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Evening star., 1949-07-02
Revenue Drop Leaves
Budget Deficit Nearly
Three Times Estimate
BY the Associated Press

A big Government revenue set
back stuck President Truman to-
day with a 1949 fiscal year budget
deficit of $1,811.440,047. .68-three
times greater than the $600,000,-
900 he had predicted.
Because of the huge size of the
Federal money figures. the Presi-
dent was off only 35 per cent In
overestimating Government in
come by 1884 900, 900 for the IL
months ended Thursday. Mr.. Tru-
mans estimates were made last
January.
The President missed the spend
ing figure only three-tenths of l
per cent. but it was enough to
throw him off $123,0O0, 900. Actual
expenditures ran that much less
than he'd counted, easing the ef-
feet of his revenue overestimate
The key figures, given roundly
in a year-end Treasury compila-
ton, were: Spending. $40,057,-
100000; up $6.266. 900, 900 over the
preceding year and a new peace
time high: revenue, $38,246, ,000,-
900, down .965,0Oo,0OO and al
five-year low.
An 1875 per cent rise in spend
ing and a 94 per cent drop in rev.
enue converted the budget out
come from an unprecedented sur
plus of $8,41s. 900, 900 in fiscal 1e4s
to a $1,811, 100000 deficit in the
fiscal year just over.
This also sent the Government
bounding back into the familiar
red after a two-year interval OF
living within It's income for the
only period in the last 20 years.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Ticket Seller Reports
Theft of $1,244 as
Mats Lose to Yonks

A ticket seller at Griffith
Stadium reported to police
that while the Washington
baseball team was losing a 5-4
decision to the New York
Yankees last night, some one
lifted 1924 from his cage.
The ticket seller, Thomas j.
Cronin, IS, of 1920 N street
NV. told police he left the
cage momentarily at 9:45
pm. and when he returned
the money was gone. He said
he had just counted the nights
receipts and had 1t packaged
when the theft occurred.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
CurIey Club Elects Porter

John F. Porter has been elected
president Of the. Curley Club. q
Catholic social club. Others
elected we're: Hubert Mark, vice
president; Miss Carolyn Ballman.
treasurer; Miss Rosemary English,
recording secretary; Miss Emma
Meservey. corresponding secre-
tary: Roland J. Hyland, advocate,
and Roy Steele, sergeant -at-arms.
Evening star., 1949-07-02

1850 Commu-
nifty Chest Cam
paign, General
C h a / r m a n
Frank j. LuchS
announced yes
terday.
Col. johnson,
who lives at
1925 Columbia
road NV. was
made assistant
to the director
in 1948. Before
joining the Sc
lective service
organ "a tion
Evening star., 1949-07-02

dent near Mar
ion, Va.
His son, Gene
Sylvester, 25..
and a friend Of
the family. A.
E. Ewald, we're
injured slightly.
They were TAX
en- to Lee Me-
mortal Hospi-
tai. Marion.
Mr.. Sylvester
was an employe
of the Exide
B a t t cry Co.
here. The son
Evening star., 1949-07-02

were sent to jail in lieu Of $500
bonds for further hearing July IA.
Mr.. Costello. 81, who does i'm
presentations Of movie stars, said
he was fired from the Metropoli-
tan Police Department for Gin
efficiency" in 1947 after four
years service. He explained he
often tap danced while directing
traffic land little things like that"
which might have accounted for
his dismissal from the force.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Col. {. {. johnson 10 Aid
1850 Chest Campaiqn

Col. Campbell Darlington
Johnson. U. S. A., assistant to
the director of selective service,
will serve as vice chairman Of the
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Camp Fund

The Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund has passed its goal, but will
continue to accept and acknowl-
edge gifts to send other children
to camp. The following gifts are
- nlx oxx,IoIroI fndou
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Bethesda Man Killed
Two Injured in Crash
Near Marion, Va.

