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Evening star., 1948-02-21
Six Steps Described
By Bankers as Needed
To Combat Initiation

Leading bankers addressing the
anti-inf1ation conference of Fifth
Federal Reserve District financiers
at the Willard Hotel late yesterday
outlined six special steps needed to
curb imitation.
Bank chiefs were urged to retain
liquidity and adequate reserve lend
ing power for use when "manufac-
tured prosperity" is Debated, decide
whether proposed loan will in
crease output or increase demand
for scarce goods and services, dis
courage speculative borrowing and
encourage credit for housing, espe-
cially in the low-cost field.
Oficials were also urged to en-
courage systematic saving, whether
the money be invested in the banks
or in United States Savings Bonds.
An ample supply of agricultural
loans was advocated to increase food
supplies.
Farm Loan Policy Urged.
Bankers again must demonstrate
the hexibility of their privately
owned and operated institutions and
their ability to meet the financial
needs of the communities, Charles
T. ONeill, Charlottesville, Va,
chairman of the Agricultural Com
mission of the American Bankers
Association, told the financiers. He
urged the Nations $4,000 country
banks to encourage farmers to in
crease production, to help them
make sound profits but to oppose
speculation in farm lands.
John D. Hospelhorn. deputy bank
commissioner of Maryland, declared
that bank supervision should not be
made a tool for the monetary or
fiscal policies of the Government.
The fundamental purpose of bank
regulation is protection for the
public, he asserted. The hazards OF
the present infiationary trends
must be faced before the course of
a normal peacetime economy can be
determined.
Increase in production is not
enough. There must be an increase
per man power or per dollar wage,
and the goods or their equivalent
made available, he asserted.
Steps To Aid Housing.
L. A. Tobie, president of the Saw
ings Division of the ABA, urged
bankers to seek out locations, build
ers, materials and architects in
efforts to push the rental housing
program Sound mortgage loans
will increase the supply of needed
goods and materials, he said.
The conference was the 18th
regional meeting Of the kind spon-
sored by the American Bankers As
ISOLATION, with the President, Joseph
M. Dodge of Detroit, presiding It
was the most important gathering
of Fifth District financiers in years.
Top officials from the leading banks
and the presidents of five State
bankers associations were among
those present.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Funeral Of F. |. Fox,
Aviation Pioneer,
To Be Held Today

Funeral services for Frederick
Louis Fox, 81, aviation pioneer. in.
ventor and patent craftsman who
died Wednesday, were to be held al
2::30 pm. today at the Lee funera
home, with the Rev. Horace E
Cromer, pastor of McKendree Meth
odist Church. officiating. Burial was
to follow in Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Mr.. Fox, a lifelong resident o1
Washington, died at his home, 30l1
Twenty-sixth street NE, after an
illness of six months.
In 1909 he invented and tested
one of the early controls for air.
planes. Two years earlier, he had
constructed and flown a full-size
glider from Riverdale, Md. He sue
cessfully completed the first flight in
his second glider, with the new con-
troll, on the old Van Ness race track
where the Pan American Building
now stands, his family said.
He also took part in construction
of plane in which wireless trans
mission in flight was pioneered. He
was the inventor of numerous me-
chanical devices. During World War
I he was superintendent of con-
struction of the Richardson Airplane
Corp. of New Orleans.
During the last IS years, Mr.. Fox
had been a partner of J. Stanley
Burch in the patent business here.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Alexander T. Coyle of Troy, Ohio,
and Mrs. Frederick G. Doering of
Washington; half brother, Howard
I. Meader of Washington. and two
grandchildren. His wife died three
years ago.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Soviet Film Louding Red Army
Shown at Interior Auditorium

The Soviet Embassy held a public
showing of films lauding exploits OF
the Red Army in the Interior De-
partment Auditorium last night and
Undersecretary of the Interior Oscar
Chapman described the event as
purely routine"
"The request for use of the audito-
rum met the departments condi-
tons and we had no choice but to
approve it unless we wanted to make
an exception" he explained.
+ Mr.. Chapman pointed out that
the hall, including its motion picture
projection equipment, is available
without charge to organizations for
public gatherings provided no ad-
mission fee is charged.
I'VE have never exercised any CEN
sorship over the programs" he said.
Il approved this application as a
matter of routine. The auditorium
has been used often by Embassies
and Legations. I saw no reason to
make an exception in this case. II
Evening star., 1948-02-21
| 3-Month-OId Girl
Is Initiated Into
Leqion Auxiliary

