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moves develop toward Russian
American talks.
Authoritative informantS salt
Britain had asked her Ambassador
in Washington and Moscow for full
reports on the Russian American
exchange.
The French expressed optimism
Maurice Schumann, president Of
Frances Popular Republican Move
ment Party, said:
American firrnness and the
promptness with which the 16' MAR
shall Plan, nations pushed theil
efforts to union and organiza ton
the Cominform's setback in France
and Italy, all are beginning to beal
fruit
Entent Held Possible.
Leon Blum, former Socialist pre-
mier of France, said 1t now is pos
sible that there may be a frank
and loyal entent between Washing
ton and Moscow which could mean
peace and security for all humanity
J. P. David secretary-general OF the
Radical-Socialist grouping in the
French National Assembly, said "it
is always useful to talk in a period
OF diplomatic tension, even II no
positive result can be Immediately
looked for"
Florimond Bonte, member OF
the French Communist party's CEN
trail committee, said, 1T is certain
that the announcement Of the ne
gotiations is going to raise a great
hope in the world
In Rome, Italian Foreign Minis
ter Carlo Sforza declared:
"Silences are dangerous. and con-
versations never are. 1t is for this
holding peace above all else. that
am happy contact has been made
between Washington and Moscow. y
European newspapers echoed these
riouc
Evening star., 1948-05-12

-Four cleaning, red and white
trains bearing THE Greatest Show
on Earth" will pull into the siding
at the Benning road NE. circus
grounds Monday afternoon for
Ringing Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey's first stand of the season
under canvas.
Heralded by advance agents who
loudly praise the -four rave spec
tacles," the "score of great attrac-
tions never before seen in America
and countless supreme feature
acts" the circus will give two shows
daily, Tuesday through Thursday
This will start at ais and BIS pm
The massive f1reproof big Top
arrived here Monday. lest 1t be
stranded en- route or at the Sara
sofa (FlaD winter headquarters by
the threatened railroad strike.
The show opened at New York S
Madison Square Garden early last
month, where it played for 80 days.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

East Hartford. Washington Grove
and Catonsville He was ordained
an elder in the Baltimore Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1916.
A former chaplain Of the Mary
land Senate and also of the House
of Delegates. DR.. Corkran is a men,
Der of the Masons, Odd Fellows and
Modern Woodmen OF America. He
served as grand chaplain of the
District OF Columbia Odd Fellows
from 1882 to 1910.
DR.. Corkran will live at Moores
Park Manor, Md, following his
retirement.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Miss Cavalier Elected Head
Of Christian Science Church
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BOSTON, May 12.-The Christian
Science Board of Directors today
announced election of Miss L. Ivimy
Gwalter of New York as director Of
the Mother Church. the First
Church of Christ, Scientist In Bos-
ton.
Miss Gwalter. an associate editor
Of the Christian Science journal
and other publications. succeeds the
late Mrs Nelvia E. Ritchie.
Miss Gwalter has been a member
OF the Mother Church since 1904.
She studied languages in Switzer-
land and is a graduate of the Mu-
sical Art Institute, New York.
She has been a Christian Science
practitioner many years and held
important Offices in the New York
branch church.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Toxes
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.)
Government pay raise. the city was
Threatened with a deficit approach
ing $13,000.0OO.
f. Bates Sees Alternatives.
Mr.. Bates, an opponent of sales
taxes, said he could see severa
alternatives to such taxes which
he held to be Oppressive" He
specifically suggested bond issues
of $4,000 or $8,000,O00 a yeal
for the next five years or so, fol
school construction and other spe-
cial Capital Improvements.
He listed increased property taxes
as -other possibilities.
Il would dislike. to raise real
estate taxes this year. he added
because of the increase in the rate
from SITS to 81 and the increase
in realty assessments.
District improvements Cited.
Mr.. Bates also protested that mo
city in the country is spending so
much for capital Improvements, out
of current revenues, as the Dis
trict." He said he had always
favored a pay-as-you-go policy for
cities, but asked what was wrong
with the thought of limited bond
debt in view of the conditions the
District is facing.
Commissioners John Russell
Young and Guy Mason both said
they would prefer other means. Mr.
Mason said he would prefer a
Treasury loan to the District, at
reasonable interest rate, but Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat. of
Virginia, a member of the joint
committee, interjected, You still
would be going into debt
The Board Of Trade submitted a
draft bill for the committees con-
sideration, which would supplement
a 2 per cent sales tax with a per
cent compensating use tax on goods
purchased outside the District. The
trade board recommended the ex-
emption of medicines and food for
home consumption.
Uniform Laws Urged.
Gen. McCoach, chairman OF the
boards municipal finance commit
tee, drew attention in a prepared
statement to the fact that Mary
land has had 2 per cent sales tax
for nearly year. He predicted
Virginia soon would follow suit.
The object should be, he said, to
make the three tax laws as nearly
uniform as possible in those features
which otherwise would cause con-
fusion to the general purchasing
public and to merchants collecting
the tax"
The boards draft bill. Gen. Nc
Coach pointed out, contains title
repeating the personal income tax
law here as of next January l.
Such action by Congress would
eliminate a tax law which nearly
every one agrees is highly in
equitable, tie it's termination to the
adoption OF the sales tax and, at
the same time, give the District a
full years revenue from it during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1949,
plus a substantial amount in the
Evening star., 1948-05-12

