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Evening star., 1949-07-22
Bank Bandit Walks Out
With $4,000 in Cash
by the Associoted Press

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, July %.
A bandit casually walked out of
the Fidelity Industrial Bank with
between $4,000 to $4,000 in cash
today after daring armed hold
up.
The bandit, about 80 years of
age, followed Thomas j. Higgins,
SO, the banks credit manager,
into the building when the latter
opened the front door just before
9 am.
Forcing Mr.. Higgins into the
vault at the point Of a gun, the
bandit ordered the credit man
ager to dump the money into a
white canvas bag provided by the
intruder.
AS the bandit left the building,
he met Miss Geraldine Curtin. is,
a bank employe, at the front door.
She assumed he was a bank
customer and greeted him with a
good morning"
The bandit replied with q good
morning" of his own and casually
VI liked out.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Temperature Climbs
Toward Record Hiqh

The temperature was climbing
toward the record high for the
year here today. The high Is 90
degrees on July 6 and at / pm.
today the temperature stood at %
and was expected to go a few
degrees higher before dusk.
The heat record for this date
was 103 degrees in 1926, the
Weather Bureau said.
The bureau saw chance Of
some showers tonight, but said
nothing about substantial relief
from the heat.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Plune Victims Ashes
To Be Flown to Huoue
By the Assocjosed Press

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands,
July 22.-Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM said today the ashes of %
victims Of the July IL crash near
Bombay will be flown to The
Hague early next week.
Earlier. 1t had been announced
in Bombay that the ashes would
leave for Holland today.
After arrival here, urns con-
tanning the ashes, including those
Of 13 American journalists. will be
placed on q bier In a candle-lit
chapel.
The Dutch Federation Of Jour-
nalists will mount guard of
honor over them. and q short cene-
snony will be held.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Hard Luck Champion

ZION, ILL.,. July % R.-Glenn
Taylor, 8, believes he is the hard
luck champion Of Lake County.
Six weeks ago he fell while play
ing and broke his right arm. Be-
fore the cast was removed he fell
and broke his left arm. This week
dirt thrown by a l1eighbor boy in
jured his right eye. A physician
to make sure Of its recovery band
aged both eyes.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Only Western Highs Cadets
Rated Satisfactory by Army
Inspectors Dissatisfied With D. c. Schools;
No Direct Criticism of Corning in Reports

little or no attention being paid
unsatisfactory" In general, the
to classroom instruction in mill
tary tactics and weapon handling.
The inspectors reported, how
ever, that school principals in
dorsed the cadet training, for the
most part. with several of them
suggesting that summer camp pc
riods under regular Army instruc-
ton be added to the program.
Most principals expressed the
view that drilling and other cadet
activities should be conducted dur
ing regular school hours.
The reports, furnished at Mr..
leagues request. did not include
any overall appraisal of the ca
Diet training program, since each
(See CADETS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Sunday Reading -.

Washington observer Carl
Levin says our top Govern
ment men are overworked,
overentertained and over
criticized to the point of ruin
ing their health. Under the
heading "Are We Killing Our
Leaders?" he writes about this
situation in THIS WEEK Mag
azine, The Stars Sunday sup
plement.
A busy little plant in South
ern Maryland is fiourishing on
the production Of such items
as popsickle sticks, mustard
paddles, tongue depressors,
ice-cream spoons, etc, How it's
done makes an interesting pic
ture story in The Sunday Pic
torial Magazine.
These and many other special
features augment the usual
thorough and accurate news
content Of
CIR sunhay ktar
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Romunio Adds to Curbs
On Foreign Diplomats
By the Assoeiated Press

BUCHAREST, Romania, July
diplomats in Ro-
mania have been requested to
inform the Ministry Of Foreign
Affairs each time they leave
Bucharest to travel in the areas
of the country still open to them.
They must indicate their route
whether by train, plane or auto.
In the latter case they must give
route and number of the car.
Last spring regulations were
made restricting diplomats to q
certain small section Of the coun-
try, but reports on individual
journeys were not reqqN Jed.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Air Defense to Be Tested

