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IhhC1Ohs au typeS I0rm equipment,
stssr ehs9eh sn h.ad goo OWNER
AFRICAN vIoLETs. 25 varieties; grown
In our greenhouses; guaranteed to be free
Of disease and pests; in 3-in. pots; ST.,
81 .25, 81 80 each. African violet soil,
scientifically treated, lbs, 35c; 10 lbs,
65ci Liqua-vita Qiauid fertilizer) for
better growth, S-oz bottle, 45c; free de-
livery, Wash. and vic, on So orders and
up. once week. Ask for list of varieties
No mail orders. BEHNKE NURSERIES,
Wash.-Balto. blvd, Beltsville, Md. Open
Sunday. Phone TO. 6284. d
GARDEN TRACTORS--Garden aid. with
plows, cults, harrows and snowplows and
Georgia ave. Silver Spring. Nd. sH.
1880. Ill
tels noN wow iGs spEng Roto
harrows In one operation. ship, steel OF
rubber tires, 20 or 20 inch width; all at
tachments available. including sickle bars,
planters, snow plows or bulldozers, culti-
yators. etc; Buy nov while available.
1915 14th St. NV. AID. 2270. Z
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT.
BULLDOZER and operator for hire to
clear building lots and land. Phone WI.
BULIDOZER WITH OPERATOR to hire:
land clearing, road building and grading.
HOSPITAL BEDS. IDEAL BEDDING AND
FURNITURE CO.. 622 E st. NV. National
1904
KEYSTONE, Is-A, with half-yard back
hoe. NO. 1893. IS
FOR RENT-Caterpillar. motor graders,
Diese; bulldozers. all sizes; diesel cranes,
shovel, backhoe, drag line, trenchers all
types; everything for the contractor. Call
GI, 2212 or GIL. O9Q3.
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ROOMS FURhIsHEp-hortheos,


1909 NORTH CAROLINA AVE. Ne
Large, attrac.. dble.. twin-bed rn.; also
sgle. rm.; breakfast optional. Ii. 0070.
3843 AMES ST. N.E.-Laree room. twin
beds, new.y furn., pvt home, Ink, laund.
and phone pgiyil;; VI 72sS; .t,, s,,
Bile rm.. adjoining bath; new furniture;
pvt. home: convenient location. TR. 1877.
priyii.; near trsnsp; unlimited phone;
III $as.SSA SMSARYtAaD VI a1oaAi AVE- N.E-rront Tm.,
next to bath: rent sinsls nsss, or double; sonysen
MICH. PARK, 4So7 18th It. n.s-single
cor. rm, clean. attrae., adj. bath. shr.; M.
transp.; unlin,. phone; $35 mo. Do. 0473
IA TENN. AVE. NE.-Attractive. large
double room, 2 closets, in private home;
Mt. Pleasant carline FIR. 0319. -6
As GIRARD ST. N.E.-Beautiful room in
modern home for one or two refined girls,
$40 wk. Call ewes. HO. 5963. .
800 ST. N.E.-Single room for semitic
man. on carline; close to oath; hot water;
1922 3rd ST. N.E.-Lieht housekeeping
rm.. refrigerator. hot plate. unlim: phone,
auto. heat; refined employed lady only. -
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ROOMS FuRMsHEp-Mp. ssI VA.

SILVER sPRING-Attractiv single room
laundry privileges; S25 mo. sH 7440.-2
SPACIOUS master bedrms. for 2 empl.
men; phone; parking space; semlpvg.
bath: $35 each. Call before Pm. IN
BEAUTIFUI. REC. RM. with fireplace; pvt.
bath and pvt entrance, attracttyeiy furndd
twin beds: cony; to op pentason' nav, AN
aFGHCrGS siFpGst Gsi Cyl oCULoNigi Sys VILLAGE, Apt
2e2-Attractive .comfortabls d6le, t6I .oanI. nm
or A viii iI rent sinsie; convenient to every
ssis NO. 2Ist sT-pbie, room With
chiia. cin sisso week. GD. sI63. =
nOIJHLE Room. newly decorated. next
TO bath, kit. pYiyiI.; unlim. phone; eonV'
transp. WA. 1859.
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ROOMS FuRNlshED-s.t. saA s.w.

