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Evening star., 1949-10-10
1914 Million in Funds
Requested by Truman
For Military Aid

President Truman moved tt
bolster the Atlantic Pact today
when he asked Congress for an ap.
preparation of $814,0l0,000 ane
contract authorizations Of $780,
900, 900 to arm the nations asso-
ciated in that undertaking anc
assist other countries important ir
the cold war strategy.
This is the full amount author
lied in the Atlantic Pact imple-
mentation legislation and the re-
quest follows the appointment o1
James Bruce, former Ambassador
to Argentina, to direct the spend
ing.
A White House statement sale
that the bulk of the funds will
be used to provide military aio
to those North Atlantic treaty
countries requesting it.
However. until recommendations
by the North Atlantic Council ano
it's defense committee for an in
tegrated defense of the North At
lantic area have BEEN approved
by the President, only 100000
900 will be available to arm the II
Signatories which joined with the
United States in the pact.
It was said at the White House
the President expects immediate
action on the proposal.
The Presidents requests also
cover continuation of the Greek
Turkish program. military as
sistance for Iran, Korea and the
Philippines, and finally SIS 100000
for China.
The White House statement said
that this new step in United
States foreign policy recently ap-
proved by the Congress must be
supported by the appropriation OF
funds to carry out the very i'm
portant objectiveS of the act"
It added. 1T is essential tc
strengthen effectively the defense
establishments of free nations
that are associated with us in the
effort to create a world free o1
aggression.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
President Truman Back
After Blue Ridge Visit

President Truman returned to
the Capital late yesterday after a
week end at Cole, the Blue Ridge
estate of Stanley Woodward, State
Department chief of protocol. and
Mrs. Woodward, near Charlottes-
vile.
The President drove there Fri
day afternoon, and enjoyed q
couple of long walks through the
woods during his stay.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
China
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officials even boasted they would
yet defeat the Reds. Nobody men
toned the vast territory lost since
a year ago-all the way from Muk-
den to South China. Nobody reck-
oned how long the Nationalists
can hold onto what they have left.
Canton apparently was not in
imminent danger, but the govern
ment packed its bag again. 1t
awaited a signal to transfer to
Chungking, the wartime capital.
Foreign diplomats may get Off
cial notice today or in the next
few days.
The Nationalists worked to
build a strong east-west defense
line near Yingtak, rs miles north
Of Canton. The military news
agency said three armies (possibly
10000 mem were moving into the
Yingtak area to reinforce the
government garrison.
Private reports said the Reds
continued to edge forward despite
active rear guard thrusts by Gen.
Pal Chung-hsi's Nationalists. But
there was another version-Red
Gen. Lin Piao was in pursuit of
Pals troops withdrawing into
KWangsi Province from Human.
In an anniversary statement
from Formosa, Genaralissimo
Chang Kai-s hex thundered
against the Chinese Communists
and the Soviet Union. The Reds,
who have set up their own govern
ment at Peiping. want to surren-
der the country to Russia, he said.
"The Chinese Communists as
traitors to the country" Chang
asserted. "are even worse than
was Wang Ching-wei, Japan S
puppet, while Russia as an aggres-
sor is a hundred times more trail
torous and malicious than the
japanese militarists were."
Acting President Ii Tsung -jen
likened the tens of millions Of
people under Red control in China
to the people in Soviet satellite
countries, under the yoke of
Soviet tyranny
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Philippines Reported
CONSIDERING RECOGNITION

