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Evening star., 1948-11-19
Correction

= James Y. Newton, The Star
labor reporter, in a dispatch from
the American Federation of Labol
convention in Cincinnati. published
In The Star Tuesday. stated thai
Secretary of Labor Tobin called fol
repeal of the Hobbs and Lea tanti-
Petrillo) acts.
The statement was repeated in ar
editorial in The Star yesterday.
The Star was in error.
NIn his speech before the conven.
tion Secretary Tobin made no ref
erence to the Hobbs and Lea acts
The record shows that the remark
ascribed to him in The Star dis
patch was made by AFL President
William Green, in introducing Sec
retary Tobin.
Mr. Newton explains that five
minutes before Secretary Tobin was
scheduled to make his address the
AFL publicity department delivered
. long mimeographed text of the
speech to the press. While Mr..
Newton and other reporters who had
q deadline to meet were hurriedly
reading 1t in nearby press room,
they were informed that Secretary
Tobin was not following the pre-
pared text Mr. Newton rushed back
70 the convention hall. -.
He asked reporter, who had re:
manned, what Secretary Tobin hao
said up to that point. The reporter
who later said he misunderstood the
question, supplied Mr.. Newton with
some of the remarks made by Mr.
Green which were confused with
those of Secretary Tobin. Instead
pf the long prepared speech, Secre-
Sary Tobin delivered a compare
lively brief one, calling attention tc
the fact that he preferred not to
follow script.
The Star regrets attributing to
Secretary Tobin remarks which he
did not make.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Truman Quoted as Denying
Belief in Civil Rights Plan
by ths Associo,ed Press

MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 19.-Repre.
sentative Boykin, Democrat, of Ala
bama told a civic club luncheon
here yesterday that President Tru-
man said to him during recent
visit that he didn't believe in the
civil rights program but needed it
to bring about Democratic vic
tory.
Mr.. Boykin quoted the President:
Frank, 1 don't believe in this civil
rights program any more than you
do, but we've got to have it to win"
"Of course, Mr.. Truman is going
to try to bring up lot Of these
things" Mr. Boykin declared, but
you've got to depend on your Con-
gress to arrive at equitable COM
promises"
The Presidents election, Mr.. Boy
kin added, lis the best thing that
ever happened to U.S."
At Key West, where Mr.. Truman
is vacationing, Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said the President
had no comment to make on Mr..
Boykin's remarks.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
New Zealand Envoy Says
Peace Depends on Force
by the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 19.-The Min
lister from New Zealand said last
night it is utter, childish nonsense
to believe the peace can be kept
without force, and asserted that we
must not pretend We now have a
reliable system of collective secu-
rity"
Sir Carl Berendsen told the Eng
lish Speaking Union, Maryland
branch, that I'VE must be patient a
Attle longer. but If and when we
must choose between a universal
world organization that won't work
and another organization that is not
universal but will work, I would
choose the latter"
There is about ! cents worth Of
gold in 1000 gallons of sea water.
Evening star., 1948-11-19

policy, the committees staff cannot
do too much in the way of preparing
pending legislative proposals, in
cluding the Classification Act re-
vision measure and other civil serv-
ice legislation.
y X X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP If its
budget requests are approved, In
terror Department plans to make a
sizable increase in its personnel
staff during the next year. Among
its bureaus slated for expansion are
Reclamation, National Park Service
and Power Division. President
James G. Yaden of the AFL Ameri-
can Federation Of Government En-
ployes has announced his unions
opposition to the pending Hoover
Commission recommendation, which
would revise the three-member Civil
Service Commission setup. AS dis
closed in this column several weeks
ago, the Hoover group would retain
the three member setup, but the
chairman of the Civil Service Com
mission would have the overall au-
thority to make the final decisions
on administrative policy. All three
commissioners now have equal au-
thority. >. The Signal Corps needs
civilian personnel instructors at its
training school at Camp Gordon,
Ga. Apply at the Signal Corps in
formation Office here. . The So
ciety for Personnel Administration
will discuss the Governments pro-
motion policy and how it should be
strengthened at 7:30 pm, Tuesday
in the Archives Auditorium. Par
ticipating will be Donald r. Harvey
Civil ,Aeronautics Administration
personnel director: Carson w. Culp
CAA assistant personnel director
and Vaughn Ferguson, chief OF
Treasury Departments employment
section.
(Be sure to listen in eUery Sun
day at I1:15 am. ODer WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's broadcast Uerston OF the
Federal Spotlight, featuring ad-
ditional neDs and DtefDs OF the
Government Scene.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Chest Drive Leaders
10 GET Reports Which
May Bring Extension

