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Economic
Continued From First Page.)

shire, chairman of the full Banking
Committee, as follows:
"As you probably know I have
heen a vigorous critic of both the
theory and practice Of rent control.
II think that 1t Is most unlikely
that I shall change this position, but
my personal attitude Is quite beside
the point. The Congress and the
administration have said they want
to continue rent control for some
months.
II shall, therefore, be disinter-
ested and objective in my approach
to the subject in the hope your SUBJ
committee can provide. q recom-
mended law which is both reason
able and constructive"
Cabinet Officers Back Plan.
Senator Maybank's criticism Of the
price control proposal came in COM
ment on testimony by cabinet off,
GERS for it. .--
The South Carolina lawmaker told
q reporter he is "all for anti-infla-
ton, but let's be reasonable about
It," He said he was particularly
irked by Secretary of Commerce
Harriman's testimony that the ad-
ministration plans to slap price con-
trolls on textiles and steel If Con-
gress grants the cost of living pow
ers Mr.. Truman is seeking.
Mr.. Hartman also told the Sen
ate Banking Committee yesterday
that he would place price ceilings on
lumber and farm machinery. And
Secretary of Interior Krug testified
he would "freeze" prices of coal, fuel
oil, gasoline and other petroleum
products for go days If Congress pro-
vides the authority.
The outcome of an Interior De-
partment study would determine
whether there would be any at
tempt to cut prices later or to ex-
tend controls on these items-in-
cluding rationing-beyond the freeze
period, Mr.. Krug said.
Under an administration bill be-
ing considered by the Banking Com
mittee. Congress could block any
such extension.
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caused q loss Of efficiency In the
Fire Department by introducing .
rotation system" Of transferring
men periodically from one flrehouse
to another.
This system was inaugurated by
Chief Murphy when he took over the
department March /, 1916. It is de-
signed to give firemen varied ex-
perience with different types Of
apparatus and to shift them period
ically between active posts downtown
and relatively inactive outlining
posts.
Opposed by AL Unit.
The system is not approved by the
unions local.
The witness began reciting sta
tistics purporting to support this
view, and Mr.. Maher leaned back
In his chair with what sounded
like a happy laugh. Then came the
surprise.
do I understand that you think
the transfers lessened the efficiency
Of the men in fighting f1res?" Chair
man Canfield asked.
II don't think so," Chief Harding
answered carefully. TN fighting q
fire men are going in and do their
best regardless. It is born and bred
In them-and nothing can destroy
It,"
Specific Cases Asked.
Then Joseph A. Wilmer, a member
Of the special three-man civilian
trial board, put Chief Harding an
other question: Did the chief know
of a company which had lost its
way to a fire or made other mis-
takes because some of its members
had recently been transferred from
other posts.
Chief Harding said he did not
that no such incidents had been re-
ported to him.
In closing the session, Mr.. Can
field told the witness he "had better
be prepared" when he returned to
the stand today with specific Incl
dents relating to specific ineffi-
cheney" caused by the rotation sys-
tenn.
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CIeqq
Continued From First Page }

why I wasn't fighting any more,''
Byrd stated. "He began giving me
a lot of stuff about getting me pub
licity and then pulled out photo
graph of Clegg."
Byrd said Mr.. Bruskin started
talking about the Clegg case and
asked him If he would be willing to
sign a statement. The nature of the
statement was not Immediately de-
veloped in the testimony. Byrd said
he told the reporter that he did not
want to sign any statement and did
not want to talk about the matter
at his home.
Met In Corner Cafe.
So, he said, they went to q corner
cafe. Mr.. Bruskin then called Mr.
Robb by telephone and in short
while he Joined them, Byrd said.
''Mr. Robb then asked me If I had
a lawyer and I told him that Mr..
Alder (H. Clifford Alder, law part
ner of Charles e. Ford, who Is de-
Tending the policemen) represented
me-" Byrd testified. "He told me
that as soon as Ford or Alder rep
resented any one, the court pre-
sumed the person was guilty"
"Robb told me the price I was
paying was outrageous and said he
and the Post would defend me for
no charge" Byrd went on. Byrd
added that he tried to pay for his
own drinks in the cafe but that Mr..
Bruskin said they would "go on the
Post expense account"
"Robb asked If I was afraid of the
police and I said not half as much
as the paper-the way they scan
dalize every one" Byrd continued.
Bird said he refused to sign any
statement on the Clegg case, which
Mr. Bruskin had asked him to do
during the conversation, and then
reported the matter to the police.
Robb Denies Charges.
Mr.. Robb, called to the witness
stand by Assistant Corporation
Counsel Oliver Gasch, who is prose-
cutting the policemen, was a rebuttal
witness after Mr.. Ford had closed
his defense.
The attorney denied that he had
offered to defend Byrd free, that
the Post had offered to defend him,
and said that he had not made the
statements concerning Mr.. Ford and
MIR. Alder which Byrd testified he
had. He said that at the cafe he
had two drinks, Scotch and soda
and recalled that he paid for one
and Byrd for the other. He added
that Byrd had three beers and Mr.
Bruskin two beers.
Mr.. Bruskin testified that during
the conversation at the cafe, Byrd
told him that Clegg had been
slapped and hit by the two police
men in the sex squad room. He de-
MED that an offer was made by Mr..
Robb to give Byrd free legal service
or that statements were made about
Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Alder.
Byrd was not told that the Post
could do him more harm than the
police, Mr.. Bruskin continued, and
there was nathing said about Byrd
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Paee.)

