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Evening star., 1949-12-17
Marshall Plan Nations
Weigh u. 5. Move for
European Central Bank
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Dec. 17.-Nations get
ting Marshall Plan money are
studying an American plan for q
central bank of Europe to sim
plify their financial problems, it
was learned today.
Plans for such a central bank
were given to the 10 participat-
ing nations a week ago by the
Economic Cooperation Admins
tration. Since then individual gov
ernments have been pondering
the scheme and will bring their
ideas to a consultative conference
in Paris. probably Tuesday.
Briefly, the plan would be a
currency pool. or clearing house,
in, which European nations could
balance their books with each
other. Deficits and surpluses re-
sulting from trade between the
participating nations would be
settled periodically through the
bank instead of between individ-
uaf nations.
Debtor nations, those importing
more than they export, would be
in debt to the cooperative bank
instead of to each nation it owes
money.
The settlement. according to the
present plan, would have to be
made partly in gold or dollars
and the remainder in whatever
credits the debtor country could
muster from its own exports.
The Economic Committee of the
donation European Council yes
terday approved a similar plan
for interchange of currencies, in
the form of a central monetary
fund.
The United States would have
to finance the European bank at
the start, probably with alloca-
tions from Marshall Plan funds.
An estimated $125, 100000 would
be needed to underwrite the bank
for the first three months.
The American suggestion for
the bank was based on the need
for European nations to continue
their trade and payments with
each other after the end of Mar
shall Plan payments in 1852.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

Stud1eS IN Lne neld OF foreign
affairs"
Mr.. Kennan, considered one of
the Governments chief experts on
Russian affairs, is credited with
authorship of the Western :'policy
of containment" against commu-
nism. The Department did not
say specifically what his plans
are, but he is due to return to the
foreign service later.
Mr.. Mite. AZ, has been in the
State Department since 1916.
Since last August he has been Mr..
Kennan's deputy. A native Of
Amherst, Mass, he once was a
vice president of the New York
investment firm of Dillon, Read
g. Co. He held various wartime
Government jobs, dealing with
foreign affairs.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 17.-Britain's
austere Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer. Sir Stafford Cripps, well
coined home the triumphant Sad
ler's Wells Ballet beauties last
night and thanked them for all
the pretty pirouettes they had
turned into good United States
dollars.
Cripps spoke at a party held
for them at the Covent Garden
Opera House after their return
from a successful tour in the
United States and Canada.
Some people might imagine
our American cousins are only
interested In the almighty dol
lar" he remarked. II know they
can be most discriminating and
enthusiastic about other matters
too"
But Sir Stafford was not bash.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Store Clerk Here Held
On Charge Of Boy, 8

Gilbert S. Eaton, 80. stock
clerk at a downtown five and ten
cent store. was held for grand
Jury action yesterday, after an
eight-year-old boy told Municipal
Court Judge Almond w. Scott
that Eaton had made indecent ad-
vances to him.
Eaton, who gave an address IN
the 400 block of D street Sc, was
charged with violation Of Public
Law SIS, the Districts sex act.
Judge Scott ordered the defend
ant held under q $4,000 bond.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
PeqIer Libel Suit Boosted
10 $1,000, by Pearson
by the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Columnist
Drew Pearson, who originally sued
Columnist Westbrook Pegler and
others for 100000 in a libel &C
ton, now is suing for 81 200, 900.
Mr.. Pearson obtained court per-
mission yesterday to increase the
amount of the suit, after claiming
that he and Mr.. Pegler made an
agreement in 1946 not to criticize
each other publicly.
Mr.. Pearson alleged Mr.. Pegler
violated the agreement in his col
umns Of last May %. June 8 and
July 2. The libel action is based
on statements made by Mr.. Peg
ler in the three columns.
MIR. Pegler denies making any
non-criticism pact with Mr.. Pear
son.
Mr.. Pearson's amended action
seeks 100000 from King Fea-
lures Syndicate and Mr.. Pegler;
5000, 900 from King Features a.
lone; 100000 from Mr.. Pegler
alone, and 100000 from Hearst
Consolidated Publications, Inc.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Elliott Roosevelt Gets
Another Speeding Ticket
Bv the Associated Press

