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Evening star., 1948-02-09
Arkansas Court Refuses
To Validate Divorces
BY the Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 9.-The Ar
kansas Supreme Court today re-
fused to reconsider its decision in
validating the Pulaski County Do
mestic Relations Court and the
1,750 divorces granted by Chancellor
Ruth Hale.
In a So ruling on January IL,
the high tribunal held a 1947 act
creating the second division of Pu-
laski County Little Rock Chan
Gerry Court and naming Mrs. Ruth
Hale chancellor to be unconstitu-
tional.
The opinion, declaring no court
had ever existed under the faulty
act, nullifled all divorce DEGREES
granted by Mrs. Hale.
Associate Justices McFadden and
Millwee dissented to the original
opinion and Justice McHaney today
joined them in a dissent to denial
of a rehearing.
Attorneys in the two cases before
the court, Helen D. VS.. Arthur G..
Stevens and George VS.. Ruth How
ell, sought to have the Supreme
Court, on rehearing. declare that
Mrs. Hale was de facto Judge, or
one serving under color Of authority.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Senate Group Votes to Allocate
Grain to DistiIIers Till Oct. 81

lation to implement the Presidents
request.
Senator Flanders has said he
thinks the House would approve If
allowed to vote on new bill for
grain ALLEGATION.
However, Senator Buck, Repub-
lican, of Delaware, said he thinks
last weeks grain market break will
ease the pressure for this as well as
other control measures.
Senator Buck told reporter he
believes prices will fall some more
and then level. of.
The request for power to parcel
out grain to distillers is the first to
reach Congress under the anti-inf1a-
tion legislation which the Republic
can leadership sponsored during the
special session in December.
| 1t authorizes the President to try
to seek voluntary industry-wide
agreements to ration scarce prod
ucts. If those efforts fail, the law
directs him to report back to Con-
gress with recommendations for
legislation.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
tried but failed to obtain voluntary
agreement with the distillers. They
used about 5000, 900 bushels month
during that part of 1947 when the
industry was not under controls.
Evening star., 1948-02-09

w Graham Claytor, jr., Lloyd N.
Cutler, Gerhard A. Gesell and A.
Lloyd Symington.
Mr.. Glover said the group, in
formally organized to study the pro-
posal, was satisfied that 1t was
good" and wanted to support its
enactment.
1--WE think it ironic that residents
of our Nations capital should have
no vote" Mr.. Glover said. With all
due respect to our District Commits
sioners, we all feel that the Gov
ernment of our city would be i'm
proved, if it were made responsive
to the will of the governed"
Answers Opponents of Bill.
Answering arguments made
against the bin, Mr.. Glover said
I'VE hear it said that no change
should be made in the present form
of government because 1t is very
fine form of government, and be-
cause it is free of graft and cor
ruption.
"The answer to that has to be
made in two parts. The first is
that under a government imposed
from above, graft and corruption
may we'll exist without ever being
exposed. When government is made
responsible to an alert electorate,
however, it is safe bet that il
there is any graft or corruption, it
will soon be dragged into the open.
and offenders turned out of Office"
The second part of the answer, he
went on, is that the present govern
ment "leaves much to be desired in
structure, results and in the salts
faction which it gives ito District
residents"
City government here is removed
from the people first because they
have no right to vote, and secondly,
because local affairs are placed in
so many agencies whose actions
often appear unrelated 'it becomes
virtually impossible for the average
citizen to keep in intelligent touch
with the affairs of his own city"
The group listed the move to re-
lieve Congress of details OF city
(See HOME RULE. Page A-6)
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Jap Premier to Quit, Explaining
He's Been Riding WhirIWind
Believes Some Good
Was Accomplished
In Trying Times
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TOKYO, Feb. 9.-Tired and
downcast, Prime Minister Tetsu
Katayama said tonight that he
and his cabinet-the first under
Japan's new constitution-would
resign in the morning because
it has been riding a whirlwind." "
He made his brief comment as
he entered Gen. MacArthur's Office
to report the circumstances.
Later, after two-hour confer
ence, Gen. Macarthur said the
reason behind the decision was lack
"of legislative support which a gov
ernment should have to be truly
representative of the people"
Gen. Macarthur said Japan was
going through the natural throes
of a nation caught in war and
defeat but that decisive progress
already has been made"
He will not interfere with the
resignation.
Katayama was the first Christian
Prime Minister in the nations his
Evening star., 1948-02-09
IWhottheRussions
| Are Soyinq of Us

