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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Meat Rationing Plan
Fought by CI0; AFL
Asks Separate Agency
Price Curb Must Be Port
Of Effective Program,
JAW Official Asserts
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr..

A CLIO spokesman told a SEN
ate Banking Subcommittee today
that the labor organization will
not support a standby meat ra-
tioning bill because 1--WE don't
believe it will ration meat or
control prices"
Don Montgomery, legislative di-
rector of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO), testified that price
control must be a part of any ra-
tioning measure if it is to work eff
fectiveiy.
This is along the lines of Presi-
dent Humans stand that, wher
meat ,rationing becomes necessary, II
should be coupled with price con-
troll.
At the same time, the subcommit
tee heard Boris Shiskin. represent
ing the AFL, call for an independ
emit agency to administer ratfoning
rather than the Agriculture Depart
ment, 80 as to be completely FREE
from internal Or political pressures.
Opposes Secretary as Director.
While not taking any positive
stand on this issue, Mr. Montgomer.
commented that Il do not think th'
Secretary of Agriculture is the
man to bring prices down"
An earlier witness today. DR.
Dewey Anderson, executive director
of the Public Affairs Institute, also
proposed separate agency. He
testified: Il fear that its tAgri-
culture, standing as an agency
intended to serve farmers will be
endangered by its dynamic function
of making the system of meat con-
trolls work"
Representative Javits, Republi-
can, of New York challenged critics
of the standby meat rationing
measures Ito come forward with
one of their own The Senate
subcommittee is holding hearings
on bill introduced by Senator
Flanders, Republican, Of Vermont
Mr.. Javits is author of a similar
House bill
TT is right to critically examine
our plan, but to object to our pro-
gram and to present no alternative
is, I believe, untenable," Mr.. Javits,
who was called as a witness by
Senator Flanders, declared. This
is just tying the hands of urban
families in any effort to help them
selves"
Urges Price Measures.
Mrs. J. L. Blair Buck, president
of the General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, told the committee that
something must be done quickly to
the very real distress that
the high cost of living is visiting on
many millions of our people"
She termed the Flanders bill "a
step in the right direction" to meet
the danger of serious meat shortages
in the spring.
Earlier Senator Flanders. Repub-
lican, of Vermont, subcommittee
chairman and author of the bill
told reporters he wanted to find out
Just where the administration stands.
Accordingly, he plans to recall
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan to ask about
reported differences within the
Government over the need of ra-
tioning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

the Auchincloss plan, the New
Yorker said taxation without repre-
sentation here was as intolerable a
situation as that which provoked
the Boston Tea Party.
Opposition by the Commissioners
to the home rule features of the
District charter bill brought both
challenges and support from mem
bers of the Joint Committee and
provoked rapid-f1re debate over the
Districts income tax and city
financing generally.
Senator Ball. Republican. Of Min
nesota, head of the Senate Home
Rule Subcommittee, challenged the
Commissioners philosophy that
home rule here might be financially
ruinous if residents without full
District tax liability were permitted
to vote.
"If you carry out that argument,
(See HOME RULE, Page A-6D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
VA Forced 10 Divert
Is Million 10 Replace
Surplus Equipment
Official Tells House Group
Agency Had to Use Fund
Slated for Medical Service
By George Beverage