Otto H. Sylvester, jr., so, of 6805
Exeter road, Bethesda. was killed
last night in an automobile acci-
Evening star., 1949-07-02


Other Interior Department IA
cilities that would come under the
agreement include bicycle conces-
sions, Tidal Basin boating conces-
sions and a number Of play
grounds on which organized play
programs now exist.
When the agreement is signed
finally, it will end feud between
the Interior Department and the
Recreation Board. which has been
raging since 1912, when the Rec
reation Board was created.
The act creating the Recreation
Board, Mr.. Wender has MAIN
: tanned, intended that all public
/ recreation facilities in the city be
under the board.
The Interior Department has
been reluctant to turn over its
! facilities and has based its objec-
! ton. in the past. to the Recrea-
tion Boards policy of racial segre-
/ CATION.
I Several months ago, G. oirard
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Wallace Urges Pact Foes
To Write 10 homeIands
lx III. A..es.a,.A ef.a
MINNEAPOLIS. May Tt

MINNEAPOLIS. MAY Henry
A. Wallace wants ScandtnavtaEas
In the United States 70 write let
ters 10 their homelands In an
effort 10 tear down what be
termed a curtain Of silence"
Speaking here on what he called
his peace tour" Mr.. Wallace said
last night the State Department
Is afraid of real freedom Of
speech about the Atlantic Pact
He cited that visas for speaking
tours had been denied Mime. Mimi
Syerdrup of Norway and Donja
Branting. daughter Of the Swedish
Prime Minister.
Let's give the State Depart
ment q dose Of truth" Mr., Wal
lace told an audience Of about H.
500. Let every one Of you who
has relatives In the old country
write TO them Of your opposition
10 the Atlantic Pact. which, can
drag III into war. Let us tear
down the curtain Of silence the
department seeks TO put up be-
tween America and Scandinavia.
The State Department is afraid
to LET the truth In But they
can't stop II from crossing the
ocean In millions Of letters"
Evening star., 1949-05-07
NavyProbes Pan Am Report
|0f Firing From Task Force
by the Assoeiated Press


The Navy is investigating a re-
port from Pan American Airways
that anti-aircraft fire from an
American carrier task force burst
alongside the Bermuda New York
air corridor April Is as q Pan
American passenger plane few by.
Pan Americans account Of the
matter was referred to the Navy
yesterday through the Air Trans
port Association.
Pilot r. c. Gerber said his big
Constellation, out of Bermuda
with light passenger load, was
nearing New York when he
spotted an aircraft carrier and
several destroyers.
Suddenly he noted shell bursts.
even with his altitude Of $500 feet
and about half mile to his right.
Mr.. Gerber related. He put on
speed to clear the area.
The pilot reported he was in
the middle of the assigned flight
corridor with clear visibility for
20 miles. The time was about 10
am.
No one was hurt and there was
no damage to the plane.
The Navy. promising to look
into the matter, said the ships ap-
parently were engaged in target
practice.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Cathedral 10 Dedicate
South America Panel

A South America window. given
In memory OF the late Right Rev.
James Edward Freeman. third
Bishop of Washington. will be
dedicated at 4 pm. tomorrow In
the Washington Cathedral.
The window. memorialixins the
interdependence and unity OF the
Americas. Is the gift Of an anony-
NOUS donor. II will be installed
high In the clerestory Of the North
Transept Of the Cathedral.
In the central position In the
window Is q figure representing
Simon Bolivar. regarded as the
George Washington OF South
America. In the left panel Is q
representation Of San Martin,
noted ArRentinian. and in the
right panel one OF Baron do Rio
Branco, Brazilian statesman.
At the base OF the center lancet
of the window there Is q memorial
inscription 10 Bishop Freeman.
The window was designed and
executed In the studio Of Reynolds.
Francis and Rohnstock. Boston.
The dedication address viii be
given by Paul c. Daniels. director
OF American Republic Affairs.
State Department. Representative
Of all the Central and South
American countries are expected
to be present ut the services.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Arbitration on Video
Music Rates Sought
Nv tho A,.o<.ased ersas

