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Evening star., 1948-03-09
Tax Cut Would Boost
Demand and Prices,
Hartman Warns
Reduction Best Weapon
Against Business Slump,
U. S. Chamber Says
By the Associated Press

Secretary of Commerce Har-
riman today opposed tax reduc-
tion at this time, saying its chief
effect would be "to raise demand
and thereby prices"
But the United States Chamber OF
Commerce contended that tax cut
ting is the best insurance at hand
against a business slump.
Mr. Hartman and Ellsworth c.
Alvord, representing the chamber
gave their views to the Senate FL
nance Committee. It is nearing the
close of hearings on the House.
approved $500, ,000, 900 tax-cut bill.
The Senate committee is expected
to propose a smaller cut-possibly
around $4,50O,0O0 ,OO0-in an effort
to win Democratic support to over
ride an anticipated veto by President
Truman.
Inflationary Situation Cited.
Joining other members of the T'ru-
man administration talking against
the bill. Secretary Hartman insisted
that business is able to get invest
ment funds now and does not need
tax reductions to help it.
Our economy is still in an inf1a.
tionary situation and sound policy
demands that the level of taxation
be maintained" Mr.. Hartman said
adding:
"The major effect of any lowering
of taxes would be to raise demand
and thereby prices. rather than tt
bring forth increased supplies"
No Specific Figure Mentioned.
Eventually, he said, the imitation.
ary pressures Undoubtedly will dis.
appear"
TAX adjustments will then be
necessary and desirable" he added.
In advance Of today's session, Sen.
ator Johnson, Democrat, of Colorado
said a $4,5Oo,000, 200 bill would be
veto proof"
Mr.. Alvord mentioned no specific
figure in his prepared testimony
But he said:
THE advice offered from some
quarters that we should defer a
tightening of the tax burden until a
business recession takes place is fool
hardy. Rather, we should make the
tax cut now and provide the best
insurance available against a re-
cession."
Evening star., 1948-03-09

the national debt and the old-age
insurance fund. Over these, Con-
gress has only nominal control.
The committee leveled most Of
its fire at the Internal Revenue
Bureau. 1t made public its own in
vestigators' reports complaining OF
inefficiency and citing a case where
no action was taken to prosecute an
individual alleged to owe $804,0 900
in taxes and penalties.
1.-THE most serious defect in the
organization and operations Of the
bureau" the committee said, 'is the
fact that the men who are charged
with the actual collection Of the
revenue, the collectors, are political
appointees.
1.-THE commissioner, who admin
listers the entire bureau, does not
have effective control over the COL
lectors throughout the country.
Enforcement Not Adequate.
whether collectors of internal
revenue actively attend to the af-
fairs of their offices or merely bask
in their patronage appears to be
largely a matter Of their own voli-
ton"
Collectors ought to be under civil
service, the report said.
The committee said there was
LAX and inefficient administration"
in the Boston office; it cited the in
dictment of two officials OF the
Hartford, Conn, office for Hatch
Act violations, and 1t recalled that
two employees of the Newark office
flushed several bundles of income
tax records down a drain"
This testimony by George j.
Schoeneman, head Of the bureau,
was called to Congress attention:
Equitable tax collection is pure
fiction without adequate enforce
ment. We do not have adequate en-
forcement today"
Indirectly, the committee also crit
icized President Truman. 1t re-
called that the President last year
said s20,000,0 900 cut in Revenue Bu-
reau funds for this year might result
in loss of 10000 900 in tax money
through improper enforcement.
But, the committee added, the
President himself cut SIS ,000, 900 from
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Cold and Rainy Day
Forecast for District

