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Evening star., 1948-05-09
Terps' MCGOWAN Hur'
As Trackmen Rouf
viIIanova Team

University Of Maryland's tracl
team continued unbeaten in dua
meets this year by topping villanova
1888, yesterday at College Park
The Old Liners won every field event
except the pole vault and also con-
trolled the dashes and hurdles.
One Of Maryland's victories may
have been q costly one. George Nc.
Gowan, who had won every event
he was in this year, dropped out oi
the 220-yard dash with a pulled Les
muscle. He had been having trouble
with the leg and he may be out fol
the remainder Of the season. He
won the 100 in 10 seconds fiat be-
fore pulling out Of the 220.
Maryland had two doubles win
ners, Mario Salvanelli In the hurdles
and Ed Matthews in the 220 and 40
Salvanelli broke his own College
Park record in the 110-yard hurdles
with a mark of 149 seconds, q 10th
better than his former figure. George
Thompson won both the half mile
and mile for Villanova.
11mils run; I;..I! 1;mThompsen, villanoys:
land. % Zine. 4:s5's. ~ ~
44o-yard run: i-Matthews. Maryland;
2-Fitsgerald, villanova: 3--Hoimes, VII
lanova. Time. 49.3 seconds.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Terps Down Quantico
|As sLoomis, Ex-Marine,
Pitches 2-Hifier
BY the Assoeioisd Press

QUANTICO. Va, May 8.-Bucky
Loomis, ex-Marine. returned to
Quantico this afternoon and limited
his former teammates to two hits
as the University Of Maryland
slapped out an 81 win over the
Leathernecks.
Collecting their eight runs in the
first three innings and sending Jim
Pope to the showers, the Terps were
held to one hit during the remain
ing six innings by Relief Pitcher
Jiggs Gilbert.
AL Cesky, Maryland leftfielder,
clouted q home run in the first
frame after Al Tuminski had singled
to left, for the first two tallies. Five
runs were scored in the second on
three singles, a Quantico error, and
a four-bagger by John Idzik.
The last and final tally for the
Terps came in the third when Bob
Brewer, Maryland shortstop, slam
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Games in Prince Georges
The Prince Georges County Base

ball League schedule for today:
sunnybrook: 1o Dixie fd Pis % vs. silver Hiii
sand g. Gravel at Maryland o.; Campus
Club vs. Fort Carroll Tavern at Shady
Oak. Section B-Puhphrey,s Groceries
VS.. Brandywine at Croome; Gwynn Park
VS.. Maryland Aces at Brandywine: Jet
Motors VS.. Croome at st. Elizabeth's.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Garden Stute Results
By the Assoeiotsd Press

ss:I 5s3::f ;Mts;ToS fsS Fl
Baqmbsch oMartens) 1880
Also Ai.' ran@Draw One. valdina Sentry.
Dual Purpose, Burra Peg and Invictus.
SECOND RACE-Purse. $500; claim
| ing; 4-year-olds and upward s furlongs.
II Galant }c!,Rs1 6HaTitos' 1880 $50 tsG
Kitty Kills tBuxton) 44O
Time, I:134s.
BeSEy ps sGlor Ess9E Ass
Play and sobre Todos.
THIRD RACE-Purse, $500: allow
ances; 3-year-olds; 6 furlongs.
Babe R.5.sr Time .Hsntord) 44o 3ssoo 39o
Bl4s T,rda Helen !, !gssuxton) gs 800
Also % rsn11ro;n 1; Curtain. Betty oHerron.
Jaciyn Stable entry.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $500: claim
| ing: 3-year-olds; furlongs.
The orphan tBalzaIettD $50 $50 ESQ
siamish Star 1nt tstark5 tE5''n'' @oo So go
Also AAil@e' raannH4bobodur.. w.rmoud. Pilot
Man, oeramond and Admiral Bill.
The valley Forge Hsndicsp; G'o S.ye.r.oId; eld
sampasHrs M 9sasile5 ''' sl.eo $50 $50
4.UU C.e.U
Senoril (ClasgetO $40
Time, 1898.
Also ran-Pellicle, Bright Sword. High
Trend, Faraway, Knockdown, Turbine,
Golden Bull and Royal Governor.
SIXTH RAcE-Purse. S5.50O; allow
ances: 4-year-ol and upward; 8 furlongs
| Erigeron (StouD 500 $50 $50
Boyle fButtlerl 4S0 800
King Dorset (BalzerettD $40
Time, :12.
Also ran-Van Slam, Scholarship, Froz-
| en- Custard, Tourelay.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, 81, 900; claim
Ing; 4-year-olds and upward; 1h miles.
| Thor fStout) 1880 700 800
| Attendant (Buxton) $50 24O
End of Strife (Buttler) 220
| Time, 2:05.
Also ran-Fuleura, Darby Doodit,
Evening Story
| EIGHTH RACE-Purse, $4,000; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; l Is miles.
He Rolls tWrighD 1880 $50 42O
| Logansport (Errico) 4.2O 800
War Dressing (Cafarella) $40
Time, 1:47+s.
Also ran-Romping, Dancing Marsot,
Kid Caution, Brazil, Last Stride, Casano.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Hoyas Halt Late Drive
By North Carolina,
Save rs Game