be developed more easily and more
broadly within the framework of the
present universal organization than
if we start afresh. There are sew
eral countries that might join a
collective defense organization under
the Charter that might not toin a
new organization which would seem
to split the world into two oppos-
ing blocks"
This was an answer to House
members who have said the de-
mocracies should proceed to form a
more effective world organization
without Russia If necessary.
Mr.. Dulles referred to the regional
pacts made by the American re-
publics at Rio last year, and by the
Western European defense system at
Brussels this year. He said such re-
gional agreements can be developed
without limit in the hope OF pro-
noting peace.
The Vandenberg resolution would
put the Senate on record for "vol-
untary' agreement to eliminate the
veto from pacific settlements of in
ternational disputes" and on the ad-
mission OF new members. 1t also
declares for progressive" develop
ment of regional agreements for col
lective self-defense within the
charter.
Only working Paper"
There were clear indications the
Vandenberg resolution does not 60
far enough to please some House
leaders, but it was emphasized that
in present form the Senate resolu-
ton is only working paper"
The Vandenberg proposal calls for
Senate action only, in contrast to
a concurrent resolution of both
houses. 1t would merely be an
expression to the President Of Sem
ate sentiment, without force Of law
Chairman Eaton OF the House
Foreign Affairs Committee said the
resolution at first glance seems
innocuouS," and added:
1T may turn out to be helpful,
but, in my view, it is impossible to
sidestep permanently square grap-
pie with the problem of making the
United Nations more effective
Stresses Slow Approach.
Senator Vandenberg, however,
stressed the Importance of the slow
er approach and pointed out the
resolution goes farther than this
Government has gone in outlining
its U. N objectives.
One of the six goals the Senate
proposal sets forth for the U. N.
advocates:
Maximum efforts to provide the
United Nations with armed forces
as contemplated by the Charter, and
to obtain agreement among men,
ber nations upon universal regula-
ton and reduction of armaments
under adequate and dependable
guarantee against violation"
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Hod Carriers Clerk
Burned Union Files,
His Widow Testifies

