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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Bill Signed Creating Trust
For Historic Treasures

President Truman has signed q
bill creating a non-prof1t national
trust for the study. protection and
preservation of historic buildings
and other objects.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
president of the National Council
for Historic Sites and Buildings,
called the creation of the trust
a milestone in the preservation
of American historic treasures.
A board to administer the trust
will consist Of the Attorney Gen.
eral, the Secretary Of Interior,
the director of the National Gal
lery of Art and at least six citi-
zens. The latter are to be named
soon by the executive board OF
the national council. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Britain Can Nationa|ize
Steel Under New Plan
Even i Labor Loses
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The Labor
government last night paved the
way to nationalize Britain's steel
industry, even should it lose the
general election next year.
The Labor dominated House of
Commons for the third time
approved the bill reducing the
time by which the Conservative
House Of Lords can delay Com
mons-approved legislation. Now
the Lords can delay a bill two
years: under the new measure
the Lords can hold up legislation
for only one year.
After a formal third reading on
November II. the Lords reform
bill will become law in December.
The measure has a retroactive
clause, covering bills pending at
the time Of passage. The most i'm
portant of these is the steel ma
tionalization bill. which has been
passed once by Commons and
amended by the Lords to delay its
operation until July, 1851.
The Laborites In Commons now
are certain to reject the amend
ment, pass the hotly disputed steel
bill a second time and bring steel
and iron naturalization into ef-
feet on May l, 1850, before the
governments five-year mandate
expires next July.
The vote on the Lords reform
bill was 1888 to 1876 on vital second
reading. The curb on the Lords
is the biggest change in Britain
parliamentary system since women
were given the vote 81 years ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Charges Of Wasting
Coal Welfare Funds
Denied by Bridges

Senator Bridges, Republican, OF
New Hampshire today branded as
ridiculous and untrue" charges
that payments into the coal
miners pension fund had been
wasted or misused.
The Senator, neutral trustee of
the fund, was replying to Ezra
Van Horn, representative Of the
coal operators on the three-man
Board Of Trustees. Mr.. Van Horn
told District Court here recently
the welfare fund has been i'm
properly dissipated." The charge
was contained in Mr.. Van Horns
answer to a suit filed by an ex-
miner asking for an accounting.
Senator Bridges said he well
coined a complete investigation by
the court "of my acts and conduct
as neutral trustee, at which time
the charges made will have
to be met with sworn testimony
Of accredited witnesses and not
the rash and unprincipled state
ments of people who are not re-
sponsible."
The third member of the Board
of Trustees is John L. Lewis, rep
resenting- the United Mine Work
ers.
Senator Bridges said in his
statement:
If the charges made by Mr..
Van Horn are any more than a
tactical move on the part Of the
operators to gain some advantage
In the wage negotiations presently
going CONGREGATIONS in which
I, as trustee, have no part or
concern-and if the operators re-
ally intend to press these charges,
I welcome the opportunity of hav-
ing my acts and conduct as neu-
trail trustee fully reviewed and
carefully scrutinized by the court.
I have never, either individually
or in conjunction with any other
person permitted or authorized
the use Of the assets or resources
OF the fund for any purposes other
than those for which it was Gre
ated."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01

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be up to them whether they fol-
lowed the U. E. example Of with
holding the per capita tax to the
CLIO.
Mr.. Fitzgerald said that at a
meeting with Mr.. Murray and
other Go leaders on Sunday the
U. E. was given plainly to under
stand that the main business Of
the CLIO convention would be q
Red-baiting spree for the graft
hcation of the anti-labor COM
mercial press and the politicians
to whom the CLIO now subordin-
ates ITSELF"
This can benefit no one but the
employers, the Electrical Work.
ers leader said.
1T is CLIO policy today to fritter
away the organized strength Of
the working people and to whip
them into a political lineup" Mr..
Fitzgerald said in a statement
distributed at a news conference.
1T is CLIO policy to trade off
the powenAof the working people
to fight for their demands in ex-
change for dubious and meager
favors from the politicians.
Sees Negotiations Sabotaged.
"A perfect case in point Is the
action of the administration board
of inquiry for the steel industry,
which sabotaged the wage nego-
tiations Of every union In 1949
and left the workers of the steel
industry with the job Of striking
to obtain even the meager award
accorded them.
THE UE republics the policy
Of begging for favors from poll
ticians as a substitute for organ
izing the people to fight for their
own interests"
The action came as the CLIO
set up machinery for firing pro-
Communist officers and unions as
part of its purge program.
The convention also paved
the way for boosting the per
capita tax on the 100000 to
5000. 900 members of the CLIO
from a temporary 8 cents .
month to permanent dime.
That would help make up the
financial loss II the three to q
dozen left-wing unions facing re-
moval actually are tossed out.
In addition to that proposal,
the Constitution Comittee urged
that the CIO convention be
amended to make a Communist,
Fascist or member Of any totali-
tartan movement ineligible for
membership on the CLOS 81
member policy-making Executive
Board.
Could Remove Board Member.
The board. in turn, would be
empowered to remove any such
member. and to boot out any
union whose policies and activi-
ties are consistently directed
toward the achievement Of the
program or the purposes of the
Communist Party, any Fascist or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Job.Seeking Strikers
Raise Unemployment
By the Assoeiofed Press