Washington residents, wistfully
searching for signs of spring. were
given the cold shoulder again today
The Weather Bureau announced
that temperatures will drop lower
before they rise again.
The forecaster said it would be
nasty and raw today with occa-
sional rain, ending sometime to-
night. The mercury is not expected
to get above As and will drop to
about "a before morning.
Canadas chief winter export
commodity, cold air. is blamed
again for holding up the crocus
season. All Northwestern States
reported sub-zero temperatures
this morning, with 8 degrees re-
ported as far south as Missouri.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Two Die as Cargo Plane
Hits California Mountain
BY the Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calf, Mar. ga
tWo-engine cargo plane crashed
into a g-wrapped mountain neal
here last night, killing the pilot and
co-pilot, the only persons aboard
The resulting fire led searchers to
the wreckage.
Pilot George S. Griebel, "a, Los
Angeles, and Co-pilot William
Grund, %, North Hollywood, were
killed.
They had flown a cargo from Los
Angeles to Seattle for Eagle All
Freight Lines of Burbank, Calf
and were to pick up Dallas-bound
freight at San Francisco. Their
plane was q DC-3.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 9.-Sir Stat
ford Cripps told Parliament to-
day British economy will col
lapse unless substantial United
States aid comes this year.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
said in white paper that only the
Marshall Plan can prevent whole
sale unemployment, distress and
dislocation of production. The sum-
mary predicted Britons would get
less food and clothing. 1t said that,
without the Marshall Plan, there
is mo prospect of a decent standard
Of living for years"
The severe cold of the winter of
1867 and the summer drought
were blamed for impending reduc-
tions. The white paper estimated
net national income for the year at
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Repub|icansFai|
ToFind a Wayto
Speed Aid Bill
Further Talks Likely,
Martin Says Afer He
ConsuIts Vondenberq
BY the Associated Press

Senate and House leaders tried
but failed to reach an agreement
today on how to speed up for
eign-aid legislation.
After a meeting with Chairman
Vandenberg of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, House Speak
er Martin told reporters there prob
ably will be further discussions.
Mr.. Martin said the conferees met
ito exchange views" He said there
is strong House sentiment for a
single bill embodying aid to Europe
China, Greece and Turkey, all in
one package.
The Senate now is considering
European aid only.
Others who attended the meeting
were House Majority Leader Halleck
and Chairman Eaton of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mr. Eaton's committee has voted
to wrap up all foreign aid proposals
in single bill.
Called After Marshall.
The meeting was called by Mr..
Eaton at the urgent plea of Sec
retary of State Marshall for en-
actment of the recovery program
by April /.
Gen. Marshall went to the Capitol
yesterday to press his case before
Speaker Martin.
The ERP bill survived it's first
major test yesterday when the Sen
ate voted down, SO to 10, a technical
amendment to change the measures
language regarding European cur
rencieS.
The Importance of the vote lay
principally in the fact it revealed
for the first time the comparative
strength of friends and foes of the
program.
The State Departments drive for
quick action is based primarily on
two factors, the recent Communist
grab of Czechoslovakia with stimuli
taneous new demands on Finland
and the Italian elections April 18,
at which Communists are expected
to make strong bid for power.
Charges Soviet Conspiracy.
AS the Senate prepared for another
round of debate, Senator Hill, Dem
ocrat, of Alabama declared the world
is being pushed toward war by
gigantic conspiracy dictated from
Soviet Russia"
The pattern is clear" Senator
Hill said in a speech prepared for
delivery. I'm the two years since
the World War II every act by
Soviet Russia has been an act of
calculated aggression, of greed for
power and ambition for new do
main"
He termed the Marshall Plan "the
best and most immediate chance we
have today for peace and recon-
struction in a war-torn world"
Opposition to the program centers
largely in a Republican revisionist
bloc headed by Senators Wherry,
Nebraska and Ball of Minnesota.
Senator Ball offered the amendment
which the Senate defeated yester-
day.
Both said they expect to make
better showing when the question of
cutting the bills authorization,
probably to $4,000, 600, 900, is brought
to the floor.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Grips Fears British Collapse
Without u. S. Aid This Year
Only Marshall Plan Can Bar Unemployment
And industrial Disocotion. He Says

| 50 900 100000 ($36,000, ,00000O ano
said Britain is likely to borrow an
other s250,0o0,000 100000, ,0O0)
from abroad
Imports from the Western Hemi-
sphere will be cut still further in
the first half of 1948 to save gold
and dollars. The white paper said
the imports will be mo more than
sufficient to maintain the Nation in
health and working efficiency"
The government estimated British
spending in Germany during the
first half of 1948 at $28,000,00O. In
all Of 1947, the British spent $685.
100000 there, but the United States
now has assumed 80 per cent of the
costs of the American and British
zones.
Overseas military expenses will
drop from $844. .000, 900 for all 1947
(See CRIPPS Page A-4.) -
Evening star., 1948-03-09

