davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Krupp Workers Join
Food Strike in Essen
By the Associofed Press

ESSEN, Germany, Jan. 9.-Thou-
sands of workers streamed out Of
the bomb-scarred remains OF the
huge Krupp plant and other fac
tories in Essen at noon today in a
general strike for more food. Five
hundred coal miners also partici-
pated.
Trade union officials estimated
that $4,000 persons had walked out,
bringing to $4,000 the total number
of Ruhr workers protesting against
low food rations.
+ Police modified 400 men, includ-
ing mounted squads to patrol Burg
platz Square, where the strikers
were called to mass meeting.
British military government OFF,
cials said the striking miners re-
fused to heed appeals by trade union
leaders to return to the pits at
Essenkary.
At Solingen, famed for its cutlery
works, $4,000 workers began a two
day strike yesterday and held a
mass demonstration in the town
main square this morning.
Other mines outside the Essen
area were reported functioning as
usual.
Miners receive the biggest food
rations of all workers in Germany
with supplementary overseas food
packages as an added incentive.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Dy the Associated Press

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Jan. g.
An hour and half before Joseph
Maish, II, was to die on the gal
lows of the Washington State Prison
early today, Gov. Mon c. Wallgren
commuted his sentence to SO years
Maish stabbed a high school girl
to death at Vancouver, Wash,
year ago.
The Governor had received many
pleas for executive clemency for the
former Vancouver High School ath-
lete. The State never has executed
so young person.
AS late as last night, three Of the
jurors who convicted Maish of first.
degree murder recommended ir
wires to the Governor that elem.
ency be extended.
Maish already had eaten his ''last
meal at the prison before the sen.
tence was commuted. Earlier War.
den Tom Smith and his assistant
Peter Kelly, read the death war.
rant to the frightened youth.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Insiders Made 4 Million Profit
In Market Stassen Testifies;
Charges PauIey Cleared Million
Extent Of I rodinq
By Group Placed
At 20 Million

Harold E. Stassen today ac-
cused administration insiders
of using official information to
make a $4,000.000 profit in COM
modify trading since the war and
called for legislation to prevent
such activity.
He declared that conscientious
Government employees" had fur
nished him information that these
"insiders" have been trading in the
market to the extent of about $20,-
100000.
The former Minnesota Governor,
now seeking the Republican presi-
Dental nomination, told Senate
appropriations subcommittee that
IT do not think any member Of the
Government should be in the food
commodity markets" He added
that legislation apparently is the
only way to prevent this.
Says Pauley Made Million.
Mr.. Stassen also testified that:
/. Edwin w. Pauley, special assist
ant to Secretary of the Army Royal
profited to the extent of approx
mately 100000 from his trading
and "did not make full disclosure
of his activities when he appeared
before the committee last month.
2. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham
President Truman's personal physi-
clan, was mot truthful" in a recent
statement on his commodity trad
ing. fOur information Is that, In
fact, DR.. Graham did not leave the
market Immediately after the Pres
ident's October address on specu-
Evening star., 1948-01-09
| IWhottheRussions
| Are Saying of Us

The MoScotD radio, bro1dcdsttr!
in English to the United Kingdom
said:
'On Saturday, Prime Minister
de Gasperi and the American
Ambassador in Rome signed an
agreement for American stop
gap aid, which is granted under
the 1947 act passed by Congress
in December. The enslaving
terms of American aid as out
lined in this law are well known.
When the De Gasperi govern
ment accepted them without a
murmur, it confirmed its COM
plete readiness to- sell Italy to
American capital. y
The conclusion Of this agree
ment was a consequence of the
whole pro-American policy of the
italian government which has
thrown the doors wide open to
bellicose American reactionaries."
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Covenant Defenders
Accuse Justice Unit
Of Misrepresentation
Supplemental Brief Filed
For Bryant Street Group
In Reply to Clark