MANILA, Oct. 10 (P.-The Phil
ippine Foreign Office disclosed
today that recognition of the
new Chinese Communist regime of
Mao Tse- -tung "is under considera-
tion."
There was no further comment.
Other developments suggested
the Philippines strongly anti
Communist position was being
modified.
To date. only Russia and her
satellites have recognized the new
Red government. The Communists
have snubbed recognition extended
by Marshall Tito's Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Conference tuesday
May End Threat Of
Strike by Firemen
By the Associotsd Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 10 - The
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen plan to meet
with the Nations rail chiefs to-
morrow in a session which a union
source said may avert q nation
wide strike.
The brotherhood announced the
conference after having rejected
a Presidential emergency board
report yesterday.
IAN agreement may be reached
then to avert nationwide
strike" a spokesman for the loco
motive men said. He refused the
use Of his name.
The union men want to have
a second fireman on diesel loco
motives; the Presidential board
turned down the request on Sep
tember 49,. BY law. rail workers
are prevented from walking OIL
the job until 80 days after such
a report is made.
Cnafge FeaIucE DcuulABs
The union men claim an extra
man is needed on the diesels for
safety reasons. They also say the
more efficient diesels are depriv-
ing f1ermen of jobs by cutting
down the number of trains
needed. .,.
The rail lines say that putting
on second fireman would be
"featherbedding" ng"-made work.
The boards report said: Diesels
are being built for greater safety
and the second man Is not
needed. They actually are Great
ing more work by bringing more
freight to the rail lines.
The union took no action
yesterday on. the strike question.
Committee Has Authority.
David D. Robertson, president
of the brotherhood, in announcing
the union-rail parley said, how
ever, that the diesel subcommit-
tee of the brotherhood had au-
thority to take such steps as are
necessary ITO successfully exc
cute" the unions program. This
authorization includes the power
to take strike vote Of the men,
bership IF the committee becomes
convinced that such action is nee
essary," Mr.. Robertson said.
The union claims a membership
Of 10000 working on 160 United
States roads.
In a statement, the brother
hood said the Presidential board
missed practically every impor-
tant point of the brotherhood S
case It is another serious
example of the difficulties that
arise when men unfamiliar with
the highly technical problems
10" fail to grasp the full i'm
plications of facts -"
The Presidential board turned
down a request several months
ago for another engineer on
diesels, now run by one engineer
and one fireman.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Austria
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war because he criticized Nazi
tpolicy.
The League of Independents
made it's gains at the expense OF
the Peoples Party, which dropped
eight seats to lose the absolute
ma ajority it held in the last par
lament, and the Socialists. who
lost nine seats. The league did
not enter the 1945 elections, held
when former Nazis were barred
from voting.
Vote of Leading Parties.
The unofficial final popular vote
for the leading parties:
Peoples Party-1 ,844.649.
Socialists-1, ,620.508.
League of independents
4S7,7S3
Communists-174,257.
The Peoples Party polled 240,-
900 more votes this time than it
did in 1945. The party's loss of
it's absolute majority in parlia-
ment is. accounted for by the fact
that there were more than 900,-
900 new voters.
Mr.. Figl said the present cabi-
net will resign tomorrow. Presi-
dent Karl Renner then will ask
Mr.. Figl, as leader of the country's S
strongest single party. to form a
new government. He has said he
will continue the coalition with
the Socialists.
Austrians hope their new gov
ernment will be destined to steer
their country to full independence
after seven years of Nazi goose
stepping and four of Allied occu-
patton. That matter is not up to
the Austrians themselves but to
the Big Four powers who must
still reach agreement on an in
dependence treaty for the coun-
try.
Country Still Occupied.
Austria, fanked by Communist
governed nations of Eastern Eu-
rope, still is occupied by Soviet
as we'll as by American. British
and French troops.
Ferdinand Graf. secretary of
state and ranking official of the
Peoples Party, said neither the
League of Independents nor the
Communists would be invited to
join the new cabinet.
Inclusion of the League of Inde-
pendents in the government might
affect the chances for an inde-
pendent treaty. He pointed out
that the Communists left the gov
ernment of their own free will in
1947 and said: eve do not intend
to invite them back" The only
Communist minister in the old
cabinet resigned in December,
1947. in protest against the Aus
trian currency reform law.
Vienna's streets were empty of
soldiers during the election. Only
a few minor prediction clashes
were reported. At Braunau, Adolf
Hitler's birthplace, police said a
Communist slightly injured a
| PEOPLES Party Official with a knife,
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Air Force Veteran
Dies as Model Plane
Strikes Power Line
By the Associoted Press

