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Evening star., 1948-12-12

cedure in past elections which saw
the first vice president step up to
the presidency, is due for the top job
But precedent was ignored this
year by the clubs nominating COM
mittee, which selected Mr.. Ballinger
as its candidate for the presidency.
This has angered Mr.. Hally's friends.
who are ready to wage a red hot
battle Monday night.
CONCILIATION-Cyrus S. Ching,
director of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service, has in
structed his associates to stay clear
of any controversy that might re-
suit over attempts to bring the serv-
ice under the Labor Department.
Some conciliation officials are
quite concerned over reports that
the agency might be brought under
the Labor Department. They be-
lieve the agency can do a much bet
ter job as an independent bureau.
But Mf. Ching does not want the
mediation service involved in any
controversy His associates say that
he feels that the mediation service
should devote itself to doing its as
signed job, and not engage in any
activities in policy matters which
rest with the President and Con-
gress. There is no doubt, however,
that Mr.. Ching personally would
prefer to have the mediation service
remain an independent agency.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Otis B.
Johnson will retire December 81
as secretary OF the Federal Trade
Commission. He has been in the
Government service for nearly A
years. The Society for Person.
mel Administration will discuss I'm
provement of the Governments S
Accounting Procedures" at 7:30 pm
Tuesday in the Archives Auditorium.
The speaker will be Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Edward F..
Bartlett. It is virtually assured
now that George D. Riley will re-
main as professional staff men,
ber with the Senate Civil Service
Committee. :. The March Of Time
will salute the postal employees in
its next movie release. It's called
"Watchdogs of the Mail"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Part of each Sundays column is
devoted to answering readers
Evening star., 1948-12-12
7 Forfeit $50 for Insta||in!
Heaters Without Permit

Two contractors yesterday for
feited $25 collateral each on charges
they installed heating units in the
Commodore Hotel without licenses
The collateral was forfeited at
No. Precinct by E. Larry Fyanes
As, an oil burner contractor of the
800 block of I street NV, and Harry
E. Williams, As, boiler contractor
with Offices In the first block OF
o street NV.
Both dealers agreed to the for
feiture after a Municipal Court
hearing before Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Clark King.
The prosecutor reported that as a
result of an investigation at the
hotel by inspectors of the boiler
and smoke division of the District
he learned that an oil burner and
a boiler had been installed recently
without the issuance of an installa-
ton permit.
Mr.. King said the inspectors also
reported that the boiler had an i'm
proper safety door and piping sys-
tenn
Evening star., 1948-12-12

far apart In their last meetings In
Batavia and Kaliurang.
There was some speculation In
Batavia. this report said, as to
whether the Dutch would be able to
form an interim government with
out the republic. Leaders of East
Indonesia and West Java, two of the
states which would form part of the
federation, recently expressed strong
opinions that the republic should
be part Of any new interim gov
ernment.
Some circles in Batavia expressed
belief that fighting might flare
anew in Indonesia if the Dutch go
ahead with their plans.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

eSS- SOsoCa F@J
raise would increase their yearly an
nuity payment to $1,000 a year. And
based on a 13-year life expectancy
after retirement, say at 65, many
officials would collect an additional
$39, 900 in annuities over that period.
To prevent this increase, staff
members are suggesting that the
present retirement system, which
determines annuities on the basis
of an employees highest salary aver
age over a f1ve-year period, increase
this average salary period to a IS
or 20 year span.
In this way, it is argued, the OFF,
Gals retirement annuities would not
be increased too much as result
of the proposed pay raise. And to
do otherwise would be unfair to the
country's taxpayers as well as to
rank-and-file Government employees
whose annuities, even now, are far
below the retirement benefits of top
bracket Federal officials.
+ II X +
FEDEkAL CLUb-lnlS OTgd1lLd-
ton of top Government officials is
headed for the biggest battle OF
its existence when it holds its an
nual elections at pm. tomorrow in
the Willard Hotel.
BY an odd coincidence, two Of
ficials of the General Accounting
Once are candidates for the presi-
dency about to be vacated by Oliver
C. Short, the Commerce Depart
ment's personnel director.
They are Frank M. Hally, senior
investigator at GAO, and E. Ray
Ballinger, administrative assistant
to the Controller General.
Mr.. Hally is the clubs first vice
president and according to pro-
Evening star., 1948-12-12
Dutch Break OFF Talks
With Indonesians and
Plan Interim Reqime
BY the Assoeioted Press