Property covenant defenders
in District cases scheduled for
oral argument in the Supreme
Court next week, today accused
the Justice Department of gross
Misrepresentation" and perni-
cious statements" when the de-
partment urged that such re-
strictive agreements be declared
unconstitutional.
Henry A. Gilligan and James A.
Crooks, attorneys for several cove
nant holders on Bryant street NV,
filed a supplementary brief in the
Supreme Court in reply to the
friend of the court" brief presented
December by Attorney General
Clark and Solicitor General Philip
B. Perlman. .
Mr.. Perlman is to open the ora
arguments next Wednesday on two
District cases and others from Mis-
souri, and Michigan. The basic issue
in the four cases is whether cove
nants designed to restrict ownership
or occupancy of residential property
to white persons are constitutions
and can be enforced by the courts
Brief Notes Statement.
The covenant holders brief today
noted that the Governments ami.
Gus curiae" statement supports
without deviation, the contention.
of the petitioners (anticovenan1
group in these cases.
"The Governments brief assert:
that the Federal Government has
"a special responsibility for protec'
ton of the fundamental civil rights
guaranteed to the people by the
Constitution and laws of the United
States but not once does it recog-
rize that the white respondents ir
these cases are included in the
fundamental proposition, the brie.
continues.
"Basically, the United States i!
asserting that the Negro petitioners
and Negroes generally, have right!
superior to and beyond white citi
zens. For this reason, as well al
| because of certain gross misrepre
sentations of decisions of this (Su
preme) Court, the respondents deen
it necessary to file this additiona
brief"
The Government brief, according
| to the covenant holders, "miscon
(See COVENANT, Page Alb
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Canal Street Bank
Robbed by Four
Unmusked Men
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. "
Four unmasked armed men this
morning held up the Mid-City
branch of the Hibernia National
Bank at Canal street and Car
rolton avenue and its president,
A. P. Imahorn, said they escaped
with $4,000 in cash.
The men forced their way into the
bank minutes before opening time
slugged a colored janitor into un-
consciousness and herded about q
employees into. locker rooms. They
then forced the bank manager tx
unlock the vault.
Detective Joseph Tardo said the
men took $60, 1000 from one section
of the vault, and the remainder
from other parts of the safe ane
from the teller cages. Bank officials
are still checking to determine th'
exact amount.
The janitor, Joseph L. Thomas
admitted the four men while he was
letting early customers into the banl
about $3.50 o'clock.
The bandits Immediately usheree
eight women employees into one
locker room and about six men into
another. They then turned to the
manager, forcing him to open the
vault. AS other employees arrived
they were herded into the locker
rooms.
After scooping up all the cash ano
Evening star., 1948-01-09
u. S. Must Aid Europe or Live
In Armed Camp, Douglas Says
Gen. Marshall Denies
He Will Resign Unless
Aid Plan Is Passed

Secretary of State Marshall
today denied he has any inten-
ton of resigning as Secretary
Of State if Congress does not
approve the European recovery
program in the manner he pro-
poses.
He told a news conference he
had noticed in some press re-
action to his testimony before
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday the plain
implication that if his recon-
mendations were not accepted
he would resign.
That is entirely incorrect,
Gen. Marshall emphasized. He
said such action would be in
consistent with everything he
had learned in public service.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
10 Film Figures Plead
Not Guilty.; Contempt
Trials 10 Open Feb. 3
Lawson Case, First Listed.
Will Take Two Weeks,
Attorney Tells Court

i Ten Hollywood figures pleaded
hot guilty today to charges OF
contempt of Congress, and Dis
trict Court Justice Richmond B.
Keech promptly set 10 trial dates
beginning with John Howard
Lawson on February 9.
The 10 screen writers, directors
and producers, who. crossed the
country to say two words-"not
guilty"-are accused of refusing to
tell the House Committee on Un-
American Activities whether or not
they were members of the Com
munist Party.
Eight of the 10 also were indicted
on a second count Of refusing to tell
the same committee whether they
were members of the Screen Writers
Guild. Both questions arose during
the committees September investl-
CATION of communism in Hollywood
Other Trial Dates Set.
Although Robert w. Kenny, de-
fense counsel, told the court that the
first trial would take two weeks
Justice Keech said he was "far from
sure" the case would take that long
and set the following trial dates
after Lawson:
Dalton Trumbo, February 16
Albert Maltz, February %; Alvaf
Bessie, February Is; Samuel Ornitz
March 8; Herbert Biberman, Marcf
10; Edward Dmytryk, March Is
Adrian Scott, March II; Ring
Lardner. jr., March %, and Lester
Cole. March "a.
The question of trying the de-
PENDANTS jointly did not arise. Th'
United States attorneys Office hat
said previously that it was UP to ths
defendants to decide whether they
wanted a mass trial or separate
trials.
The maximum penalty for con-
tempt of Congress is one years i'm
prisonment or $1,000 fine, or both, or
each count.
May Return to California.
Justice Keech agreed to let thu
defendants return to their homes II
California until their trials ant
permitted Scott and Dmytryk Il
make a Today flying trip II
England.
Mr.. Kenny sought to prevent fin
gerprinting Of the men, contendini
that these gentlemen went through
the fingerprint ordeal in Los Angelo
1See HOLLYWOOD, Page AID
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Response 10 Appeal
For Truman Action in
GSI Strike Awaited
Long Imposse Expected
. Unless High Officials
Take Hand in Dispute

