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Evening star., 1949-09-23
Truman Planning Trip
TO Fort Bragg Oct. 4

President Truman plans to fly
to Fort Bragg, N. c., on October
4 to see a demonstration of drop
ping both soldiers and heavy
equipment from the air. the White
House announced today.
The parachute air-drop demon
stration will be put on by the S2d
Airborne Division. Mr.. Truman
will review other troops at Fort
Bragg and be the luncheon guest
Of 1t. Gen. John r. Hodge, the
post commander.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said that if bad
weather should interfere with the
plans for October 4, the trip would
be made the following day. if pos
sible. The President plans to leave
here by air at 8:45 am, arriving
at Fort Bragg at 10 am. and re-
turning to Washington about S AZ
pm. the same day.
Secretary of the Army Gray ano
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, have been invited
to accompany him.
Approximately 10000 Thire
Army troops stationed at For
Bragg will be reviewed by tn.
President before lunch. Followins
lunch, the 82d will demonstrat.
the latest techniques in droppins
artillery and heavy equipment BY
parachute, Mr.. Ross said. Then {
mass parachute drop Of one bat.
talon Of infantry is planned.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Britain Demands Recall
OF Romanian Diplomat
" the As.oe;o,.d Pres.

LONDON. Sept. 23.-The Brit
ish Foreign Once announced to-
day that it has asked Romania to
recall its commercial counsellor in
London, Jacques Berman.
A spokesman said the action
was taken as reprisal for Ro-
mania's recent expulsion Of a
British diplomat from Bucharest,
Arthur r. Sarrell. who had been
accused Of "complicity with black
market gangs"
Mr.. .Sarrell was first secretary
OF the British Legation In Bucha-
rest. As Romania demanded. he
was Withdrawn from his post last
month.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
ForrestuI's Diary in Custody
Of White House, Ross Reveals

The White House disclosed to-
day that it has custody of private
papers Of the late Secretary Of
Defense Forrestal. including a
diary sought by a House committee
investigating the B-36 bomber
controversy.
The material is being held for
safekeeping in locked cabinet
and has not been read by anyone
at the White House, Presidential
Secretary Charles g. Ross said. 1t
is regarded as the property OF the
executors of Mr.. Forrestars estate
and will be turned over to them
whenever they wish. he explained.
Shortly after he resigned from
the defense post last March Mr..
Forrestal left the papers in Presi-
dent Truman's custody, Mr.. Ross
said. He told the President he did
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Balancing of Budget Every Year
Unsound, Economists Declare
Would Bring Big Fluctuations in Expenditures
Or Severe Changes in Tax Rates, They Soy

fense program in boom years and
a small defense program in de-
preston years"
The 13 economists, representing
the National Planning Association,
expressed their views in two re-
ports to a Senate-House Economic
Subcommittee. ,~s
The association had been asked
by Senator Douglas, Democrat, ot
Illinois, head of the subcommittee
to survey Government fiscal
credit and monetary policies.
The planning group. which is
headed by H. Christian Some
describes itself as a "nonprofit
. {See ECONOMIC, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-09-23
AttIee's Government
Decides 10 Stake Life
On Vote in Commons
General Election Certain
Immediately if Loborites
Are Beaten on DevoIuotiol
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

LONDON, Sept. 23.-The Labor
government decided today to stake
its life on a vote of confidence in
the House of Commons.
Parliament meets in special ses-
sion Tuesday for a three-day de-
bate on the cheapening Of the
pound.
A source close to the cabinet dis
closed the decision by the govern
ment to force a vote Of confidence.
If the government loses, it must
resign. That would mean new
general election Immediately.
Because of the Labor Party's
top-heavy majority in Commons
such a setback is unlikely.
Grumbling From Unions.
Labor has 393 of the $40 seats
in the House of Commons, the
Conservatives, 189. The remain
der are held by Liberals and
splinter parties.
But there has been loud
grumbling from its huge trade
union wing over the prospect of a
rise in the cost of living as re-
suit of devaluation. There also
is a big bloc of left wingers In
Commons who have been increas-
ingly discomfort with party policy
To forestall defeat by a stay
away strike of unhappy party
members in Parliament, the party
leaders are sending out a three
line whip"
Form of Motion Uncertain.
This is the most urgent of all
party orders to attend debate ano
support the government in any
vote. The penalty for ignoring
such a whip can be expulsion
from the party.
The form of the government
motion, the informant said, has
not yet been decided. 1t may be
a straight motion that the de-
valuation move by the cabinet be
approved.
Whatever its wording, it will
in effect be a motion of confidence
in the government.
The governments main speak
ers in the debate will be Prime
Minister Attlee, Sir Stafford
Cripps, Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequef: Harold Wilson, president
Evening star., 1949-09-23

