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Evening star., 1948-03-02
Hearst Papers Urge Draft
Of Macarthur as President
By the Asseeiafsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 2.-The Hearst
newspapers today called on the Ma
ton to draft Gen. Macarthur for
the presidency.
An editorial, appearing yesterday
in the New York Journal American
and reprinted in all other members
of the Hearst news group, contained
no reference to party lines but de-
clared:
More than at any TIME since
Abraham Lincoln was summoned to
the White House to save the Re-
public, these United States need a
statesman and not a politician at
the head of the National Govern
ment. None Of the avowed candi-
dates for the presidency meets the
public need"
Gen. Macarthur was described In
the editorial as Americas man OF
the hour"
1--WE need him, "the editorial said
I'VE need his experience and his
judgment and his superb executive
ability at Washington. If we are to
save ourselves from our own follies,
we must draft Gen. Macarthur for
the presidency"
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Palestine
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derground group, claims 1t blew up
the train.
Confusing of Issue Charged.
The statement said continuance OF
tindiscriminate murder and con-
doned terrorism can only lead to
forfeiture Of all right In the eyes
of the world to be numbered among
civilized people" y
Hagana, the Jewish militia, re-
piled in broadcast to the British
statement, charging that its pri-
mary purpose Is to confuse the
issue abroad, particularly at Lake
Success"
Arab reaction to the government
statement seemed to be q terse:
"It'S about time.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
By Joseph A. Fox
star Stuff eerrs.psndsnt

KEY WEST. Fla, Mar. 2.-Presi-
dent Truman today continued to
take it easy In the Florida sunshine,
after q slap at presidential hopefuls
who, he feels, are making the set
tlement Of world and national prob
lems tougher.
The President Is known to have
felt for q long time that, In the abb.
sence Of political considerations,
things would move much more
smoothly this year.
At q news conference yesterday
In the quiet setting OF the naval
base quarters that serve as his wa
cation White House." Mr.. Truman
said bluntly there are so many pres
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Trumuh Continues Florida Rest
After Slop at Office .Hopefuls,

idential candidates both In and out
OF the Senate that they are causing
trouble because they can't approach
matters in an unbiased and non
partisan manner.
After the news conference, the
President went for . fishing expedi-
tion--his first since coming to Flor
ida ut the end Of his Caribbean trip
last Wednesday. The "big one got
away"-as was to be expected-and
the President hazarded q guess that
1t Must have weighed, ct least 30
pounds" Secretary William D. Has
sett, In the Presidents boat, got the
largest fish, . 25-puund amberjack.
In an accompanying boat, Capt.
Robert Lee Dennison, naval aide,
boated 29-pound king mackerel.
for top honors.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
China
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terest Of the American people IN
Chinese independence.
He recommended:
/. That the United States send to
Nanking at once "a man Of the
highest intelligence and energy" who
can help China on military as well
as political and economic problems.
2. That this country make sure
that China gets plenty of munitions
to fight the Communists.
He said a small amount Of am
munition is on the way to China,
thanks to congressional attention to
the issue. But the Soviet govern
ment, he said, "has been arming the
Chinese Communists from both the
enormous amount Of equipment 1t
captured from the japanese and
new Japanese equipment which 1t
has manufactured in Korea and ST.
IBERIA with japanese machinery"
If Communists overrun China, Mr..
Bullitt said, they will move on to
Indo-C China, Thailand, the Malay
Peninsula and eventually to Japan.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Ms. Rogers Reveals
'Hounding' ofvAfoGef
Funds 10 Retain $500

