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Evening star., 1949-09-28
Barter Players Perform
In Arlington Tomorrow

: Virginia's Barter Theater will
present "The Imaginary Invalid
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Wash
1ngton-Lee High School audi
torium in Arlington.
The play is the first of four to
be presented during the season
under sponsorship of the Arling-
ton Civic Federation. All will be
at the high school. Thirteenth
and North Stafford streets. This
Is the fourth season the Barter
Players have been brought to Ar
lington by the civic group.
Tickets may be obtained at the
Willard Hotel. the Arlington Sun
and the j. c. Penney Department
Store.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
O'Connor
Continued From First Page.)

Hotel here and lauded his &C
complishments as controller.
When he responded to the
praise. Judge O'Connor said:
"Out of every great crisis, a
new and better banking structure
is born. The Bank Act of 1888
made secure for all times the de-
posits of depositors. That's one
great contribution of this admins
tration."
In accepting Judge O'Connor's S
resignation, President Roosevelt
praised his faithful and intelli-
gent" service during the bank
crisis.
After returning to California,
Judge O'Connor sought unsuccess-
fully to win the governorship of
that State. Then he resumed his
private law practice until he was
appointed to the bench.
Before he moved to California,
Judge O'Connor was active in
politics in North Dakota, where he
was once candidate for the
United States Senate.
Judge O'Connor was born in
Grand Forks. N. D., November 10,
1886, and was christened James
Frances Thaddeus-a name that
became "Jefty," from his initials
in his later years.
Taught at Yale Three Years.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity of North Dakota in 1907
with a bachelor, degree and in
1908 obtained his law degree from
the same institution. After TAX
ing two masters degrees from
Yale University and teaching
rhetoric there for three years, he
began the practice of law in
Grand Forks in 1912.
During the IS years he resided
and practiced in Grand Forks,
Judge O'Connor became active in
politics. He ran for the Senate
against Lynn j. Frazier in 1892.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1925
and became member of the law
firm headed by the late William
Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury in President Wilson's ad-
ministration.
He practiced law in California
until he came to Washington in
President Roosevelt's administra-
ton.
After his appointment to the
Federal bench and a period of
service there, some Western Dem
ocratS in the Senate and House
backed him for place on the Su-
preme Court. Among his decisions
as a Federal judge was his 1947
order for Federal seizure of the
gambling ship Lux which operated
off the Southern California coast.
He was author of book, Banks
Under Roosevelt"
Judge O'Connor was unmarried.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Ford Offer Of Pensions
Al IS Is Reported as
Talks Near DeadIine
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

DETROIT, Sept. Weary
negotiators worked furiously to-
day to write Ford contract and
head OF a strike before a mid
night deadline on bargaining.
Unconfirmed reports from the
conference table indicated Ford
had offered company-paid pen
sions at the age of IS. 1t also was
reported that an unusual 2h-year
contract was in the making.
About 80 shirt-sleeved negotia-
tors for the CIO United Auto
Workers and Ford Motor Co. bat
tied for last-minute gains. There
were. frequent recesses while each
side rushed out to caucus on
points at issue.
Talks had been going on with
out letup since pm. last night.
They were running far into the
day.
II q new contract Is not signed
by midnight the UAW has threat
ened quick strike action. Ford's
$4,000 hourly workers are stand
ting by.
Option of Quitting at go.
The reported Ford offer, coupled
with social security payments,
would give retired workers be-
tween $50 and 500 monthly in
pensions. Retirement would be
required at age SO, but workers
with 80 years service would have
the option of retiring at so, it was
reported.
Any pension plan at Ford pre-
sumably would set a pattern for
heayy industry and affect mil
lions OF other workers.
There were no official state
ments from either side at nego-
tiations.
However. Ford official did
say last night that his firm was
ready to give a pension plan that
would cost maximum of 10 cents
an hour per worker-the amount
recommended by a presidential
TACT t-finding board in the steel
industry.
" Won't Go Beyond 10 Cents.
In a speech at Youngstown.
Ohio, Ford Vice President Ernest
n. Beech made the first public
statement that the company was
willing to go all the way with
the panels recommendation. But
he added:
I'VE would under no circum-
stances enter into an agreement
which called for an expenditure
greater than the ceiling set by the
fact-finding board"
His statement made it clear that
Ford Is willing to pay its workers
. Decent "package"-and not q
bit more.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Firm Can't Retire Workers
Due 10 Age, Judge Rules
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND. Sept. %. A
common pleas judge ruled yester-
day that the vacuum cleaner di-
vision of the General Electric
Co. here cannot compel workers
to retire because of their age.
Judge A. v. Baumann handed
down the decision In the case in
volving 26 members of the Inter.
national Association of Machin-
lists. They had been affected by
a company order last February
requiring retirement of male
workers at IS and women at so.
The union had contended that
under the company's pension plan
started in 1916, the 26 employees
would receive no more than Sc
monthly and some nothing.
1t said retirement because Of
age" does not represent true re-
tirement, because it is compulsory.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Pope Heads investor Leuque

