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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Steel Researcher to Talk
At Metals Group Session

DR.. L. C. Hicks. associate director
of research for the Allegheny
Ludlun Steel Corp. will be the
principal speaker at the Washington
Chapter American Society for Metals
meeting at the Dodge Hotel Feb
ruary 9. DIR. Hicks subject will be
Magnetic S5eels."
Dinner will be served at $50 pm.
followed by technical session in
the Garden House of the hotel at
& o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Women S Group
!: !: Supports Meat
tRationing Bill
| Leader of ; Million
Urges Quick Action
To Check Living Cost
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

A spokesman for about 5000, 900
women told Senators today that
something must be done quickly
to alleviate the very real dis
tress that the high cost of living
is visiting on many millions of
our people"
Mrs. j. L. Blair Buck, president
Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, made the state
ment as she appeared before a
Senate Banking Subcommittee in
support of bill to set up machin-
cry for meat rationing.
She termed the bill "a step In
the right direction" to meet the
danger of serious meat shortages
in the spring.
Urges Separate Agency.
DR.. Dewey Anderson, executive
director of the Public Affairs Insti-
tute, suggested to the subcommittee
that any meat control program be
operated by a separate agency rather
than the Agriculture Department.
He observed that IT fear its stand
ing as an agency intended to serve
farmers will be endangered by its
more dynamic function of making
the system of meat controls work"
DR.. Anderson, a member of the old
War Food Advisory Board, predicted
that Congress will hear from the
American people more forcefully by
midsummer than to date concern
ing the high cost of meat"
Earlier Senator Flanders, Repub-
lican, of Vermont, subcommittee
chairman and author of the bill,
told reporters he wanted to find out
just where the administration stands
on meat rationing.
Accordingly, he plans to recall
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan to ask about
reported differences within the
Government over the need of "a
tioning.
President Truman told his news
conference last week he could not
say whether meat rationing is i'm
minent The same day Mr.. Bran
nan told the committee the need
for rationing machinery was now"
Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son has been quoted as maintaining
that while he favors both rationing
and price control, rationing alone
would be better than nothing.
On the other hand Mr.. Truman
has asserted there is no use of hav-
ing rationing without price control.
Senator Flanders, who is author
of the standby bill. said he expect
ed to have Mr.. Brannan as his final
witness tomorrow. The subcom-
mittee, he added, must act this week
on the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
|UnionCha||enge
0fNon-Red Oath
nCourt Today
Toft Act Requirement
Attacked as Violation
Of Freedom of Speech
BY the Associated Press

A union fight to outlaw the nom
Communist pledge requirement OF
the Taft-Hartley Act went before
three judges in District Court today
for argument.
The suit, brought by the CLIO Ma
tional Maritime Union, attacks the
constitutionality of the provision
which says that before a union can
enjoy the laws benefits it's leaders
must file affldavits disclaiming
communism, and certain financial
data.
Failure to file the required state
ments bars a union from using the
National Labor Relations Board.
Among other things. the NLRB can
require employers to bargain with
a union on wages and working con-
ditions.
First Amendment Cited.
The Maritime Unions main con-
tention is that the right of workers
to deal as group with an employer
is contained in the freedom OF
speech and freedom of assembly
clauses of the Constitution First
Amendment.
The NMU says this liberty Is inn
paired for unions failing to sign
the required affidavit. 1t adds that
the effect in MINUS case is that
the union has been forcibly re-
moved from the collective bargain
ing arena"
Assistants of Robert N. Denham,
the NLRBs general counsel, argued
in an answering brief that Congress
passed the Taft-Hartley law to pre-
vent labor disputes from interfering
with interstate commerce.
NLRB attorneys said Congress
reached the conclusion that politi-
cal strikes would be less likely to
occur and true collective bargaining
would best be fostered If labor or
CARNATIONS were headed by nom
Communists.
Court Order Asked.
! The NMU is a seamens union
concentrated on the Atlantic and
Gulf Coasts. It is headed by
Joseph Curran. Mr.. Curran con-
tends in the suit that, although
not a Communist himself, he feels
| it is illegal to require a man to
state his political beliefs.
The union long has been split
into so-called right and left wing
factions.
| In bringing the suit, the NMU
asked for a court order compelling
the NLRB to put the unions name
on ballots in two election cases
now before the NLRB. In both
cases the AFL Seafarers' Interna-
tional Union wants to represent
sailors of Great Lakes steamship
companies.
i The NLRB refused to let the
, NMU participate in the election.
ltbecause Mr. Curran and othel
: union officers refused to file thu
mon Communist oaths and submit
fother required data.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Dr.. Bish Will Speak