Georgetown scored its most i'm
pressive baseball triumph Of the
season yesterday by defeating the
University of North Carolina, 7-6,
on the Hilltop field. 1t was the 18th
triumph for the Hoyas against four
defeats, while the loss was the fifth
for the Tar Heels against IL victories.
The visitors gave Georgetown an
awful scare in the late innings, how
ever, scoring their six runs in the
eighth after two were out and load
ing the bases in the ninth with
one out.
HOWE Newhard pitched three-hit
ball for the Hoyas for seven innings.
After hitting the first batter in the
eighth, he retired the next two be-
fore the roof fell in. The Tar Heels
collected five straight hits and New
hard hit another batter before
Tommy Flynn retired the side.
North Carolina had three on with
one out in the ninth when Hoya
Third Sacker Dick Falvey picked up
Jim Hamilton's grounder and forced
the runner at home. Emmet Cheek
flied out to end the game.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Suffolk Downs Results
By the Assoeioted Press

FIRST, RAcE-,Purse, $4,000: allow
Kirkland nd ismithers, -'''O $50 5ot
Time Roll tPrevost) 3.2t
Also Aime' ranEcobblestone, Night Bomber
Jaylcee, Napalm and Flying Jim.
SECOND .RACE--Purse. $500; maid
se 3yea1Glds raInz and up fprlongs eo
Claire Dauber, tJenkins) 300 20
kaTdoso kaTTdino,so 1Taylor) 2'4'
Also ran-Lucky Flag, DAYS. Needle
DAILY Double paid s63 soD
TH1RR a7s RAcE-Purse' 1900 s.; 100; maider
fA1:''sP f4sE Peliafs} s'51aIa, $50 4:S :S g! g!
Prince, Texas Ransome and Eauidove.
FOURTH RACE-Purse, $4,000; claim.
Ing; 4-year-olds and up; furlongs.
Eandb Ii R' p.ss !a.n1 S0 ssS ssS Ss| s
Dagon (Smithers) 5.4(
Afo Tsnks sister
Artillerist
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, $500; claiming
Sssns SaII'ns Tsos sss S N,3s. 5os s7so 81
Time. l:i4+s.
Also ran-BraS Teddy, Bolo Tie
Magdala. My Shirley.
SIXTH RACE - The Commonwealth
Handicap; purse, $4,000; added; 3-year
olds and up: lis miles.
Calvados OKirklanD 4.e0 $50 2.e(
Naval Base tTaylor) $50 40
Labouiave (Rosers) 800
Time, :49ls
Also ran-Agrarian-U, Bell-the-C Cat
Westhercock, Easy Spell, Belrate.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $4,000; allow
ances; 4-year-olds and up; l is miles.
Fearless (Scheihl 7.40 4.20 2.8t
Red Tag Pollard) $50 800
Warrior Prince tMafale) 3.6(
Time, 1:49as.
Also ran-Glider Pilot, Billy Perry, Sill.
yer Plate. Sangone.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, $500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up: lls miles.
Proud Miss (HuSt) 21.S0 1l.00 6.2(
Confirmation tZehr) $50 BOT
Goddy Gumdrop tHettinger) 3.0(
Time, 1898.
Also ran-Gay Marine. Away, Ii
Morenita. Hy Flare. Errant Lass.
Evening star., 1948-05-09