pIOVdl.
A subcommittee of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, meeting in a closed ses-
sion, today was hearing from two
members and a former member
of the Commerce Department
Loyalty Board which cleared
DR.. Edward U. Condor, director
of the Bureau of Standards.
For more than an hour -and-a- half,
the subcommittee listened to Arian
Fisher, who, as solicitor of the
Commerce Department, was chair
man ex-oficio of the board until
he left recently to become general
counsel of the Atomic Energy Com
mission He appeared in response
to a committee subpoena, as did
Oliver Short, personnel director of
the department, and John E. Towne,
secretary of the Loyalty Board.
Chief Inspector Robert Stripping
of the House Committee, said the
subcommittee might have a state
ment on finishing its chosen session.
The subcommittee is headed by
Representative Nixon, Republican, of
California, and includes also Repre-
sentatives Vail, Republican, of Illi-
nois, and Rankin, Democrat of Mis-
sissippi.
House to Vote on Funds.
Meanwhile, there were these other
developments:
l. The Joint Congressional Atomic
Energy Committee announced that
while it will keep hands off the
House inquiry, it will look into the
general subject Of relations between
scientists and the Atomic Energy
Commission.
2. The House prepared to vote on
whether to give the Un-American
Activities Committee record $780,
600 to finance its work during the
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Hitler Bodyguord Cleared

HAMBURG, Germany, Mar. 9 (H').
"A German court has acquitted
Maj. Gen. Theodor Wisch, Al, COM
mander of Adolf Hitler's Elite IS
bodyguard, of "knowledgeable mem
bership in a criminal organiZtion.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Testimony on Condor
Heard by House Unit
Al Closed Session
Prober Says Statement
May Be Issued After
Hearing Is Finished
BULLETIN

The House today voted its
Un-American Activities Com.
mittee an additional 100000
to spend during the rest of this
year. The action is final and
does not require Senate ap-
proval.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Late News
Bulletins
Arrest Clears Up Robberies

The arrest in Baltimore of
Mack Wilson Fierst, paroled
convict, has cleared up four
robberies which occurred here
last year, Washington detec-
tives who went to Baltimore
announced there today. They
listed the robberies as those of
the Darby Printing Co., 2414
Douglas street NE, where
S7,398 was taken; the Acme
Super Market, 1881 F street
NE, where $4,000 was taken;
the Miss America Candy Store,
1906 G street NV, where the
loot was $183, and the Safeway
Store at F and Eighth street
NE, where $3.50 was taken.
Earlier Story on Page B-1.)
Evening star., 1948-03-09
S319, 300 for Red Cross

Collections of S319,309 were
reported today in the Red
Cross fund drive in the Metro
politan Area. Reported at a
luncheon of campaign work
ers, the amount is 1851 per
cent of the goal of S1,0S0, 900.
Evening star., 1948-03-09

(See CONDON, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1948-03-09
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Evening star., 1948-03-09

CRIPPS, Page A-4.)
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-12
SCHOOL NOTES
FIRST GRADE

The first grade is fortunate in having another teacher, Mrs. Paul son to relieve the crowded room. Patricia and Teresa Trou. left for the Outside. This month the pri- mary pupils studied the dangers of fire, water, ice, playthings and gasoline. They learned some of he ways to avoid these dangers. SECOND GRADE
 Due to the crowded condition in the primary grades Mrs. Paul son ,Our new teacher, has a first and second grade room. There are now thirty children in the straight second.
 Miss Walsh is teaching music to he second grade on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
 HIGH SCHOOL
 On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, an armistice was signed between Germany and the Allies. This took place on Nov. II, 1918 or exactly thirty years ago Thurs day. The Teutonic confederacy was crushed and dissolved. Ger many, Hungary, and Bull garia were disarmed by the tri- umphant Allies.
 Christmas seal sales and pledg- es began. Monday morning. The re- turns thus far exceed those of the past years. Students have gladly volunteered their services because it is for very noble purpose.
 The High School basketball team won another game last Mon- day night by defeating Base team called Section Seven, 31 to 29. The second team played the first three-quarters while the first ,eam played the last.
 Joanne Wells, a new freshman student, enrolled last Monday morning. She comes from a large school in Maryland where 1900 students were enrolled Joanne crossed the States from Washing ton, D. C., to Seattle by train. The remainder of the journey from Seattle to Nome was by Pan American. l. was her first expert ence in flying and she enjoyed it. She likes the Nome school very much in that students get more individual attention from the teachers and the school is so neat and clean.
 The earth passes through the path of lhe LeonidS meteorS on Nov. 13. It is an annual event. It is believed that meteors are parts of disintegrated comets for two reasons. First, they are in the paths of former comets. Secondly, the spec.ra of meteorites vapor- ized in our laboratories are prac- tically identical with the spectra of the nuclei of comets. The aver age velocity of meteorS is 35 miles per second Their visibility begins at an altitude of 70 miles, and they fade out at half that height.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-12
JACK WHALEY MANAGER OF AERO. INDUSTRIES