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Oct.
10.-A model airplane struck
a high-voltage wire yester-
day, killing George Hart
shorne. 21-year-old Air Force
veteran, who was flying the
little plane on a 30-foot cable.
Mr.. Hartshorne had sent
the gasoline-poWered model
into the air and was flying it
in circles over his head when
it hit the power line carrying
100000 volts.
Burned severely, MI. Hart
shorne was taken to Chester
County Hospital and died
shortly after he was admit
ted.
Evening star., 1949-10-10

tContlnued from fuSt Pa9e.)
a jury deadlocked eight for con-
viction and four for acquittal.
In his brief opposing transfer of
the trial, Assistant United States
Attorney Thomas F. Murphy de-
MED that newspaper publicity had
biased the minds of prospective
jurors, as Mr.. Hiss claimed.
News Coverage Defended.
Mr.. Murphy said an analysis of
all the news stories on the first
perjury trial in the New York area
showed 68.5 per cent were "com-
pletely factual" and said the COW
erage was "a great tribute to the
American press for its actual. fac
tual and unbiased reporting"
Mr.. Hiss new attorney, Claude
B. Cross of Boston, had asked
Judge Liebell for two-month ad-
journment. He explained he had
had only three weeks to study the
5,000-page record of the first trial.
Mr.. Murphy called this an "un-
reasonable request" He said the
Government wants to try the for
mer State Department official "as
quickly as possible"
Judge Leibell said two months
would be too long" but granted
the shorter adjournment to No.
vember / without prejudice. He
said a further delay could be
asked if it really is needd.
Hiss in Courtroom.
Mr.. Hiss, wearing quiet gray
suit. was in the courtroom to hear
the opening moves.
Mr.. Hiss is accused of lying
before Federal grand jury when
he denied giving State Depart
ment secrets to Mr.. Chambers,
self-styled former Communist
courier, to be passed on to pre-
war Soviet spies. A second count
in the indictment charges Mr.. Hiss
lied when he denied seeing Mr..
Chambers, his accuser, after Janu-
ary /, 1887.
The petition for a change Of
venue to Vermont was filed last
Tuesday. Mr.. Hiss. who has spent
a number of vacations in YER
mont, had said earlier that he
believed the public in Vermont
was not prejudiced against him.
He noted that in that State "the
press coverage of the first trial was
very limited"
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Hunt Stromberg, Jr.,
Divorced in Florida
BY the Associoied Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Oct.
10.-Mrs. Marilyn ElWell Strom-
berg of Fort Lauderdale has been
granted divorce from Hunt
Stromberg, jr., New York pro-
ducer and son of the Hollywood
motion picture director, it was
learned yesterday.
A final decree was entered Fri
day by Circuit Judge George w.
Tedder. Mr.. Stromberg was
charged with desertion and eX-
treme cruelty. No provision for
alimony was mentioned in the
decree.
They were married in Raleigh,
N. c., January 26, 1947.
President Coolidge's Inaugural
ton in 1924 was the first to be
broadcast. The hookup COM
prised "a stations.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Enalish Professor to Speak

DR.. Herbert H. ,Umbach, profess
sor of English at Valparaiso Uni
versity, will address the Valpa-
raiso University Guild at 8:l5
pm. Wednesday In the Lutheran
Church Center. 736 jackson place
NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Dr.. Miller to- Begin Tour

DR.. Raymond, Miller. farm CO.
operative specialist for the Food
and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations. will leave
Washington today on the first leg
of a ound-the-world air tour. He
will attend technical meetings
and conduct seminars on farm CO.
Operatives during his two-month
trip which will include visits to
England. France, Luxembourg,
India, China and the Philippines.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
WoIdorfPostor| sStund onRoffIe
MAY Make 1t County Issue

Scheungrab, said she had seen
such games in operation through
Southern Maryland for more than
80 years and believed they were
legal.
Evening star., 1949-10-10

A little moist soap applied to the
end of screw will make 1t drive
easier, into the hardest woods.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Hiss

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Evening star., 1949-05-08
Dr.. RuhIond and The Stur :