NOrtn CdrOIlna ------ UUU UUU UbU-t
Georgetown - 313 900 0Ox-7
Errors-Naples (2). Evans. Ryan. An
drew (2l; Runs-Naples (2), Connors CD
Raba (2l, o'Doherty, Black, Kelly, Bras
hits - Hayworth, Brasington, Cheek
Three-base hits--Raba, Kelly. Double
play-Naples to O'Doherty. Base on balls
on Newhard. 3; of Flynn. l; of An
drew, s. OF Cassell, 4: Strike outs-By
Andrew, 3; by Cassell, 8; BY Newhard. g.
Winning pitcher - Newhard. Losing
pitcher-Andrew.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
CoIoniaIs' 6.Run Rally
In 9Th Inning Beats
Davidson, 14-9

George Washington spotted Da-
wilson an eight-run lead, then
came back to beat the Wildcats
14-9, in a Southern Conference
baseball game yesterday on the
West Ellipse.
Trailing, 81, going into the last
Of the fourth, the Colonials scored
five times and after adding single
runs In the fifth and sixth they
clinched 1t with . six-run rally in
the eighth.
Joe Wapinsky helped Coach Art
Zahn's nine to its nth conference
victory against three defeats with
q home run and two singles. Gene
Gould was the winning pitcher in
relief. It was his third victory.
Evening star., 1948-05-09

Runs-Tuminsh f2). .Idsik, Cesky.
Keene, Brewer; johnson. Icomis, .. Russ9.
Neidrinshaus. Runs batted in-Tuminski
(2), Idzik (3). .cesky 20, Brewer. Three
Idzik, Brewer. stolen Dases-Tuminski,
Keene Russo Double play-Brewer to
Tuminski to keene;. Left on baseMMsry,
Loomis, 4; off Pope. l; on Gilbert, /.
By Gilbert, 5. Hits--on Pope, in )
innings. Wild pitch-Gilbert Losing
pitcher-Pope Umpires-Messrs. Cobean
and Baker Time-2:15.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
PimIico Results
BY the Asseeioisd Pres,


FIRST RAcE-Purse. $4,000; claiming
Hanter . s5.ip gHsnsnan) 4o.so 1879 s.ssoo
Aiso' i' ranALit.ls Kn,ek, Auburn ARIEL
as snd ft sf s1sk s1s sas
SECOND RAcE-Purse, sa,5oo;. claim
Ticker Ia;,f ,Iss .MsLssn saa a,t. $50 sssSS S9
A:e iss' r.aM;sa5dAlissa 1:s5dAlisa Miss. Secret kni.ht
tbaiiy Double paid s17s.soJ
THIRD RAcE-Purse, $500; claiming;
soRnni. RRfal;''ees asr tas Upward i765 nss'
Inez NJ. (ArduinD 4.4O
Alss Ale' rs.ptGRsiad. Mink. H.l-pnn and
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $4,000: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; IL miles;
sishtseer toormanl 31,2o EGG 4so
Romulus T,alu s!xs swstsono 40
Also ran-Electron, Bill Monahan. Iron
Penny, Rocket Plane.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000; allow
psddy; 1; es jos tcorena, 'sise"' s'so s.se $50
Cockofthewalk tKirk) 4.s0 $50
Nifty (MacAndrew) BOO
Time, 0:563s.
Also ran-Winsy. Gyrfalcon.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, $4,000 added;
the Dixie Handicap 3-year-olds and up
ward; Ii. miles
aFervent (Pierson) $50 $50 2.60
stymie (McCreary) 500 $50
Incline (Erickson) SOC
Time. 2:0135.
Also ran-Contest, Elpis Double Jay,
Butler, aFaultless, Tide Rips.
Calumet Farm entry.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, 500; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward: lie miles.
Old Lover meyer 700 800
Water Level (Sheridan) zoo
Time, SO.
Also ran-out Coat. Kings Brand. Pro-
Joe. Gino Gold. Jubilee Gem, Fire Broom
Grand Toy, Royal Favor.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, $500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; / Is miles.
Our Merrick fHolland) 21.20 500 $50
Dixie Yank (Tammaro) 4.2O
Time. 1925.
Also ran-Lt Bud. Smart Start. Valiant
Dot, Sunawana, Knights Hurry. Chance
Fair, Miss wolverine. His Nickel. Town
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Neqro Gets Basket Award

