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Evening star., 1948-01-12
Auchinc|oss Offers
D. T.. Home Rule Bill,
Hearing Set Feb. 7

The Auchincloss plan to gram
the District limited form of self.
government, subject to overall con.
troll by Congress, today was starteo
on it's way through the Capitol's
legislative machinery.
At the opening of the House
Chairman Auchincloss of the Home
Rule Subcommittee of the House
District Committee introduced the
151-page measure for a city gov
ernment reorganization 1t is be-
ing referred to the District Com
mittee, where hearings will be
started February 2.
AS he introduced the bill, the
New Jersey Republican called it
means for Congress to set up a
sensible, modern and American
plan" for the Capital city govern
ment.
Had Three Objectives.
Mr.. Auchincloss told the House
the bill was the product of eight
months of labor by his subcom-
mittee, upder authority given by the
House in q resolution last year. The
plan provides for an elected city
council and an elected board OF
public education and for a city
manager as the city's administrative
officer. The city government would
oe streamlined, with a long list of
scattered agencies consolidated into
IL main departments.
From the beginning, the subcom-
mittee had three objectives in
mind" Mr.. Auchincloss said:
THE relief of Congress from the
burdensome housekeeping functions
OF the District, while still retaining
its control over District affairs, as
required by the Constitution; the
creation Of representative local
government for the District by
qualified electors; and the provision
of an efficient and economical
government for the District.
Report Due in 10 Days.
ut Is obvious that If all three of
these objectives are to be achieved,
the problems of home rule and
reorganization of the District gov
ernment are inextricably tied to-
gether. Home rule, by itself, might
accomplish the first and second
objectives, but not necessarily the
third; reorganization, by itself,
might achieve the third but not
effect the first or second"
Mr.. Auchincloss said a complete
report on the work of the sub
committee would be submitted to
Congress in week or 10 days.
Urging that every member of Con-
gress read this report, he added:
Il feel it safe to say that due to
the work of the subcommittee an
opportunity will be offered to the
Congress to enact sensible, modern
and American plan of government
for the Capital City and I am
pleased to announce that the COR
responding subcommittee of the
District Committee of the Senate
has agreed to work wholeheartedly
to that end with your committee. :"
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Carl J. burkIand Appointed
Sales Manager Of Chs Unit

Carl J. Burkland, 1901 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, general manager
Of station WTOP, since 1912, has
been appointed general sales man
ager of the National Spot Division
of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn. His successor has not been
announced.
The appointment, which takes ef-
feet Immediately, was announced by
J. L. Volkenburg, who last week was
promoted from head of Radio Sales
to CHS director of station admins
tration.
MIR. Burkland Joined CBS in 1929.
He is = member of the board of d.
rectors Of the Board Of Trade
chairman of the radio division OF
the Washington Red Cross and
chairman of the Research Commit
tee of the National Association OF
BroadcaSters.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Veterans
Continued From First Page. J
reach $2,5s5 ,ooo, 900 next year, Mr.

reach $2,5s5 ,000, 900 next year, Mr.
Truman said.
Congress was asked in the White
House message to cut VAS huge
budget s532, ,O00, 900 under the cur
rent years expenses. Most of the
reduction would come in education
benefits and reduced insurance
payments.
The actual appropriation Mr.. Tru-
man asked for was $5,154 900 900
nearly $4,000, ,0O0, 900 under the rec
ord expenses last year. He said
VA will have operating surpluses of
$948, ,000, 900 next June, however,
which can be carried over next year
to make up estimated expenses Of
$6, ,102, ,0OO, 900 in 1949.
OF the few budget increases Mr..
Truman recommended, the most
important was a $4,000, 900 in
crease for the medical program
where officials say they now are
piling up huge backlogs because of
insufficient operating funds. About
$640, 600, 900 was asked for hospital
and medical care.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Hooker 10 Represent U. s.
Al British Roosevelt Rites

President Truman today desig-
mated Henry s. Hooker, q law part
ner Of the late President Roosevelt
to be his personal representative
in London on April II when the
British government dedicates =
Roosevelt memorial in Grosvenor
Square, wartime headquarters Of
the 7th United States Army in Eng
land.
Mr.. Hooker, long time friend and
neighbor of the Roosevelt family
resides in Dutchess County, N. Y.
and has his Offices in New York
City. He visited the White House
today to discuss the assignment.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
President Attends
Charles Nicholson
Funeral Services

