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Evening star., 1947-10-15
Bookkeeping Of FPHA
IHit as Mess in Plea
For Smaller Bureaus
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
OF Wisconsin today termed past
bookkeeping of the Federal Pub
lie Housing Authority "a mess"
and said 1t points up a need for
reducing the size of Government
bureaus.
The Wisconsin lawmaker ex-
pressed this view to a reporter as
Ia Senate Expenditures Subcommit-
tee assembled to delve further into
charges by an accounting firm that
FPHA's books for 1856 were in
such bad shape they could not be
audited.
Representatives of the firm
Price, Waterhouse g. Co.-were
called as the days witnesses. The
company surveyed FPHA accounts
at the request Of the Controller
Generals Office.
Reports 'Vast" Sums Gone.
Senator Mccarthy said during
yesterdays hearing the study
showed that vast amounts of Gov
ernment money seem to have dis
appeared" as a result of FPHA'S
operations.
Whether any one did any steal
ing, I don't know" he said, adding
that "the most generous interpreta-
ton" possible was that mo one
can tell whether there was misuse
of funds"
Herbert Emmerich, who headed
FPHA in 1924, testified that
there hasn't been any showing that
any one lined his pockets" So did
John N. Edy, who was Mr.. En-
merich's deputy.
Sees utter Chaos"
E. B. Van Horn, executive direc-
tor of the Senate Committee, did not
dispute this. but he said:
There was utter chaos. There
was fire and smoke and birthstone
all around"
Senator Mccarthy said before to-
days session that the Federal Gov
ernment has grown so large "the
people have a hard time finding
where their money is going" He
added:
IT don't care whether it's public
housing or what, the principle is the
same. It seems to me we need more
decentralization of Government
less Of this attempt to do everything
in Washington.
1--WE need to break down these
massive Federal bureaus and get
nearer the people on what they are
doing"
Ferguson Reports Fraud"
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan, also a member of the
committee, said yesterday that the
study of FPHA accounts uncovered
a $26,250 fraud" at the agency's
Atlanta regional Office. Senator Nc
Carthy said a $608,261 debit item
in the case of a housing project at
Greenbelt, Md, either was mis-
take in bookkeeping or a defalca-
tion."
Stephen B. Ives, director of the
Corporation Audits Division of the
General Accounting Office, testified
that three or four defalcations" re-
Gently have been uncovered by
FPHA itself. These, he added, were
under $4,000 in all but one case in
Michigan, where ''the amount was
little bit larger" He did not elab-
crate on this.
Mr.. Ives told the subcommittee
that in the survey of 1856 FPHA
operations there was nothing to in
dicate ANY defalcations or irregu-,
larities so far as money matters
were concerned"
Evening star., 1947-10-15
Hartley 10 Seek Law
Guaranteeing Worker
Right 10 Go 10 Job
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Oct. 15.-Representative
Hartley, Republican, of New Jersey
co-author of the Taft-Hartley labor
law, says that when Congress re-
convenes he will seek Legislation to
make it Federal offense to inter-
fere with the civil rights of worker
to 60 to his job"
Mr.. Hartley told d meeting Of truck
line operators last night that certain
sections of the law are not strong
enough because concessions had to
be made for fear the entire bill
would fall. ..... ...... .........
He said the section concerning
strikes affecting national health and
safety Is mot as adequate as it might
be-" and that the section covering
mass picketing and the use of force
is not strong enough"
He said he would like to see legis-
lation which would make the Sher-
man Antitrust Act apply to labor
unions.
Asserting that some of the men,
bers of the National Labor Relations
Board are not 'in sympathy" with
the act, Mr.. Hartley named former
Senator Abe Murdock of Utah as
zone man who does not favor the
act"
II am not satisfied with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board" he
said.
He said he welcomed "the chal-
lenge" of labor's criticism and did
not fear a threatened purge" OF
Taft-Hartley advocates.
Mentioning Philip Murray, presi-
dent of the CIO, and William
Green, president of the AFL, by
name, Mr.. Hartley said:
1T you want to do a real job OF
purging purge the Comnies in your
unions and you'll be doing a good
job"
He said that Mr.. Murray could
do much to combat imitation" II
'he would stop pressing for wage
increases and increase the produc-
tivity and output of the CIO."
Evening star., 1947-10-15