ROOMS FURNlShEb-S.E.s end S.W.
635 EAST CAPITOL ST. S.E.-Large
front room on nrst floor, nicely furnished:
suitable for :. TR. 1854; p
bath nicely furnished; suitable for one
or two FR 1856. A.
sol SEWARD 50. S.E.-Light housekee
ing rm., 'front.' rm.. 1st door; couple with
infant; price, $50 per mo-. also basement
apt, S55 per mo. FR. 0O91
NEAR FAIRFAX VILLAGE, 1910 Ft. Davis
xsss next
heat and hot water; near transp.: settled
lady preferred. RE. 6187 a
219 3rd ST. S.E.-Double rm.; prefer
gentleman: conyen. to Pa. ave. transp:;
must be seen to be appreciated. TR. S677.
NEAR NAVY YARD, 7b8 18th se.-share
kit, elec. refgr., front bedrm., excel. furny
plenty INV, unlim. phone. TR. 8726. .
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Rems Furnishsd-Md. 3 We, tce.s. ]

Rows Furnishsd-Md. . We. tcsas.,
1s ass l5sA sT; y. AIiinston. ys:-Tsis:
room, next to bath: men only; $2b. CAL
After $3.50 pm. weekdays, any time Sat
1900 COLONIAL TER. Arlington. Va
Lovely I'M: next to bath. gentleman. $S7
per mo. CH 9696. d
ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Nice sunny double
next. to bath; large closet: suit suitable ''. fos
couple or 2 ladies; conv. to everything.
Call Ov. 1895. "a
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ROOMS WANTED.

rent. for settled woman. Box a56-A, Star,
q
NAN. middle age, single room, reason able.
would Ike breakfast; D. c. employe; ga.
rare: NV. Box 260-A, star. q
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AVIATION.

LUsCOMB SILVAIRE, Sept. 1945, a fac
tory special: this ship has everything;
must see to appreciate. Call HI. 4094.
I45 WARNER FARCHMD "a; instru-
ments, 2-way radio: needs recovering;
ST. 900 CONGRESSIONAL AIRPORT,
Rockville, Md -
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cATTlE and LIVE STOCK

cATTlE and LIVE STOCK.
HORSES BOARDED near suitland, Nd.
adjacent to 12 miles Of excellent Bride
path; box and standing stalls. Call r. H
WANTED FEEDER STEERS up to 40
Weighing 500 to 700 lbs. H. b. Humidity
3446 18th st.. NV. Ap: 800. a
HANDSOME CHESTNUT MARE, age 4:
quiet, well schooled; must sell; privately
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POULTRY end EGGS
JAMES FEED STORE, 619 K st. NV. ME-
O0S9; baby chicks, feed and poultry sup
plies.
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FARM and GARDEN.

TRACTOR, all types farm equipment,
trucks, sprayers, on hand. OWNER. Call
after 8: Fails Church 219O. Sc
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fContinusd on Eszt PsSss
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s24 sHEPHERD-Twin beds and .singl.
rooms: gentlls home gentlemen preferred
RA. 7O4Q. -
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3-piece solid maple
mattress: 9-tube ra
spring and mattress
2 chests of drawers;
porcelain-top cabinet
cabinet: 2 bookcases
radio; extremely reaSl
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.able-top walnut
vi. $3.50. Ext.
stove. icebox and

sectional sofa, GUS
q year ago $3.50.
d, S15; unpaipted
,-way mirror, SIS.
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FUhNIIUhE-OII r
dinettsu set; SH;

