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Evening star., 1948-11-28
3 Military Budgets
OF 14.4 10 3 Billion
Offered by Forresta|
Trumon's Acceptance
Of One Will Define
Lone-Ronee Plans
By John A. Giles

The Budget Bureau has re-
ceived three proposed military
budgets ranging from $14,400,-
100000 to $4,000, 100000 from
Secretary of Defense Forrestal,
it was learned yesterday.
President Truman is expected to
make a final decision shortly by
accepting one of these proposals OF
combinations of the three in the
light of international developments
and the domestic situation, a TOP
defense official said.
The lack of definite decision on
the budget has brought about some
uncertainty on long-range plans
such as the number of men the
Army will induct under the draft
in February, but these decisions are
expected to be announced within
two weeks.
The total military appropriation
for this fiscal year is $13.8l5 ,694 ,6l3
which includes $600,000,000 for the
stockpiling of strategic and critical
materials.
Three Plans Outlined.
The three budget plans forwarded
to the Budget Bureau are:
$14, 100000 which is within
the limitation set by the Budget
Bureau on September II. Mr.. Tru.
man, in an unusual news confer.
ence aboard his campaign train or
October II, announced such 8
budget and added that he had cut
the defense chiefs back from plan.
costing about $23, 900 600, 900.
1880 100000 - which includes
Justification" for what the defense
establishment thinks would be need.
ed to carry out the Army, Navy anc
Air Force contemplated programs
Presumably this includes the full
five-year 70-group air program anc
the Navy's plans for huge supercar'
riers.
$23, 600, 900 ,00O-which is the Crane
total of the cost of the full pro-
gram mapped by the Joint Chiefs o.
Staff. The defense official said NJ
| 1See MILITARY BUDGET. p. A-6.
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Districtto Study Civil Defense
Going Beyond Police Reserve
HopIey Report to Be Considered;
Murphy Opposes Firemen's Auxiliary

report early this month but he has
not taken any action on it and it is
still at the proposal stage.
Gen. Young also has asked AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Oliver
Gasch to report back to him on
what is done about civil defense at
a meeting of the Council of State
Governments, opening Wednesday
in Detroit. Gen. Young wants to
know how the State officials feel
about the proposals made to Secre-
tary Forrestal.
Mr.. Gasch said he will try to find
out the feeling elsewhere about
civil defense but his reason for at
tending the meeting is an invitation
to discuss Federal water pollution
legislation. t-.
Meanwhile, there were these de-
velopments:
/. Fire Chief Clement Murphy
said yesterday he sees no purpose ir
organizing an auxiliary Fire De.
See CIVILIAN DEFENSE, Pg. AS.
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Chang Army ReportedP Pursuing
Chinese Reds South of Suchow
AP Mon at Front
Says Two Communist
Forces Moy Be Joining
By Tom Lombert

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
ON THE SOUTHERN SUCHOW
FRONT, Nov. 27.-The battle for
the cold. dirty, Chinese govern
ment base of Suchow apparently
has ended.
Large Communist units are swing
ing south with government troops
in cautious pursuit.
After what seems to be certain
defeat on the east and southeast Of
Suchow, the Communists appar-
entity are concentrating their forces
estimated by Nationalist COM
manders at up to 4OO,OO men-south
of here
1t. Gen. Tu Lining, who COM
manded in Manchuria and was
shifted south to Suchow, said the
two Red commanders on this front
had joined forces south of Suchow.
The Communists are Gen. Liu
Po-cheng, one-eyed commander in
Central China, and Gen. Chen vi,
commander in East China.
Gen. Chen had directed Red units
in the battle east and southeast of
Suchow. He apparently rolled with
the punch and swung south when
he was unable to crack the Suchow
defense line.
The Wily Gen, Liu, who uses rapid
Evening star., 1948-11-28
By the Associoted Press

