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Evening star., 1948-05-10

close alliance with the Communist
Party.
He goes to address a public meet
ing in Birmingham, and chooses to
enter the building through a door
marked Negroes. Separate en-
frances to public halls for whites
and Negroes in the South are rather
rare. Normally, they enter together
and sit separately, for no reason
which my mind has been able to
fathom. However, Senator Taylor
chooses the Negro entrance, is
blocked by police, pushed around a
bit, makes the front pages Of the
national press, electrif1es Negroes,
North and South, and thus wins
another considerable number of
Negro supporters for his Commu-
mist unity party. He also rallies
many white liberals, bitterly hostile
to his campaign, but who praise his
stand on this particular issue.
Prejudice Outweighed Intelligence.
If Senator Taylors entrance to
the hall simply had been ignored,
none Of these aggregations to his
following would have occurred. But
the prejudice proved stronger than
the political intelligence.
Everything Is grist to the Com
munist mill, and nothing serves 1t
better than bad race relations,
which 1t Systematically exacerbates
When q Negro recently was tried
for killing a white man in self
defense and acquitted by 100 per
cent Southern white jury, no word
of satisfaction emerged in the Com
munist press, though for the sensi-
tive South an ounce OF praise IL
worth a pound of censure.
A friend of mine, who covered
an earlier trial in which a collec-
tive indictment was brought against
colony of Negroes who had re-
buffed q mob assault with fire, told
me that the discontinue of the
Communist reporter. when the men
were acquitted, really was funny
Far from being happy that Negroes
had received the same justice that
would have been accorded white
defendants, he was disgruntled
Gases like that spoil the story.
Both white and colored Amer1-
Evening star., 1948-05-10
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10,

head, and wearing . becoming ole
the-face electrode.
Come right in, sir" the gate
man said. The director and the
warden are on Set e."
As for women crashing the gates
well, have no advice. My guess
Is, though, that If q gal has the
curves Of Q scenic railway (Grable) +,
the voice Of q thrush DarnelD ,
the stature and poise Of . feeling
sphinx tBergman), she can get In
anywhere.
Distributed BY McNauxht Syndicate. Inc.l
Evening star., 1948-05-10

II even got . courtly bow from the
guard as fooled through the gates,
waving my beautiful gloved hands
and half CLOSED eyes at the same
time.
Looks sleepy IS ever" heard the
guard say to an associate IS ]
entered.
Warner Bros. was fairly easy to
crash. As all movie-goers know,
Warner Bros. specializes IN crime
pictures. I got in their gates simply
by cutting the legs Of my trousers,
shaving Q spot on the top Of my
Evening star., 1948-05-10

you how to get
inside a Holly
wood studio to
see moving pic
lures made. This
was tantamount
to telling you,
that I would
spot an oil well
in your back
yard, because
g e t tin 6 in q
studio Is good
practice for get
ting In heaven.
It's that tough.
It's about the
Evening star., 1948-05-10

starting June ;
an d intense
discussions are
taking place re-
garding the ar
rangements.
A general staff
for t he Presi-
dent personally
has been infor-
mally arranged
b y t h e palace
guard to which
o n e spokesman
for the Demo-
Gratis in Con-
gresS and on e
Evening star., 1948-05-10

r e p u b II ca n
meeting to nom-
mate q candi-
date for TIL e
presidency Of
he Un ! t e d
States.
The govern
ments of tn e
western democ-
racies, while Of
hcially sill e n t
about their pref
e r e n c e, a r e
known to favor
first Senator
Vandenberg and
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laylOT III BIZ
mingham, Ala.
The " hi t e
South vor S
Negro segrega-
tion and Is We
hemently anti
c o m m u n i S t.
Senator Taylor,
like many other
A m e ri c a n s ,
is against segre-
z q t ! o n . He is
also, unlike hum
dreds of thou
sands who agree
with h m on
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RrConsfanfine RrotCN

Seldom, II ever, has keener in
terest been displayed throughout
the world In an American political
convention than in the forthcoming
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The White House Is acutely con-
scious of the Importance attaching
to President Truman's first cam
paign trip-the train journey west
Evening star., 1948-05-10
By Dorothy Thompson

The way people allow their pref
udices to obscure their larger poll
tical judgments is illustrated in the
recent episode involving Senator
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'McLennore
Gives Some Pointers
On Crashing Studios
Bv Henry McLem ore