DR. Charles E. Bish, newly ap-
pointed principal of Mckinley High
School, Silver Spring, win discuss
Influence of Parents on the Edu-
cation of Their Youngsters" at q
meeting of the Woodside School
Parent Teacher Association at 3
pm. tomorrow at the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Rockville PTA to Meet

Mrs. Gertrude Broderick, radio
education specialist with the Bureau
of Education, will speak on educa-
ton by radio at a meeting OF the
Parent Teacher Association of the
Rockville Elementary School at 8
pm. tomorrow at the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Concert at Arlington School

The Chapel Choir, a capella group
from Capital University, Columbus,
Ohio, will give a concert at $50
o'clock tonight at Claude A. Swan
son Junior High School $500 Wash
ington boulevard, Arlir ion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Bethesda Chamber to Meet

Representative Beall, Republican,
of Maryland, will speak on "Legisla-
ton Affecting Small Business" at
-the dinner meeting of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce at 7 o'clock
tonight at the Kenwood Country
Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
School Group to Meet

The Personnel Policies Committee
appointed recently by the new Ar
lineton School Board will hold its
initial meeting at 1880 pm. Wed
nesday in the James Monroe School
Mrs, Harrison Mann, chairman, an
nounced today. The public Is In
yited,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
R. |. Mount to Speak

r. I. Mount, district engineer Of
the Virginia State Highway Depart
ment, will speak at meeting OF the
Greater Lincolnia Civic League at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Lincolnia
School, Fairfax County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Monthly Meeting Planned

The Bancroft School and Civic
League will hold its February meet
ing at 8:15 pm. Thursday in the
Community House, Eighth and Bu-
chanan streets South, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02


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Evening star., 1948-05-05
Victims BoIk Unurmed Holdup
ToCIimux u. S. Clerks Spree

McLoud. was standing nearby.
Brailer had not revealed a gun
up to this point.
Suddenly, Mr.. Beck, Mr.. McLoud
and Mr.. Provow jumped him
and began beating him. The battle
moved out of the hotel and con-
tinued at the corner of Twelfth and
H streets NV.
Police Of the accident investiga-
ton unit, passing in scout car
noticed the excitement, stopped,
investigated and called the robbery
squad.
The would be bandit. now sub
dued, was taken to Emergency Hos
pital and treated for minor cuts and
bruises.
Police said he had no weapon
They added the money was recov-
cred.
According to police Brailer had
sought excitement after Flushing
his work on exhibits at The Hotel
Statler.
Taylor McCauley. deputy director
of the Service Operations Division
of the Federal Security Agency. ap-
peared in court today in Brailer's
behalf.
/ Mr.. McCauley said Brailer had
been working hard recently. was
under strain and had suffered a
nervous breakdown at one time.
He said the man had no reason
to attempt robbery. owned his
home and had more than sl0O in
cash with him last night.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Church Merger Wins
Delegates Approval
In Conference Here

Delegates to the Congregational
Christian Churches Middle Atlantic
Conference voted overwhelmingly
today in favor of merger with the
Evangelical and Reformed church.
Meeting in the First Congre-
gational Church, Tenth and G
streets NV. the delegates to ths
three day session which began ves-
terday also unanimously elected Of
ficers for the coming year.
The vote for merger was l4O to l3
Only two Of the dissenting delegates
said that they would drop out of
the church, however, if the merger
is carried out. Each of the churches
claims about 100000 members in
the United States.
sOfficers Elected.
Officers elected were; Moderator,
DR.. Frederick H. Lum, jr., Chatham.
N. j.: associate moderator, the Rev.
Edwin B. Nylen, Maple Shade. N. J.,
and scribe, the Rev. Vernon l. Flynn,
Park Ridge. N. j. The Middle At
lantic Conference is divided into
the New Jersey and Washington
areas
If both denominations favor the
merger by a rs per cent national
ma ajority, the proposal finally will
be considered at their national
meetings this summer
Conference officials last night said
they believe the meeting will favor
the merger although majorities ad-
vocating the plan in individual
churches have not been large.
John Reuling to Speak.
At a luncheon today in Calvary
Baptist Church, delegates were to
hear John A. Reuling, associate Sec
retary, American Board for Foreign
Missions, Boston, and Walter A.
Graham, executive director, Ma
tional Laymen's Fellowship. At the
same time, the Women'S Association
Of the conference was to meet in
the Church of the Epiphany.
The conference was to install new
officers at pm. today in the First
congregational Church and to hear
the Rev. Harry V. Richardson, Tus-
kegee Institute. DR.. Paul F. Doug
lass, president of the American
University, will address final con-
ference dinner In the church at 8
o'clock tonight.
At service last night In the
church, the Rev. Robbins w. Bar
stow. executive director Of Church
World Service, urged more aid for
Europe. He recently returned from
a tour of European countries.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Churchill Will Address
West Europe Unity Farley
Rx the Assoeioied Press