NEW YORK. May THE Amer
ican Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers proposed arbitra-
ton today OF the rates television
will pay for use Of its members
musical compositions.
ASCAP asked the National Asso-
citation OF Broadcasters TO agree TO
refer the matter to an arbitration
board to which Attorney General
Clark would appoint a member
representing the public. ASCAP
and NAB would name one member
each.
The NAB and ASCAP have been
negotiating unsuccessfully for sew
eral months on television rates.
Meanwhile. ASCAP has success
sively extended the time during
which telecasters can make free
use of its members tunes. The
latest extension expires June !.
Telecasters have asked for O
rate lower than that paid by radio
because Of the Improbable status
of video broadcasting thus far.
ASCAP said 1t has proposed a
rate of 2ss per cent OF stations
gross income minus various dis
counts.
The rival Broadcast Music. Inc.
set UP by radio hroadeasters .
decade ago when they were unable
TO reach q rate agreement. nov
licenses its tunes for television use
at radio rates. It's rates are some
what less than those Of ASCAP.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Summer Employment
Seen Below '4S Figure

A sharp jump in farru, coastrms
ton and other seasonal jobs has
been predicted for this summer,
but total employment for the sea-
son is expected to be below last
years total.
Robert C. Goodwin. director of
Employment Security. said in re-
port yesterday the May-July un-
employment average in l948 was
2,054,000. Latest official figures
in April showed 3.016,000 out Of
work this year.
Paced by agriculture. construc-
tion and industries which nor
mally rise seasonally during the
warm summer months. total en-
ployment should rise substantially
in this quarter" he said. The out
look for manufacturing, he added,
is not yet clear.
He said the Nations available
working population is increasing,
but the number of jobs to be filled
is shrinking. About the only
shortage of workers outside Of
farming, construction and sea-
sonal industries exists among
stenographers, elementary school
teachers and a few types Of engi-
neering and scientific workers.
The Nations civilian labor force
(persons either with a job or look
ing for one) was estimated at
60,835, 900 in April. OF that total,
57,s19.000 were employed.
Evening star., 1949-05-07

tCOnClnueQ from First rage
of their Yangtze bridgeheads,
were seizing more stretches of the
railway which once linked Shang-
hal with Nanchang.
previous reports had the
closest Communists still 50
miles from Nanchang.)
Executions Continue.
Inside nervous Shanghai. ex-
ecutions under martial law con-
tinued with at least five more
Chinese shot.
Among those executed in a
street at the edge of the crowded
Nantao Chinese section were a
captain of a government navy
patrol boat and a merchant. They
were charged with instigating re-
volt and with undermining local
security"
The demand for usable cash be-
came so great that holders of
American currency asked a Is per
cent bonus to cash certified checks
1t was even harder to get Chinese
silver dollars.
The American dollar brought
almost 4.500. 900 gold yuan but the
shortage of yuan currency re-
manned acute. Chinese silver dol
lars were pegged at 1000 900 to
by the governments Central Bank.
But the bank didn't have any.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Two Top u. S. OfficioIs
To Join Pre-Porley Talk
BY the Assoeio.sd Press

The State Department said
today two of its top officials will
leave for Paris within a week for
talks with the British and French
preliminary to discussions with
Russia on Germany May %.
The two officials are: Ambassa-
dor r-atlarge Philip Jessup. Secre-
tary of State Acheson's No. l
negotiator; and Charles Z. Bohlen.
State Department counselor and
one of Mr.. Acheson's chief ad-
visors on German and Russian
policy issues. :
Washington officials echoed the
opinion expressed in London and
Paris that the Western nations
are not "ganging up" on Russia.
= The department did not say
exactly when Mr.. Jessup and Mr..
Bohlen will leave. It said they
will &c to Paris within q week
and ahead of the Secretary. This
probably means Mr.. Acheson will
leave Washington around May 20.
Evening star., 1949-05-07

