May upheld a Dis
trict Court decision in favor Of the
covenant. Prof. Nabrit explained.
He traced the history Of similar
court action and of the development
Of covenants in general.
Assistance Voted.
The Supreme Court has held that
legislation to restrict property own
ership or occupancy because Of race
or creed is unconstitutional but has
Evening star., 1947-10-02

not yet ruled on whether the courts
can enforce restrictive covenants by
Injunction.
I'm recent years segregation has
been accomplished, not by ordi-
nances, which have been declared
unconstitutional, but by private
covenants" he said.
The Lawyers Guild chapter voted
to have Its Civil Liberties Commit
tee assist, wherever possible, all ef-
forts to contest covenants In the
District. The group also announced
that, at meetings this year, 1t will
give special attention to other Dis
Evening star., 1947-10-02

trict affairs and has appointed a
special committee for that purpose.
Among the District problems to be
discussed At subsequent meetings
are suffrage and court procedure.
The members adopted resolution
urging President Truman to estab-
lish fair employment practice
committee by executive order for
Government workers.
Evening star., 1947-10-02

yesterday announced receipt Of an
application by Bernard L. Phipps OF
Deale, Md, for permission to build a
marine railway 80 feet long into
Rockhold Greek at Deale, in Anne
Arundel County.
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. A-25
Z

Norfolk tomorrow for Baltimore
where she will be turned over to
the Naval Reserve for use as . train
ing vessel
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Navy Escort to Be Truiner

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 2 (P.-The
Destroyer Escort Roberts will leave
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