Steel and coal strikers seeking
new work helped cause a sharp
rise in unemployment figures for
the first week of October, COM
pared with totals for the month
before.
The Census Bureau reported a
rise of 100000 in jobless workers
bringing the total unemployed
to 1876, 000-even thought =. 1t
counted non-jobseeking strikes as
employed"
Apparently a large proportion
OF the coal miners and many steel
workers were reported as seeking
other employment in October
while of from their regular jobs, u
the bureau said.
The report noted that the in
crease brought to q halt the
steady improvement in the Ma
tons unemployment totals which
had started in August.
Some officials suggested that
miners had gone job hunting be-
cause even before their strike
they had bene ordered on a three
day work week by John L. Lewis
with a resultant loss of income.
Along with its unemployment
figures. the bureau gave totals on
the number of persons working at
non-farm jobs.
Here it ran into an apparent
contradiction, reporting an in
crease of $4,000 despite a drop
OF about 100000 in the number
of working men because of fac
tors related directly or indirectly
to the work stoppages in coal and
steel"
1t sought to explain that the
conflict resulted from gains in
the number of employed women. u
The employment total for the
period was 81 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Jofson Signs With CHS
For 3 Years Exclusively
BY the Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. Al Jolson
has signed a three-year, agreement
with the Columbia Broadcasting
System to appear exclusively on
CHS radio and television pro-
grams, the company announced
last night.
The singers program schedule
was not announced, nor were
financial terms. His appearances
at the start will be limited to
guest star spots. The first is
scheduled for a Bing Crosby radio
show late this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Steel
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vide the basis for settlement of
the longer mine shutdown. John
L. Lewis and his United Mine
Workers will not be as easy to
settle with as were the steelwork-
ers. It Is known that Mr.. Lewis
wants more for his men than was
received by the rival union.
The coal operators so far have
held solid against the Lewis de-
mands, but officials looked for a
break in their ranks, possibly
coming from the highly efficient
producers of the Illinois and Indi-
ana area.
I'VE broke the line" Mr.. Muir
ray shouted after Bethlehem was
signed up In Cleveland. From
here on we move with a firmness
of purpose and a determination
that victory will attend our ef-
forts"
Workers Demonstrate.
And there was JOY IN the bic
steel-producing centers of the Eas'
and Midwest, particularly arounc
the mills of Bethlehem where the
workers demonstrated wildly.
But Mr.. Murray did not get al
Of his scaled-down demands. The
settlement with Bethlehem was 8
compromise. After the workers
were denied a wage increase BY
President Truman's steel fact.
finding board, the Steelworkers
held out for entirely free pension.
and social insurance. The com.
panies insisted that the worker.
must share the cost Of both pen.
sions and insurance.
The employees in the new pact
get free pensions. but they mus
share the cost Of insurance equal.
" with the company. Total pay
ment for insurance Is 5 cents PEI
hour per worker. or about So ,
month. Employer and employs
each will pay ~ cents per hour
Some May Get $3.50 Monthly.
Precisely, Bethlehem workers 81
years and older with Is years
service are guaranteed $40
monthly pensions. Those whit
wish to retire, with less service
will receive less. Men with q
years service will receive $85
month, those with is years servic'
get $65 monthly. The compan.
agreed to supplement Fedora
old-age payments so the men vii
receive those amounts on retire
ement. Mr.. Murray said tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
IF. Edward Mitchell,
Veteran lawyer, Dies
After Long Illness