1912 to 1888 and the editor Of its
official magazine-oneo OF the most
important art journals in the
United States-from 1909 to 1881.
Her essays. commonly illustrated
with pictures of her own careful
selection. appeared in the Century.
Scribners. North American Re-
view, Cosmopolitan. American.
Architectural Record. the New
York Times, the Boston Transcript
and the Christian Science Moni-
tor. She wrote no less than IS
memoirs for the Dictionary OF Ma
tional Biography.
Meanwhile Miss Mechlin took
an active part in arranging for
and managing many different an
exhibitions. She was a firm be-
lever In the movement to pop
ularize great paintings and noble
works of sculpture. Several series
of travelling displays were sent on
tour under her sponsorship. She
was director of the international
Exhibition of Art in connection
with the Tenth Olympiad at Los
Angeles in 1882, the Southern Art
Projects. 1934-1939. and the Anna
Hyatt Huntington Circuit Exhibi-
ton. 1937-1939. Her reviews OF
aesthetic progress In America were
published in Funk and Wagnalls
International Year Book.
The only great galleries with
which Miss Mechlin was not per-
sonally acquainted were those Of
the Orient. She Travelled in Eur
ope repeatedly and was we'll
known in art circles In every por-
ton of her own country. When
asked to indicate her hobbies, she
said: "Art. books, prints" Her
recreations. she explained, were
reading. sailing and-friends.
Miss Mechlin maintained a
home at 1902 Twenty-first street
NV, In recent years. Previously.
she lived at 722 Twenty-first
street and 1920 Cambridge place.
Among the honors which came
to her were the degree Of master
of arts from George Washington
University in 1921 and doctor of
fine arts from the University of
Nebraska in 1927. She was elected
a Fellow Of the Royal Society Of
Arts, London, in 1910.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Defense Personnel Shifts
Under Measure Approved

The Secretary of Defense would
be given limited authority to
transfer personnel between
branches of the armed forces
under q tentative agreement
reached by the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
The amendment gives the Sec
retary power to make temporary
and limited assignments OF mill
tary personnel from one service to
another for short periods Of time"
for economy reasons. Thus. he
would not have authority to trans
fer the Marine Corps to the Army,
which several Senators said they
feared would happen II the pro-
posal was broadened.
Chairman Tydings said the
committee would meet next week
to act finally on the. transfer
amendment and other parts Of the
unification bill.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Stock Market Quiet;
Small Gains, Losses
Evenly Balanced
by the Assoei1fsd Press

NEW YORK, May supply
and demand were in close bal
ance In a New York stock market
today.
Price changes were mostly In
minor froctions and gains and
losses well balanced.
Only skimpy business developed
as many traders took the day
of for long week end and those
who did show up for work were
in no mood for action. Turnover
was at the rate of around 300, 900
shares for the two hours.
News reports scarcely grazed the
surface of the market. Even those
issues directly affected by current
Developments showed little re-
sponse.
Armour Of Slightly.
Armour a. Co. common and
preferred, for instance, barely
stirred despite the announcement
late yesterday that directors had
failed to take action on the
preferred dividend normally due
at this time. The common slipped
"a while the preferred lost only hs.
both prices at new lows for the
year.
Kennecott Copper was relatively
stable with a loss Of u point or SO.
Late Friday, however, the company
slashed the price Of copper by 8
cents In an effort to stimulate
tagging sales. At the same time, the
threat of another strike menaced
production at the company's huge
Utah plant, the Nations largest
copper mine.
General Electric was unchanged
to fractionally off a good part OF
the day although the company an
nounced it will lay of about 3.400
employees at its Erie, Pa, refrigera-
tor plant by May. A previous an
nouncement placed the figure at
1900 but the company later said a
more drastic cutback was neces-
sary because of "a further leveling
of of the consumer market"
Big Steel Improves.
Tending higher were United
statesSteel. Goodyear, Woolworth.
Caterpillar Tractor. American Tel
ephone, Consolidated Edison, Air
Reduction, Allied Chemical, Radio
Corp. Southern Railway, Standard
Oil of New Jersey and Mission
Corp.
On the sluggish side were
Bethlehem Steel. Republic Steel.
General Motors. Chrysler, Schenley,
Electric Power g. Light, American
Smelling, Phelps Dodge, Johns
Manville, International Paper,
Gulf Oil, and Transcontinental
Western Air.
Corporate bonds moved mar
rowIv
Evening star., 1949-05-07
7 Pigmy Anteaters Die;
Sci Captivity Record Here