AMHERST, Mass, May 8 (R.-
Ray Gum, 18-year-old Negro sem
ior Williams High School of Stock
bridge, tonight was named winner
Of a $500 Western Massachusetts
small high school basket ball tourn-
ament scholarship.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Leohy to Coach
College AN-Stor
Gridmen Again
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, May 8. - Notre
Danes Frank Leahy will coach
the Nations top collegians
against the Chicago Cardinals,
National Football League cham
pions. In the 18th annual all
star game at Soldier Field Au-
gust 40.
Selection of Leahy as all-star
coach for an unprecedented Sec
ond year and the date Of the
charity spectacle were announced
today by the sponsoring Chicago
Tribune Charities, Inc.
Evening star., 1948-05-09
Sports at CoIored Y

Tumbling exhibitions, fencing
boxing and weight lifting are some
of the features of the ninth an
nual carnival planned by the
Twelfth Street YMCA for May 81
and %.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Scout Council to Heor Pote

WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. Is Dr.
Harold F. Pete, personnel director of
the National Boy Scout Council, will
be principal speaker at the annual
dinner meeting of the Shenandoah
Area Council here January %. Ben
Belchic, chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements, announced.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Palestine
American base near Cairo, to trair
volunteers for Palestine.
RAF Reconnaissance Plane
Under Fire in Battle Area
Continued From First Page.)

JERUSALEM, Jan. is R.-A
plane which British military Off.
cials said they believed was Jewish
piloted fired on an RAF reconnais-
sance craft today over Kfar Etzion
in the mountain area south o1
Jerusalem, where Jews and Arabs
had been locked in a bloody "a
hour battle.
British planes, along with tanks
and artillery, had been moved into
the area to halt the fighting, in
which so persons were reported to
have been slain.
The pilot of the reconnaissance
plane reported the Jewish plane
dipped down over a cluster of Jewish
settlements and dropped a message
The reconnaissance plane followed
it down and was fired on, but did
not return the fire, the report said
It was the first time the British
had met any aerial opposition since
the outbreak of hostilities over par
tition of the Holy Land.
Arabs Surround 1 Towns.
In the vicinity Of Hebron Arabs
numbering about 400 surrounded
four Jewish settlements. A Jewish
Agency spokesman said the fighting
stopped when the British moved In
but criticized what he called "the
failure of the British security forces
to intercede in the Hebron area
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Weather
Continued From First Page

it said. in interior New England and
New York and in the West Virginia
and Pennsylvania mountains. Can
ton, N. Y, had 20 below. Albany
and Syracuse reported 6 below. New
York City's low was II degrees above.
Only along Floridas extreme
southeast coast did temperatures re-
main above freezing. West Palm
Beach had minimum of 80 degrees
and Miami "a. Fort Myers, on the
Florida West Coast, reported 81.
Public schools in the Miami area
were closed because of the cold.
South Has Fuel Shortage.
A gas and fuel shortage in several
Southern cities contributed to pub
lie suffering. Whole residential
areas in Macon, Ga, were without
heating or cooking facilities. The
gas company announced 1t would
cut of the supply to industries and
Office buildings until service was re-
stored to residences. The. Macon
Hospital, without sufficient blankets
for its 270 patients and 125 nurses,
Evening star., 1948-01-15
fighting until ~ hours after 1t

| lighting until ~ hours after II
started
Sanguinary fighting paralyzed the
port city Of Haifa, where at least il
persons seven Arabs and four Jews
died in series of gunfights, gren-
adings and stabbings during the
morning. Some rs Arabs and IL Jews
were wounded.
The lower town around the Haifa
port area was isolated from the res
idential and business sections. Har-
bor activities ceased. Business was
virtually at standstill. All public
transportation stopped and stores
in downtown Haifa were closed. An
official statement said "all courts
and many other public facilities are
closed until further notice"
Oil Refineries Slowed.
Long-distance telephone service
from Haifa functioned only because
"13 Jewess operators went under fire
to the exchange" dispatch said.
Oil refineries slowed down because
workers were unable to run the
gantlet of bullets.
An 18-year r-old Jew was killed by
snipers in the Sheik Jarrah quarter
OF Jerusalem, where Arab gunners
still manned all roads despite yes
terday's Jewish bomb attacks. The
old city of Jerusalem. within the
walls, where $500 Jews are under
Arab seige, was quiet.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Congress Members
Attend Capitol Service
OF Reform Federation

