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Evening star., 1948-04-17
Factions Fail 10 Agree
In Crab Pay Dispute
Ry The AssociufAd Press

CRISFIELD, Md, April ia
Federal conciliator is here today tc
try to settle the wage dispute which
has kept this towns IS crab pack
ing houses closed all week.
The Federal Cancellation Service
sent Stanley Clevenger here from
Philadelphia to confer with packers
and representatives of Local 453,
Seafood Workers Union (AFL).
He got both sides together for a
four-hour talk yesterday, but Mel
win Tyler, union business agent,
said the meeting resulted in a
deadlock" Louis Bennett, at
torney for the packers, said I'VE did
not get anywhere
Mr.. Tyler said the $50 women crab
pickers employed by the packers
are locked out" and not on strike.
The union agent said that after
three or four contract meetings a
spokesman for the packers notified
him wages would be cut from 81 to
90 cents a gallon of picked crabs
Mr.. Bennett said the shutdown
resulted from "an inability to reach
agreement on wages"
AS the Maryland grabbing season
does not open until May /. Free
State watermen are not affected by
the shutdown as yet.
The packing houses are now OBJ
tanning their crabs from Virginia
where the season has opened.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Rites Held in Falls Church
For DR.. Joseph Howard

Funeral services were held this
morning for DR.. Joseph T. D
Howard, 81, retired Falls Church
physician. The services were con-
Quoted by members of the Washing
ton Society of Friends at Pearson's
funeral chapel Falls Church. Bur
ial will be in Salem, N. J.
DR.. Howard died Thursday at %;
North Cherry street. where he hae
made his home for A years.
A native of Washington, DR.
Howard was the son of Dr. JOSEPH
T. Howard, also physician here tol
many years. He was graduated from
Georgetown University Medica
School in 1886 and practiced for
time on an Indian reservation II
Wisconsin and at Shiloh, N. J.
He returned to Washington abou
1905 and became a medical reviewer
of pension claims with the old Pen.
sion Bureau. He retired in 1884.
DR.. Howard is survived by hi!
widow. Mrs. Florence S. Wander
Howard; a daughter, Miss Jose
phine Howard of the Cherry stree
address, and three sons, Forest K
Howard, 1918 North Quantico street
Arlington; F. Carol Howard, 440I
Underwood street, University Park
Md, and Robert w. Howard. 33s
North Granada street Arlington
Forest, Va. Three grandchildren
and one great grandchild also sur.
vive.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Lost-Minute Gables, Radio
Proqroms Bombord itoIy %

NEW YORK, April II P).-Ital.
ian watched and waited
today as the final salvos of theil
intense bombardment of letters anc
cables sped toward Italy on the eve
of its national election.
Virtually all the millions OF mes.
sages that have poured out Of this
country in recent weeks were from
Italian Americans who urged friend.
or relatives to vote against the
Communist ticket tomorrow.
The campaign, initiated in Janu.
airy by the New York Daily, II Pro.
gresso Italo-Americano. speeded its
efforts during the last week. as the
election deadline tomorrow drew
near.
The worldwide broadcastine
foundation, through it's station
WRUL, said that it would continue
its broadcasts until 8 a m. tomorrow
the exact minute that the polls open
in Italy.
Banker A. P. Giannini wound up
week-long series of broadcasts
sponsored by Station WHOM, the
air voice of II Progresso, by calling
for a Communist defeat. A station
official said that more than zoe
people have appeared on the pro-
grams since Monday.
Station WRUL said 1t will carry
a special italian Breakfast Pro-
gram' tomorrow morning.
Among public figures backing the
anti Communist letter writing cam
paign are Speaker Martin, Acting
Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett
Attorney General Clark, New York s
Deputy Mayor Vincent r. Impelli-
teri and Giuseppe de Luca, Metro
politan Opera star.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Baron Suzuki,79,Dies;
'Ex-Premier Of. Japan
BY the Assoeiossd Press

TOKYO, April 17.-Baron Kan
taro Suzuki, whose career paralleled
the rise and fall of the Japanese
empire, died today of a liver ailment
at 10.
Suzuki, an admiral, was Nippon S
premier when Emperor Hirohito
broadcast acceptance of Allied sur
render terms in August, 1945. He
resigned after the broadcast.
Suzuki's career began during the
Russo-Japanese war in l904-05
which started Japan's rise as a
world power. He was wounded In
the conflict, but subsequently rose
steadily in naval ranks.
He formerly was grand chamber.
lain and a close adviser to the En-
peror. Regarded as Liberal, he was
wounded seriously in the military
coup in 1886. He opposed Japan's
sword d-clanking leaders, retiring as
grand chamberlain and going on
record against the Pacific war
Suzuki was called from retirement
April 7, 1945. to head the cabinet
after Japan was taking licking.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
ID. {. Council for Judaism
TeIeqraphs Austin Suppor|