Cruising of an unidentified ultra
modern submarine in Gulf Coast
waters was indicated last night in
reports released by the Navy De-
partment.
The location was 20 miles south
east of the naval air station at Cor
pus Christi, Tex. The craft ap-
parently was seen Friday.
Naval officials here seemed rea-
sonably convinced of the subs ap-
pearance.
First indications were that 1t was
not a United States submersible
Navy officials at the Corpus Christi
station said mo United States sub
marines are known to be operating
in these waters"
Reports to the Navy Department
here from Corpus Christi officials
showed this:
At pm. Friday, the crew OF a
Navy training plane saw what they
thought might be a periscope, with
long trailing wake.
An analysis by the Navy of the
crews report indicated that "the
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respiration while awaiting arrival
of fire rescue squad, which used q
pulmotor.
Mr.. Corrington was pronounced
dead at Casualty Hospital.
Archibald Mason, a George Wash
ington University student, who also
lives near the Corrington boat, oaid
the Detroit man put in to the Buz-
yards Point yard two or three weeks
ago while en- route Ao Florida, but
planned to remain here for the
Winter to get his boat repaired.
Mr.. Mason said Mr.. Corrington
had worked in the Detroit area
about eight years and prior to that
had worked in New York. He was
unmarried and has mother and a
sister living in Normal, ILL.,, 1t was
said.
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Navy Reports 'SnorkeI' Sub
Probably Sighted Off Texas

object sighted could have been
snorkel rather than a periscope" ano
that smoke near the object probably
came from an exhaust beneath the
water.
The object submerged complete
ly and disappeared in about 10
minutes.
Corpus Christi officials advised
Washington their evaluation of the
report indicated it was probable
a submarine had been sighted.
The "SnorkeI' is a device for en-
abling a submarine to run its diese
engines while submerged. 1t re.
portedly is used by only two oi
three nations-the United States
Russia and possibly Britain.
There is nothing generally to bal
a foreign submarine from cruising
20 miles off the American coast The
argument about the legal ff-short
boats of a nation has gone on fol
years, but usually has involved dis
cussions of either Smile or 12-mile
limits.
The Corpus Christi report was the
latest of several such during the
last year. L
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With plans for the Police De-
partment'S newly authorized
Civilian Reserve Corps under
way, the District Commissioners
are now looking into defense
measures that may go beyond
organizing reserve policemen, 1t
was learned last night.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young said the other Commits
sioners have asked him to study the
civil defense report prepared fol
Defense Secretary Forrestal by q
group headed by Russell J. Hopley.
Gen. Young said his fellow Com
missioners have asked him to rec
ommend what, if any, action should
be taken on the basis of the report
The Hopley report proposes forma-
ton of police auxiliaries, units to
cope with collapsed buildings, mobile
defense hattalions and other emer-
gency organizations.
Secretary Forrestal received the
Evening star., 1948-11-28
California Republican
Aides Asked 10 Study
Possibility Of Recount
Similar Requests to Ohio
And Illinois Are Also
Reported Made by Scott
BY the Associoted Press

! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-A
study of the California presiden-
tial ballot at the precinct leveI
was asked of Republican county
chairmen today to determine il
there is a basis for a vote re-
count.
The study was requested BY
National Committeeman Mcintyre
Fairies, who informed meeting o.
the Republican State Central Com.
mittee the review had been asked il
letter from the Republican ma
tional chairman. Hugh Scott, jr.
Mr.. Scott, meanwhile, could no
be reached at Philadelphia. Aide.
said he was attending a reception
for TIC Navy football team
played Army this afterncc.
could not be located at the
ton.
Mr.. Fairies said Similar requests
had been made on COP. party Off.
cials in Ohio and Illinois, although
| leaders there said they had not re.
tceived them.
! In Chicago, however, Illinoi!
COP. Chairman Paul c.. Rosen'
quist said he would meet with Stat,
Central Committee members to dis
cuss the situation and probably lool
into possible need for a review.
| Mr.. Fairies said he understood {
review of the November vote, IL
which President Truman carried
California, Ohio and Illinois b!
small margins, was to determine ii
the results were in accord with th'
vote"
It seemed unlikely, however, Cali
fornia Republican leaders would de-
mand recount although Mr.
Fairies commented: Our face
would be red If we found we hat
the wrong President"
| In all three States, the presiden
tial ballot was relatively close.
reversal of the electoral vote of tn
three States from Mr.. Truman t.
Gov. Dewey would have given Dewe!
the victory. If neither candidate
obtained the required majority o
266 electoral votes, the outcome
would be determined by the HOUSE
of Representatives
There is no charge of fraud,
Mr.. Fairies told the Republican
Committee, "but since there hav'
been some rather large errors an
directing all county chairmen IL
California to determine first, tina
there have been no vote frauds IL
their district, and, second, that tn
vote count is correct with a viev
to considering recount If 1t Is no
in accord with the result"
Brown Reports No Request.
Mr.. Fairies said Chairman Scot
had made his request of the nationa
committeeman today in Ohio, Illi
nois and California.
In Washington, however, Repre-
sentative Clarence j. Brown, Obi
national committeeman, said he ha,
not received any such request from
Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. Brown told reporter he dis
cussed the matter with Mr. Scot
earlier in the. week and that Sc
(see RECOUNT, Page A-40
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Dock Strikers Ratify
Terms, Will Return
To Their Jobs Today
Union Announces Vote
On East Coast, Vests
BoIIoting Incomplete
By the Associofsd Press