The MoScol0 radio, broddcaStiug t
the SoUiet Far East, said
1.-THE author of the article
published in the newspaper
Trud) refers to the recently
signed Austro- American agree
ment on the strength of which
Austria receives urgent aid total
ing S42,000,000. This so-called
help comes to about Sc or ST for
each Austrian man and woman.
"In return for this dollar hand
out. America receives the right
of unlimited interference in the
economy of Austria. The volume
and character of industrial pro-
duction, measures in the field of
finance, export of raw materials
and other goods-all this is
henceforth in reality taken out
of the hands of the Austrian
authorities and goes over into
the hands of the American
creditors"
Evening star., 1948-02-09
AFGE Asks $500 Raise
For u. 5. Workers, but
LANCER Calls Il Low
Senator Refuses to Back
Plea for Less Than ST 900;
Hourly Increase Urged

A raise of mot less than $780,
a year for Federal and District
employees to become effective "at
the earliest possible moment"
was urged today by the AFL
American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees before a Sem
ate Civil Service subcommittee
Chairman LANCER Immediately
branded the suggested raise as in
adequate, banged his fist on the
committee table and shouted, I'm
not going to support stuff like this. "
The Senator's own pay raise bill calls
for a $1,000 increase for Federal
workers.
The $500 figure was suggested by
Chrales I. Stengle, legislative rep
resentative of his union He said his
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Dr.5weeneyDefen
By Ga||inger Board as
Doing Best He Can
His Superiors to Blame
For Hospitals FouIts,
Loymen's Report Implies
By Thomas 6. Buchonon

Gallinger Hospitals Board of
Visitors vigorously defended the
Sweeney administration and, by
implication, blamed hospital de-
ficiencies on his Superiors, in a
report submitted today to the
District Commissioners.
The group of laymen, making their
first hospital inspection in more than
a year, said DR.. Alvin r. Sweeney,
the superintendent, was doing the
best he could with inadequate funds
and help.
Renah F. Camalier, chairman of
the board, said recent reports of dis
satisfaction among the hospitals
staff were inspired by "a lot of dis
gruntled people under Dr. Sweeney
who are after his job, but couldn't
run one wing of that hospital them
selves"
Report to Assign Responsibility.
He said eight of the nine board
members visited the hospital a week
ago. A second inspection will be
made within week, and it will be
followed by a final report which will
specifically assign responsibility for
any difficulties in the city hospitals
operations.
He said the visiting laymen had
talked to DR.. Sweeney, the super
intendent of nurses and several
other hospital officials. He per-
sonally talked to number OF other
employees, he said.
I'VE can't find anything wrong
with the morale among the person
nal" he insisted.
Mr.. Camalier denied 1t was a
whitewash of DR.. Sweeney or OF
Gallinger Hospital.
1--WE thing we know where the
blame it," he said. We're giving
enough leads in this report, if you
read between the lines"
Job Called Enormous.
The report said the same condi-
tions under fire in the press in re-
cent months were noted by the
| See GAIJTNGER Page A-6)
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Committee Bars Transfer
OF Employment Agencies
By the Associotsd Press

The House Expenditures Commit.
tee today rejected transfer of the
United States Employment Service
and the Bureau of Employment Sc
curity to the Labor Department.
President Truman proposed the
transfer in a reorganization plan
submitted to Congress January 19.
The committee action must be
upheld by both House and Senate to
block the move. Otherwise the plan
becomes effective in so days after
it's submission.
Members said the vote followed
party lines generally, with several
Democrats joining the Republican
ma jority against the plan.
Congress rejected a similar reor-
ganization plan last year.
The employment service now is
under the Labor Department by
temporary transfer. The Bureau Of
Employment Security, now part Of
the Federal Security Agency, ham
dies Federal activities connected
with the unemployment compensa-
tion system.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Cloudy Skies Threaten Snow;
|Subfreezinq Cold to Hold On

waves. Utica, N. Y, had tempera-
lures as low as % degrees below
zero. Philadelphia and Boston each
recorded 6 above. Rockford, ILL.,,
reported a temperature Of IL below
and Chicago above zero.
Washington's hopes that spring
might be somewhere in the near fu-
ture are bolstered by the Weather
Bureaus form chart. The average
mean temperature-midway between
the average maximum and minimum
stands at "a degrees for the pc
riod from January 20 to February
10. 1t then turns upward, advanc-
ing to IS degrees on February II.
Icy streets still are taking their
toll and additional coasting acci-
dents are reported.
Mrs. Carol Davis, 26, of 4l03 Tun-
law terrace NV. was in fair con-
dition today at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital, where she was taken
Yesterday suffering from head
injury received in a coasting ac-
cident.
Police reported Mrs. Davis and
1ses WEATHER. Page A-6)
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Truman Asks 10 Keep
Controls on Use Of
Tin, Rice, Fertilizer
Special Message Also
Urges Billion Dollar Road
Fund for 1o5O-51

