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Evening star., 1949-09-30
Plone Crosh Sets Forest
Fire; 3 in Crew Missing
By the Assoeioted Press

OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. 30.-A
C-82 flying boxcar from McChord
Air Force Base crashed and
burned last night, starting a
forest fire.
Three men were reported man.
ming the big twin-engined ship.
No bodies were found in or near
the wreckage.
The crash occurred in a heavily
forested area five miles northwest
of McCleary, between here and
Grays Harbor.
State Patrol Sergt. Stacey
Mattson radioed from the scene
that the wreckage was strewn
over five acres Of wooded terrain,
but that no bodies were located,
indicating those aboard may have
parachuted into the forest.
The State patrol reported the
forest fire later subsided after a
forestry service fire wagon from
Shelton. Wash, and the fire de-
partment from Nearby Elma re-
sponded.
McChord officials said the C-S2
was on routine night training
flight.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Demand for Election
49, ~
Rising in Spite Of
Laborites' Victory
AttIee Regime Is Given
Solid Confidence Vote
On DevuIuution Issue
ey the Associated Press

LONDON, Sept. 30.-A group of
left-wing Iaborites called today
for a general election soon on the
heels of last nights solid vote of
confidence for the governments
crisis policy in Parliament.
Even as the House Of Commons
registered a smashing 1925 ap-
proval of the Attlee regimes
action cutting the value of the
pound sterling, a leading Labor
organ urged the government to
call an election for November,
instead of serving the full five
year term which expires next July.
It was the first open demand
from an important segment Of
the Labor Party for a snap" elec-
ton and set members of Parlia-
ment wondering whether their
seats may be at stake within a
matter of weeks.
The publication is the Tribune,
a weekly journal edited by
Michael Foote, a member of the
Labor Party's Executive Commit
tee, and Jennie Lee, wife of fiery
Health Minister Aneurin Bevan.
Mr.. Bevan also is a member of
Parliament.
Political sources said Prime
Minister Attlee, however. opposes
an election before next spring.
Left-wingers within his party
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Former Publisher Paws
Million Tax Liability
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 3o.-Mrs.
Eleanor Louise Patenotre, 80,
former principal owner of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, pleaded
guilty today to income tax evasion
charges and received suspended
sentence on paying a $4,000, ,00O
liability.
Federal Judge Alfred c. Coke
placed Mrs. Patenotre, widow of a
former French ambassador, on
probation for one day. He acted
on recommendation of Assistant
United States Attorney Thomas
r. Murphy.
The prosecutor told the court
the case grew out of the sale OF
the Philadelphia newspaper to
Curtis s-Martin Newspapers. Inc.
In 1890 for $40, 800. 900.
Mr.. Murphy told the court that
IN view of the guilty plea by Mrs
Patenotre and the payment of the
tax, the Government would not
prosecute her son, Raymond. who
Is suffering from hardening of the
arteries Of the brain.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Prosperity Is Chosen
As Truman BafiIecN
For 1850 Campaign
Missouri ToIk Stresses
Need to Raise National
Income to 300 Billion
By Joseph A. Fox
Stog Stoff CORRESPONDENT

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 3o.-The
Democrats will move into the 1850
congressional campaign with pros
perity as the keynote.
This was the keynote sounded
last night by President Truman
as he talked to a turnout Of 5000
in Kansas City's Municipal Audi
torium when Democrats from
Missouri and nearby States rallied
to honor William M. Boyle. a one
time local "cop" who has just
taken over as chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee.
About a third of the Presidents
audience paid SIS a plate to join
in the local boy makes good"
celebration and the others showed
up for the speaking program,
which also featured Vice Presi-
dent Barley. And while the
President largely took a non-
partisan tack In his brief off-the-
cuff talk, the Implications were
plain.
Hits Backward Boys"
mot long ago." he told his ap-
plauding audience. Il said we ought
to raise our national income from
it's present level Of well over $780,
o00. 0.000. 900 a year to $500. .o0o, ,o0o,-
900 year. You remember the
plain necessity in the war when
our great Democratic President
Roosevelt said we must make CO.,
600 planes in, 10 months.
you remember the backward
pulling boys who said it couldn't t
fCaa TDTINfAN Doue AIN
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Navy Court Probing Fatal Blast
In Mock Attack on Boston Beach
Photographer Killed,
Four Injured as $500
Marines SpIosh Ashore
By the Asseeioted Press