some unclaimed new
rm., dinette. liv. I
LIONS STORAGE ]
ave. NV, 1O-6; Sat
FURNITURE SALE
Evening star., 1948-02-25
U. n. May Vote Today
On Korean Elections
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS. Feb. 25.-The
United Nations Little Assembly
neared a vote today on an American
proposal for nationwide elections
in Korea.
The American plan called for a
U. N. Korean commission to ignore
Russia opposition and start popular
balloting for establishment Of a ma
tional government.
The Russians, who occupy the
northern zone of Korea, have boy
cotted the activities of the commits
sion and refuse to allow members to
enter the Soviet-controlled sector
The United States occupies the
southern zone of Korea under war
time agreement which split the
country at the 38th parallel for oc-
cupation purposes.
China and several smaller powers
supported the American position
Canada and Australia objected on
the contention that the elections
would not be legal. Russia also is
boyc6tting the Little Assembly.
Under the American proposal, the
u. N. commission would start hold
ing the elections in the south and
work northward If halted at the
3sth parallel by the Russians, the
national government would be SET
up with delegates elected in the
south only. Since two thirds of the
Koreans live in the southern zone
the National Assembly would have
two-thirds of its seats filled.
Efforts then would be made to get
the Russians to allow the North
Koreans to participate. 4
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5Pcf. Of ii Contracts
ayHaye Been Settled
By Fraud, GAO Says
Warren Declares Rotio
IS Without Precedent;
House Probe Promised
BY the Associated Press

The General Accounting Office
reported today it has evidence
of unprecedented" fraud in wal
contract settlements. The re-
port quickly brought a promise
of a prompt congressional in
vestigation.
Representative Bender, Repub-
lican, Ohio, chairman of a House
Expenditures subcommittee study
ing war contracts, announced plans
for the inquiry after the GAO re-
ported that "one .'out Of every
twenty" settlements may have been
based on fraud"
The report was made to Con-
|gress by Controller General Lind
say Warren, head of the GAO.
Mr.. Bender said 1t comedies with
information obtained by the COM
mittee. He added that it lis in
line with what I have previously
claimed. that millions Of dollars OF
the taxpayers money has been
wasted and literally given to war
contractors
Warren Again Asks Action.
Mr.. Warren renewed his request
that Congress repeal the Contract
Settlement Act. He has opposed it
onthe ground it did not give the
general accounting Office ample
power ito stop fraud.
Up to last December 81. Mr.. War
rem reported, the GAO had exam
ined 6,7O1 settlements covering
payments to contractors totaling
1See CONTRACTS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1948-02-25
By the A.seeiaisd Press

NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. Is.
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor said
today he assumed full responsibility
for interception of a newspaper
story before it was published and
issuing of an immediate rebuttal.
The chief American war crimes
prosecutor said in an interview that
he stood behind the action of his
employees over the week end in the
incident which grew out Of the con-
viction of eight German generals
for war crimes committed during
the German occupation of South
east Europe.
After the Judgment was handed
down, Presiding Judge Charles r.
Wennerstrum gave an interview to
Hal Foust of the Chicago Tribune
criticizing the prosecution. Mr..
Foust filed his story by Press Wire
less, scheduling it for publication
Tuesday.
Gen. Taylor replied to the inter-
view Sunday. before it was in print.
The question then arose how he got
hold of the interview.
The general and his public rela-
keps ofiicer. E. c. Deane, explained i
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MacAhhur's Press Officer
To Be Relieved tomorrow
Nv the A.xoeioted Press

TOKYO, Feb. 25.-Frayne Baker.
Allied headquarters public informa-
ton officer, who was involved re-
Gently in dispute with foreign cor
respondents, will be relieved to-
morrow.
Succeeding him will be Col. M. p.
(Pat) Echols, former public informa-
ton officer at West Point.
Mr.. Baker will become special
adviser to Maj Gen. William F.
Marquat, chief of headquarters Eco
nomic and Scientific Section. For
merly of Bismarck, N. OAK, he was
a brigadier general in the war. He
served at general headquarters dur
ing the island campaigns.
A committee of the Tokyo CorreS
spondents Club said in statement
recently that Mr.. Baker had told
newsmen: you will get your news
of the occupation from PRO tPuoEc
Relations once press releases.
Correspondents also had lodged
with Mr.. Baker protests against
travel restrictions to and from Gen
MacArthur's Far East command
The restrictions later were reiaHeo'
Evening star., 1948-02-25
By joseph A. Fox
Stcr Stof1 CORRESPONDENT

