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Evening star., 1948-03-23

referred to Senator Langer's own
committee. But hearings have never
been held. Why? Well, for some
strange reason, most Government
employees groups never even asked
! for hearings.
The Senate Civil Service Commit
tee is busy group and has other
very important bills before it. And
Senator LANCER and other sponsors
of the bill evidently figured that
if Government employees themselves
weren't interested enough in the
measure to request hearings, the
committee wouldn't bother about it
either.
Had the committe considered the
bill, the odds are it would have re-
ported it favorably to the Senate
And there was pretty good chance
the Senate would have approved it
This would have aided the bills
chances in the House, where at pres
ent it is bottled up in the House
Ways and Means Committee.
OF course, Government employees
have been concentrating on retire
ment and pay raise legislation dur
ing the past year. But a good bel
was overlooked when they failed to
take advantage of the fact that a
friendly Senate Civil Service Com
mittee would have been willing tc
consider unemployment compensa-
ton benefits, if only enough people
had shown enough interest in the
Legislation.
CRISIS AVERTED-The Atomic
Energy Commission was all a-twit-
ter last week over a provision adopt
ed by the House Appropriations
Committee, which would have
barred further Government pur-
chases of typewriters.
Chairman Taber and his commit
tee acted after learning that there
were more than enough typewriters
for everybody in the Government
who needed them-and then some
| But Acc officials said the pro-
vision would play havoc with them
1t seems Acc needs special type
writers in connection with it's duties
machines with special keys for
symbols, equations and other nu-
merals that are not found on the
ordinary typewriter.
| Everything ended on happ,
Evening star., 1948-03-23
|Sa,0O0BaiI Set for |nga|I,
In kidnapping Of Girl
by the Associoted Press

ISLAND POND, VT, Mar. 23.-
Kenneth A. ingalls,, "a, was held in
S50,000 bail today for trial in May
on charge of kidnapping farmer S
16-year old daughter.
The big lumberjack pleaded not
guilty in Municipal Court yesterday
to the accusation that he seized
pretty Charlotte O'Brien at gun
point in her parents home March
IA and held her captive for five days
ingalls, was arrested Friday as he
led the girl along a country road,
miles from her Concord home, in
search of food. She said he had
kept her bound to bed in a sum-
mer cottage within sight of her
home.
States Attorney David J. Orgain
said he asked heavy bail because
he feared ingalls, might try to catch
a boat for South America.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Purse Thief Is Held
On Robbery Charqe

Hazel Alexander, 24-year-old for.
mer gravedigger, arrested on suspi.
cion of purse snatching after spec.
tacular chase that ended under
Sousa Bridge last Sunday, was hele
for the grand jury today under s2,.
500 bond on robbery charge.
On his appearance before Judge
Ellen K. Raedy in Municipal Court
Alexander, who lives in the 300 block
of N street S.W., pleaded guilty tt
charge of stealing a woman's
purse from car parked last month
in Congressional Cemetery. where
he formerly was employed. This
case was referred to probation Off
GERS for investigation before SEN
fencing April g.
Police spotted Alexander, whom
they sought for questioning, in the
cemetery, but when they called to
him, he fed. The chase, ultimately
joined by IS policemen and civilians,
led along the banks of the Ana
costa River Alexander was cap
tured under Sousa Bridge some
time after tear gas had been used
by police.
Complaining witness to the rob-
berry charge is Miss Margaret Fra
zier, 1900 block of Second street
NE, whose purse containing $50
was snatched from under her arm
as she visited grave earlier this
month. In the larceny case, Mrs
Anna A. Hall, 1900 block of Thir-
teenth place NE, was at the grave
side of relative when her purse
containing $34 was taken from a
car parked nearby.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Five Key Aviation Figures
Recalled 10 Active Duty
By the Assoeioted Press

The armed forces are calling fiv'
prominent aviation figures back tt
active service to help set up tn.
new Military Air Transport service
They are Paul Richter, head o1
South Americas TACA Airways; S
Paul Johnston, director of the In.
stitute of Aeronautical Sciences
New York; Henry G. Kristofferson
operations director of Pan-Ameri-
cans Pacific Alaska Division; G
Grant Mason, former Civil Aero
nautics Board member, and Samuel
E. Gates, Washington lawyer who
held high wartime posts in the All
Transport Command.
Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter saia
these men, all Navy or Air Force
reserve officers, would serve temper
arily as staff advisers to the Navy
Air Force working group which is
forming the new transport service
Gen. Kuter has been named COM
mander of the new unified trans
port service.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Man Loses Lone Eve
In Fight Over S1.5O