Principals in the Government
buildings cafeteria strike
watched the White House today
for a reaction to CIO President
Philip Murray's request for
presidential Intervention.
AS the hopelessly deadlocked dis
pute drifted into its fifth day it
appeared that only high level Gov
ernment action could avert pro-
longed impasse. -.
Charging the Government with
union busting" Mr.. Murray asked
in q letter to President Truman yes
terday that he convene collective
bargaining conference to resolve the
differences between Government
Services, Inc, and the CIO United
Cafeteria Workers Local 47l.
Mr.. Murray held the GSI board OF
trustees responsible for the strike
and asked the President to insist
they refrain from union-busting
activities"
SAAsASAAC4s
The CIO chieftain also criticized
Federal Works Administrator Flem-
ing for refusing q request from
Interior Secretary Krug to close the
Interior Department cafeteria and
charged him with permitting build
ing guards to escort strikebreakers
to and from cafeterias.
Obviously intended to offset Mr..
Murray's letter was telegram sent
to the President today by Charles E.
Sands, AFL organizer seeking col
lective bargaining rights in GSI
cafeterias through a recruiting
campaign.
Asking the President to remain
neutral" Mr.. Sands said he failed
to see how Mr.. Truman "can render
a service by intervening on polit-
ical ISSUE"
GSI officials were quick to criti-
cize Mr.. Murray's White House re-
quest.
"He may find he has chosen
strange bedfellows by inserting him
self so strongly in this dispute after
three top Government agencies have
refused to intervene" said j. c. Me
huss, GSI personnel manager.
1T is said that Mr.. Murray is not
Communist" Mr.. Niehuss added
In his formal statement. IF he
does not realize the pro- Communist
proclivities of some of the officials
of the notorious United Public
Workers of America he will discover
that GSI has furnished Government
heads with a list of their highly
questionable record"
UPWA is the parent union of the
CIO cafeteria workers. Mr.. Niehuss
said the highly questionable record
referred to had been sent to all
cabinet members and heads OF
agencies in a letter.
THE CIO head is asking the
President to intervene on behalf OF
a union claiming to represent GS1
personnel working In Federal build
ings when the union officials have
refused to file non-Communist am.
davits," Mr.. Niehuss said.
Does he not realize that the en-
tire Government is requiring loyalty
statements from its employees"
Meanwhile, GSI claimed increaS-
ingly better service and greater
patronage in the 40 of AZ cafeterias
operating during the strike. More
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Republicans 10 Press
Own Course in Spite
OF Truman, Taft Insists
Presidents Plan Ghost
Of Old New DeoI,'
Ohio Senator Says

The Truman administration
was put on notice today that
"the Republican Congress pro-
poses to go on with it's program.
In a blistering address to the Ma
ton last night, Senator Taft of
Ohio, chairman of the Republican
Senate Policy Committee and can
didate for his party's presidential
nomination, condemned the pro-
gram outlined by President Truman
in his State of the Union message
Wednesday as the road to national
bankruptcy" and a "totalitariar
state," and declared that it addee
up to 'tthe ghosts of the old New
Deal with new trappings."
The Taft broadside was centeres
primarily on the Presidents domes'
tic proposals including $40-per'
person "cost-of- Living" tax cut with
an offsetting $4,000 900, 900 boost il
corporation taxes, compulsory curb
on imitation and q 10-year plan "tt
advance the social welfare of thu
Nation"
The Ohio Senator bulwarked i
with a fiat declaration that the Re.
pubhcans, in control of both Senats
and House, proposed to set theil
own course.
Hatch Peace Plan Dims.
His stand left hardly a faint hopt
for the suggestion of Senator
Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico
longtime friend of the President
that the Republican and Democra.
tic Policy Committees Of the Sen
ate form zone policy committee fol
the Nation" to deal with imitation
and foreign aid.
Meanwhile, Chairman Taber o1
the House Appropriations Commit
tee estimated that the Truman pro-
gram would cost SIC, 900, ,000, 900 ano
said that would make tax reduc-
ton this year impossible.
Senator Taft said at the outse,
Of his address:
"No one can fail to agree with
most of the ideas expressed by tht
President. No one can fail to agree
with his general desire to bring
about improved conditions in thi!
country and throughout the world
No one can fail to agree with thu
five goals which he seeks. We al
Join with him in wishing the coun
try the happy New Year and
happy new 10 years, happier thai
the Is years of New Deal admin
istration.
"New Deal in Gl0bal Form"
"But when the President come
out to fill out the methods by whicl
he hopes to accomplish this happi
ness and these great purposes, whil
he still speaks in general terms, W
see that under the guise of America
ideals, the old New Deal has bee
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Italian General Strike
Threatened as Result
OF bankC|e Wa|kout
Milan and Rome Chambers
Of Labor Vote Support
Of so, 900 Who Quit
BY the Associoted Press