ways can be found through in
creased compensation or some other
means.
Making his first appearance before
a congressional committee on the
Marshall Plan, Secretary Forrestal
rated the recovery of Western Eu-
rope as Of equal Importance with
the maintenance Of substantial mill
tary power by this country.
Vacuum Between Great Powers.
He built his argument around
the premise that Middle and West
ern Europe is. now a vacuum be-
tween two great powers, the United
States and Russia.
Tn most political differences q
balance of power is exercised by
moderate influence in the form of
men or nations who are able to
contribute the good Offices of COM
promise and amelioration." Mr.. For
reStal continued.
To-day, however, because Of the
vacuum in Europe, nations-the
components of what would other
wise be the balance Of power-find
their position impaired by economic
instability, political unrest and con-
sequent military ineffectiveness.
Purpose to Prevent War.
I'm these circumstances we are
seeking to redress the balance of
Europe by helping the Western ma
tions to get on their feet. Our pur-
pose in doing this Is not to forge an
iron ring around any nation or to set
up an aggressive military threat to
any nation. Our purpose and object
is totally and exclusively to prevent
another war by the creation of the
political and economic and social
equilibrium which is requisite to the
maintenance of peace"
Mr.. Forrestal took a hopeful view
Of the situation, pointing out that
Belgium, Holland and luxembourg
falready have made a. start toward
recovery. He praised Mr.. 2Scl1u-
man Of France and Mr.. De Casper
of Italy, who have shown the ca.
pacity for the exercise of leader
ship without any corresponding ef.
fort to grab for totalitarian power
In Great Britain also there is sub.
stantial evidence of recovery, he
said.
U. S. Could Be Isolated.
He reminded Congress, however
that without American aid it is by
no means certain these Western
nations can save themselves from
economic collapse and political dis
integration. Then he added:
"The 16 nations which associated
themselves lin Paris last summer
with the plan for European recovery
comprise a great workshop with
270, 100000 inhabitants. Should thi.
workshop be integrated, with all it.
industrial and military potential
into coalition of totalitariar
states, 1t is possible that we in time
would find ourselves isolated In 6
hostile world. That situation would
in my opinion, be q threat to the
peace Of the world, to our economic
and political position, and, in fact
to the very existence Of the United
States"
Evening star., 1948-01-15

struck parked automobile and
landed in snow bank. The evidence
against him was the impression Of
his front license plate In the snow.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Murphy
Continued From First Page)

