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Evening star., 1949-06-17
Kindiiness Motivotes Donors
To Build Up Camping Fund

Here are just a few instances OF
this willingness:
Last March. the employees OF
Eastern Airiines' reservations de-
partment set up o coffee percola-
tor In the employees lounge. Under
the honor system anyone who
drew q cup Of coffee dropped .
nickel IN the box. The other day.
they found they had cleared 500.
Somebody proposed shooting the
works on one grand party. In
stead. the airline employees voted
to give some youngsters . good
time and 500 more was added
TO the camp fund.
Each year the Amity Club-a
group Of $50 professional mem
sets sside . certain amount cf its
lEDe GAIT. PAse A-i11
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Formers Get ~ Cents
OF Food DolIur Nov

Farmers are nos EsttiFaE only
10 cents out Of zach dollar spent
for farm focd products, the lowest
In gix years. ttIs AEricaissars DE-
partmsnt reported today.
The agency SAID tire farmers
share Of the eonnameTs' food dollar
reached peak os ts csnss several
times hetsesn November. is4s, ard
January, ipss"
Evening star., 1949-06-17
First Snapshot Winners
In Pictorial Mogoxine

Pictures awarded the nYss
Of . series Of 10 wssxiy prizes
In The Stars Amateur strap
shot Contest will be puhaiated
Sunday in the Pictorial MAG
axane.
the magazine also wsti cor
tain four pages ef photos OF
the graduating classes OF
tsese Dassxscs, Maryland ard
Virginia high schools Ana
costa, centraL. cooladss.
Eastern. Mckinley. RocmsSsis.
Heshssda-chsvy chase.
HyastxwIlse, MnFstRuEz~Yy Hiats.
Richard Montgomery. Falsfax,
Pals Church, Iseysaon. MrsEns
vsrnou ana oemEs Wash
insfofa.
Fug shese and utkef fsaiaFss
Of local interest. ses ssas PC
soytai Magazine os
Chr euisnaB eiar
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Hoffman Has Thwariet
Big Cut in Funds for
ECA, Senators Agree
Clincher Wos Figures
Showing sIosh in U. S.
Commodity Purchases
sy Ire Assee;e,sd prsss

Senator's said today that Eco
nomic Cooperation Administrator
Paul Hoffman had won his fight
against q heavy cut In European
recovery spending.
"The push for . big reduction
Is all washed up" Senator Robert
son. Democrat. OF Virginia, told q
Other members Of the Senate
Appropriations Committee agreed.
Mr.. Hoffman has hattled with
the committee In four long and
rough sessions In defense Of ECAs
multi billion dollar program. He
was down for q return bout this
afternoon.
Plays "Ace In The Hele."
The EcA chief pulled out his
ace In the hole yesterday. This
was Q report showing that .
81 900 900. 900 cut In recovery
spending actually viii mean less
purchase Of American cotton. to-
bacco. wheat. butter. lumber and
other commodities. The feeling
was that with some American
business declining. farmers and
businessmen viii want foreign
markets especially.
Senator Young. Republican. OF
North Dakota said any cut made
will be small. He agreed that Mr..
Hoffman's report would have .
tendency to slow down the de-
mands for . large reduction.
We do have surplus Of food
running out Of our ears." Senator
Young said. and the recovery
program is one way 70 get rid
OF II.
The committee sentiment ap-
peared to be that ECA win hare
10 take another cut In the second
years program-but II win not be
anywhere near the 81 .00o. 900 900
some Senators suggest.
The House voted ECA $780,
40 600 70 be spent tn the first
lOI5 months of the fiscal year.
beginning July 1. n necessary. Mr..
Hoffman said he would be aatis-
fed with this and would try To
spread the money over 10 months.
Senator Robertson said COM
mittee members realized that any
large cut would Be '.impractical.
Allowance fer TaiIins Prices.
I'm satisfied the cummistse
won't 10 beyond my suggestion.
he said. This h 10 give DcA tiss.-
600 900 more than the House Eavf
it-btat require tfs prcGr1m 70 y
spread over II months.
a Republican member san phi
vats1y he beiieses the eommsfsee
win rive MS. Hoffman The saine
figure voted by The H0aae and re-
15ss ToR1IdN ana Aasa A-tJ
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Lows Of Probability
Foil for Defendcnt
Or ~ Asses ssssd sssss