ROME, Jan. ga stubborn
nine-day-old strike of 10000
bank workers snarled 1taly's
complex economy and threaten
ed today to grow into something
bigger-perhaps the Commu-
nists' long-rumored nationwide
general strike.
The Communist dominated Cham
bers of Labor in Milan and Rome
voted full support to the bank work
ers last night. The Rome chamber
declared that it was awaiting only
dispositions from the national
organism" - the 5000, ,000- member
General Labor Confederation-be-
fore taking concrete action"
Sources in the italian Interior
Ministry said extraordinary police
precautions had been ordered on the
basis of information received by the
government that something was in
the air" One Rightist Newspaper
mentioned a plan against Rome.
Road Blocks Established.
Road blocks were established on
several highways leading into Rome
and metal burrs cut from barbed
wire were strewn on several streets
in the capital as part of the some
what mysterious precautions.
Labor Minister Amintore Fanfani
tried again to patch things up with
the bank workers, but representa-
tives of the bankers, still set against
continuing into this year the tempo
rary pay boosts granted last year
failed to show up for conferences.
In the meantime, the holiday lull
in Italy appeared to be ended
Strikes, mass meetings and assorted
disorders cropped up all over the
nation, as if to prove to Premier
Alcide de Gasperi that his Com
munist-Socialist foes had not yet
shot their bolt in their efforts tc
unseat him.
In Rome workers seized three
factories, charging that the owners
were closing down without reason
Police were hard put to oust them.
Mayors Removal Protested.
Parma and Padua workers downeo
their tools and demonstrated yes
terday in protest against what they
called the governments neglect Of
the jobless-the main theme which
marked the final phase of the left's
offensive against Mr.. de Gasperi al
the end of the year.
In Mantua Province workers ane
partisans staged protests against
the removal of six mayors for al
legged graft in the distribution Of
rationed food. A general strike was
called in Bologna to support q
strike previously ordered irf two fac
tories.
Miners struck at Castel Nuovo de-
Sabbioni, in Arezzo Province, while
factory hands there and at San
Giovanni Valdarno struck in SYM
tpathy with the miners. Naples
stores closed for three hours to pro-
test new taxes.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Envoy Warns Of Cost
IfMurshuII PIun
Is Not Approved
By J. A. O'leoy