More than 100 persons, including
Senators, Representatives. ministers
and members of temperance organi-
cations, today attended the SD an
nual fellowship worship and break
fast of the International Reform
Federation in the Senate dining hall
at the Capitol
Clinton N. Howard, superintend-
ent Of the federation and editor OF
its periodical, Progress, presided.
Among the. guests were Senators
Capper, Republican, OF Kansas;
Donnell, Republican, of Missouri;
Johnston, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima, and ODaniel, Democrat, OF
Texas. and Representatives Rees,
Republican, of Kansas and Bryson
Democrat, of South Carolina.
Also present were Bishop Charles
W. Flint of the Methodist Church
here; Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, Sc
nior bishop of the Methodist
Church OF America and the Rev
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor
Of Foundry Methodist Church.
Senator Johnston told the group
that "the world is suffering now
because we have drifted away from
God"
II believe" he added, Europe is
now suffering because it is not look
ing to God. Our millions will help
but the people must turn to God
to survive"
Also attending the meeting was
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, head of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, who paid tribute to Mr..
Howard for his long service and
leadership in the fight for tenn
perance. Speaking for j. Edgar
Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, L. E. Nichols, as
sistant director of the bureau, called
the group "allies of the FBI."
Evening star., 1948-01-15
70 Connolly Survivors
Haggarda land W cary on.
Arrival in New York
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Their or
deal by fire and sea ended, 20 sur
viyors of tha Army funeral trans
port Joseph v. Connolly arrived
here by plane last night, smiling but
weary from their long exposure in
lifeboats on the storm dashed North
Atlantic.
The haggard mariners, still clad
in the rough clothing they wore
when Capt. Benjamin Bostelman
gave orders to abandon their fame
swept ship 900 miles east of New
York Monday morning, were greeted
by scores of relatives and batteries
Of newsmen and photographers
when they filed out of the plane.
Flown FROM Halifax.
They flew here from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, where ~ of the Connolly s
45-man crew and its lone passenger
were landed by the rescue ship
Union Victory yesterday. The
others were picked up by the Army
transport Gen. r. e. Callan and
now are en- route to Bremerhaven.
Chief Engineer Joe West of Bal
timore said the fire was reported
by First Assistant Engineer william
Travers, who told him it began
when oil shot out of a reserve
strainAx near the boiler and ignited.
"Tfe was oil all over the en-
ginero@n,"' 19-year-old Floyd Sellers
Of Whitevil1e, N. c., said. We
fought the fire as long as we could
The smoke got heavy and the heat
drove us out of the engineroon."
Sellers wore a bandage on his
burned hands.
When the near-disaster struck,
the Connolly, which returned the
first World War II dead from Eu-
rope, was on a similar mission, car
rying cargo of 6, AS empty caskets.
1t was bound for Antwerp.
Collins Hold Ship Up.
In Washington, Army officials
theorized that the load of sealed
coffins aboard the smouldering but
still afioat ship were acting as a
huge life preserver, making it vir-
tually impossible for the Connolly to
sink.
Young Sellers was nominated by
his shipmates as the hero of the
adventure-filled sea saga. Burned
by the flames, he was about to be
hoisted aboard the rescue ship in
a wicker basket litter. But just
then, Oiler Boleslaw Gorski, ex-
hausted and unable to climb the
Union Victory's lowered ladder, fell
back into the life boat.
Never mind me-" the injured Sell
lers said. use the basket for Gorski
and get him aboard"
The Army transport Barney
Kirschbaum will replace the ILL
fated transport Joseph v. Connolly
in the return OF war dead from
Europe, the Army disclosed today.
The Connolly, with $500 empty
caskets aboard, caught fire and sank
four days out Of New York early
this week. The 7,176-ton Liberty
ship was en- route to Antwerp to
pick up war dead.
The Kirschbaum, now In the
Pacific, will be brought to the At
lantic for complete re-f1tting be-
fore. going into the War Dead Pro-
gram service. This will take six
months, and the Army has not yet
designated another ship to pick up
the bodies that were to have been
taken by the Connolly.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
6 Navy Ships to Visit
AustroIio and Orient
BY the A.soeioisd Press


PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 15.-Six
ships of Task Force SO will sail Fri
day on a 10-week cruise to Australia
and the Orient.
The task force, headed by the
carrier Valley Forge, is scheduled
to arrive at Sydney January 80,
Hong Kong February Is, Tsingtao
February 26, Yokosuka, Japan,
March 4, Guam March 8 and to
return here March "a.
The ships will be manned partly
by Navy Reservists on a training
cruise Other ships are the de-
stroyers w. c. Lave, Lloyd Thomas,
Keppler and William M. Wood and
the feet tanker Mispillion.
Evening star., 1948-01-15