The Veterans Administration
has been forced to buy medical
supplies and equipment this year
with $4,000, 900 which Congress
intended to be spent for direct
medical service to veterans, off,
Gals of the agency told the
House Veterans Committee to-
day.
Chairman Edith Nourse Rogers
termed the expenditure ''the greatest
fraud ever perpetrated on service to
veterans"
The question of what is happening
to the current VA appropriation was
brought up after DR.. Paul B. Mag
nuson, new VA medical chief, told
the committee the appropriation
comes nowhere near the amount
we need"
Much Of Surplus Unsusable.
Mrs. Rogers then asked what has
become of an additional $20,000,000
which Congress appropriated in this
lloCdl ecu All dddCu lLCOiSdl SCl WIG
DR.. Magnuson said that so far as
I know, we did not get it.
DR.. H. A. Press, VA budget Of
fetal, then disclosed publicly for the
first time that $13,000,000 of the
amount was used to buy, medical
supplies and hospital equipment. He
said VA had obtained about that
amount of supplies on an earlier
surplus arrangement from the Army
and Navy, but that the surplus
goods had been found "for the most
part unusable."
In the 1913 budget request, he
testified, VA tried to list specifically
s13,0O0,000 needed to buy the sup
plies.
But the Budget Bureau told us
we would have to knock out that
request because we had already OBJ
(See VETERANS, Page A-6)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Supreme Court Back,
State Civil Rights Law
In Canada Ship Case
UphoIds Conviction, II,
Of Michigan Firm for
Negro Passenger Bar
BY the Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled, To,
today that a steamship COM
pany's refusal to transport a
Negro woman from Detroit to
Bob-Lo Island. Ontario, violated
Michigan's civil rights law.
The court disagreed with the COM
panys contention that. because 1t
is engaged in foreign commerce 1t
should not be subject to the States
act
The act requires public convey
ances to provide equal accommoda-
tons to all customers, and prohibits
discrimination because Of race.
creed or color.
Justice Rutledge wrote the major
ity opinion. Justice Jackson wrote
a dissent in which Chief Justice
ViDson concurred. Justice Douglas
wrote an opinion agreeing with the
majority.
Woman Refused Passage.
The steamship line, the Bob-Lo
Steamship Co., appealed to the
Supreme Court after the Michigan
Supreme Court ruled that the
States Civil Rights Act applies to
foreign commerce as well as to in
trastate commerce.
The company in June, 1945, re-
fused passage to Sarah Ray after
she had boarded boat at Detroit.
She was rendered refund OF the
price of her ticket, but refused to
accept the money. The company
said 1t had adopted policy of not
accepting Negroes as passengers.
Justice Rutledge said the SUI
preme Court need consider only the
narrow question" of whether the
Michigan courts correctly held that,
under the commerce clause of the
Federal Constitution, the State was
not prohibited from applying its
Civil Rights Act to uphold the Bob
Lo Co.'S conviction.
The commerce clause prohibits in
reference with traffic across State
lines.
Jackson Sees Standard Lacking.
Justice Rutledge said the high
court majority agreed with the
Michigan courts that the Constitu-
Co. C0TTDT popo Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Forced Liquidation
Of Europeans Assets
Opposed by Council
Advisory Group Votes
To Let Custodian Have
Sums Blocked Here
BY the Associated Press

The National Advisory Council
today opposed any forced liquid
alton of $4,3OO,O0O,O0O of assets
held in this country by citizens
of European nations which are
in line for Marshall Plan aid.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
said the council had voted to turn
over to the Alien Proptrty Custodian
81 100, 100000 in blocked assets.
About $350,000,000 of this is held
by French citizens.
In report Mr.. Snyder told the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
the council believes it would not be
wise ito force countries likely to re-
ceive financial aid from the United
States to liquidate the private hold
ings of their nationals as condi-
ton to receiving such aid"
Such course had ben suggested
in debate on the recovery program
Favors Aiding Governments.
Mr.. Snyder said the council, how
ever, favors aiding the governments
concerned in converting these
holdings into dollars to help them in
their international trade.
Mr.. Snyder described the $780,
900 900 as free assets" which never
had been blocked during the war.
He said about $4,000, 900 900 repre-
sents holdings of British citizens.
The council is the administra-
tons top policy group on interna-
tional financial problems. 1t in
cludes the Secretaries of State,
Treasury and Commerce, and the
chairmen of the Federal Reserve
Board and the Export Import Bank
The report came as Congress ap-
peared to be getting ready to cut
$500 100000 off the starting cost of
the Marshall Plan. A fight to chop
off even more is possible.
Bridges Would Cut Sum.
Chairman Bridges of the Senate
Appropriations Committee said ad-
ministration figures have convinced
him there is no need to appropriate
the full $4,000, 900, 900 asked by Pres
ident Truman That is the amount
sought for the first Is months be-
ginning April l.
Senator Bridges cited testimony
by State Department officials before
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee last week about $500, 900, 900
of the total would go for goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
New Cold Wave Moves on D. c.,
Grounding Sees His Shadow
Temperature Goes Above Freezing Mark,
But Respite Is Scheduled to Be Brief

for the moment, the temperature
moved up over the freezing mark
this afternoon for the second time In
the last II days. The low today was
II degrees at 6:44 am.
A weather disturbance just south
of Washington diverted to sea a
heavy snowstorm which was head
ing directly for the city Saturday
night. The storm early yesterday
was as close as 100 miles south
west of the District, depositing IA
inches of snow at Gordonsville, Va
Reaching near blizzard proper
tons in southern regions of the
State, the snow blocked transpor-
tation and caused public schools in
at least q of Virginia's 100 counties
and in at least 10 cities to be closed
today.
The lowest temperature was re-
corded at Harrisonburg, where the
mercury dipped to above zero.
Primary highways were open to-
day, police reported, and IS per cent
of the secondary roads were open.
The deepest recorded snowfall was
Is inches at Southhill, Emporia and
(See WEATHER, Page A-6D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
FUEL OIL situation in District con-
tinues grave. Page b.