F. Edward Mitchell, rs, former
Justice Department attorney who
practiced law in this city IS years
before retiring in 1910, died yes
terday after a long illness. He
lived at 1909 Upshur street NE.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton, he attended Georgetown Uni
versity and National University
Law Schools. He began his career
in 1895. first practicing criminal
law and then civil before joining
the Justice Departments War
Transactions Section in 1921.
Serving there for four years, he
was then named United States
attorney for the Panama Canal
Zone, where he remained until
1928. For the next six years he
was an attorney with the Tax Dr.
vision of the Justice Department,
resigning in 1884 to enter private
practice here. At the time Of his
retirement he had Offices in the
Mills Building.
Mr.. Mitchell was member Of
the Young Mems Democratic Club
here from 1896 to 1920 and then
organized the Harding Democratic
Club, in opposition to the League
of Nations. He was a charter men,
Der and past president of st. Vim
cent de Paul Society of st. Pat
rick's Church and q member Of the
Knights Of Columbus, the Eagles
and Manresa Retreat League. He
also belonged to the District Bar
Association.
Surviving are a son, Walter S.
Mitchell. of the Upshur street ad-
dress; a daughter. Mrs. Herbert
L. Brown, Sunset Beach, Md, and
four grandchildren. His wife, Mrs.
Anne M. Mitchell, died in 1914.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a. m. tomorrow in st. Anthony's
Catholic Church, Twelfth and
Monroe streets N. E. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
workers in the top brackets will
get as much as $3.50.

workers in the top brackets will
get as much as $3.50.
It was estimated that the pen
sions will cost Bethlehem about
8 cents an hour per worker, In
contrast to the fact finding board
recommendation that the compa-
MES chip in 6 cents for pensions.
An agreement with Bethlehem
was not altogether a surprise
since it already had a company
financed pension plan in effect
which nets the employees about
$50 month. It has in effect a
worker financed insurance plan
costing about ~ cents an hour.
Ching Sees Early Peace.
The insurance arrangement pro-
yides the workers with death.
sickness, accident and hospital
benefits.
Mr.. Murray and Bethlehem Of
ficials worked out final details of
the !Aeace pact during a three
hour conference in Cleveland late
yesterday.
The reaction was swift. CYRUS
S. Ching, Federal mediation chief,
who had worked tirelessly on the
settlement for weeks, said he be-
lieved this settlement will lead
to industrial peace in the steel
industry generally, at very early
date"
The basis for the Bethlehem
agreement was worked out by Mr..
Ching, Mr.. Murray and Eugene
Grace, chairman Of Bethlehem. in
New York last Friday. Mr.. Muir
ray had gone there for a political
rally and stayed over day longer
lat Mr.. Ching's suggestion.
The firm decision Of President
Truman to keep hands off the
steel dispute also paid of in the
end. Officials said the dispute
would be long way from settle
ment had the disputants been CIV
en- reason for hope that the White
House would step In to help them
out.
United States Steel has been
holding back and insisting that
workers share in pension insur-
ance costs.
Officials expected that Jones d
Laughlin Steel Corp. and the Alu-
minum Co. Of America will be
among the first to follow the lead
of Bethlehem.
But shortly after the Bethlehem
settlement was announced new
strike started at the Allegheny
Ludlum Steel Corp. where 1880
workers walked out after their
negotiations with the company
collapsed. The firm has plants in
Pennsylvania and New York.
In return for signing the agree
ment, Bethlehem won a contract
provision that the pension-insur-
ance plan will not be changed for
five years. The entire contract was
extended for two years.
Government mediators were
considering issuance Of an invita-
ton to bring coal peace talks to
Washington. Negotiations be-
tween the striking miners union
and Southern coal operators were
to resume today at Bluefield, w.
Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Her Tribe increased

JERSEY CITY, Nov. l P.-
Mrs. Ann Podciborski had her
first child, Ann, 10 years ago. Two
years later she had twins, jeffrey
and Johanna, now 8. Yesterday
she presented her proud husband
Sigmund with triplets, all boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Toledo Hammer Slayer
OF Two 10 Be Arraigned
BY the Assoeioisd Press