LEADERS in the 1949 Community
Chest Federation campaign were to
meet at the Washington Hotel to-
day for reports of progress expected
4o determine whether the drive will
he extended further.
~ The campaign to raise S4,566, ,79O
Aor 104 Red Feather agencies in the
washington area, the hospitaliza-
Hon fund and the USO. has pro-
duced s3137, ,407 in reported returns
30 far.
:, Arthur H. Kruse, director of
United Community Services OF
Washington. the Districts member
or the Chest Federation, yesterday
urged a year round community edu-
cation drive to inform the public of
the services of Chest agencies.
He told a group of Chest agency
directors in a meeting of the EXecu-
tive Conference of the District at
the YWCA, Seventeenth and K
streets NV, that the gap between
the agencies and the public today is
greater than it was 10 years ago.
:, Mr.. Kruse proposed that UCS re-
eruit citizen interest "as we'll as cit
izen money" He suggested that
names Of from 1000 to 5000 citizens
not now attached to the agencies
an responsible capacities be collected,
and that the citizens be encouraged
TO take responsibilities of direction.
. I'VE must bring Tom, Dick and
Harry into our own Boards of Di-
rectors and make them assume some
responsibility" he said in empha-
sizing that broad citizen participa-
stion is needed so individuals will not
have to be sold on Chest agencies.
= The conference elected the follow
ing members to its Executive Com
mittee: Miss Gertrude Bowling of
the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety, Miss Lucille Bruner, Travellers
Aid Society, and Kenneth B. Spear,
District Boy Scouts of America.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
U. 5. Flyers Offer TO Fight
Reds Is ReIayed 10 Chang
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI. Nov. 19-Claire
Chennault today relayed to Presi-
dent Chang Kai-shek an offer by
veterans of the American 14th Air
Force to form a volunteer air group
to fight the Chinese Reds.
Mr.. Chennault, retired American
major general and wartime COM
mander of the 14th Air Force, now
runs an air transport company in
China.
He said he relayed to the Chinese
President the generous offer from
veterans of the former China
Burma war theater.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Errors May Bring
Statewide Recount
OF Ballots in Ohio
By the Associoted Rress

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10
Numerous tabulation errors in the
November 2 election in Ohio-in-
cluding one in Cuyahoga County
(ClevelandD that unofficially credited
Gov. Dewey of New York with 1858
fewer votes than he received Off
cially-may result in Statewide
recount by the Legislature.
A State legal authority advised
Gov. Thomas ]. Herbert yesterday
that the Legislature has the power
to appoint a commission for the re-
count. The opinion came after wide
spread reports OF voting errors in
recounts.
Gov. Herbert said the recount
could be done by a special legislative
session, but 1T would be a whale
Of a job"
The last tabulation by the Sec
retary of States office was November
6. Since then, numerous errors have
been reported from many sections of
Ohio, including the one in Cuyahoga
County.
Duplicate ballots from the unof-
fetal county total reduced President
Truman's Ohio majority to 6,817
votes. The last official count in
presidential voting gave President
Truman, 1,460,229; Gov. Dewey, l.
442,825, and Henry Wallace, the
Progressive Party candidate, 1884.
This errors were not included in this
tabulation.
However, even if the official canvas
should give Ohio and its Is electoral
votes to Gov Dewey, President Tru-
man still would be assured of the
presidency.
There were close counts in three
State senatorial races in Toledo
Akron and Columbus: Margins of
victory in each was slightly more
than 100 votes.
An error of $4,000 votes was found
between the unofficial and official
counts on special bond issues in
Cleveland.
Numerous other recountS in many
Ohio counties already have been
held or demanded. In Muskingum
County tZanesville) 1t took a re-
count of a recount Wednesday to
show that q $4,000 school bond is
sue at the small village Of Dresden
failed. The first recount included
some votes from people in another
school district but the same precinct.
In all the various recounts to date
large tabulation errors have been
found.
Some election officials have at
tributed errors to confusion over a
ruling by the secretary of State on
the presidential ballot.
Secretary of State Edward J. Hum
mel held that If person voted a
straight Republican or Democratic
presidetial ticket and also marked
an x before one of the Wallace
elector candidates, the ballot was
invalid.
Unofficial returns in Cuyahoga
County gave the President 53,587
more votes than Gov. Dewey. The
ofncial count. however, gave Mr..
Truman a 43,069 vote edge.
Evening star., 1948-11-19