The number of divorces per 1000
United States population rose fairly
steadily from 19 in 1889 to 3.6 in
1915.
Evening star., 1947-10-15
Creedon 0yerruIes
Board on Rent Curb
Removal in One Area
By the Assoeiotsd Press

Housing Expediter Frank R
Creedon has turned down the
recommendation of a local ad.
visory board that rent controls
be dropped in the Clovis IN
Mex.) area.
At the same time Mr.. Creedor
announced approval of the recon-.
mendations OF local boards for con.
tinued controls in eight communities
Saginaw-Bay City, Mich; Alliance
Nebr.; Moultrie, Ca; Morgantown
w. Va; Martinsburg, w. Va; Mount
Vernon, Ind; Princeton, Ind, ano
Madisonville, KY. In those COM
munities the rent ceilings stay al
present levels until the local boards
recommend change and Mr.
Creedon approves it.
Mr.. Creedon rejected the decon.
troll recommendation for Clovis or
the ground that it had not beer
appropriately substantiated" as re.
quired by the 1916 rent law. Spe.
cifically he said the board had not
submitted evidence to show that
"the need for continued maximum
rents in such area no longer exists
due to sufficient construction of new
housing accommodations" or that
"the demand for rental housing
accommodations has been otherwise
reasonably met"
The order brings to IL the mum.
ber of local board recommendation.
for continued control which Mr.
Creedon has approved.
He has agreed to recommends
tions for 5 per cent rent rise ir
Jefferson County, KY, which in.
cludes Louisville. and decontrol O.
a portion of Lawrence County, S. D
Harvey w. Brown, president O.
the International Association O
Machinists which had strongly pro.
tested the Louisville rent ceiling in.
crease, interpreted Mr.. Creedon's
action in the Clovis case as q rever.
sal of policy.
II am gratified to know that Mr.
Creedon does not intend to rubber
stamp the recommendation of loca
boards as they come in," Mr.. Brown
said in a statement.
Mr.. Creedon suggested to thu
board in the Clovis case that a pub.
lie hearing would be the best mean.
to obtain information for his con.
sideration on the relation of renta
housing supply and demand, the
prospects of population change, ane
an estimate of the change in rem
levels which decontrol would bring
Mr.. Creedon told the board hs
would consider a new recommenda
ton when that information came
along with 1t.
Evening star., 1947-10-15
Red Cross Announces
Water Safety Course

The American Red Cross District
Chapters first water safety instruc-
tor training course since spring will
begin at pm. tomorrow at 202O
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Daniel A. Leonard, director OF
safety services for the District Red
Cross, said applicants must be 19
years of age or more and must have
current Red Cross senior life saving
certificates. No fee is charged for
the course, which will have at least
80 hours of instruction. The schedule
will be announced at the Thursday
night meeting.
Evening star., 1947-10-15
Britons Tell Of FACING
Yugos|av Firing Squad
BY the Asseeiated Press

VIENNA, Oct. 15.-Three British
soldiers yesterday described how
they faced Yugoslav firing squad
for 10 minutes while young lieu
tenant threatened to finish them
of" because he thought they were
White Guardists (anti-Tito Yugo-
slav underground members.
The Britons said they were cap
tured so yards from the Yugoslav
border Sunday night and released
yesterday afternoon.
The three, members of the In
telligence Corps, said they were
making a reconnaissance trip in
two Jeeps with two Australian driv-
ers and an Austrian customs official
when they took a shortcut that car
ried them just inside the Yugoslay
border. They Immediately turned
around but before they could re-
turn to the Austrian side of the
line they were surrounded by six
Yugoslav soldiers AIMED with pistols
and hand grenades.
Refusing to let them return to
the Austrian side, the Yugoslavs
marched them to a headquarters
at Spignegg. There, they said, a
young lieutenant had them placed
against a fence and threatened to
shoot them.
He fired two shots into the air,
the Brittons said but after about
10 minutes of threatening them
he had them escorted to still an
other headquarters where they were
met by "a very friendly" major.
The major sent them still further
into Yugoslavia where they were
interrogated twice. They said they
were given good food and good beds
and were not molested further.
British sources said they expected
a strong" official protest would
not be made concerning the case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
Slur On Neighborhood
Causes Swirling Draw