BY me ASSoeioted Press
BOSTON, Sept. 30.-A mortar
explosion which killed q veteran
n newspaper photographer and
wounded three naval officers and
a woman spectator during a mock
amphibious assault yesterday on
a Boston beach was under inves-
tigation today by swiftly con-
vened naval court Of inquiry.
The court was empowered to
call both civilian and military
witnesses.
A naval officer said Morris
Moe" Fineberb. 56 Of the Boston
Post died instantly-that when he
rushed to his side there was no
pulse.
The same blast critically injured
1t. Hugh E. McStay Of Norfolk,
Va, regarded by the Navy as m
outstanding underwater demoli-
ton expert. Although his name
was still on the danger List, ply.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Even FBI Has Word to Say
About the BurkIey Romance

Of New York, had remarked about
his nervousness regarding the
current baseball situation.
II share the judges nervous
ness" Mr.. Barkley observed. But
under the circumstances, I'm pull
ing for st. Louis"
In the serious part Of his ad-
dress, the Vice President discussed
breakdowns Of the law. There
were IS graduates for the academy
exercises.
Mr.. Barkley arrived at the ex-
ercises after flying back from
Kansas City, where President Tru-
man intimated at q dinner last
night that the 7l-year -old Vice
President soon may be married.
Mr.. Barley addressed the audi
ence as fellow Missourians. :"
When Mr.. Truman spoke he said:
81 am exceedingly glad that he
is about to become q citizen Of
Missouri"
However. Mrs. Max o. Truitt.
the Vice Presidents daughter.
laughed of the idea and said the
President was "just kidding"
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Hungary Renounees
Mutual Aid Treaty
With Tito Regime
Romonio Communist Pres!
Hints Other Satellites
Will Follow Soviet Leod
BY ihe Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Sept. 80. - Ths
Hungarian government today re.
nounced its pact of friendship anc
mutual aid with Yugoslavia.
(The Communist press in
Romania indicated that other
Soviet satellites soon would fol-
low suit. It seemed likely that
all the satellite nations would
take the cue from Moscow.
which scrapped her treaty of
friendship with Yugoslavia yes
terday0
Like. Moscow, Hungary said
Tito's government had violated
and DETAINED" the pact and made
1t worthless.
The Hungarian government said
Yugoslavia was proved a violatol
of the pact by the treason trial
here last week of Laszlo Rajk
former Hugarian foreign minis.
ter.
Rajk Sentenced to Die.
Rajk, former Communist police
boss of Hungary. was condemned
to the gallows after confessine
that he plotted with Yugoslavs anc
Americans to overthrow the Hun.
garian government and assassi.
nate its Communist leaders.
Hungary's denunciation Of the
pact was announced in note de.
livered by Foreign Minister Gyuls
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Investigations Staff
For District Attorney
Abolished by Barrett
; Privotes Who Served
Under Shimon to Get
New Assignments

The special Investigations staff
Of the United States attorneys
Office. furnished by the Police De-
partment for nearly 10 years. was
abolished today by Police Supt.
Robert j. Barrett, effective tomor-
row.
Maj. Barrett had indicated ear
lier this month that he would not
replace 1t. Joseph Shimon. who
headed the staff as chief investi-
gator before he was transferred
last month during an investigation
into his department.
| Three privates who had served
under 1t. Shimon were ordered
to report to headquarters at 8 am.
tomorrow for reassignment. They
are Pvts. John H. McHale, j. K.
McCarty and Milan Dooley.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay said that matters
hitherto investigated by the
squad now will be turned over to
the Police Departments special
assignments squad under 1t. Har-
ry Blackman.
Responsible to Barrett.
Under the new arrangement the
investigators will be responsible
to Maj. Barrett, whereas under
the old setup their work was not
under his direct supervision.
Mr.. Fay said only experience
would determine whether the new
system will work efficiently.
He did welcome the fact that
another Office will be available to
his own overcrowded staff. At
preesnt three assistants are forced
to occupy one Office.
The Investigations staff was
organized in 1941 when Judge Ed
ward M. Curran was United States
attorney and the late Edward j.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Students Pre-game Bonfire
Blocks Traffic Near N. u.