Like q man running for public
ONCE, I am always making rash
promises.
Friday wrote that I would tell
Evening star., 1948-03-04
BY the A.soeiatsd Press

PEARL HARBOR, Mar. 4.-The
battleship Pennsylvania, survivor OF
the Pearl Harbor debacle and two
atomic blasts, was scuttled near
Kwajalein February 10, the Navy
announced today.
Damage received at Okinawa was
mainly responsible for the Pennsyl-
vania's unseaworthiness and not
damage inflicted during the atomic
bomb tests" at Bikini in July, 1916,
the Navy said.
Two other warships, termed vic
tins of progressive deterioration,
also were scuttled last month. They
were the destroyer Trippe, sunk Feb
ruary 3, and the attack transport
Banner, sunk February 16. The
Navy said all were so radioactive
they could not be feasibly used for
scrap.
The Navy said the Pennsylvania
could not have remained afioat
much longer in Hwajalein lagoon.
She was towed there after the Bikini
atom tests. She was considered a
possible menace to shipping if she
sunk in the lagoon, as did the Prinz
Eugen. Both were guinea pigs of
the Bikini tests.
The Mighty p" as the Navy
calls her, recovered from the Pearl
Harbor attack to strike at the Jap
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Truman Packing Up
For Return Tomorrow
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stoff Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla, Mar. 4.-Presi-
dent Truman packed up today pre-
paratory to his return to Washing
ton tomorrow.
Like the run-of -the-mine tourist
the President has the usual collec-
ton of odds and ends picked up in
his two-week absence from home
and these had to be gotten together
He worked for a time this morn
ing and went for the daily swim, but
there was nothing else on the sche-
dule. Aides said no visitors were
expected. although some of the
people from the naval base may be
in for dinner tonight.
While Democratic party prospects
have worsened since the President
left the Capital because of the ILL
feeling stirred in the South by the
civil rights issue, the President re-
portedly has not been in touch with
his political lieutenants.
Eben Ayers, acting press secre-
tary, said today that Mr.. Truman
had had no direct contact with
Democratic National Chairman Nc
Grath so far as he knew, and he
did not know that any conferences
with political aides had been ar
ranged for the coming week.
Mr.. Truman is expected to take off
from Boca Chica Airport at 9 am.
tomorrow in the Sacred Cow" for
the five-hour fight to Washington.
Later in the day. he will meet
with the Cabinet for the customary
u-eek1v session
Evening star., 1948-03-04