NEW YORK, Sept. % tP.-Col.
Allan M. Pope has accepted the
presidency of the Investors
League, Inc. it was announced
today. He is a former president
Of the First Boston Corp. and Of
the Investment Bankers Associ-
alton of America. The Investors
League is devoted to the protec-
ton Of owners of corporate secur-
tiles.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Sales Tax Auditor Approved

Appointment of Joseph C. Wea-
yer, General Accounting Office
auditor. as tax auditor in the Dis
trict's sales and use tax division,
was approved yesterday by the
Commissioners. His salary will
b $3.476.4o = year.
Evening star., 1949-09-28


it was an
nounced today.
The campaign
for funds to
fight tubercu-
losis will begin
November 81.
Mr.. K a u I f.
mann has been
with The Star
since 1889. A
gr a d ua te of
Princeton Uni
versity, he was
A. 1ieu tenant
c01one1 with the
Evening star., 1949-09-28

"blunderer," who he said had an
unreasoning prejudice against pri-
vate profits.
Labor's program of government
ownership of mines and railways
proved that naturalization was
"a ghastly failure and a further
drain upon our life's blood" Mr..
Churchill said.
Never has a government or
party more completely divested
itself of the title deeds to speak
in the name Of the nation" the
Conservative leader declared.
"Hour Is Grave"
He said that with Britain's S
financial crisis, the conflict be-
tween its leading parties, and now
the atom bomb question, 1T will
be generally agreed that the hour
is grave"
The request for a vote of conf
dence means the Attlee cabinet
is asking, "How have we done?"
Mr.. Churchill said. and he COM
mented: That is the question
which the electors will have to
pronounce upon at no distant
date"
The Conservative counter motion
Of no confidence says a return to
prosperity can never be assured
under the present administration. 4"
If it should carry-which is
hardly even a possibility-tradi-
ton would require Prime Minister
Attlee to dissolve his government
and call the election Immediately.
The Laborites, however. hold 393
of the $40 seats in Commons. Re-
ports are that the party has a
virtual pledge from all but extreme
left-wingers to support the cabinet
when the vote comes tomorrow.
Four Lavish Years.
Mr.. Churchill declared:
I'm this last four lavish years
the Socialist government have ex-
acted upward Of $4,000, 900 ,00o
($44,S SOC, 900 ,000) and spent them
over four times as much every
year as was the cost of running
the country in our richer days he
fore the war.
They have used up every ma
-tional asset or reserve upon which
they could lay their hands.
They have taken 40 per cent
OF the national income for the
purposes Of governmental admin
istration. And our taxation has
been the highest In the world"
Mr.. Churchill said Britain's ap-
proach to bankruptcy occurred
despite the fact that "in all history
no community has ever been help
ed and kept by gratuitous overseas
aid-that is by the labor of other
hardworking peoples-to anything
approaching the degree which we
have been under the present So
cialist government"
He asked:
Where are we at the end of it?
Buying to Cost More.
"The reduction of the rate of
dollar exchange means that, sub
ject to certain minor abatements,
we may have to pay up to nearly
half as much again for what we
buy-much Of it necessaries with
out which we cannot live-from
the dollar areas"
Mr.. Churchill said Britain now
must do more work and draw
more upon our spirits and car
cases to win back the same
amount of food. raw materials
and other goods without which
we cannot carry on.
THAT is bad for us. 1t is a
new blow to our economic health
and new burden which we have
to bear.
I'VE can ill-afford to make a
new drain upon our latent
strength and remaining motive
power. We are not in. a State
Of health to become a blood donor
on a large scale at the present
time"
The Labor Government yester-
day, in q move apparently aimed
at winning support of Leftist So
cialists for the devaluation policy,
announced that the tax on busi-
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Church Chicken Dinner