Full support of truce and trustee
ship for Palestine was pledged by
the Washington Chapter of the
Council for Judaism in a telegram
yesterday to Warren Austin, United
States delegate to the United Ma
tionS.
The council denounced as mot
representative of American Jewry''
group of 5000 members of the
United Committee to Save the jew
ish State and the United Nations
who visited Washington Thursday,
protesting this country's reversal OF
policy on partition of Palestine.
The telegram to Mr.. Warren
signed by Joseph D. kaufman and
Alfred M. Lilienthal for the execu-
tive committee, said Americans OF
Jewish faith, whose first and fore
most interest is in the welfare OF
their country, are observing May 6
as Peace for Palestine Day and will
rally together fellow Americans of
all faiths who seek equitable settle
ment to the war in the Holy Land"
The rally here will be held at BIS
pm. in the Shoreham Hotel. Speak
ers will include Kermit Roosevelt,
grandson of President Theodore
Roosevelt; Rabbi Irving Reichert Of
San Francisco and Rabbi Morris
Lazaron of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
|Foxes Deprived
|OfLight to Bring
Prime Fur Earlier
BY the Assoeiotsd Pres,

After kidding the chrysanthemum
some hlackout scientists are out te
fool the fox.
= Plant scientists discovered years
ago that chrysanthemums could be
forced to bloom ahead of schedule
by shortening the day" This was
done by shading the plant with q
black cloth, or depriving it in some
other manner of daylight The
NUNS acted like autumn had come
and popped into bloom.
. Now Agriculture Department sci
entists at the fur animal experiment
station at Saratoga. N. Y, are try
ing a similar dodge on foxes.
Fox fur normally is prime in De-
cember. But if the foxes are de-
prived of some natural daylight. II
they are herded into darkened sheds
in the late summer and early fall
in imitation Of what the hours ac-
tually will be about two months
later, the fur becomes prime by late
September or early October.
Evening star., 1948-04-17

near Udine, close to the Yugoslay
frontier. The pilot was unhurt
Some observers speculated the
marksman was either a disgruntleo
oppositionist or someone tired o1
the weeks long campaigning.
Market Bets Against Reds.
Closing quotations on the Rome
and Milan Stock Exchanges indi-
Gated today that market operators
are betting on a Communist defeat
in tomorrow's election.
Prices generally were firm after
several weeks of gradual recovery
Mario Monteverdi, vice direqoor
of the National Bank Of Labor
called election prospects the most
important factor in the markets S
recovery.
Secondary influences, he said
were the revaluation of shares and
American aid.
Counting on the moderate
parties victory, financial groups
have continued buying for the past
several weeks" Monteverdi said.
Umberto Anil, vice director OF
Rome's Italian Commercial Bank
attributed the firm tone in the mar
kets as nearly exclusively due tc
the trend Of the electoral cam
paign."
Evening star., 1948-04-17
By the Assoeioted Press

JERSEY CITY, N. j.. April IT.
A Marine veteran of Two Jlma ar
rived here seeking the widow and
baby daughter of a buddy killed in
action who left his family $4,000
The veteran, George Marken OF
Cheyenne, Wyo., said he had prom
,sed his buddy, Pfc. William Bari
of Jersey City, in a pact made on
the embattled island. that he would
take the money to Pvt. Barr's fam
ilv if anything happened to him.
Pvt. Barr was killed shortly after
wards, Mr.. Marken said, and ne
himself has spent considerable time
in veterans hospitals since the end
Of the war.
The story of Mr. Marken's search
came to light last night when he
enlisted the aid of the Marine Corps
League and Jack Brennan, COM
mander of the Harkness detachment
Of the league, notified newspapers.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Stock Market Uneven,
But Assorted Leaders
Continue 10 Climb !:
By Victor Eubonk
Assoeiossd Press Finoneioi Writer