! dGlllS 1ulI CAlC
risk Of receiving
a still low e r
grade from the
Appeals Board.
For example, an
employe who ap-
peals a good"
rating because
he thinks he de-
serves a higher
m a r k, ofte n
winds up being
graded fair" or
even "unSatiS-
factory"
The effect of
LNs / - ~
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Italian Army Chief Plans
l5-Duy Washinaton Visit

Gen. Ensip Msrras, chief Of staff
of the Italian Army. is due here
early next month for a 15-day visit
as a guest of Gen. Bradley, Army
Chief Of Staff.
Gen. Marras is expected to arrive
about December 2 and will visit the
principal military schools and train
ing centers.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Earth Shocks Recorded

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 R.-An
earthquake described as fairly Sc
we're was recorded at Fordham Uni
versity last night, the Rev. Joseph
j. Lynch reported today. The first
shock was registered at 8:10:51 pm.
and the second at 8:16:07. Father
Lynch estimated the distance at
2,20O miles southwest of New York
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Minnesotuns to Mark
G.. & N. W. Centennial

Members of the Minnesota State
Society will salute the Chicago g.
Northwestern Railway System on its
1O0tn anniversary with a special
program and dance at $50 pm. to-
morrow in the Shoreham Hotel.
Guest speaker will be Arthur r
ssdef. railroad We prssadsntR Vet
erans' Administrator Carl r.. Gray
jr., a former vice president Of the
railroad, is honorary chairman FOX
the centennial party.
I Nutritionists estimate that nine
teuths of the human race lives and
dies In food poverty.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Group to Get DEGREES

The Fifth York Rite Reunion Of
the District, a Masonic order, will
confer degrees on a group of candi-
dates at 7:30 pm. tomorrow in the
Scottish Rite Temple, 2800 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
The Federal Spotlight
Commission to Ban Rating Cu1
BY Boards Acting on Appeals
By Joseph Young

Civil Commission tomorrow will issue order
orbddg the efficiency rating appeal boards from
penalzng Federal employees who appeal their efficiency rating
grades, The Star learned today.
order the appeal boards from lowering the
Evening star., 1948-11-19

May Day" was selected as an in
ternational labor holiday by the
International Socialist Congress
In 1889.
Evening star., 1948-11-19

SAFETY CONSCIOUS PEDESTRIAN CITED-Mss Evelyn Pan
agakos Bellevue NV. congratulated by
Capt the Traffic Division her selection
the nominee the pedestrian of the Week. contest
Pvt Percy G. Mangum cited Miss Panagakos yesterday
crossing Eleventh street at street NV,
is at right Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Bowie Entries

FOR TOMORROW
| weather raining; track fast; post ] EST
| FIRST RACE-Purse, $1,000: ella inning
| price. $1,000; 4-year-olds and up; fur
Evening star., 1948-11-19

appealing.
Under the present system, EN-
ployes who appeal their agency S
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Weather Report

Z District of Columbia-Cloudy with
occasional light rain today and high
est temperature in the upper sos.
Rain, windy and mild tonight with
lowest in the Sos. Showers ending
early tomorrow morning and fol-
bwed by partial clearing. windy and
turning colder. Much colder tomor-
row night.
Maryland and Virginia - Cloudy
With occasional light rain today and
highest temperatures near so de-
grees. Rain, windy and mild tonight
With lowest temperatures around so
degrees. Showers ending tomorrow
morning and followed by partial
clearing, windy and turning colder.
Much colder tomorrow night. Mod
crate easterly winds becoming south
eriy, occasional fresh tonight, and
fresh to strong southwest to west
by midday tomorrow.
Wind velocity, 8 miles per hour;
directions, north.
Five Day Weather Forecast,
November 10 Through November %
For Northern Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia
Temperature will average from two
TO four degrees above normal
Normal maximum, So and normal
minimum, IS for the Washington
area. Colder Saturday and Sun
day. Warmer Monday becoming
cold again about Wednesday. Rair
ending by Saturday morning and
rain again about Tuesday. Tota
rainfall near three-fourths OF ar
inch.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
River Report.

tFrom U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear HaYnerE Ferry
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Film Actress Shoots
Estranged Suitor,
Then Kills Self
By the Associated Press

LON ANGELES, Dec. 14.-Bul-
lets last night ended the life and
unhappy romance of Patricia Styles,
Is, blond radio and Aim actress and
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Fort Davis Group Gets
Report on Bus Par|ey

