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Evening star., 1949-03-14

it was remodeled into shops, oper.
ated it as a tavern and dance
hall. Built in 1882. the structure
was covered by insurance.
Traffic on Baltimore boulevard
was held up for two hours. while
hose was connected to every fire
plug within a half mile radius.
WITH so pieces of apparatus chok-
ing the highway. about Is county
policemen routed traffic for two
hours over the Greenbelt and Ed
monston roads.
Five rescue squads were sent
from Bre twood, Bladensburg,
Branchville, Takoma Park and
Bethesda Chevy Chase.
Fire departments came from
Hyattsville. Cottage City. Mount
Rainier. Brentwood. Bladensburg,
Riverdale Heights, Tuxedo -Chev-
erly. Riverdale. Berwyn Heights,
Branchville, West Lanham Hills,
Landover Hills, Takoma Park and
Bethesda Chevy Chase, in addition
to those mentioned earlier.
Three companies remained at
the scene until 7:30 am, assisting
in pumping out water from the
basement.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Hoover Would Give interior
ANPubIic Works, Resources

number of present Interior De-
partment Offices and bureaus in
cluding the Geological Survey,
Bureau of Mines, and branches
dealing with petroleum, natural
gas and mineral lands. This unit
would be developed by transfer
ring to it some functions from
elsewhere in the Government.
8. Construction services. includ-
ing the building of Government
hospitals, airport construction in
behalf of a proposed new bureau
of civil aviation. land installations
of the Coast Guard and public
buildings.
4. Recreation services. taking in
the national parks and monu-
ments as we'll as wildlife services,
wild fowl preservation and game
fishing.
5. Territories and island pos
sessions. now a division in the de-
partment. This should remain
until an overall Federal policy on
administering overseas areas is
developed, the commission said.
The Hoover Commission previ-
ously has proposed the separation
of some Offices from Interior. Land
management activities. except for
minerals, would go to the Agricul-
ture Department; the Fish and
Wildlife Service would lose its
commercial fisheries division to
Commerce.
Proposal Not Unanimous.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, it
is suggested, should be wrapped
into a new department of welfare
to be created by giving the present
Federal Security Agency cabinet
status. The new department, for
which the commission Is not
ready to suggest a name, would
take a social security, health, pub
1 lie welfare. education. and relief
functions of the Government.
The proposal to shift the Corps
of Engineers was not unanimous
Retiring Defense Secretary For
restal abstained from voting, anc
commission members Carter Man
asco, former Democratic Repre-.
sentative from Alabama, and Sen.
ator Mcclellan. Democrat, o.
Arkansas, filed dissents.
Chairman Hoover has statec
publicly. however. that he believes
it inappropriate for the engineers
construction activity to be carried
on as a military function wher
only 200 of the corps 10000 Off
cials and employees are Army
officers.
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ond after West Virginia as a sof

ond after West Virginia as a soft
coal producer.
The scene at a captive coal
. mine, owned by the United States
Steel Corp, in Western Pennsyl-
vania was typical.
The siren at the National No. l
mine of H. c. Frick Coke Co.,
United States Steel subsidiary,
blew the work call as usual at
$40 am. but it was a vail which
. went unanswered.
The mining village overlooking
the works twinkled with lights,
!, but only slgnified the diggers'
early rising habits. They stayed
, home.
Robena Mine Idle. .
There also was idleness at more
than dozen other Frick holdings
in the rich Western Pennsylvania
! production area. The big Robena
!; mine near Uniontown. reputedly
. worlds largest single producing
+. mine, also was idle. The collective
production of the Frick mines has
been estimated at about 10000
tons per day.
The miners may find time
hanging heavily on their hands,
the Associated Press reported. In
other years such holidays" come
later in the season, when the
, men could do spring gardening,
go fishing or to the baseball parks.
But it was too cold today to do
much more than sit by the fire.
fed with the coal they have re-
fused to dig for two weeks.
AS the work stoppage went
into effect only maintenance men
headed toward the diggings.
They'll keep pumping water out
Cd of the pits. doing the routine
work necessary to keep coal mines
operating.
While there's plenty of coal in
the East to fend out any wintry
. blasts which remain, the work
stoppage will be hard on the
: pocketbooks of the miners. The
UNIV has a standing policy Of
not paying strike benefits,
Jobless Pay Discussed.
With this in mind. some UNIV
leaders say they're going after un-
employment compensation bene-
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Diff. Donahue Dies;
IChief Pharmacist Of
District Health Unit

