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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

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Evening star., 1948-12-23
Youth Gets Life Term
For Staying Of Mays
From Yesterdays Last Edition.)
ey the Assceioted Press

By the AsSoe,ofed PFess
OMAHA, Dec. 22.-Charles Edward
McClelland, 10. was sentenced to life
imprisonment today for the; slayings
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert May II of
Alexandria, Va.
District Judge James T. English
pronounced sentence after the young
ex-carnival employe pleaded guilty
to two charges Of second degree
murder. One charge was for each
death. McClelland's family lives
in Bonneville, Mo.
The Mays were found shot to
death just west of Omaha August
%, 1947. They had been returning
to their home from q vacation in
Colorado.
McClelland signed a statement on
May II Of this year admitting the
slayings. At that time he was serv-
ing q two to three year term in the
Colorado State Penitentiary on a
worthless check charge.
His original statement implicated
no one else. but in recent weeks he
told officers an accomplice did the
actual shooting Of the Mays. He
admitted he had no proof Of this
other than his my word
According to McClelland's story
he and q friend left the carnival
company at Mason City, Iowa. the
night before the slayings and drove
into Nebraska.
In his Jail cell yesterday McClel-
land told a reporter the pair no.
ticed the large late model car of
the Mays carrying q out-of-State
license and a low license number
and decided the occupants must
be wealthy.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Spy Inquiry
Continued From First Page0

cused by ex-Communist Whitaker
Chambers of supplying him with
stolen State Department documents,
was given a months delay in his
perjury trial in New York. Mr.. Hiss,
indicted in New York on two perjury
counts by a special Federal grand
jury investigating subversive activi-
ties, now is scheduled to face trial
February "a. The trial was pre-
viously set for January d,
Mr.. Sayre was Mr.. Hiss boss at
the State Department in 1887 and
1888 when Mr.. Chambers says he
received the documents from Mr..
Hiss. The committee has said Mr..
Sayre, Mr.. Hiss and two secretaries
were the only ones who had access
to the documents.
That assertion was denied in New
York yesterday by Mr.. Sayre, who
talked to newsmen after testifying
before the grand jury.
Mr.. Sayre said certainly more
than four persons had access" to
the documents But he told re-
porters he Is convinced highly
confidential" documents were stolen
and he considers 1t "a crime OF in
finite gravity"
The New York grand jury recessed
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Port Tieup Continues
At Seattle, Tacoma
BY the Associofed Press

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-The ports of
Seattle and Tacoma remained idle
today as employers reported mo
change" in the status of an AFL
work stoppage.
The tieup went into its third
day in Seattle, where AFL checkers
and foremen first walked of the
jobs, asserting that some of their
members had been beaten after
the end of the CIO maritime strike.
AFL longshoremen in Tacoma
joined the walkout yesterday.
The Tacoma port, where AFL
longshoremen have jurisdiction, was
the only major coast port operat-
ing during the recent maritime
strike. CIO pickets tried to close
it, but were run off the docks by
AFL squads.
AFL officials declared two men
were beaten recently because they
had worked in Tacoma
A spokesman for the waterfront
employers of Washington made the
mo change" statement after meet
ings with both AFL and CIO long
shore officials.
AFL leaders in Seattle have de-
clared they will not return to their
jobs until they have assurance they
will not be harmed.
The work stoppage held up load
ing of 20 ships in Seattle and six
in Tacoma.
Among the ships affected were
five serving Alaska, an area which
had its chief sources of supply cut
of by the maritime strike.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

for the holidays until January 8.
One Of those who appeared yester-
day before the recess was DR.. Max
Yergan, a Negro leader who was ex-
ecutive director Of the Council on
African Affairs until ousted by a
left-Wing group. DR.. Yergan was be-
lieved to have been one of two wit
nesses who testified secretly in New
York last week before Representa-
tive Mcdowell, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, sitting as a one-man sub
committee of the Un-American Ac-
tlvities Committee.
Mr.. Duggan's death, meanwhile
continued to be the focal point of
arguments stretching from New
York to Mexico City by way OF
Louisiana.
Representative Hebert, Democrat
OF Louisiana, said disclosure Of MIR
Duggan's name by his fellow COM
mittee members was "blunder and
a breach Of confidence"
Representative Rankin, Democrat
of Mississippi, termed the disclosure
unfortunate" He said he was sure
II the'ful committee had been con-
suited, the name would not have
been given out.
Mr.. Mundt, at a press conference
and later broadcast, defended dis
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Fog Blamed for Crash
Of Roosevelt Plane
By the A.soeioted Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 23-The fam
ing crash of a big transport plane
in which Quentin Roosevelt and "a
other persons perished Tuesday, was
blamed Yesterday on fog.
The Skymaster struck Basalt
Island 100 feet below its rocky 554-
foot summit. The island, 10 miles
east Of Hong Kong, was shrouded
by fog.
The plane, from the feet Of the
China National Aviation Corp, was
on Hong Kong's radio beam on its
fight from Shanghai, but pilots said
1t was too low for the approach run
to this British Crown colony.
They said the Inflated planes
Danish pilot, Charles Sundby, was
an experienced flyer in China and
would have known to watch for the
island. Hong Kong authorities as
serted they had advised against the
fight in foggy weather.
Mr.. Roosevelt, a grandson Of Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, was vice
president and director Of the air
line. Ironically, his last flight was
one Of the most routine and pre-
sumably least hazardous Of his
countless trips in China.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
by the Associated Press