A chicken dinner, sponsored by
the Ladies' Guild of st. Barnabas
Church. Oxon Hill. Md. will be
held at 5 o'clock this afternoon
In the parish hall Of the church.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

been observing. civil war condi-
tions along the 38th parallel di-
viding Communist and non-Com-
munist Korea. and giving it added
powers to mediate on the spot.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Godfrey Kaufman Heads
Christmas Seal Committee

Godfrey w. Kaufman, adver-
tising manager of The Star. will
head the Public Information Com
mittee of the 1949 Christmas Seal
Evening star., 1949-09-28

Salt is one Of the worlds most
plentiful commodities. but also is
one of its highest taxed.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

Italy is selling cash registers to
Argentina, Belgium, Portugal and
Switzerland.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

COLONEL WIFI TIE r' hsunma"n'
Army Persian adlf command dur
ing the war. He lives in Potomac,
Md.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Steel

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British

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Evening star., 1949-09-04

81. :'% .
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Fay Promises 10 Aid
Police Graft Probe

Cooperation Of the district at
torney's Office in the police in
vestigation of charges that police
men accepted graft from Attilio
Acalotti, accused gambler. was as
sured yesterday at conference
between United States Attorney
George Morris Fay and Maj. Rob-
ert j. Barrett, superintendent OF
police.
Three policemen testified at
Acalotti's trial earlier this week
on charges of threatening Miss
Bernice Franklin, 35, whose afn-
davits formed the basis for a
series of gambling raids launched
by the district attorneys Office
last March, to deny her testimony
that they had accepted "payofis"
from the accused gambler.
Maj. Barrett said he wanted to
make sure that the police investi-
cation would not conflict with
prosecution Of three gambling in
dietments against Acalotti, who
was convicted Tuesday Of the
threats charge against Miss
Franklin.
Mr.. Fay said he assured the
police chief Of the full co-opera-
tion" Of his Office in the investi-
cation of the police graft charges.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Finland Pays S264,422
On World War | Debts
By the Associoied Press

Finland, only country which
never has defaulted on its World
War I debts to the United States,
made another payment Of 1884,
422 yesterday.
Under legislation passed last
August, the money is to be spent
by the State Department on tech
nical equipment for Finnish coll
|leges, on providing education for
Firms coming here, and on pro-
viding opportunities for American
citizens to carry out academic
and scientific enterprises" in Fin
land. All future Finnish debt pay
ments will go toward the same
program, which is likely to go on
a long time.
Finland has paid about $780,
900 on debt contracted for re-
lief supplies furnished her after
the armistice in 1918.
The total paid exceeds the orig
inal debt of approximately So
100000. But most of the pay
ments have gone to cover inter-
est charges. Finland stin owes
$7,791,557 principal, the Treas
ury Department said.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

left for the day were recalled to
the Pentagon and no one was
allowed to leave until the investi-
CATION which-incidentally yielded
nothing Observation-Disclosures over.
The unprecedented manner in
which the investigation was con-
Quoted led to rumors in the Navy
Department that the personnel Of
"Op %" all had been placed under
temporary arrest.
Before being dismissed Admiral
|Denfeld had recommended a Sc
lection board to choose captains
for advancement to flag rank. After
his dismissal q new board was
recommended by his successor.
Admiral Forrest Sherman. Ad-
miral Richard L. Conolly. Rear
Admiral Calvin T. Durgin and
Rear Admiral Willard A. Kits III
we're replaced by Vice Admiral
Harry w. Hill. Rear Admiral Har:-
old w. Martin and Rear Admiral
Daniel A. Barley.
Board Picked Capt. Burke.
This board unanimously selected
Capt. Burke and the list was pre-
sented to Mr.. Matthews, who took
it to the Office of Defense Secre-
tary johnson. his boss. What
actually happened is a matter Of
conjecture. It appears, however.
that neither of the secretaries
liked to see the name Of Capt.
Burke on the promotion list.
They apparently felt. although
the results of the searching in
vestigation by the inspector gen.
eral did not justify it, that Capt.
Burke and the officers Of "Op 90"
were at the root Of their October
troubles.
=. Mr.. Matthews ordered the board
to meet again on November % to
select another officer in Capt.
Burke's place.
According to some reports, Capt.
Richard Glass, one Of Mr.. Mat
thews' aides, was then chosen to
replace "31-knot Burke" as he is
known for his wartime exploits.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Phone Rate Hearing
Resumes Tomorrow;
.5.256 Profit Proposed

