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Evening star., 1949-11-16
krug Reveals Truman
Intends 10 Continue
Federal Works Ban
Soys 81 Budget Policy
Does Not Provide for
Storting New Projects
lx the A.soeiafsd Press

Unless President Truman changes
his ruling, a general ban against
starting new Federal construction
projects apparently will continue
until mid-1951.
Disclosure Of the Presidents
position was made in a letter
written by Secretary Of Interior
Krug and made public today by
the House Public Lands Commit
tee.
Mr.. Krug, who has resigned ef-
fective December /, recommend
ed that the committee reject q
bill which would have authorized
some road construction at the
Minidoka reclamation project in
Idaho.
Outlines His Stand. @
Outlining his stand to the COM
mittee, Mr.. Krug explained:
"In connection with a virtually
identical bill IS. 1594), the Bureau
Of the Budget advises that:
"The Presidents budget policy
for 1851 (the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1851 does not contem-
plate the initiation of any new
activities unless required by law
or urgent public need"
Budget Bureau officials. when
questioned, said there had yet
been no formal announcement OF
this position.
A spokesman said. however, that
"this indicated policy was trans
mitted to the agencies in July"
In general, it is the line that
was taken last year" he added.
Mr.. Truman's budget message
to Congress last January asked
for appropriations for projects al
ready under way. including recla-
nation, flood control and rivers
and harbors works, but advised
against beginning new ones. High
construction costs were cited as
one big reason.
A Reclamation Bureau official
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Evening star., 1949-11-16
Montgomery Soils
On Queen EIizobeth
BY the Associated Press

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Mo-
vember 16.-Field Marshal Vis-
count Montgomery, military head
of the Western Union (Brussels)
alliance, sailed aboard the Queen.
Elizabeth today for an 11-day
visit in America.
His schedule includes defense
conferences in Washington, q
speech before the English Speak
ing Union of America in New
York November 20. and the an
nual Army-Navy football battle
at Philadelphia.
"And II there are any soldiers
about shall see them." he said.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
10-Inch Snow in Buffalo
Cancels Plane Flights
Ry the Associo,ed Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 16.-The
heaviest snowfall of the season
blanketed the Buffalo area today
leaving up to 10 inches on the
ground in suburbs.
No appreciable amount of snow
was reported elsewhere in the
State.
AT the Buffalo Airport. where 10
inches of snow clogged the run
ways. all flights were Cancelled or
'rerouted to Niagara Falls or Roch-
ester.
The Weather Bureau reported q
total of 1873 inches had fallen
overnight at the airport.
An early morning rain turned
much of Buffalo's snowfall to
slush, which slowed traffic. More
snow was expected by tonight.
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LAND AGENCY Expected to Get
Big Role in D. c. Slum Clear
ance. Page Al.
Washington received a $500
loan as President Truman today
approved loans totaling $20,375,-
400 to 108 cities for planning low
rent homes for an estimated half
million persons.
The loan to the National Capt.
tai Housing Authority will finance
surveys and planning for 1000
low-cost dwelling units here
MIR. Truman's action was an
nounced by John Taylor Egan
Public Housing Administration
commissioner. He said the loans
would go to 81 States. Puerto Rice
and the District for planning 1884,
500 dwellings.
$85,000 for Alexandria.
The Alexandria Redevelopment
and Housing Authority received q
loan Of $4,000 for. the planning
lof $50 dwellings.
Contracts with the local hous-
ing authorities or agencies will be
signed as quickly as possible. Mr.
Egan said.
The loans are the first to be
made under the long-range hous-
ing act approved by Congress last
summer. They are preliminary to
later financing arrangements that
will permit the start of actual
construction work.
Actual site of the housing de-
velopments here and in .Alexan-
dria will await the surveys and
planning, officials explained.
To Determine Total Cost.
The surveys also will determine
the total cost of the projects for
which detailed application must
(See HOUSING, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Proposal Would Bar
Free Medical Care
For G|s' Dependents
Personnel Policy Boord
Is Opposed to Plan
Of Budget Bureau
By John A. Giles

