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Evening star., 1949-05-31
BY the Associated Press

John l.. Lewis today bitterly de-
nounced State officials and coal
mine operators for what he called
their failure to assure safety In
the mines.
The United Mine Workers chief
called on Congress to "act now
by passing a bill which would give
Federal inspectors the right to
close mines in cases where they
felt there was imminent danger.
He declared some mine op-
orators have no concern for human
life and contemptuously referred
to them as "polecats." Seven
State mine inspections agencies
he asserted, chose to ignore
completely" the safety provisions
of the present laws.
Mr.. Lewis testified before a
Senate Labor subcommittee which
is studying that bill.
Glowering in his usual manner
speaking now in a laundering
voice, now in q whisper, Mr.. Lewis
said that during the last 10 years
I,259,0Sl miners have been
manned, mangled and killed" in
the coal pits.
He added that during the first
two years of World War II. cas-
ualties in the mines exceeded
those in the armed services.
For the one (the service cas-
ualties), there was concern" Mr..
Evening star., 1949-05-31

Too many interruptions tnis
morning forced an armed bandit
to fee q safeway store ct Thirty
fourth street and Rhode Island
avenue. Mount Rainier. Nd. after
an sbortiye attempt to rob q safe
in the rear OF the store.
The intruder apparently slipped
In through q rear door after the
manager. william NJ. Lyni 1901
Z street NE. and IN assistant had
opened the door and were In the
front arranging merchandise.
Meanwhile. q clerk from an
other store of the chain. James
Mulcahey. as. Of 1914 n street.
Beaver Heights. Nd. called TO pick
up some papers. He raped at
the back door and vas told 10
enter.
Once inside. Mr.. Muicahey vas
covered by . .4s-caliber autcmatic
and told 10 be quiet and cal the
others hack here."
The bandit apparently wanted
him 70 get The men working u ths
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Tydings Suggests
Congress Should
Cut Its Own Poy
o. ses Ass@ta@Aes Press

Senator Tydings. Democrat. al
Maryland. said today Congress
members ought 70 b. willing 10
take Q per cen. pay cut II they
order all Federal eSpensss cut BY
that amount
He expressed that Tie~ shes
urgAs the Senate Expenditures
Committee 10 approve an economy
resolution be has irItfooocfd.
Unless the lawmakers took . pay
cut. he said. tissY might hs subject
70 criticism.
senator TydinEs' resolution
wouid direct the FsresaA~ni 10
make an over ali cut of . per- cent
la expenditures under the ttis-
ass .poo 900 bulge; for ifs rear
starting July !.
The Preaaden. could wnfk 0sss
the cut any way he itke6. hast
couid not cut any assney.n funds
more than % per cent
Senator Tydlngs sasd he id not
ttasnk The resolution sisraid eessr
Congress and The e0Hf1 but tlsss
Congrsss shoaid % - own cut
ting Of liz bSsdxet
Evening star., 1949-05-31
1000 Students Battle
With Police in Tokyo
" the Assoeie,sS Pres.

TOKYO, May 3l.--Poiice today
broke UP q demonstration by 1000
Communicated students ft the
Municipal Assembly hall.
Forty-three were arrested. Sew
|eral were injured In q stave-swins-
ing fight before the students were
dispersed
One man, q streetcar operator
died In the ARRAY. He plunged
from the third floor Of the hall
during fighting last night. 1t had
not been established whether he
jumped or was pushed.
The 1000 dispersed after noon
today were the remnants Of 5000
who staged a demonstration last
night protesting the death Of the
trolley car man.
The mob gathered as the Mn-
nicipal Assembly met to consider
new security regulations. The stu
dents locked arms and defied
police.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Mine Operators Are 'PoIecots,
Lewis Says in Asking Safety Law