The Fort Davis Citizens Asso.
citation last night heard Mrs. Ed.
ward B. Morris, chairman of thu
groups Public Utilities Committee
report on the result of a joint con.
ference on bus service with repre-.
sentatives from Fort Dupont, Ran.
die Highlands and Bradbury
Heights Associations.
Among the changes suggested
were establishment of express bus
service from Fairfax Village Sc. tc
downtown areas, spacing buses more
evenly during rush hours, schedul-
ing more frequent local service
between rush hours and establishing
|pay-as-you-enter service on out
bound runs.
Extension of crosstown service to
Alabama and Pennsylvania avenues
Sc. instead of to Thirty-sixth street
and Alabama avenue Sc. also was
recommended and will be taken up
soon by the Public Utilities Com
mission in a public hearing which
Mrs. Morris urged all members to
attend.
The Fort Davis Association voted
its opposition to cutting down the
trees on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Barney Circle Sc. and the
Capitol.
Mrs. w. T. Cameron and Mrs
Evening star., 1948-12-14
$235,O00 Mellon Fountain
7oBe LARGEST of Kind in City

The architectural design of the
Andrew w. Mellon memorial in
Washington, released today by the
Fine Arts Commission, calls for a
$235 900 circular fountain of bronze
and granite, largest of its kind in a
city Of fountains.
Sponsored by a committee of the
late Mr.. Melons friends, this foun-
tain of classical simplicity in de-
sign will be erected during next year
in front of the National Gallery of
Art, which the former Treasury
Secretary gave to the Nation to
house his private collection.
Eggers and Higgins, New York ar
chitectS, estimated the $235 900 cost
to include landscaping of the Gov
ernment triangle on the east side
of Sixth street, where the fountain
will be built. The granite base of
the fountain will be SO feet in di-
ameter-much larger than the IA
miliar fountain in front Of Union
Station.
While circular fountains are COM
mon in Washington, the unusual
and main feature of this design is
the large bronze bowl, having a
curved rim with a knife edge over
which the water can be made to fall
in clear, transparent sheet. The
outer face of this main basin is
decorated with the IL signs of the
Evening star., 1948-12-14

Zodiac, beautifully modelled and cast
in fairly high relief and superim-
posed upon a shallow fiuted surface
This simple decorative treatment
will be visible through the sheet OF
falling water.
A central spout of water, prob
ably Is feet high, is contemplated.
A smaller upper bowl will break its
force sufficiently SO that a quiet
overflow may be achieved at the
edge of the main basin. The wa
ter from the main bronze basin will
fall into low granite curbed pool
about So feet in diameter. The
fountain base, in turn, is surrounded
by a granite paved walk at the level
of a few steps above the adjoining
sidewalks.
A segmental marble or granite
seat is shown on the westerly side
Of the circular walkway, on the back
OF which will be a simple memorial
inscription. Evergreen plants, pref
erably large box trees, are essential
to the composition, the architects
believe.
The Fine Arts Commission last
week approved the fountain design
and commented favorably on its ap-
pearance. The fountain is being
given to the Government by the
Mellon Memorial Committee through
private subscriptions of friends.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
$2,o12,o0O Suit Filed
In Death Of Earl Carroll
BY fhs Assoejoied Press

SCRANTON, Pa. Dec. 14.-Ar
agent for Earl Carroll, show pro.
ducer killed with AZ other person.
June II in an airplane crash nea,
Mount Carmel, Pa, has filed suit
against United Air Lines for more
than $2O0O,O0O.
Attorneys representing Mrs. Jessie
1. Schuyler, executrix of the Carroll
estate, filed the complaint in Fed
eral Court yesterday, charging the
airline with negligence and claiming
damages of $2,012,O0O.
Beryl Wallace, also killed in the
plane crash. was the principal bene-
ficiary of the estate. Terms of the
will stated that if Miss Wallace died
before she could inherit, her share
OF the estate, valued at $1,000, 900,
was to 60 for the establishment of a
cancer clinic.
Mrs. Schuyler, longtime friend of
the famous Snowman, was left half
of Mr.. Carroll's stock holdings.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Salem Escapes Flood Threat
As Willamette River Falls
BY the Assoeioied Press

SALEM. Greg, Dec. 14-Flood
waters of the Willamette River
moved into this area today without
any threat of serious damage.
The river is falling rapidly at all
upriver points.
More lowlands are being inun.
dated, but Red Cross oficials an.
ticipated no distress calls from
farming districts that were warned
OF rising waters three days ago.
Flooding rivers and a Pacific
storm claimed four lives over the
week end, disrupted power and
phone lines, cauEd earth slides on
mountain roads and inundated
scores Of highway routes throughout
the Western part of the State.
The main part of this city will be
untouched, but some suburban and
rural roads are expected to be under
water.
Both the cities of Cornwallis and
Albany saw the crest pass there late
last night with only slight incon-
Ventence. 40
Cold weather and cloudy but rain
less skies have combined with the
deeper lower valley channel to ease
the situation. Only slight damage
to docks Is expected in Portland,
at the mouth Of the river, when the
crest reaches that metropolitan
area 50 miles north Of here some
time tomorrow,
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Reds GET Reparations
And Warships in Pacts
Signed With Italians
BY the Associated Press