New attempts to snatch II
marooned flyers off the Greenland
:cecap were postponed again today
when very bad weather" closed in,
the Air Force said.
The men on the 7,500-foot high
ice cap still ARE getting along very
nicely" the Air Force said. 1t re-
ported they are huddlins in their
snow houses today to escape violent
winds and drifting snow.
A variety of equipment for a new
rescue effort was ready at airbases
in Greenland, but when the weather
would permit its use was any ones
guess.
Officials went ahead, meanwhile,
with arrangements to drop Christ
mas dinner to the little group Of
men, seven of whom have been
stranded for two weeks, II rescue
efforts are not successful by Sat-
urday.
They said, however, they are sure
that glider pickups-which failed in
a previous rescue attempt-eventu-
ally will do the trick.
A radio message from Goose Bay,
Labrador, late yesterday said all the
men are in good shape. They are
Evening star., 1948-12-23

pay, retirement and other personnel
data.
There's no doubt that Acc in
tends to follow civil service prac-
tices wherever possible. But, at
the same time, specific policy
statement will end a lot of unnec-
essary apprehension on the part of
it's employees.
TOP PAY-Senator O'Conor, DEM
ocrat, of Maryland is expected to
carry the ball for the administra-
ton next month on the top-bracket
Federal pay legislation.
The chairman of the Senate Civil
Service Subcommittee that drafted
the measure is Senator Flanders
Republican. of Vermont. But with
the Democrats taking over next
month, Senator Flanders. in his own
words, will be Just another minority
member"
So that's why the able and like
able Senator O'Conor will have the
job OF guiding the bill through the
Senate. He Is expected to work
very closely with Senator Johnston
of South Carolina, who is slated to
be the new chairman of the Senate
Civil Service Committee. And Sen
ator Flanders will do all he can to
line up Republican support for the
measure. incidentally, Senator
O'Conor promises that rank -and-
file pay revision will be taken up as
soon as the top-bracket bill is dis
posed Of.
ANNIVERSARY-Alvin w. Hall
yesterday celebrated his oath ami
versary as director of the Bureau Of
Printing and Engraving Mr.. Hall
has made a fine record as the bu-
reaus director during these "a years
DELAY - Hoover Commission
members predict the group will ask
Congress for a 60-day extension of
the deadline for submitting its re-
port.
The Hoover group is scheduled to
submit its recommendations on
Government reorganization in mid
January. But it's said that the
commission will ask that the time
be extended to some time in March
X X X
SECURITY GROUP President
Truman Is said to be favorable to
considerable changes in the setup
Of the National Security Council.
Although most people are un-
aware of Its existence, the council
is one of the most important agen-
cies in Government. 1t has the job
of advising the President on the
integration of foreign, domestic and
Evening star., 1948-12-23