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Dec. II.
Elliott Roosevelt got a speeding
summons last night while driving
through this community on his
way home to Hyde Park, N. Y,
from New York.
The summons Is returnable to-
day before justice of the peace.
A Poughkeepsie radio car pa
trolman said Mr.. Roosevelt, Sec
ond son of the late President, was
driving IS miles an hour in a 35-
mile-per-hour zone.
It is the second speeding ticket
Mr.. Roosevelt has been given here.
He paid $40 fine July 81, 1948.
for driving so miles an hour
through a 35-mile zone. He plead
ed guilty.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Chapman Will Head
National Committee
On Christmas Tree

Interior Secretary Chapman has
been appointed chairman of the
National Committee of the Ma.
tional Community Christmas Tree
which will be lighted at S pm
Christmas Eve on the south lawn
| of the White Huose.
The 9th annual ceremony OF
the tree is sponsored by the Dis
trict Recreation Board. the Ma
tional Capital Parks Office Of the
Interior Department, the Electric
Institute of Washington, the
American Forestry Association and
the Greater National Capital
Committee.
Vice chairmen of the national
committee are Commissioner Guy
Mason and Harry S. Wender, head
of the Recreation Board. Its
members include:
Mrs. j. Blair Buck, Gen. Clifton
B. Gates, Milo F. Christensen,
Col. John T. Cole, DR.. Hobart M.
Corning, DR.. Paul F. Douglass,
Newton B. Drury, Oscar r. Ewing,
Walter L. Fowler, the Very Rev.
J. Hunter Guthrie, Maj. Gen. U. S.
Grant 3rd, Frank r. Jellef.
Also Louis A. johnson, DR..
Mordecia w. Johnson. Harry c.
Lease, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
Right Rev. Mons. Patrick j. Nc
Cormick, Joseph C. McCarraghy.
B. M. McKelway, Eugene Meyer,
DR.. John T. O'Rourke, Irving C.
Root, James E. SchWab, c. Melvin
Sharpe, William c. Shelton.
Also Frederick P. H. Siddons,
A. C. Spur, Albert E. Steinem,
Luther c. Steward, Mrs. James
G. Williams, William w. Wuster,
James G. Yaden, Brig. Gen. Cor
don R. Young and J. Russell
Young.
Members Of the Executive Com
mittee are: Miss .Sibyl Baker,
chairman; S. L. Frost, vice chair
man, and Edward Kelly, vice
Also on the committee are:
Clarence Arata, 1t. Col. H. O.
1t. Col. William E. Bark
man, Altana Burr. Mrs. James H.
Cox, Mrs. John E. Dingwell, Harold
P. Ganss. Woolsey w. Hall, Mrs.
o. G. Hankins. Mrs. Alice C.
Hunter. Temple FARRELL. Erie
Kaufman.
Also Herbert P. Leeman, Mrs.
E. C. Magdeburger, Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, Betty Moore,
Duane M. Paul, Inspector Mark
H. Raspberry, Thomas S. Settle,
Col. M. F. Sullivan, Richard S.
Tennyson, John L. Young, G. l..
Zuch and Betty Jane Nielsen.
The committee on Lighting The,
Tree includes: William G. Hills.
Norman H. Barnes, l.. L. Souder,
Emery s. Samson, Frank T.
5hull, Robert w. Andrews, Harold
Snyder, George w. Harding and
George E.. Clark.
The committee on radio and
;elevision includes: Bryson Rash,
chairman, and K. H. Berkeley,
John s. Hayes. Louis Schollen-
,erger, Eugene Thomas, Jack
dardesty, Walter Compton, Roger
Coelos, Phil Hoffman. Hollis
5eavey, William r. McAndrew,
Gene Juster, Everett Dillard,
Sherman Butler, Miss Dolly
Banks, Lynn Wilson, Ben Strouse
md Norman Reed. !
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Allied Chiefs Planning
New Bar 10 MiIitarism
By the Associated Press