Enroute to Guantanamo with
President Truman, February 25.-
Rough weather slowed President
Truman;s trip to Cuba today aboard
the Williamsburg. A brisk SOUTH
west wind sent the presidential
yacht bouncing through Windward
Passage between Haiti and Cuba
like car on q roller-coaster.
The Williamsburg and seaplane
tender Greenwich Bay hit the trou-
BILE area around 6 am. and reduced
speed to 13 knots.
At IL am. the yacht was As miles
of Guantanamo Bay, with pros
poets that arrival would be around
Q pm. The Willfamsburg's radar
went out of commission during the
night and she dropped astern OF the
Greenwich Bay to permit the ten
der to assume the radar guard.
An inspection Of the big naval
base at Guantanamo this after.
noon will end the West Indian
swing which started last Saturday
from Key West and covered Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The President plans to go ashore
Immediately after the Williamsburg
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Gen. Taylor Admits Girl Aide
Intercepted News Story on rial

War crimes lawyers heard about
the interview and relayed the in
formation to Gen. Taylor Friday
night. He instructed Mr.. Deane to
find out what Judge Wennerstrum
said. Meanwhile, Miss Anne Turner
of Philadelphia, an employe in Mr.
Deane's Office, rode to Frankfurt
with two judges and they mentioned
the interview.
She telephoned the information
to Mr.. Deane. On Saturday Miss
Turner entered the Press Wireless
office in Frankfurt and asked for
Mr.. Foust's copy. The girl employed
there gave it to her. She dictated
it to Mr.. Deane in Nuremberg. The
rebuttal by Gen. Taylor then was
prepared.
Miss Turner said this version wa;
correct. She denied report that
she represented herself as Mr.
Foust's secretary to obtain the copy
Gen. Taylor said he had been
misinformed that the story would
be published Saturday morning.
Asked If he believed it is legal to
intercept newspaper copy, Gen
Taylor said he did not think he
should comment on that. However
lsee TAYLOR, Page A-50
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Government employe groups
today asked a House Civil Serv-
ice Subcommittee to approve a
permanent $500 annual increase
in salaries for Federal workers.
The witnesses testified as the sub
committee began Federal pay raise
hearings in a jammed committee
room. Nearly 500 persons crowded
into the room and several hundred
more waited in the corridors for a
chance to enter
The specific bill under considera-
tion is the Rees measure which pro-
vides for a temporary $3.50 increase,
but the witnesses said that amount
wasn't enough.
William Doherty, president of the
AFL National Association of Letter
Carriers, declared living costs had
risen 30 per cent since postal work
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u. S. Workers Ask $500 Raise
Criticize Rees Bill at Hearing
Postal Workers Testify as House Gf
Opens Study Of S480 Temporary Increase

ers received their last pay raise in
January, 1916. Translated into terms
|of average postal salaries, 5000 is
needed to meet the average de-
ficiency, Mr. Doherty declared.
The postal leader said the recent
drop in food prices shows signs of
leveling off, and that the recent in
crease in steel prices indicates even
higher prices in consumer goods.
Mr.. Doherty urged the subcom-
mittee to consider pay legislation for
postal employees separate from those
of other Government workers. He
said this always had been done in
the past and had worked out well
for both groups.
Others ,testifying were Thomas
Walters, operations director Of the
EAFL Government Employees Coun-
ySee PAY ExTSE. Page AIS.
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Trumon's Trip to Cubo Slowed
As Yacht Hits Rough Weather

reaches Guantanamo. He Will
lunch at the officers club, tour the
base and depart by air for Key
west. He is scheduled to arrive
there this evening.
Present arrangements call for the
President to rest at the Key west
Submarine Base until March D.
Word from the Williamsburg was
that there is no change in plans
in sight.
The president, however, was closely
following developments in the steel
price increase and on the Palestine
issue. He kept in communication
with the White House by teletype
yesterday.
While reporters on the Greenwich
Bay were advised yesterday morn
ing that the President had in
structed the Justice Department
and other Government agencies to
probe the steel increase, Eben
Ayers, press secretary, said later
the president actually had been
discussing this matter with Wash
inpton advisers since last Friday.
The President also sent word 70
the press ship that the American
position on Palestine had been "ac-
curately presented" to the United
Nations Security Council yesterday
by Delegate Warren Au5tin.
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Proprietor Sees Light,
Catches Burglar in Fight

