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Evening star., 1948-01-04
Critical Session Of Congress
Tuesday Faces Two Big Issues;
Truman to Bar General I oxCut
Presidents Message
To Insist on Keeping
Revenues High
BY the Assoeioted Press

Highly placed White House
confdants said yesterday that
President Truman has decided
to stiff arm Republican tax cut
ting proposals when he delivers
his State of the Union message
to Congress Wednesday.
Two men in daily consultation
with the Chief Executive said he
will oppose any changes in the tax
laws which would result in an over
all reduction of Federal revenues
The pair, who refused to allow
use of their names, said Mr.. Tru-
man will make it clear that he will
fight any general tax reductions
while the national income is at
the highest level in history"
Their words implied that the
President will go before the law
makers prepared to write his third
tax veto message if he is sent a
measure sharply reducing the tax
rates.
Knutson Seeks Support.
Chairman Knutson of the House
Ways and Means Committee is
drumming up support for bill to
cut $500, 100000 from the Nations
annual income tax bill. He claims
sufficient changes since the last
bill to draw enough support from
previous dissenters to make ii
veto proof"
House Speaker Martin has pre-
dicted the House will pass tax
cutting bill this month, although he
did not commit himself specifically
to the Knutson proposal.
Mr.. Truman's advisers say that
when he sends or delivers his mes
sage on the State of the Union he
will reiterate' his previous opposi-
ton to general tax cuts.
Fight Is Predicted.
"While details have not been
worked out" one White House ad-
wiser said, "the President is prepared
to do battle with Congress again
on overall tax reduction. He will
not oppose certain shifts to make
the tax burden more equitable, but
he is opposed to any revisions which
would reduce the overall revenue
at this time"
The message will urge again quick
congressional approval OF the ST.
000, ,000, 600 European recovery pro-
gram, which calls for an expendi-
ture of $6, ,800, 900 900 during the first
Is months of its operation, starting
April l.
In view of the proposed commit
ments under that program, and ais,
the high levels of employment ant
national income, Mr.. Truman, tn,
informants said, will insist thi
is no time to reduce taxes"
Message Being Drafted.
He is expected to take the stant
that tax reductions now would con
tribute to imitation by turning loos'
additional spending power which
could send prices still higher.
Most of the top-level White Hous,
aides are participating in the draft
ing OF the message, along with
Clark M. Clifford, special counse
to the President.
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.ChurchiII's Condition
Declared Improving
BY the Associated Press

MARRAKECH, French Morocco
Jan. 3.-Winston Churchill went te
Marrakech Civil Hospital today tc
have an X-ray photograph taken.
His physician. Lord Moran, after
ward issued this bulletin:
Mr.. Churchill has had cold
which degenerated into bronchitis
He is not seriously i'll and is better
today Mr.. Churchill has no more
temperature and his condition is
satisfactory"
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BY the Associated Press

JERSEY CITY. N. j., Jan. s.
A quantity of tri-nitro-toluene
CTNT), described by police as suf-
ficient to blow Jersey City and
five Jersey Cities to bits" was dis
covered on a pier here today in
packing cases consigned to Pales-
tine.
Several hours later, New York
police and United States customs
authorities swooped down on ware
house in The Bronx, seized a
quantity of military materiel, and
ordered the building closed.
Among items found on the
premises, police said, was crate
addressing stencil, which Deputy
Police Inspector William MCGOWAN
said was used in addressing one of
the crates found in Jersey City.
The stencil, bearing the words:
Palestine Glass Works, Phoenicia
Ltd, Haifa,' was one OF several
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VIOLENT BATTLE Flares in Jeru-
salem as Jews Fight for Walling
Wall. Page A-5.
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Complete index, Pe. Az
Rodio Programs, Pose C-S
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See SPECULATION, Page 4
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(See FIRE, Page "A.
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Weother Forecast

Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness
IN afternoon; gentle southerly winds. High
est near As. Tomorrow, fair with little
change in temperature.
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(See CONGRESS, Page A-6D
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(See GALLINGER, Pa
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tSee MEAT, Page A-4)
, 1948-07-13
P U BLIcAT1oN