A 3-month- -old girl was among
81 persons initiated into member
ship of the Sergt. Jasper Unit, No
l3, American Legion Auxiliary. at a
meeting of the group last night at
the Legion clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV.
The youngest and only member
of the junior membership of the
auxiliary. Lawana Margaret Schu-
Ter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
wood w. Schuler, jr., 1922 Rogart
road, Silver Spring, was held in the
arms of her mother, Lucille, as both
Of them took the pledge of allegi-
ance to the organization. Mrs. Schu-
Ter was initiated into senior men,
bership.
Among other new members were
Mrs. Francis J. Millar, mother OF
Maj. Edward G. Millar and 1t
Comdr. Charles M. Millar, who were
killed in October, 1916. in the crash
of BIS bomber near Franconia
Va: Mrs. Maria Karras. 1903 Eiriiit :
eenth street NV, and Mrs. Beulan
RcsazZo. 1925 North Capitol street,
both Gold Star Mothers.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Bridge Tourney Enters
SerifinaI Round Ioniqht
BY the Asseeioted Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-The VAN
derbilt Cup contract bridge tourna-
ment enters the semifnal rounds
tonight with its team Of defending
champions on the sidelines.
The 1e47 titleholders, Harry J
Fishbein, Joseph z. Low. Larry
Hirsch and Harry Feinberg, all oi
New York, and David Clarion OF
Minneapolis were eliminated in last
nights quarter-final rounds. They
were beaten by an all-New York
team, Irving Kass. Milton Roth
Oscar Yablon and Louis Kelner, by
conclusive 6,4CJ-point margin.
Upsets marked the play as an
other strong contender lost by a
scant 80 points to another New York
combination, Herman H. Goldberg
Fred Hirsch. Mrs. Ira Strasser, AL
bert Wolfe and Ambrose Casner.
The eliminated team comprised
John Crawford and Sidney Silodor
both of Philadelphia. and Howard
Schenken, George Rapee and Sam
Stayman. all of New York.
Philadelphia's Charles H. Goren
with his New York teammates, Lee
Hazen, Waldemar Won Zedwitz, Jay
Becker and Helen Sobel, eased into
the semiflnals with an 850-point VIC
tory.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Francis {. Phelps Die,
After Long Illness

Francis E. Phelps, 78, of 421e
Sixteenth street NV, retired presi-
dent OF the Phelps Roberts Corp
here. died yesterday at his home
after long illness.
A native of Prince Georges County
Md, Mr.. Phelps had lived III the
District about Al years. He was one
of the founders of the automotive
parts concern, in which his brother,
L. N. Phelps, and Fred Roberts of
Fairfax, Va, were associated with
him.
Mr.. Phelps retired as president
of the concern three years ago. He
had been a member for SO years of
Washington Lodge No Is of the Elks.
Surviving, in addition to Mr.. L.
W. Phelps of Chevy Chase, are his
widow. Mrs Elsie L. Phelps: two
daughters, Mrs. Elsie Pernecky of
the Sixteenth street address and
Mrs Beatrice Mccarthy of Silver
Spring: another brother, j. w.
Phelps Of Arlington a sister, Miss
Clara Phelps of Washington, and
two grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be offered at
0 am. Monday at the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart of which" Mr. Phelps
was a member. Burial will be in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Czechs
Continued From First Page)

frances. The crowd made no effort
to enter.
Emergency Election Seen.
The cabinet holds power from ar
assembly elected in May, 1916, when
the Communists polled the biggest
vote. The assembly was set up to
serve until a new constitution could
be put into effect.
But the belief grew last night
that the anti-Communists with
draWals might bring an emergency
election of a new assembly even be-
fore this constitution could become
effective. Some predictions were
that the constituent assembly would
be dissolved today and an election
called within six weeks.
Gottwald's demand on Mr. Benes
was reported last night in broad
cast of the Communist newspaper
Rude Pravo here.
I'VE call on all true Czechs to
support the new peoples Democratic
national front of Klement Gott-
wald," said the broadcast.
Long live the new peoples Dem
ocratic national front of Klement
Gottwald," echoed crowd packing
public square.
Later, the Executive Committee
of the Communist Party called fol-
lowers to a mass meeting today
before the City Hall to hear Gott-
valid.
Police Orders Disputed.
The committees statement, read
over the Czech radio network, said
the three parties that quit had be-
come 'the opposition which is un-
dermining this country"
These parties were the Czech
National Socialists, with two cabi-
net members: the Slovak Democrats,
with three, and the Catholic Peoples
Party, with three.
Their ministers and the two from
the Social Democratic Party walked
OuU VI d CdOlIlCO lllCCOAliS yCoUClQ Qdy
when Vaclav Nosek, Communist in
terror minister, refused to backtrack
from police order Seven minis
ters. are Communists.
The order, issued February 13,
transferred eight Communist
police district supervisors. Anti
Communists called this a move to
put Communists in complete con-
troll of the security police.
The Executive Committee of the
Social Democratic Party said last
night it would stay in the govern
ment only if the coalition was con-
tinued.
Mr.. Benes, veteran In Czecho-
slovak politics. was wartime head of
Czechoslovakia's government In
London.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
All Troops Withdrawn,
u. :. Notifies Panama