not want to leave them in his
own house while he was away
from Washington.
Mr. Forrestal leaped to his death
from q Bethesda Naval Hospital
tower window last May %. His
widow visited the White House
yesterday and told reporters later
that Mr.. Forrestal had kept a
diary.
Reports that such a diary ex-
isted came up last month at the
House Armed Services Commit
tees investigation Of the Air Force
B-36 program and other phases
of military aircraft procurement
and policies. Committee aides
said they hoped to locate the diary
for whatever light it might shed
on Mr.. Forrestal's opinion of the
B-36 and. related matters.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
TechniquesofAtomic Detection
Are Closely Guarded Secrets

Another obvious method OF de-
tecting an atomic bomb blast
would be by measuring the radio
activity Of the atmosphere. But in
general several days would be ex-
pected to pass before a "hot cloud
would drift beyond the borders OF
Russia.
All information on this also is
highly classified. There have
been several reports Of premature
atomic bomb explosions in Russia
during the past few years. The
great, Russian atomic bomb plant
lis believed to be at the new city
Of Alma Alta. capital Of the Soviet
province Of Kavakstan in Central
Asia ~
It was widely rumored that thi,
was the scene Of q tremendous ex.
plosion about . year ago In which
some Of Russia's foremost nucleal
physicists and their German col.
laborators were wiped out.>
This report, however, never ha,
| been verified.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
6. O. P. Farm Farley
Opens With Attack
On Brannan Plan
Republicans Will Stick
To Price Support Policy
Hope Says in Sioux City
By Gould Lincoln
Sior Stof CoTfespondenf

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 23.-
In an effort to persuade the
American farmer that his best
chance of successful long-range
farm program lies in a Repub-
lican controlled Congress, the
COP today opened its ma
tional farm conference sponsored
by the Republican National Com
mittee.
Delivering the keynote address,
Representative Hope of Kansas,
ranking Republican member OF
the House Agriculture Committee
and co-author of the Hope Aiken
Farm Act-the present law-as-
sured the conference that the
Republicans will stick to a pro-
gram of price supports for the
farmer-until q better program
can be developed which will re-
suit in fair prices to the farmer
Says Supports Are Accepted.
eve do not regard price sup
ports as a controversial question"
said MIR. Hope. They have been
accepted by our party, by the
Democratic Party and by the
American pubic for many years.
Mr.. Hope, however, launched
a bitter attack on the Brannan
plan. supported by the Truman
administration. which the Demo-
Gratis sought to sell to the farmers
at a farm conference Of thier own
fSoa REpTIRT ICANS Page Al.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Senate Victory, 55-24
Sends Foreign Arms
Aid Bill 10 Conferees
Supporters Surprised
By Own Strength in
Defeating Economy Bloc
ByJ. A. Oleor

The 81 1,3l4,010,000 foreign mil
itary aid bill today headed for
conference with the House, where
administration leaders VIII try to
sustain the victory they won when
the Senate passed it late yester-
day. SIS to "a, without further cuts
It is more than likely, however
they will have to agree on a
smaller compromise figure, since
the House approved a total OF
only $Sl9,506,000 when 1t passed
the measure month ago.
Senate supporters of the bill
were surprised at their own
strength late yesterday when they
defeated, As to 80. the drive of a
strong economy bloc to slash the
allotment for Western Europe be-
low the $1,000, 100000 set Jointly
by the Senate Committees on
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services.
A few hours before the roll call.
friends of the bill said they would
beat the economizers by four
votes. They actually had a mar
gin of II.
Throughout the long battle, the
main point of controversy has
been over how much the United
States should spend this year in
Western Europe to implement the
North Atlantic treaty.
The administration started out
with q figure of $1,160. 900, 900 for
that area. The House cut it in
half, to $3.50, ,495, 900. Then the
two Senate committees handling
the bill jointly agreed on 81 ,000,-
600, 600, but said only half of il
would be cash and the balance
contract authority, which woulc
not have to be paid out until the
fiscal year starting next July.
When conferees from the two
houses meet in the next few days
the main controversy will be be-
tween $3.50, ,495 900 in cash fol-
Europe, or 100000, 900 of cash
A~nro r~~~ AlN
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Dr.. Meitner Receives
Reich Physics Award
BY the AssoeiotsdPr Pres.