Attracted by the flicker Of a
match after business hours, the pro-
prietor of a northwest pool hall sur
prised two burglars early today and
subdued one by striking him over
the head with a gun.
The proprietor, Dan Nickles, 1904
M street NV, told police he was
passing his pool hall and social
club" at 1880 Eighteenth street NV
when he saw the flame. He hurried
TO his home, seized a gun and re.
turned to the pool hall.
As he entered one of the men fed
but the other attacked Mr.. Nickle.
with. o hammer. he said. 1t wa.
then he used his gun as a club ano
stood guard over the wounded
prowler until Pvts. T. B. Basnigh
and L. G. Gragh Of the Third Pre-.
cinct arrived.
The policemen said the prowiers
entering by O back door, took abou
$l2 from a cash register. A secont
suspect was arrested later.
Evening star., 1948-02-25
By Gornett D. Horner

Congress may be asked to de-
eide whether American soldiers
are sent to Palestine as part of
a United Nations police force.
President Truman. 1t was learned
today. believes this country is duty
bound to help make up such force
if the U. N. Security Council finds
the Palestine conflict threatens in-
ternational peace and security.
He has avoided any specific COM
mitment ON the matter to the Sc
curity Council, however, because
some of his experts doubt that he
has the authority to do SO without
prior approval by Congress.
If the issue arises, it will almost
inevitably bring up another point
of friction with Russia.
With no regular international
security force, as envisaged by the
U. N. Charter, yet created, the prin-
cipal responsibility under the char
ter for maintaining peace and secur-
ity rests on the Big Five Powers
the United States, Russia, Britain,
France and China.
China's armed forces now are
fully committed to civil war with
Chinese Communists. France can
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Depression Threatens
u. 5. Under Aid Pan
Steel Official Warns
Weir Tells House Group
Peril Is Greater Than Thot
Of European Communism
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

Ernest T. Weir, chairman of
the National Steel Corp. said
today the Marshall plan might
lead to a depression here more
serious than any threat OF col
lapse and communism" in Eu-
rope.
Yet, Mr.. Weir cpntended, the ad-
ministration is using "a tremendous
propaganda campaign" to try to
win quick approval for its multi
billion -dollar European Recovery
Program.
Mr.. Weir outlined his views in a
statement prepared for House For
eign Affairs Committee hearings
on the plan.
Depltssion Called Greatest Peril.
ITO those who are alarmed by
the prospt ct Of an expansion OF
Russian Communism" Mr. Weir de-
c,ared, IT say that a serious de-
pI ession in the United States is the
greatest thing to fear"
Ano one is sure to come, he said,
if huge sums wasted through in
efficient spending abroad" are piled
onto the fantastic cost of Govern
ment at home"
Mr.. Weir said he was not making
the point that all aid should be
denied Europe.
Outlines Basis for Aid.
But he said it should be on this
basis:
81. Continue urgent relief of hu-
man suffering by proven agencies.
20. Then make a thorough, care
full, further study of Europe's abil-
ity to fill its own needs; the prac-
tical possibility of effective use OF
our aid by Europe, and the effect
of aid on the United States economy
IS. Establish for this study and
the administration of aid an inde-
pendent agency free from political
influence ..
q. Appropriate at this time an
amount no greater than the actual
needs that are shown to be justi-
fed .. ....
IS. Make commitments for no
more than one year at time"
Il cannot subscribe to the Presl-
dents position that precisely So
800, 900 900 spent between now and
July l, 1949, will save Europe but
that anything less will be money
poured down a rathole,'" Mr.. Weir
said.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has decided that St, 800, :
600, 900 should be spent on the pro-
gram during the first II months
ending March 81, 1949.
The House committee next week
will begin its own closed-door study
of how much to allow.
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Meyers Defense His
AuihoriiyofUn fUniiiiSetUp il
10 Probe War Orders
Committee Chief Counsel
Insists Under Questioning
Thot Precedent Existed
By Robert K. WoIsh