The two pigmy anteaters at the
Zoo are dead, but DR.. William NJ.
Mann, director, is consoling him
self with the thought that they
lived longer in captivity than any
Of the species ever have before.
Although the pigmies-which
are about the size of squirrels-are
rather common in the tropics, they
never have lived very long in cap
tivity. DR.. Mann said the London
Zoo managed to keep one alive
a day or two. but that was about
the record.
The pigmy anteaters arrived
here last Wednesday. the gift Of
q former Army doctor now study
ing in Panama. They died Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Reds Lied in Charge
That Franco Col jets,
Briton Says in U. n.
D. -. A.%~<~>~s s,<~s

LAKE SUCCESS Aay A~s-
tor MeNsa. RFstAaA mGnaSaet ~
StAEr anawws~e IL" s<~aAy 70
charges ~ RaSsas ard reAanA shst
As3i2sa Is sugSs,ss rs sss phases "
Fsancs sraaa
Mt AeNeal Ne l ASSISTANT he
FVg~sgn s~eswgaEs RrtAn ~
Britain ard Cssset hsttsah dsasxass
10 the Isn1tr6 sa,sons AAssznAsp
rrnlaed 10 Jaislxss katS~ s~RAy 90
Rosanc ard AnaEvA A 0scsnyGa,
Soviet eelesa,s. IN tive e4aAGnk EAtt
al the Spanish debate In The A.
srne,ys Poasteai committre
lie xalc kAts- ssshy ard Mr.,
0EornyEn have ncs proved thssr
charges about Sst planes snd
added
I ay aatiy ina. ,ae@ srs
lies aai unfoanded iles
Mr MeNra sAtd Britain h2s
supplied no Jet planes 10 France
SPAN and has saipplsed no ~ar
planes 10 Franco spain al any
time
A test vote o. Israel mean
while. appeared postponed IN the
AsSemhlys Special Fcli,Acal Ccra-
mlItee The committee voted ever
Egyptian objections - close ths
list os speakers The vote was
- 10 0 There are 10 speakers
on the list and this made u psee-
able no vote would come unta
Monday
Concrete action On both auess
tons remained IN doubt aa the
U. N Assembly aimed at sd-
Iournmens Of It's current spFlng
session late next ~eek-
Action on lNaeis hsd 70 eecoms
the asth L. N. member had been
expected laxt night in the Special
Political Committee But dele
gates cancelled o scheduled night
meeting after . private caucus al
Latin American delegates dls.
closed growing opposition 10 ed.
hitting Israel before settllng the
question O! Internationaltzins
Jerusalem.
Israeli ofilciais sefe confident
they could set the necessary sotsa
iof admission, One high.ranktng
delegate who personally fasors tie
Israeli bid said privately. how
ever. that opponents Etlli had .
good chance Of NLalling action nos.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Miss Leila MechIin, u, Dies;
Star Art Critic for Many Years
Noted Pointer Retired
From Newspaper
Work in 1916