TOLEDO. Ohio, Nov. 1.-Johr
A. Harding, 67-year-old hammer
slayer Of his wife and mother-in
law. faced arraignment in Munich.
pal Court today on a charge Of
first-degree murder.
The Toledo businessman spent
the night in city jail after being
brought here. yesterday from De.
troit. He had raced there in his
automobile to tell his daughter
what he had done. and she called
the police.
The victims were Harding's 49,
year-old wife Mildred and hel
mother. Mrs. Maude Thompson
81. Mrs. Harding's body was found
by police In her bedroom. Her
mother, critically injured, lay
nearby. She died en- route to q
hospital.
Detective Capt. Ralph Murphy
said that shortly before the slay-
ings Sunday night. Harding and
his wife had knelt in prayer in an
upstairs bedroom and asked God
to make them both see the light"
Two minutes later, Mrs. Hard-
ing was a hammered corpse, slain
because Of her husbands unveri-
fed suspicion regarding her fldel-
ity," Capt. Murphy said.
The police official and Prose-
cutor Joel Rhinefort heard one
Of Harding's three oral statements
the double Staying, officers said
Others were made to police In
Crosse Point. Mich, Detroit sub.
urb where Mrs. Robert Goodhand
Harding's daughter by a previous
marriage, lives. and to Assistant
Prosecutor John j. Rusinack OF
Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Unification Everywhere
Except Here, Cain Says
By the Assoeiosed Press

Senator Cain, Republican, Of
Washington said yesterday there
is universal understanding Of uni
fication of the armed forces every
where except in Washington"
Senator Cain, a colonel in the
Army Reserve. was just back from
two weeks of training with the
82d Airborne Division at Fort
Bragg, N. c.
He told a reporter that soldiers
sailors and airmen are working
together in harmony and CO.
operation, leaving the policy
making to the higher command In
Washington.
The Senator said he found "the
Army is trying to make every
dollar go as far as it can and il
doing an awfully good job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Welsh FIGHT Sheep Disease

In an effort to stamp out the
disease Of sheep scab in the Black
Mountains, In the Welsh border
country, 81. 900 sheep recently
were rounded up and dipped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01

About 1900. 900 persons are in
jured each year In non-fatal acct
dents on United States farms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Clio

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1949-12-16
by the Associofed Press

WARSAW, Poland, Dec, 16.-
French diplomats we're accused
today of plotting to sabotage
Polish mines and mills. The
charges we're made in the trial
of four Frenchmen and two others
accused of espionage and sabotage.
The indictment against the &C
cused, two of them employees in
the French Wroclaw Consulate.
said French diplomats in Poland
organized attempts to cut off ven-
tilation systems in mines so that
the miners would be asphyxiated
by poisonous gases. French diplo-
mats also we're said to have Or
dered sabotage agents to set fire
to a cotton mill.
The six went on trial yesterday
In Wroclaw. One of the accused
Frenchmen, Albert Hoffman. who
was not further identified, Is
charged with possessing instruc-
tions to blow up glass works in
Silesia.
Fuel Is Added to Feud.
The indictment, hitherto secret.
and the charges against the
French diplomats were included IN
an official communique from Po-
lands Communicated govern
ment. The communique was is
sued in connection with the
opening of the trial.
It added more fuel to raging
feud between France and Poland
in which numerous embassy and
consulate officials and employees
have been arrested and expelled
by both countries.
Responsibility for organizing
and directing the alleged French
plots was laid by the communique
to former French diplomats who
either have been expelled from
Poland or have left the country at
the end of their tour OF duty.
De Mere Called Chief Plotter.
A former secretary-archivist at
the French Embassy, Aymar de
Brossin de Mere, was named IN,
the communique as the chief plot
ter. He was expelled from Poland
November %.
De Mere was said by the official
Polish press agency to have oper-
ated under instructions from the
British intelligence service to or
sanize a closely-knit group OF spies
and saboteurs.
Those on trial in Wroclaw IN
clude, besides Hoffman:
Basil Bousikow, a Frenchman
who was a messenger in the Wro-
claw Consulate; Yvonne Bassaler,
a French woman stenographer IN
the Wroclaw Consulate; Joseph
Feldeisen, a Frenchman; Jan ku-
siabik, a Pole. said to have be-
longed to the illegal Polish home
army" and employed by the
French War Graves Commission;
Wilhelm Hid, German, accused
of giving the French specimens OF
Polish mine products which were
understood to have been In con-
nection with unsuccessful Polish
efforts to find uranium in the
southwest across the border from
Czechoslovak uranium mines.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
French Officials Aimed Jessup Plans 10 Return
To Sabotage Factories To Post at Columbia
And Mines, Poles Say After Far East Trip