send them down If he asked for
them.
Attorney ODonoghue said he
wanted 1t publicly stated that Chief
Murphy's Office had given the prose-
cutor "the fullest cooperation" in
obtaining the necessary witnesses.
In addition to allowing the wit
nesses to make their request Of the
Commissioners, the trial board
granted them permission to con-
suit, while giving testimony, with
Mr.. Rowan, who has been an in
terested spectator at all hearings
as attorney to Capt. Joseph w. Con-
roy and the Washington local Of the
International Association Of Fire
Fighters, Of which Capt. Conroy is
president.
To Get Advice on Rights.
The investigation Of Chief Muir
phys fitness to hold Office was pre-
cipitated by Capt. Conroy last June,
when he told o congressional COM
mittee that the chief had contri-
buted nothing but generalization"
to the department.
Mr.. Rowan, who now appears as
attorney to the seven battalion
chiefs as well, Is to advise them as
to their constitutional and civil
rights as witnesses, but is to take no
direct part in the trial board pro-
ceedings.
In ruling that Mr.. Rowan should
be allowed to act for the battalion
chiefs, Mr.. Garfield. chairman
of the trial board, pointed out that
Fire Department regulations provide
that complaining witnesses may
have such advisory" counsel as
they desire.
Reprisals Ruled Out.
Referring to a statement by
Battalion Chief H. r. Harding, the
first of the seven witnesses and who
occupied the stand all yesterday,
that he was afraid Chief Murphy
might bring charges against him,
Mr.. Garfield said:
"The board wants to make II
clear although 1t is not ADVISED OF
any threat of reprisals, that so far
as the board can control there will
be no reprisals in connection with
this case"
IT agree with that" Defense At
torney. ODonoghue told Mr.. Can
field. I'm sure Chief Murphy
does. But his position is this
II there have been inefnciencies
which never were reported, as they
should have been according to reg
ulations, it is q strange thing that
he should be called In here and out
on trial to answer for them"
Other Action Possible.
Chief Murphy said he agreed
there should be no reprisals. But
he added that If there have been
infractions Of the rules not reported
to him, he would have to handle
those cases through channels, u
which might lead to charges against
somebody.
Chief Harding had been called to
give expert testimony on the crucial
charge that Chief Murphy had
Evening star., 1948-01-15
U.S.. Rejects Demand!
To Get Out Of Berlin,
Pay Off YugosIavia
BY Gornett D. Horner

Russian hints that the Americans
and British should get out of Berlin
and q Yugoslav demand for i'm
mediate unfreezing of more than
$50. 900 in gold reserves here
met firm resistance by the United
States today.
American policy is to remain In
Berlin to discharge United States
obligations as an occupying power,
Undersecretary Of State Lovett told
Q news conference late yesterday.
A note from Secretary of State
Marshall to Yugoslav Ambassador
Sava N. Kosanovic, serving notice
that the frozen Yugoslav funds will
not be released until Yugoslavia
settles a long list of American
claims, was made public later.
Questioned About Reaction.
Mr.. Lovett's comment was in re-
sponse to questions about this Gov
ernment's reaction to a Soviet press
campaign against continuing the
present four-power rule of Berlin
He said there had been no direct
suggestion from the Soviet governs
ment for a change in the setup.
Mr.. Lovett noted there had beer
q series of occurrences in Berlin re-
Gently involving hampering o1
American movement by Soviet OFF,
-cials, but said he could not honestly
say he saw any particular pattern
In them.
He mentioned six or seven cases
in which American trains between
Berlin and Frankfurt have been de.
layed. as well as Russian arrest anc
temporary detention of severa
American officials.
American Claims Set Up.
Gen. Marshall,s note set against
Yugoslavias, s.. demand for release o1
funds frozen here during the wal
American claims for compensation
for more than $42,000,000 worth o.
American property nationalized II
Yugoslavia, settlement of lend-leas.
and relief accounts and payment fol
two American Army planes shot dowr
over Yugoslavia in August, 1916.
Gen. Marshall said q satisfactory
general settlement" is possible If the
Yugoslav government SIS disposed
to provide the United States Gov
ernment and its nationals the ad.
equate and effective compensation
for losses and expenditures to which
they are Justly entitled"
Noting q Yugoslav charge that
American retention Of the frozen
funds here hinders Yugoslavia's role
in European recovery, Gen. Marshall
pointed out the Yugoslav govern
ment has actively attacked" the
common European Recovery Pro.
gram.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Covenants
Continued From First Page.

Reed resides at the Hotel May
flower and Justice jackson in Nc
Lean, Va.
The three justices disqualification
Of themselves left the court bare
quorum Of six justices and made
possible an evenly divided court on
the final decision.
Controversy 30 Years Old.
BY historic precedent, equally di-
vided decisions uphold the rulings
of lower courts. If this should hap
pen in the present cases, it would
mean the Supreme Courts uphold
ing State and Federal court rulings
that property agreements barring
colored persons are valid and en-
forceable by court orders.
The withdrawal Of the three
Judges left Chief Justice Vinson
and Associate Justices Murphy,
Frankfurter, Black, Douglas and
Burton to decide legal controversy
which began 80 years ago.
The Supreme Court has set aside
this afternoon and tomorrow aft
ernoon to hear final arguments on
appeals filed in behalf of persons
in the District, st. Louis and De-
troit, who declared they were pre-
vented from owning or occupying
dwellings covered by covenants re-
stricting such use to white persons.
The two District cases, on which
detailed arguments probably will not
be heard until tomorrow afternoon
involve property on Bryant street
NV. They reached the Supreme
Court on appeal from the United
States Court of Appeals which last
May upheld a District Court deci-
sion in favor of the covenants. The
specific issue to be decided by the
Supreme Court in all four cases is
whether such covenants are consti-
tutional and can be enforced by
court injunctions.
Perlman Allotted One Hour.
Mr.. Perlman was allotted one hour
this afternoon to discuss the Justice
Departments brief, declaring that
covenants are unconstitutional
against "the puhlic policy Of the
Evening star., 1948-01-15