NEW YORK, April 17.-Stoc0
had to contend with further profit
|cashing today although assorted
market favorites continued In tho
recovery van. ,
Dealings were relatively active
despite occasional slowdowns. Frac-
tional irregularity ruled near the
close. Volume for. the two hours
ran to around 100000 shares and
was the second largest for Satur-
day this year.
Buying here and there still was
predicated mainly on the inflation-
ary aspects of heavy Government
spending for defense and foreign
relief.
Many customers and professionals
again trimmed accounts because Of
the feeling that the lengthy advance
called for q sizable technical correc-
ton. The Sunday-Monday Italian
elections also served as cautionary
speculative and investment influ-
ence
Plymouth Oil was an isolated
strong spot, touching a l94S peak
along with New York City Omnibus.
The earnings outlook buoyed the
former while expectations of fare
boost stimulated the latter.
Intermittent resistance was shown
by Schenley. United States Rubber.
Oliver Corp, Illinois. Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey and Southern
Pacific.
Tagging most Of the time were
Santa Fe, Southern Railway, Su-
perior Oil of California, Chrysler,
United States Steel, Woolworth,
Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, Curtiss-
Wright, American Smelling and
Johns Manville.
Bonds were narrow.
Supported In spotty curb were
Derby Oil, Ashland Oil and Amer
ican Gas. Backward were Cities
Service and American Republics.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Armour Talks Halted;
Firm Plans 10 Reopen
With New Personnel
sy fhs Assoeioisd Press

CHICAGO, April 17.-Armour g.
Co. said last night its wage talks
with the striking CIO United Pack
inghouse Workers had come to q
dead end.
Negotiations are over and we
shall now restore operations in our
plants as rapidly as we can obtain
personnel" a company announce
ment said.
The unions 100000 members have
been on Nationwide strike against
Armour and other major meat pack
ers since March 16 in an attempt
TO enforce their demand for a 29-
cent-an-hour wage raise. The pack
ing industry offered a 9-cent in
crease which the rival AFL Meat
cutters Union previously had
accepted.
Other Talks Continuing.
Ralph Helstein, UPWA president,
called the Armour decision another
Indication of their refusal to bargain
IN good faith with their employees, "
and added that negotiations are
continuing with the other COM
panies.
A spokesman for Wilson IL Co.
said, Our position on negotiating
is similar to that of Armour" He
said that although negotiations
with the union have not been called
off formally, there have been no ses-
sions since last Wednesday and
that none is in prospect.
We've offered them cents" he
added. That is our best and final
offer" Wilson has not announced
any intention of reopening its
plants.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Swift and Cudahy, the
other two major meat packers.
The Armour spokesmen said COM
pany and union representatives met
Yesterday but that neither side
budged from earlier demands and
offers.
The meeting was resumption OF
negotiations at the request Of Presi-
dent Truman, who had received a
report of a special fact-f1nding
board on the dispute.
Situation Unchanged.
"As requested by President Tru-
man. we have reviewed effectively
the findings of his board Of inquiry, >"
the company statement said, "and
we have held meetings with the in
ternational officers and other repre-
sentatives of the UPWA-CIO and
with Mr.. James J. Spillane, regional
director of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service.
Nothing has changed the situa-
ton. The union ignored the board S
finding that our offer to increase
wages 9 cents an hour was substan-
tial in relation to living costs and
to wage rates in general, and that
1t conformed to long accepted
standards used in determining the
fairness and reasonableness OF
wages.
Accordingly, we have reluctantly
reached a point where we have said
to the union, This far and no
farther Negotiations are over and
we shall now restore operations in
our plants as rapidly as we can OBJ
tain personnel
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Two Veteran Seeks to Deliver
Slain Buddy's $4,000 to Widow

Mr.. Marken said the only address
he knew for Pvt. Barr was just Jer-
sey City, N. j. Police and news
paper files, however, had no record
Of such a person.
He made the pact with Pvt. Barr
before April, 1945, while both
were serving with the I'd Marine
Division on a South Pacific island.
The men later went to Two Jima.
Mr.. Marken said he had been
discharged only recently after eight
years service and that soon after
wards his sea bag finally caught up
with him. He said it apparently
had followed" him from hospital
to hospital as he moved. In it he
found the money and was immedi-
ately reminded of his promise to
Pvt Barr.
He said he put the $4,000 in a
California bank and then came East
to look for Mrs. Barr and her
3-year-old daughter.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
6. W. 10 Ease Rules
Which Kept Cantwel|
Out Of Council Chair