ROME, Dec. 14.-Italy and Rus
sia have signed a series of trade
and reparations agreements. The
pacts were signed in Moscow Sum
day, the Italian Foreign Ministry
said last night.
The agreements were preceded by
a preliminary pact November 6 un-
der which Italy promised to hand
over SO warships to Russia and the
Soviet accepted an italian plan for
payment of war reparations.
Russia accepted all italian assets
in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria
as reparations. In addition, the
difference between the value of
these assets and the 100000 900
provided for under the Italian peace
treaty will be paid by Italy's cur
rent industrial production.
Agreement Outlined.
A three-year commercial agree
ment calls for an exchange of 30,-
000, ,000, 900 lire $50, 0,000, ,0O0) annually
by both parties. Russia will ex-
change raw materials and essential
products for italian industrial prod
ucts and fruit.
Italy also will send 10000 900 900
lire ($100 000, ,000) worth of industrial
products to Russia in three years.
Russia will send an equivalent
amount Of wheat and raw materials.
signature of the treaty also
was announced in Moscow, where
it was said the Soviet Union now
has trade agreements with a ma
jority of the nations participate
ing in the European Recovery
ProgramD
Warships to Be Yielded.
The announcement, both here and
over the Moscow radio, said the most
favored nation principle will be ap-
piled as far as customs matters.
transport, internal taxes and navi-
cation are concerned.
The italian warshipS to be turned
over to Russian will be given in five
groups, the first to be handed over
by January Is. 1949. The Italian
news agency Ansa said the 28,OOO-
ton battleship Julius Caesar and q
submarine destined to 60 to Russia
already are in Augusta, Sicily.
awaiting sailing orders.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

A new plant near Haifa Bay,
Palestine, will make shrinkproof
Woolen fabrics.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON. D. C.. A
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head. She half fell out Of the car
firing . last shot at Mr.. Sugarmar
as she collapsed.
Miss Styles father, who been beer
on various radio programs here TO,
years and operates a radio school
rushed to the shooting scene and
Historically struggled with police.
men to see his daughters body.
Miss Styles lived with her di-
vorced mother, Mrs. Dorothy Styles
Evening star., 1948-12-14


Miss Styles did the shooting, which
started as the couple sat talking ir
an automobile and ended when she
collapsed beside the car, still firms
at the fleeing Mr.. Sugarman. She
was dead when police arrived. Hos.
pital attendant said MIR. Sugarman's
condition was good.
1t. Smith pieced together this
story:
Miss Styles and Mr.. sugarman
had been In love for some time, but
quarreled and broke up several
months ago. Recently he an
nounced his engagemnt to another
woman.
Yesterday Miss Styles asked him
to drive her to friends home.
They paused to talk in North Hol-
lywood and suddenly Miss Styles
took a pistol from her purse and
began shooting. One bullet creased
Mr.. Sugarman's head. He fed from
the car. Another bullet struck his
leg.
Miss Styles shot herself in the
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Black Murketeer Is Bold

DARMSTADT, Germany (F.--
Witnesses waiting outside a court
room to testify against a black mar
ket meat slaughterer were startled
when prosecution witness offered
to sell black market sausage. When
another witness reported this inside
the courtroom, the prosecutor rushed
out but the black market salesman
had left.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

H. c. Schoeneman were appointed
by William r. Osche, president, as
members Of a special committee to
list any accommod odations for visitors
to the Inauguration which residents
OF the area may have available.
Frank Barr presented Christmas
program in which carols were sung
and selections from the Bible read
by the Rev. Melvin Lederer, pastor
OF the Ryland Methodist Church,
Branch avenue and S street Sc.
The meeting was held in the
church. a
Evening star., 1948-12-14

AsSASAAoSA VI x4d1
Styles, radio en-
tertainer, an d
left her es-
tranged suitor
seriously wound
ed.
N a t han N.
s u,g arman, 43,
head Of an auc-
pioneering and
business liqui-
dating concern,
suffered wounds
in his leg and
head.
Detective 1t.
-. w. Smith said
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Doylieht Time Poll Asked

MARTINsBURG, w. Va, Dec. IA
(SpeciaD The Berkeley County
Farm Bureau has asked Berkeley
County Court and Martinsburg City
Council to. take a poll of voter senti-
ment on daylight saving time.