Health Officer Rutland could not sustain
his unsupported opinion that Star criticism
Of Gallingers psychiatric service has ham
pered the hospital administration In secur-
ing professional personnel. The shortages
at Gallinger existed before The Star began
its periodic exposures of the Disgrace to
Washington" that this service continues TO
be. ANY efforts that have been made to
improve conditions there, and they seem
to be dogged by curious futility, have been
made under the spur OF this criticism. The
criticism viii continue as long as the con-
ditions remain.
The Stars opinion Of Galnnger's psychi-
atric service is not held by The Star alone
It is amply supported by highly respected
and highly competent professionals It
has been sustained IN detail by outside,
as well as Washington experts In hospital
administration. But until vigorous leader
ship is supplied for Washington's health
and hospital administration, leadership
as intolerant of conditions as the critics
are intolerant, we are not apt to find much
improvement In this Disgrace to Wash
ington."
Evening star., 1949-05-08

alerted by publicised charges and counter
charges" The jury suggested that all
espionage investigations, by whatever
body conducted. be made in secret.
The suggestion makes sense. II does not
necessarily follow that all hearings con-
Quoted by congressional committees into
subversive activities should be held behind
closed doors. But Mr.. Nixon Ia right In
holding that such committees should take
great pains to see that any line Of inquiry
they may undertake does not hamper
Government agencies In their efforts to
arrest and prosecute spies and other
enemies Of the Nation. There should be
the closest sort Of cooperation between
the legislative and executive branches In
this vital field
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Cooperation, Not Competition

The recommendation which Representa-
tive Nixon says he will make to the House
Committee on Un-American Activities is a
good one. He plans to urge the committee,
of which he is member, to "stay out" of
any espionage case being investigated by
q grand Jury.
He disclosed his attitude after spending
two hours with the Federal grand fury
in New York which has been investigating
spy activities for more than q year.
During this session the jurors apparently
discussed with Mr.. Nixon the House groups
efforts to subpoena certain witnesses In the
Hiss Chambers inquiry who also were being
sought by the grand jury. AS result of
this witness-seeking race. some persons
found themselves under subpoena to ap-
pear simultaneously before the House
Committee and the jury. In some
instances the committee got first crack
at the witnesses-in glare of publicity.
The grand Jury, In Its recent report
declared that its efforts TO bring spies TO
Justice were hampered by such tactics
It asserted that 1t was dificult TO get ut
the truth :" Ehen witnesses have been
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Cost OF Atlantic Pact
Troubles Mid Western Churches

Troubles Mid Western Churches
To the Editor OF The star:
The people of the Midwest have lot OF
serious questions about the North Atlantic
Pact. Perhaps the people Of Washington
think that this pact will usher in the millen-
MUM. but here are q few questions that
trouble us:
l. AS we read history. we fnd that the
building up OF alliances, instead OF pro-
noting security, has led to war. We have
noted the alliances before both World Wars.
Just the other day out here we heard that
Molotov is answering the pact with Poland
to-China alliance. Instead Of offering Sc
curity, we fear that this pact may take us
down the road TO war. We don't get peace
when we prepare for war.
2. Although the UNo has not solved
all the Ills Of the world, we do feel that 1t
has done considerable good. We hate to see
America knock 1t on the head now with the
North Atlantic pact. Instead, many OF US
the Security Council. our pact and Molo-
tov's submitted to them for their consid-
Grafton. We have heard that many Of those
most interested in world peace feel that this
pact by-passes the U. N.
3. Some of us are old-fashioned. When
the President and the members OF Congress
take the oath to defend the Constitution
against all enemies. we feel that they should
mean 1t or quit saying 1t. As far as we can
see the other nations believe that this pact
commits us to go to war with them. II the
pact does not mean that to us, then we
have betrayed those countries which are
closer to Russia's borders than we are. II
the Pact does not mean that to U.s. then We
recognize that the men who support II no
longer intend to defend that portion Of our
Constitution that reserves TO Congress the
right to declare war.
4. The other day one of the proponents Of
the pact called its critics Communist As
sets" One of your own writer's In recent
Sunday Star March 27) placed the cost OF
rearming Europe at $12 billion to SIS billion.
When that Is added to SIS billion for ERP
In the next few years we get thirty thousand
million dollars. Our Federal Government Is
now spending one million dollars every IL
minutes according to Survey Bulletin. With
our national debt skyrocketing towards $500
billion. we Just wonder how long this can
keep UP. OF course, we in the Middle West
blame the people In Washington. II this
pact is ratified and our Nation goes bank
rupt, pouring its money down the rat holes
Of Europe, we think that, In the panic and
despair that would follow. even our own
Nation might become the prey Of Commu-
nists. At least. all Of our freedom would
have to make way for controls of many sorts.
These controls bother us. We like TO be
free.
Before we ratify this pact and agree TO
arm the countries of Europe who are with
us today in the hope that they viii be with
us tomorrow. we In Indiana. who love Amer
ican freedom, would like to have you see
these questions and others that trouble Us
about this pact E. PAUL WEAVER.
Chairman, Commission on National Leg
islation. Indiana Council Of Churches.
Huntington Ind.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