FUEL OIL situation in District con-
tinues grave. Page b.
The grounding and Weather
Bureau saw eye to eye today, at
least as to Washington's imme-
date weather prospects.
Led from his cage for the benefit
of photographers, the Zoos ground
hog took a long squint at his shadow
illumined by a bright sun and, &C
cording to tradition, retreated for a
siege of six more weeks of winter.
Shying away from superstition,
the Weather Bureau studied its
charts and predicted a low of "a
degrees in the city and IS in the
suburbs tonight, followed by near
freezing tomorrow and IL to Is de-
grees temperature tomorrow night.
The forecaster based his prediction
on a new cold wave moving from
the Midwest. Although it appeared
to pack less authority than some of
its predecessors, the cold blast looked
capable of keeping Washington
bundled up for at least two days.
Defying the groundhog's dictum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Supt. Corning Orders Expulsion
OF 1873 NONRESIDENT Pupils
Court Order Delays Action on 81 9th
In Dispute Over Payment of Tuition

and DR.. Corning said he merely was
following the law in sending out the
dismissal notices. He said he would
be subject to censure" If he did not.
The schools head said he did not
know how many of the pupils
affected had reported for classes to-
day, the beginning of the second
semester. He explained principals
had made no check on this and
would not do SO until they had re-
ceived the dismissal notices.
He added the principals probably
would notify the pupils as soon as
they got the official notices from his
Office. The 1873 pupils are dis
tributed largely among Western.
Coolidge and Central High Schools.
he said.
The tuition requirement does not
apply to those nonresident pupils
who had been attending school tut
tion-free last year under exemp-
| (See TUITION Page A-6)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Home Rule Plan
Opposed in Part
.ByDistrictHeads
Joint Hearing Opens;
Commissioners Back
Reorganization ldeo
Pictures on Page BIZ
By Don S. Worren

| The Commissioners today reg
iStered solid Endorsement of the
proposed streamlined reorgani-
cation of the District govern
ment, but clasSed as potentially
dangerous" the home rule provi-
sions of the city suffrage bill.
Testifying at the opening of the
joint House-Senate hearings on the
Auchincloss- measure, Commits
sioner John Russell Young. speaking
for the Board of Commissioners:
/. Questioned the constitutionality
of the proposal to let legislation
initiated by an elected city council
become law if not vetoed by the
House or Senate or the President.
2. Agreed that as a matter of prin-
ciple and the traditional heritage"
of every American, residents of the
District should have home rule, but
struck hard at provisions letting
residents who maintain legal domi-
cile in the States and escape the
District income levy. vote here and
serve on the council, or be elected
to the Board of Education.
Warn of Potential Financial Ruin.
3. Warned that residents with
legal domicile elsewhere might Be
numerous enough to swing" Dis
trict elections and, through council
for which they had no full taxpayer
responsibility that might eventually
bring financial ruin on the city.
4. Called on Congress. as a step
preceding any grant of home rule.
to apply full District taxpayer re-
sponsibilities to all given District
voting rights. They said they would
not deny the District franchise to
residents domicued back home"
but would let them vote here only
if they had the same taxpayer re-
sponsibilities as the bona fide Dis
trict resident.
S. Declared that as to clean and
honest" government, the District
stood at or near the top among
American cities but called its or
ganizational setup only mediocre"
Approve Single District Committee.
6. Approved the proposal for crea-
ton of single joint House-Senate
District Committee, as time-saver
for both Congress and key officials
and okayed the placing of admin
1 istrative responsibilities in city
manager If an elected council Is
set up If the commission form is
retained and the sprawling city
agencies streamlined into IL de-
partments, they added, the ex-
panded work load on the Com
missioners also might suggest the
need of a chief executive officer.
More than 100 persons were In
the caucus room of the House Of
flee Building when the hearing was
opened py Representative Auchin-
Gloss, Republican, of New Jersey
head of the Home Rule Subcommit-
tee of the House District Com
nittee. =.
He won immediate applause when
he described the pending bill as q
long step" in the right direction"
to bring home rule and more mod
ern city government to Washing
! ton.
Powell, Supports Plan.
The first witness was Representa-
tive Powell, Democrat, of New York.
He told the joint committee it was
a travesty here to see streetcar
placards saying freedom is every
body's business"
Placing himself squarely behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
House Rejects
Democrat PI an
For Tax Slash
Douehton Asks COP
To Pare Down Bill
To Hurdle Veto
BULLETIN
The House rejected today a
Democratic substitute for the
COP $500, 900, 900 tax redr~
ton bill.
BULLETIN
BY J. A. O'Leoy