closure Of the name On the ground
that In the late hours Of Monday
night the death was an unsolved
mystery and I'VE thought any light
we could shed, we should she'd BY
revealing that Mr.. Duggan's name
had been mentioned, Mr.. Mundt
contended, the committee was try
ing to help police authorities.
The disclosure that prompted the
committee disagreement was testi-
mony by Isaac Don Levine, editor
Of Plain Talk, that Mr.. Chambers
had told former Assistant Secretary
of State A. A. Berle, jr., in 1889 that
Mr.. Duggan passed along informa-
ton.
Duggan Cleared, Nixon Says.
The day after Mr.. Duggan's death
and the committee disclosure, Mr..
Chambers denied receiving any
papers from Mr.. Duggan.
That prompted Representative
Nixon, Republican, OF California, q
committee member, to declare In o
broadcast last night that Mr.. Cham
bers' statement clearly clears Mr..
Duggan."
But Mr.. Chambers came out with
another statement. He said:
TOO much emphasis has been
placed on my statement that I per-
sonally never knew Laurence Dug
gan and that he never gave me
documents.
Practically overlooked is the fact
that I found 1t necessary to give
Duggan's name to Mr.. Berle in 1899.
I resent slaps at Isaac Don Levine.
We are both making statementS on
the basis of information we do not
wish to discuss at this time"
In Mexico City, where Mr.. Levine
is visiting his son, he told the As
sociated Press that the night Nj.
Chambers told his story OF an es-
pionage conspiracy to Mr.. Berle.
with Mr. Levine as a witness. the
most prominent name was that OF
Mr.. Duggan.
No Question of Payments.
There was never any question
that night of Duggan having done
anything for pecuniary reasons" Mr..
Levine said. He was simply classi-
fed as being ideologically with the
pro-Soviet clique and as one who
had been useful to Chambers under.
ground group.
las far as I recall there was no
information given by Chambers to
Berle which singled out Duggan
from among those in the State De-
partment of whom Chambers knew"
He added that "for Chambers to
have mentioned him (Mr Duggan)
that night and for him not to have
met Duggan is for Chambers to
explain.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Apartment Offered
Only to Couple With
Child and a Doq
By The Asseeiotsd Press

Los ANGELES, Dec. 49,
John Paul Turk is "A sort of
Santa Claus in his own way to
parents and pet lovers.
He says he has a newly fur
nished apartment for rent only
to some one with a child and
dog.
Mr.. Turk, a plumber, and his
wife, a nurse, never have had
children Of their own. He said:
There are a lot of people
who can't get homes on account
Of having a dog or q baby. I
like kids. II any one wants to
rent the place and hasn't got q
child and a dog, I'll turn him
down."
Evening star., 1948-12-23
7 Americans Rescued
From Tientsin After
Emergency Landing
By Harold K. MiIks
Press Fersiun cerrespender

Assoeiotsd Prsss Forsisn Correspondent
NANKING, Dec. ga Marine
plane today rescued three American
embassy attaches and four cor
respondents who had been stranded
in isolated Peiping and Tientsin.
The plane, piloted by Marine LIT.
Charles Leutz OF South Orange,
N. j., and M/Sergt. Frank Rosen-
berg of New York City brought the
group here today from Tientsin.
The marines took off from the
emergency field at Tientsin where
another plane, which had begun the
rescue mission in Peiping, made a
forced landing yesterday with one
engine out.
Lands on Tiny Polo Field.
This plane was piloted by Capt.
James Gault of Shreveport, La,
who tested the emergency air strips
of both Of the isolated North China
cities in his rescue effort.
Capt. Gault landed on the tiny
polo field airstrip yesterday in the
heart of Peiping, where the Amer
lean group had been cut off since
December II. when Communists
shelled the city's south airfield upon
the Americans arrival.
Three minutes after the takeoff
from the dangerous polo field Capt.
Gault's left engine failed. AS he
and Maj. Kearie Berry of Austin,
Texas, worried over the engine, we
seven passengers bundled into para
chutes and prepared to abandon the
plane over Communicated North
China.
Thirty minutes later Capt. Gault
made a neat landing at Tientsin's
race course field from which the first
planes had started operating only a
few hours before.
Flown to Marking.
Rather than risk a long 300-mile
single engine flight into Tsingtao,
where the Navy has a base, the
plane was put under repair in
Tientsin while the passengers were
ferried into Marking by the Marine
flyers.
In the group of Embassy attaches
and correspondents were Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Soule, military attache;
Capt. Samuel Frankel, naval attache.
and 1t. Col A. M. House, air attache:
Correspondents Henry Lieberman,
New York Times; Gerald Nozick,
United Press; Fred Gruin, Time and
Life magazines. and myselef.
Capt. Frankel and his wife main
tain a home at 3608 North Alber-
marie street, Arlington.
A native of Cincinnati, he was
graduated from the United States
Naval Academy in 1929. He served
as assistant naval attache at the
Embassy in Moscow from
1941 to 1914 when he returned to
the United States to the office of
the commander in chief of the
United States Fleet. He was named
naval attache at Marking, China,
in March.
He received the Distinguished
Service Medal for his work willis
in Mursiaus and Archanged durini
his tour In Russia.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