The authority of the Senate
War Investigating subcommittee
that developed evidence against
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers last
fall came under attack today at
the District Court trial of the
retired Army Air Forces pur-
chasing officer which also heard
testimony that he was active in
formation of an aviation elec-
trio company in 1899.
William P. Rogers, chief counsel
for the full committee, admitted un-
der cross-examination/ by defense
attorneys that there was no written
resolution or record empowering the
committee chairman to designate
subcommittees for specific inquiries.
He insisted, however, that oral ap-
pointments by the chairman were
always standard practice" since
President Truman as Senator
headed the committee.
Meyers went on trial yesterday on
charges of inducing Bleriot H.
Lamarre, wartime president" of the
Aviation Electric Co. of Dayton,
Ohio, to lie to the Senate subcom-
mittee last October. Lamarre later
pleaded guilty to perjury charges.
He is expected to take the stand
late today orr tomorrow to testify
that he falsely told the subcom-
mittee that Meyers received no
money or other benefits from the
Dayton concern.
Contractor Testifies.
A Dayton contractor, Robert L.
Pine, testified today that Meyers
was active in the formation of the
company in. 1899, more than a year
before Lamarre began working
there. Mr.. Pine said Meyers
instructed him to put 224 of the
$50 shares of company stock in the
name of. Miss June Ballou, an en-
ploye at Wright Field, where Meyers
then was stationed.
Meyers told me-" Mr.. Pine con-
tinued, "he didn't think it wise to
have shares of stock in his own
name. He explained that man in
the Army had enemies who might
try to keep us from getting business
| If they knew that an Army officer
had stock in the company
The appearance of Mr.. Rogers as
the Governments first witness
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Federal Judge Rules
Against ITU's Effort
To Block Injunction
UphoIds ConstitutionuIit,
Of Toft-HortIey Act
Clause on NLRB Power
BY the Assoeiofed Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25.-The
International Typographical Tn
today lost It's fight to block Fed
eral Court injunction proceed
ings brought against it under
the Taft Hartley Act by the
general counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board.
Judge Luther M. Swygert denied
the unions motion to dismiss the
Injunction suit, which was brought
as temporary stopgap to prevent
the printers from engaging in what
attorneys for the NLRB say are un-
fair labor practices.
Refusal of the court to dismiss the
injunction suit clears the way for 8
hearing to be held here at 10 am
March 3 on the injunction petition
On his 13-page opinion Judge
Swygert:
/. Upheld the constitutionality o,
Section 10-J of the Taft Hartley
Act which permits the NLRB to seei
injunctive relief, and
2. Set out that the act gave tnt
five-man board authority to delegate
to its general counsel the power tx
institute such a suit.
Sees Weakness in Position.
The opinion said:
"The fatal weakness of the unions
contention that the section violates
the due-process principal is two
fold"
First, respondents argument, II
valid, is applicable to any and every
exercise of the power of court OF
equity to grant interlocutory in
junctive relief to preserve the status
quo pending an adjudication of the
merits of a controversy.
"Its maintenance would cast
presumption of lack of due process
upon every equitable proceeding
which undertakes to grant such re-
lief.
| I'm sum, the proceedings would
be tested for due process not at its
conclusion but at its start. Such
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Worker Falls Two Floors
Down Elevator Shaft

A construction worker injured his
back early today in two-story fall
down an unfinished elevator shaft
at the new apartment hotel being
erected at Nineteenth street and
New Hampshire avenue NV.
He was identified as Andrew T
Davis, %, of 5304 Gallatin street
Hyattsville, Md. At Emergency Hos
pital his condition was described as
undetermined.
Mr.. Davis had taken some ma
terials to the second floor OF the
partially completed building, accord.
ing to other wprkmen on the job
He slipped and fell through the oper
shaft into the basement, q drop Of
approximately 20 feet. r