Representative Dough t o n
Democrat, of North Carolina told
House Republicans today that il
their Sc, 500, 100000 tax-reduction
bill were trimmed down to about
$4,000, 100000 it would become
law with or without the Presi-
dents sanction"
The ranking minority member OF
the tax-drafting Ways and Means
Committee fatty predicted the Re-
publican bill, which the House is due
to pass this afternoon, could not
become law over Veto
At the same time, he expressed
doubt that the substitute to be
offered by Democratic leaders could
become law, either. The substitute
gives individuals about $4,000, OO0, 900
in tax cuts, but offsets it by reviving
q modified excess profits tax on
corporations that would raise
5000 ,000, 900.
Democratic Support Implied.
MI. Doughton called for a mod
crate overall tax cut. His state
ment was in effect a promise that
enough Democrats will join the Re-
publicans to make some tax cut law
even If President Truman disap-
proves it.
He spoke shortly before a vote
which. it was taken for granted.
would send the Republican tax
cutting measure along to the Senate
with House approval.
The Republican bill, sponsored by
Chairman Knutson of the Ways and
Means Committee, would: Raise the
per capita personal exemption from
$500 to $500; allow married couples
everywhere to split their incomes, a
privilege now confined to IL COM
n1unity property States; gives every
individual a rate cut, ranging from
80 per cent in the lower brackets to
10 per cent at the top.
Mr.. Doughton, who handled tax
bills for the administration when
the Democrats were in control, de-
Tended his own 'middle-of the
road" plan, which would cost be-
tween $4,000, 0O0, 900 and s4,250, OOO,-
600. 1t would give the same $500
increase in personal exemption, and
income-splitting privilege for IT
ried couples, but would cut the
Knutson percentage reductions IN
half, making the rates from Is to
S per cent,
Sees Debt Cut Possible.
Under such a bill, he said. there
wonld still be $500, 900 900 for pay
ment on the public debt, even if
Congress makes no cut in President
Humans budget for next year.
In my judgment such bill
would become law with or with
out the Presidents sanction" Mr..
Doughton continued.
There are two ways by which a
bill could become law without the
Presidents approval, Congress could
override a veto by two thirds vote
OF both Houses. or the President
could let bill to become law without
his signature.
Representative Mills, Democrat, of
Arkansas opened the final round of
debate today by insisting the Re
publicans underestimate the cost of
their bill. He said it would cut
taxes by $1,000, 600, 900, and threaten
deficit spending next year.
Mr.. Mills admitted the Demo-
cratic plan to re-impose an excess
profits tax is controversial. but told
colleagues who are concerned" over
this step that it is less drastic than
(See TAXES. Page A-6D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Ii. Gen. Leslie R. Groves,
Army Atom Chief, TO Retire
BY the Associated Press

1t. Gen. Leslie r. Groves, war
time boss of the Army's atom bomt
project, has applied for retirement
effective February 20.
, The Army made the announce
ment today. but said it has no in
formation on Gen. Groves future
plans.
Gen. Groves was head of the
Manhattan Project, supersecret
agency that developed the first atom
bomb.
After development of atomic en-
ergy was turned over to civilian
commission, Gen. Groves was named
chief of the armed forces special
weapons project
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Hearing on GSI Strike
DELAYED Till Tonight

A House Labor subcommittee
hearing on the Government Serv-
ices, Inc, cafeteria strike was post
poned until 7 o'clock tonight because
of the House debate this afternoon
on the income tax deduction bill.
Earlier Story on Page BID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Hearing on WMAL

The Stars radio station,
WMAL, will broadcast a half
hours transcribed proceedings
of the Auchincloss home rule
bill hearing tonight from $50
to 10 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

(See RUSSIAN, Page A-6.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

(See FOREIGN AID. Page A-6D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

(see COURT, Page A-s)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

(See TUITION, Page A-6D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

0see HOME RULE, Page A-6J
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-06-25
Znarodnsnf v Rumunsku.