BONN, Germany, Dec. 1.-THE
Allied High Commission yesterday
passed a new law to curb any
regrowth of militarism or Nazi-
ism in the occupied areas.
It re-enacts most of the old
laws in effect during the era OF
military government before the
new West German government
was set up.
The new law forbids "any activ-
ity which teaches, directly or in
directly, the theory or technique
of war or is intended to prepare
for any warlike activity or to fos-
ter the resurgence of militarism. u
It prohibits any military organ
ization, any organization requir-
ing that its members be war vet
Grams, or any Nazi organization.
IT also bans the manufacture,
sale or possession of any weapon
intended to be used in any mill
tary activity.
Franz Bluecher, deputy chan
cellor and Marshall Plan minister
in the West German government
was appointed by Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer today as West
Germany's representative on the
International Ruhr Control Au-
thority.
Appointment of the European
Recovery program official signi.
fed complete West German &C.
ceptance of international contro
over the big industrial region.
Bluecher is member OF tht
Free Democratic Party, the secone
strongest group in the right wing
coalition which supports Dr.. Ade'
lnauer's government.
Full German acceptance OF tn
Ruhr plan was made one OF TIN
conditions for the recent Alliet
concessions granted West Ger
many, including a halt to disman
Ting Of many German factories.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Stock Market Quiet
After Busy Week.;
Changes Small

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE
stock market took a breathing
spell today at the end of the fast
est week of the year.
Except in a few isolated cases,
leading issues logged along with
only minor variations in price.
Many refused to bulge one way or
another.
The tempo of trading was we'll
below any other session during
the week. Turnover was at rate
of around 650,0O0 shares for the
two-hour day.
Allegheny Issues Rise.
Allegheny Corp. preferred shot
ahead of the market with a rise
OF more than 4 points at one time
while the common improved frac-
tionally, both stocks established
new highs for the year. The COM
pany today invited holders of the
preferred and prior preferred to
tender all or part of their hold
lngs for other stocks in Alle-
ghany's portfolio. Allegheny is a
holding company. Interest. in
motion picture issues picked up
near the close.
Other strong spots included Ex-
Cello, Standard Gas & Electric
81 preferred and Transamerica.
Modest advances were posted
most of the time for Sears Roe
buck, Lockheed, Emerson Radio,
Consolidated Edison, Du Pont,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Paramount
Pictures, United Air Lines, Re-
public Pictures and RKO.
United States Steel Lower.
Marked down were United
States Steel. Youngstown Sheet,
Montgomery Ward, Consolidated
Natural Gas, American Smelling,
Union Carbide, Westinghouse
Electric, New York Central, Nickel
Plate, Standard Oil New Jersey
and Certain-Teed.
Selective buying for corporate
bonds developed.
Higher in the curb were Bell
Telephone OF Canada, Fairchild
Camera, Humble Oil, Hugo
SHINES, Singer Manufacturing,
Pantepec Oil and Mesabi Iron.
Lower were Ashland Oil, Cities
Service. Creole Petroleum, Louisi-
ana Land, Salt Dome Oil and
United Light.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Seeping Gas Kills Mother, !,
-Four Children in Scranton
By the Associoted Press

SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. IT,
Deadly coal gas seeped through
a small home undetected yester-
day. killing a 29-year-old mother
and her four children, aged 5
months to 6 years.
Police described it as the worst
single-family tragedy in Scranton
history.
Dead were Mrs. John Simon, a
French war bride, and her chill
dren, Michael, s; Francis Louis. g.;
Jacqueline, /. and Teddy, 5
months.
Jacqueline was to have cele-
brated her second birthday Mon
day.
The bodies were found by Mr..
Simon when he returned from
work.
DR.. Paul E. Kubasko, Lack
awanna County coroner, said coal
gas escaped from a defective
stoker in the basement of the
home. The victims were asphyx-
lated,
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Reuther !, Honored at Dinner
Sees United j. ). Labor
By ths Asseeioted Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Walter
Reuther, president of the CIO
United Auto Workers, says he be-
lieves q united labor movement
can be formed in America.
Mr.. Reuther, who recently re-
turned from London where he
headed the CIO delegation to the
formative conference Of Interna-
tional Federation of Labor Unions,
spoke at a dinner in his honor last
night at the Hotel Astor.
Some 1000 labor leaders and
prominent liberals attended.
Mr.. Reuther received the eighth
annual Clendenin Award for dis
tinguished service to labor's
rights" an award of the Workers
Defense League.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt pre-
sented the plaque on behalf of
the league.
Speakers included Senator Her
bert H. Lehman, Labor Secretary
Maurice j. Tobin. Gov. Chester
Bowles Of Connecticut and Leon
Henderson, former OPA head.
CIO President Philip Murray sent
congratulatory message.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
TuemmIer Heads Unit
OF Planners Institute

Fred w. Tuemmler, director OF
planning Of the Prince Georges
County Regional Office Of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. has
been elected president Of the
Washington chapter of the Amer
lean Institute Of Planners, it was
announced today.
Other officers elected for 1850
were Richard L. Steiner, director
of the Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission, vice president, and
William C. Burrage. planning en-
|gineer Of the Montgomery County
regional Office Of the commission,
secretary treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Water Reserves Drop
Despite New York's
Dry Friday Effort
by the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-New
York's big "dry Friday" cut water
consumption by 176,o00,000 gal
Ions compared with last week S
daily average, city officials report
ed today.
Despite yesterdays intensive
conservation effort, water storage
in the city's reservoirs continued
to drop.
Even so, officials were proud of
the amount saved in the "a hours.
Edward j. Clark, chief city
water engineer, said the 100000
New Yorkers had succeeded in
turning "the clock back 20 years" +"
The consumption yesterday,
1893, 100000 gallons, was about
equal to the amount used on April
27, 1923, Mr.. Clark pointed out.
1t represented a decline of 349,-
100000 gallons in comparison with
the base week" of last October
2-8, considered normal week be-
fore conservation measures began.
95,000,000-G Gallon Loss.
But nature continued to look
the other way. There was no rain
or snow in the watershed and de-
spite the "dry Friday" saving.
water storage in the reservoirs
went down 95,000,000 gallons yes
terday.
Mr.. Clark said it had not been
decided whether yesterdays ex-
pertinent would be repeated.
Skimpy tub baths, quick show
ers, 'stubbly faces, one big dish
washing during the day-all these
contributed to yesterdays record.
The best part of the saving was
that 1t was an extra saving-on
top of the 173,000,000 gallons the
city has already managed to trim
off its daily water budget since
the shortage began two weeks ago.
May Ease Through.
That gives a net savings yester-
day of about 273,000,000 gallons,
which is not so many tubfuls
short of the daily saving goal of
300 100000 gallons.
If New Workers can cut it that
much every, day, Water Commis-
sioner Stephen j. Carney thinks
the city may sneak through the
winter without rationing until the
big spring thaws solve the prob
lem.
The water holiday passed with
out q broken water main or bad
fre-but almost at the stroke Of
a feur-alarm blaze broke
out in a Harlem factory and swept
through the building.
But even the Fire Department
saved city water.
Fire Boat Used.
It moved fire boat into the
nearby Harlem River and ran
hose lines a block and half from
the boats big river bumpers to
the fire scene.
The days saving meant another
day of gain in the distant reser-
voirs, which have had small but
steady increases now for nearly
a week.
At last count. the water level
stood at 88,410,000,000 gallons,
compared to 88,250,000,000 the
day before. This is a small gain
Of 100, 900 900 gallons. The reser-
voirs are now holding only $40
per cent of capacity.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Mackenzie King Marks
18th Birthday Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

OTTAWA, Dec. 17.-Former
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
celebrates his 18th birthday today
and plans to spend the day quietly
at his city residence, Laurier
House.
Mr.. King told reporters his men,
oirs are not progressing very
rapidly because he is easily fatig-
ued.
II have been arranging and
classifying" he said, "and I be-
lieye I know what the public would
like me to refer to and what
might be helpful to Others"
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Miss SIentz Retiring
After 80 Years With US.