New Zealand is preparing to con-
struct five new hydroelectric sub
stations. s.sz
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Auto License Impression
In Snow Betruys Culprit
By The Asseeiofsd Prsss

by me ASSoetofod ProsS
ROTTERDAM, N. Y.-The I'M
preston left In = snowbank by q
front license plate he didn't need
until February l led to arrest and
q 500 fine for q motorist.
Earl l.. Douglas Of Schenectady
pleaded guilty to leaving the scene
|of on accident after his car had
Evening star., 1948-11-28

REAL ESTATE LOANS.

F1RsT-TRUsT LOANS on real estate: ,,S lev
payments, P. J; cWALsHE' INC Ills Eve
NOTES DISCOUNTED. CHRIST CHAPLIN.
~ B st. Sc. AT 1764
bRpsfs af ssa s1f Me kfAiFs ys rs
81 1st ASD ySp 3 End Trust RI LoANs on real es-
tate in D. C., Nd and Va. Mr.. DRA1SNER'
l4O4 L St NV, Ma. 4151.
LOANS ON ZEAL ESTATE-lst and 2nd
trust. No red tape. Quick service HENRY
SALUS, established 1924. MA. l@o2
1lO4 Vermont ave. NV.
MONEY ON SECOND TRuST-we viii
buy second-trust notes, D. C., neaIny No
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LIBERTY, rm. Duo-Therm heater with
blower, Venetian blinds, bottle gas range,
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sAcRIFiCE AT sI,450-Like new. used 3
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FRAZIER REPAIRs-Tops, painting, cabi-
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ELCAR, sleeps 4. electric brakes; $500 or
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HOUSE TRAILER with attached room on
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NATIONALLY FAMOUS COACHES in ma
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AUroMoTIvE MISCELLANEOUS.

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sluminum frame: reasonable. Ashton
fs43 a93 Fl FORD Rb ENGINE for sale: also rlnk-
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also 1887 Pontiac motor; 1912 Plsmouth
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WE HAVE AVAILABLE for immediate de-
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Liberal trade-in allowance on your olo
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Also inquire about our factory-rebuIll
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JECK BLANK SAYs-Pontiac Owners At
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MOTORCYCLES.

MOTOR SCOOTER. Cushman: IN good
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your best bet is A. j. S. Matchless. Ariel
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accessories. oil and service on all MAKES,
Your motorCycling headquarters. ALLIED
MOTORCYCLE SALES. al2 Sixth ST NV
ESTTsaHMaN ET IN MOTOR SCOOTER. perfect
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lent shape, low mileage best offer. Gail
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STATION WAGONS Cont

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$500. ~
CHEVROLET, metal. suburban; So miles
almoSt new: International custom body; al
extras: must sell, $3.50. or best ofter
oh o431
Evening star., 1948-11-28
AUTO TRUCKS FOR HIRE.

NOW YOU CAN RENT car or truck
in Silver Spring, right off Ga. ave, at
s51 colesyille Id.; 81. 44n3. 80
rclet vans, stakes. panels and pickups,
for hire by day, wk. or contract: PUBLIC
SERVICE DRIV-UR-SELF, 1923 L st. NV
ME-. GDl1
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hauling and moving: rates reasonable. Cal
Emerson i553.
hour, day, week or year. STERREr1
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VAN TRUCK-Large or small jobs prompt
service; reas prices: local or long distance.
Ia. 2937; after : pm. GE. 1916 IS.
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GARAGES WANTED.

FOR OFFICES, DISPLAY ROOMS and me,
chanical work, mot autonot'vel' soood
neiehborhoods in D. c.; $1,000 to Il. 900
"a. it.; if on 2 floors, large elevator re-
ouired; some parking space essential; term
lease: possession required within 8 months
Call Mr. Franklin. WEAVER BROS. INC.
WASHINGTON Eldg, DI. $500, ewes. Gil.
Ass. 80
WANTED, single garage, vicinity of 1th
and L SITS NV Box ls-K. Star. 2g'
ONE OR ?-CAR GARAGE. somewhere
within reasonable distance of Connecticut
and R CO 4445 any time 30'
VICINITY 18th AND u SITS. NV, or 18th
and Columbia I'd q. W. NO. 5493.