The American Cancer Society to-
day announced a $4,000 grant to
finance an expansion of the War
wick Memorial Clinic which, when
fully underway is expected to make
Washington one of the worlds lead
ing cancer centers.
The District chapter of the society
will add $4,000 to the contribution
of the national organization. bring
ing Warwick's research fund to
sec, 900.
The clinic will be moved from the
Garfield Hospital grounds to the
old George Washington Hospital.
1t will include a 12-bed research
ward where doctors will attempt, by
methods now known and others to
be developed, to arrest the progress
of cancer.
Cancer Society officials said fewer
than 100 beds are available for this
purpose in the United States today
General hospitals cannot afford to
devote beds to slow and costly re-
search on cancer with no practicable
Improvement of the patient.
DR.. Calvin T. Klopp, who will re-
main as medical director of the
clinic. said the cost Of treatment
will be SIS a day for each patient
This will be paid by the clinic. Until
Evening star., 1948-03-04
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 4.-Former
King Mihai of Romania said to-
day his abdication was forced on
him and he does not consider
himself bound by it.
Mihai sails tomorrow for the
United States. He had lunch today
with the British royal family at
Buckingham Palace, and then is
sued a statement saying:
"At the present moment it is no
longer necessary to insist on the
circumstances and causes of Ger
tain political events.
The motives of the profound po-
litical changes imposed on the small
states of Eastern Europe are already
too well known.
LAS far as Romania is concerned,
want to avail myself of the first
possibility personally to confirm the
facts as'they happened.
"On the morning of December 30.
1947, Mr.. Petru Groza and Gheor-
ghiu-Dej, members of the Roman
ian cabinet, presented to me the
Evening star., 1948-03-04
1926 Pct. Price Cut
In Shoes Predicted
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 4.-Some trade
spokesmen are predicting retail shoe
price reductions of as much as 81
to So a pair next fall on the basis
of current leather prices.
At the semiannual leather show
of the Tanners Council of America,
which just closed it's two-day exhibit
at the Waldorf Astoria, prices were
Is to Is per cent lower than last
fall.
On the basis of those quotations,
some members of the trade predict
that higher priced mems shoes now
retailing at $14 to $40 a pair may
be reduced 50 to SO. Mems and
women's shoes now selling at So
to SIS, they add. may be cut 81
to 50.
Reductions of around 81 pair
ore expected in mems and womens S
.olume shoes, they said.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Wheat Prices Jump
On News That u. ).
Plans 70 Buy Flour
Gains Hold at ; to 5 Cents
After 10c Rise at Sturt;
Corn and Oats Higher
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 4.-Wheat
prices jumped on the Board OF
Trade today. The market was
Influenced by news the Govern
ment was re-entering the flour
market in volume.
Prices were up as much as 10
cents, the daily permitted limit ad-
vance, at the start. Later, gains
ranged from 3 to 5 cents a bushel
as compared with yesterdays close.
Corn was up to 3 cents and oats
to cents.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
announced late yesterday that he
had asked millers to submit offers
to him to sell -four in an amount
equal to 100000, bushels of wheat
to meet April export allotments.
The purchases are the first large
ones planned in grain or grain pro-
ducts since grain prices began drop
ping early in February.
Secretary Anderson had expressed
hope yesterday that the of1er to
buy would not cause prices to go up
sharply again.
Government buyers have been
staying out of the unsteady market
waiting for prices to stabilize.
Secretary Anderson said yesterday
flour buying now should have little
effect on prices. He said this is be-
cause the grain export program
hasn't been changed from a goal of
$4,000, 900 bushels for the crop year
ending June 30.
Mr.. Anderson said this goal may
be increased after March 81 If it
appears then that this country can
spare more.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
U. S. S. Pennsylvania ScuttIed;
Domooe at Okinuwu Is Blamed

anese 13 times with 11,000, 600
pounds of steel-more than was
fired by any other battleship in his
tory.
Off Okinawa, SO hours before the
war ended, an aerial torpedo ripped
the Pennsylvania's stern and killed
20 men.
She was commissioned March IS
1915. She had a displacement OF
$4,000 tons and was 608 feet in
length with a beam of LOG feet 8
inches. She carried twelve 14-inct
guns, sixteen 5-inchers and many
smaller weapons.
This is how the Pennsylvania
ended her days:
Sixteen sailors manned her on the
last run. Gn her glory days, the
Pennsylvania carried 100 officers
and 1890 enlisted men,
She rode ANONYMOUSLY at the enc
of tow hawser, her once powerful
engines silent. At the designated
spot, the crew opened the seacocks
removed the condenser plates
scrambled to the deck and boarded
tug.
Her stern dropped beneath the
waves, but for 21a hours the Penn
sylvania resisted her fate while
Navy planes circled overhead. Then
she slipped to her grave.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Clinic Gets $4,000
For Cancer Research Program

more funds are available, 1t Will not
be possible to open all IL beds.
There are no similar beds in the
Washington area now.
The research center will include
these features:
/. Testing on animals OF drugs
that have proved effective against
cancer tissue in test tubes.
2. Attempts to find means of
early detection of cancer and OF
those who are susceptible to it.
Scientists will seek to determine
If there is a relation between cancer
and the vitamin A level of the blood,
DR.. Klopp said, although this may
turn out to be an absolute dud-we
don't know yet.
3. Observation of the effects OF
nitrogen mustards, already used IN
treating certain types of cancer. on
glands and general body functions.
4. Microscopic study of any sim
ilarities between the appearance OF
aging cells and cells known to be
cancerous.
S. Testing more than 100 antibiotic
drugs for effectiveness against can
Ger.
The Warwick clinic will be afnllat-
ed with the George Washington
University Medical School In con-
ducting these studies.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
(See CHINA, Page AS
Posse Hunting Slayer
Rings House, Shoots a
Nv The Asxocjotsd Press

sWAINSBORO, Ga, Mar. A.
Two men and two women were re-
ported wounded today when a posse
seeking the slayer OF a Georgia
police officer poured shots into
house where the four had hidden.
Deputy Sheriff Elese Van Pelt at
nearby Augusta said the posse num-
bering several score men had tralled
the quartet to the house. Three air
planes and a pack of bloodhounds
aided the officers.
The deputy said advice from the
old house, at rural Dyes Crossing,
was that none was wounded serl-
ously. One of the women had a
deep shoulder wound.
officers said they fired after the
group in the house fired upon them
when they surrounded the place.
They were seeking the slayer OF
Garland Fields, Georgia Bureau OF
investigation officer, who was shot
to death near here last night.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Readnower Testifies
Meyers Didn't Order
PAYMENTS Concealed
Former Aviation Company
Official Tells Of Giving
Back Most Of Salary
By Robert K. Welsh