Miss Laura v. Slentz of 7O5
Eighteenth Street NV, who will
retire December 81 as payroll and
allotment clerk in the Bureau of
Customs after 80 years service,
was honored by her fellow en-
ployes yesterday at a luncheon
at the Burlington Hotel.
Commissioner of Customs Frank
Dow and Acting Deputy Commits
sioner w. H. ziehl praised Miss
Slentz for her service to the Gov
ernment. A. S. johnson, chief of
the bureaus fiscal section. was
toastmaster. Miss Slentz will re-
ceive the Treasury Departments
Albert Gallatin Service Award be-
fore she retires.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

by his deputy,
Paul Mite.
The, Depart
m e n t a n
nounced yes
terday that the
As = year = old
Kennan is TAX
ing a leave
from his job as
top policy ad-
wiser to Secre-
tary Of State
Acheson "in
order to carry
out a number
of important
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Moscow
eContinued From First Page.)

nese leaders visit. His reception
by Stain was the subject of large
headlines. Front pages also car
ried a detailed story of his ar
rival. His speech at the railway
station was published under sep
arate headings.
In his speech at the station Mao
said:
For 80 years the Soviet people
and the Soviet government have
repeatedly given aid to the cause
of the liberation Of the Chinese
people. These acts of friendship
on the part Of the Soviet people
and the Soviet government which
the Chinese people received during
the days of their severe trials will
never be forgotten"
He concluded his speech with:
Long live the friendship and CO.
between China and the
Soviet Union"
Met by Officials at Border.
Mao had been met at the
Chinese frontier by Deputy
Foreign Minister A. Lavrentyev. a
representative from the Ministry
Of Foreign Affairs, and officers
Of the Trans-Baikal Military Dis
trict.
In Moscow the station and
streets leading to it were bedecked
with flags Of the Soviet Union and
the Chinese (Communist) Peoples
In addition to the Soviet off,
cials. Mao was met by ENJOYS from
Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Albania, Hungary and
representatives from the (East)
German Democratic Republic and
his own government Of China.
Mao obviously had timed his
visit for the huge Moscow celebra-
ton of Stalin's 10th birthday next
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Revolt Reported Opening
West China to Reds

HONG KONG, Dec. IT H.
A new revolt today reportedly
opened wide the gates for a Red
army now sweeping into the
mountain lands of Western China,
proposed base for Nationalist
guerrilla warfare.
Private reports said Szechwan
Province militia went over to the
Reds in the borderlands north Of
|Chengtu, last Of series Of refugee
capitals abandoned by the govern
ment.
The militia had been stationed
there to check the troops of Red
Gen. Peng Teh-hwai. Now they
had Joined Peng in a drive on
Chengtu.
This new detection left Gen. HUI
Tsung nan and his 400, ,000-man
army to face alone the blows Of
two Red armies. Revolts at his
back in Sikang Province and In
Yunnan to the south had him in
a tight corner.
Indo- China Aiming Plan Seen.
Gen. Pal Chung-hsi was de-
tscribed in Chinese press dispatches
yesterday as pushing a plan to
form his Nationalist troops into
a volunteer anti-Red army in
Indo- China.
The French in Indo- China have
given no indication they will per-
NIT such a move. On the contrary,
they have announced that mot
more than 10000" of PATS troops
have entered Indo- China and have
been disarmed and interned.
A dispatch from Hainan Island
to the newspaper Sing Tao Jih
Pao said, however, that Pal al
ready had named WI Feng-heng,
a Nationalist Chinese commander
in 1ndo-China, as general OF his
proposed volunteer army. His aim
was said to be to carry on guer-
) rilla warfare to try to prevent the
/ Chinese Communists from Joining
up with the Wet Nam forces in
Indo- China.
The Communist radio in Pei
ping said Chinese Red troops al
, ready had reached the 1ndo- China
border at points stretching from
Tunghing, on the coast, to Chen.
. nankwan, 100 miles inland.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