Chairman Edith Nourse Rogers of
the House Veterans Committee de-
clared today she has been "hound-
ing" Veterans Administrator Gray
to ask Congress for enough money
to keep $500 VA workers slated for
dismissal on the payroll.
Sam Moore, VA budget chief, told
the committee the cuts are being
made to meet employment figures
in the 1949 budget. He said S.
950,000 would be needed to keep the
$500 workers.
The hearing was called, Mrs.
Rogers said, because members Of
Congress have been ''swamped" with
complaints from veterans that the
dismissals have cut down on service
to them.
Gray Not ut Hearing.
Mr.. Gray was not present at the
hearing, but Mr.. Moore, who was
there in connection with another
matter, was presumed to be speak
ing for the agency. He opposed the
request for money to stop the firing
unless we will be able to keep them
next year. There is no use getting
more money to pay these people II
we have to fire them In three
The new fiscal year be-
gins on July !.
At this point, Mrs. Rogers said
she has been "hounding Mr.. Gray
to ask for supplemental appropria-
ton right away"
Representative O'Konsh, Repuh-
lican, of Wisconsin, said he agreed
with her request.
Mr.. Moore disclosed that after this
month he will ask Congress for a
deficiency appropriation of about
sl2 ,000,0 900. This will be needed for
the following three months, he said,
to pay expenses Of a VA Office at
Manila for increased purchases of
supplies and equipment, and for ter
minal leave Of the workers who are
being fired.
The committee asked VA to furnish
it list of all jobs being cut under
the new reduction. Representative
Ross, Republican, of New York, said
he had received information that
supervisors were being kept on the
job in the field while production
line workers" were being let 60.
George H. Sweet, VA personnel
director, promised to have the in
formation available in about week.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

whether United States Steel could
not have compensated for increased
cost in some lines by a decrease on
some other product. Mr.. Fairless
had stated that the corporation was
losing money on the semifinished
steel it produces.
Mr.. Fairless replied that his con-
Germ could not do SO unless 1t was
assured" against increases in the
cost of production.
Senator Taft then commented that
labor unions "can say the same
thing" and "the imitation spiral will
go on and on" The Senator as
serted that the moral effect" on the
country of the steel rise at a time
when commodity prices had declined
is that a new upward trend in prices
is being started by the steel indus
try.
No Reason for Subsidy"
Mr.. Fairless told the committee
"we in United States Steel believe
that costs and prices in general are
too high for the good of the Ma
ton" but that his corporation lost
81 ,000, 900 in January alone on semi
finished steel and therefore raised
it's prices to cover costs. He added:
we saw no good reason why
United States Steel should be grant
ing subsidy Of around S. a ton to
those particular customers (who
purchase that type of steeD. most
of them large and profitable con-
Germs"
These price "adjustmentsp Mr.
Fairless said, were not made by Us
in disregard Of the public interest
We thought we were acting con.
servatively and in the interest o1
the national economy. We actec
only after we found that our costs
could not be absorbed within the
existing price structure"
Raise Assailed by Many.
Mr.. Fairless said sathe announce
ment of the price increase was fol-
lowed by "a wave of Inaccurate
statements, rumors and exaggera-
tions." ,.s.
In reply to these reports, Mr.
Fairless said the facts are that
T.. S. Steel "has made no general
increase in the price of It's steel
products and it does not conterl-
plate making any such increase, .
that it has made no agreement to
grant a third round Of wage In
creases as demanded by the United
Steel Workers Of America fCIO
that the price change was made by
his concern as an independent
action.
"Any charge or insinuation that
we acted in concert with any other
steel company is without founda-
tion," he added. The Justice De-
partment already Is investigating the
price increase, also announced by
several other steel concerns, to see
If there has been any violation Oh
the antitrust laws.
Refers to Wage Increase.
Mr.. Fairless, in an apparent refer
ence to the wage demands OF the
union, said "if this country expert
ences' a third round of wage in.
creases, it also must expect to ex.
perience still higher prices for mos,
Of the products Of industry"
"When United States Steel finds
that costs are no longer on the up.
ward trend" Mr.. Fairless said II
concluding his prepared statement
IT can assure you it will give earn
est consideration to q reduction II
the selling price Of its various stee
products"
Other witnesses scheduled t
testify today are A. B. Homer
president of Bethlehem Steel Corp.
and Hiland G. Batcheller, president
of Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
james O. Murdoch, Jr.,
Divorced in Nevada

James Oliver Murdock, jr., for
mer Washington society figure now
living In Boston, was divorced yes
terday in Reno by Mrs. Maudee
Graves Murdock, who charged
cruelty in a suit filed February 26
The Murdocks were married July
27. 1945, in Cecil County, Md, and
have one child, Katherine Lex
Graves Murdock, 10 months old.
Mr.. Murdock is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James Oliver Murdock
1924 Twenty-third street NV. His
father is a lawyer.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