President Truman sent special
messages to Congress today ask
ing for prompt action to con-
tinue his special controls over
tin, rice, fertilizer and a few
other products and proposing a
81, ,000, 100000 program for road
building in 1850 and 1851.
Failure to act on the control con-
tinuation would bring confusion
both at home and abroad" the Pres
ident declared in his message.
In the absence of extended con.
trolls, the President said, the United
States would not be assured of ar
adequate supply of tin for essentia
purposes and American foreign pol.
icy would be injured by break.
down of international ALLEGATIONS o1
fats, oils, rice and fertilizer.
The President pointed out thess
controls would be continued under
the nti-inflation program which
he submitted in November, but that
"it appears unlikely that anything
will be done on this program by
February 20.
Power Varies With Product.
The controls vary with the dif-
ferent products. On tin, for in
stance, he had power to control the
use. 1t is this power which the
Commerce Department uses to limi,
the amount of tin used for beer
cans.
On rice and fertilizer, the power
is to say how much can be imported
into this country. The purpose here
is to see that Americans do not buy
up world supplies and keep other
nations from getting needed shares
There are also use controls over
antimony and quinine and import
controls over fats and oils.
The Presidents highway proposal
simply entails the carrying forward
of the Federal aid highway program
at the current rate of $500 ,0OO, ,O0t
annually. The special message In
which he sent it to Congress polnteo
out that there are nearly 5000 O0(
more vehicles on the roads in this
country than before the war.
Authorizations Near End Now.
"It is necessary for the Congress
to consider new highway Legislation
during the present session because
the existing authorization will oe
substantially committed by Decem'
Der 81, 1948,' the President said
while construction under these
commitments will be continuing To-
at least two years thereafter, 1t l!
necessary at this time to extend tn
authorization in order that th'
States may have adequate oppor
tunity for the orderly development
of further construction programs. }"
The highway program is carried
out on cooperative Federal-Stat'
basis, and the President said tina
by "any reasonable standards ou
highways are inadequate for today
demands" citing the interruption
to construction occasioned by tn
war.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Flynn Visits Truman
And SCOTS at Wallace

Edward ]. Flynn, New York DEM
ocratic national committeeman
called on President Truman today
and later told reporters the indie
pendent presidential candidacy of
Henry A. Wallace is "a balloon that
will bust right in his face"
He said he didn't think the Wal
lace candidacy would hurt the DEM
ocratic Party's chances in New York.
Mr.. Flynn described his visit to
the President as personal"
Evening star., 1948-02-09
1000 Raiders Killed
By Indian Troops in
Big Kashmir Battle
1000 Others Wounded
In RepuIsing Force
Of 1000 MosIems
By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, Feb. 9.-The In
dian Army said today 1000 Mos
lem raiders were killed Friday
in the greatest battle of the
Kashmir campaign.
Another 1000 were declared
wounded in the engagement neal
Naoshera, so miles northwest Of
Jammu, capital of the Southern
Kashmir province of Jammu.
The predominantly Hindu anc
Sikh forces of the Indian Army
were led by a Moslem, Brig. Mu-
hammad Usman.
An official spokesman said II ,00(
attackers struck in waves, using
heavy automatic weapons. They
were repulsed in daylight, but came
back at night for hand-to-hand
combat, featuring sword play The
spokesman did not report Indiar
losses. Newspaper dispatches sale
two of the slain appeared to be for
eign officers.
Moslem Positions Shelled.
The army said it captured guam
titles of munitions and was heavily
Smelling Moslem positions. Machine
gun and mortar fire were returned
Indian and Kashmir state force:
have been fighting Moslem tribes.
men in Kashmir since last October
India. in which the state now is in.
cluded, has accused neighborhins
Pakistan of supporting the tribes
men. The dispute is before thu
United Nations Security Council.
In India. two rival Moslem or.
CARNATIONS were under government
ban today in the latest aftermath Of
the assassination of Mohandas K
Gandhi.
Contributing to Strife.
The Khaksars and the Moslen
League National Guard were out
lawed throughout India yesterday
The Home Ministry said the reason
is that they have contributed te
communal strife. 1t accused tht
guard also of aiming at "disintegrat.
ing the country They are the
first Moslem groups declared illega
in Hindu-led India.
The Hindu RaShtriya SWayan
Sevak Sangh (RSSS Nationa
Volunteer Corps was outlawed las
Wednesday. The Government ex'
planned it's cult of violence ha!
claimed many Victims" including
Gandhi. That was two days aftel
(See INDIAN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1948-02-09