NEW YORK; W.D Two hun
dred teen-age girls engaged in
a swirling brawl, pulling hair,
blackening eyes, tearing clothes
and punching each other, until
a swarm of police squad cars
arrived to break it up.
It was not until q few days
later that a close investigation
revealed the trouble between the
groups. A newspaper had re-
ferred to the 18th street block
at York Avenue as a "slum
neighborhood," two weeks be-
fore. The girls on 81st Street
kept haunting the girls on 18th
Street with the phrase until it
came to a head.
One woman, school official,
however, blamed lack of recre-
alton.
"This isn't a tough neighbor-
hood" she said. ''But there isn't
a single place for these kids to
congregate at nights, and when
they don't have anything to do,
you can see the results"
The states of Washington,
New York, Virginia and Penn.
sylvania grow more. than hall
of the apples produced in the
country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Norah's eyes; she felt like say
ing to this arrogantly lovely,
exquisitely dressed stranger,
There! You see? He no longer
cares a darn for what you did
to him. He's got Kate now, and
she's worth a million of you.
LISA was charming, and
Kate was pleasant and friendly.
She turned to Norah, saying,
"And this is my niece, Norah
Wayne, who makes her home
with u.s."
LISA said prettily, "Gail has
written me about how sweet
you've been to her. Thank you"
II was very fond of GALL
said Norah quietly.
Greg was presented and bow
ed coldly, his eyes dark, max
ing no attempt to shake hands
or to offer any sort of welcome.
LISA looked at him curious
ly. "Are you the young man
Cell wrote me about-the one
she planned to marry?" she
asked directly, like a child.
"Yeah," said Greg deliber-
ately, and his cold eyes were
hard upon hers. 'I'm the weird
yokel'."
Lissa's eyes widened a little
at his tone and the last two
words, deliberately accented.
And then she turned away, as
though dismissing him., and
said gayly, "And where is my
child? I've come to collect
her."
Charles said quietly, "1'm
sorry to tell you, LISA, that
Gail has gone away.sTo be with
friends, the Dillinghasts."
"Oh," said LISA cheerfully.
For a moment her expressive
face took in the scene about
her, and as though they could
read her thoughts, they knew
she was saying privately that
she couldn't blame the child at
all!
"I'm sorry I missed her. But
Martin and I will follow and
pick her up. The Dillinghasts
are in Maine, I imagine. I'll
ring them up from the hotel
in town and have Gail meet us
in New York. The poor lamb!
Martin and I intend to see to
it that she has a simply mar
velous time from now on. I'm
afraid it hasn't been so much
fun for her up to now"
"No," said Charles quietly.
Elm afraid it hasn't"
LISA looked at him as though
startled by his tone as well as
the look in his eyes. And for a
moment color burned briefly in
her lovely face. But she raised
her shoulders in a little shrug.
"1t hasn't been too much fun
for me, either, Charles" sh e
pointed out defensively. "There
was so little money-it was des-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
WOMAN WRANCLER
BOSSES COMMANDS