Lewis declared. For the others
there was unconcern in any public
sense"
Alluding to Merlin. the legend
airy magician Of King Arthur!
day, Mr.. Lewis told the commit
tee:
IF I had the powers of a Mer.
lin. I would march that million
and-a quarter men past the Con-
gress OF the United States Th'
quick and the dead.
II would have the ambulator,
injured drag the dead aftei
them"
He added:
81 would have the concourss
fianked by five weeping member
of each family"
He painted a picture OF 6,25o.0Ot
people "wailing and lamenting
while they filed past the. Congress
members.
Mr.. Lewis spoke for a solid houl
without a single interruption b,
any of the subcommittee members
At times he stared into space while
he talked. Then he would swinf
around In his chair and look
squarely at the Senator's across the
table. Occasionally he pounded
the table for emphasis.
Expecting a big crowd. the sub
committee had reserved the Sen
ate's biggest hearing room. But
there were several vacant chairs
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Palmer S Putting
Has Snead I Down
r Earlier Story on Page A-18.)
By MerreIl WhittIesey
Stor Staff Correspondent

RICHMOND. May 3l.-Johnny
Palmer retained the magnificent
putting touch that carried him te
the PGA final and with dazzling
exhibition on the greens led San
Snead, up at the end of the
first nine holes today at the Her.
mitage Country Club.
Palmer played the out nine in SO
strokes. three under par, and that
left him 13 under par for the
last AZ holes of the championship
Snead was out in IS, one under
regulation.
Palmer l-putted five greens on
the first nine of the scheduled
36-hole final. He chipped within
2 feet of the cup on the first hole
for a par. Dropped a 6-footer on
the second. an 8-footer on the
fourth, an 8-footer on the eighth
and a l5-footer on the ninth.
Snead shook his head on each as
Palmer's ball dropped into the
cup.
Snead won only one hole, the
sixth, where he dropped l0-foot
birdie putt while Palmer's try
from a slightly shorter distance
grazed. the cup.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Appeals Court Ruling
Give, All D. {. Banks
Tax Rate Cut 10 ~
Assessor Is Reversed
On so Levy Applied
To institutions Here

The United States Court OF Ap-
peals today ruled that Washing
ton banks should be taxed BY the
District at 4 per cent OF their gross
earnings. less interest paid deposi-
tors. instead OF the present 8 per
cent rate.
The decision reversed q four
year -old ruling of the District as
SCISSOR. which at that time raised
the tax rate for savings banks
from per cent to the same rate
as national banks-6 per cent OF
gross earnings. The Board OF Tax
Appeals overruled the assessor In
the cases OF the savings banks.
Banking circles said today's de-
cision has the effect of placing all
WASHINGTON banks on 4 per cent
tax basis,
10 v. Morgan. attorney for the
Bank of Commerce and Savings
and former one man Board Of Tax
Appeals here. said the anticipated
refunds to the seven banks In
volyed In today's ruling might
amount TO several hundred thou-
sand dollars"
c. r. Burton. president OF City
Bank of Washington and chair
man Of the District Bankers Asso-
cations Committee on Taxation
estimated the savings TO national
banks at S22s, 900 q year. based on
is47 collections. and for savings
banks. about $50. 900 annually.
However. he added. taxation on
Washington banks Is still the
highest in the United States and
Evening star., 1949-05-31

submitted TO q referendum vote
by qualified District residents be"
fore II could become effective.
Senator Eastlano. opening to-
days debate, said the amendment
simply provided that in such per-
sonal matters as segregation prac-
tices any change proposed by the
council would have TO be sub
mitted TO the people at the next
election.
I'VE hear a lot about democ-
racy," Senator Eastland said, "ano
this amendment simply would re-
quire q democratic procedure
He added that there were "A lo'
OF synthetic arguments about
segregation conditions In the Dts
1E.e HOME RULE Page A-e.l
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Grocery HoIdup Man Thworted;
FIees Store Without $1,000