THE HAGUE, Dec. IA de-
cision to break off deadlocked
Dutch h-Indonesian peace talks
was announced today by the
Netherlands government.
The announcement said further
negotiations with the Indonesiar
Republic only would delay a finaI
solution of the Indonesian prob.
lem.
Instead, the government said
Dutch authorities are going aheao
with the establishment of an in
terim government to rule tempo.
rarily over all areas of Indonesis
except those controlled by the
republic.
The interim government is in.
tended to rule until the projected
United States of Indonesia becomes
full-f1edged partner in the Dutch
empire.
Truce Ended Fighting.
The peace talks have been going
on under supervision of a United
Nations Good Offices Committee
since the large-scale fighting was
ended by the Renville truce last
February.
An official statement said the
Dutch delegation in Batavia has
advised the Good Offices Committee
that further talks with the repub-
lie are useless unless the Jogjakarta
government changes its viewpoint
radically.
No date was announced for the
formation of the interim govern
ment, but previous official state
ments had mentioned January /
l949, as the deadline.
The Indonesian news agency, An
tara, indicated Republican leaders
in Java would try to fix the blame
for the breakdown on Dutch au-
thorities. Antara said IndoneSian
Premier Mohammed Hatta already
had laid before the good offices
committee minutes of his informal
talks with Dutch ministers.
ut will be proved later" Hatta
said. which party backed out of
what it conceded"
| Council to Weigh Action.
In Paris, u. N. sources said the
Dutch decision to break off talks
will have to be considered by the
Security Council. The Council
however, has. not yet received any
official word on the new develop
ments.
The interim government for the
so-called federal territories" will
Include about two-thirds of the ter
ritory of Indonesia. The COM
munique said the way would be left
open for Republican participation
at later date.
Now that it has been clearly
demonstrated that the republic
doesn't observe the truce and in
fact doesn't accept the principles
of the Renville agreement" the an
nouncement said, the Netherlands
government doesn't desire to delay
or obstruct further the realization
of the new legal order in Indonesia
through further negotiations"
Today's statement followed in
tensive cabinet discussions with q
ministerial delegation which re-
turned last Tuesday from Java. The
announcement indicated negoti-
ations had broken down on two
main points; Dutch demands for
more rigid observance of the truce
and the question of dividing au-
tnority during the interim period
The Dutch accused Hatta of going
back on an earlier commitment to
accept complete Netherlands SOW
ereignty during the transition.
Little Surprise Expressed.
A dispatch from Batavia said re-
publican circles expressed little sur
prise at the Dutch announcement
This decision had been expected
it was said, since the Dutch and
Indonesian delegations appeared SC
Evening star., 1948-12-12

queries about the Federal service.
Please be brief.
els age . factor In selecting EN-.
ployes of Of the civil service regis.
ters?"
It's not supposed to be, but some
agencies undoubtedly discriminate
against job applicants because Of
their age.
"What are the chances Of getting
an increase In the present $6-a-day
travel allowance for Government
employees"
Good.
Can Government employees who
transfer over to the Economic Co.
operation Administration for over.
seas assignment collect q hmp-sum
payment for annual leave they have
to their credit
Yes.
Ts Chairman elect Johnston Of
the Senate Civil Service Committee
in town ut present.
Yes.
HAS an official date been set for
the expiration Of veterans prefer.
ence In Government employment"
No. Veterans preference in Fed.
eral employment will continue
permanently unless legislation to
the contrary Is enacted by Congress. .
(Be sure to listen in today at
1875 am. oper WMAL, The
EUening Star station, for Joseph
Young's broadcast persion OF the
Federal Spotlight, featuring ad-
ditional 7e,Ds and pietrs OF the
Government scene.)
Evening star., 1948-12-12

are suggesting a
revision of the
present civil
service retire.
nent system to
prevent Substan-
tial increases
from accruing to
Gov rn m e n t
officials.
At pres e n t,
m a ny Federal
officials stand to
get Sc, 900 a year
in an n uiti e S
when they re-
tire. The pro-
pOSed new pay
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Slot machines in q London subway
station now sell transportation
tickets, and give change.
Evening star., 1948-12-12
The Federal Spotlight
Action to Bar Big Annuity Boosts
In Top-Brocket Raises Is SOUGHT
By Joseph Young

is underway in Congress to prevent top Government
officials from getting windfal of retirement annuties that would
result from top-bracket Federal pay raises
Staff members of the Senate Civil Service Committee have
sent memoranda Johnston and other committee
members which disclose that many Federal officials would
each receive $4,000 in annuties if their wages were
increased.
Evening star., 1948-12-12
Readers Guide