President Truman attended the
funeral services yesterday for
Charles Nicholson, former director
of publicity for the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in the Gawler
funeral chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania
avenue.
Accompanied by Secret Service
men the President walked the two
blocks from the White House to the
undertaking establishment, and
slipped almost unnoticed into q rear
pew.
Canon Merritt r. Williams OF the
Washington Cathedral read the
SERVICE
Mr.. Nicholson, who was 70, died
last Thursday at his home in the
Westchester Apartments. A news
paperman who had headed the old
New York World Bureau here for
II years. he became publicity man
for the Democratic Party in 1929
and continued In that position until
1943.
Among those attending the serv-.
ices yesterday were Edwin w. Pau
ley, former treasurer of the Demo-
cratic National Committee; Leon
Henderson and Paul Porter, both
former OPA heads; Presidential
Secretary Charles G. Ross, Repre-
sentative Louis E. Ludlow, Democrat,
of Indiana; Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer,
vz,iSNuy ~ nracidanf VHy;lcons~ AffNr
ney General; Mrs. j. Borden Har-
riman, member of the Democratic
National Committee and former
Minister to Norway, and Lawrence
Wood Chip Robert, jr., former Sec
retary Of the Democratic National
Committee.
Peter Nicholson OF New York, q
nephew; three nieces, Mrs. Festus
Foster Of Waterford, Va; Mrs. Will
liam Stevens of New York and Mrs.
Neville Gardiner of 34l2 p street
we're the relatives present. An in
valid son, Benjamin Charles Michel
son, was unable to attend.
A number OF newspapermen who
covered the White House and the
national campaigns when Mr.. Mich
elson was party spokesman were
present. Among them were Phelps
Adams, president of the Gridiron
Club; Paul Wooton, william N.Y.
lander, Norman Baxter, Gould Lin
coin and Paul McGahan.
Mr.. Michelson's body was Gre
matAd at Cedar Hill Conoatarv opd
the ashes placed in a vault in Rock
Greek Cemetery. The entombmentI
was private.
Evening star., 1948-01-12

American personnel from Berlin to
Frankfurt was expected, with only a
skeleton military government re-
naming in Berlin.
The informants said the move was
the oft-rumored exodus from Berlin
to the friendlier American zone.
They said some remnants of mill
tary government would remain in
the capital in order to avoid an i'm
preston. that the United States,
Britain and France have ceased
trying to reach some accord with
the Russians.
In Frankfurt, American in
formants said some 400, 1000 900
American cigarettes and $4,000 600
cigars were being funelled into
Western Germany to spur workers
to greater efforts in rebuilding their
country.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Berlin
Continued From First Page