| JudI ulci III SyS-
tenn principles
would be con-
tinued.
The National
Federation of
F e d e raj En-
ployes is asking
Acc to issue a
detailed pro-
gram, which will
spell out in full
just what its
personnel pol
icies are going
to be in connec-
ton with hiring,
s~l ,n+o1,{;Nx1e
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Bad Weather HuIts New Efforts
To Rescue linen on Icecup

living in snow huts, Tending of the
severe cold with heating equipment
dropped by parachute. Tempera-
lures down to 40 degrees below zero
were reported.
Bad weather and bad breaks have
hampered rescue attempts since the
first seven men cracked up their
CAT transport on the icecap De-
cember Q.
The two-man Bit crew which
tried to pick them up four days
later joined the marooned men
when their plane ran into trouble
In the snow. Two more men landed
glider on the ice four days after
that and were themselves stranded
when snapped cable thwarted an
attempted plane-glider snatch"
Since then the weather has been
bad. Winds yesterday were below
the 100-mile-an-hour hurricane
velocity they hit earlier in the week,
but a reconnaissance hellcopter re-
ported them still high.
The three planes added to the
rescue team at American airbases
in Greenland include twin-engine
CAT equipped with skis and takeoff
jets and two twin-engine C-S2
transports, one carrying a glider,
the other light liaison plane.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

military policies relating to ma
tional security.
The criticism heard most often
is that too many military officials
comprise the council. It's expected
that legislation will be drafted
giving civilians greater representa-
ton on the council and limiting
the military to one place on the
member council That would
be Defense Secretary Forrestal.
X X y y
DISPLACED CAREERISTS-
James M. Mitchell, the new civil
service commissioner, has disclosed
he will make his own study of the
displaced career employees program
to try and find out what is wrong.
More than 1000 permanent status
people remain jobless after having
devoted most Of their lives to the
Federal service. Many of them
have 30 years and more of service,
only to have been dismissed from
their jobs during the Government 5
observation-disclosures program. Mean
while, many thousands of War-serv-
ice and temporary employees remain
on the Government S rolls.
Mr.. Mitchell's interest may give
the commission the shot in the arm
that has been so badly needed il,
connection with the DEE program.
For, although the commission about
year ago did find jobs for some
does, the program has practically
come to standstill in the last
six months.
AS disclosed here recently. the
White House also will look into the
situation to find out why these
careerists haven't been re-employed
by the Government, because there
is even a more important issue in
volved than the vital one of finding
jobs for these people. If the present
situation is allowed to continue. it
will set the dangerous precedent
whereby no Government career en-
ploye can have any assurance that
efforts will be made to aid him,
If he is laid off in any future Gov
ernment reduction in-force pro-
gram.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Charles F.
Sharkey has been reelected presi-
dent of American Federation of
Government Employees Labor Lodge
No. 228. Also elected were Donald
c. Roden, vice president; George E.
Chapman, jr., treasurer; Sophronia
M. Elmer, secretary, and Walter w.
Schneider, sergeant at arms. The
employees in the Navy Departments
Bureau of Ordnance donated 750
toys and dolls to WRC's Doll House.
Representative Manasco, Demo-
crat, of Alabama, who winds up his
congressional service at the end of
the year, is being mentioned for the
sergeant at arms job in the House.
But Mr.. Manasco, who is also a
member Of the Hoover Commission,
says he isn't interested and has
other plans. President Luther
Steward of the National Federation
Of Federal Employees is due back
here next week from Japan, where
he served as adviser to Gen. Mac
Arthur on civil service reforms
there.
fBe sure to listen in every Sun
day at 11:15 am. ouer WMAL,
The Evening Star station, for
Ell Joseph Young's broadcast uersion
OF the Federal Spotlight, teatur-
ing additional netUs and pie,Ds OF
the Government scene)
Evening star., 1948-12-23

in advance of the bogus progres-
sivism of the Communists"
Swift, flexible infighting that de-
feats the Communists at their own
game within the union.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
The Federal Spotlight
FeueTuI oPorH9R
Specific Personnel Policy Urged
|On ACC to Reossure Employees
By Joseph Young

The Atomic Energy Commission is being asked to issue
detailed statement OF policy its employees that
merit system principles will be followed closely in its new per-
Isonnel policies.
the authority given by Congress Consequently of the
Evening star., 1948-12-23

fBe sure to listen in every Sun
day at I:15 am. ouer WMAL,
The Evening Star station, for
Joseph Young's broadcast persion
OF the Federal Spotlight, teatur-
ing additional netUs and pieUs OF
the Government scene.)