Reuders" Guide /
Sunday, December IL, 194S.
SECTION A..
General News.
Lost, Found. Page AS
Obituary. Page ASS
SECTION B.
Sports, FinoncioI.
Sports News. Pages B-1-4
Junior Star. Page B-6
Farm and Garden. Page B-7
Civic News. Page B-8
Camera Angles. Page BIS
Financial. Pages B-10-1l
SECTION c.
Editorial, Features, Amusements.
Editorial Articles. Pages CHS
John Clagett Proctor. Page C-2
Music. Page C-2
Stamps. Page C-2
Book Reviews. Page C-3
Editorials. Page CA
Editorial Features. Pages CAS-
Amusements. Pages C-6-7
Bridge. Page CT
Art. Page C-7I
Radio Programs. Page C-S
SECTION D.
Society, Women's Clubs.
Society News. Pages D-1-27
Women's Clubs. Page DIS
Readers. Clearing House. Page D-9
SECTION z.
Resorts ond Trovel
A Review of Winter Travel News and
A Summary of Resorts and Places
of Interest for the Season.
Pages ELLA
Crossword Puzzle. Page E-4
Where to Go. Page E-10
Science Calendar. Page E-10
SEcTlokF.
Classified Advertising.
Classified Advertising Pages Fila
Educational. Page Fla
Jessie FAINT Evans. Page FLA
This edition contains This
Week Magazine OF 81 pages. a
16-page comic section and IA
pages OF rotograpure.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

There Is no objection to the pro-
posed pay raise, which nearly every
one on the committee agrees is bad
ly needed. But the staff members
Evening star., 1948-12-12
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to 6ate):
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 80. on August 27.
Lowest. on January 26
High and Low for Yesterday.
High. ~, at 1888 pm.
Low, 20, At 1850 am.
Tida Tahlez
Evening star., 1948-12-12
Weather Report

District of Columbia and Vicinity
cloudy today and tomor-
row. Somewhat warmer today,
highest in upper 40s. Mild tenn
perature tomorrow.
Maryland and Virginia-Mostly
cloudy and somewhat warmer to-
day. Tomorrow cloudy and mild
with occasional rain likely in west
portion by afternoon or evening.
River Report.
(From y. 3. Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
,Readings at Washington National Airport
Yesterday Pct. Yesterday Pct
Noon ------- SO p.m.------ %
p.m.------- 40 10 pm. -------- 81
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21
Pegler List
As A Felld
PEGLER
By WEsTBRooK PEGLER

BY WEsTBRooK PEGLER
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY KING
FEATURES, SYNDICATE, INC)
NEW YORK, CT. ia few
days after Elizabeth Bentley told
her story of espionage in Wash
lngton on behalf of Soviet Rus
STA, most of which was soon cor
roborated and 20 part of which
has been refuted, Eleanor the
Great, a notorious collaboration,
tried to discredit the witness.
She wrote that Miss Bentley was
neurotic, although she had ne
yer even seen her and this was
a judgment calling for scientific
authority and professional exam
ination of the patient The Cab
is not only no scientist but is,
by her own published state
ments, uneducated in the formal
sense. The possibility invites
earnest consideration that she
herself is afflicted or, perhaps,
better say blessed, with an in
donitable neurosis which ignores
dignity, honesty and established
knowledge as fantasy ignores
reason and reality. Acknowledge
such a neurosis and you acquit
her of bad manners, selfishness,
impudence and imprudent, if not
guilty, association, on the ground
that she couldn't help it,
Of course, it would not nee
essarily disqualify Miss Bentley
as witness to treachery against
the United States to plead her
guilty of neurosis. She could be
neurotic in some phases and still
reliable authority in others.
Even Eleanor the Great, within
the confines of her intelligence,
understands that this is tue, but
she hit upon the Safeguarding
device of her politi al associates
in the Communist conspiracy,
the device of impungning an OPP
ponent's reason or mental bal
ance, as an answer to Miss Bent
ley's irrefutable information.
Soon after her attempt to
quashl the charges by, as it
were, throwing the witness into
padded cell, the Cab seemed
to anticipate factual inquiry into
her own associations during the
years since her late husband be-
gan his great life work of build
ing a warlike and invincible So
Wet Russia. In the gh- q"
NOR that Moosejaw the
fected in telling jour-
60 stand in the corner
ing his intentions abou
term, she advised youn
to keep diaries lest they be at
future time accused OF .vil work
wrought In all innocerce. The
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21