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Church Service League, 525 Fiji
teenth street NE. AL donations
should be sent or taken to the
league, not to The Star.
Firemen from No. Is Engine Com
pany, first on the scene after the
alarm was pulled at am, setd the
house was "a roaring inferno" when
they arrived.
Two of the bodies, firemen said,
were found in a room on the second
floor. The other two were in an
attic room. All were burned beyond
recognition. they said. Tentative
Identification was made by police
after checking relatives and hos
pitals to determine what members
of the family survived.
Police said the fire was discovered
by Lorraine Mills. 1s. They said the
blaze was believed to have beer
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Meyers
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when Mr., Bushnell asked Lamarre
whether he sent his wife any money
while he was in California and she
was still in Dayton.
Justice Holtzoff remarked that
the defense attorney "seemed 70 be
going pretty far afield."
Lamarre has been on the stand
since last Thursday morning, and
has been under cross-examination
since yesterday noon.
Quizxed on Bookkeeping.
Mr.. Bushnell asked Lamarre late
yesterday If it were true: ..
l. That Mrs. Lamarre suggested
to Meyers that he give $25.0oo IN
hush money 30 that Lamarre Wouio
tell the subcommittee Meyers had
no financial interest In the Dayton
company. Lamarre said he knew
absolutely nothing" about any de-
mand Of that kind.
2. That Thomas Z. ReadnoWer,
Mrs. Lamarre's brother, helped him
make false bookkeeping entries to
cover salary kickbacks to Meyers
and that this was "just between
your family" Lamarre replied ne
and Readnower, company vice presi-
dent, made the entries at the direc-
ton of Meyers.
3. That Lamarre had some per-
sonal bank accounts not hitherto
disclosed to Senate investigators by
the court. Lamarre insisted he kept
no more than $4,000 or $4,000 q yeal
as company president, while turn
ing over the rest of his listed salary
of more than $4,000 annually tc
Meyers. He said he could not recall!
how many bank accounts he hae
after 1910, but might have had "one
or two small ones" not yet men
toned.
4. That he demanded $500 from
Meyers on the eve Of the Senate
subcommittee session last October
4. Lamarre said he did not request
a specific sum, but was given $50(
by Meyers as expenses for the
Lamarres and Readnowers on theil
trip to Washington. Lamarre testi'
fed that, after being coached by
Meyers, he told the Senate subcom'
mittee except for loans that wer'
repaid by the company, Meyers hac
no connection with the Daytor
company.
5. That he bought 1947 mode
automobile last October; that Mrs
Lamarre has not been working since
1874; they they bought a house soor
after he went to work for the Avia'
ton Electric Co. in 1910, and that HI
obtained a draft deferment because
Of his job.
Lamarre replied in the affirmative
to the latter questions. He clung t.
his story, however, that he received
only small part Of his so-callet
executive salary and that persona
bank accounts never held more thai
few hundred dollars.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
GuIIinger
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leaving Gallinger primarily for pa
tients in no need Of drastic medical
or surgical treatment.
He said he believes 1t would pay
the city, in the long run, to have
some of its INDECENT patients rapidly
treated and disposed Of at the uni
versity hospitals, even though the
per diem cost might be slightly
higher, rather than to let them
languish for weeks at Gallinger.
Handicaps Cited.
The two surgeons found these
conditions handicapping their work
at Gallinger:
1. Deficiency in equipment. They
cited various surgical instruments
bought by the Gallinger administra-
ton which had proved too poor IN
quality to use on patients. Nobody
has the gumption," said DR.. Blades,
ito check this equipment as it comes
in. -" They need some one In
the supply department who can look
over the stuff they buy with the
taxpayers money and see whether
it's any good"
2. Lack of adequate space as
signed for operating rooms. Each
medical school has only two days
a week to do general surgery. The
result, the surgeons related, Is that
many patients have to walt a week
or more, until there is a vacancy
on the operating schedule.
3. Inadequate diagnostic services.
"The laboratory, as you know
smells to high heaven" said Dr.
Blades, "and a patient may lie In
bed for a week or 10 days before
getting a necessary X-ray."
Shortage Of Anesthetists.
4. A shortage of trained anes-
thetists. Two doctors who did much
of the administration Of anesthesis
have left the Ganinger staff, ano
visiting surgeons from the medica
schools have been forced to bring
down their own anesthesiologists II
several recent major operations.
5. The 40-hour week. In prac
tice, the higher professional stat
has been forced simply to ignor'
the work limit. ''That civil servic
philosophy will never work in de
cent hospital care" the surgeons in
sisted. Treating patients is "a
hour job"
THE Gallinger administration,
they declared. needs good house
cleaning"
The surgical chiefs CAREFUL
avoided personalities in their gen
eral criticism. They blamed tn
present administrative system, rath
or than any particular officials.
They urged adoption Of hospits
system In Washington similar :
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Charles Chenery Dies;
Ex-UfIities Official