BONN, Germany, Sept. 3D.
The Max .Planck medal for scien-
tific achievement was awarded
Jointly today to Prof. Lise Nett
|ner. German refugee who helped
develop the atomic bomb in the
United States, and Prof. Otto
Hahn.
Prof. Hahn, who won the Nobel
Prize for 1914. is regarded as the
discoverer of nuclear fission, the
key to the atomic bomb. He is q
professor at Goettingen Uni
versity.
The medal, highest award OF
the German Society of Physicists
was presented at Bonn University
in q ceremony attended by Ger
man Federal President Theodor
Heuss.
Dr. Neither taught nuclear
physics at Catholic University
following her appointment as a
visiting professor in February
1916. At the end Of the term,
during which she conducted
classes in the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences. she returned
to the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences in Stockholm.
DR.. Neither is the sister of Mrs.
Rudolph Alters. whose husband is
10 professor of psychology at
Georgetown University.
DR.. Neither was named the
woman Of the year" in 1886 by
the Women's National Press Club
at Its annual dinner. The award
was made because "her research
contributed notably to the release
Of atomic energy"
Evening star., 1949-09-23
BY the Associated Press

A group of university economists
told Congress today the idea OF
a balanced Federal budget every
year is an unsound principle.
If the Governments spending
and income balances each other
in good years as we'll as bad, they
said. there would have to be
either big fluctuations in expendi-
ture programs or severe and per-
verse changes In tax rates.
ITO vary expenditures in this
manner" they continued, would
disrupt the essential services pro-
vided by the government.
Applied to military expendi-
lures, 1t would mean a large de-
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Vishinsky Expected
To Reply Today 10
China S Accusation
Soviet Foreign Minister
Puts Name on List Of
Assembly Speakers
" tbs As,seistsd Rssss

NEW YORK, Sept. 23-Russia s
Andrei Vishinsky gets . chance to
reply today to charges in the
United Nations Assembly that the
Soviet Union is aiding and direct
ing the Communist drive in China.
The Soviet foreign minister put
his name on the list Of Assembly
speakers after Or. r. r. Tsiang,
delegate for the Chinese Nation
alist Regime, called on the U. N.
yesterday to help check the spread
Of Communism In Asia.
Mr.. Vishinsky reserved a choice
afternoon spot for his statement
outlining Russian policy. He may
speak about 3 pm.
Nine delegations, including
France, were listed ahead of him
on the Assembly roster but they
don't necessarily speak in order.
Schuman May Discuss Plea.
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman was expected to touch
on China's appeal for help
Frances Indo-C Chinese colonies
are In the path Of the Red tide
Mr.. Schuman's stand was given
point by disclosure that the Can
ton government would file next
Tuesday formal charges in the
Assembly that Moscow gave out.
and-out aid to the Chinese COM
munists who have swept over hall
Of China.
There was no answer yesterday
from Mr.. ViShinsky to DR.. Tsiang',
fcharges that Russia not only di.
frected Chinese Communist cam.
paigns but helped their troops anc
took much of Manchuria as Soviet
territory.
The Canton governments ap.
peal did not catch the Western
powers unawares but some signifi-
canoe attached to the fact that
British and French Foreign Min.
listers and the American Secretary
Of State were absent from the
Assembly yesterday. T.
Their recent Washington con.
ferences on the subject Of Com.
munism's spread supported a belief
they were continuing those talk.
here.
Mr.. Vishinsky turned UP at thu
AFTERNOON session, leading an un.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
ateCaI|s Up
Pay
Boost Measure
Byrd Opposes Bill,
But Won't Lead
Fight Against 1t