Jack Whaley has been appointed manager of Alaska Aeronautical Industries, in Fairbanks. This or ganization is owned by Sig Wien who purchased it from his brother Noel Wien and handles the Cessna agency.
 Jack Whaley is leaving for the Cessna Aircraf. headquarters in Kansas to ferry back a plane to be used for demonstration in Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-12
DOG CAUSES CRASH
N. Y

ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Chased by q dog, Arthur Ingalls, IA, lifted his fee. off the pedals of his bi- cycle when the dog nipped at his legs. He lost control of the bicycle an1 struck an automobile which was turning into a driveway. He was badly hurt, suffering head in- tries and facial cuts.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
DIR. Large 10 Conclude
His lenten Sermons

DR.. John Ellis Large. rector Of
st. Andrews Church, Wilmington.
Del, will deliver the last in his
series of Lenten sermons at the
Episcopal Church Of the Epiphany
at noon tomorrow.
Preacher for the midday Lenten
services next week in the Church
of the Epiphany will be DR.. Ralph
w. Sockman, pastor Of Christ Meth
odist Church of New York.
We should turn our difficulties
and defects into assets by facing
them firmly, DR.. Large told wor-
shippers at the service yesterday. The
best in a person is frequently
brought out under the pressure Of
events, the Wilmington preacher
declared.
DR.. Edward L. R. Elson, pastor OF
the National Presbyterian Church,
asserted in a Lenten luncheon talk
at the Central YMCA, 1736 G street
NV, that the Christian heritage Is
derived from martyrs giving them
selves for Christ.
Speaker at the luncheon next
Wednesday will be DR.. Oscar F.
Blackwelder, pastor of the Lutheran
Church of the Reformation.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Dr.. Phi|ander {. Riley, IA,
To Be Buried in ARLINGTON

Burial services for DR.. Philander
Chase Riley, "a. former washington
physician, were to be held at pm
today in Arlington Cemetery. Fu-
neral services were held Tuesday in
Fayetteville, N. c. He died there
Saturday at his home.
| DR.. Riley was born in Norbeck
Md, of an old Montgomery County
pioneer family. He was graduated
from Columbian College, now
George Washington University, In
1899. During his senior year, he was
attached to Children's Hospital. He
was resident physician at the hos
pital in 1900. He spent two years In
Mexico and later practiced medicine
here and in Virginia before World
War I.
He was a major at the close OF
the war and entered the Regular
Army. He was retired in 1912 with
the rank of colonel. During World
War II, he served two years at
Fort Bragg, N. c. Since then he
has been in private practice in
Fayetteville.
Survivors are a son, Brent Abbott
Riley, and two sisters, Misses Har-
riott and Ellen Riley, both of
Norbeck.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Vancouver ITU Officers
Must Pay $4,000 Damages
BY the Assoeiofed Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
Feb. 19.-Mr. Justice j. o. Wilson Of
the Supreme Court of British Co
lumbia ruled yesterday that strike
of the International typographical
Union (AFL) printers at the Van
couver Daily Province is illegal. The
strike has continued since June 5,
1916.
He ordered total of $4,000 dam
ages to be paid by six officers of the
Vancouver local of the ITU and
declared the amount "is under the
circumstances purely nominal, bear
ing no relation to the actual loss
suffered by the plaintiff"
Action was dismissed against three
International Union officers: Wood
ruff Randolph, ITU president; Harry
Finch, Canadian representative, and
James D. Davidson, Western repre-
sentative
Evening star., 1948-02-19
DR.. W. 5. Gardner, S6,
Gyneco|ogy Professor, Dies
Ry fhs Associotad Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.-Dr. VIII
liam sisson Gardner. 86, professor
emeritus of gynecology at the Uni
versity of Maryland Medical School,
died yesterday.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at the Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, of which he was
a member of the Board of Trustees.
DR.. Gardner was graduated from
the old College of Physicians and
Surgeons here in 1885 and had prac-
ticed and taught in Baltimore until
recent years.
He was fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and member
of the American Medical Associa-
ton. He was past president OF the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty OF
Baltimore.
DR.. Gardner is survived by two
sons and daughter: His wife, the
former Miss Mary A. Maslin OF Kent
County, died in February, 1947
during the 5oth year of their mar
riage.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
MRS. EsteIIe SchIaefer Rites
TO Be Held Here Saturday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Estelle
Thompkins Schlaefer, 81, retired
Government employe of 1S years
service, will be held at 2 pm. Sat-
urday in the home of sister, Mrs
Sterling Ely, 2025 Hillyer place NV
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Mrs. Schlaefer died Tuesday in q
hospital in Baker, Greg, after
short illness. She had been visiting
in Baker the last three weeks ane
had expected to return here in the
spring to her home at 2S11 Valley
drive, Alexandria.
A native of Minden, La, Mrs
Schlaefer came to Washington as g
small child with her parents, the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Thomp-
kins. Her father was a newspaper
correspondent here for the New Or.
leans Picayune.
Mrs. Schlaefer was graduated
from Central High School anc
Louisiana State University. She
worked at the Naval Observatory
the War Department and the Fed
eral Housing Administration, until
she retired last May.
She was member of the Dixie
Chapter of the OAR and the Unity
Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs
Elizabeth Rutledge Bennett, Alex
andria; Mrs. Dorothy Gay Berger
Middletown, N. Y; two sons by a
first marriage, Frank Thompkins
Thomas of Bethesda and Clayton
Malcolm Thomas, Alexandria; two
other sisters, Mrs. Reeves Euler
Provincetown, Mass, and Mrs. Will
liam E. Bradley, Washington, and
six grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Robson Funeral
Sef for Saturday