The new George Washington
University Student Council will
loosen "to a great extent the re-
strictions on eligibility for election
to Office which this week barred a
popular candidate from seeking the
council presidency, a spokesman said
today.
The decision grew out of the coun-
ellis election last night, in which
Bill Warner was elected president
despite an Illegal majority write
in vote for Bill Cantwell, captain
of the varsity basketball team.
Mr.. Cantwell had been disqualified
for eligibility because the present
student constitution does not recog-
nize his captaincy as a major ac-
t'~ity."
Mr.. Warner, co-editor of the
Hatchet, tailed 637 votes. Although
Mr.. Cantwells votes were not count
ed, he received an estimated 1000
according to Bill Wendt, retiring
Student Council advocate and chair
man of the Elections Committee.
Jim Speaks, the other legal presi-
Dental candidate, received 593 votes
CantwelI Had Withdrawn.
Although Mr.. Cantwell, a former
Navy officer now attending the. Law
School, had withdrawn from the
campaign after his ineligibility was
ruled by Law School Dean Saul C
IOppenheim. his supporters carried
on the write-in campaign on campus
right up to the election.
Announcement of the results
made at post-election dance in
the university gymnasium, ended a
campaign which was considered the
most heated in the university's his
tory. A record student vote of 2,3l6
was cast.
A change in the student constitu-
ton ito allow more leeway' in
eligibility probably will be recon-
mended .at the first meeting of the
new council later this month. Mr.
Wendt said today. The council
already has discussed the "undemo-
cratic nature" OF the restriction,
and feels and member of the student
body in good scholastic standing
should be allowed to run for Office,
he added.
Others Elected.
Other Student Council officers
elected last night are:
Ralph Louk, vice president: Kep-
pie Kephart, secretary, Chet Mccall
activities program director; Charles
Lillien, advocate; Bill Lynch. con-
troller; Skip Foster, member at
large; Mary Allison, freshman di-
rector; Pete Smith, publicity chair
man, and Joe Roach, social chair
man.
All will be officially installed at
a dinner meeting tonight.
Evening star., 1948-04-17
riieste
Continued From First Page.

if Russia only would agree to the
idea "in principle" the United States
would be glad to receive Moscows IS
suggestions on how to arrange the
transfer.
The British and French notes
were similar, State Department OFF,
cials said.
The Trieste proposal was unex-
pectedly advanced March 20 and
quickly accepted by Italy. When
Russia failed to respond promptly
the Western powers followed up
with a prodding reminder on April
g suggesting meeting in Paris
early next month to agree on ar
rangements.
The Western powers had proposed
revising the italian peace treaty to
permit the return of Trieste. AT
present the disputed city and a
small adjoining area are set up as
a free state, under United Nations
supervision. American, British and
Yugoslav troops are in temporary
occupation.
MoscoW's belated reply Tuesday
sidestepped the basic question
whether she is willing to hand back
Trieste to Italy. That action is
bitterly opposed by Communist
controlled Yugoslavia.
The Soviet note said only that
Russia failed to see the urgency of
the matter. And it contended that
the suggested procedure violated
elemental principles of democracy
Evening star., 1948-04-17
Italy
Continued From First Page