Benefits of the New Nation
al Blood P rogram of the Amer
lean Red Cross are being ex-
tended to territories and insu-
lar possessions Of the United
States upon the request of ter
titorial health officers, DR..
Ross /. McIntire, the national
administrator Of the program
announced today.
Upon the request of health
officers the Red Cross will al
SO make available immune SER
um globulin derived from a
part Of the surplus plasma.
Immune serum globulin is
the blood fraction used for pre-
vention or modification of
measles. It's use reduces the
danger of serious compiled
tions such as heart impair
ment, Kidney damage, pneu-
monia and deafness. More
than $4,000 units of this sub
stance have already been dis
tributed by Red Cross. It has
been especially effective in
control Of serious outbreaks Of
measles which struck several
sections Of the country during.
the last few months.
Among other blood deriva-
, 1948-07-13

the ways whereby freedom
from want may be determin-
ed. Any review of local history
will show a rapid decline in
our resources, the shutting off
Of world markets, and the col
lapse of sugar and rum as prin-
cipal exports which we're our
mainstay. All Of this calls for
a revamping Of our thinking,
and our way Of life.
The celebrations are over.
They were excellent while
they lasted, and it was fitting
that in the joy and glory Of a
century of freedom we should
have gone to great lengths to
observe them. Now the task
is a different one. We must re-
organize not only our way Of.
life, but our thinking if we.
are to remain alive and retain
our self-respect, and the social
economic freedom which
come with them.
, 1948-07-13

antl-nemophll1c globulln.
Serum albumin is also prov
ing valuable in the treatment
of certain kidney diseases and
! is undergoing Investigation to
determine its usefulness for
other purposes.
Anti-hemophilic globulin
will bring relief to "bleeders"
whom may hemorrhage to
death from a minor wound or
even a tooth extraction. IN
jections Of Anti-hemophilic
globulin provides temporary
relief SO that bleeders may I'M
dergo surgery.
Present plans provide that
in the event of disaster or
other emergency requiring
quantities Of blood which can
not be procured locally, insu-
lar and territorial chapters
will be able to draw upon CON
tinental regional centers for
whole blood. Regional centers
will also undertake to supply
needs for rare type blood for
emergency use when such
blood cannot be procured in
insular or territorial eommun-
tiles.
The new National Blood
Program is designed to furn-
ish whole blood and, in time,
blood derivatives for all who
may require them. The entire
cost of collecting, processing
an distributing blood and
blood derivatives will be met
by the Red Cross, the only cost
to a patient being such fees as
may be charged by the physi-
clan or hospital in connection
with administration of the
blood or blood products.
As modern medical practice
calls for greater quantities Of
blood in the treatment of di-
sease or in surgery the de-
mands have outstripped the
capacity of private or CONNER
cial blood banks. Even when
whole blood is procurable
commercially, the cost may be
beyond the means Of most
families. It is to bridge the gap
between need and supply that
the Red Cross has launched
its peacetime National Blood
, 1948-07-13
EDITORIAL
The Celebrations Are Over

stu stands thine ancient sacrifice, an humble and
contrite heart"
SUCH were the words written after Queen Victoria's
Diamond jubilee which were believed to have cost Rudyard
Kipling the poet lauraeteship of England. And well may they
apply to us here. We, too, have had our celebrations-om
Songe and lectures, our dances and picnics, our parades and
demonstrationS-and are, or should be back to normal. The
task is even heavier, more significant, and more farreaching.
Tor the freedom today is not from physical slavery, but from
those economic and social shackles which often enslaye mems
spirits, as referred to on Sunday by the Rev. William Arbaugh
IN his sermon at the Lutheran Church in ChrEhansted.
II WAS a great day in l848 when Governor Peter Won
Scholten issued his emancipation proclamation. Social and
moral forces had already been at work, and it had become in
creasingly evident that divided world Of freemen and slaves
could not exist. Those forces and the truism which thew Gre
ated were to drift north, where Is years later President Lin
coin was to make his proclamation. Much water has flowed
under the bridge in these hundred years. World markets have
opened, trade is worldwide, and the use of machinery, which
tore down geographical barriers, was to make obsolete all
forms OF manual slavery. World opinion has put its disapprov-
al on any form of enslavement and two World Wars have been
tought-one to make the world safe for democracy. the other
to insure freedom everywhere.
SIGNIFICANTLY enough, although claiming citizenship
under the greatest nation on earth, we occupy the unusual
position Of facing economic collapse. To us, therefore, free
dom from want is but an expression on paper. Then there are
other forces that continue to enslave us, including a subtle
caste system which goes to the core Of many problems, often
shutting off opportunities for effective concerted action where
most needed. Our problem today is not physical slavery, but
Evening star., 1948-01-14