A 44-year-old man, already blind
in one eye, lost the sight of the
other in an attack following, an
argument over $3.50 loan, it was
disclosed yesterday, when his ac-
cused assailant was indicted on a
charge of mayhem by q District
grand jury.
George Brown, Al, colored, of the
1900 block of New Jersey avenue
NV, was accused of the assault on
William Mack, colored, of the 1900
block of New Jersey avenue NV.
Mr.. Mack told police Brown kicked
and hit him in the right eye in an
attack In the 300 block of N street
NV. on January "a. after he dis
puted Browns claim he owed Brown
$3.50. Mr.. Mack identified Brown
at Episcopal Hospital two days later
by the sound Of his voice, according
to police.
In another indictment yesterday
William Linton, 81, colored, was
charged with second-degree murder
in the death January 20 of Helen
M. Sharpe. 40, colored, of the 1900
block of Ninth street NV. Linton
of the same address, was accused OF
stabbing the woman to death with a
knife.
Also among the 81 indictments re-
turned before Justice David A. Pine
of Districe Court was one accusing
Melvin T. Eckloff, %, of hitting q
fellow defendant in the District
Court cell block with chair March
IL, after they had been sentenced to
Jail in a LIQUOR theft,
Evening star., 1948-03-23
kGM Seeks 10 Bar Judge
From 0usted Writer'S S Case
by the Aasoeiufsd Prasx

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23.-MGM
studio moved yesterday to prevent
Federal Judge Leon r. Yankwich
from hearing the reinstatement Pc
tition of Lester Cole, discharged
film writer.
Mr.. Cole Is one of the 40 un-
friendly witnesses" cited for alleged
contempt of Congress for refusing
to state in "yes or no" terms
whether they are members of the
Communist Party. The question was
asked by the House Committee on
Un-American Activities.
All 10 of the writer's, directors and
producers have been dropped by
their studios. MGM in an affidavit
of prejudice declared that, Judge
YankWich had criticized the sus-
pensions before the Cole case was
assigned to him.
On March 18, during procedure
preliminary to hearing Mr.. Cole s
reinstatement petition, Judge Yank-
Wich said that in his opinion the
writer did not refuse to answer the
question, that "he merely said he
wanted to answer In his own way"
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Dillon Park Girls Screams
Scare Off AssaiIanf

The screams of an 8-year-old Dill
Ion Park (MdD girl last night
frightened away man who grabbed
her near her home in the 5100 block
of H street, Dillon Park. ~ y
Neighbors said an unidentified
youth grabbed the child shortly
after dark when she was going to
mail a letter. The girl screamed
broke from her assailant and ran
to the home of the Rev. Francis
Chiffon, pastor of the Boulevard
Heights Baptist Church. She COL
lapsed as soon as she was inside Mr.
Chilton's home.
Several men who heard the child
scream ran to investigate. They
saw a fleeing youth and gave chase
but he managed to outrun them
Neighbors reported the incident tc
Prince Georges County police.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
British Rushing Tanks
And Artillery 10 Halt
Jewish-Arab Fighting
BY the Assoeictsd Press

JERUSALEM, Mar. 23.-The
British rushed more tanks and
artillery into the Judean hills
today to smash the f1ercest Arab
Jewish battle in Palestine's re-
cent history. The fight has ragged
four days.
An hour after dawn British head
quarters said the battlefield was
quiet.
Tanks ranged the dirt roads lead
ing to Jewish Hartuv and Arab
Ishwa, main points in the battle,
part of fierce fighting which claimed
l40 lives yesterday alone.
Army chiefs denied reports that
the British reinforcements were sent
on punitive raid" This rumor
spread when it was learned REIN
forcements were heading towards
Ishwa, where the mutilated bodies
of two British soldiers were found a
few hours before.
Arabs Withdraw to Hills.
British officials said thousands of
Arab fighters of Abdul Khader Bey
Husseini's irregulars, which be-
seiged Hartuv yesterday, had with
drawn into the hills with the ap-
pearance of the British.
Husseini commands Palestine
Arabs in the southern division OF
the Holy Land. He is cousin OF
the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem.
Otherwise the Holy Land was
quiet this morning.
Police said Godfrey Bradbury
British official of the Palestine rail-
ways, died of wounds received four
days ago in Haifa.
The unofficial death toll since the
United Nations decision on partition
November 20 now stands at 2,0l8
This included 1858 Jews, lob Arabs
100 British, Americans and %
others.
The Palestine government gave
assurance today that Palestine will
have supplies sufficient for two
months after the British mandate
ends May IS. It said necessary sup
ply arrangements have been made
through Jewish and Arab chambers
of commerce.
Action Committee Called.
In Tel Aviv last night, the Jewish
Agency decided to convene the
Action Committee of the World
Zionist Organization in special ses-
sion April 4 to draft a blueprint of
a new policy, in view of the United
States action in, proposing that
partition be shelved.
Although members of the Jewish
Agency are unanimously for reject
ing other schemes than independ-
'ence, there are differences of opinion
on timing" an agency member
commented.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Roanoke Woman Killed
In Crash in Missouri
By the Associoted Press