LONDON. May 5 Winston
Churchill is expected to sound the
KEYNOTE for a united Western Eu-
rope when he addresses the opening
session of a two-day conference at
The Hague Friday.
The forum, which 700 to 300 dele
gates from the l6 Marshall Plan
nations plan to attend. has no gov
ernment sponsorship, due largely to
the opposition of Britain'S ruling
Labor Party.
Mr Churchill is expected TO am
plify his original proposal for a
Western Europe united politically
and economically. which he made at
Zurich two years ago
ObserverS-either immigrants or
eXiles-are expected from Yugo-
slavia, Romania, Poland. Spain and
Czechoslovakia Robert Boothby
Conservative member of Brltain's
Parliament, said u Labor members
of Commons plan 10 attend. The
forum is sponsored by nonparty
groups favoring European unity.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
House Test Shapes Up
On failing Reporters
For Printing Leaks
BY the As.ociotsd Press

A swift test shaped up in Con-
gress today over the idea OF put
ting newsmen in Jail for printing
confidential information leaked
to them from House or Senate
committees.
| A bill containing that idea may be
taken up in the House before the
end of this week.
But there appears to be little
chance that the jail-for reporters
provision will stick.
At least two members, Representa-
tive Brown. Republican, of Ohio
and Price, Democrat, of Illinois
said they will offer amendments tc
strike out the provision, and Speak
er Martin told newsmen the press
has nothing to fear from this Con-
gress"
The provision is part of a bill
drafted by the House Expenditures
Committee as a result of the Com
merce Departments refusal to turn
over to the Un-American Activities
Committee data it wanted for a
loyalty investigation.
The legislation would require ex-
ecutive departments and agencies
to make available to congressional
committees any information the
committees decide they need to per-
form their duties.
Chairman Hoffman Of the Ex-
penditures Committee admitted to
the Rules Committee at a hearing
yesterday which cleared the measure
to the House floor that the wording
is broad enough to apply to news
papermen. Other Expenditures
Committee members insisted it was
not aimed at the press. but was
intended to prevent news leaks from
committee members themselves.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Delay Till AugustS Seen
On Higher Payments
For 0n-Job Trainees
By George Beveridee

Payment OF increased Dement'S
to as many as 100000 veterans
in on-the-job training pro-
grams-5,000 of them in the
District-probably will be de-
layed until August !, it was
learned today.
President Truman late yesterday
signed a controversial measure rails
ing income limits for the CT bill
tratnees and giving slight SUBJ
sistence payment increases for up
to 100000 part-time students and
252OO0 veterans in n-the-farm
training.
Under the new law, job trainees
total income ceilings have been
raised from SITS a month to s2lC
for those with no dependents, from
5000 to s27o If they have one
dependent and from 5000 to $500 il
they have more than one.
Payments Ceiling Remains.
Maximum subsistence payment.
remain at $65 month for trainee!
with no dependents and $50 fol
those with. The law provides tina
subsistence allowances will be GU
if the combined total of wages ane
subsistence exceed the limits listee
above.
| Thus, veteran without depend
ents who draws $l45 month from
his job would be eligible for sub
sistence payment of $65-the diff
ference between his salary and th'
ceiling of $210. The subsistenc,
payment will decrease as his wage
go up.
The increases for part-time stu
dents and farm trainees amended {
law which granted recent subSist
ence increases to veterans in fun
time educational courses
Slight Raises Allowed.
That law gave full-time student
increases from SOS to SIS a month /
they have no dependents, from $9
to S105 If they have one and from
$50 to sl20 if they have more thal
one. The new law gives part tim
and farm trainees slight raises il
subsistence, as long as they sta.
under the total income ceilings.
VA officials said increases TO
most part-time students probabl
will be reflected in subsistanc
checks mailed June 80, but that ad
ministrative delays are expected t
hold up increased payments for tn
on-to-job trainees until the end O
July.
All the increases, however, will b.
retroactive to April l. Cost of tn
new law was estimated at between
$15O,OO0,0OO and s175,OoO,O00 for tn
next fiscal year.
Questionnaires Planned.
The veterans agency said 1t woult
send questionnaires to the jol
trainees within the next few week
to establish their dependents ant
job status. These forms must b,
returned before the increases cal
be put into effect.
One Official predicted that the
new income limits would enable a.
many as 1000 additional trainees ir
the District to become eligible fol
subsistence.
VA, meanwhile, has sent on-the.
job training establishments compli.
Gated new forms that will require
hours of administrative work In
order to keep the agency posted or
progress Of the trainees. In the
past. employers had only to certify
on brief forms the progress, wages
and hours of their veteran trainees
Itemized Record Needed.
The new form requires an item.
lied record OF the number of hour.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Merchant Seaman Freed
After Model Home Sleep