East Coast dock workers called
off their costly 18-day strike last
night, a union official announced.
Joseph P. Ryan, president of the
AFL International Longshoremen's
Association, reported the action at
New York. He said a majority Of
the $1,000 striking longshoremen
voted to accept a compromise agree
ment.
THE men will be on the piers to-
morrow Sunday morning for any
one who asks them to work. he
said.
In the West Coast maritime strike,
meanwhile, more than 5000 San
Francisco CIO longshoremen voted
to accept q new contract proposal.
Longshoremen at Portland will vote
on the question tonight. Other West
Coast locals arranged balloting Tor
last night or today.
500 Ships Tied up.
Some 27,000 West Coast CIO long
shoremen struck September 2. Sew
eral other unions are involved in
a wage dispute on the West Coast
which has lasted 81 days. 1t was
considered that separate settlements
might be necessary before ships
could sail, even if the longshoremen
vote to 60 back to work.
The shipping strikes on the East
and West Coasts have tied up some
500 ships, many millions of dollars
worth of Marshall plan and private
cargoes and resulted in the layof1s
of thousands of railroad and truck
ing workers serving ports.
Under the East Coast settlement
worked out with the help Of Fed
eral mediators, the dock workers
will get a 13 cent boost in basic pay
of Sits an hour and 1914 cent in
crease in the night and overtime
rate of s2.621a.
A new contract proposed for West
Coast Longshoremen provides Tor
Is cent increase in the $1.67 basic
hourly pay. Both contracts contain
other benefits.
Baltimore Votes 10 to /.
In announcing the East Coast
settlement, Ryan did not give a
breakdown of the vote Immediately.
However, August C. Idzik, inter-
national vice president of the lila
and head of the Baltimore group
said that city's more than 5000
longshoremen voted 10 to l to ac-
cept the contract.
Meanwhile striking AFL team
sters will vote today on alternative
plans for settling their 6-day-old
truck strike. A mediator expressed
belief the drivers would accept one
plan or the other.
Under one proposal, the teamsters
would receive an increase of 17la
cents an hour. plus welfare benefits.
The other provides straight in
crease of 221a cents an hour, without
welfare benefits.
The strike caused the New York
Central and Pennsylvania railroads
to impose embargoes on less-than-
carload freight shipments to and
from New York. These still are In
effect.
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schools. In addition. he recon-
mended another $4,807 .450 worth OF
construction at a later date, not
because any one project Is more
important than another but AL
projects cannot be started and COM
pleted over the same period of time"
A new administration building TO
cost s1,450,000 also was recon-
mended.
Schools for Negroes Urged.
The plight of schools for Negroes
here is shown strongly in the report
by the fact that of the $35,169,316
recommended for construction of
new buildings or additions, s27.655,-
626 would be for colored schools as
compared to $7,513,690 for whits
schools.
What should be done with exist
ing schools was determined by DR..
Strayer with scoring system which
took into consideration all elements
which make a good school with
200 points as perfect. Under the
scoring system, anything above TOO
points was an excellent school while
those between 500 and TOO could be
brought into line without much ex-
penditure of money. Those scoring
below 500 were considered made
quate and if a school scored below
300, it should be abandoned, In
most cases, he said.
None of the eight white high
schools scored below 5O0 The high
est was Roosevelt with 767 points
and the lowest, Western with sos.
All three colored high schools were
below 500 Dunbar scored 489;
Cardozo. 371, and Armstrong, 353.
Two of the II white junior high
schools were below 500, Stuart with
464 and Hine with 262. The highest
was Jefferson with TOO points. Four
of the. seven colored junior high
schools were below 500 with Garnet
Patterson scoring 412; Randall, 1872:
Shaw, 322, and Terrell, 228. The
leader, Banneker, scored 674.
Stanton School Lowest.
! In the white elementary schools
40 of 73 were below 500 with the
old Stanton school scoring the low
of 209. OF 49 colored elementary
schools, 38 were below 500. Jones
School was low with 204. The high
est scoring elementary school was
Young, colored school. with 6S5 as
compared to Davis, with 632, in the
white group.
Commenting on conditions at Ter
rell Junior High School. which the
Board of Education has been want
ing tc replace for some time, DR..
Strayer said:
"On educational adequacy. this
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Niagara Worker Dies
In FuII Into Tunnel
BY the Associated Press