DR.. Thomas Francis Donahue
81. chief pharmacist of the Dis.
trict Health Department, died to.
day in Georgetown Hospital. He
lived at 1851 Thirty-fifth street
NV.
DR.. Donahue was born ir
Georgetown and was graduated
from st. Johns College. He at
tended Georgetown University
and was graduated from the
George Washington School OF
Pharmacy.
During World War I. he enlisted
in the Navy and was attached for
three years to the Naval. Medical
School here as a pharmacist s
mate.
Operated Drugstore.
He operated a drugstore under
his family name at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and o street NV. for 18 years
before he joined the Health De-
partment eight years ago.
DR.. George Rutland, head OF
the District Health Department
expressed regret at DR.. Donahue's S
death. He was a loyal and de-
voted servant to District service.
the health officer said.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Mary M. Donahue; two daughters.
Misses Mary Frances and Mary
Ellen Donahue, and a son. Thomas
Francis Donahue, all of the Thir-
ty-fifth street address.
Survivors Include Mother.
Other survivors include his
mother. Mrs. Mary E. Donahue
and a sister. Miss Mary H. Dona-
hue, both of 3343 P street NV.
and four brothers. DR.. Matthew E
Donahue, 3215 R street NV; John
F. Donahue. 1912 Cedar Parkway
Chevy Chase: Maurice K. Dona-
hue. 119 Allan road, Yorktown
Village. Md, and DR.. James j
Donahue, 211 East Underwood
street. Chevy Chase.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Thursday at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church. Burial will be
| in ARLINGTON Cemetery,
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There was a puff and somthins
hit me. There were glass cuts on
my left leg"
Mrs. Bakersmith and seven
others were treated at Leland
Memorial Hospital.
Patrick j. Byrne, 4806 Tecum-
sch avenue, Berwyn postmaster,
said he ran from the tavern when
the fire started and stood in front
of the barber shop.
when the place exploded I
wheeled around and crouched." he
said. "A piece of glass went
through my shoe, and it took six
stitches to close the cut"
The blast also broke the doors
and windows on newly recon-
ditioned Berwyn Heights fire
truck.
Blast Blamed on Draft.
Chief Richard S. Houchens of
the College Park department
blamed the explosion on a draft
resulting when front doors of the
shops were opened while f1remen
were fighting the fire through
rear doors.
Located in the 8100 block of
Baltimore boulevard, the shopping
center is a quarter of a mile north
of the University of Maryland.
The origin of the fire remained a
mystery pending an investigation
headed by Chief James w. Just
of the University of Maryland fire
extension service.
The fire appeared to have
started near the tavern bar. One
fireman reported that much Of
the basement floor was covered
with oil. presumably from tank
near the furnace. and that the
fire was fed by the fuel.
Structure Built in 1882.
Hoyt P. Hutchison. husband of
the buildings owner, said he
transferred the property to his
wife last December 9, and that
he understood she had been
negotiating for it's sale to an Ohio
investment firm.
He purchased the building In
1885 and until two years ago. when
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Axis Sally Retria| Plea
To Be Argued Friday

The plea Of Mildred E. axis
Sally Gillars for a new trial on
charges of treason will be argued
before Judge Edward M. Curran
in District Court Friday.
A motion for a new trial was
filed Friday by James J. Laughlin
chief defense counsel, who con-
tended Judge Curran had shown
"prejudice' against the defendant
during the trial which resulted in
her conviction as traitor last
Thursday.
If Judge Curran denies the mo-
ton for a new trial. he is expected
to impose sentence on the 49,
year old Miss Gillars Immediately
after arguments are concluded.
Mr.. Laughlin said that If Judge
Curran refuses to grant Miss Gill
lars q new trial he will ask the
Court of Appeals to set aside the
verdict returned by the District
Court jury of five women and
seven men.
The penalty for treason ranges
from a maximum of death to a
minimum of five years imprison-
ment and $4,000 fine.
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Continued From First Page