Miss Leila Mechlin, u. for many
years art critic Of The Evening
Star. died yesterday after a long
illness.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. Monday in Christ
Episcopal Church. 800 o street
NV. The Rev. John r. Anschutz,
rector of the church. will officiate.
Buriel will be in Oak Hill Gene
terry.
Miss Mechlin is survived by two
brothers, Alexander Mechlin OF
Portland, Greg. and Ernest r.
Mechlin Of Washington; two
nephews, Wilmer and Ernest r.
Mechlin. jr.. of Washington, and
two nieces, Mrs. John Lane OF
Portland and Mrs. c. Lowry
Pressly of New York.
Native of Washington.
Miss Mechlin was a native Of
Washington. born at Al Gay
street, now 2818 N street, George
town, May 20. 1874. Her parents
were Frederick A. S. and Cornelia
Stout Hyatt Mechlin. On both
sides she was descended from pio-
neer stock. Her great-grandfather,
Joseph Mechlin. came to the Dis
trict Of Columbia from Philadel-
phia with the Government in
1900; her grandfather. Jacob
Hyatt, was a distinguished en-
graver who, in association with
others. founded the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.
Educated in the public schools
here and more particularly by her
mother, a celebrated portrait and
genre painter who long main
tanned a studio in the Corcoran
Building, Miss Mechlin appeared
to be destined for a career as
writer on art from the time of
her childhood. She studied at the
Corcoran School Of Art, but her
faculties of appreciation and ex-
preston were largely self-devel-
oped. Already recognized for her
natural genius. she became art
critic of The Star in 1900. She
retired from The Star In June,
1946.
Miss Mechlin wrote for practi-
cally every Sunday issue Of the
paper and for many daily editions.
No cultural event of any conse-
quence occurred in Washington
without engaging her interest.
She developed a constructive en-
thusiasm for every project which
in her judgment aimed at the
advantage Of the city as the Capt.
tai of the Nation and as a resi-
Dental community.
Her Affiliations included the Lit
erary Society of Washington. Arts
Club of Washington, American
Association Of University Women,
Washington Society Of Fine Arts.
Friends Of Music Of the Library
of Congress, National Symphony
Orchestra Association. Newspaper
tWomen's Club. National Arts Club
and Cosmopolitan Club Of New
York. ..
She was one of the founders Of
the American Federation of' Arts
In 1909, was its secretary from
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Bill for GreenbeIi Sale
Is Sent 10 Conference

The Senate has passed and sent
to conference with the House q
bill for sale Of Greenbelt, Md, and
two other Governmental re-
settlement projects --- Greendale,
Wis, and Greenhills. Ohio,
The measure would authorize
the public housing commissioner
TO sell the projects without regard
to the Law requiring competitive
bidding or public advertising, Vet
Grams OF World War II would be
given preference in the negotiated
sale.
In reporting the bill the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
explained that while veterans
groups would get first preference.
other groups would be given the
privilege of buying II veterans
groups passed up the chance.
House and Senate conferees will
meet some time soon 10 iron out
differences between their two dif-
ferent versions of the bill.
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Radio War
Continued From First Page)

been an increase in this deliberate
interference.
Since April "a. systematic.
severe and wholesale interference
has been imposed by additional
Soviet TANNERS, not only on Voice
of America Russian language
transmissions intended for the
Soviet Union as well.
1.-THE nature of this deliberate
interference follows a pattern
similar to the systematic jamming
of short-wave broadcasts conduct
ed by the NaZis during the war.
Obviously somebody considers II
dangerous to permit the Soviet
people to listen to truthful infor-
nation from a free radio"
The announcement, after tell
ing Of the new broadcasts. ad-
vises:
Listen for these programs, and
look for the frequency which
serves you best"
Evening star., 1949-05-07
Colombia Lacks Cabinet
After Five Liberals Quit
o, .ee A.seess,sd Press

BOGOTA. Colombia. May L.
Colombia is without a cabinet
today after last nights resigna-
tions of Ave Liberal ministers. Six
Conservatives quit the day before.
Conservative President Mariana
Ospina Perez has governed with a
national unity" cabinet OF Con-
servatives and Liberals.
Observers here considered it
probable that o similar but re-
shuffied cabinet win be formed
soon.
The only minister who did not
resign was War Minister Gen.
German ocampo. non-party. who
is MT present In New York repre-
senting Colombia at the United
Nations.
The Conservatives quit the cab
met because they felt the pres
ident was subordinating his par
ty's Interests 10 the demands Of
the Liberal members The IAber-
ais then resigned 70 give the pres
tdert o free hand