This country would have to
live in IAN armed camp" iso-
lated and under controls to
which its people are not accus-
toned if Western Europe col
lapses, Lewis Douglas, American
Ambassador to Great Britain,
warned Congress today.
The diplomat was the second wit
ness to appear before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee in
support of the Marshall plan, de-
signed to extend $500, 100000 of
American aid to Is European ma
tions for economic recovery between
now and June, 1949.
MIR, Douglas, who is said to be the
Administrations choice for a key
(Ceo TNpTTf!N Am poOa AZ
Evening star., 1948-01-09
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 9.-The
United Nations Palestine Parti-
ton Commission today called on
Britain, the Jewish Agency for
Palestine and the Arab Higher
Committee for immediate con-
sultations on the situation in the
Holy Land.
Moving swiftly at its first ses-
sion, the five-nation Partition Com
mission decided to talk with rep
resentatives of the three vitally in
terested parties as the first step
toward implementing the U. N. plan
to cut up Palestine into Jewish and
Arab countries by next October /.
The commission acted as dis
patchers from Jerusalem reported
the first instance of infiltration Of
sizable volunteer" bands from Arab
country territory adjoining the Holy
Land. One report quoting Jewish
sources said 300 such volunteers"
had entered Palestine from Syria
and attacked Jewish settlement.
Lie Confident of Council.
Secretary General Trygve Lie
opened the meeting here by express
ing confidence that the Security
Council would exercise every neces-
sary power to see that partitioning
is carried out by next October 1
without fail
DR.. Karel Lisicky of Czechoslo-
vakia was elected chairman of the
commission. He warned that mo
one can expect miracles from Ave
lonely pilgrims" (the commission
members) going to Palestine.
The only protection and means Of
enforcement the commission had at
Ipresent, he said, was "the flag Of the
United Nations
Shortly after the commission
voted to call in British, Jewish and
Arab representatives for consulta-
tion, a British spokesman outside
the meeting said Sir Alexander
Cadogan was ready to talk with the
members at any time.
Moshe Shertok, head of the Jewish
Agency's political department, was
expected to arrive in New York to-
night from Palestine. The Arab
Higher Committee announced. 1t
would have statement later.
The American Jewish Conference,
taking note of reports that Britain
would ask the commission to delay
it's arrival in Palestine until around
May l, urged the commission to
leave at once.
Fails to Mention Armed Force.
Mr. Lie did not mention creation
of an international military force as
a specific partition enforcement
measure, but this was implicit in
his statement, since the Council has
the power to set up such force.
In an address at the opening of
tense deliberations by the f1ve-coun-
try U. N. Palestine Partition Com
mission, Mr.. Lie declared:
You are entitled to be confident
that in the event it should prove
necessary, the Security Council will
assume its full measure Of RESPONSE
bility in implementation of the AS
sembly's (partition) resolution.
you have the right to assume.
as I assume, that in such a situa-
ton the Security Council will not
fail to exercise, To the fullest and
without exception, every necessary
power entrusted to il by the Charter
in order to assist you in fulfilling
your mission"
Mr. Lie underscored in his text
the words ito the fullest and with
out exception"
The secretary-general pointed
out that the partition plan had
been approved by more than the
necessary two-thirds majority vote
of the General Assembly last Mo-
1
Evening star., 1948-01-09
u. 5. kaySend
Marine Force
|1oPaI.estine.
Washington Request
Reported Approved by
Holy Lond Regime
BULLETIN

LONDON P.-Highly quail
fed informants in Whitehall
said late today the United
States has asked and received
approval from the Palestine
government to dispatch United
States Marines to the Holy
Land as a guard for the Amer
lean consulate there. The Arab
office said: IF these rumors
are true, the Arabs will take
the gravest possible objection
to what Great Britain has
DONE"
Evening star., 1948-01-09

lators. He did not leave the market
until I very specifically said the
executive branch of the Government
was involved"
Mr.. Stassen also said that Gen.
Graham did not lose money in the
market, adding that 'his profit was
nothing compared with the million
dollars made by Mr.. Pauley, but it
was definitely a profit"
The hearing was recessed at 1928
pm. until next Tuesday morning.
Gen. Graham did not testify today
because the questioning of Mr.. Stas-
sen used up all the time previously
set aside for today's session.
Mr.. Pauley has testified that he
began liquidating his holdings after
taking the Army post last Septem-
ber and was 100000 worse of"
because he did so.
Refers to Hawaiian Visit.
Mr.. Stassen went over Mr.. Pauleys
accounts and referred to visits of
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
and former Postmaster General
Hannegan to Mr.. Pauley's Hawaiian
estate at the date of some of the
Pauley market dealings.
Mr.. Stassen testified that Mr..
Pauley bought 100000 shares of
wheat futures last August IL, when
Mr.. Pauley was in Honolulu and Mr..
Hannegan, who was then also DEM
ocratic national chairman, was his
guest there.
He added that Mr.. Pauley sold
these shares August 10 at a profit
of $4,700 at time when Secretary
Anderson was Mr.. Pauley's guest
in Honolulu.
Mr.. Pauley acknowledged before
the committee December II that
he was in Hawaii at the same time
rs Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Hanne-
gan August IL, but denied he talked
with Mr.. Anderson about grain.
Mr.. Pauley also said there was no
way Mr.. Anderson or President
Truman could have "conceivably"
known of his market activities.
$4,000 Profit on Hides.
Mr.. Stassen cited a $4,000 profit
on hide transaction and suggested
that the committee inspect Mr..
Pauley's orders to his brokers.
He said any impartial citizen
would find the pattern was more
than coincidental" because no one
can have "that good q crystal ball. !"
Mr.. Pauley had testified he talked
with Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Hanne-
gan about taking the Army post al
Mr.. Royals aide, proffered him by
(See SPECULATION, Page A-60
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Bulletin
Coach Harlow Resigns

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. P-
Richard C. Harlow has re-
signed as football coach at
Harvard University on the ad-
vice of his physician, William
J. Bingham, director of
athletics, announced today.
Coach Harlow made the decis-
ion after q checkup at the
Duke University Hospital at
Durham, N. G.