TOKYO, July % (R.-Air de-
fenses Of the Western Pacific
command from the Philippines
through Okinawa to Japan will be
tested beginning the week Of
July Is. Tokyo will be the prin-
cipal target Of simulated rams.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Mrs. Roosevelt Spins
Prejudice Web, Says
Cardinal Spe||man
Columns on Borden Bill
Are Anti-CothoIie, He
Charges in Letter
Nv the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 2Z.-FTanclS
Cardinal Spellman today criticized
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for
her opposition to Federal funds
for parochial and private schools.
In a letter to the Presidents S
widow, the Catholic prelate said:
Your work of anti-Catholicism
stands for all to sea record
which you yourself wrote on the
pages of history which cannot
be Embellishments Of dis
elimination unworthy of an
American mother"
The cardinals attack was based
on articles written by Mrs. Roose-
velt in her column, My Day."
Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary said
at Hyde Park that the letter had
not yet been received and that
there would be no comment until
after its arrival. If then. Cardi-
nal Spellman made the letter
public. He wrote that, after Mrs.
Roosevelt's first column on the
Barden bill June %, he had in
tended ignoring it.
Charges 'Web of Prejudice"
"But, as the days passed and in
two subsequent columns you con-
tinued your anti-Catholic cam
paign, became convinced that it
was in the interest of all Ameri-
cans and the cause of justice itself
that your misstatements should be
challenged in every quarter Of our
country. where they have already
spun and spread their web of pref
udice," his letter said.
IT have received hundreds of
messages from persons of all
faiths demanding that I answer
you. I am. therefore. not free to
ignore you"
Federal aid to education is one
of the hottest issues now before
Congress.
The Senate already has passed
bill providing for such support.
It would permit those States that
so desire to use funds for aid to
parochial schools.
In the House, the issue still is
in committee. However, the bill
introduced by Representative Bar
den, Democrat, of North Carolina
would bar turning over any of the
Federal money to parochial
schools.
Column Is Quoted.
In her June % column, Mrs.
Roosevelt said: THE controversy
brought about by the request made
by Francis Cardinal Spellman that
Catholic schools should share in
Federal aid funds forces upon the
citizens Of the country the kind
of decision that is going to be very
difficult to make"
She went on: Many years ago
it was decided that the public
schools of our country should be
entirely separated from any kind
of denominational control, and
these are the only schools that
are free, unsupported schools.
The greatest number of our chill
dren attend these schools"
Cardinal Spellman wrote: IT
cannot presume upon the press to
lSea HARnIMAI pana Al
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Florida Group Seeking
Transit Stock Calls
II 'Depression-Proof'
Prospective Buyer Tells
ICC Deal Would Make
Fine Investment
By Erancis P. DouaIos

Florida businessmen seeking to
purchase controlling interest in
the Capital Transit Co. look on it
as a "depression-proof" business
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion was told today.
ICC Examiner Vernon V. Baker
held hearing today on the ap-
plication by the Florida group fol
ICC approval of the sale to them
of 109,458 shares of Capital Tran
sit stock by North American Co.
a holding company.
The Florida group is headed by
L. E. Wolfson of Jacksonville, who
has contracted to buy 50,458 of the
transit shares. He was not pres
ent today, but he and his associ-
ates were represented by Doran
IS. Weinstein: also of Jacksonville,
who is listed as the prospective
purchaser of 5000 shares.
Mr.. Weinstein testified that he
and his associates felt that Capt.
tai Transit would make a fine
investment" He said it is a
sound company, has had good
management and should yield a
good return. Saying that he and
his associates felt it would be
"depressionproof," he explained
that in bad times people would
turn from private automobiles and
taxicabs to the transit company's
facilities.
No Policy Change Considered.
He testified also that the group
he represented, none of whom had
experience in the transportation
Held, had given no consideration
to any change in Capitol Transit
policy.
Mr.. Baker questioned him about
the attitude of the Florida group
toward the company's conserva-
tive dividend policy. Mr.. Wein-
stein replied that had not been
discussed and said he believed
that management and the direc-
tors could determine that policy
better than he. The company in
recent years has been paying 81
a share in dividends, although last
year this was cut to so cents. So
far this year it has paid 81.
The contract between the Flor
ida group and North American
calls for a price of $40 a share or
a total of $2,189,160.
The sum of $250,000 already ha!
been paid as earnest money. The
contract provided originally fol
additional payments on delivery
of the stock of $500,0O0 in cash
and a 30-day note for $500,00 anc
IA 60-day note for $939,160. The
notes have been secured by the
stock purchase.
Can Liquidate Holdings.
A new contract, however, a copy
of which has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, calls for all-cash payments
for the shares on completion of
the deal. Mr.. Weinstein testified
that members of the group have
holdings which they can liquidate
which will more than take care
of the cash payment
Herbert c. Freeman, president
of North American. a utilities
holding company, was another
witness. The examiner questioned
him also about Capital Transit's
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Congress 10 Receive
Truman Message on
Arms Funds Monday
BorkIey Expresses Hope
For Passage Of Program
Before Adjournment
By ]. A. OIeoN