the Constituent Assembly election of
June 6, 1916.
In that election, 1t polled 352 per
cent of the vote and elected POT of
SIS deputies.
Both Mr.. Gasperi and Communist
Leader Palmiro Togliatti spoke in
the windup of campaigning.
Western leaders and the Vatican
have urged votes against commu-
nism. Yesterday the United States,
Britain and France served Russia
with their second demands for ac-
ton on their March 20 proposal to
give Italy back the Trieste free
territory.
Police Seek Hidden Arms.
Police sought hidden arms last
night through wide sectors around
Rome, Naples and other big cities.
No incidents had been reported
serious enough to prejudice the
voting. But with reports the front
has slipped in recent weeks, rumors
have thickened that the Com
munists would try to tighten the
vote to their advantage by some
means of intimidation.
The balloting will be for STA men,
bers of the Chamber of Deputies
and 237 Senators to compose the
first Parliament of the Italian re-
public born in 1916. The makeup
of Parliament will determine the
makeup of the government.
Nearly 100000 persons are reg
istered to vote in 42.500 polling
places. The Air Ministry yesterday
forecast a cloudy week end with
scattered rain-which should keep
many from the polls. Previously, 1t
had been estimated up to 80 per
cent would vote.
Vote Starts at 8 AM.
Voting will 60 on from am. to
10 pm. tomorrow and from am.
to pm. Monday. Gtalian time is
seven hours ahead of Eastern stand
ard) A complicated system Of
counting is expected to delay the
first returns until Monday night
and the full results until Wednes-
day.
Forty-seven parties have pre-
sented 5,614 candidates for the
Chamber of Deputies and 977 for
the Senate.
Informed observers in Washing
ton predicted this week that the
Communists would not poll more
than 30 to IS per cent of the vote.
In Italy, an election lottery is
being held in which bettors pay 100
lire Us cents) each and predict the
result. The average of guesses gives
the Christian Democrats IS per
cent of the vote, the Popular Front
81 per cent.
The cooling-of decree does not
prohibit parties from putting up
political posters nor using sound
trucks for last-minute pleas to the
voters.
Clergy Warn Leftists.
In spite of its ban on political
meetings, throughout this Catholic
nation many voters still will attend
gatherings which may influence
votes, directly or indirectly This
is when Italians 60 to mass tomor-
row. The clergy has warned that
followers of the Popular Front may
be denied the sacraments Of the
church.
Last night Mr.. de Gasperi drew
an audience estimated at $4,000 in
Naples. In Rome Togliatti ad-
dressed an estimated 10000 to 10000.
Monarchists demonstrated in Ma
pies yesterday, an estimated 100000
persons sang, danced and shouted in
the streets, showing sentiment for
Italys departed Kings.
A light plane scattering campaign
leaflets was shot down by rifle fire
Evening star., 1948-04-17
.0|eo Tax Fight Flares,
Threatens Split Over
Other FarmL Legislation
By the Associotsd Press

Inc DlXle-MlQWeSG Dd ttle OVtl
oleo taxes today threatened a
wider split in Congress over
other farm legislation.
The oleo-butter battle exploded
anew yesterday in the House Agri-
culture Committee. after building
up for days. And it drove a wedge
between the Midwest dairy country
and the South, which produces the
cotton and peanut oil that go into
oleo.
The discussion, behind closed
doors, was over whether to continue
farm price supports to June 80, 1880.
The committee finally voted ap-
proval. but not before reducing the
support level of cotton from 92,5
per cent to 80 per cent of parity.
Parity is a price intended to give
farmers purchasing power as great
as in some past favorable period for
agriculture-usually 19091914. The
Government supports prices, when
necessary, by buying up farm prod
ucts or granting farmers loans on
them.
New Cotton Level.
Cotton heretofore has had the
highest price support level of any
basic crop. The new price support
bill, which now goes to the House
floor, Would put cotton at the same
level as other basic crops-wheat,
corn, tobacco, rice and peanuts.
Although oleo taxes did not out
wardly figure in the committee ac-
ton, the dairy country members
demonstrated what might happen
to other Southern crop supports If
Federal taxes on margarine are re-
moved.
AS reported later by committee
members, this is what happened:
Over the opposition of Chairman
Hope. the Midwestern group pushed
through, IL to 9, a motion to remove
price supports from tobacco, pea
nuts and rice-all major Southern
crops.
The victors then reconsidered and
put the three crops back into the
bill after defeating, 10 to 9, a move
to restore cotton to its former
parity figure.
Other Commodities Supported.
The bill also continues supports
on other commodities. ranging from
60 per cent of parity to the highest
support level in force for 194S.
Among these products are milk and
butterfat, poultry, eggs, certain dry
beans and peas, soybeans, faxseed
and potatoes.
And dairy State members wrote
in a provision which says supports
for milk and milk products cannot
go below 80 per cent of parity.
Without the continuing legislation
these supports would end Decem-
ber 81.
Supports on the basic crops also
would drop next year to their pre-
war range-52 to IS per cent OF
parity. Almost all crops now sell
substantially above parity.
Wool Covered by Bill.
The legislation also includes price
supports for wool, now covered in
separate legislation. The new bill
would continue the present wool
program, which bases support on
1916 prices, until June 30, 1850.
There were no immediate signs
the Southerners will relent in their
drive to get the oleo taxes removed.
They have brought out petition
signed by a majority of the House
which calls for vote on the cleo
tax repeater. That test is set for
April 26.
Commenting on the farm bloc
split, Representative Poage, Demo-
crat, of Texas, an Agriculture Com
mittee member, said. Il don't be-
lieve a majority of the Congress will
penalize the South because of the
differences on the oleo bill"