front 10 open SAFE said 70 contain
81 800.
Al this junctare. there WAS q
second rap ON the back door. Let
him in" the bandit ordered. Mr.
Muicahey opened the door 70
admit Philip Boceucci. a, Of 1850
Kearney street NE. q third EN-
pioye OF the store.
Al the bandit xws1ng his sun on
the new arrival. Mr.. Mukaf<y
dived at the newcomer and thrust
him back through the doH. In
the confusion. the sunman
abandoned his robbery attempt
and ned 70 . car parted nearcy
He escaped In . four r-docr sedan
bearing North Carolina taga A
car mistakenly sdenstfed ss that
OF the bandit Was packed up . ssw
minutes later By Washington
police as Ninth and X streets NE.
and released.
The bandit was descrsn~d ~
about - years Old. cf s*nder
build. He wore sun glasses. siosseh
hat and leather Jacket. Police
we're told he had q psmpsy fare
and carried thu biz automatic ID
his left hand
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Low Army Pay Hit
BY 5sn. Bradley a,
Second RATE Security
Chief Of Stuf Worms Club
Of Danger in FoiIure
To Attroet Best Men

Gen. Bradley. Army Chief OF
STAFF. today appealed for q mill
tary pay increase because "in-
ferior inducements attract second
rate men"
In a speech before the Political
Study Club of Washington at the
Mayfiower Hotel. the general con-
ceded that your armed forces are
not starving for the want Of butter
and eggs" but declared that "the
failure to provide persuasive In
centives is In danger Of reducing
US to an army of second raters.
More than any other institu-
ton, the Army Is In the business
of people" he continued. IF We
are forever to be outbid for the
services Of outstanding men. then
I submit that we shall entrust our
security future to rejects content
to make their way In steady job
at steady pay.
IAN Army so handicapped ir
peacetime cannot hope to product
the Marshalls and Eisenhowers II
needs in war. Bargain personnel
seldom produce q bargain security
system. Yet our Government
clings to the theory that IL car
deal forever In basement prices
on the talents OF men. We are ir
danger of making patriotism Q
luxury that the most able men
can no longer afford"
The House recently turned down
q military pay bill that provided
increases as high rs 40 per cent
for brigadier generals and smaller
raises for other ofIicers and Ger
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Hiss Trial Expected
To oHeor 3 Baby Sitters
From Georgetown

NEW YORK, May 81
(CDN Residents in the
Georgetown section of Wash
ington will find 1t hard to get
an adult baby sitter during
the next few weeks.
Three experienced baby
sitters have been subpoenaed
by the Government to testify
in the Alger Hiss perjury trial,
which starts today.
The women under subpoena.
1t was learned. worked at one
time OF another for the Hiss
household, in the period more
than a decade ago when Mr..
Hiss is alleged by Whitaker
Chambers to have been active
as a Communist agent in the
State Department.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Committee Approves
Il Million for 5esqui
To Match Private Fund
orisinol Request Cut
IN Half; Extra Money
For White House Restored

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today approved ST.
500, 900 for the National Capital
Sesquicentennial Commission with
the stipulation that it could only
be used on a matching dollar for
dollar basis after private funds
had been contributed for the cele-
bration.
The full committee, in writing
this into the second deficiency
appropriation bill, cut in half the
sum recommended by the Presi.
dent and the deficiency subcom-
mittee, both of whom had asked
for $3,000,0 900 in the nature OF
loan. -~a
The appropriation for the reno
vation of the White House, which
had been pulled out OF the frs,
deficiency bill by controversy, wa;
put back into the second bill.
The committee again approved
Ia supplemental estimate oi
SIS, 400, 900 for renovation Of the
Executive Mansion. But it stip.
ulated that "the outside appear
ance of the structure will not be
changed and the outside walls
will be left as they are now.
District Projects Increased.
The committee increased the
amount available for many prof
ects in the District Of Columbia
from $1.556.388 approved by the
House to $1,759.863. This is an
increase of $203,475 over the
House bill. ii
The committee refused to grant
the request of the. archivist OF the
.(See SESOUI. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-05-31
By Don s. Worren

Senate debate on the District
home rule bill was resumed today
with opponents urging an amend
ment to restrict any city council
action dealing with race segrega- =
ton.
The amendment was brought up
by Senator Eastland. Democrat. OF
Mississippi and was to be sup
ported also by Senator Johnston
Democrat, OF South Carolina. two
of the leading home rule oppo-
nents.
Their amendment would require
that any legislative proposal or
any ordinance dealing with sesre-
sation adopted by the council b
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Congressional Come
Tickets Now on Sale