Joseph Rauch. SO, merchant sea-
man arrested while bedded down in
the model home at John Marshall
place and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. today was disentangled from
the law after his appearance i'll
Municipal Court.
The United States Attorneys Of
flee dropped the charge of Destroy
ing private property which police
had based on the fact that Rauch
had to break lock in order to get
in for his unauthorized nights sleep
last Monday.
There were three conditions at
tached TO the Governments action.
however: Rauch must pay for the
lock he broke. maintain his present
clean slate with police, and return
to his native city of San Francisco
without delay.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
| What theRussiuns
| Are Saying of Us

The MoSco,0 radio. broadcaStino il
Russian to the Soviet Union, said:
An economic crisis is ap-
preaching in the United States.
The stocks of goods and the
profits of the United States cap
italists are increasing, the wages
of the workers are falling, inf1a-
ton is rampant in the country.
During the past year alone the
cost of living in the United
States has risen by 40 per cent,
while unemployment is increas-
ing"
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Probers Of Viers Mill
Lean 10 View HOUSING
Is NOT 0verpriced
By Robert J. Lewis

A House Expenditures Subcom.
mittee investigating the Viers Mill
Village housing development now
seems to be leaning toward the view
that homes in the project, near
Wheaton, Md, are not overpriced
on today's market.
This became apparent at hear
ing yesterday from off-the- record
comments Of committee member
after the builders had been given
an opportunity to reply to critics
and after an American Legion rep
resentative said this loW-cost
project was "just what veterans
needed
1T was great news to us when
this project became available" Syi-
van King, chairman of the Housing
Committee of the Legion's District
Department, told the investigating
body
| Service to Veterans Seen.
THE committee will be doing g
great service if it tells Washington
veterans whether the charges
against this development are true
false or political" Mr.. King sale
emphatically. At another point
the Legion spokesman said projects
Of this kind with FHA and VA ap-
proval should be. encouraged.
Asked by Representative Lanham
Democrat, of Georgia, a committee
member, whether any other homes
are being offered In the District
area for as low as So, ,7OO-price Of
the Viers Mill house-Mr. King said
Practically no houses-one here
and there-and no other large
projects"
Chairman Snyder OF the com
mittee said he will call one fina
session later to conclude the in.
quiry.
Hearings opened with the com.
mittee's scrutiny directed towarc
legal services connected with the
project. James w. Gill, member
OF the law firm of Duckett, Gill anc
Anderson, told the committee HI
had been retained to search title tt
the land and that his law firm ha.
been serving in consultant capacit,
to the Viers Mill Village Corp. since
the congressional inquiry opened.
T. Howard Duckett. another mem.
Der OF the law firm and genera
counsel for the Washington Sub.
urban Sanitary Commission, wa.
questioned on whether he had giver
legal assistance to the Harris Con.
struction Co.. general contractor O
the project.
Mr.. Duckett denied he had beer
retained by the firm, and said, ..
never did any more for them thar
I've done for 100 or 200 othel
builders" who had asked his advic,
on water and sewer matters.
Had Asked for Conference.
The attorney said Harris compan,
offlcialS had asked for a conference
with him last October on whethel
the Sanitary Commission had indi.
Gated it had made a firm commit.
ment to install water and sewer
facilities at the project.
He said he advised them to *
before the commission for a clearer
understanding of the commission! :!
intentions, which they did, and tha
later the commission agreed to e
ahead with the work.
| Chairman Snyder asked whether
the law firm had represented Viers
Mill Village in obtaining loan in.
surance from FHA. Both Mr.
Duckett and Mr.. Gin said none O.
the members of their law firms hae
done So
J. Darby Bowman, secretary.
treasurer Of the Sanitary Commits.
sion, told the committee advertise.
ments for bids for sewer and watel
Installation will be placed soon
He said the estimated cost for waite,
is S233,551, and that sewer exten
J "a
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Consul in Jerusalem
Approved for Truce Unit
BY ,he Associoted Press