CHESTER. Pa. june IT~--.,ohn
Mccanerfy. ~. arrested ~ .
homeless vasrant. insisted tfse
police were wTonx--he had .
home. and gave IL sddress-~1is
Aerlsaine street
To-day Mr<anersy came b~fcsw
Magiatrase n. Robinson L<swTy.
-whevs did ycu ass snat I'D
dreS39~ MAGtstrnse Lowry Aaksd
the defendant.
~It's jusf m address Mccall
ferty replied
Tn my Il h" masd the nASss-
tyase. ~Inafis wners ! ltys.
The sentence fw ssSsArrs
% days.
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Czech Reds Place Archbishop
Under Virtual House Arrest
Guurds Stationed Around PuIoce After
Two Priests Are Seized in Police Roid

stood outside Archbishop Beran's
palace.
More significantly. the recep-
ton desk and telephone switch
board inside the palace gate were
manned by secret police.
Two Associated Press cor
respondents who tried to see the
archbishop were told by person.
mel at the reception desk that
"the archbishop says. NO"
At the same time a Czech in
clerical garb was attempting to
gain admission. The reception
personnel demanded from him
full Identification papers and
other data before they would con-
sent to telephone the archbishop
for an audience.
There was no way OF knowing
whether they were actually phon-
ing to him.
This close surveillance of his
(See CZECH Page A-121
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Gunfire Sinks Jap Vessel

HONG KONG. June II R.-
Four survivors Of q Japanese
fishing trawler said today their
Vessel was shelied and sunk In
the China Sea. They said they
did not know their attackers. The
captain and seven crewmen were
killed or missing. The four were
rescued Oh the China coast.
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Judge Rejects
HissLawyer's
Dismissal Plea
Motion Argued in
Chambers After U. S.
Rests Itslcose
By Newbold koyes, Jr.,
ond Robert K. Welsh
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.,
ond Robert K. Welsh
Sfcr SsoH Correspondents

NEW YORK, June 17.-Federal
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman today
denied q defense motion for dis
missal after the Government
rested its case in the perjury trial
of Alger Hiss.
Government and defense attor-
neys argued the motions for two
hours in a private session with
Judge Kaufman after the Jury
had been dismissed for the week
end.
In announcing his decision.
Judge Kaufman had no comment
to add to the bare fact that he
had decided against the defense
motion, which was based on a
plea that evidence against Mr.,
Hiss was insufficient to warrant
continuance of the trial.
The Government rested It's case
at 1o:40 am. and the judge i'm
mediately retired to his chambers
with the prosecution and defense
counsel to hear the arguments on
the defense motion.
The prosecution had completed
its presentation in IA trial days.
The trial opened May 81.
The unusual procedure Of argu-
ing the motions behind closed
doors was resorted to, Judge
Kaufman explained, so the jury
of 10 men and two women would
not be influenced by newspaper
accounts of the proceedings which
normally take place in the alb
senee Of the jurors.
10 Minutes on Stand.
The 33d and last prosecution
witness, who remained on the
stand only 10 minutes this morn
ing, was Benjamin H. Firshein,
stenographer for the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
He testified that Whitaker
Chambers, the ex-Communist
courier who has been the chief
Government witness against Mr..
Hiss, told the committee last Au-
gust Is that Mr.. Hiss lived on
Volta place In Washington, al
though the name appeared in the
transcript of the hearings as Dent
place.
In his cross-examination Of Mr..
Chambers, the defense attorney
had made quite a point Of this
apparent error. by the witness in
his early testimony on Mr.. Hiss
alleged Communist activities.
Had Denounced Hiss.
MIR. Chambers, who resigned
last November from a $50 0,000-a-
year job as senior editor of Time
magazine, has denounced Mr..
Hiss as one of five Government
employees who supplied him with
secret Government documents for
transmission to Russian agents.
Mr.. Hiss, A, former State De-
partment official and president,
until May 5. of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace.
Is indicted on two counts alleging
perjury before a Federal grand
jury last December Is. when he
denied having given secret papers
to MIR. Chambers and said he had
not seen his accuser after Janu-
airy /, 1887.
The prosecution produced sur
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Judge Refuses 10 Bar
Removal Of Phones
On Gambling Charges
Holtzoff Acts Despite
Failure to Link Them
With D. 6. Violations
MT. RAINIER MAYOR and police
chief declare war on gamblers.
Page B-1