Ambassador -at-Large Philip c.
Jessup plans to returns to Colum-
bia University as professor Of in
ternational law after completing
a survey trip to the Far East for
the State Department.
This was disclosed by the de-
partment late yesterday after Mr..
Jessup had left Washington pre-
paratory to sailing from San Fran
cisco Tuesday for Japan.
He plans to confer with Gen.
Macarthur in Japan and visit nu-
Evening star., 1949-12-16

merous other Asiatic countries,
including China If it is possible
to get there. gathering facts for
a report which will lay the basis
for future American efforts to
block the spread of Communism
in the area.
Mr.. Jessup has been acting as
top trouble shooter for Secretary
of State Acheson while on leave
from his position at Columbi Un-
iversity.
Michael j. McDermott, State
Department press officer, said this
leave expires February l. Mr..
Jessup will not be able to resume
Evening star., 1949-12-16
400 Children Invited
To Party Tomorrow

More than 400 underprivileged
children will be entertained at the
annual Christmas party given by
the Sisters of Charity of Provi-
dence Hospital from 10 am. to
noon tomorrow at st. Peters
Church auditorium, Second and
c streets Sc.
The children are from many
families making use of the free
clinic at Providence Hospital.
Toys will be donated by staff doc
tors from Providence, while firms
supplying the hospital during the
year will donate ice cream, fruit,
candy, nuts and other gifts.
Students from the Academy OF
the Immaculate Conception, 1854
Eighth street NV. will sing
Christmas carols.
Evening star., 1949-12-16

his duties by that date, but does
plan to return to Columbia as
soon as he comes back from the
Far East and completes his re-
port, Mr.. McDermott said.
Mr. Jessup became professor Of
international law at Columbia in
1925. Since then he has held a
series of important but tempo
rary positions in the Government
on leaves of absence.
He went by train yesterday to
Evening star., 1949-12-16

Tsung- -jen. at the Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center,
where Ii is to undergo an opera
ton for stomach ulcers in a few
daVS
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Eight Diamond
With You. f.7s M. W

The mountings are perfectly
matched and elegantly hand
carved. There are 8 brilliant dia-
rnonds with written guaran.
tee.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Stock Market Quiet
las Traders Await
Truman Address
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The stock
market simmeted In narrow price
range today.
Trading was unusually slow. Many
issues were ignored entirely while
most others moved only fractionally
either way from the previous close.
The basic undertone of the market
remained steady but traders were
evidently in no hurry to step up
their activities. Many awaited the
Presidents inaugural address, hop
ing for a new clue to national eco
nomic policy.
Nickel Plate took one Of the few
wide swings with q gain Of nearly
2 points. Du Pont lost more than
point.
Fractionally up were U. s. Steel,
Bethlehem Steel, General Motors,
Studebaker, Woolworth, Columbia
Gas, Phelps Dodge, Dow Chemical,
General Electric, Eastman Kodak,
Radio Corp, Plough, Southern Rail-
way and Texas Co.
Marked down bit were Goodyear,
National Distillers, American Tele-
phone, Electric Power 81 Light, In
ternational Paper, New York Gen.
tral, Southern Pacific and Eastern
Air Lines.
| Railway liens tended upward in
the bond market. United States
Governments held firm in over-the-
counter dealings.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Mother and Son Shot Dead
In Living Room Of Home
BY the As.oeiofsd Press

LELAND, Idaho, Jan. 20.-A A.
year -old mother and her 11-year-old
son were killed last night IN the
living room Of their home.
Sheriff W. w. Hays said Mrs
Isabel Foley was shot through the
back of her head while she sat in
a living room chair after dinner
watching her son, Jack, play with an
erector set on the floor.
Jack was shot through the side
Of the head.
Another son. Mike, IA. was taken
to hospital in = hysterical condi-
ton.
Lloyd Craig. living next door to
the Foleys, told Sheriff Hays that
Mike came running to his home
crying that Two strange men" had
shot his mother and brother.
Neighbors found Mrs. Foley alive
but unable to talk. Jack was just
barely alive also. Both died before
medical aid arrived.
When Sheriff Hays attempted to
question Mike, he said, the lad be-
came hysterical. The sheriff ordered
him taken to the hospital.
The boys father. Wayne Foley, was
not in Leland when the shootings
occurred.