A bonfire set by University OF
Maryland students in the middle
of the Baltimore boulevard at Col
lege Park blocked traffic inter-
mittently for nearly two hours be-
fore it was put out by College
Park firemen.
r. S. Houchens, chief OF the
College Park Volunteer Fire De-
partment. said approximately D.
900 students c1ogged the highway
to watch the bonfire, which was
part of football rally.
The rally was staged for the
Maryland Georgetown football
game to be played tonight.
Chief Houchens said he had
"heard" that Prince Georges
County police had tossed tear gas
bombs into the crowd to disperse
it, but State police denied this
and county police said they knew
nothing about it.
Both State police and DR.. H. G.
Byrd, university president, denied
reports that the rally had devel-
oped into . riot. 4
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Directive Gives 5000
Permanent Status

President Truman signed an
Executive order today paving the
way for blanketing into perma-
nent status approximately 5000
Government employees here.
The presidential directive af-
fects war service and temporary
workers who have been on the
Government payroll since on or
before March 16. 1912.
In order to achieve permanent
status, the agencies which en-
ploy these workers must make a
formal request to the Civil Service
Commission. The commission will
then give these employees a nom
competitive examination - q
formality to give them status.
The order affects only those
employees now on the Federal pay
roll. It does not apply to war
service workers who have been
dismissed before today.
While the order provides the
employees service must have been
continuous since the 1912 date, it
does make an exception in cases
where the workers lost their jobs
and were out of work for less
than a year due to Government
reduction in force programs
These employees who found other
Federal jobs in less than years
time and are now back on the
Government payrolls are included
in the order.
The war service employees
affected by the order have been
anxiously waiting its issuance,
since many Of them were fac
ing loss Of jobs due to their lack
Of permanent status. 4
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Senate Takes Up
Pay Raises for
Workers
Action on Classified
And Postal Scales
Follows Executives
BY Joseph Young

The Senate today turned to
Federal reclassification and postal
pay legislation, as Democratic lead
ers strove to get the legislation
enacted by nightfall.
Senate passage of the Govern
ment's top executive pay bill last
night cleared the way for the pay
measures for the Governments
1856 900 classified employees and
500, 900 postal workers.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
said he believed the bills could be
quickly disposed OF" The classi-
fed measures provides for an
average increase of $125 a year
and the postal bill would grant a
500 increase.
Long Will Fight Substitute.
A move was developing. how
ever, to nberalize the postal pay
measure to the $3.50 figure voted
by the House.
This attempt to substitute the
House postal pay bill for the Sem
ate Civil Service Committees
measure will be strongly fought by
Senator Long, Democrat. of Louis
lana, the chairman of the COM
mittee's pay subcommittee.
Senator Long said that IF the
Senate does decide to vote postal
workers a $3.50 pay raise, he will
then offer an amendment to
double the $l25 average salary
boosts proposed for the Govern
ment's classified employees.
The louisiana Senator said
postal workers already had Jared
better than classified employees as
a result of last years pay act
which gave postal workers a pay
boost of $3.50 a year, while the
others received $3.50.
LANCER to Offer Amendment.
Another amendment will be
offered by Senator LANCER. Repub-
lican, !. of North Dakota, to raise
the proposed salaries for some Fed
eral employees in grade CALI,
who would only get an increase Of
$6.48 year under the bill. Senator
Long said he would agree to add
$50 to this figure.
!, After three days of often acrim-
onious debate the Senate approved
the topbracket pay measure last
night BY . vote Of So to IA.
The measure now goes to the
House which has approved a bill
calling for generally larger salary
increases for the Governments
$50 top officials. .......
The Senate bill, calling for in
creases totaling about 100000,
would raise the pay of cabinet
officers from the present $15,0 900
to $22.500. The House voted $25,-
900 raises.
Economy Bloc Loses Fight.
The heads of Federal agencies
and undersecretaries of depart
ments would get increases bring
ing their salaries to $4,000. The
House bill would raise the salaries
to from $4,000 to $4,000.
Before the bill passed, a Senate
economy bloc lost a fight to amend
the bill by requiring President
Truman to slash Federal spending
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Late News
Bulletin
Boy Tossed OFT Building

HUNTINGTON, w. Va. (R.-
A shabbily dressed man appar-
emily tossed q small boy off
the top Of the West Virginia
Building, Huntington's high
est, today and then leaped to
his own death. Police said
"every bone" in the boys body
was broken. The man struck
the sidewalk on his head and
was killed outright. A pre-
scription filled just a short
while before in q nearby drug
store bore the name of C. A.
Haitian. He was about 50 years
old.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
By Harriet Griffiths