LEBANON, Mo, Mar. 23-One
woman was killed and six persons
were injured in a three-car COL
lision near here last night.
Mrs. Mary King, about SO, of
Roanoke, Va, was the victim. Her
daughter was listed among the in
jured.
A State highway patrol car was
also involved in the collision and
two troopers, stationed at Lebanon,
were among the six taken to Wal
lace Hospital.
Others injured were Mrs. Bernice
Russell. 38, Akron, Ohio; William c.
Russell, 42, Akron her husband; Miss
Anna K. Turner, A, Akron, and DR..
John Hudson Bailey, 81, Carthage,
Mo, dentist.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Police Seize 500 Books
In PHILADELPHIA Raids
BY the Assoeioted Press


PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 23.-Vice
squad detectives visited Is book
shops yesterday and seized more
than 800 copies of 10 novels.
Topping the list were all of James
T. Farrell's works; "Raintree Coun-
ty," by Ross Lockridge, jr.; Erskine
Caldwell's Tobacco Road" and
wild Palms." by William Faulkner
Titles of the seized books were
given out by police with reluctance
because Inspector Craig Ellis, head
of the vice squad, explained. "The
less publicity given this business the
better"
Publish the names and you only
drive the people out of the city
where they can get the books with
out any trouble" he added.
While there were no criminal
charges, Inspector Ellis said he
would confer with the district at
torney's Office and, If the evidence
warrants, institute criminal pro-
ceedings.
Last Saturday between 1900 and
1,500 books were seized.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Report Says Britain, Reds
Top U. 5. on School Funds
By the Associated Prasx

Britain and Russia are spending
a bigger share of their national in
come for education than the United
States, a news report indicated to-
day.
The survey was made by the Ii
brary OF Congress at the request of
Chairman McCowen of a House
Education Subcommittee which is
studying proposed Federal aid to
schools.
Russia spent more than 8 per cent
of its national income in l945 for
schools, the study said. Britain
spent 3 per cent for public educa-
ton alone in the 1945-46 fiscal year.
The United States spent slightly
more than 2 per cent in 1945 for
public and private schools. but only
Is per cent for public schools alone.
Charles A. Quattlemaum, author
Of the study, said comparisons with
Russian data may be questionable.
but it appears that the Soviets are
supporting education several times
as generously" as the United States.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press

senate:
Begins consideration Of bill te
continue synthetic rubber program
to be- followed by Greek-Turkist
military aid bill.
Appropriations subcommittee hears
Secretary Marshall on State De.
partment fund request for coming
year.
Armed Services Committee hears
Joseph Grew and others on Uni
versal Military Training.
Senate House Labor Study Com
mittee meets behind closed doors tc
consider soft coal work stoppage.
Senate House conferees continue
efforts to write compromise rent
control bill.
House:
Starts debate on global foreign
aid bill.
Special committee inquiries into
commodity exchange dealings.
Ways and Means Committee con-
siders Senate-revised tax reduction
bill.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Conferees Again Fail
To Settle Local Control
Rent Bill Provision
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Senate and House members try
ing to agree on a new rent control
law failed in a two-hour session
today to settle their differences over
the controversial local control pro-
vision.
Another melting was called for this
afternoon. Senator Cain, Repub-
lican, of Washington said, I'VE hope
to arrive at decision"
AS they met for the third closed
session this morning, Senator Flan-
ders, Republican, of Vermont said
he Is hopeful of a compromise" on
the clause which was adopted by
the House after the Senate had
rejected it. The disputed provision
would give local rent boards full and
final authority to increase ceilings
or lift controls entirely.
The Senate version would con-
tinue the Federal rent administra-
tors power to veto recommendations
of local boards. Under the House
bill, the veto power would be re-
moved
Local board recommendations
would go into effect automatically
within shve days if they. followed
certain standard requirements for
hearings and notification of State
officials.
Chairman Tobey of the Senate
Banking Committee has predicted
that all Federal rent controls will
die in nine days unless the House
gives in. Rent controls are now
under a temporary extension due
to expire March 81.
Senator Tobey said he was hope
full that work on the bill could be
completed today. The conference
version still must be approved by
the full House and Senate anc
signed by the President.
Senator Tobey refused to discuss
with newsmen the points of agree.
ment he said were reached in yes.
terday's all-day sessions, but othel
committee members said they in.
cluded:
/. Ending controls over the con.
struction of amusement and recrea.
tional buildings. The Senate bill
would have continued the presen
permit requirement.
2. Freeing from controls fur.
nished rooms occupied by two per.
sons or less in private homes.
3. Dropping a Senate provision
under which any tenant who signed
a so-called voluntary lease woulc
have to file statement that he hac
not been forced into it. Such leases
running through 1949, would allow
rent boosts of up to Is per cent
Both House and Senate bills include
the lease provision.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Correction