finance part Of the Marshall Plan,
Senator Lodge said he is "disap-
pointed" the Secretary did not go
further in seeking to bring about
their use.
Mr.. Snyder explained that he
agreed with Senator Lodges general
objective, but added, When you get
into the private assets OF the indi-
vidual I would not be quite ready
to say you should 60 in and take
them all. I would want to study
the individual circumstances"
Secretary Snyder, calling on Con-
gress to approve the program in the
form and amount laid down by
President Truman, also said that:
/. Part of the United States money
should be provided as grants In
aid"-meaning gifts-and part IN
loans. The amount required to be
repaid should be held down to the
borrowing country's capacity to re-
pay in dollars"
2. Five per cent of the program
funds should be set aside to guar
antee private American firms United
States dollars in exchange for for
eign currencies they earn through
investment in those countries. Pur-
pose is to attract private investment
abroad.
3. Congress should permit the
United States aid money to be spent
on buying short-supply goods for the
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Brooks and Patterson
Debate Aid in Radio Forum

NEW YORK, Jan. IA R.-Euro-
pean governments themselves are
responsible for many problems now
vexing the continent, Senator
Brooks, Republican, Of Illinois said
last night in asking that the Mar
shall Plan be rejected 'in its pres
ent form"
He said the United States Should
not attempt to suhsidize Socialist
governments that foster and follow
polices that stIfie individual in
itiative and retard production" and
added:
"They must balance their domes-
tic budgets, they must change their
socialistic planning, bureaucratic
controls and false currency values"
Senator Brooks debated the Euro
pean aid proposal on the radio pro-
gram, Americas Town Meeting of
the Air with former Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson.
Mr. Patterson, who now is chair
man of citizens group called the
Committee for the Marshall Plan
to Aid European Recovery, described
the peoples of Western Europe as
having "a strong record for vigor
and industry" and said they need
help from the outside in food. raw
materials and equipment and the
only people who can furnish the
help are ourselves"
Evening star., 1948-01-14
Keenan, Reported Urging
Dropping Of 20 Jap Cases
BY the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Jan. 14.-Dismissal of
war crimes charges against 20 Japa-
nese-including five ministers in the
TOTO cabinet-has been recommend
ed by Chief Prosecutor Joseph B.
Keenan,, 1t was learned today.
Mr.. Keenan, refused comment on
the report, but neither would he
deny that he made the recon-
mendation to the War Crimes Sec
tion of the Army Department in
Washington.
An informed source said Mr..
Keenan's reasoning is that trial Of
the 20 defendants would be anti
climactic, lengthy and expensive and
would necessitate a complete new
tribunal.
The source said dislnissals rec
commended included Shinsuke Kishi,
commerce minister under Premier
Hideki TOTO whom the premier
named as one Of the five rulers Of
Manchuria in 1888; Eichi Amau.
wealthy propaganda; Yoshihisa
Kuzuu, former president of the
Black Dragon Society, and former
1t. Gen. Kisaburo Ando, Tojo's
home minister who kept discipline
in Japan during the war.
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Traffic Chart Holds Drinker
or Beers Not Legally Drunk