The Budget Bureau has pro.
posed that free medical care and
cut-rate disqualification privileges
now given dependents of Army,
Navy and Air Force personnel be
eliminated, it was learned today
The recommendation, made to
the Defense Department, has been
vigorously opposed by the depart
ment's top level Personnel Policy
Board in a memorandum to De-
fense Secretary Johnson. but the
ultimate decision may rest with
President Truman. The change
would take effect next July /, if
approved.
Because the new military pay
bill, passed by the last session of
Congress. makes the pay system
of service personnel somewhat
similar to those in industry, the
Budget Bureau took the position
that 1t was the intent Of the law
makers to eliminate all extra
emoluments and that the medical
and disqualification privileges Of
dependents fell into this category.
Tremendous Saving.
Such an elimination actually
would mean a tremendous saving
in dollars but the Personnel Policy
Board says it would be more than
offset by the lowering Of morale
especially in the lower enlisted
ranks, and there would be other
ramifications throughout the serv-
ices. It also contended that Con-
gress did not want to eliminate
such privileges.
The department estimated that
a total of 100000 hospital days
per year in its general hospitals
were occupied by dependents of
the approximately 1,400.000 per-
sonnel in uniform. 1t also esti-
mated that the medical officers
of the services care for 2,400, 200
dependent out-patients each year.
The dependents are charged
SITS a day for disqualification
while the military hospitals esti-
mate that it costs $13 a day to
keep rooms in operation. There
is no charge for out-patient
treatment.
Navy Has Specific Law.
The Budget Bureau asked the
department for a congressional
authorization for providing such
services and the department found
that only the Navy had specific
law to guide it. The Army and
Air Force are working under an
1884 act of Congress, which states
that the armed services should
treat dependents when prac-
ticable." That resulted from the
| fCoo AHrTlTOAY OADr Doua Al
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Syria Vote Continues
Into Second Doy
BY The Assoeiofed Press

DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 16.--
Voting continued into the second
day today in Damascus and other
major centers in Syria's election
of new Constituent Assembly.
Scattered returns from outlying
districts showed that 10 candi-
dates had been chosen in yester-
days balloting. There are 95
other seats to be filled.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Guam Base battens Down
For 150-MiIe Typhoon
BY the Associated Press

GUAM, Nov. 16.-This Amer
ican base in the Pacific battened
down today for a typhoon with
150-mile winds roaring up from
the southeast.
Weather reconnaissance planes
said the center of the typhoon,
with q 360-mile radius, was ex-
.pected to hit Guam Friday.
Sixty mile winds are expected to
howl across the island tomorrow
afternoon.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Star Classified Ads
Offer Suggestions
For Christmas Gifts

Among the many articles
suitable for Christmas gifts
advertised yesterday in The
Star classified section were
dolls, bicycles, electric trains,
cameras, motion picture pro-
jectors and a ping-pong table.
For Christmas suggestions,
now Is the time to consult
Washington's leading CLASH
ned nledium-THE STAR.
Evening star., 1949-11-16

the party was further away and
did not return for Is minutes.
1t required three hours for a
party of seven, including Mr.. Gal
liant and Game Warden Super
visor Elmer Ingraham to reach
the scene from Bingham. It was
necessary to travel % miles over
the abandoned lockwood branch
of the Maine Central Railroad
1See SHOOTING. Page A-4D ,
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Dispute
is Turned Over
To White House
Ching Drops Efforts;
Truman Expected to
Urge Fuct-Finding
By jones Y. Newton