LAS VEGAS, New. W.g-Rodeo
queen Norine Scruggs shrugged
off the outlaws Of southern
Nevada cowpokes to take on a
man-sized job bossing the cor
rails at a resort hotel here.
She bosses a hardbitten crew
Of cowhands, but doesn't try to
sidestep any of the hard work.
Her daily routine includes sad
ding horses for the dudes,
hitching teams to old-time rigs
for Fasteners to ride about in,
and teaching local riders how to
rope calves.
Surprisingly enough, she
started riding only two years
ago and admits that she fell
and was thrown elm every direc-
ton possible" before she applied
for the wrangling job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
BY GEORGE Clark

because when he lost his mon
ey and the big house burned,
he had so much tied up in that
settlement to you that all he
could do was move here into
the only house left standing that
had a roof on it. You never
cared a darn about how things
were with him-you simply sat
tight on your nice, secure in
come"
flush, Norah!!" said Kate,
laying a hand on the girls arm.
81 won't hush! It's high time
somebody was revealing the
facts to her!" blazed Norah.
"Just because Uncle Charles
settled half of his entire estate
on her when she divorced him
doesn't entitle her to any
special consideration. It's only
right that. she should know that
while she and Gail have been
buying orchids, it's been all we
could do to buy-food!"
"Well!" said LISA, and turn
ed deliberately to Martin an
said clearly, "My dear, I'm sc
sorry to have let you in for
such a filthy scene. After all,
I didn't dream we were going
Summing"
And with her head held high
she sailed out to the car with
out a backward look.
Martin hesitated, deeply en-
barrassed and uncomfortable.
"I-er-I'm terribly sorry"
he offered apology for his bride.
"I'm afraid LISA is a bit spoil
ed and self-centered."
"a miracle of understate-
ment, if ever I heard one,"
Norah flashed irrepressibly.
"Mr. Kincaid, have you got an
awful lot of money? I do hope
you have, for she's quite an ex-
pensive person"
Kate said, "Norah!" in a
shocked voice.
But Martin did not seem dis
turbed. He looked straight at
Norah and smiled family and
said quietly, 81 suppose / have,
Miss Wayne - enough to in
dulge myself occasionally. And
she's very beautiful"
"Outwardly, yes," said Nor
ali, ironically.
Martin turned to Charles and
said, cts been nice meeting
you, Mr.. Prentice. I wish we
could have had a chance to talk
a bit. I've always thought I'd
like to have a crack at farming
on a rather scientific scale.
It's almost the last frontier,
isn't it,"
"I'm afraid So" Charles adj
mitted, and the two shook
hands with sheepish grins.
Ito Be C0ntinued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

perately hard to keep up ap-
pearances."
"But waS that necessary"
Charles asked.
Her eyes flashed and she tilt
ed her pretty chin defiantly.
cit most certainly was, if
Gail was to have a chance at
making a decent marriage"
she told him coldly.
Martin looked a little embar-
rassed. His eyes met Charles
for a fleeing moment and the
two men reached a new degree
of understanding. Martins eyes
were almost defensive; Charles
were merely level and a little
curious.
LISA looked around, saw that
Greg had gone, and took a step
closer to Charles, lowering her
voice a little.
"This - this extraordinary
young man, Charles. Did the
poor lamb think she could pos.
sibly marry him and be
happy?"
Charles sighed and his broad
shoulders dropped a little.
81 thought that she was com.
pletely in love with him,
Lissa," he said sadly. "They
seemed quite mad about each
other. And Gail seemed com
pletely happy here"
LISA barely restrained a lit.
tie shudder and looked swiftly
about her.
"Gail happy here? Charles,
you're out of your mind" she
said sharply.
Charles mouth frightened q
little and there was a bleak
light in his eyes.
II suppose I must have been,
LISA, to be fooled for a mo
ment," he admitted. 81 should
have realized that no girl,
brought up as you have brought
Gail up, could be happy living
in a place like this, working in
the fields"
LISA gave a little stricken
gasp of outrage.
"Charlesi Working in the
fields? Gail-like - oh, like a
common POI white? How did
you dare? My poor baby!"
"She chose it herself, Lissa,"
said Charles YEARLY. "We tried
to talk her out of it, but she
insisted-thpeatened to leave if
we didn't let her."
Sand you should have let her
leave! I never heard of any
thing so utterly outrageous!"
LISA was white with fury.
Martin touched her elbow and
said mildly, "After all, LISA,
she came here with your con-
sent"
LISA whirled on him sharply.
"But I didn't know Charles
lived in ain a-pig-sty - or
that he'd make a slave out OF
the child" she ragged holly.
Charles face was white and
set. After a moment he said
quietly, "You haven't changed
a bit, LISA"
"I haven't lost my mind, if
that's what you mean," she
flashed at him furiously.
And it was then that Norah,
white-faced, her eyes blazing,
spoke for the first time.
"And did it ever occur to you
to. wonder why it's necessary
for Uncle Charles to live like
this?" she demanded holly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
DR :! :: & S%%M 6 5z52