MT. RAINIER MAYOR and police
chief declare war on gamblers.
Page B.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff today
refused to enjoin the telephone
company from removing four
phones from a Maryland address
although the Governments IL af-
fidavits charging gambling did
not link the phones with any
gambling violations In the Dis
trict.
In an earlier Maryland tele-
phone case. where the telephone
subscriber himself admitted most
of his money came from gam
bling. Judge David A. Pine signed
an order barring removal of tele-
phone service from Nathan Miller
Of Avondale, Md. Judge Pine said
there was evidence Miller used
his phone to call known gamblers.
but there was no evidence District
gaming laws were violated.
500 Such Requests Made.
In the case decided by Judge
Holtzoff in District Court today
the Randle g. Crane Co. through
its head. Larry Day. sought pre-
liminary injunction TO prevent
removal Of four telephones in an
establishment In the 6700 block
of New Hampshire avenue. Ia
koma Park. Md.
In both the Miller and Day
cases, United States Attorney
George Morris Fay had asked the
telephone company to remove the
phones on grounds he had com
petent evidences" the phones were
being used to violate District gam
bling laws. More than 800 such
requests were made by Mr.. Fay
as part of his antigambling cru
Sade.
The Government presented II
affidavits in the Day case con-
tending the establishment was
really a place to receive horse race
information and not a real estate
agency. The Government sought
to tie in the establishment with
a race track ticker service In
Maryland.
Counter Afiidavit Offered.
Counsel for MFR. Day argued In
a counter affidavit that there was
no proof the phones were being
used to violate District gaming
laws. None of the telephone calls
charted by the telephone company
were to District exchanges.
In making the ruling, Judge
Holtzoff declared that the
plaintiff day did not deny
in his counter affidavit;
that he said he was In the real
estate business but has no real
estate sign at the address. no files
and only one small room with q
table and four telephones.
The telephones were used,
Judge Holtzof said. in making
more than 40 calls a month to
a Hillside number where a Gov
raid confiscated a ticker
used In distributing racing In
formation.
Judge Holtzoff. pointing out
that he was sitting In a court OF
ruled that the Government
or telephone company in these
actions does not have to prove
illegal use of the telephone be-
yond q reasonable doubt, but the
plaintiff has to show why an In
junction. should be issued.
Evening star., 1949-06-17
LoyaItyPIedge
Called Revolving
ByMissCopIon
soys Justice Employees.
Including Her Boss,
Agreed With Her
By jones J. CuIIinons

Loyalty standards established by
Attorney General Clark were found
'reyolting" by Justice Department
employees. Judith Coplon testified
at her espionage trial in District
Court today.
Among those. who found the
loyalty standards revolving" the
defendant said. was Raymond p
Whearty. assistant chief Of the
criminal division and her former
boss. who is helping to prosecute
the case.
Miss coplon. white faced but
calm. looked straight at Mr.
Whearty when she said:
"Mr. Whearty said, after he
looked at the standards. that he
would like to become a member
of the American Civil Liberties
Union"
Says She Signed Pledge.
The loyalty standards were sent
to the foreign agents registration
section and the internal security
section where she was employed,
Miss Coplon said. with instructions
to search the files and prepare q
list of organizations which would
be placed on o subversive list.
"A number Of lawyers and politii-
cal analysts thought the standards
were revolving" Miss Coplon test
ified in answer to questions by
Defense Attorney Archibald Pal
mer. THE very thought that q
person who. for instance. might
have contributed to relief organ
ization which would be placed or
the list, might be thrown out OF
a job because he had contributed
was revolving"
Miss Coplon identified number
Of organizations on the subversive
list as those which she had picked
from Justice Department files. Ir
almost every instance the organi-
cations which she said she had
listed as subversive were Fascist
and anti-Russian groups.
Mr.. Palmer asked her why the
loyalty standards laid down BY
Mr.. Clark were revolving" to her
Called Violation OF Liberties.
I'VE felt those standards vert
violating American civil liberties,
she said. .Mr. Whearty said hi
felt equally sick about the viola.
tion Of civil liberties"
Defense Attorney Palmer asked
Miss Coplon II she had signed 1
loyalty pledge at the Justice De-
partment. She replied afiirma.
lively and her lawyer asked II she
really meant 1t when she swore on
the pledge that she was loyal tc
the United States.
Insists She Is Loyal.
"I've always been loyal to the
United States" Miss Coplon re-
sponded firmly.
rs there any country in the
world you want to 60 to other
than the United States?" Mr.
Palmer asked.
/. A faint smile fiickered on the
face Of the defendant and she
said:
only on vacation"
Here's where you want to gel
married. have children. and die?'
Yes" said Miss Coplon.
Miss Coplon smiled as she told
about an incident In which she
was shown b top secret" FBI re-
port on Soviet intelligence and
Evening star., 1949-06-17
sy AssIcelm lsmeesns. l,.