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Nov
27.-A 57-year-old power company
worker was swept to his death today
when he fell. into swiftly-movine
water in a 600-foot tunnel and was
carried into the lower Niagara
River.
He was Ellis Holditch, a member
of crew repairing rack deck be-
low turbines at the Canadian Mag
ara Power Company William
Burch Rankin generating plant just
above the Horseshoe Falls.
Mr.. Holditch fell into the water
and quickly disappeared. The
water, about 80 feet deep, races
through the tunnel and Is dis
charged at the foot of the Horseshoe
Falls. 4
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Girl Helpless on Mountain
Since tuesday Rescued
By the Associoted Press

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 27.-Phyllis
10 Farrand, %, Spirit Lake, Iowa,
former University of Arizona stu
dent. was rescued today after lying
helpless in the wind-sWept Santa
Catalina Mountains since Tuesday.
Miss Farrand is being treated at
Tucson Medical Center where her
condition is described as serious
She is suffering from exposure.
1t took sheriff's deputies and a
special rescue squad more than five
hours to carry her on stretcher
from high in Sabine Canyon to a
waiting ambulance.
She was found by three boys last
night when they heard her dog
barking. The boys notified the Pima
County sheriff's Office and rescue
group started out early this morn
ing.
Miss Farrand told the deputies
she had started on a hiking trip in
Coronado National Forest Tuesday
became i'll and crawled back into
her camp. Her dog stayed with her
The boys who found her were Ear
Gresham, Jim Riopelle and Dean
Pritchard, all of Tucson.
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Clio Left-Wing Union
Ordered 10 Give Up
Identity, Join UAW
Farm Equipment Group .
Criticized for Bottle
Over Organizing Plants
By the Assoeioted Prexs

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 27.-
The CIO smacked down one OF
it's left-Wing unions today.
Its executive board ordered the
Farm Equipment Workers Union tc
give up its identity and join the
United Auto Workers.
This was the first action growing
out of the CIO convention which
established the right wing in full
control, determined on big Nation
wide organizing crusade and ad-
journed yesterday.
Loyalty Changes Urged.
The board also adopted resolu-
tions in which it:
l. Called on the 81st Congress tC
abolish the House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee and to set up
new roles for congressional inves-
tigating committees that would
protect the rights of witnesses and
persons under investigation"
2. Urged President Truman to re-
wise his order concerning the loyalty
Of Federal employees, in order to
assure each accused individual of q
fair trial, an open hearing, and the
right to hire lawyer. The resolu-
ton said the Governments loyalty
program now has degenerated into
an irresponsible witch hunt"
The United Auto Workers, which
has more than 100000 members, and
the Farm Equipment Workers
which has perhaps $4,000. have
been battling for years over the
organizing of people in farm equip
ment factories.
Victory for Reuther.
The CIO Board adopted resolu-
ton which said this feud has ere
tarded" the organization of the in
dustry. 1t ordered the FE to take
immediate steps" to affiliate with
the UAW on a basis that is "organ-
nationally sound" and consistent
with the UAW constitution. II
said If the FE doesn't do this within
go days the Executive Board will
act to implement this decision
1t was a victory for UAW Presi-
dent Walter Reuther, who intro
duced the resolution. 1t was a de-
feat for FE President Grant Oakes
who opposed it. Mr.. Oakes was 8
leading supporter Of Henry Wallace
for President. and the Progressive
Party's candidate for Governor oi
Illinois
CIO President Philip Murray said
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Traffic in England
Halted by Heavy Fog
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. 27.-One Of the
worst fogs in years settled on Eng
land today, choking highway and
air traffic to standstill. Trains
were running hours late. In Leeds,
a workman cropping his way home
fell in a canal and drowned.
Automobile association patrols
reported visibility nil" on every
highway leading out of London
Soccer games were halted abruptly
in mid-play by the swift descent
of the fog blanket. Two steeple-
chase meets were halted.
In London, smoke pouring from
chimneys gave the fog an acrid smell
and taste Two ships collided in the
Thames without serious damage.
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Committee 10 Meet
Thursday 10 Develop
New Hospital Plan
Chest Group to Discuss
Co-ordinoted Program
For Whole Community
By George Beveridee