The administration Is ready to
move promptly to get arms
for Western Europe, following
Senate approval of the North At
lantic defense pact by the over
whelming vote of 81 to 13.
The White House announced that
President Truman will send mes
sage to Congress Monday asking
for an arms appropriation of ST.
$50, 900. 900 to implement the pact.
Vice President Barkley, leaving
cabinet meeting. said he was
hopeful the legislation would be
passed at this session of Congress.
He said he doesn't expect as
much debate in the Senate on the
arms program as occurred during
consideration of the pact.
Easier Path Predicted.
Amplifying, he said that when
the 12-nation defense alliance was
broached it involved "fundamen-
tai departure from our foreign
policy-or at least some people
thought it did"
Now that the fundamentally"
as he described it, has been dis
posed of, Mr.. Barkley said he be-
lieved the path would be easier.
Asked if the implementation
program would get top priority
in handling, Mr.. Barkley said that
he didn't want to discriminate on
priority. He said it was hoped to
get all appropriations bills cleared
up this month so it would not be
necessary. to enact another con-
tinuing resolution to finance
various agencies whose regular
fund bills have been tied up.
First Year Cut Backed.
There were signs on Capitol Hill
today that some friends of the
treaty would be willing to scale
down the size of the arms pro-
gram for the first year to ease its
path through Congress. One in
fluential source, suggesting this
possibility, pointed out that the
taking of some step to implement
the treaty would be more impor-
tant to the morale of the other
pact nations than the specific
amount authorized at this time.
The Presidents arms aid mes
sage was originally intended to go
to the Capitol today but Press
Secretary Charles G. Ross said
Mr.. Truman postponed action
until Monday to suit the con-
venience of Congress leaders.
Mr.. Ross denied the communi-
cation had been held up to write
in atomic references in response
to questions raised on the Senate
floor as to whether the act obli-
gates this country to furnish
atomic weapons to its new allies.
(See PACT. Page A.5)
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Hearing Favors
Home Ru|eFoes,
.Hi|dreth Says
Harris Denies Charge,
Asserts Proponents
Receive More Time
By Don S. Warren

Melvin C. Hildreth, Democratic
national committeeman for the
District, today charged that oppo-
sition witnesses have been granted
more time than proponents at
home rule hearings.
He made his protest at the close
of two-hour hearing by House
District Subcommittee after most
of the time had been given to Rep
resentative Hobbs. Democrat, Of
Alabama, who attacked home rule
here as constitutionally impossible
and termed the home rule legisla-
ton "a phony."
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas, chairman OF the
subcommittee, promptly denied
Mr.. Hildreth's protest and de-
clared:
"As a matter of fact. we have
given more time to proponents
of the home rule bills than We
have to the opponents"
He told Mr.. Hildreth that you
have no more Of, a favorable
position than any one else" when
it comes to testifying.
Tells of Patiently" Waiting.
Mr.. Hildreth was urging that
spokesmen for the Democratic
Central Committee Of the District
be given a chance to testify. He
reminded the subcommittee that
members of the party group had
been patiently" sitting at hear
ing after hearing waiting to be
called.
He asked that they be called
at the next session which at the
conclusion of the furry caused by
Mr.. Hldreth's protest, was
scheduled for Monday at 10 am.
In his testimony attacking the
constitutionality of the current
home rule proposals. Mr.. Hobbs
contended that Congress does not
have NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. change
in the Constitutional grant the
vote to Washingtonians. He Is a
former judge and a member of
the House Judiciary Committee.
Called Sinking Sand" Bill.
The pending legislation for an
elected City Council and for lin
tied home rule, Mr.. Hobbs said, Is
designed "just to kid somebody.
This is a sinking sand bill"
He was seconded by the Rev.
Marshall L. Shepard, District re-
corder of deeds. He said he was
for real home rule, but that the
pending bills would not achieve it.
This is a quickie," he said, as
members of the subcommittee
piled him with questions.
DR.. Shepard said he agreed with
Mr.. Hobbs that an amendment to
the Constitution would be neces-
sary to give the District true home
rule. and added:
IF we have waited this long to
get home rule, then we can wait
for an amendment to the Consti-
tuition if the people of the 48
States will agree to change it."
Batzelps Authority Questioned.
Representative Abernethy, DEM
ocrat, of Mississippi said, Then
you haven't been taken in?"
"Ceratinly not" replied DIR.
Shepherd.
you should have been here be-
fore" remarked Mr.. Abernethy.
Another witness was Elmer e.
Batzell, former president of the
Macarthur Boulevard Citizens
Association. who said the associa-
tion approved the principles of the
home rule bills. He was questioned
as to whether he had authority to
speak for the association. The
subcommittee had received let
ter from Robert r. Hershman,
current president of the group,
(See HOME RULE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Hunts Diary Including Names
Of Influential u. S. Officials
Aids Probe Of Five Per Centers
1000 Page Account Of
Doy-to- Day Activities
In Senators Hands
By Miriom Gutenberg