The Public Utilities Commission
will resume its public hearing on
the proposal to increase telephone
rates here at 9:3O am. tomorrow
at the District Building. after a
recess today.
Yesterday. Federal Govern
ment witness set 5.25 per cent as
a fair profit for the Chesapeake 81
Potomac Telephone Co., as COM
pared with nearly 7 per cent asked
by the company and 6 per cent
by PUG Executive
Accountant V. A. McElfresh.
David A. Kosh. public utility
chief OF the Bureau of Federal
Supply, holds that the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. is IN a
position to carry more debt than
the average company in the Bell
System.
He pointed out that the local
company serves. in Washington, a
more stable economic market than
does it's parent company. the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.
Earlier testimony has brought
out that A. T. & T. determines to
just what extent each of its sub
sidiary companies shall incur
debt. The higher the ratio Of debt
to total investment. the less Fed
eral taxes must be paid. The debt
of c. & p, it was pointed out, is
kept low.
Mr.. Kosh contended that, if the
c. g. P. Co. could operate safely
with capitalization of half
bonded debt and half capital
stock, it should either be willing
to give rate payers the benefit
Of that arrangement or go ahead
and set up that structure.
A. T. & T. collects earnings
from its subsidiary companies
throughout the Nation. Only
A. T. & T. stock reaches the pub
lie, and no stock of c. & P. is sold
to outsiders.
Another witness yesterday was
Philip M. Hauser. acting director
of the Budget Bureau, who testi-
fed about the rapid growth Of the
Districts population, especially
during periods of war or depres-
sion.
He told how the city has grown
from 3,210 in 1900 to $4,000 in
1948, and he gave the saturation
point at 1.125,000. The latter fig
ure was based on the assumption
present zoning regulations would
not be changed materially, and
that Central Washington would
not have appreciable new apart
ment construction.
The Government is intervening
in the telephone rate case as the
telephone company's largest single
customer. It has an annual bill
OF more than So, 500, 900, and under
the proposed new rates estimates,
the bill would be increased about
$750,000.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Maryland PSC Extends
Temporary Rdte Increase

BALTIMORE. Dec. Is (P.-The
Maryland Public Service Commits
sion today extended for three
months the higher rates 1t had
authorized for telephone service
on a temporary basis.
Meantime, 1t still is working on
an application by the Chesapeake
e. Potomac Telephone Co. of Bal
timore-which serves all of Mary
land-for new permanent rates
that would be even higher than
the temporary increases.
The temporary rates were to be
put in force last March 81. orig
inally for a nine-month period.
That was to give the company
time to make its case for higher
permanent rates.
The hearing on that proposal
was resumed today.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Sunny
and rather cold with highest
temperature near 38 degrees today.
Fair and colder tonight. Lowest
temperature about % degrees in
the city and around 18 degrees in
the suburbs. Tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and continued cold with
some rain or snow likely in after
noon or night.
Maryland-Fair and cold to-
night and tomorrow with increas-
ing cloudiness and chance of snow
tomorrow night. Lowest tenn
perature tonight from IS to 20
degrees in the west and from 20 to
Is degrees in the east.
Virginia-Fair in west and
north portions with considerable
cloudiness in southeast tonight.
Lowest temperature from Is to 20
degrees in the west and from 20
to Is degrees in the east. except
around freezing near the coast.
Increasing cloudiness tomorrow.
Some rain or snow likely in south
portion by afternoon and north
portion by night.
Wind velocity, IA miles per hour;
direction, north-northWeSt.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

been termed criminals. extrem-
lists and terrorists In all official
Dutch announcements.
In line with the turnover plans
the Dutch announced today they
would release 1900 political and
war prisoners next week.
The move was announced by the
National Preparatory Council
which is in the process Of forming
the u. S. I. government.
The committee said that since
the cease-flre order the Dutch
have released 8.777 such prisoners
in Indonesia and have granted
amnesty to 3,194 others who were
held on criminal charges.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Puerto Rico Building
Burns, Killing Seven
" the Asseeiotsd Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec.
15.-seven persons perished in a
fire which raced through a three
story building following an ex-
plosion early today.
Six bodies have been recovered,
including that OF a 7-year-old
girl. Fire Chief Raul Gandara
said one person is missing.
Police said the explosion oc-
CURED on the ground floor of the
building. which houses a whole
sale textile firm. The blast
knocked out stairways, trapping
the dwellers on the second and
third floors.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