and In her protecting arms. and whose
brooding love and guiding hand were among
the chief factors Of our destiny. let Us
reyerently remember the mother city In
whose very name Is waited the lofty music
Of heavenly places.
The most precious heritage Of the race Is
a tale of two cities. Jerusalem and Athens.
From the bubhling springs beneath the in
curing groves of Greece dow the crystal
streams of beauty. culture. romance, and
philosophy. Neither can We lose sight OF
Rome where centered the massive. majesty
of law and the incompatible genius for
ordered rule. But always there are the
turrets of that other city which is the ageless
capital Of a realm wiser than that Of Athens,
q town taller than that Of Rome. city
which hath foundations and dimensions
which their glory and grandeur never knew,
Jerusalem. Into that word have passed the
most intimate and poignant loves and long
ings Of unnumbered men and women. the
aspirations Of host Of nameless saints.
memories that gather In from family affairs
where our own fathers and mothers have
prayed"
Even for prayerless lives Mothers Day
brings wistful memories Of the windows OF
childhood homes opened toward Jerusalem
by godly parents
The beacon lights Of history. the sacred
affairs OF sacrifice, the beckoning hills OF
home dream haunted and stepped in ten
derness, are all poured into that glorious
sentence which. with its pent-up pathos, sings
and sobs and sighs: IF forget thee. o Jeru-
salem let my right hand forget her cunning,
Evening star., 1949-05-08
No Time to Lose

II Congress really wants to give force
to the Hoover Commissions reorganization
proposals-either in part~or as whole
1t had better hurry up and complete the
preliminary steps which it must take to
start things rolling. President Truman
has called attention to time limiting
provision of the pending reorganization
bill that the Senate should study. This
provision makes 1t essential that the bill
be passed In the near future to avoid the
nullifying effect of the so-called sixty day
veto period.
The bill, as 1t passed the House and as
it was reported to the Senate, provides
that any presidential reorganization plan
must be submitted to Congress at least
sixty days before the end of a continuous
session." During that period Congress
would have the right to veto the plainly
concurrent vote of both houses under the
House bill and by vote of either house
under the Senate version. If Congress
follows It's usual inclination of adjourning
before the advent Of August's hot weather,
the bill will have to be passed during the
next few weeks to be effective. Even II
immediate action is taken by the Senate,
time must be allowed for resolving the
differences between the House and Senate
veto provisions and, after that, for the
preparation of the Presidents proposals.
The pending bill merely authorizes the
President to submit his program to Con-
gress. Debate on the program itself is
the second step in the procedure. And If
enough time is not allowed for this con-
gressional consideration, the whole re-
organization program will have to 60 over
until the next session. That would be a
blow which easily could prove to be fatal.
For If Congress is not sufficiently interested
in reorganization, in the wake Of the
Hoover reports, to act now, the chances
of action in the future will be anything but
bright.