Thomas E. Readnower, a war
time official Of the Aviation
Electric Co. of Dayton, Ohio,
admitted in District Court today
that he received no instructions
from Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Mey-
ers to keep company books in
such a way as to conceal alleged
payments to the retired Army
Air Forces officer.
While Readnower was being cross
examined, his sister, Mrs. Mildred
Lamarre, was waiting to testify
against Meyers. by whom she was
employed for several years as secre-
taryA
Meyers is charged with inducing
Mrs. Lamarre's husband, Bleriot H.
Lamarre. former president of the
Dayton company, to lie to Senate
War Investigating subcommittee
last October.
Readnower declared today that he
turned over the bulk of his salary
ranging from $4,000 to Sl8,60O, to
- = rrxyrDC n.ro AS1
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Condor AssaiIs
'Sn1ears,' Asks
Congress Probe
Appeals for Action
To Stop Attacks
On Scientists

DR.. Edward U. Condor, under
fire from the House Un-Amer-
lean Activities Committee, asked
today for a congressional in
vestigation to put an end to
public Smears on scientists in
and out of Government"
Dr.. Condor, director of the Bureau
OF Standards, made his request in q
letter to Senator Hickenlooper, Re-
publican. of Iowa, chairman of the
Senate-House Atomic Energy Com.
mittee.
Members of the Senate House
committee told reporters OF DR.. Con-
don's letter.
At the Commerce Department,
meantime, 1t was learned that
Secretary Hartman has asked At
torney General Clark's advice on
whether he should give the un-
American Activities Committee his
files on the departments investiga-
ton of Dr. Condon's loyalty. The
House group demanded them after
releasing a subcommittee report
saying DR.. Condor has associated
knowingly or unknowingly" with
suspected Russian spies.
Issue Larger Than Appears"
Dr. Condor wrote Senator Hick.
enlooper:
Il would hope that an investi-
cation by your committee would
result in restoring conditions In
which men of intelligence would be
willing to work for their Govern
ment and will not be constantly
harassed and harried by irrespon-
sible attacks on their character"
He said the issue is larger than
appears on the surface. He said
there is difficulty in getting able
scientists to work for the Govern
ment. He said that the whole
scientific life of the Nation Is in
volved."
Secretary Hartman returned to
Washington today and went into
immediate conference with his legal
staff. 1t was announced by Com
merce spokesman that John l..
Towne, secretary of the depart
ment's Loyalty Board would appear
before the House unit at 10 am.
tomorrow in answer to subpoena.
Letter Center Of Controversy.
1t was uncertain, however, wheth-
er he would bring the loyalty boards
file or even a letter concerning DR..
Condor from FBI Director ]. Edgar
Hoover to the Commerce Depart
ment. The letter, part of which was
released by the House committee.
has become a certer of the con-
troversy.
Some members of the House COM
mittee recognized that the depart
ment could cite precedents for its
action if 1t should decide to refuse
to submit the loyalty records on the
ground that they are confidential
and that it would not be In the
public interest.
Chairman Thomas admitted yes
terday that the letter of last May
said there was no evidence DR..
Condor was disloyal in associating
with an alleged Russian agent.
Part of Letter Quoted.
The committee report had quoted
what it said were portions of the
Hoover letter. including this pass
age
The files of the Bureau (of
Investigations reflect that DR.. Ed
ward U. Condor has been In contact
as late as 1947 with an individual
alleged by a self-confessed Soviet
lSee CONDON, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Move Reported to Free Duront
By Hobeos Corpus Action
Petition for Hesse
Gem Thief to Plead
Civilian Status
By w. H. Shippen, Jr.