In recent weeks, some as long as
three days.
DR.. Wells is on leave of absence
from Indiana University to serve
as adviser on cultural affairs to Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, American military
governor. Arrested with him yes
terday were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rothstein, Peter A. Fraenkel and
Wade E. Ferris, soldier driver for the
party. Mr.. RothStein is from New
York City and Elmsford, N. Y.
Mr.. Fraenkel's home is Blooming
on. Ind. Both are Military Govern
ment employees.
DR. Wells said the party had
stopped at Potsdamer Platz, before
an art gallery, when they were taken
into custody by Russian soldiers he
described as young and overzealous.
When a member of the party left
the car to inquire about the art gal
1ery, the soldiers stopped the entire
party and took them into the rear of
the gallery for preliminary question:
ing. They later were taken to the
Russian headquarters. DR.. Wells was
refused permission to call his home.
The party was released after about
three hours. Potsdamer Platz, once
the busiest corner in Berlin and
the center of the city from a traffic
standpoint, is half in the Russian
sector and half in the American
sector The art gallery is in the
Russian portion of the sqaure.
Relations Sharpened.
United States criminal investiga-
tors said there had been large in
crease in addests by the Russian
since the failure of the London con-
ference and the subsequent sharp
ening of relationships with the Rus
slams in Berlin.
The Russian sponsored press in
dicated Soviet attempt to force
out Britain and the United States
rs joint occupiers of Berlin might
be presented to the next session of
the four-power Allied Control Coun-
Gil for Germany, January 20.
The RuSsian-controlled Taegliche
Rundschau charged that establish
ment at Frankfurt last week of a
German economic administration
for the British American zone never
would be agreed to by the U. S. S. R.
and that necessary consequence
must be change in the statute of
Berlin which places the capital un-
der four-power control.
Would Not Be Acceptable.
Commenting on a statement by
Gen. Clay that he would report
on the Frankfurt action to the con-
troll council, the newspaper said this
would never be accepted and that
the Western powers would be held
accountable.
The report, drawn up by Gen.
Clay and 1t. Gen. Sir Brian Rob-
ertson, British occupation COM
1nander, is expected to be ready for
the January 20 session of the coun-
Gil.
The editorial asserted that the
Frankfurt Conspiracy" represented
the construction of German
"pseuda government" and creation
of separate state OF Western
Germany in violation of the Pots
dam pact.
1t further accused Gen. Clay and
Gen. Robertson of imposing upon
the Germans secret plans for a
puppet government" prepared by
Secretary of State Marshall and
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin.
informed sources in Munich.
meanwhile, said a vast movement OF
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Lebohon Will Gust
go Jewish Students
~ the Asseeiatsd Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 1.-THE
Lebanese government has notified
the American University here that
go Jewish students attending the
institution must leave the country
before the end of January.
The university has a faculty Of
medicine and several other schools
and, in 1943, had 800 students. 1t
was organized in 1863 as the Syrian
Protestant College under a charter
granted by the New York Legisla-
ture. This charter was amended In
1920 by the Board of Regents Of the
University Of the State of New York,
and the university adopted its pres
ent name.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Pittsburgh Demand
For Marshall Talk
Tickets Sets Record
By the As,oeiotsd Press

PITTS B U RGH, Jan. H.
Chamber of Commerce officials
yelled Uncle" when reserva-
tions started coming in for a
meeting to be addressed by Sec
retary Of State Marshall Thurs
day.
With only 1882 seats avail
able in Pittsburgh's largest
hotel dining room, 1852 re-
quests for the $40 dinner tickets
had been received by the week
end. Chamber representatives
said Gen. Marshall was the big
gest drawing card they ever
booked.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Morningside Village
Oil Crisis Ayeted;;
State Aid Is SOUGHT

Temporary relief from 4 fuel oil
shortage has been provided the
veterans families of Morningside
Village, but community leaders to-
day looked to State and National
authorities for permanent solution
of the problem Of heating their
homes.
The quick response of at least
two distributors was credited with
alleviating the critical situation In
100 homes of the Prince Georges
village, emphasized at = community
meeting Saturday night.
Maryland's fuel oil shortage is
reported growing steadily worse and
Gov. Lane has scheduled q series of
meetings to learn the details. He
is planning to present the facts to
an Interior Department conference
in Washington Thursday.
Co-ordinator May Be Named.
The Governor was reported to be
preparing to appoint State fuel
oil co-ordinator.
Representative Sasscer. Democrat,
OF Maryland, said progress Is being
made in solving transportation and
labor problems affecting the situa-
ton.
Morningside Village IS new
development for veterans. Harry
L. Simms, president Of the citizens
association, told the residents Sat-
urday that he was one OF many
fathers whose babies are suffering
with colds due to inadequate heat.
The veteran said they are unable
to obtain preferential consideration
from dealers because older Gus
toners orders are filled first.
Wood Stoves Unsuitable.
Persons familiar with home con-
struction in the village said wood
stoves and other heating units are
not suitable -.
The temporary relief was provided
,Morningside by the Central Fuel Co..
1924 Florida avenue NE, which
furnished 1000 gallons Of fuel oil
yesterday. and by Gritith Con-
sumers, 1913 New York avenue NV,
which announced that 1t was making
another thousand gallons available.
The distributors said they were
glad to help in the emergency. but
pointed out that the 20 gallons al
loted each home would not last long
in cold weather.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Leader Of Clio Union,
Barred in Attempt
To Re-enter u. ).
BY the Associated Press