A bill to boost the pay of most
members of the armed forces from
the rank of private up was called
up in the Senate today, and only
scattered opposition was expected.
The measure provides total pay
increases costing about $348 000,-
900 a year.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
made the bill the first order of
business. Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, Of Virginia, who has led the
fight to save Federal money, said
he would make a short statement
against the bill but will not lead
a battle against it.
However. an estimated 30 Sem
ators lined up behind a move to
slice the pay increases being pro-
posed for cabinet members and
civilian workers who get more
than $4,000 year from the Gov
ernment. These bills will be
brought up as soon as the Senate
acts on the military measure.
Senators Mcfarland, Democrat,
of Arizona and Cain. Republican,
Of Washington led a bipartisan
move to send one Of these, rails
ing the salaries Of cabinet men,
bers and other executives, to the
Senate Expenditures Committee
for a check on how 1t conforms to
the pattern laid down by the
Hoover Commission on Govern
ment Reorganization.
That would mean no pay boosts
for the cabinet in this session Of
Congress. Chairman Mcclellan
said the expenditures group cant
possibly complete any such study
before Congress quits for the year.
Senator Taft, Republican, oi
Ohio told q reporter he will oppose
boosts In cabinet pay because oi
unsettled economic conditions ano
the effect such increases might
have on industrial wage negotia-
tions.
May Call for Limit.
If the move to send the bill tc
committee fails, Senator Cain sale
economy pleaders will propose ar
amendment under which no execu.
tive could get more than so pei
cent boost in pay.
AS it stands, the bill boosts
cabinet members from $4,000 9
year to $25 .000.. The amendment
would put the top at $22.500.
What may be more important
to some Senators is that under
the amendment heads Of some
agencies who now draw les.
pay than members of Congress.
couldn't be boosted above tn,
SIS, 900 the lawmakers receive, o.
which $4,000 is expense allowance
As examples, the assistant t.
the Attorney General. who nov
draws $10,330. would get 20,00l
as the bill stands. A long list o.
assistant secretaries, also drawing
around $4,000. would be boosted
to $1,000.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Mcmahon Urged Atom PorIey
Before 7rumonMode Statement
Senator Repeats Call for Meeting With Stolin;
u NJ Meeting Is JoIted by Announcement

Senator Mcmahon told report
ers after a hurriedly called meet
ing of his committee that his Sug-
gestion for a Truman-Stalin
meeting is as good today as it
was yesterday"
Senator Mcmahon revealed that
he knew nothing about the in
formation made public by Mr..
Truman today when he addressed
the Senate yesterday afternoon,
but was called to the White House
and told of it later in the day.
He added that 40 other Sena-
tors had the information when
they began voting on military aid
for Western Europe at 6 pm. yes
terday. Senator Mcmahon. how
ever, sent out notices for today's
Joint committee session imme-
diately after the vote.
Closeted with the committee
today were Acting Chairman Pike
of the Atomic Energy Commission,
DR.. Robert Oppenhemier. one of
o. 1E.IEAuNhJ De-. AII
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Bulletin
Red Trial Testimony Ends

NEW YORK (P.-The Gov
ernment and the defense
rested today in the conspiracy
trial against IL top members
of the Communist Party in the
United States. The trial is in
its seth week. Federal Judge
Harold r. Medina excused the
jury until October 4, when ar
xuments and summations will
start.
Earlier Story on Page A-13.)
Evening star., 1949-09-23
TOP u s Officials Conclude Reds
Have Knowhow' TO Make Bombs
Time Necessary
To Produce Supply
OfWur Missiles
By Gornett D. Horner

PreSlQenG truman announced
today that I'VE have evidence
that within recent weeks an
atomic explosion occurred in the
y. S. S. r."
His statement indicated that
the Russians have made an atomic
bomb. although did not say so
specifically.
The President gave no details
about the effect of the explosion,
or exactly when or where it oc-
CURED, and officials familiar with
the evidence" refused for security
reasons to amplify his statement.
Quickly after the White House
announcement, the British gov
ernment announced it also has
evidence of an atomic explosion
in Russia.
Mr.. Truman emphasized that
the United States always has
taken into account the proba bility
of the development of atomic en-
ergy by other nations.
No Military Changes.
Secretary of Defense johnson
told reporters there has been no
change in the disposition of Amer
lean military forces as a result of
the development in Russia. To re-
porters who asked him about the
significance of the development,
he said: Don't everyday it,"
Another official said there is no
particular reason to suppose that
the atomic explosion in Russia will
materially make the prospect of
war greater or more immediate.
1t was pointed out that one
atomic explosion by the Russians
did not serve to give them an
overriding military superiority.
The United States has been build
ing up stockpile of atomic bombs
since the war.
Held for Effective Controls.
Mr.. Truman said the Russian
development does emphasize again
the necessity for truly effective
enforceable international control
of atomic energy" Soviet opposi-
ton to international controls and
inspection has blocked agreement
on such proposals in the United
Nations.
The Presidents statement was
released to reporters at the White
House as he was going over the
situation with his cabinet. The
text follows:
II believe the American people,
to the fullest extent consistent
with national security are en-
titled to be informed of all de-
velopments in the field of atomic
energy. That is my reason for
making public the following in
formation.
I'VE nave evidence that within
recent weeks an atomic explosion
occurred IN the U. S. s. r.
Developments Expected.
ever since atomic energy was
first released by man. the eventual
development of this new force by
other nations was to be expected.
This probability has always been
taken into account by us.
Nearly four years ago I pointed
out that scientific opinion seems
to be practically unanimous that
the essential theoretical knowledge
upon which the discovery is based
is already widely known. There is
also substantial agreement that
foreign research can come abreast
of our theoretical knowledge in
time
And in the three nation decla-
ration of the President of the
Continued on Page Al, Col. g.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Veterans Reported !.
Dropping School Plans
Due 10 New Curbs
Education Council Official
Charges Policy Changes
Spirit Of 81 Bill
By GEORGE Beveridae