A committee representing vlr-
tually every District health and
hospital group will hold its first
meeting at 8 pm. Thursday to
try to develop a co-ordinated
program for meeting the city's
disqualification needs, it was
learned tonight.
The group is the Community
Chest Federation's disqualification
Fund Committee, formed several
weeks ago. Chairman Chester Nor
rill said the meeting will be held i
the board room of the American
Security & Trust Co.
Members will be asked to attend
the session to discuss hospital prob
lens as they affect the community
as a whole, rather than particular
agencies concerned with the care OF
certain patients, officials said.
Purpose of the committee, Mr.
Morrill, said, is to make the groups
findings available to the Commits
sioners ,"or any other group con-
cerned."
Two Problems Before Group.
Two, principal problems involving
the Districts private hospitals al
ready are under discussion. One is
the proposal that hospitals take over
main functions of the Hospital Serv-
ice Agency, which determines
whether patients can be aided by
Community Chest funds and pays
hospitals for treating them. HSA
also collects from these medically
INDECENT" patients what it deter
mines each can afford to pay.
The other, also involving patients
able to pay part of their hospital
costs, is a Health Department pro-
posal that the Commissioners ex-
pand. the present program under
which it pays nine private hospitals
for treating INDECENT patients.
Up until last July, the District
had had such a program in effect
for many years, but it involved only
three hospitals. The Health De-
partment was able to pay hospitals
for treating low-income patients
even though the patients could pay
some of their own expenses.
Three Hospitals Affected.
The policy, Health Department
officials said, concerned payments
to Emergency, Casualty and Chill
dren's Hospitals for treating indi-
gent patients. Patients below GER
tain income standards-who were
emergency cases and met residency
requirements-were eligible for free
hospital care, just as they would be
at Gallinger Hospital.
The policy also allowed the de-
partment to pay hospitals for treat
ing similar patients with higher
family incomes. But these patients
were expected to repay the city
what they could afford, as deter.
mined in individual cases.
The eligibility for care of these
patients was determined by the
same income standards that ap.
piled at Gallinger.
While patients who can pay par
OF their bills still can be admitted tt
Gallinger, however, the Health De.
partment now is certifying as eligL
BILE only those emergency case pa.
tients at private hospitals who meet
the low income standards.
/ At q press conference called last
week by Commissioner Guy Mason
officials said the District could not
(See HOSPITAL Page A-6D
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raiding tactics, has been to the
southwest of Suchow, nipping al
the f1anks of government forces
sent north to reinforce the bat
tered Suchow defenders.
If Gen. Chen and Gen. Liu have
joined. they present a front to other
government forces moving north
These latter units last were re-
ported on the southern outskirts oi
(See CHINA. Page A-8D
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Nine. Chang Leaves
Marking for America
In u. S. Naval Plane
By the Associofed Press

NANKING, Sunday, Nov. %.
Mime. Chang Kai-Shek
left in a special United States
naval plane today for Shanghai
cen route to Washington, pre-
sumably to appeal personally
for greatly increased aid to the
Chinese government.
China's first lady is scheduled
to arrive in Washington We'd
nesday.
The United States Embassy
and the State Department in
Washington said the plane was
made available to Nine. Chi
ang "at her request for the
transportation of herself and a
small party to Washington in
connection with the critical
situation in China"
Evening star., 1948-11-28
French Reds Order Halt
To 54-Day-0Id Coal Strike
By the Asseeiated Press


PARIS, Nov. 27.-Communist la
Dor leaders officially called a halt
today to the French coal strike they
ordered 54 days ago.
The government has considered
the costly walkout virtually ended
for several weeks. since 80 to 80 per
cent of the miners have been back
at work.
Today the Communicated Cen
eral Confederation of Labor ordered
all workers back in the mines for
Monday.
American experts estimate 9,000.-
900 tons of coal were lost by the
strike which government officials
say was intended to cripple opera.
tions of the European Recovery Proc
gram.
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(See u. NJ, Page A-4.)
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(See CIO, Page AS
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: (See SCHOOLS, Page AID
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Increasing cloudiness followed by rain
this afternoon and tonight; highest in low
SOS Tomorrow, clearing, windy and colder.
Noon go 6 pm. 81 II pm. 48
2 pm. ga 8 pm. so Midnight AZ
pm. go 10 pm. --49 l a.m.---2