Tickets for the Congress
sional Baseball Game at 7:3o
pm. June ) may be obtained
at 0rif1th Stadium. at the
business counter In the lobby
Of The Evening Star Build
ing OF by writing to Con-
gressional Ball Game. Room
724, The Evening Star Build
ing. General admission tickets
are priced ct 81 and box seats
&C 80. including tax
The game, which will be
played at Grifhth Stadium. ID
for the benefit OF the Summer
Camp Fund.
Evening star., 1949-05-31

He winked at an acquaintance
and took a seat in the front row.
depositing two bulging brief cases
at his feet.
Baliff Calls Veniremen.
There followed a 25-minute de-
lay. Assistant United States Attor-
ney Thomas F. Murphy. the prose-
cutor, and Lloyd Paul Stryker, de-
tense counsel, entered the court
room at 1855. The trial began
two minutes later with the en-
trance of Federal Judge Samuel
H. Kaufman, who explained he
had been conferring with the law
yers in his chambers.
The bailiff Immediately began
calling veniremen and the work OF
impaneling jury began.
Once a "fair-haired boy" Of the
State Department, Mr.. Hiss Is
accused of lying last year when he
told a special Federal grand jury
he did not give secret Government
documents to an admitted ex-
Communist courier, Whitaker
Chambers.
If convicted. Mr.. Hiss, who un-
til two weeks ago was president, OF
the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace, faces possible
maximum penalty of $4,000 fine
and five years Imprisonment on
each of the two counts on which
he Is indicted.
Trial Postponed Six Times.
The trial first was tentatively
set for last January "a and has
been postponed five times since
that dates
Mr.. Hiss, A, was indicted last
December is by a special Federal
grand jury investigating subver-
siye activities. The same grand
jury brought conspiracy charges
against IL American Communist
leaders also now on trial here.
The Hiss indictment climaxed a
fast-moving drama of mystery
and intrigue.
The first act Of that drama
was played last August. 1t opened
with a charge by Mr.. Chambers.
then a senior editor of Time
Magazine, that he knew Mr.. Hiss
In the 1930s as a member of a
Communist apparatus" operating
in the Government in Wash
ington.
The charge was fatty denied by
Mr.. Hiss, who first failed to iden-
tify Mr.. Chambers picture as one
-. Go
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Perjury Trial
0fHiss0pens
In New York
Wife Accompanies
Ex-OfficioI Of Stute
Department to Court
By NewboId Noyes, Jr.
Star Stnff Corretnondent

NEW YORK. May .31.-The
long delayed perjury trial Of Alger
Hiss began here today.
Mr.. Hiss entered the Federal
Courthouse Building on Foley
square at 11:15 am. by side
door, escaping the attention OF
reporters and photographers who
had congregated on the front steps
to greet him.
Healthily tanned, wearing a
conservative gray suit. he entered
the third floor courtroom at 1880
accompanied by his wife Priscilla.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
By Jones 6. Deone.

W SoHCs NJ SSo"S'
Washington's once-proud High
School Cadet Corps began its 62d
annual competitive drill today
beset with the most serious and
morale -sapping personnel short
age in its history.
Ranks of the white high school
brigade were so thin that one
high school was unable to muster
enough cadets to take part in the
drill.
This was Mckinley Tech. which
has entered every drill in the
history of the corps except the
first three. The drills started in
1888.
Another high school. Bell Vo-
cational, was forced at the last
minute today to merge It's two
companies into one, because Is
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Cop|on Paper
Lists ) Here as
SpyCandidates
Doc cuments Offered
In Evidence Despite
Fight BY Defense
o. Jems. ] Culls~aas