intent here was to get her de-
tense into print before the in
dictment could be read.
But that is all right, if I'M
conventional and a special pri-
vilege.
Let US consider that she had
presented her defense. Let her
say she didn't know that she
was running with Communists
or fellow travellers or paying in
fluential compliments to their
political fronts.
We don't have to believe her.
When you have read the re-
cord of her traffic with Com
munist fronts and have noted
that she never made the mis-
take of throwing in with a Fas-
cist or Nazi society in the days
when they were numerous, can
you believe that it was innocent
stupidity which always guided
her choice?
The index of testimony and
other evidence taken by the late
Dies Committee on Un-American
Activities, now known as the
permanent committee, contains
SO references to Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Eight of the organizations to
which she gave, as it were, aid
and comfort when she was the
wife of the President of the
United States have been identi-
fled as subversive groups by
Tom Clark, the Attorney Gener-
al, whose reproaches are grudg-
ing and therefore the more i'm
portant. Clark and President
Truma have resisted all at
tempts by Congress to expose
Communists and fellow travellers
in the Departments of State and
Justice and in the White House
j.. lest the Roosevelt myth be dis
PEELED before election. Neverthe-
less, Tumble Tom Clark, the
Lone Star canvass-kisser, the
Fred Fulton of Attorneys-Gener-
al, was compelled to say that
eight of the organizations with
which the Great Gabbo openly
and VIGOROUSLY had truck were
Communist fronts.
They were: American Commit
tee for Protection of Foreign
Born two citations, American
League for Peace and Demo-
crazy; American Youth Congress
"a citations, covering about 10
"a BE campaign of
s of. and enter
National Negro
IAN Committee
elief; National
,erican Soviet
Friendship two citations);
Southern Negro Youth Congress
and Workers Alliance.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21
YOUR AMERICA pay by pay IN PICTURES

OCTOBER n, 1894, wooden ship
named Constitution slid down the
ways of Hartt's Shipyard, Boston, des-
tined to become the most famous U. S.
war vessel. In the Naval War with
France, l79S-lS00, she was flagship of
Commodore Silas Talbot. In the War
with Tripoli, l80l-05, she was flag
ship of Commodore Edward Preble.
But she's best remembered for her
single-ship engagements in the Sec
ond War of Independence, 1924,
when she was under command of Cap
tain Isaac Hull [belowl.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21
By Ray Tucker

~ As"y A"NANSN
WASHINGTON: Oct. 2l-At-
torney General Tom Clark's at
tempts to Smear the two anti
Communist Investigators on
Capitol Hill-Representative j.
Parnell Thomas of New Jersey
and Senator Homer Ferguson of
Michigan - are attributed by
closeup observers to desire to
offset President Humans refer
ences to their activities as
red herring"
Together with the Vinson-to-
Stain proposal, the nagglng
money letter to Bernard M.
Baruch and his "selfishness"
charge against workers and far
mers if they should vote against
him, these are generally regard
ed as Mr.. Truman's most DANA
ging technical blunders in the
campaign. If it were to be a
tight race, these alone might ac-
count for his defeat, in the opin-
ion of his aides.
Therefore, the obvious counter
attack, which has been used
by Republicans as well as
Democrats ever since Theodore
Roosevelt's day, was to discred-
it the principals in the anti-Red
drama at the eastern end OF
Pennsylvania Avenue.
INVESTIGATING: Texas
Clark, for instance. has passed
out work to department of JUS
tice correspondents that he is
investigating alleged pay roll
irregularities on the part of
Congressman Thomas, who
heads the House Committee on
un-American activities. His re-
Violations Of apparent Roosevelt
Truman tolerance toward Com
mies" in key places at WASH
ington have been politically dis
turbing.
In the first place, the head of
the Justice" agency has no
right to announce in advance
that any individual is under in
vestigation." Headline indict-
ments of this sort violate the
oath of office which every A. G.
must take on assuming this Of
flee. There should be no pub
city of this kind until an indict-
ment is actually handed down
by a Grand Jury.
Secondly, Mr., Clark would
have to indict one-third of the
members of House and Senate,
if he found that such political
sins as nepotism and pay roll
manipulation were federal Of
lenses, which they are not. The
fact is that he would not dare
- paav~ aaainat an NC. be-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21
Civ And Recreation Commission
Take Major Step To Bright Future