The United States has formally
notified Panama that all American
troops in that country have beer
withdrawn.
The State Department said Brig
Gen. Frank T. Hines, retiring Am
bassador, informed Panama Mon
day that the withdrawal has been
completed. The Panamanian Parlia-
ment last December rejected an
agreement to allow Americans tc
remain at a few bases.
Meanwhile Panama's new Ambas-
sador to Washington said today his
country will fight at the side of the
United States in any new war.
Ambassador Ernesto Jaen Guardia
arrived yesterday, returning to the
post he held from 1941 to l943.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Truman
Continued From First Page.)

bills pending providing for inde-
pendence and statehood.
In this same connection, the
President recalled that Gov. Pinero,
the first native to serve in that Of
flee. was his appointee. This NOM
ination, he said was a significant
step toward the increasing meas
ure of self-government in Puerto
Rico to which we are all COM
mitted" ~t
The Presidents speech touched of
a busy day. After the airport ex-
ercises, he was scheduled for a Is
mile auto trip into sections of San
Juan where officials wanted to show
him a diversity of industry oper-
ated by the Puerto Rico Industrial
Development Co., some low-cost
housing and hospital. Lunch was
arranged in the Hotel Jagueyes in
the mountains at Aguas Buenas.
After lunch, the : President
planned to rest on the yacht Will
liamsburg, on which he will sail to
the Virgin Islands and Cuba. Later
he was to go on general sight
seeing tour in San Juan.
That will be followed by re-
ception at La Fortaleza, the Gov
ernment House. where the Presi-
dent will have an opportunity to
meet many of the island leaders.
Tonight, President Truman will be
host at dinner aboard the Will
liamsburg, for Gov. Pinero and
others. This was a slight REAR
rangement of earlier plans. which
called for dinner at La Fortaleza
also.
The Williamsburg will get under
way at 4 am. tomorrow for st.
Thomas in the Virgin Islands and
will move over to st. Croix on Mon
day. The President will make brief
talks at both places.
Mr.. Truman landed at Boca Chica
Airport near Key West at 800 pm.
yesterday, after flight of slightly
less than five hours from Washing
ton. Accompanied by Capt. Cecil c.
Adell, commander of the Key West
Naval Base; Mayor A. Maitland
Adams and other officials, the Presi-
dent drove to the base. to which he
will return next Wednesday for
Today rest.
Reporters who preceded the Pres
ident met him on arrival and asked
if it was slip of the tongue" when
he referred to Theodore Roosevelt
in a context which indicated he
meant Franklin D. Roosevelt. in his
Jefferson-Jackson Day speech on
Thursday night.
Jokingly asking if he had to an
swer the question, the President
said: Theodore Roosevelt belongs
in the same class with Franklin D.
Roosevelt. We admit all the liberals.
He was a liberal. too"
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Two Police Patients Escape
From 6a|linger Hospital

Tunnels connecting the buildings
of Gallinger Hospital were being
searched today by police and hos
pital authorities for two escaped
prisoners.
The prisoners, identified by police
as Monte w. Durham, 19, and
Thurston Mcintosh, 81, fled their
ward early today. They were being
held as police patients.
Police expressed the belief the
men still were hiding in one OF the
underground passageways.
Durham had been serving a 360-
day sentence in the District Jail
for false pretenses and Mcintosh
was being held for investigation,
police said.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 21. - Astrid
Varnay, American-trained Swedish
soprano, took over the arduous part
of Isolde in the Metropolitan opera
Company's production of Tristan
and Isolde" on less than an hours
notice last night.
The curtain was held for few
minutes but the night was saved
for the Met.
Helen Traubel was scheduled fol
the role but found that she had lost
her voice when she started to vocal
ize in her dressing room. That was
at about IFS pm. Frantic telephon-
ing by Met officials located the 28-
year-old Miss Varnay and she ar
rived within half hour.
In telephone interview today
Miss Varnay recalled that she made
Evening star., 1948-02-21
|Wardman Park Wins
13% Rent Increase
For f41 Apartments