Hoong Kong is shipping large Or
ders of sarongs to India and British
Malaga.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Justice Clyde E. Stone,
Illinois Jurist. Dies
Nv the Assoein.sd Press

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 15.-Justice
Clyde Ernest Stone. II, Of Peoria
Ill, 80 years a member of the nli-
nois Supreme Court, died yesterday
in hospital here.
Coming to Tucson December 10
to spend the Christmas holidays
with his wife and daughter at their
winter home here, Justice Stone was
stricken III on January 5. That day
he was scheduled to return to
Peoria for the opening Of the 1948
court session.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Jes-
sic B. Stone, and three daughters,
Miss Inez Stone of Peoria and Tue
son, Mrs. Martin Cassell, Glencoe,
ILL.,, and Miss Lee Stone, Las Vegas,
New.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ~
THURSDAY

met the emergency with wood fires.
Overnight minimum temperatures
in the South included Rome, Ga,
I; Atlanta, IL; Macon. 13; Valdosta.
Ga, Is: Jacksonville, 81: New Or
leans, 20: Mobile, "a; Memphis. 40;
Birmingham, IA: Nashville, IL;
Charlotte, o. and Charleston, II.
The South Florida truck crop
area escaped damage. Strong winds
kept frost from settling.
Meanwhile, a fresh cold wave
was sweeping across the Dakotas,
but was not expected to affect the
Eastern States.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
House Member Asks
Change in Taft-HarlIe,
Law 10 Curb PetriIIo
By the Assoeiotsd Press

A right-to-work amendment o.
the Taft-Hartley Act to restrict &C.
tivities of James G. Petrillo, presi.
dent of the American Federation o1
Musicians, was proposed today by
Representative Gwinn, Republican
Of New York.
Mr.. Gwinn suggested the amend.
ment at a House Labor Committee
hearing as a "cure" for Mr.. Petrillo'i
various bans on the use of live
music via television and on phono-
graph record making.
It would provide, he said, that "nc
monopoly or organization could tell
a man where or when he should
work or otherwise control, fine OF
suspend him except possibly fol
nonpayment of dues"
The committee is investigating
charges that Mr.. Petrillo holds a
monopoly" on commercial music.
Chairman Hartley said in advance
of the hearing he thought the Taft
Hartley law would work against Mr.
Petrillo but, If necessary, he favored
changing it to make sure. Mr.. Hart
ley was commenting on Mr.. Petrillo's
acquittal yesterday on charges oi
violating the Lea Act. law aimed
specifically at the union leaders
practices.
Held Obstacle to FM,
Edwin H. Armstrong Of Columbia
University, an authority or
frequency -modulation systems o1
broadcasting, told the committee
today that Mr.. Petrillo's edict
against "live" music represents the
"last obstacle" in his 12-year strug-
gle to bring FIN before the public
he said:
II have been at a loss to account
for the hostility to the FIN system
particularly on behalf Of the Amer
ican Federation of Musicians, as ]
have always looked upon 1t not only
as a great boon to the musicians
art but as the creator of new oppor-
tunities for employment for musi-
clans.
But there is no live music avail
able for FIN chains at any price"
Federal Judge J. Walter La Buy
acquitted Mr.. Petrillo in Chicago
yesterday of charge that he vio-
lated the Lea Act by trying to force
radio station to hire three extra
phonograph record librarians.
Mr.. Petrillo's lawyer, Daniel Car
nell, said the decision means that
the Lea Act is dead"
Thinks Law Broad Enough.
Mr.. Hartley commented to news
men today:
."If the Lea Act isn't adequate
to prevent featherbedding and the
Taft-Hartleyy Act isn't clear enough
for radio stations to use 1t for q
test, then we need something to
clarity the situation He said this
might take the form of an amend
ment making unions liable under
antitrust laws.
Mr.. Hartley said. however, he
thinks the labor act which bears
his name and that of Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, is broad
enough to cover the musicians dis
pute.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Ground to Be Broken
For Seminary BUILDINGS

Ground breaking ceremonies for
four new buildings at Virginia
Seminary near Alexandria were to
be held this afternoon.
The Right Rev. Frederick d
Goodwin, bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and
vice president of the Seminary s
Board of Trustees, was to officiate.
The Episcopal church is conduct
ing a Nationwide campaign to OBJ
tain $500 900 to be used for renova-
ton Of old buildings and construc-
ton Of new ones at the seminary.