Charles Morris Chenery, 50, re-
tired president Of four New York
water companies, died yesterday at
Doctors Hospital OF coronary throm-
bosis after five-day illness.
He had lived in Upperville, Va,
since 1914, when he retired as presi-
dent and director Of the New York
Water Service Co, the Western New
York Water Co., Buffalo; South Bay
Consolidated Water Co., Long Island,
and the Rochester & Lake Ontario
Water Service Corp. Of Rochester.
He was the brother Of DR.. Alan j.
Chenery, chairman Of the Executive
Committee Of Doctors Hospital.
Mr.. Chenery was born in Rich
mond, Va, the son of the late James
Hollis and Ida Burnley Taylor
Chenery. He was educated in Ash
land, Va. He was an executive of a
lumber firm in New York from 1924
until 1887 when he became afflliated
with the water companies. During
the 20 years he was In business in
New York he lived in Pelham
Manor.
He was q member of the Metropol-
itan Club here, the Pelham Country
Club, former vestryman Of Christ
Church, Pelham Manor, and the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Middleburg, Va, and . former vii
lage trustee Of Pelham Manor.
Besides DR.. Chenery, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Marguerite
Archambault Chenery; sister, Mrs
E. o. Perrin, and two brothers, Will
liam L. and Christopher r. Chenery,
all three of Pelham Manor.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in the Middleburg
Church, with burial at Ashland.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Italian Unions Reject
Bid for London PurIey
By the Asseeiatsd Press

BOLOGNA. Italy, Mar. 2.-The
G Communist-dominated italian Cen
eral Confederation today rejected an
invitation to attend the London
Labor Conference on the Marshall
Plan.
The British Trade Unions Con-
gress bid was rejected, 13 to 4. The
meeting opens March 10.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
|Ex-Treasury Official
Sees Ample Room for
I64.BiIIion Tax Slash
BY the Associated Press

A former New Deal Treasury
official predicted today the Gov
ernment will take in nearly $780,
000, ,O00, 900 more than it spends
this year and next.
This leaves ample room" for a
So, 500, ,00O, 900 tax reduction, John w.
Hanes. Undersecretary Of the Treas
ury In 1889. told the Senate
Finance Committee.
"Surpluses Of the size that are
now in prospect" the New York
corporation executive said in his
prepared testimony, mean that the
Government is taxing the. people
far beyond its needs" He added:
"Tax laws which steal from the
individual the fruits Of his labor
will produce stagnation in this coun-
try just as it has done in England,
France, Italy and elsewhere.
Cannot Experiment In Socialism.
Socialism and capitalism cannot
live together, and our obligations
are so great we cannot afford any
further experiments In socialism -
Before today's hearing opened,
Senator Brewster. Republican, of
Maine predicted the Finance Com
mittee will vote to cut taxes only
by $4,50o, 900, 1000.
Mr.. Hanes assailed as "fallacious"
the administrators contention that
If tax changes are made relief
should be concentrated in the lower
income groups and offset by a
corresponding increase in corporate
taxes"
He said substantial tax reduc-
ton would revitalize risk capital,
help maintain employment and,
through increased production, lower
the cost of goods and services to the
consumer"
Disputes Estimate on Surplus.
Mr.. Hanes took issue with Presi-
dent Truman's budget estimates Of
a $500, 900 900 surplus this fiscal
year and $4,000. 900 900 in the year
ending June, 1919.
According to figures he presented,
the current years surplus will be
Sc, 800, ,000, 900 and next year. $10,-
loo, 900, 900.
Noting that the Treasury three
times found 1t necessary to revise
their revenue estimates upwards, "
he said the size of the errors > . I"
does not leave room for much faith
in the estimates now put forward
by the administration"
Although he came out for the
House-approved Republican bill to
trim taxes by $500, 100000, Mr..
Hanes nevertheless said the pro-
posed cuts will not go very far to-
ward bringing our people back to
anywhere near a peacetime basis. ."
Backed Last Years Measure.
Mr.. Hanes last year backed the
$4,000, ,000, 900 tax cut bill passed by
Congress. President Truman vetoed
two versions of that measure. The
reflections stuck because the House
and Senate could not muster the
two-thirds majority required to over
ride.
Among other things, this years
House bill would cut taxes from 80
per cent for persons with the low
est income TO- 10 per cent for those
in the highest brackets.
Senator Brewster said he believes
the Senate committee probably will
make the reductions range from 5 to
Is per cent.
with that revision I think the
cut would land right about $4,500,-
0O0, 600" Senator Brewster told a
reporter.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