partment's recommendation. Mr.
Horne said. "is there any recogni-
ton of the fact that the depart
ment must improve its service If
it is to increase its revenues.
"All that it proposes on second
class mail is an astronomical in
crease estimated at 400 per cent?
in rates and a control, for rate
making purposes. over the content
of publications"
Receipts Ignorance Charged.
Mr.. Horne said departmental
figures indicate the department
docs not knows Within a range of
s3.eoo,ooo what iH receipts we're
for the year ending June 80 last
or within a range Of s10,000.0 600
what its expenditures were on sees
ond class mails"
THE claim has been made con-
stantly through the years" he
said, that the deficits charged
against second class mail consti-
tute a subsidy to publications, and
that publications should pay their
way and not be the recipients of
congressional subsidy.
"Subsidy-if. in fact a subsidy
exists-is not a subsidy to news
papers" He said the ANPA
wants no part in subsidy
Part of the second-class mail
deficit, Mr.. Horne continued. is
caused by the departments own
accounting methods. Another
part, he said, is caused by the de-
partment's policy Of charging
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Karen Rebels Offered
Own State; Capture Of
Manda|ay Reported
By the Associoted Press

! RANGOON. Burma, Mar. A.
Burma offered rebelling Karens
an autonomous state of their owr
today as reports reached Rangoor
that the Karens had captured ali
of Mandalay.
A Rangoon newspaper said the
Karen tribesmen haG taken all OF
Burma's second largest city in 6
three-day battle with government
forces. The Burmese government
admitted yesterday that part OF
Mandalay had been taken by the
rebels. Mandalay, with a popuia-
ton of 100000. is 500 miles north
of Rangoon on the Irrawaddy
River.
The newspaper added that
fighting still is going on outside
the city. mainly along the banks
of the Irrawaddy River. It also
reported the Karens attacking the
city of Sagains. across the river
from Mandalay.
The government. meanwhile
announced its acceptance of rec
concentrations for creation of a
separate Karen state within the
Burma Union.
The principal battle of the
Karens has been to set up their
own autonomous state of Karen
iStan.
They originally demanded COM
plete independence, but on Feb
ruary 2 Ba U Cyl, Karen leader,
offered to keep Karenistan within
the Burmese Union provided the
new province were allowed to
maintain its own armed forces.
/ The government said boundaries
of the new state would be deter
mined by a plebiscite.
The government also announced
an amnesty for Karens in Insein
a suburb of Rangoon. provided
they lay down their arms by
Thursday.
Others Asked to Surrender.
Rebels in other parts of Burma
are called on to surrender by
March 81 on similar terms.
The government statement said
a 14-man Protection Committee
headed by Chief Justice Sir Ba U
would supervise the collection OF
arms and provide protection for
the surrendering rebels.
The recommendation to set up
Karenistan was made by the re-
gional autonomy inquiry commits
sion established last year. The
government said legislation will be
/ introduced in Parliament to i'm
plement the recommendations.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Publishers Oppose Postal Rate Increase

mining what is and what is not
advertising.
Mr.. Hanson said the Postoffice
proposals would clarity as adver-
tising, for rate making purposes,
publication of vital statistics such
as birth, death and marriage
notices.
Under fanatical bureaucrat," ;"
he said, ''it would be almost i'm
possible not to define every single
item of news that appears in a
newspaper as advertising for the
purpose of determining postal
rates. If it be argued that the
department has no intention of
resorting to such fanaticisn. the
reply is made that the power is
to exercise it,
Asks Sound Operating
Instead of asking for rate in
creases Mr.. Hanson said, the de-
partment should put itself on "a
sound operating basis
He SAID the papers have not
been getting good, or even COM
petitive service from the depart
ment. with the result that today
they offer to the department only
that business for which there are
no other facilities.
While other agencies have de-
veloped new facilities. new meth
ods and improved services for dis
tribution. the department has
stood mired in the mud of the
horse and buggy days"
Mr.. Hanson said it Is obvious
that the department wants to
put such a penalty upon the dis
semination of one vital form OF
information as to prohibit its dis
Sen1inatiOn thr0IIoh the mails"
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Senate Committee Supports Boyd for Mines Post