Cyrus S. Ching, Federal media
ton chief, turned the soft Goa
dispute over to the White House
today. saying that in his opinion
further efforts to mediate the
contract controversy between
John L. Lewis and the operators
would be fruitless.
Mr.. Ching announced his ac-
ton after a conference with
Presidential Assistant John r
Steelman. He said he would file
at the White House late this
afternoon written report of his
efforts to bring the coal dis
putants together and avert an
other strike. A truce ordered by
Mr.. Lewis when he ended So
day walkout last week expires
December /.
Mr.. Ching said he told Mr.
Steelman that "in my considered
judgement, further mediation in
the coal dispute at this time
would be fruitless."
May Suggest Fact Finding.
Although Mr.. Ching told re-
porters merely that he had sug-
gested several courses of possible
presidential action to the White
House. it was understood that
President Truman will ask Mr.
Lewis and the operators, prob
ably tomorrow, to submit their
dispute to a fact finding board OF
the type which help settle the
steel industry strike.
If Federal officials follow the
same pattern in coal as they did
in steel, both sides will be urged
to accept recommendations of the
presidential board and to preserve
coal field peace for so days. That
interlude would give a board time
to hear the dispute and make
its report to the President.
It was understood that if the
President suggests fact finding al
a means of settling the coal dis
pute tomorrow. he will give Mr.
Lewis and the operators until
Monday to accept or reject the
proposal.
Mine Owners Willing.
II the coal antagonists do moi
accept, the President is expected
to invoke the Taft-Hartley Ac,
and its 80-day court injunction
against the new strike.
The mine owners have indi-
Gated they would agree to res,
their case against the new UNIV
demands with q board. Mr.. Levi,
has said that he is opposed tt
such procedure, and it is believed
he would reject the proposal
The situation is the opposite o1
that in steel, where the union
readily agreed to a board and
the producers finally gave in afte,
considerable pressure from Mr.
Truman.
Procedure Delays Strike.
In the event a steel-type board
is rejected by either side, the first
step in applying Taft-Hartley to
the dispute would be the appoint
ment Of a ct-finding board of q
different character. Boards under
the labor law do not have author
| ity to suggest settlements Of dis
putes and are only the first step
toward securing a strike injunc-
ton. After the board reports the
President instructs the Attorney
General to obtain the Injunction.
Although the President has ex-
pressed himself many times as op-
posed tc the Taft Hartley law and
tried unsuccessfully to have Con-
gress repeal it. he has invoked the
Evening star., 1949-11-16

MANILA, Nov. Is R.-Presi-
dent Elpidio Quirino celebrated
his 59the birthday anniversary
quietly today. He boarded his
yacht for q short cruise.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Weeks Truce Averts
Deck Officers Strike
On 500 Ships in East
Extension to 30 Doys
Possible in Dispute Over
II Demands of Union
By the Associated Press

A strike of 1000 AFL deck Off
GERS on 500 vessels plying the At
lantic and Gulf Of Mexico sealanes
has been narrowly averted by
Government Intervention.
A truce for at least one week
but more probably for 80 days
was agreed on last night an houl
before the AFL Masters, Mates
and Pilots were to walk off pas
senger and dry cargo vessels OF
the 80 companies represented by
the American Merchant Marine
Institute.
Federal mediators who stepped
into the dispute Monday. weary
from tussles with coal and steel
strikes, proposed the truce. II
was accepted to allow more time
for the parties to settle their diff
ferences over hiring arrangements
demanded by the union. and 16
other contract issues.
The peace terms provided that
the union and the companies each
would consult their principals by
next Monday and either side
would be free to revoke the truce
by Tuesday noon. If the extern
sion of the contract was agreed
on, it would continue until De-
cember 16. .
Expired September 30.
The contract expired on Sep
tember 80, but was extended twice
before the truce. The last-minute
extension was understood to have
been urged by sister unions Of
the AFL, which were pledged to
support the deck officers but
which were anxious to keep work
ing if possible.
The postponement was an
nounced by William N. Margolis
assistant director of the Federal
Cancellation Service. after a full
day Of meetings in which both
sides stood pat on the hiring-hall
issue.
The union wanted rotation
system of hiring, by which avail
able work would be shared in
turn by qualified men listed In
hiring halls. These are q sort
of union employment bureau
supplying men for ship jobs. One
union-sought result of a rotation
system would be to give aging sea
captains and mates the same
chance at work that would be
Evening star., 1949-11-16
By Gornett D. Homer