The widow of q former clerk Of
the District Council of the Inter-
national Hodcarriers' Union (AFL)
testified in District Court today that
she saw her husband burn the union
records, checks and financial reports
in the basement of their home.
The burning followed indictment
of five union officials for conspiracy
to defraud the union Of $100, 900,
Mrs. Eleanore Kiesgen, wife OF the
late Matthias M. Kiesgen, the former
clerk, testified. He told her his
brother-in-law, Larry Kelly, missing
defendant, would kill him il he
didn't do 1t, she said. :
The witness declared her husband
told her he went to union head
quarters at z O'Clock one morning
and got the records. !.
She said he burned the records il
their Takoma Park home and she
went upstairs and collapsed" She
told the Judge and jury III I had to
crawl here on my hands and knees
today I would have come. Defense
Counsel Austin Canfield brought out
that she has been i'll in the hospital.
Not Cross Examined. 5
There was no cross examination
by Leo A. Rover, special assistant
to the Attorney General.
The trial is being held before JUS
tice Alexander Holtzoff.
George Morgan, one Of the de-
PENDANTS, was under cross-examina-
ton this morning, but his testimony
was interrupted to enable Mrs. Kies-
gen to appear.
Morgan admitted Kelly paid per-
sonal bills with union checks; Kelly
borrowed money from people in the
office and the witness said he did
not know before the trial Kelly was
borrowing money from the Building
Committee of Local "a.
Says He Repaid Union.
Mr.. Morgan, former financial
secretary of Local "a of the Inter-
national Hod Carriers Union (AFL)
finished answering questions of his
lawyer, Austin F. Garfield, when
the trial recessed yesterday. He
testified he paid out of his own
pocket the union money spent on
his home. This money, he said
was paid to Mr.. Kelly and Mr.
Kiesgan.
Mr.. Morgan testified he did not
know Kelly was paying $4,000 for
liquor with union funds until In
ternal Revenue agents came into
union headquarters to inquire about
a floor tax on the liquor stored there
He denied knowing whisky was
stored in the basement.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

health, 1t was
announced to-
day. He has been
pastor Of CAL
vary c h u r c h
since 1910.
DR.. Cork ran
served as pastor
of Douglass Me-
mortal Method
ist Church In
Washington be-
fore going to his
present charge.
Before that he
served Maryland
Do c}1rofac Of
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Sawyer Drafting Plan
To Restore Trade With
ISovief-BIoc Nations
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Charles Sawyer. the new Secretary
Of Commerce. is drafting a trade
policy statement which will let Rus
sian block nations buy more Ameri.
can goods.
But officials who disclosed this to-
day said the clarification OF the
frightened export-control policy
adopted March l will only partly
lift the choke-down in shipments to
Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe.
Purchases of industrial goods
which might add to Russia's war po-
tential will continue to be banned,
they said.
A secret list of goods rated in that
class has been drafted by commit
tee on which the State and Com
merce Departments. the armed
forces. the Atomic Energy Commits
sion and the National Security Re-
sources Board are represented.
Beside the goods barred from ex-
port, three other classes Of goods
are being listed. These range from
items that would be freely licensed
for export to other products that
would be licensed only under par
ticular conditions.
The list does not deal with weap-
ons and other direct war materials
since licenses for these must come
from the State Department rather
than Commerce.
Any list saying what the Russians
can and can't buy from the United
States is expected to ease the trade
freeze that has developed in recent
weeks.
Tn Russians and their satellites
have cut down sharply on their
American buying since the policy
was adopted that all goods they
ordered for shipment after March l
must be licensed.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Isidor Achron, S., Dies;
Composer and Piunist
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May IL. - Isidor
Achron, S., composer and pianist.
died today of a heart attack at his
mid Manhattan home. He had been
i'll two and half weeks.
A native of Warsaw, Mr.. Achron
came to the United States nearly 30
years ago. He appeared as soloist
with the London Symphony, New
York Philharmonic and other or
chestras. In 1899 he conducted the
Miami Symphony in performances
of his own works.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

Contrary to popular impressions
about the industry of ants, recent
study in Panama showed that 40
per cent of the xnts did nothing for
their community.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
DIR. Corkran 10 Retire
As Methodist Pastor