A diary giving a day-by-day
report of James v. Hunts activ-
tiles as management counsellor"
is being used to track down leads
in the Senate investigating COM
mittee's inquiry into IS per cent
ers," it was learned today.
= The diary, it was learned, is
nearly 1000 pages long and Is
spotted with the names of influen-
tial Government officials and their
underlings.
A published statement by a
Massachusetts,, manufacturer that
he paid Mr.. Hunt $1,000 for help
in seeking a Government contract
prompted the Senate Expendi-
lures subcommittee investiga-
ton of charges that IS per cent
ers" have tried to influence the
awarding of Government con-
tracts. Mr!Hunt has denied using
influence.
In Hands of Pr0berS.
The original of the diary is in
the hands of the Senate investiga-
tors. Photostatic copies have been
given to various Government
agencies, including the military
establishment and the War Assets
Administration, to track down in
cidents mentioned in the volum-
inous diary.
Senator Hoey, Democrat, OF
North Carolina. who heads the
investigating group, confirmed
that the committee has the Hunt
diary after seeing the story in
The Star.
"Mr. Hunt did keep a diary,
which the subcommittee has in
spected," Senator Hoey told re-
porters. But T do not wish to
disclose or discuss its contents
at this time"
While contents Of the diary are
a closely guarded secret. it was
learned that Mr.. Hunt was &C
customed to dictate to his secre-
tary even the most minute details
of his daily activities.
The account covers social as
well as business encounters. After
a cocktail party, for instance, Mr..
Hunt would record that names of
the other guests, whom he talked
to and what they talked about.
In his dealings for his clients,
Mr.. Hunt would give chronology
cal account of his activities. He
would state the problem brought
him by a client. the time Of day
he started working on it, what
agencies he visited, whom he saw,
what they advised him to do and
what he accomplished. Fees re-
ceived were duly. noted.
Vaughan Expected to Testify.
The diary is expected to figure
Importantly in the evidence when
the Senate group opens its public
hearings on the activities of five
per centers."
Meanwhile, committee mem
Der predicted that Maj. Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan, President
Truman's military aide, will
testify at the hearing.
Pointing out that Mr.. Truman
told a press conference yesterday
Gen. Vaughan was at liberty to
testify, Senator Mundt. Republi-
can. of South Dakota said he con-
sidered 1t a "foregone conclusion
that he will be asked to appear
and will accept"
Gen. Vaughan has said he knows
"about 300 persons in Washing
ton" active in contract operations.
Senator Mundt wants him to name
the 300.
Representative Keating, Repub-
1ican, of New York, one of the
latest to speak up about Gen.
Vaughan, said the general ought
to be pounding at the door, de-
manding to be heard" by Con-
(See FIVE PER CENTERS, A-3D
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Coal Miner Reported
Suit Against
UNIV Welfare Fund
Senate Banking Group
Labor Monopoly Probe
To Stort on Monday
By jones Y. Newton