Through mechanical error, q
portion of the account of the White
House visit of the Committee
Against Jim Grow in Military Serv-
ice and Training was omitted from
yesterdays Star.
In reporting the Negro leaders
conversation with President Tru-
man, the account stated that they
urged the President ito insist that
Congress include military training
or draft legislation" 1t should have
said that the leaders Urged the
President ito insist that Congress
include antisegregation and civil
rights provisions in military train.
ing or draft LEGISLATION %
Evening star., 1948-03-23

note The committee agreed to ex-
empt Acc from the provision, ano
now atomic energy activities car
continue on their unimpeded anc
inexorable way.
TEMPORARY PAY CHAN
BEST-The House Civil Service
Committee is due to report out
"a Federal pay raise bill next week
And from all indications the meas
ure will provide for temporary pay
boosts, with the figure somewhere
around $500.
The bill probably will be pat
termed after the Rees measure
which would make the pay raise
retroactive to January l, ana which
would be in effect until June 30
1949.
Most committee members fee,
that this type of bill has the best
chance of winning House approval
They fear that permanent meas.
ure, or one that would combine pay
raises with a revision of the Clas.
sif1cation Act, would run into trou.
BILE in the House.
PLENTY OF APPLICANTS-Al.
though Congress has yet to give
its final approval to the European
Recovery Program, more than 3,00(
already have filed applications will
the State Department to work ir
the new agency which will admin.
lister ERP.
The majority Of job applicant.
twill be disappointed. since the ad.
ministration of ERP's activities ISM
expected to call for more than LOOT
jobs. A great number of these posi-.
tions will be filled by economists
accountants and commodity special.
lists.
About half Of the jobs will be ir
Washington, with the others to bt
stationed overseas.
~
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Publ,
Building Administration officials say
it's definite that the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, now ir
Philadelphia, will return here the
middle of next month. 1t will bt
located in temporary building tx
on East Capitol street. PBA
says 1t will announce final plan.
soon for the return here of the
Bureau of Employees Compensation
which is now in New York City. i. .
The Civil Service Commission an.
nounces examinations for jobs a.
chemists in the National Bureau oi
Standards and other Federal bu.
reaus here. The salaries pay from
$3,397 to $5,905 a year. Al
Federal employees will receive a Ger.
tificate of membership from theil
agencies shortly, which will list the
benefits to which they are now
entitled under the new retirement
law. The certificate is in form OF 9
regular insurance policy.
additional neUs OF Gouern-
ment affairs and personalities
make up Joseph Young's broad
cast uersion OF the Federal Spot
| light at 3:15 pm. eDery Sunday
/ on WMAL, The Star stdtion.)
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Realty Tax Increase
To Meet New BUDGET
Opposed by Horan
By Don S. Warren