A person who drinks a two-ounce
glass of whisky or two bottles Of
beer is not legally under the in
iuence Of alcohol, according to the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic.
If person drinks six or seven
ounces of whisky or six or seven
bottles of beer he is on the border
line, the department said. II he
drinks more than that there Is no
questionable person. Is drunk.
The information was contained in
statement issued by the depart
ment in connection with its current
safety drive.
There is a definite relatiA be-
tween alcohol in the blood and the
degree of intoxication, the depart
ment holds. In the case Of the per-
son who drinks two ounces of whisky
there will be about .05 of l per cent
alcohol in the blood. Six or seven
ounces will raise the amount to Is
of per cent.
The department has divided the
drunk cases into four classes. II
the blood shows 2 of l per cent
alcohol the person is drunk and Is
classed as dizzy and delirious";; 3
of l per cent. "dazed and detected;
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with the attorneys, said he did not
think it was legally correct for a
witness to give an opinion without
citing the facts on which his opin-
ion was based.
Opinion Ruled Out.
Before recessing for lunch, the
board ruled that Chief Harding
should not be allowed to give his
opinion of the transfer system at
this time, but that Mr.. Maher should
receive every chance to lay the foun-
dation, in his questioning Of the wit
ness, for the introduction of an
opinion on the merits of the rota-
ton system.
Attorneys in the case have been
able to agree to a legal stipulation
covering the records OF 556 trans
fers which have occurred since
Chief Murphy assumed command
of the Fire Department. Intro
duction Of this stipulation In evi-
dence has been made to save time
which otherwise would have to be
spent proving the facts OF each
transfer case.
Battalion Chief John L. Werheim
asserted late yesterday, in connec-
ton with another count in the
charge, that Chief Murphy once
planted" some administrative pa
pers in his (Mr. Werheim's) work
basket and then berated him pro-
fanely for not handling the papers
Chief Werheim, who admitted
having aspired to the position OF
fire chief, but denied he wants the
job now, said Chief Murphy ad-
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House Unit Chairman
To Ask Full Transcript
OF Fire Chief Case

Chairman Beall Of the House
District Subcommittee on Pub
lie Service, Streets and Trafdc
announced late yesterday he
will ask the Commissioners for
complete transcript Of trial
board proceedings in the case of
Fire Chief Clement Murphy, and
for a copy of a report on the
case prepared last summer by
the Corporation Counsel's Of
flee.
The Maryland Republican told
reporters disposition Of the
Murphy case is an administra-
tive matter and properly the
concern of the Commissioners.
He added, however, he wanted
to see to it his subcommittee,
and the House District Commit
tee as a whole, are informed Of
developments.
Evening star., 1948-01-14
Rehearing on |nvaIidation
Of Divorces 10 Be SOUGHT
BY the Assoeioted Press

LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 14.-The Ar
kansas Supreme Court will be asked
to reconsider its decision which in
validated an estimated 1,750 divorce
DEGREES granted by a special domes-
tic relations court here, Chancellor
Frank H. Dodge announced yester-
day.
Chancellor Dodge said a group of
Little Rock attorneys decided at a
conference with him to ask the
court to rehear the case in which
it held that the special court did
not exist and that its acts were
without standing of accomplished
fact.
The Supreme Court will be asked
to reverse it's entire holding or, in
event that it refuses, to hold that
the acts of the special court since
its creation last February 8 were
valid and had the effect of law
under the de facto doctrine-that
its DEGREES were matters Of accom-
plished and accepted fact.
Rehearing may be sought before
the Supreme Court within II days
after an opinion is delivered.
The Supreme Court based its rul-
ing on the ground the Legislature
had exceeded it's powers In naming
Mrs. Ruth Hale to the post of judge
of the special court. .
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Murphy
Continued From First Page.)

opinion witness, Battalion CHIEF
H. F. Harding, on the stand. After
drawing from the witness a state
ment that teamwork is the basis
of efficient flre-fighting, the prose-
cutor asked Chief Harding how long
he thought it would take a com
pany working together to become
o. team.
O'Donoghue Protests.
Mr.. ODonoghue leaped to his feet,
protesting.
II didn't come here to defend
Chief Murphy on some vague theory
Of teamwork" the lawyer said. 81
came here to defend him on a
charge that he caused lack of
efficiency by establishing a rotation
system.
II don't want opinions from a lot
of battalion chiefs. want proof OF
ineff1ciency. If there have been acts
of inefdciency as a result Of these
transfers, certainly that is suscepti-
BILE to proof"
Mr.. Maher argued Chief Harding
did not have to cite specific in
stances of inefficiency before testify
ing to his opinion of the general ef-
feet of the transfers. But Chair
man Garfield, discussing the matter
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Marshall Plan countries in Canada
Latin America and elsewhere, or In
one Marshall Plan country to buy
goods for another one.
Currency Stabilization.
4. Separate agreements will be re-
quired from each beneficiary coun-
try assuring steps will be taken to
steady its currency.
This would be done through q
balanced budget, tax law changes
and, at the proper time. devaMins
inflated currencies to a point "a
line with their true buying power.
S. Each beneficiary country also
will be required to set aside local
currency in an amount equal to
dollar grants in aid" given by the
United States and use it for reduc-
ton of It's public debt unless the
United States authorizes use for re-
construction or development pur-
poses.
6. The United States should lend
gold dollars later, possibly in this
year and probably" next, to furnish
the European countries with hard
money reserves to bolster the value
of their own paper money and keep
it steady.
Secretary Snyder told the Sena-
tors the United States should bal
ance it's own budget and take anti
imitation action along lines it would
require of the European countries.
The House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, meanwhile, went on with the
questioning of Lewis w. Douglas,
Ambassador to Great Britain, who Is
believed likely to get one Of the
top posts in carrying out the four
year European Recovery Program.
When it finishes with him, the
House Committee will call in Sec
retary of the Army Royal, whose
primary role In foreign aid relates
to the occupied areas OF Germany
and Tapan
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Lobbying
Continued From First Page }