"A SOU coal miner COQay WAS re-
ported planning to file suit against
the trustees of the United Mine
Workers huge welfare and retire.
ment fund, asking for an account
ing of its expenditures.
The miner, described as a dis
gruntled member Of the UNIV
from the Uniontown CPa.) area.
repeatedly will bring suit in the
District Court here within a few
days. He is said to have filed
claim for a disability benefit
which was not allowed by the vel
fare fund administrators.
Trustees of the fund are John
L. Lewis, Ezra Van Horn, mine
operator representative of Cleve-
land, and Senator Bridges, Re-
publican, of New Hampshire.
Fund administrators have ham
died hundreds of thousands Of
cases and UNIV officials have ex-
pected a court challenge of their
operations. They say that some
mistakes are unavoidable in the
administration of so large a
project, but that all errors are
corrected as soon as they are
spotted. The fund is supported
by a 20 cents per ton levy on all
coal produced. It brings in nearly
$100, 100000 a year.
Robertson to Direct Probe.
Meanwhile, Senator Robertson,
Democrat, of Virginia, announced
that his subcommittee of the Sen
ate Banking Committee will begin
investigation Monday, aimed pri-
marily at Mr.. Lewis and the UNIV,
of the possible operation of labor
monopolies.
A statement said the inquiry Is
aimed at finding out "the extent
of power industry wide labor Or
ganizations have acquired and the
manner in which that power is be-
ing exercised"
Senator Robertson, said neces-
sity for the investigation was sug-
gested by recent proposals for a
coal car responsible for determin-
ing wages and production levels,
the coal miners "stabilization
strike, the three-day work week
which Mr.. Lewis has put in effect,
the threatened steel strike and
the Hawaiian ship tieup.
If it is found that the public
interest requires protection from
labor monopolies," the committee
said, "in the same manner the
public is protected from industrial
monopolies, such a proposal will
be referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee."
% Asked to Testify.
The committee has invited %
persons to testify. Those asked
to appear Monday are Harry M.
Moses, president Of the coal-pro-
ducing subsidiaries of the United
States Steel Corp; George H.
Love, president of the Pittsburgh
Consolidation Coal Co., and John
D. Battle, executive secretary of
the National Coal Association.
Reports, later denied by all
sides, were published last month
to the effect that Northern and
Midwestern mine operators were
going to appoint Mr.. Moses to a
position where he would control
the output Of the coal mines.
Actually the operators offered
Mr.. Moses a position as spokes-
man and chief contract negotia-
tor for the industry, a plan which
still Is expected to 60 through.
No representative of the UNIV
has been asked to appear in the
investigation. However, Miss
Josephine Roche, administrator of
the welfare fund. is listed among
Evening star., 1949-07-22
0ffshore Gamb|inu
On Piers Creatinq
Problem for Virginia
Slot Machines Licensed
By Maryland Run a Few
Yards Out in Potomac
By J. l. MichoeI
Special Correspondent Of The Stor

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, July
22.-Maryland slot machines op-
Grating only a few yards off the
Virginia shore today threatened
new complications in Potomac
River jurisdictional questions,
which have remained unsettled for
more than $50 years.
In buildings located on or along
side three piers jutting out from
Virginia. slot machines licensed in
Maryland are accessible to any one
who cares to walk a few yards
across a wharf.
At two of these places beer is
sold under Maryland licenses. A
few years ago a Virginia court
ruled that an establishment SINH
lar to these was under the juris-
diction of the Old Dominion.
AS yet, no liquor licenses have
been issued to any of the three
establishments, but the owners of
at least two are known to be con-
sidering package liquor sales, sales
by the drink or both.
All Across From Charles County.
Slot machines are Illegal in Vir-
ginia and State law limits the sale
of beer to places licensed by the
State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board. Liquor is sold only in State
dispensarieS. ....
The three places. all across the
Potomac from Charles County,
Md, are at Fairview Beach. King
George County. Muses. Beach
near Potomac Mills. and at the
New Atlanta Hotel in the NUM-
cipality of Colonial Beach.
At the latter establishment a
wharf extends from the hotels
back porch into the river 100
feet or more past low water
mark on the Virginia shore. The
wharf is also accessible by steps
leading from the town beach
front.
Ralph N. Millen, a former men,
ber of the town council who owns
the hotel, only q few days ago
put up a 12-by-18-foot building
on the pier head and arranged
with a Charles County resident
to obtain a license for ten slot
machines. Nine Of the devices
were in operation Wednesday.
Walkway Cut.
Since the building is beyond low
water mark, Mr.. Millen claims, it
is legally in Maryland under the
premise that the Potomac belongs
to Maryland to low water mark
on the Virginia shore.
To avoid the possible question
Of whether q severance OF the
wharf is necessary, Mr.. Niilen cut
Evening star., 1949-07-22

(See CARDINAL. Page A-6.)
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(See HOME RULE, Page A-3.)
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(See TRANSIT, Page A-3.)
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(See PACT, Page A-5.)
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(See CADETS, Page A-3D