pltdI LII SOi IL
wall, N. w. He
was known to
his friends as
Dick Ornburn.
Mr.. Ornburn,
who lived at the
Hamilton Hotel
here for many
y e a r S. became
S e r ou ly i'll
about two weeks
ago while at a
rest home in
up - State New
York. Word of
his death was
Evening star., 1949-12-17


home, 4523 Fes-
senden street
NV, after a
long illness.
Mr.. Dulin was
the father of
James c. Dulin,
jr., form e +
b a n er and
treasurer of the
American Sc
curity & Trust
Co., who re-
signed in 194l
to enter private
Evening star., 1949-12-17
u. S. Embassy in China
To Move to Formosd
By the Assoeiotsd Press

The United States Embassy
staff in China is preparing to
follow the Nationalists to their
new capital at Taipeh, Formosa.
The State Department said yes
terday that Robert c. Strong,
Charge d'Affaires, and several
aides will go to Taipeh next week.
Mr.. Strong has been at Hong
Kong since leaving Chungking.
Donald G. Edgar, in charge of
the American consulate at Taipeh.
will remain there. John J.. Nc
Donald, the assigned consul gen.
eral, has just left on leave to
undergo medical treatment.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
CI)
CONTINUED From First Page.)

not a Communicative union!
listed by the CIO as being ir
arrears are:
United Office and Professional
Workers, headed by James H.
Durkin; United Public Workers
headed by Abram Flaxer: Food,
Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied
Workers, headed by John lisa;
Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers,
headed by John Clark, and United
Furniture Workers, headed by
Morris Pizer.
Deprived of Board Positions.
Officials said Mr.. Piers union
is behind in its dues despite his
announcement after the conven-
ton that he was cleaning out all
elements which were refusing to
comply with CIO policy.
The alleged failure Of the six
unions to keep up their monthly
dues payments means that they
are deprived Of their seats on the
CLOS policy-making Executive
Board, and can no longer obtain
the benefits Of CIO membership.
The four unions being investi-
gated but still paid up are the
American Communications Asso-
citation, Marine Cooks and Stew
ards, Fishermen and Allied Work.
ers, and Fur and Leather Workers.
The two ousted from the CIO
last month are the United Elec-
trical Workers and Farm and
Equipment Workers.
The UE was supplanted in the
CIO by the international Union
of Electrical Workers, which has
been trying to take over the men,
bership, funds and bargaining
rights Of the older union.
100000 Suit Filed.
The UE yesterday brought a
100000 suit in District Court
against the National Labor Rela-
tions Board and its counsel,
Robert N. Denham, because OF Mr..
Denham's ruling December z that
elections for union representation
could be held in plants with which
the UE has contracts.
Attorney David Rein argued
before Federal Judge Henry A..
Schweinhaut here that Mr.. Den
hams decision prejudged the bat
tie between the UE and IUE for
control in the big factories Of
Westinghouse, General Electric,
General Motors and others.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

WAITRESS WILLED 100000
-Chicago.-Mrs. Leona M.
Smith, 40, a waitress in the
Morrison Hotel here, was Willed
an estate valued at more than
100000 by Lucien G. Walker,
former head of the Walker
Cotton Fabrics Co. Mr.. WAL
ker's sisters = in law, Mrs.
Wylma Perry Spann and Mrs.
Olive Perry Maupin, both of
VickSburg. Miss, are contest
ing the will. Mr.. Walker was
83 when he died earlier this
month. -AP Wirephoto.