Streamlining Of the city's ac-
counting system and improve
ment of it's purchasing procedures
are contemplated in the $1,953 ,276
budget request of the District fiscal
Offices for the year beginning next
July !.
The estimate, made public by
the Commissioners today, is $312,-
127 higher than the amount apA
propriated this year. 1t includes
% new jobs, to cost $74,22
District Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
asked a $39,585 increase in oper-
ating expenses. exclusive Of new
jobs. primarily for the proposed
accounting improvement and to
provide equipment and supplies
for a punch-board system.
He explained the new card
punch system. which will take
about 18 months to two years to
be fully installed, will cut down
space and time.
Asks Field Examiners.
Mr.. Pilkerson also asked for four
new field examiners to examine
accounts of the Offices materially
affected by the new District rev.
enue law. and another field ex-
aminer to permit a closer check
on gasoline revenue.
Gasoline tax revenues have in
creased from $3,2O3,577 in 1941
to $6,831.976 in 1949. he pointed
out.
In all, the auditors Office asked
$531, ,877 for fiscal 1851.
Purchasing Officer Roland Bren-
nan wants three new buyers to
put the city's purchases on a COM
modify category basis. Trained
and experienced buyers in limited
commodity fields. he, explains.
become proficient in their par
ticular fields and can keep abreast
of chronological changes and
developments.
Wants Four Other Categories.
The District has a food buyer
and market specialist to handle
purchases for about 1900 food
consumers in the District institu-
tionS.
Under the plan, there would be
four other special categories OF
purchases, each handled by a
buyer.
Total request for the purchas-
ing division is $130.800.
Assessor Edward A. Dent would
like to have $500 in his, 1882 zoe
budget to microfilm about 100000
real estate ledger sheets. These
documents, due for their 10-yeal
-, r = nrTrCI.r norn At
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Sunday Reading

The new term of the Su-
preme Court, beginning next
Monday, has some big cases
and will have some new faces.
Star Staff Correspondent
Robert K. Walsh discusses
both in an editorial section
article in The Sunday Star.
The same section also con-
taias an article on what the
new military pay scales mean
to the morale and economics
Of the armed services and an
other on the prospects of the
United Nations Economic Mis-
sion to the Middle East setting
up a blueprint for long-range
development of several po-
tentially prosperous areas of
the world.
Bigger. and better sports
coverage and many other spe-
cial interest features also will
appear in
Evening star., 1949-09-30
From One Vireinion to Another
Youthful Offender
Still Breaks Traffic
Laws Without Car
by the Associated Press


LOS ANGELES. Sept. 30
Traffic Judge Roger Pfaff
took a look at the front row
and groaned: mo, not you
again!"
Addressing the courtroom,
he said:
Ladies and gentlemen.
this boy "a minor) before me
got a car three months ago.
Since that time, he has brok-
en- every traffic law in the
book. Yesterday, on the ad-
vice of this court, he sold his
car"
He took a look at the
charge and announced:
Two dollars fine for jay.
walking.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
DR.. Joseph Weinberg Identified
BY House Group as Scientist X
Accused Man Denies
Any Part in Giving
Secrets to Russia
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30.-Dr
Joseph w. Weinberg denied to-
day he is the Scientist x" whom
the House Un-American Activities
Committee accuses of giving atom
ic secrets of the University of
California; radiation laboratory
to a Communist spy.
Relative to charges that he lied
under oath in denying Commu-
mist Party membership, knowing
Communist Leader Steve Nelson
and knowing Nelson's secretary
Evening star., 1949-09-30

prosecuted for
perjury in con-
nection W / t h
t h rec state
ments he made
at commit t e e
hearings. These
S t a t e m e n t S
were:
i. That he
did not know
Steve Nelson
ident | fl e d by
the committee
as the wartime
Communist Or
G a n iZer for
Alameda Coun-
ty. Calf, to.
W h o m DR..
Weinb erg al
legedly turned
over the secret
material.
2. That he
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Un-Americon Probers
Urge His Prosecution
On Perjury Charges
By Newbold Moves, Jr.

The House Committee on Un-
American Activities today named
DR.. Joseph w. Weinberg as the
mysterious Scientist x" accused
Of slipping atomic secrets of the
University of California's radia-
ton laboratory to Russian
agent during the war.
The committee recommended
that DR.. Weinberg. now assistant
professor of theoretical physics at
the University of Minnesota, be
Evening star., 1949-09-30