TIE Government fe<sAy sea Q
MAJOR saetaFy Ia ia lass~ sEAnss
IFS Anugras, campaign axAgu,s
Washington area csgasa Ard rse-
fsaeeFs
In s-te-l aecGsa0u TIE United
States Court al Appeals evwFrsles
a District Court order of 9uess
Richmond n kseSa which das-
missed In April. lssE. an Rnsl.
trust Indictment against tie May
lard and vlfsaniA MIA Producers
ASsoc iat3on Us general m1naErg
and sevsn aatgies.
To6sS's action cleared the cav
for trial ol Tire defendants watn.
the Government charges. entered
into conspiracy 10 restrain trace
in milk and nx prices.
A Justice Department spssass-
man declared that "xe sxpccg 20
take /, 10 trial .ust a. soan ~ .
date can be ARRANGED wih the
court DlstFie, Court would sst
the date.
TIE decision. wrftlrn hy Judge
Henry W EdsvFton asserted that
the lower court erred In dismiss
tng the indictment a. not sett4as
forth suttclent facts 10 constitute
a conspiracy in violation ci the
sherman Act
Diaries Claim Immunity,
The defendants had maintained
they were immune from the
charges by tho Government eAsed
on Federal legislation eoncefnsns
farmer co-oprta atlssa and market
ing agreements
The court noted that althoAss'
two such aet&-~ths CAppef- Vol
stead and tias Clayton Aet-~~Eire
some privileges 70 combinations
Of agricultural producers, . com
hination ot producers and fisgFtbai'
tors to eliminate competition and
fix prices at successive EtaEea In
the marke,ing Of Nh agricultural
product Is not privileged
On the question of the lower
courts ruling on t1kafssisni facts
In the original indictment, the
Appeals Court declared that tho
Government need NOT show o.
allege that prtoes have been faased
or maintained at high. arbitrary
or noneompetltiye levels
Judge Miller Dlsssnta.
Judge Edsertons ooinlosi wsa
conenrred ins by District Court
Judge James w Morfis. who waa
designated to sit IN on the ease,
Judge Wilbur X. Miller dlsAentsd.
Other defendants are Chestnut
Farms Dairy, T'honasssons 8 Lairy.
RnnfieId Dairy. Alexandria Dairy.
Harvey Dairy. Sateway Stores,
Inc. which operates LInsrns
Dairy. Wakefield Dairy and Bruce
B. Derrick. general manager Of
the association.
Following dismissal Of the N
dictment April 2T. is$s, the ooT.
srnment appealed directly 10 the
Supreme Court, II ordered Tho
case remAnded 10 the appeals
court for study.
judge Keech. after hearing two
days OF arguments on q defense
motion 10 dismiss the indictment.
held that the indictment vas not
a proper one and that ubrre
had not been adequate facts
pleaded 70 make an effenas.
Al the time Of the indictment
In March. ip&s. Attorney General
Clark hailed II Ra ''maInr tn
dictment In The Anti Trust D3Ti~
saons program 70 prosecute Il
legal eonspiraciea 10 IN prices Of
fofzd clothing and hnstasfsg
Evening star., 1949-06-17
HUNGRY Tries III Jews