The action of the City Commissioners in appro-
pratng some 81, 800 for the planning OF an overal
we consider to be one of the most important steps
in several years.
II is concrete evidence that the commissioners
realize the value of full-time recreation program
for the youngsters of Roanoke Rapids
We congratulate the members of the Roanoke
RAPIDS Recreation Commission for getting off to such
good start in carrying out portion OF tnelr ou-
ties Their work has only begun. They have much
more to do But we know that the members OF the
Recreation Commission are glad to be past the 1rst
hurdle in their efforts to provide the city WIN an
adequate recreation program
Tn Yesterdays report in the news columns, 1t
was pointed out that during the summer recreation
nrooram the police station had no reports of any
trouble from the youngsters of the CITY, However,
within few days after the close OF the program
there were several instances of youngsters gettlng
off the beaten track.
That in itself, it to us, is argument enough
for a ful-time recreation program in Roanoke Rap
ids That testimony brought out during the dis
cussion at the joint meeting of the two boards
The value of recreation program cannot be
measured in dollars and cents Its value is lntan-
eble It's value is in the conduct of the program and
the facilities available for carrying out such pro-
gram.
No one has denied that there is great need
for fulltime program OF recreation IN ROANOKE
Rapids No can deny it.
The Recreation Commission has been authorized
to employ at once full-tme recreation director He
will make use of the facilities available here and
will help in coordnating efforts toward fultime
program That is the next step, along with the hiring
of an expert draft ongrange plans for additional
facilities.
Yes. Mr.. Commissioners, we thank you for TAX
ing the first step helping provide for the future
of the children of city and the future of Roanoke
Rapids.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21
A successful Community Chest Is
Vital To Roanoke Rapids, Support 1t

Today is the day that the annual Community
Chest campaign begins in Roanoke Rapids.
successful Community Chest is vital to Roa
noke Rapids It provides funds for many of our
organizations which could not otherwise be oper-
ated.
The Community Chest workers will meet to-
night to make final plans for the beginning of the
campaign to raise S14 ,375 with which to carry
on the work of the six organizations involved dur
ing the next year.
The Community Chest workers will be working
until November 1.
The Red Feather funds mean a lot to the people
of Roanoke Rapids. Help yourself by helping the
Community Chest. When the worker calls on you,
be ready to give amount, every little bit will
help.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21

Her capture of H. M. S. Guerriere,
Aug. 10, 1912, was first important
naval victory of that war In the bat
tie, a seaman, seeing shot rebound
from her hull, shouted, "Huzza, her
sides are made Of iron," and she got
an enduring nickname: "Old IRON
Sides In 1880, when the ship was
ordered broken up as obsolete, o. w.
Holmes wrote poem, Old lronsides,
which reused such sentiment the ship
was saved.
The Constitution is not the oldest
u S. warship, A sister ship, Constella-
ton was launched six weeks earlier.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-21

cause he merely followed an OLD
and recognized Capitol Hill
custom.
SITUATIONS: This analysis of
Attorney General Clark behav-
ior does not constitute defense
or an extenuation of Parnell Tho
mass alleged practice of paying
off relatives with official money
and of forcing members of his
staff to 'kick back part of their
comparatively niggarldy sal
aries.
Even though other members
indulge in these schemes. that
is no defense for him. But the
punishment for such man is
defeat at the hands of his con-
stituents, and that has usually
been the sentence when violators
of the simple, human decencies
have been exposed.
However, the misconduct of
one individual, although he
happens to be the chairman of
the committee, should not be
seized upon by Attorney General
Clark to discredit the work of
the full body.
Granting that the House in
vestigators have not behaved too
judicially - no Congressional in
quisitors ever have - they have
uncovered a threatening situa-
for almost twenty years.
SMEAR: The effort to
"smear" Senator Ferguson is
utterly outrageous, in the opin-
ion of Democratic and Repub-
lican associates acquainted with
the facts.
1t has been charged that he
has received "favors" and gifts
from a Detroit firm, and that
Mrs. Ferguson represented the
company as semi-lobbyist at
Washington. Here are the facts:
The great corporation sup
posed to have dominated and
corrupted the Fergusons is a
$4,000 concern owned by the
youngster who married their
daughter, Charles r. Beltz.
He had worked as an aero
nautical engineer in the Detroit
area. Being an imaginative and
aggressive youngster, he saw
chance to enter the furnace and
air-condition field in one of De-
troit's growing suburbs But he
did not have the necessary CAPT
tai.
CRIME: Senator Ferguson
loaned him $4,000. Mrs. Fer
Puson sold niece of propertv