Funeral services for Representa-.
tive John Marshall Robsion Of Ken.
lucky, rs, who died Tuesday nigh
at Barbcuryille In his home State
will be conducted at pm. Saturday
at the First Christian Church ir
that city.
The Kentucky hill country native
who rose as Republican leader te
represent his State in both house.
Of Congress died as he slept in the
home of a friend he was visiting
after going to Louisville last week
for a Lincoln Day dinner.
He lived in Washington at the
home of a daughter. Mrs. Henry
Gordon Edmonds, 1900 Delaf1elc
place NV.
A former school teacher and law.
yer. Mr.. Robsion was elected to hi!
first term in Congress in 1918 from
the old 18th Kentucky district. HI
was one of the few Republicans able
to hold his seat as a Representative
from normally Democratic Ken.
lucky.
Mrs. Robsion, who received new:
Of her husbands death while at The
home OF her daughter here, has left
with Mrs. Edmonds for Kentucky
Other survivors are a son, Maj. Johr
M. Robsion, jr., of Louisville; hi.
Son-in-law, Henry Gordon Edmonds
and a grandson, Henry Gordon Ed.
mondS, jr.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
| MuuIdin Cheered
By 1000 Middies
In ANNAPOLIS Talk
BY the Associated Press

Cartoonist Bill Mauldin drew
cheers from 1000 Naval Academy
midshipmen when he asserted last
night at Annapolis that "the idea
that enlisted men are peasants is
a hangover from the Middle Ages.
The future officers applaudeo
when he added that enlisted mer
should be allowed to present legiti-
mate grievances to cabinet members
or chiefs of staff without going
through a chain of brass"
Mr.. Mauldin declared the most
important thing we can do today
is to implement a world federalist
movement" Federalism, he said
should be attained through United
Nations with teeth in it"
Naval Academy officials were
quoted by the Associated Press as
saying he attracted the largest
crowd of midshipmen ever assembled
voluntarily" He was to have
spoken for 20 minutes. Questions
from the floor kept him talking
more than an hour.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
'Raintree County Obscene
Fordham Professor SAYS
. BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. ia Ford
ham University professor calls the
best-selling novel "Raintree Coun-
ty,' winner of Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayors s125,OOO novel prize, "1,o6e
pages of rank obscenity, blasphemy
and sacrilege."
The Rev. Alfred Barrett also
charged Book of the Month Club
judges who chose the Ross Lock-
ridge, ir., novel as their January
selection with failure to keep faith
with the]public by praising the book
without qualification" in advance
notices.
mo reviewer has, so far as I
know, called attention to the ex-
tremely Objectionable attack against
Christianity and Christ on page
1,026 and thereabouts, Father Bar
rett said in an address last night.
THE resurrection, the virginity
of Mary, the divinity of Jesus Christ
himself are derided in terms of las
civious and unquotable blasphemy
'Replete with sexual allegory, the
book is curiously unaware of love. u