VIENNA. Austria. Juns u IT.
Jewish sources here said IL Hun
garian Zionist leaders ssns ost
trial In Budapest today On charges
Of aidinx Illegal ssnagFataon cf
Jews from Hungary 10 fkrasa.
Evening star., 1949-06-17
HickenIooper AssaiIs
Oak Ridge Pipeline
Project as Wasfeful
But Pike Defends Switch
To Natural Cos os Saving
About $3.50. 900 q Yeor
sy the Asseeiossd Press

Senator Hickenlooper. Repub-
lican, Of Iowa took the Atomic
Energy Commission to task today
for going ahead with construction
of a natural gas pipeline project
to Its Oak Ridge (Tenn.) plant.
He called 1t q $40. 900 900 project
that Is needless and wasteful." +"
To that, Sumner Pike. an Acc
Commissioner. replied that switch
ing from coal to natural gas rs
the main fuel at the Oak Ridge
plant win save the Government
about 81 $50, 900 annually. at pres
ent prices.
Mr.. Pike also argued that the
coal industry Is subject to quite
frequent" work stoppages. He said
1t is mot the sort Of thing one
should depend on when one has .
good alternative"
Article ON A-B0mb Assailed.
The gas line project was brought
up at hearings by the Senate
House Atomic Energy COMMITTEES
on Senator Hickenlooper's charges
that there has been incredible
mismanagement" Of the Acc
under the craftsmanship of David
e. Iilienthal. He demands that Mr..
Lilienthal be fired.
The committee got back TO the
Aces affairs after . brief side
line excursion late yesterday that
brought q general discussion Of m
article on atomic security in thi,
months Nations Business"
Mr.. Lilienthai told the commit
tee he thinks some parts OF the
magazine article may be o VIOLA
tion Of security regulations. he
said the acc win ask the FBI TO
check ON that.
Mr.. Iilienthal used such words
a. inaccurate" and ..irrrsponsi-
BILE" In talking about the article.
entitled 'sIs the A-Bomb Secure?
The article said. among other
things, that the United States
should have" about 100 rev
atomic bombs.
Oflcial G u C Magazine.
Nations Business Is the ofnciAl
magazine Of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. A. such,
4 note says, II carries notices and
articles In regard 70 the Chamberis q
activities; In MI other respects
| the Chamber cannot be responsible
for the contents thereof OK for the
opinions Of writer's"
It's editor. Lnwrence =. Hurley,
refused to comment On Mr.. Lilssn-
thal's compiaints becsuse he had
not had . chance 10 study them
But he said the vhols p1rpose d
the article wes 10 examine TIE
1SsS ATONE. fass A-3J
Evening star., 1949-06-17
ey Don S. Worren

BY Don S. Woren
House hearings on bills pro-
posing a limited form Of Wash
ington home rule will begin June
20, IL was announced today.
Public hearings on the subject
viii be held by the Judiciary Sub
OF the House District
Committee on ell four home rule
bills before the subcommittes,
Announcement Of the hearing
date was made today by Chairman
Mcmillan Of the District Com
mittee after q meeting of the sub
committee, which he conducted ifl
the absence Of Representative
Harris. Democrat. Of Arkansas
subcommittee chairman.
Authors OF the four bills viii be
invited 10 testify the first day,
They are Senator Kefauser. Demo
crat, OF Tennessee. author of the
bill passed this month By the
Senate: Representative Auehin-
Gloss. Republican. OF New Jersey.
author OF the bill approved last
year by the House District Com
mittee but which failed OF q final
House vote: Representative Klein.
Democrat, of New York. who ID
House copy Of the
Senate-passed Dill. and Repre-
Mafcantonio. American
Of New York.
% Seek 10 Testify.
The Mareantonio bill Ia similar
10 the Auchincioss plan except
that 1t requires proportional rep
resentation In the election OF the
city council and inserts
In the bill fair employment prae-
tices system.
Chairman Mcmillan said he
could nee no reason why the hear
inas could not be concluded in time
for the House COMMITTEES 10 act
before the end OF this session. He
added. however. tina; this would
depend on how long and how
many witnesses testified.
He said 20 persons had asked 70
be heard and that II appeared that
some Of the testimony would be q
OF what they had al
ready given In earlier hearings.
Il hope We can avoid duplica-
ton In testimony" he said. but
II witnesses insist on being heard
We win have to LEI them testify. .
gludy 10 Ne Made.
The reason for scheduling the
hearings for June % instead oi
next week. Mr.. Mcmillan said. WA
the need for q study Of the differ
encex between the four bills Thia
study In 10 be made By the ievts-
iatiye counsel Of the House. lie
said he had been advised this
would take about 10 days
Membefs attending today
executive session Of the sgibcosn'
mittee. In addition 10 Mr. Ne
MILAN and Representative Auchsn.
Gloss, we're Democratic Repre-
a~vss t4res Aherrsttsy sf Mtseas-
stpps, Jones Of Aiabaras. and
league Of Texas. and Representa-
tive o.Hara, Republican, Of Mn
nesota.
Evening star., 1949-06-17
AppeaIsCourt
Orders Diaries
ToStand Trial
Upsets District Court
Decision Dismiss,ne
Antitrust Chorces