District IL, which has jurisdiction
of all $4,000 UNIV miners il
Illinois, says his miners will bt
instructed to seek unemployment
compensation from the State. HI
indicated a court fight, if neces.
sary, too.
Indianians to Ask, Too.
At Terre Haute, Ind, Louis
Austin, president of UNIV District
IL, said the nearly 10000 Indiana
soft coal miners will be instructed
to ask for unemployment compen.
sation benefits.
Illinois took on the appearance
of an island" in the work stop.
page. 1t is in Illinois where
$1,000 miners belong to the In.
dependent Progressive Mine Work.
ers of America. President John
Marchiando has made it clear the
progressives will go right on dig
ging coal.
In a statement. he added thai
the only achievement of the UNIV
work stoppage will be that the
coal miner will go two weeks with.
out receiving any pay"
Although the anthracite supply
is ample for several weeks, Mr.
Lewis announcement brought ar
immediate rush of business over
the week end at Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Trucks were dispatched to indie.
pendent coal dealers. storage
places and collieries-to build ur
the supply in case the stoppage
continues past March %.
Ending Contract Talked.
That was the big question fac
ing industry. Would the stoppage
last only two weeks? If it contin.
ues longer. the coal operators
talked of taking the situation ir
their own hands, moving to ter.
inmate their contract with the
UNIV.
The contract runs until june
80 either side may end it on 81
days notice.
Some operators-even those
who said they wouldn't mind 8
two-week work stoppage because
it might improve their economic
picture-indicated they might
either terminate the contract. OF
appeal to the courts. The National
Coal Association does not call the
stoppage that at all. It's simply
a strike to the association.
Evening star., 1949-03-14

against other classes of mail the
cost of various public policy serv-
ices such as operation of rural
free delivery.
While newspapers are charged
the full cost of postal services,
Mr.. Horne said, many of them
sort. route. sack, weigh and trans
port their papers. with the post
office merely putting the bundles
in the proper r. F. D. car.
"Yet these newspapers are
charged on the basis of the de-
partment's having given full
service" he added. ia
Mr.. Horne said Increased postal
ID tes would be reflected eithar in
Increased prices to maif Sub
scribers or in elimination Of mail
subscribers.
either case. It is ttgsTeader
Ein outlying sections of the country
Who bears the oFunt 1oI tneSe IN
creased costs. not the newspaper, ,"
he observed.
That, he said, would be con-
trary to Congress policy to make
available to every town, hamlet
and rural community easy access
to the news of the day
Sees Papers Banned.
The obvious result Of 400 per
cent boost in rates. he said. would
seem to be that newspapers will
be withdrawn entirely from the
mails"
! Mr.. Horne also objected to the
proposal to determine rates on the
basis of advertising published, with
the Postoffice Department deter
Evening star., 1949-03-14

Thomas when Mr.. D1nOWltze1
suffered a heart attack.
Mr.. Dinowitzer had been known
as Uncle Phil" to hundreds of
nursery school students since 1929,
when he and his wife opened the
school at their home. :
Born and educated in Baltimore,
he was in the jeWelry-designing
business there until he came to
Washington in 1907 and estab-
lished a hardware business on
Pennsylvania avenue, now part OF
the Federal Triangle.
Besides Mrs. Lasky, he is sur
vived by another daughter. Mrs
Wilma Barron of New York two
sisters and a brother in Los Ange-
les and a grandson.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
RY the Associoted Press