By Gornett D. Homer
Secretary of State Acheson said
today that action of Chinese Com
munist authorities in holding
American Consul General Angus
7. Ward prisoner in Mukden re-
moves any possibility of even con-
sidering recognition of their
regime.
Mr.. Acheson told a news con-
ference that this government is
considering all possible steps to
bring about the release of Mr..
Ward and four consulate en-
ployes who were arrested Octo-
Der "a.
Smelling Is Protested
He also announced that:
l. The United States is making
an immediate protest to the
Chinese Nationalist government
at Chungking against the endan-
gering of American lives in the
shelling yesterday of the Ameri-
can merchant ship Flying Cloud
by Nationalist warships near
Shanghai.
2. Russia has agreed to take
up with the North Korean Com
munist regime American demands
for the release of two ECA Off
cials, Alfred P. Meschter and Al
bert Willis. They have been
detained there along with an
American merchant ship since
September %.
3. The North Atlantic Council,
with the other members being
represented by their ambassadors
in Washington, will hold its sec
ond session here Friday to con-
slider reports from its Defense
Committee and working groups on
military production and economic
problems. ~
Silent on Paris Talks.
Mr.. Acheson met with reporters
in his first news conference since
his return yesterday from a con-
ference in Paris with the British
and French foreign ministers on
German problems and talks with
West German political leaders in
Germany.
He refused. however, to discuss
any details of agreements reached
regarding the future of Germany.
He said that the results will be-
come apparent as time goes on in
Germany and steps are taken by
the Western powers high COM
missioners there to carry out the
program.
He said it is hoped that these
measures would contribute to the
economic progress of Germany
and to the establishment of much
closer relations between the West
German government and the COM
munity of Western Europe.
Mr.. Acheson fatty denied that
there had been any discussions
anywhere regarding possible build
ing up of a German Army in CO.
operation with the Western
powers.
Detention Held Without Warrant.
Turning to the Far East, he
said the imprisonment of Mr..
Ward and his four employees is a
matter of primary concern to this
Government.
The detention of the American
Consul General is utterly without
warrant of any sort and is re-
garded here as a very serious ac-
ton by the Chinese Communist
authorities, Mr.. Acheson said.
Asked what effect the action
might have on possibility of re-
cognition of the Chinese Com
munist regime by this Govern
ment Mr.. Acheson said it removes
Co. ACuTCON De- AAl
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Ouirino Marks 59th Year

(See MEDICAL CARE. Page "A
Evening star., 1949-11-16

(See MARITIME, Page A-4.)
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(See FEDERAL WORKS, A-4.)
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Acheson 10 Bar
Recognition Till
Reds Free Ward
All Steps Considered
To Obtain Release,
Secretary Says

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT Given
Of Smelling of Ship Of China.
Page Ala.
NORTH KOREA INDICATES It
Holds 2 Americans to Force
Recognition. Page B-9.
Evening star., 1949-11-16

(See ACHESON, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1949-11-16
HaIf-Mi|IionU u. ). Loan
Approved for PLANNING
Low-Cost Homes Here
$685. 400 Divided
Among l08 Cities for
Preliminary Studies

LAND AGENCY Expected to Get
Big Role in D. C. Slum Clear
ance. Page Al.
Evening star., 1949-11-16

(See SHOOTING, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1949-11-16

(See SHAH, Page A-3.)
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they have actually enlisted. In these
cases the civilian gets a letter from
the school, signed by a high-ranking
oncer, saying he will be admitted
to a class starting on a certain date
If he joins the Army.
That letter is the only guarantee
that a man joining the Army will
really get to an Army school.
This is not to say there are no
Army schools and that recruits can't
60 to them. There are, hundreds of
them, and they are good schools and
hundreds of recruits go to them.
But you can't be certain of getting
into one unless you have that letter
Recruiting stations have certain
enlistment quotas which they try
hard to fill each month. 1t is only
natural that they paint as rosy a
picture as possible about the advan-
taees Of joining the Army. In that
picture the matter of Army schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

naturally gets big play. But listen
carefully when the subject of schools
is brought up. Some embittered
recruits have written me the sad
story Of their school-less Army life.
Either they didn't listen carefully,
or else the facts were not given
them. Recruiting people are usually
very careful about giving the facts
(about schools or any other part of
Army life) because the ones who
misrepresent what the Army offers
can get in up to their necks if they
are caught by the high command.
If you are promised by your re-
cruiting office that you will be sent
to school after basic training, and
you aren't. there's something you
can do about it.
If you can prove the recruiting
Office really misrepresented the
facts to you land in such cases the
Army examines all the facts) the
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Charging Unfair Practices

The National Association Of In.
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board OF directors are asking District
Court to stop alleged unfair tire
selling practices of the B. F. Good
rich Co. Of Akron, Ohio, and the
Gulf Oil Corp. of Pittsburgh and
some of its afdliates.
In a suit filed yesterday the asso-
citation asked the court to enjoir
Goodrich from giving preference tt
Gulf interests in tire sales. I,
wants the Gulf company barred
from receiving discounts from Good
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