THREE n e AREA nAiRfrs
Ask swsstw ~ Virginia m3lE
prizes pagr III
Evening star., 1949-06-17
House Hearings Slated
To Start June 2S on
-Four Home Rule Bills
McMiIIon Will Preside
Al Sessions; Authors to
Be First Witnesses

SCHOOL AUTHORITIES to ask
changes In Home Rule legisla-
ton. Page B-s
Evening star., 1949-06-17

CONTINUED on Page AS. Col. 2.
Evening star., 1949-06-17

CONTINUED on Page "A. Col. Il
Evening star., 1949-06-17
Guide for Rea ders

A. As~sx asv~i .xaa s@r~e9srx
Evening star., 1949-06-17

(See RELIEF. Page A-i2.l
Evening star., 1949-06-17

tSee CZECH, Page A-12)
, 1949-04-13
NOTICE

Savings Bank Book No. s4s
having been reported lost or
stolen. the holder thereof is
hereby requested to present il
to the Bank within twelve ll2)
weeks from this date. as other
wise. the Book will be cancel
led and a new one issued in It's
place at the expiration Of this
period.
Virgin Islands Natl Bank
Christiansted Branch
February is. l94s.
, 1949-04-13
CARD of THANKS

Through his medium, we
wish to tank The Doctors and
Nurses at the Municipal Hos
pital for their kindness to our
son, Roy, during his confine-
ment there. We wish also to
thank the many friends wiz
made inquiries of him.
Sgt. & Mrs. -gbert Thomas
, 1949-04-13
FOR SALE

Il 10 ct. Ice Cream Freezer
lin perfect condition.
- Home made Ice Box
For Information apply al
the Avis Office.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

Lustrous, beautifully sheer, royon mar
quisette curtains. Hemmed and heod-
ed. g." wide to poir. 72", 81" or 90"
long.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Comic Strip Exhibit at Library
To Show Influence on Nation

papers and Pulitzer Prize Win
ners Clifford K. Bergman Of The
Star; Herbert Block of the Post
and H. M. Talburt, whose cartoons
appear in the Daily News.
Visiting cartoonists whose work
appears in The Star are:
AL Andriola, originator Of
Kerry Drake; Frank Beck. who
draws "Bo";; Dave Breger. orig
inator Of "Mr. Breger"; Gregory
d'Alessio. These Women; 10
Fischer. Mine to Five; Carl
Grubert, "The Berrys";; Fred
Neher, "Life's Like That" and
Frank Robbins, who draws John
ny Hazard" .--
The visit Of the cartoonists and
the Washington premiere are be-
ing sponsored by the four WASH
ington newspapers. the Treasury
Department, the Library of Con-
gress. the National Cartoon.sts'
Society. the New York State
Library, several newspaper fea-
ture syndicates and the Shell Co.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Pubicists 10 Heur U. S. Aide

Wilford L. White, chief Of man
agement assistance in the small
business division of the Commerce
Department, will speak at a lunch
con meeting Of the Washington
Forge of the American Public Rela-
tions Association at 1918 pm. to-
morrow in the Sheraton Hotel. His
topic will be Small Business Is
Important. Too"