Names @. three waatessbs tsss Tvs-
4arns whom thr (a<sesfnnent
charges judith Coplea had GOTTEN
IL tcueA wltA a. potential eafstsl-
iAlrs !ot rap1esnaEr ~FNtes svss
lnltrstacex1 in ts!Ssrncs at her
rspaonAsr ulA. IN pastiRt Cceas
today
Tfsey weEv MIA taafrAIrse Klesa
SlaoefhrAne ard her husband Al
vtn sgnael brand AZ st2s zoo block
ei Delaware avenue s~ Ard
ALFRED Resnion Stesensna, -,
identified as = civilian eaplost at
the Signal Corps E1se names ar
pcarsd IN q tSr~~Fttten aoe uuarst
which the Government attributes
10 Miss Coplon
In addition. one cs the conh-
Dental data slips taken from ths
report nle. et Phi agents, ~hleh
Was found In Mis- Ccplon rafss
contained . report on an Ursula
WASserman II ~As lntFciueed
into the trial swcor6 and sad
In March. isse, subject had IN
her address book the name of
Ruth Oruber uislheT has been
reported Ia have eeen a contact az
r A. GArAnin Of the Soviet En-
haSSy. WASHINGTON Ofuhef vas
secretary to Harold Iekss, secrs-
lazy Of interior
Contain B,esraphies
rhe document which the Gov
eminent says ~As written hy Mtss
copion did not offss any further
information on Miss Ortiber,
tMlas 0r,lher waA employed hy
the Interior Department, for Ave
years but Vas never Nj iskes'
secretary. department records
showed
The documents relating 10 Mr..
and Mrs Sunderland and Steven
son contained extensive biographies
OF the trio and the nature os
their e1uatntAncss ship with Miss
Coplon
Mrs, Sunderland Was described
as an intelligent and relatively
sophisticated girl" who worked for
the Patent Once when she nrst
came 10 Washington but "dsplored
her reaetionary colleagues -
/ Mrs. Sunderland. M!ss coplnf
memorandum asserted. worked a.
volunteer In a Campaign esins
coraucted hs the veterans Of tgs
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Tin The
civil war In spain. i do not knew
whether she IL or has been q mem
DER Of the Cp Communist Party :
the memorandum said,
Il might add that have tired.
the few times I've seen or spoken
i with her" Miss Coploas menaf .
andum continued. "te avoid poll
teal discussions because OF The
anomalous status ] must occupy
In her thoughts Sht remembers
me as a Communist and think
she Ia confused a. 10 whether ]
still am c and II 20, why ]
continue 10 work for the Gov
ernment in Washington a. "
I've 'sold out ! think her opii1los
IL that am some what eetseen
the tao. that Ia. that ! am Just
neurotie
Con~nentea on slnaerkrand.
. Miss coplon memorandum sad
that Mr.. Sunderland political
views seem TO parallel Lorraine T.
although shs seems. specifically
AT least, more politically mature
than he ! forgot 10 add that
Lorraine and Alvin have n1en.
toned that they are friendly with
q few persons associated sith
Presentation. Inc aiEn oaisst
! "@-7st :. x.,S x.s $50 "a.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
10000 Face Layofts
When Carpenters Go
On Strike tomorrow
Construction Projects
Worth $50, ,oo0, 900 Are
Expected TO Be Holted

As many as 10000 construction
workers may be laid of and more
than $50, 900 900 worth Of building
halted as the result of a car
penters' strike scheduled to start
tomorrow, it was estimated today
Although Commissioner James
A. Holden of the Federal Media
ton and Cancellation Service ar
ranged a meeting for 4:30 pm.
today between the Carpenters
District Council and Master Build
ers' Association. prospects for a
settlement were not bright.
The carpenters and contractors
have. been snagged on the oues-
ton of wages. The carpenters
want l0-cent-an-hour boost
and the builders wish to continue
the present $2.40 an hour scale.
They began discussion before
April 20, when last years contract
expired.
No Basis for. Settlement Seen.
B. B. Blackburn. council secre-
tary-treasurer, said that of the
5000 to 5000 carpenters in the
union, a number less than 5000
would fail to report for work to-
morrow. Like the contractors, the
carpenters are willing to meet
with the conciliator, but Mr.
Blackburn said there appeared to
be no basis for a settlement at
this time. -.
Mr.. Blackburn would not esti-
mate the number of other building
industry craftsmen and laborers
who would be knocked out OF work
by strike, but Randall c. Wyant,
(See CARPENTERS. Page A-6J
Evening star., 1949-05-31