legislative representatives are reg
istered as individuals. g.. -"
The American Federation of Labor
has registered in connection with its
fight against the Taft Hartley Act
Lee Pressman, general counsel OF
&he CIO, said recently he had been
called in by Mr.. Kaufman. Labor
organizations, he said, have beer
trying to get a definite ruling on
whether the law required organ
izations as well as individuals tc
register.
Chief legislative representatives OF
CIO and afaliated unions have reg
istered, but the organizations have
not, Mr.. Pressman explained.
Within the last year there have
been frequent references to lobbying
activities here. President Truman
in signing the rent-control bill pro-
viding for voluntary rent increase
agreements, urged Congress to in
vestigate the real estate lobby"
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|Soyiefs Foil Attempt
To 5muggIe Out Two
Spaniiards in Trunks
BY the Assoeiotsd Pres,

| Diplomatic dispatches reaching
Washington say two Argentine
diplomats attempted unsuccess-
fully to smuggle two Spaniards
out of Russia recently in trunks
as personal airplane luggage.
A Russian airman discovered the
attempt when one Spaniard almost
sufocated in his trunk and tried to
get out.
The incident is reported not only
In Moscow dispatches to the State
Department. It was related in
Paris Spanish-language broadcast
January 8. The broadcast was heard
and ofilcially reported in the United
States.
Loyalists in Spanish War.
The American information is that
the two Spaniards-both men-were
Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War
and went to Russia after their side
lost. They became disillusioned and
wanted to get out of Russia.
But they were confronted with
the difficulty that the Soviet gov
ernment requires foreigners to OBJ
tain special permits to leave the
country. So the smuggling attempt.
The Paris version says one Span
lard was cafe singer, but does not
identify the other.
In the State Departments infor-
nation, the two Argentine diplomats
were not identified by name. The
report to it is that one trunk was
put aboard an airplane which took
of carrying alsp one of the Argen-
tine diplomats. After the plane
was in the air the Spaniard began
to suffocate and started banging onl
the side Of the trunk. This drew
the attention Of the Russian crew.
man, who discovered the plot.
Second Spaniard Discovered.
The plane crews report to the
Airport brought an investigation of
the luggage Of the other Argentine
diplomat which was still there. The
second carefully packed Spaniard
was then discovered.
Ine Paris version OF the story
says that when the first Argentine
got aboard a plane with his lug
gage the second had to return to
Moscow for more money and 1t was
for that reason that one Spaniard
was discovered in flight and the
other in storage at the Airport.
1t is understood here that Rus
sia has protested to Buenos Aires
the Argentine, diplomats involve
ment in the affair.
There is also a report circulating
among diplomats here that the So
viets offered to hush up the incident
and let the Argentines 60 home II
every one involved would keep his
mouth shut.
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|he|Ion's S Daughter Gives
Ridge|y Estate 10 Parks
by the Assoeiofsd Press

| TOWSON, Md. Jan. 14.-Hamp-
ton, the 158-year-old Georgian
home built by Revolutionary Capt.
Charles Ridgely and occupied by his
descendants ever since, has been
turned over to the National Park
Service.
The home and 40-acre estate
were a gift of Mrs. .Ailsa Mellon
Bruce, daughter of the late
Andrew w. Mellon. The price of
the home was undisclosed.
The first floor contains numerous
oil paintings, some by Stuart, Sully
and Hesselius.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ridgely, pre-
sent occupants of Hampton, will
move to farm house on the estate
which was built around 1760.