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Jan. IL
"A western New York labor leader
remained in Canada today after
American immigration and naturals
ization authorities issued an exclu.
sion order against him because ID
alleged activity against the United
States Government.
Charles A. Doyle Of Buffalo res
gional executive secretary of the CID
United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Workers Union, was stopped yester.
day by immigration officials al ths
Rainbow Bridge as he returned from
4 labor meeting in Windsor, Ontario,
Mr.. Doyle has been one Of the
union leaders heading efforts toward
a settlement of the three -day-ol6
strike of $500 members of the CIO-
chemical workers employed at the
Carborundum Co.
Barred Under 1918 Law.
Walter A. Sahli, district opera
tions officer Of the Immigration
Service, said today Mr.. Doyle was
questioned by q three-man board Of
inquiry which found him "inadmis-
sible" under q 1918 law.
"The law" Mr.. Sahli continued,
"forbids entry of aliens who are
members of or afilliated with a sub
versive organization which advocates
the overthrow of the United States
Government"
Mr.. Sahli would not say with what
group the board OF inquiry
had charged Mr. Doyle with afilia-
ton or membership. but added that
the labor leader. would have to
obtain clearance from the central
Office at Philadelphia
through an appeal before he could
enter the country.
The immigration, official said that
a border-crossing card which Mr..
Doyle had obtained before leaving
the United States did not exclude
him from the provisions of the 1918
law when re-entering the country.
Native of Scotland.
Mr.. Doyle Is a native Of Scotland,
came to the United States In 1923
and has filed first citizenship papers.
Mr. Sahli said.
Meanwhile, at windsor. Mr.. Doyle
said the inquiry board asked him
numerous questions about my life
and activities" adding:
I'm fact, this fabrication about
my wanting to overthrow the Gov
ernment is the stupidest kind OF
poppycock. 1t doesn't even merit
an intelligent answer"
A companion, Gavin S. Mitchell.
regional director of the chemical
workers, also was brought before
the inquiry board and held but was
admitted to the United States last
night when it was established he
IS a naturalized citizen. He also Is
4 native of Scotland
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Carol Believes Son
Was Forced OF. Throne

LISBON. Portugal, Jan. II tP)-
Former King Carol of Romania in
his first comment on the abdication
of his son, King Mihai. said yester-
day the decision to renounce the
throne must have been forced on
Mihai."
Carols views were made known
through Ernest Urdarianu, his
chamberlain. Carol described the
present Romanian, government as
communistic and said its inclusion
in the Russian sphere OF influence
was against the spirit of the
Romanian people.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Philadelphia Editor to Talk

CENTREVILLE, Md. Jan. IL (P).
Merrill Pannitt, facsimile editor of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, will speak
at the annual meeting of the Del
Mar-Va Press Association January
81 at Dover, Del, according to the
associations president, Glenn T.
James.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Women Dies at l26

Rahb Langana, native woman said
to be 126 years old, died at He'll
bron, South Africa, most of her
children being dead and the others
old and retired.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Princess Anne Remains
Secluded in Luxembourg
BY the Assoeioisd Press

LUXEMBOURG, Jan. 12.-Prin-
cess Anne of Bourbon Parma, whose
romance with former King Mihai
of Romania has apparently been
interrupted by political considera-
tions, remained in seclusion yester-
day with her mother, Princess Mar
grethe of Denmark, in the grand
ducal palace.
Court officials turned aside all
questions as to her future activities.
The 23-year-old Danish beauty
and her mother are guests of Grand
Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
and her consort, Prince Felix. Felix
is one of the Bourbon-Parmas and
a cousin of Anne.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Mihai Rejects Offers
Up 10 100000 for
Writing Memoirs
Associated Press Sports Writer