DIR. weinberg
told the Asso-
ciated Press to-
day:
II have al
ways told the
truth. I affirm
my position.
DR.. Weinberg
is the only per-
son of tn a t
name on the
Univers ty OF
Minnesota fac
ulty. He is an
assistant pro-
fessor of phys
les here. doing
both teaching
nd research
work.
DR.. w e in
erg received
his app o l n t.
ment at Min
n e S o t a o n
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Lewis Orders 100000 Miners
To Return to Pits Next Monday;
last-Ditch Steel Talks UNDERWAY
Picketing Closing
Some Plants Before
DeodIine Tonight
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3O.-Big
Steel and the CIO United Steel
workers got together with Federal
mediators today in a last-ditch
effort to stave off a Nationwide
steel strike at midnight.
But even as they met. the news
was not good.
From Coast to Coast, and from
the Gulf to the Border. the Gigan-
tic steel industry banked its fires
in readiness for the strike. And
thousands of Philip Murray's union
members jumped the gun in wild
cat walkouts.
William N. Margolis, assistant
director Of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service, and
Peter Seitz, its general counsel
met with the disputants.
Surprisingly, there was an air
of good humor.
Murray Jokes.
Nobody mentioned in public the
point at issue: Should the union
help pay for its insurance and
pensions?
But Mr.. Murray joked with re-
porters and he grinned as he
asked Mr.. Margolis:
rs the enemy here yet?"
A mediator has no power
other than the power of sugges-
tion. Sometimes he can hit on an
idea that is acceptable to both
sides. But neither the union nor
the companies needs to pay any
attention to what he says.
AS production dropped and
picketing started, the two sides
still seemed far apart.
Won't Comment on Hope.
For example, after last nights
meeting with United States Steel
Mr.. Murray had only this to say:
Il wouldn't even comment
about hope at this time"
That's how bleak the picture is
The issue is a pension insurance
program. The union wants steel
firms to adopt the formula sci
down by President Truman's fact
finding board. This is a 10-cent-
an-hour contribution paid en-
tirely by industry. The union
says it's the minimum they will
take.
Big Steel rejected the proposal
Instead it offered a pension-in-
surance toward which employees
would contribute.
Says Industry Must Yield.
Mr.. Murray and his 500,0 steel
workers wouldn't buy that. They
say:
We've given up demands for a
pay increase as ordered by the
act-finding board. Now industry
must yield"
Twice Mr.. Murray agreed to a
strike truce. requested by Mr.
Truman. while negotiations for q
new steel pact continued.
Now-it's a contract or a strike
And, says Mr.. Murray. if it's a
strike the steel industry forced
it on the workers.
One small firm - Portsmouth
(Ohio) Steel Corp.-has given in
to Mr.. Murray. Unofficially it's
the 14th largest steel producer in
the Nation. But it employs only
1000 of the 100000 unionists.
Main stockholders of Ports
mouth are Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland
f1nancier, and a group of his as
sociates. Henry Kaiser had an in
terest in the company but sold it
last year.
United States Steel, the indus
try's giant. hires 100000, about
one-third. Any agreement with
United States Steel would un-
(Con CT7TET De- AoI
Evening star., 1949-09-30

Bernadette Doyle, identified by the
committee as Nelson's secretary
and accomplice.
3. That he never belonged to
the Communist Party or attended
any meeting of the Young Com
munist League.
The committee couched its
Identification of DR.. Weinberg in
careful words. The report on its
Evening star., 1949-09-30

March I Is, 1947. Previously he
had been on the faculties Of the
City College Of New York, the
University of Wisconsin and the
University Of California. He re-
cefyed his doctors degree from
the University of California in
1943. He Is 80 years old and
married.
In asformal statement on the
c.,I,rrNrprpc Dora At,
Evening star., 1949-09-30

(See PAY, Page A-5.)
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District Budget Plans
Improved Accounting,
Better Buying System
Fiscal Offices Request
For $4,000 Over so
Includes Cord Setup

TWO NEW SWIMMING POOLS
in Recreation Estimates.
Page AS.
Evening star., 1949-09-30

MORRIS FINEBERG,
KILLED by mortar fragment.
-AP Wirephoto.
Sicians said McStay was showing
surprising Improvement today.
The other officers, 1t. Comdr
3. Grant Meade Of Philadelphia
1. (see MARINES, Page -A-50
Evening star., 1949-09-30

(See POLICE, Page A-5)
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(See STEEL, Page A-2D
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(See COAL, Page A-2.)
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(See D. c. BUDGET. Page AT.
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(See BRITISH, Page A-5D
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(See SCIENTISTS, Page A-7.)@
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(See TITO, Page Az. }
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{see WEINBERG, Page A-73
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(See TRUMAN, Page A-7D
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Guide for Readers

u OIA>A IN
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Sunny today, high in middle Cos. Clear
tonight low about A in city and SO in
suburbs. Tomorrow fair and continued
cool. Full report on Page A-20
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