started by an oil stove on the first
floor.
Mrs. Mills was employed as a
laundress at st. Elizabeths Hospital.
The entire interior of the house
WAS DESTROYED.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Suez Chairman Dies

PARIS, Mar. 2 tP).-The Marquis
Louis de Vogue, 80, chairman Of
the Suez Camel, died yesterday after
an operation.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

'FAIRLESS ON STAND-Ben-
,jamin F. Fairless, president of
the United States Steel Corp,
as he told the Senate-House
Economic Committee today
that recent increases in steel
prices were "too small and url-
important" to be inflationary.
-AP Photo.
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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04

Every effort will be made to
adjust all cases amicably. Where
the efforts of the committeeman
fail, the veterans claim are re-
ferred to the office of the Veter-
ans Unemployment Rights Div
ision, 30l Hartman Theatre Bldg,
Columbus, Ohio. Litigation will be
resorted to only when there ap-
pears to be a violation of the
veterans rights which cannot be
resolved otherwise. We believe,
however, that such cases will be
rare, as Ohio employers generally
have not only been willing, but
anxious to reinstate veterans"
Other field offices of the Vet
eran's Unemployment Rights Div
ision have been opened in Cleve-
land and Cincinnati. Alyre j.
Gallant is the asst. field repre-
sentative in the Columbus, Office.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04

Redwood, Union County run
ner-up, played superb ball to de-
feat Pleasantville, Fairfield Coun-
ty runner-up, 53-46, Tuesday
evening. Raymond, the county's S
No. 3 team, was dropped by the
Way-side by a fa5t-stepping Ma
rengo team from Morrow County.
also Tuesday evening, the score
being 66-29.
Game Provides Thrills
The Ric h WOO d-PIeasantville
Set-tO was a nip-and-tuck affair
all the way, but especially so in
the first half. The score was tied
at Is apiece at the end of the
first quarter and "a apiece at the
half. At the end of t e third
quarter, Redwood was in front
4l-37 and added another three
points margin in the final stanza
Les Wall topped the scoring for
Redwood with IA points, while
Dave Leith turned in a similar
performance for PleaSantville. AS
4 result of their win, the Tigers
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04
VETERANS QUICK
TO SEEK BONUS

Union County's veterans have
been ION their toes" hurrying to
get their Ohio Soldiers Bonus
applications in first, ahead of vet
Grams of the other 81 counties of
Ohio.
No one has been able yet to OBJ
tain the exact figure OF appllca-
tions filed from Union county
but it is estimated that well over
half and perhaps rs percent of
the veterans have filed. Appli-
cations will be filled in the order
received
1t was estimated that there are
22O0 veterans of World War II
in the county eligible to file for
the bonus.
Veterans who have not yet
filed for their bonus are asked to
remember that they must have
either their original discharge
certificate or a certificate in lieu
of lost discharge certificate. These
are the only two papers accept
able for applying for bonuses.
II has been noticed in the
County Recorders office that
many veterans are just now re-
cording their discharge since they
must send their original papers
with their bonus application.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04
ChdttIe Tax Due?
Then Better PdY

J. c. wilkins, state tax examin-
er, warned today that any Union
county business men who have
not yet paid their personal taxes
had better do so Immediately
Approximately 900 letters are
being sent to Union countians
back in their taxes, with the re-
quest that their tax returns be
filed within five days after the
letter is mailed.
This is part of a statewide
campaign to get all delinquent,
personal taxes collected" Will
kins said If paid with in the al
lotted five days, only the min
imum penalty of Is percent will
be charged. However, if tax re-
turns are not filed within this
time the maximum penalty of so
percent will be added to the ORR
gional tax, he declared.