Kate had never looked so beau
tlful or, so stately!
Charles put his arm about
Kate and said quietly, "My
dear, this is LISA. And LISA,
this is Kate. My wife"
There was a note of simple.
loving pride in the words that
made the tears sting a little in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
CHAPTER

"Come along, LISA, and
meet the family" said Charles,
and drew her with him. Martin
following them up the steps and
n the veranda.
Kate came forward, COM
,osed, her head up, and Norah,
watching her lovingly, felt that
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

A hippoptamus killed in the
water sinks to the bottom for Sc
veral hours, then rises with a
rush, like a submerged cork.
Wheat farming employs more
people throughout the world than
does any other paying occupa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-10
Ronne's Expedition
Gets Week Of Snow

NEW York, Sept. 0. CNANA)-
Put away that bathing suit and dis
connect the fan-winter Is here, re-
ports Comdr. Finn Rome from the
Antarctic.
No win Marguerite Bay, Comdr.
Rome, the leader of a research ex-
petition, wirelessed that the base
has had snow every day for a
week. It began when advancing
cloud layers from the north, bring
ing in warm, moist air from the
Bellinghausen Sea, contacted the
ocean air and except for few short
breaks it has brought snow for a
seven-day period.
Along with this large amount of
of snow, there has been q wide
temperature variation. In half a
day the thermometer shot up from
minus "a degrees fahrenheit to "a
above. At the same time the
barometer slowly tumbled to n
inches, a record low for this base y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-10
1t. HubbeIing Awarded
Gold Stars for FLIGHTS

LIT. O.g.) Johan D. w. Hubbeling.
jr, "a, Of 10 Galveston place s. w.,
recently was awarded gold stars In
lieu Of q second Distinguished Flying
Cross and fifth, sixth and seventh
Air Medals the Navy announced.
A veteran of 40 flights in the
Pacific area while stationed aboard
the U. s. S. Maxim Island, he is
now attending George Washington
University under Navy auspices. He
was born in Holland and came to
this country in 1898. He became
naturalized shortly before joining
the Navy in December, 1912.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-07-08
Ia politicno akcijo v zapadni PENN

drago placali. Kaj so naredii v
Harrisburgu in Washingtonu
tudi veste in Sc. bolj bono OBJ
cutili, &c sc delovno ljudstvo ne
organizira "a bodoce volitve in
nastopi proti grobokopom UNIJ
IN VSEH LJUDSKIH ORGA-
NIZACIJ. VISA socialna zascita,
katero smo 81 priborili pod F.
D. Rooseveltom, je sedaj v veil
XII nevarnosti.
American Slav Congress je
vodil odlocno politicno kampa-
MO ne samo proti Taft Hart
leyjevem nacrtu, ampak prot
vsem slicnim nacrtom, S kateri-
mi nam hocejo !odvzeti demo-
kraticne svoboscine, socialno "a
varovalnino in unijsko zascito
ma delu it'd. Te prayice SO nam
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-07-08

American CLAW Congress v "a
padni Pennsylvania otvarja We
liko kampanjo "a financiranje
velike POLITICNE KAMPA-
NJE prid vseh Slovanov in
vsega ameriskega ljudstva. Sa-
mi dobro veste, da Sc mas ma
pada tisku in po radiju, ker
vedo, da smo politicna sila, ka-
dar Sc enotno potegujemo "a ma
Sc pravice. Sovrazniki delav-
stva dobro vedo, da Slovani ne
volijo reakcijonarnih kandida-
tov nobene stranke, pa Sc boji-
jo nash glasovnic prihodnjih
volitvah, v katerih DO izvoljen
YES kongres, polovico sonata in
predsednik. -.
Nj treba posebej poudarjati,
da smo zadnjo rep. zmago ze
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-07-08
Fred "A. Wider:

Ker je mole udejstvovanje v
slovenskem ameriskem narod-
mem svetu vec ali mani znano
onim, XII S "a delovanje istega
zanimajo, in ker so ali bodo
drugi odborniki sirse obrisali
SANSove aktivnosti, nj upravi-
Gene potrebe, da bi Sc Sc JAZZ
spuscal v kaksne detajle.
V casu cd zadnje do sedanje
konvencije sem bill povabljen ma
nekaj SANSovih priredb, toda
povabilu IL Kansas Cityja, Kan
sas, v casu, ko je bila oklicana
zeleznicarska stavka in vsled
katere je bila zacasno preki-
njena transportacija, Sc mi
vsled omenjenih zaprek nj bilo
mogoce odzvati.
V splosnem sem po svojih
moceh delal "a gibanje, katere-
ga smernice sluzijo napredno
usmerjenim slam, zavedajoc Sc
vaznosti SANSove funkcije "a
slovensko javnost tega konti-
nenta, kakor tudi "a rojake on
kraj morja.
Oh ustanovnem kongresu te
organizacije je bio med nami
tudi nekaj posameznikov, v ka-
terih prisotnost nj bilo splosne-
ga zaupanja, ker teh do tiste
dobe nj bilo opaziti ma strani
liberalno mislece javnosti. To-
da nekateri so Sc tedaj tolazili,
ces, kadar gre "a dobrobit splos-
mega naroda, tedaj ljudje od-
prejo svoja velika srca. Ampak
cas- je kaj kmalu odkril, da so
nezaupniki prisli v SANS mo-
tivacijo, da bi ga priklenili "a
orodje v roke reakcije, s cemur
mai bi sc m e d nami zasencilo
partizansko gibanje v domovini
in podprlo Mihajloviceve opor-
nike srbske dinastije. K er Sc
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-07-08
Fred A. Wider:
POROCILO II. PODPREDSEDNIKA
SANS-a

jim MISC dobrozamisljeni nacrti
obnesli, so sc kmalu odstranili,
kot je bilo pricakovati. Tako je
koncno pri SANSu ostala sku-
pima, XII 81 je idealno sorodna z
ozirom ma dogodke v domovi-
nj.
Pred nami vstaja nov svet,
kateremu who'd prinasa nov So
cialni red, slonec ma pravicnosti
in enakopravnosti "a vso Cloves
ko druzbo, v kateri ne DO pro-
stora "a kovanje dobickov in
tudi ne izkoriscanja cloveka po
cloveku. Tudi v tel dezeli, ka-
terra Sc je po smrti predsednika
Roosevelta zavila v skrajni kon-
servatizem, je poslednje dni po-
svetil zarek svetlobe, XII IN a
resno kljubovati silain nazad-
njastva. Henry A. Wallace-ova
tura po dezeli je koncno lie pri-
celia skrbeti tiste, XII so bill pre-
pricani, da bodo brez odpora
pokopali demokracijo, kakrsno
so temu narodu vcepili njihovi
liberalno misleci predsedniki.
V SANSu je bilo tekom ME-
govega obstoja storjeno veliko
plemenitega della, posebno v pri-
zadevanju "a dosego pravicne
resitve primorskega in tudi ko-
roskega vprasanja, pri katerih
so prizadeti rojaki v domovini
in kar bi znalo koristiti trajne-
mu miru. Krivda, da apeli, pros
ME in priporocila sANsa pri
nasi vladi MISC dosegli zazelje-
mega ella, lezi najvee v tenn,
da sedanji drzavniki polagajo
mnogo vecjo vaznost v obram-
DO privatnih interesov, kakor
pa v prayicno resitev ljudskih
problemov.
Naloga SANSa bo v bodoce