Chairman Horan of the House
subcommittee in charge of the
Districts budget today opposed
an increase in real estate taxes
as a means Of meeting an i'm
pending revenue deficit.
In a letter to Chairman Bates of
the House District Fiscal Subcom-
mittee. now considering new District
taxes. Mr.. Koran said a retail sales
tax was the answer. He said such
levy was peculiarly fitted to the
needs here and should be instituted
as soon as possible.
Real estate taxes, because of the
peculiar nature of the District, have
reached, If they have not already
exceeded. the maximum revenue
from that source" Mr.. Koran wrote.
He urged that the city's personal
income tax. which is applied to only
$4,000 of 100000 potential tax pay
ers, be repealed. He predicted anv
move to increase income tax rates
or to broaden its application would
be abortive."
Sees Little Chance of Cuts.
Mr.. Moran, whose subcommitt.s
will begin hearings Tuesday on the
s1Ol 100000 budget, declared Il
would be folly for him to hold anv
bright promises of substantial bud
get reductions.
Certainly. we can cut and slash
the budget" he continued, but II
we do so unwisely it will merely
mean greater expenditures In the
future"
He said police costs seem to be at
AN irreducible figure" He added
that the pattern is in sad need of
improvements, especially to meet
conditions year after next when
100000 to 100000 visitors are
expected to come here for the city's
sesquicentennial.
Mr.. Bates, who conducted the
Joint House-Senate tax hearing yes
terday, recessed the hearings subject
to call, because other testimony
might be wanted later. School on
cials have been promised a hearing
later on proposals for amendment of
the 1947 Teacher Pay Act. But 1t
appeared possible this might be
made a separate matter and that
hearings on revenue problems might
not be reopened.
District officials and spokesmen
for the Board of Trade have agreed
some cuts can be made in the pend
ing budget, but neither group has
foreseen possibilities of economies of
size to stave off q new load of
District taxes.
Sales Tax Called Only Answer.
This thought ran through the
arguments presented yesterday by
Maj. Gen. David McCoach, jr., trade
body spokesman. as he outlined the
suggested per cent sales tax as
the only adequate and practical So
luton to the city's financial prob
lem.
Representative Beall, Republican,
of Maryland yesterday introduced q
revised draft of a bill to exempt
firms not having Offices or places
of business in the District, from
payment of the per cent franchise
levy on the net returns of goods
sold to Washington customers.
A compromise plan for modifica-
tion of this section of the 1947 Dis
trict income tax law now is being
worked out by business groups in
conference with Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon e. West and aides to
the joint House and Senate Fiscal
subcommittee.
Evening star., 1948-03-23

ZION 10 dlQ red
e al employees
who lose their
jobs. Senator
LANCER was en-
thusiastic about
the measure and
its chances. fig
uring that it
would only be
fair for Congress
to give Federal
W ork ers the
same benefits as
accorded private
i n d u S try en-
ployes.
T1 l.I1
Evening star., 1948-03-23
r. |. Lednum Rites Held

POCOMOKE CITY, Md, Mar. %
(P).-Funeral services were held yes
terday for Robert l. Lednum, 80,
Eastern Shore Gamer and onetime
member of the Maryland House of
Delegates, who died Friday after a
short illness.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
3 Communists Found
In British Atom Work
BY The Asseeiofsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 23.-The London
Daily Express said today that Brit
ish intelligence men have found
three Communists among the
scientists in Britain's top secret
atom research station at Didcot,
Berkshire.
Reports on the scientists have
been sent to the minister of supply,
6. r. Strauss, for action, the Express
said. 1t also said that As other
Communists or fellow travellers
have been found in the supply min
istry and defense department.
Evening star., 1948-03-23

same DeneHts that MANY or most
employees in private industry now
have.
Here is the situation:
Nearly a year ago, Chairman
LANCER of the Senate Civil Service
Committee introduced the legisla-
Evening star., 1948-03-23
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Apathy of Government Workers
Virtually Kills Beneficial Bill
By Joseph Young

One of the most important pieces
employees legislation in is due to die in committee largely
because of the apathy of Federal workers themselves
The bill in question the grant unemployment
pensaon pay workershe
Evening star., 1948-03-23

High md Low Tor Yesterday.
High s4, at 1:27 pm.
Low. 66, at 6:12 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. So. on March 21.
Lowest, 5, on January 20.
Evening star., 1948-03-23
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Cloudy with
showers and highest temperature ir
middle Cos this afternoon. Partia
clearing and cooler tonight, with
lowest around So Tomorrow partly
cloudy with highest temperature
near 70.
Maryland and Virginia-Partia
clearing and cooler tonight preceded
by showers in east portion early to.
night. Tomorrow partly cloudy anc
slightly milder.
Wind velocity, 18 miles per hour:
direction, east-northeast.
Five-Day Weather Forecast-Marct
% Through March n.
Northern Virginia and Maryland
Temperature will average to 8 de-
grees above normal. Normal maxi
mum, ST; normal minimum, 38
Warmer Thursday and cooler Satur-
day. Warmer Sunday. Showers late
Thursday or early Friday and again
about Sunday. Total precipitation
about 4 inch.
River Report.
(From United States Englneers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear al
HarperS Ferry.