accumulate up to so days so they
can take a long vacation. Others
want to store up annual leave as
insurance against the time they
might lose their jobs, because en-
ployes leaving the Government are
entitled to cash for unused annual
leave.
On the other hand. some agen-
cies contend they can't afford to
allow employees to pile up leave
because of the very fact that
they might have to pay for the
unused leave. These bureaus con-
tend they wouldn't have enough
reserve cash on hand for such pay
ments, unless they reduced per-
sonnel even further.
CANDID-At the Commerce De-
partment, they're telling the story
about a $10,000-a-year official
there who put in his bid for one
of the $1,000 to $4,000 a year
salaries authorized by Congress
for 400 top Federal jobs.
Don't worry" he was told.
After the first Of the year. you'll
be paid what you're worth"
"Oh, I couldn't afford to take
a salary cut" he said quickly.
** +
GAO-William L. Ellis, one Of
the assistants to the Controller
General, has been appointed chief
of investigations Of the General
Accounting ONCE.
Mr.. Ellis succeeds Stuart B.
Tulloss, who is retiring after %
years Of service with the GAO.
Both men have compiled out
standing records with the agency.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-A. w.
Hall, director of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, was hon
ored the other night by Local No
los, Women's Union Of the BEP
National Federation of Federal
Employees, on his 25th anniversary
as head Of the BEP. Miss Nicie
Perrell, president of the unit, pre-
sented Mr.. Hall with a specially
engrossed resolution which praised
his services as director. i. Thirty
day dismissal notices have been
given to 280 civilian employees in
the Army Departments Adjutant
Generals Office. Curtailed appro-
priations were given as the reason
for the layo1 Of these war-service
and temporary employees. &.
William c. Foster. deputy admin
istrator Of the Economic Cooper
alton Administration, will address
a meeting Of the Washington
Chapter Of the Society for the Ad-
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Burke
Continued From First Page.)

to the Navy Department early
this year he was assigned to
Operation 49," an office which
handled research matters. This
division, which is attached directly
to the Office Of the Chief Of Naval
Operations, had in its files, among
other things, a number Of inter-
esting confidential documents on
the question Of unif1cation, dating
back to the time when James
Forrestal was Secretary of the
Navy.
For some reason Secretary Of
Navy Matthews, who had not had
time in the short while he had
been head Of the Navy to acquaint
himself with all of the activities
in his department, suspected that
"Op %" might have been the
origin of some leaks" to Con-
gress and the press on the uni
fication fight.
Mr.. Matthews, an Omaha law
yer, was not familiar with Ger
tain "unwritten laws" which have
prevailed in the Navy ever since
its inception. One Of these Is that
when a naval officer Is placed on
his honor his words are presumed
to be the truth. If found to be
untruthful an officers career ends
in disgrace.
Suspecting that leaks" had oc-
CURED from the Office headed by
Capt. Burke. Mr.. Matthews sent
for Admiral Louis Denfeld last Oc-
tober, before the Chief Of Naval
Operations was dismissed. and in
structed him to order Rear Ad-
miral Allen r. McCann. Navy in
spector- general, to make an i'm
mediate surprise visit to "Op %"
and subject the officers there to a
thorough cross-examination. Mr..
Matthews also wanted all docu-
ments and papers pertaining to
the unification fight photostated
and sealed.
Admiral Denfeld objected to
such action, which smacked OF
police methods, and pointed out
to the secretary that things were
not done that way in the Navy. If
the secretary had any suspicious
about that particular ONCE, Ad-
miral Denfeld pointed out. he had
only to send for Capt. Burke. put
him on his honor and ask him
anything he wished. The secretary
could be sure that he would re-
ceive fully truthful answers.
Raid Two Days Later.
After a lively exchange Of views
Mr.. Matthews did not insist. He
appeared to be aware that such
action might be humiliating for
all concerned. But two days later
and without consulting Admiral
Denfeld, Mr.. Matthews ordered
Admiral McCann to raid "Op 23." !"
Under formal orders from the
Secretary. Admiral McCann de-
scended Unexpectedly on the ONCE
of "Op %" and subjected all
officers, from Capt. Burke down,
to a searching cross-examination.
which lasted until the early hours
Of the morning.
Those officers who already had