FUEL OIL CUTS 1or nOn-eSSeiIldi
users dependent on new supplies
Page B-1
Cloudy skies holding threats OF
snow were forecast for tonight
in the District area. Yesterdays
respite from freezing weather is
not expected to be repeated to-
day. A high of only "a degrees
is predicted, with the mercury
dropping to 18 tonight.
A low of IS degrees was reached
at 8 o'clock this morning.
A disturbance in the northeast
Gulf region is the reason for the
threat of snow tonight. This dis
turbance is responsible for rain over
the Gulf States and Georgia and
South Carolina, with some snow and
sleet over Southeast Tennessee ana
Southern North Carolina.
Washington is expected to find it.
self on the fringe as this condition
moves northeastward and out to sea.
Meanwhile, the Northeast and the
Midwest were In the grip OF cold
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Taft Fovors Increase
OF 500 Over Prewor
Level in u. S. Pay

Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio indicated today he favors
Federal salary scale about go
per cent over prewar levels.
The Republican leader said
that while living costs have
gone up about 81 per cent since
before the war, he believes they
will level off around so per cent
and therefore such pay in
crease would compensate for
the high cost of living. All en-
ployes would not receive so
per cent raise, however, because
many have been raised above
their preWar salaries.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
COP. Considers Plan
For 5-Bi|Iion Gift
Under Marshall Plan
s1,5oo, 900, 900 Proposed
For SeIf-Poying Looms as
Senate Committee Meets

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee started reshaping the
European Recovery Program to-
day to the accompaniment of
reports that Republican leaders
may try to earmark $1,500,0OO,-
900 for loans only.
Under this arrangement Europe
would not be required to repay ap-
proximately $5,0O0,000,000 contem-
plated under the initial outlay for
rehabilitation.
AS the committee met, it received
report from Secretary OF State
Marshall asserting the dismantling
of idle German war plants for use
elsewhere will aid, not hamper, the
economic recovery of Europe"
The first closed meeting of the
committee ended at noon without
any major decisions being an
nounced. Chairman Vandenberg
told reporters announcements would
be made only as complete sections
of the bill are acted upon.
Organization Discussed.
1t is understood the discussion
today related largely to the form
of organization to administer the
program. The committee is believed
to be following the general outline
of the Brookings Institute report,
under which the President would
iron out any conflict of authority
between the Secretary of State and
an independent administrator OF the
program.
It was learned that only a few
minor changes in wording were
made today.
The committee is expected to work
10 days or more in closed session be-
fore reporting the bill, and a de-
cision on the amount probably will
be one of the last important issues
settled.
Representative Herter, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts,, head of a
committee which made a special
inquiry into European recovery
problems, was said to be pushing
the idea of setting aside the 81 ,5O0,-
600 900 of the aid funds specifically
for self-paying projects abroad.
Proposal Discussed.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
told a reporter the idea of writing
such a restriction into the bill has
been discussed without any fina1
decision.
President Truman asked $6,S00,'
100000 for operation of the pro-
gram for Is months after April l
His request did not specify how this
amount would be divided between
gifts and loans, but the administra'
(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-6o
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Citizens Support
Home Rule, but
AskChanges
Group Offers Report
Defending Legality
And Idea of Plan
By Don S. Worren