An increase in rents amounting to
more than 13 per cent has been
granted to the Wardman Park
Hotel by Rent Control Admins
traitor Robert F. Cogswelr for its 141
apartments occupied by permanent
guests.
Among Capitol Hill figures
affected by the order are Senator
Vandenberg. Republican, of Michi-
gam; Senator O'Mahoney Demo-
crat, of wyoming; Senator Lucas,
Democrat, of Illinois, and a dozen
Representatives. Although Chief
Justice Vinson lives at the Ward
man Park Hotel, it was understood
la rent increase was not asked for
his apartment.
Mr.. Cogswell announced the in
creases yesterday. added that the
tenants had consented to the raise
in each case. The request by the
hotel for the higher rates was
based on an increase in taxes, water
rent and maintenance and operat-
ing expenses since 194l.
The authorized increases repre-
,ent the first for the hotel on such
units since 1941 and in number Of
instances the first since 1882,
Accommodations affected vary
from unfurnished apartments with
out hotel service to furnished apart
ments with full hotel service. In
the unfinished apartments the ad-
justments ranged from $50 to $1oo
a month for two rooms, kitchen and
bath to s408 to $465 for nine rooms.
kitchen and four baths. Apart
ments with two rooms, kitchen and
bath, furnished with full hotel
service. were raised from s120 to
sl35, from $3.50 to $17o and from
$165 to $l85.
Evening star., 1948-02-21

I had, the Embassy would have beer
justified in going to the State De-
partment and asking the reason"
Last nights show consisted oi
films portraying the final operations
of the Red Army In Germany and
its entrance into Berlin.
Asked whether the United States
had reciprocal agreement with
Russia in the matter of such show.
ings, a State Department officia
said there was no formal commit.
ment in this matter.
He pointed out the Governments
international motion picture pro-
gram had been reduced drastically
by budget cuts, but said it was his
recollection the United States En-
bassy in Moscow had loaned Aims
to Soviet agencies for showings in
the past.
He explained these showings were
not an exact parallel, since the
Embassy did not show the films
directly to the public but made
them available to Soviet groups.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
McGrath S Invitation
Is Political 0ratory,
Wallace Declares
BY the Asseeiated Press

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 2l.-Henry
A. Wallace says he will be glad tt
return to the Democratic fold If hi:
old party proves it's peace party
But the third-party presidential.
aspirant told reporters at Newark
Airport yesterday there was nc
present indication" that the Demo.
cratic Party would revise its foreign
policy and become a peace party
The former Vice President ano
Secretary of Commerce summed ur
as political oratory" a recent come
home invitation extended him by
Democratic National Committee
Chairman j. Howard McGrath.
Tanned and smiling, he arrived
here by plane after speaking tour
through the South. Mr.. Wallace
said he planned to go to Minnesota
next week to stump the northern
part of the State and Minneapolis.
Baldwin Attacks Truman.
Meanwhile, in New York, c. B.
Baldwin, MIR. Wallace's campaign
manager, referred to President Tru-
mans Jackson day dinner address
as astonishing" awkward" and
hollow
President Truman, Mr.. Baldwin
said. pictured the Democratic Party
as one of progressive liberalism.
But the characterization, he added,
rings as hollow a bell as the Re-
publican Party's attempt of a week
ago to sell itself as the party of
Abraham Lincoln"
Meanwhile, Wilson w. Wyatt, for
mer national housing expediter. said
in Philadelphia that the third-party
issue has presented a new challenge
that cannot be evaded, ignored or
minimized.
Unanimous in Course.
In addressing the opening of the
convention of the Americans for
Democratic Action, Of which he is
national chairman, Mr.. Wyatt said /:
I'VE are concerned about the ex-
tent to which the familiar Com
munist method of character assas-
sination now permeates the third
party drive. Some of us stood
with Mr.. Wallace In the past. 9th
ers have not. I believe we are
unanimous in rejecting the course
he Is now pursuing"
Carroll Reece. Republican nation
al chairman. said in Denver last
night, that the Nation is threat
ened" with breakdown of the two
party political system.
He told Republican leaders OF II
Western States last night that his
tory is full of illustrations of the
evils which flow from a multiplicity
of parties"
Cites Revolt in South.
Mr.. Reece said "if history proves
the Democratic administration de-
stroyed the two-party system in the
United States, that will be another
major injury to the Nation for
which the administration will have
to take responsibility
1T Is not only the radical fol-
lowers of Henry Wallace who are
threatening to break away" from
the Democratic party, Mr.. Reece
said. Even the traditionally DEM
ocratic South is talking about Sc
cession from the administration.
"Of course" he added, "the estab-
lishment of two-party system in
the South would be great benefit
to the National as a whole, and to
the South as we'll.
But the establishment OF a multi
party system, consisting Of more
and more splinter aggregations,
would be something else"
Evening star., 1948-02-21
u. S. Aides Wife Reports
Loss of $1,000 in Gems