The Hoover Commission will
recommend that Congress remodel
the Interior Department into an
agency fully responsible for all
Federal public works and natural
resources.
If the proposal becomes law the
Army would lose to the Interior
Department it's vast civilian works
program on river, harbor, dam
and flood projects run by the
Corps of Engineers. The plan will
be sent to Capitol Hill Thursday.
Officials familiar with the still
confidential report said privately
today the plan is aimed at ending
what the commission feels is an
expensive duplication of effort 10y
the Army and Interiors Bureau
of Reclamation.
Friends of the Army engineers
launched a protest campaign OF
wires and letters to members OF
Congress weeks before the mer-
ger recommendation was finally
adopted. Former President Her
bert Hoover, chairman of the
commission, publicly denounced
this and similar drives as being
the type of "grasshopper bites
which have wrecked previous at
tempts at Federal reorganization
Would Get FWA FuAction.
The commission was set up by
Congress to suggest ways of i'm
proving the Governments setup.
The Hoover group also will urge
that the Interior Department take
over public building construction
from the Federal Works Agency
as we'll as construction activities
on behalf of other agencies.
| Because the development anc
conservation Of land, water anc
mineral resources would hence.
forth bulk large in Interiors du.
ties, the commission weighed but
finally discarded a subcommittee
suggestion that the department bt
renamed the department Of ma.
tural resources. The present name
has served for generations, thu
commission held, and change
would be costly.
!. A fve-way division of Interior
functions was suggested, but th'
renort embassies that the in
/ ternal organization is matte
over which the Secretary OF In
! terror should have full freedom O.
! decision. The suggested plan woult
create these services:
/ 1. Water development and use
including the large river vale,
power administrations.
2. Mineral resources. embracint
Evening star., 1949-03-14
Hoover
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Pageo
mitted by the 12-man bipartisan
Commission on Organization Of
the Executive Branch, headed by
former President Hoover.
No Stand on Mediation Setup.
The commissions report said
the department has been steadily
denuded of functions. With the
widening of Federal policy in
labor, it said, there has been a
growing tendency to set up spe-
cialized labor services outside
the Department, diffusing them
throughout the Government.
The question had been raised as
to restoring the Federal Media
ton and Cancellation Service to
Labor and placing in the depart
ment for housekeeping purposes
the National Mediation Board and
the National Labor Relations
Board. The commission said,
however. that since Congress is
engaged in revising labor policies
which will affect these agencies,
the commission would make no
recommendations.
Secretary of State Acheson,
vice chairman of the commission,
and Defense Secretary Forrestal
and former Representative Man.
asco. Democrat. Of Alabama. COM
mission members, opposed placing
Selective Service in the Labor
Department. They stated their
belief it should remain independ-
ent.
ForrestaI Opposes Plan.
Mr.. Forrestal and Mr.. Manasco
said it would be a mistake to
place selective service under any
agency charged by law to repre-
sent particular segment OF the
population. The commission re-
port. however, said the effect of
conscription on the labor force
must receive continual exam1na-
ton which can be provided by the
Labor Department.
Concerning it's proposal to trans
fer the Bureau of Employment
Security, the commission said
employment Offices and unem-
ployment compensation are more
closely related to each other than
to retirement. old age assistance
or educational programs and have
close relationships with Labor De-
partment functions.
The USES. originally in Labor
was transferred in 1889 to the
FCA, where. except for the period
from 1e45 to 1948, it has re-
mained.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
DC. Taxes
(continued From First Page.)

to kill the bill entirely. On the
other hand there were indications
that an effort would be made to
have the House restore provisions
Of the original Senate bill for
permanent authority.
If the House should pass the
original Senate bill it would be
sent to the President tor app1 oval
but if the Senate bill is approved
as amended it would nave to go
to conference with the other body.
Rent Control Waits.
Put over for future action, how
ever, is the bill to extend District
rent control to June 80 next year
This measure, already approved
by the House District Committee
would make some amendments to
the present city rent act. But in
view of the fact that the bill to
extend national rent control still
is pending on the floor OF the
House. it was decided by District
leaders, to postpone action on the
local measure until the national
issue is decided. The House votes
tomorrow on the national rent
bill.
Both national and local rent
controls expire at the end OF this
month. The termination date OF
any extension should be the same
for both national and local con-
trolls, legislators believe.
Also pending on the House floor
for possible consideration TO-DAY
Is q minor bill to liberalize the au-
thority of the District Commis-
sioners to make installment pay
,nents to contractors who are
building city public works.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
$40, 900 More Sought
For EIizubeth's House
By she Assoeio+ed Press

LONDON, Mar. 14.-Britain's
Socialist government asked Parli-
ament for another $4,000 (S20,000)
today to finish fixing up Clarence
House for Princess Elizabeth and
Prince Philip,
1t already has spent f45,0 900
($180,0OO) to polish up the man.
sion, next to st. James Palace.
Elizabeth. Philip and Baby Prince
Charles are expected to move in
sometime next month. They are
living in Buckingham Palace now.
Evening star., 1949-03-14

NV, died Fri
d ay in S t.
Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Mr.. Dino
witzer and his
wife had been
visiting tn e il
daughter a n d
SON. in law, Mr..
and Mrs. Har-
old Lasky. In
Puerto Rico for
t h r e e weeks.
They had flown
on a holiday
excursion to St.
Evening star., 1949-03-14

fits from States. It's a big ques-
ton whether the States will pay
off. Traditionally, they haven't.
John P. Busarello. president Of
UNIV district No. at Pittsburgh,
said if Pennsylvania officials
don't come through we'll fight it
to the State Supreme Court" In
Pennsylvania unemployed per-
sons are entitled to $40 a week for
Evening star., 1949-03-14

"a consecutive weeks. payments
beginning the second week of
idleness.
A. j. Caruse, executive director
of the Pennsylvania State Bureau
of employment and compensation,
expressed doubt the miners claims
would be approved. So. that ap-
parently left it up to the courts.
Hugh White, president of UNIV