Another parade of Washington
residents, including business and
professional leaders, appeared
today before the Joint Congress
sional Home Rule Subcommittee
to champion the proposed city
suffrage plan.
Early witnesses not only approved
in general the Auchincloss- Ball bill
for an elected and reorganized city
government, but questioned the i'm
portance of some of the objections
raised by others.
A strong defense of the home
rule plan was presented by WASH
ington home rule committee, con-
sisting of group of more than so
lawyers, businessmen, Government
employees, and others.
Charles c. Glover III, and Samuel
Spencer, representing the group,
solidly backed the plan in general,
though recommending some changes
including stronger Federal pay.
ment formula and a five-year resi-
dence requirement for persons not
domiciled here who want to run for
elected District Office. The group
also upheld the constitutionality of
the measure.
Legal Brief Submitted.
This group urged numerous
changes in the measure, but stressed
they we're not making passage of
the bill contingent on their adop-
tion.
The legal brief filed by Mr..
Spencer held that the bill "is con-
stitutional in all major respects,
with certain possible exceptions Of
minor nature, which can be
readily corrected by simple amend
ments without changing the basic
structure of the bill" This por-
tion of the brief also was signed by
Evening star., 1948-02-09

group also advocated a Accent
hourly increase for those workers
paid at an hourly rate.
Says Need Is Emergency.
"Government pay has fallen be-
hind the rising cost of living to
such an extent that those employees
in the low brackets are compelled
even to do without the bare neces-
sities," Mr.. Stengle said. The need
for higher pay has reached the state
Of virtual emergency"
He said the pay problem is one oi
"ascertaining how much will bt
needed to bring Government EN-.
ployes back to something approx.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Bulletin
PoIyoomy Ruling Ordered

The Supreme Court today
directed Utah's high court to
rule on constitutionality Of a
State law under which Is per-
sons were charged with con-
spring to advocate the prac-
tice of polygamy. The accused
contended their arrests were
not for actual practice of pO-
lygamy or for preaching it.,
but for asserted violation of a
Utah law which prohibits con-
spiracy to commit any act in
furious to the public health or
morals, or to trade, commerce,
Justice or administration OF
law.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
II Blind Children March
To Safety in School Fire
BY the Assoeiatsd Pres,

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 9.-Marchine
in single file as they had been
taught, II blind children found their
way to safety last night when fire
broke out in the School for the
Blind.
The youngsters, ranging in age
from to 10, were sleeping on the
schools second floor when the blaze
started in a maids room.
In perfect f1re-drill order, the
children filed downstairs to an as
sembly room while firemen extin-
guished the blaze. Damage was es-
timated at about S4OO.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
18 PhiIodeIphions Sent
To Hospital by Cos Leaks
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 9.-Fumes
seeping into homes yesterday from
broken gas mains in two sections OF
Philadelphia sent 18 persons to
hospitals and made four others Ill
The crying of 1S-month-old Bar
bara Barnes spread the alarm in
the 2700 block of South Cleveland
street, where nine persons were
felled by the fumes in two adjoining
homes.
Twelve other persons were rescued
from four homes in the $500 block
of Livingston street, Northeast
Philadelphia, after a 65-year-old
woman, Mrs. Frances Radoslovich
became ill from fumes and alerteo
her neighbors.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
SAC, 900 in Loot Token
From Publishers Sufe
BY the Asseeiofed Press

GIRARD, Kans., Feb. 9.-The E.
Haldeman-J Julius Publishing Co.,
which publishes pocket-size books,
reported today its safe had been
cracked by burglars and about s4O,-
600 taken from it.
E. Haldeman-Julius, the publisher.
said he had been too busy to go to
the bank Saturday and had put
the money in my safe"
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Baldwin Gets Leewurd Post

LONDON, Feb. 9 (P.-Earl Bald
win OF Bewdley is to become Gov
ernor of the Leeward Islands In
the West Indies. Baldwin. 48, sue
ceeded to the earldom December
IA, on the death of his father, who
as Stanley Baldwin was Prime Mini
ster in the '20s and '30s.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Hull Reveals Details
OF the Boroh Incident

Cordell Hull continues his
memoirs today by relating the
dramatic details of the night
meeting at the White House
on July Is, 1899. where Senator
Borah, taking issue with the
state Department, declared In
a tone of finality that he had
private information that there
would be no war in Europe In
the near future. (See Page
A-0.)
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Earthquake Recorded;
Believed in Kumchutko
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.-Ar
earthquake was recorded on the
Franklin Institute seismograph al
8:1012 am. today and DR.. Roy K
Marshall said it probably occurred
in Kamchatka on the eastern enc
of Siberia.
DIR. Marshall said the quake was
registered at a distance of 5,4OC
miles from Philadelphia. 1t may
have been felt in the Aleutiar
Islands, he said.
Evening star., 1948-02-09

tory. He said he believed some good
was accomplished during his seven
months in office-a period beset
with growing economic and political
problems.
The 61-year-old official refused to
(See JAPANESE, Page A-6D