Loss of $4,000 worth of jewelry
belonging to Mrs. Garrison Norton
1923 P street NV, wife of an AS
sistant Secretary of State, was be-
ing investigated by police today.
Mrs. Norton reported she appar-
emily lost the jewelry February 13
In a taxicab. 1t consisted of dia-
mond and sapphire pin, earrings and
sapphire pin and was in pocket
book, she said.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Reds Push TeIevision

LONDON, Feb. 81 GA Tass
dispatch said today that Russian
factories will begin mass produc-
ton" of television sets this year. The
story gave no further details about
television broadcasting in Russia.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Navy Chaplain to Speak

Navy Chaplain A. o. Martin will
speak at services for the Rockville
Laymen's Association at 8 pm. to-
morrow in Rockville Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Eo'ttA.D.

FOND.
POLICE PUPPY, approx. :, months. brovr
with a black face, found in carole Hish.
land. 81. 6357. -2l
Evening star., 1948-10-14
British Navy Reported
Tightening U. 5. Links
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Daily Ex-
press said today the British cab
inent has approved refitting every
British fighting ship to standardize
power plants with those of the
United States Navy.
The purpose, the Express said, is
to enable the Royal Navy to use
American "radar and secret devices
which will not operate on the So
cycle frequency generating machin-
cry of the British ships. United
States Navy generators work at 90
cycles.
The Admiralty refused TO confirm
or deny the report.
Chapman Pincher, express science
correspondent, wrote that the cab
tnet approved the Standardization
move 80 the Admiralty might "buy
freely In the American armament
market In an emergency"
big orders" he wrote, have al
ready been placed. g..
A month ago Britain dropped
commercial work IN her royal dock
yards and began to "unpickle" 10e
laid-up warships for service,
The preparedness plan and the
reported Standardization move fall
into the broader rearmament pat.
tern set by a showdown of demobili.
zation in the armed forces, a new
recruiting campaign, and q 100 pei
cent increase in Jet fighter plane
production.
Evening star., 1948-10-14
By John A. Giles

The Air Force has lowered its spe-
cificatsons for 14,510,000 new-type
uniform buttons to reduce the cost
by two thirds, it was learned today
The New York Quartermaster
Purchasing ofiive opened bids Sep
tember II on an Air Force requisi-
tion for that many gold-plated but
tons. An analysis of the bids, pub
hshed in The Star September %,
revealed that the cost would be
81, $40, TAG.
A week later, the New York Office
announced, without explanation
that no awards would be made on
the basis of the bids submitted and
today Air Force offcials revealed
that 1t now would ask for new bids
on brass gold colored buttons In.
stead. Ofncials estimated the cost
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Britain, China Demand Israel
Report on Bernodotte Probe
Jewish Campaign to Dscredit U. k..Truce
Commission Charged by American Consul

thorities took insufficient measures
to protect Count Bernadotte.
The resolution of Britain and
China proposed that the Council
say it notes with concern that the
provisional government of Israel has
to date submitted no report to the
Security Council or to the acting
mediator regarding the progress of
the investigation into the assas-
sination;
Requests that government sub
NIT to the Security Council at an
early date an account of the prog
ress made in the investigation and
to indicate therein the measures
taken with regard to negligence on
the part of officials or other factors
affecting the crime, and
Reminds the governments and
authorities concerned that all the
obligations and responsibilities of the
parties set forth in it's resolutions
of the 18th July and 18th August,
1948, are to be discharged fully and
in good faith"
The July and August resolutions
gave the Swedish count stronger
support, as Palestine mediator, in
dealing with truce problems.
The draft resolution proposed
(See PALESTINE. Page A-31