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday approved the
nomination of Thomas C. Wassor
to be a member Of a three-man
United Nations truce team fol
Palestine.
Mr.. Wasson is United States Con-
sui General at Jerusalem.
The U. N. group will try to ar
range truce between the Jews
and Arabs in the Holy Land. Other
members are Rene Neuville OF
France and Jean Niewenhuys OF
Belgium.
Evening star., 1948-05-05

oS SRVClll"l.
But the union s
Executive Coun-
Gil, which asked
for Mr.. Burns
resignation last
February, wants
TO settle the is
sue right now.
Council ! m e m =
berS say they
will act to sus-
pend Mr.. Burns
next week.
Suspension re-
QuireS a two
t ds vote
Uhich m p a n (
Evening star., 1948-05-05

worked on each phase of the job,
the number OF hours absent each
day, total hours worked, and effi-
cheney ratings for each phase of
work.
Issuance of the new forms-ex-
pected to bring considerable pro-
test-was made after the VA an
nounced withdrawal last month OF
training officers who checked prog
ress and made personal reports to
the VA on each training establish
ment.
From now on, VA will keep in
touch with veterans only through
the new forms. Spot checks will be
made when necessary" the agency
said.
Abandonment Of direct super
vision over the trainee veterans fol-
lowed a drastic dismissal order oil
VA education and training employees
Evening star., 1948-05-05

he had b e e n
subdued by two
of his intended
victims.
Charged with
robbery he was
booked as Aug
ustine E. Brailer,
1900 block OF
Bradford road,
Silver Spring,
and Jailed in de-
fault of $1,000
bond pending
his appearance
today in Munich
pal Court.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
Club TO See Stor Movie

The Star Goes to Press the
technicolor movie showing how a
metropolitan newspaper is published,
will be shown at the meeting of the
Cosmopolitan Club at 1890 pm. to-
morrow in the Carlton Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
MARYLAND Dentists Elect

BALTIMORE, May S (P.-Dr
Daniel E. Shehan was elected presi-
dent of the Maryland State Dental
Association yesterday. The dentists
voted to hold their 1949 convention
in Washington.
Evening star., 1948-05-05

ineQuities would be taken care Of
in the classification act revisions
recently reported out by the Senate
Civil Service Committee. But no
similar measure has been yet IN
troduced in the House.
GPO-Franklin B. Horst, super
intendent Of the Government Print
ing 'Ofice's day linotype division, is
being mentioned for the job of
Deputy Public Printer.
incidentally, John j. Deviny, the
former Deputy Public Printer who
recently was confirmed by the Sen
ate as the new Public Printer, will
take his oath OF ONCE at pm.
tomorrow. Judge Andrew Hood Of
the Municipal Court of Appeals will
swear him in.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Civil
Service Commission announces ex-
aminations for librarians. Start
ing salary is S2,644 year. Another
exam is for social workers, with
the starting salaries ranging from
1854 to S4,l49 annually. Still an
other exam opening up is one for
medical technical assistants. The
salary is from 1884 to $3.02l a
year. The House Civil Service
Committee has approved legislation
to grant all Federal investigative
agents retirement annuities aver
aging $4,000 year. Employees would
be eligible for these benefits at the
age of so, after 20 years of serv-
ice. FBI men already have such
benefits.
Evening star., 1948-05-05
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
AFL Council Plans Showdown
On Burns Refusal to Resiqn
By Joseph YOUNG

The executive council of the AF American Federation Of
Government Employees will here week in showdown
Office
Mr. Burns who last February submitted his resignation