LONDON. May 81 tP.-Bis Ben
the giant clock that booms the
hours above the House Of Parlia-
ment, is 90 years old today. Big
Ben has failed only once In these
nine decades-a broken pendulum
spring put 1t out Of action In 1874.
Evening star., 1949-05-31

members failed to report for duty
this morning.
Even Bells combined company
failed by 19 men to come up tc
established cadet corps strength
OF So, and this shortage was typi-
cal of the other companies tina,
paraded in Griffith Stadium this
morning.
A third high school. Central
also will march only one company
onto the field when its turn come.
tomorrow. Central's B and c COM
panies-all it has-already have
been merged for the competitive
In addition. Central's Band
which had been scheduled to com
pete in tomorrow's band compe'
tition. also has dropped out. Thi!
leaves only three bands In the
fCopt;,,,oI ~. Dooo A-E Cnl 2
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Full Probe Of Air Policy
And Plane Purchases
Voted by House Group
vinson Gets Approval
For Investigation OF
Won Zondt Chorees
~ tAs Asses sssse sss,s

The HOUSE Armed Services
Committee voted today TO insesu'
gate the Nations air power pol
icies and plane purchases.
II approved unanimously = res
olution by Chairman vinson for
the inquiry and decided to ask
the House for . $50. 900 expense
fund.
Let the chips fall where they
will" Mr.. Vinson told reporters
This will be no whitewash in.
vestigation.
Mr.. vinson proposed the In
vestigation by the Armed Services
Committee after Representative
Van Zandt. Republican, OF Penn
sylvania asked the House last
week 70 create = special commit
tee to make such an inquiry.
Mr.. Van zandt said he WAS dis
| turbed by reports linking high de-
fensl oflsciAls with aircraft con.
2
! panies In the past.
| Mr.. vinson told the COMMITTEES
the Investigation will fnd out
what lies behind these rimors and
innuendoes.' He said he referred
to Mr.. Van Zandts statements.
Short supports Prebs.
Representative Short Of Mis-.
souri,. ranking Republican member
OF the committee, supported Mr.,
Wilson's resolution HI said this
10 not 4 witch hunt II is only
fair TO have thess matters clari-
ned
In response 10 \ question from
Representative Cole. Republican.
OF New York, Mr.. vinson said the
entire national air policy will be
scrutintxed. and the investigation
will look into procurement OF oil
military aircraft.
Mr.. vinson said the investiga-
ton involves big issues" and
deals with the reputation Of the
entire National Military Estaollsh-
ment. We are going 10 find out
what is going on"
Mr.. vinson said the investiaa-
ton will be started al once. and
he assigned a committee staff ex-
pert TO begin assembling infoTnaa :
ton on aircraft purchasing plans
OF the armed forces He said pub
lice hearings may start before the
. end OF the week.
Full Inquiry Planned.
The latest storm over The BIS
the newest and heaviest bomber
/ In the Nations air neet, cans
when Mr.. Van zandt. demanded
an inquiry into disturbing re-
ports about the relations oi
Secretary Of Defense johnson All
Secretary sym!ngton and FLOYD
odium. head OF the Atlas Corp
Mr.. Van zands said he had
heard that Mr.. SyminEton plsns
b :.
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Bulletin
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Evening star., 1949-05-31
Home Rule for District
Passes Senate by Voice Vote
BULLETIN

The Senate this afternoon passed the Wash
ington home-rul bill, calling for an elected and
reorganized city government. Passage was by
voice vote.
Evening star., 1949-05-31

(See SESQUI, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-05-31

tSee EISLER. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Bio Ben 80 Years Old

(See BRADLEY. Page As
Evening star., 1949-05-31

,See BANKS. Page A-6. J