DR.. Clarence H. Corkran, pastor
OF Calvary Methodist Church, Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, will retire next
month from the active ministry
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AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-20
Test Your Horse Sense
By Dr.. GEORGE w. Crane

Score / point for correct solu-
ton to each of the first problems,
The last problem counts points.
/. There is an old analogy about
being as crazy as a
Crow Loon Owl Jay Bird
2. Daniel Boone should make one
think primarily of which State?
Buckeye Lone Star
Gopher Bluegrass
8. A British shilling corresponds
most nearly to which U. S. coin?
Penny Nickel Dime Quarter
4. Which one of these pioneer
heroes was killed at the Alamo2
Custer Nathan Hale
Crockett Daniel Boone
s. Hominy is derived from which
farm product?
Corn Wheat Barley Oats
6. The radio is linked with news
papers as the Siamese twins Of adult
education, so try to match the radio
characters shown in the left-hand
column below with the types Of pro-
gram on which they appear. You
deserve l point for each correct
judgment.
"a Fulton Lewis (v) Give-away or
jr. prize program
(bl Bob Hope (w) Dialogue
Co Spike Jones comedy
(d) Ben Alexan- (x) Wisecracker
der (y) Music
(e) Amos and ca Newscaster
Andy
Score yourself as follows: o.
poor; 3-6, average; TO, superior
9-10, very superior.
ANSWERS.
/. Loon. 2. Bluegrass Kyl. 2.
Quarter. 4. Crockett. 5. Corn. g.
(a) Lewis Newscaster 81. fb) Hope
Wisecracker (xl. (c) Jones-Music
(y). Id Alexander Give away W.
(e) Amos and Andy Dialogue (w).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-20

| TIC pal tilSIS engaged III dllV plu~
ding acrobatics nor did they be-
come involved in lot of pointless
conversation. North had specific
values in excess of the opening bid.
particularly when it is considered
| that nature has promoted his king
of spades to virtually certain
winner. This justified his free re-
bid and ended his obligation toward
the hand. The rest should lie in
partners hand. South having a
hand that was just short of an
opening bid, added his partners
excess and reached the conclusion
that the partnership owned the
equivalent of two opening bids and
straightway proceeded to game.
1t will be observed that North
had an apparent choice of rebids
He might show the spade stopper
by calling one no-trump, or he
might show that his suit was re-
biddable by calling two diamonds.
He was prudent in his choice. When
in doubt the raise of partners suit
is usually the winning procedure,
If it happens to be a major.
4 West naturally led the jack of
clubs, which was won in dummy
with the king, in order that the
trump finesse could be taken at
once. East played the seven of
clubs, since he did not desire TO
shift to any other suit. The heart
finesse lost and West continued
with the ace and another spade.
Declarer decided to let the trick
ride to his jack (the soundness of
this play is open to some question: u.
When the diamond finesse subse-
quently failed declarer was held to
10 tricks and was heard to complain
that if the red kings had been re-
versed he would have made a slam.
That's an migrate if ever there was
one! Had West been a little more
conversant with card combinations
the contract would have met wit.
the fate of the wonderful one-hoss
shay"
West should have realized that
unless his partner held the king of
diamonds there was no hope to de-
feat the contract. Furthermore.
unless declarer had originally three
spades there was no chance to beat
him. 1t seems sound economy to
spend 80 points (the value of an
overtrick) for an increased chance
to defeat a game contract. The
proper play. therefore, at trick three
was the queen of spades. This
would be won by North with the
king, but when East obtained the
lead with the king Of diamonds he
would return spade through
South's jack for the setting tricks.
Note that if East, instead Of South
had held the jack of spades. the
play would have made no difference.
| Vests contention that his partner
might have singleton spade is not
we'll founded He would then have
suggested a shift by playing his
lowest club at trick one. whereas
actually he played the seven. sug
costing continuation of the suit
! led.
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AUTOMOBILES WANTED tcon..

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