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. IL.
Former King Mihai OF Romania-
despite his financial problems-has
rejected American bids up to $780,
600" for his memoirs, his SECRETARY,
Mircea Jonnitiu, said last night.
Several American magazine and
news agency representatives staying
in the former Kings hotel are un-
derstood to have been trying to
outbid each other for the 26-year-
old Mihai's yet unwritten memoirs.
This is no time for the King to
publish his memoirs" his uncle,
Prince Nicholas, said, "even If he
were old enough to have very much
to write about. Besides, 1t is not
the proper thing for King to do"
Some of Mihai's advisers are said
to have warned him that publication
of his memoirs would give the i'm
pTCcSlUu Ilc Ildu WIltCCA1 oA1 GA AAoPCo
OF regaining his throne.
Prince Nicholas described Mihai
as "a very shy boy" who had been
shut of from contact with the out
side world for many years.
He must have time to settle
down now" the Prince declared.
He has had very diffcult time
and is facing many problems.
Echoing comment by the Kings
aide, the Prince said it would be q
mistake if Mihai and Princess Anne
of Bourbon Parma were married
Immediately as that would enable
the Romanian government to repre-
sent him as having abdicated merely
to get married.
Jonnitiu said there was mo news
whatever" of the progress Of nego-
tiations in Bucharest for release
of royal property.
Evening star., 1948-05-01

ouU LIE SlLud- constantine Brown.
ton is less acute now, according to
reports received in Washington.
The sudden Communist coup in
Bogota. which cost more than 1000
lives and the destruction of many
old monuments including old
churches and the Bolivar Museum
opened the eyes of many Latin
American governments. Until that
time they believed that the Com
munist danger had been greatly
exaggerated.
Counter-measures were taken in
every republic south of the Rio
Grande and national military forces
were alerted for any emergency.
Red Chiefs Held I'm Brazil.
IN Brazil Communist leaders were
arrested after the Bogota coup.
In the Sac Paulo area, where the
Communist Party is strongest, mar
tial law orders are ready for use
at . moments notice.
Former Senator Carlo Luis PreStes,
leader of the Brazilian Communist
party for whom warrant has been
issued by the federal government,
Is reported to have fed to Uruguay,
where he is said to have been re-
ceived as political refugee" His
sister and other members Of the
family, closely associated with him
In his plots, are under lock and
key.
Rios order to military units
throughout the country to assist
local police, If necessary, is now
considered adequate to offset what
ever revolutionary plans may have
Evening star., 1948-05-01

heads to the people after he was
elected. The political current was
runnSng their way and they didn't
need vote-getter. That being so,
they didn't want one. A man with
great popularity In his own right
might prove difficult to handle once
he was in the White House. Re-
member Teddy Roosevelt.
Things started shaping up nicely,
from their standpoint. The stub
born and opinionated Taft and
the self-centered Dewey-neither
quite satisfactory to the bosses
promised to kill one another
off in the June convention. The
old-timers would then move in
and name the politicians perfect
PreSident-maybe Vandenberg,
maybe a Warren, maybe Joe Mar
tin. maybe somebody you never
heard of.
The young fellow from Minnesota
was beginning to kick up lot Of
dust, but it wasn't necessary to take
him seriously. He seemed to have
the Willkie touch and some Of the
same Wall Street backing, but the
Philadelphia story Of 1910 could not
be repeated in l948.
The dust kicked up by Mr. Stassen
became a cloud in Wisconsin and
Nebraska, almost Submerging Gov.
Dewey and Senator Taft in that Sec
ton. Still the Old Guard refused
to worry. 1t meant merely that Mr.
StaSsen was moving up on even
terms with the two leaders, assur-
ing a three e-cornered deadlock and
still leaving the convention in the
Old Guards hands.
But the dustStorm has now
swept eastward, over Pennsylvania
and Ohio When the air cSeared in
PENNSYLVANIA it was found that not
only had Gov. Dewey and Senator
Taft been obscured, but with them
the managers hand-picked favor
ite son." Senator Martin. The air
hasn't cleared yet in Ohio, but
Senator Taft can be heard gasping
for breath.
1t was Senator Taft, by the way,
wiz IA SJ SollCu dllCllIlOll " lllt
nature Of the Stassen campaign. 1t
was he who pointed out, plaintively,
that Mr.. StaSSen in his merry whirl
about the country was simply
throwing dust in the peoples eyes,
leaving them confused concerning
what he stood for but convinced
that he was their friend. Why
hadn't he had the courage to be-
come a Senator, as he could easily
have done, and so allowed the pub
lie to know what he really thought
about things, Senator Taft de-
manded.
There is something in what
Senator Taft says. Mr.. Stassen has
revealed definite talent for being
all things to all men. Out in Wis
consin, for example, where they
hate the very word oleomargarine,
he told the dairy farmers that,