A habeas corpus action in be-
half of Jack w. Durant, former
Air Force colonel, will be brought
within a week, it was learned
today, in an effort to release him
from a 15-year court-martial
sentence for stealing the Hesse
crown jewels in Germany.
The petition was to be filed in
the Federal Court at Atlanta where
the 38-year-old former Interior De-
partment attorney is serving his
hard labor" sentence at Fed
eral Penitentiary.
Grounds to be cited for Durant
probably will be similar to those
which effected the release of his
wife, former WAC Capt. Kathleen
Nash Durant. She also was con-
victed in the $1,5oo,ooo Kronberg
Castle theft.
Federal Judge Ben Moore ruled
at Charleston, w. Va, last Septern-
Der that she was civilian at the
time of her trial by court martial
in Germany a year previously and
that the military board which SEN
fenced her to five years lacked juris-
diction.
While Durant's attorneys in
Washington would not discuss the
case, it was believed his habeas
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Health Council Heads
Call for Shakeup in
Hospital Controls
Support Modified Verson
Of Proposal Made by
Two GoI|ineer Chiefs
By Thomas 6. Buchonon

The two leaders of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Health
Council, the federation of all
major private and public health
agencies in the District area,
added their support today to a
demand for a shakeup in the
District hospital administration.
They called for a modified version
of the proposal made Tuesday by
Drs. Brian Blades and Robert j.
Coffey, medical school surgery chiefs,
who supervise most of the operations
at Gallinger Hospital.
DR.. Ross T. McIntire, council
chairman, was not willing to 60 all
the way with the two surgeons ir
proposing hospital control be shifted
from the Health Department to q
department of hospitals, directly
under the District Commissioners.
Calls for Separate Bureau.
His suggestion was that the Health
Department should set up a hos
pital bureau" separate from existing
agencies, and make hospital super
vision the full-time job of the bu-
reau head.
DR.. Herbert P. Ramsey, first chair
man of the Health Council and now
head of committee which has been
reviewing District health needs since
1e46. said he would not quibble,
personally, whether the bureau
should be in the Health Department
or a separate agency.
The important thing, he insisted
is to place District hospitals under
a man who has no other respon-
sibility. The health officer and the
assistant health officer have many
other responsibilities now, and they
cannot give the hospitals their un-
divided attention"
Recall Shortcomings.
Both Health Council officials re-
called administrative shortcomings
were found at Gallinger in the ex-
haustive ls46 hospital survey. spon-
sored by the Health Council.
Drs. Blades and Cof1ey this week
complained of wasteful purchases
of defective equipment, inadequate
operating room space, unreliable
laboratory and X-ray work. failure
to fill anesthetist vacancies and staff
shortages caused by "a civil service
philosophy" and the 40-hour week
They advocated reorganization
in hospital administration here
modelled after New York's Bellevue
Hospital, where business administra-
ton is under a department OF hos.
pitals and where responsibility fol
medical standards is assigned tc
medical schools.
Health Officer George C. Rutland
an ex officio member of the Metro
politan Health Council, yesterda.
blasted this proposal as maneuvel
by George Washington and George
town Universities to get complete
control over Gallinger for thei
medical schools.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Mihoi Renounces Abdicotion,
Says 1t Was Forced on Him
Romonion Ex-King Says He Was Told Orders
Were Issued, Blood Would Flow Otherwise

text of the act of abdication, urging
me to sign it at once. Both OF them
came to the royal palace after il
had been surrounded by armed de-
tachments, informing me that they
would hold me responsible for the
bloodshed which will follow as a
consequence of the instructions al
ready issued by them in case shall
not sign within the time limit.
This act was imposed to me by
force, by government installed and
maintained in power by a foreign
country, government utterly un-
representative of the will of the
Romanian people.
This government had violated
international pledges binding them
TO respect the political freedom OF
the Romanian people, had falsified
the elections and annihilated the
democratic political leaders who
enjoyed the confidence of the
country.
lie vi tllC SAAy
constitutes a new act of violence
in the policy of the enslavement OF
Romania. In these conditions I dc
not consider myself bound, in any
way, by this act imposed upon me
with unshaken faith in our fu-
ture, animated by the same devo-
ton and will to work, I will continue
to serve the Romanian people with
which my destiny Is inexorably
bound"
The British Foreign Office said OF
Mihai's statement:
"At the time he left the throne,
we recalled that he had played a
great part in helping to release Ro-
mania from the Fascist yoke.
1--WE also recalled that he was one
Of the rare recipients of the Soviet
Order of Victory. That is still our
only comment"