Poole Zakona o ZnarOdnen1
veskerych pT1rodn1ch zdrojd,
jez nebyly statn1m majetkem,
kdyz zacala platit 1stava ru-
munske lidove republiky, i jed
MOTIVE podniky, spolecnosti
vseho druhu a soukromy pro-
mysl, spolecnosti bankovni, po-
jistovny, d1lnictv1, doprava a
telekomunikace, sc znarodn1.
Jde o 1872 podnikd, tezkeho prd
myslu, 20 spolecnost1 pro tez-
bu uhlf a Is spolecnostf pro
tezbu nafty a prfrodniho ply
nu, dale Sc podnikd vyrabejf-
cfch stavebni hmoty, 20 staveb-
Mich podnik6, 1913 textilnf to-
varny, 10 soukromych zeleznic,
Is pojistoven a ctyTi paropla-
vebnf spolecnosti. Stat odskod-
nj majitele akcii znarodnenych
podnikG z fondu znarodnene-
no prdmyslu v dluznfch 1pisech
ktere fond Dude vykupovati
zpet z cisteho zisku znarodne
nych podnikd.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-06-25
Vzpominka ma padle csl. bojov-
Milky u Dunkerque.

V malem meste Bourborgu
u D%unkerque konala Sc vzpo-
mfnkova oslava ma pamet ces-
skoslovenskych vojakd, pTfslus-
Mkt prvnf ceskoslovenske obr-
meme brigady, kteri u Bunker
que polozili svGj zivot "a vlast.
Starosta mesta Bourbourgu u
vital jmenem m1stn1ho obyva-
telstva zastupce ceskosloven-
skeho vojenskeho attache v Pa
Tfzi a delegaci ceskosloven-
skych bojovn1k1 We Francii a
pravil:
"Drazf pfatele ceskosloven-
stf, pral bych 81. abyste V tento
den, v malem koutku Francie,
kde pamatka ma ty, kdoz "a nj
polozili sve zivoty, zdstala tax
zivoucf, abyste vyc1tili pratel-
stv1 a lasku, kterou k YAM cho-
|vame nejenom my, ale i celia
Francie. Jednou v dej1nach
jste dokazali pred ocima cel6-
no sveta, jakeho hrdinstv1 jste
schopni, kdyz jde O BOZ "a svo-
bodu. Nemohu Sc ubranit srov-
mani heroismu Jana Lucembur-
skeho S hrdinstv1m Johanky z
Arcu, jej1z svatek slavime v
techto dnech pc cele Francii.
Oba bojovali "a tutez vec v te-
re valce, ktera Sc skoncila v ko-
necnem vltezstvi."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-06-25
Hitlerovo velikasstvi neznalo
mezl.

Norimberk. " procesu pro-
ii byvalemu sefu valecne rady
nemeckeho namornictva admi-
ralu Otto Schniewindovi vyslo
ma jevo, re Hitler nebyl spoke
jen Sc stavem nemeckeho ma
mornictva a proto nar1dil Roe
derovi, ably sc postaral O vybu-
dovanl nejvetsi bitevnf lodi Q
vytlaku $4,000 tun. Tato nova
jednotka mem. namoTinctva by
predcila O $4,000 tun nejvetsi
americkou letadlovou LODI. Ia
to Hitlerova fantasia nesla he
slo: "Gigant" a o projektu sc
radil nemecky vojensky stab.
Posleze bylo cd planu upuste-
no, protoze Sc ukazalo, re by
LODI neprojela do Severniho mo-
re ami Skagerrakem, ami 1st1m
nekterych nemeckych rex.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-06-25
DIP. Josef Plojhar zbaven
knezstvi.

Praha. - DIP. Josef Plojhar.
ministr zdravotnictvi v cesko;
slovenske Wade byl pro svoji
politickou cinnost zbaven knee
stvf. Plojhar je tez poslancem
a namestkem starosty V Ces-
kych Budejovicfch.
KancelaT arcibiskupa Bera-
ma, ktera vydala prfslusne ma
.rfzenf soucasne sdeluje, re by
10 docasne zbaveno svych funk
CT pro politickou cinnost neko-
lik dalSfch knezf.
Ma biskupskem komisistori,
odbyvanem V Olomouci dine 8.
kvetna byli katolictf knezf va
rowan, re nesmejf kandidovat
ma jednotne listine pro parla-
mentnf volby a nesmf zaujmout
mista v akcnfch vyborech.
Pred volbami bylo V Ruben
Pravu jmenovite uvedeno IL
knezi, kteTi NELL schvalovat
jednotnou kandidatnf listinu.
V dopise arcibiskupske kan
celare je uvedeno, re cfrkev pl-
ne uznava pozadavek polite
kych stran ma udrzenf stranic-
Ike discipliny ma druhe strane
must vsak byt zadano, ably kne-
II poslouchali rozkaZ1 cfrkve.