Reports Of veterans giving up
CT education plans in disgust and
apparent widespread misinter-
pretations by Veterans Admins
tration officials were made today
in the wake of VAS controversial
new restrictions on CT Bill train
ing programs.
At the same time, DIR. Francis
J. Brown of the American Council
on Education charged fundamen-
tai differences in the new policies
completely change the whole
spirit of the CT Bill"
The new policies force large
numbers of veterans who have fin
ished or quit previous CT Bill
training to show that any new
courses they want to take are not
"avocational or recreational" in
nature. even if the courses have
been accepted without question by
VA before:
Face Tuition Payment.
Furthermore. many of these
veterans face the prospect of los
ing portions Of their subsistence
pay and having to pay part of
their own tuition in CT programs,
even II their training is approved.
According to reports reaching
the American Council on Educa-
ton by telephone late yesterday,
DR.. Brown said. here is what is
happening in some areas:
One college at the University of
Minnesota is not accepting some
veterans because local VA officials
have said they will not pay for
tuition or subsistence until they
Evening star., 1949-09-23

(See STEEL, Page A-3.)
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Face Tuition Payment.

(See VETERANS, Page A-30
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(See ARMS, Page A.
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(see REPUBLICANS, Page A-4.)
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(See BRITISH, Page A-20
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(See U. N. Page A-3.)
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(See MCMAHON. Page A-4J
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Continued on Page A-4, Col. g.
Evening star., 1949-09-23

Sunny and windy this afternoon, highest
about 72. Fair with low near 48 tonight.
Tomorrow sunny and cool, high in upper
COS Full report on Page A-2J
Midnight, Sc 6 am. go II am. ---65
2am. go sam 80 Noon --61
4am. go 10 am. ---64 l pm. SO
Evening star., 1949-09-23

Earlier Story on Page A-13)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-04
Chapter c Sets
February ii For
Annual Bill Purty

Plans were completed for the
annual Bill party at which mem
bers of Chapter C, PEG enter
tain their husbands and other
masculine guests. 1t will be
held February ii at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Russell on
South Pascagoula street at which
time four husbands are to be init
lated into the club. The meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. r.
O. Cole, Tuesday at 8 pm.
The early part of the evening
was given to the eXemplification
of the PEG ritual by officers of
the chapter.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. Cole who gave pleasure with
a review of the book Cheaper
By the Dozen" by Frank Gill
breth and Ernestine Gilbreth
Cary.
At the conclusion of her re-
view Mrs. Cole served hot choco-
late and cake.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-04
Mrs. Jack Walker
Honors Her Daughter
AT Birthday Purty

The second birthday of Jane
Walker was made the occasion
for a party at which her mother,
Mrs. Jack Walker, was hostess
at her home on South Pascagoula
Tuesday at 2 pm.
Pansies were used by Mrs.
Walker in decorating the living
room where the children played
indoor games. and in the dining
room where a birthday cake of
white, ornate with pink rosebuds
and two matching candles, was
the focal point of interest. After
the blowing out of the flames on
the candles by the little honoree
it was cut and served with other
delicacies, Mrs. Walker being as
sisted in this pleasant task by
Mesdames Walter Lytten, D.. NJ.
Wallace and w. Guy Krebs, Jr.
Among the children present
were Kenneth De Angelo, Ann
Wallace, Al Mansfield, BERTHE
and Tommy Jean Runnels, Jerry
and Terry Walker, w. Guy Krebs,
III, Dot Jones and Leila Jane
and Walter Carl Lytten. Adults
were Mesdames Elwood De An
CELLO, Forrest Mansfield, E. J.
Krebs and P. K. Walker and
Misses lone, Mabel and Nell
Walker.