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Evening star., 1949-02-18
Tobey Asks Congress
To Tighten Tax Laws
On Charitable Trusts
By the Assoeioted Press

BOSTON, Feb. 1S. Senator
Tobey, Republican. of New Hamp-
shire, today asked Congress to
crack down on some charitable
trusts that milk bona flde cor
porations. build up huge profits
and avoid Federal taxes"
At the same time, he urged the
Government to prevent Puerto
Rico from Turing" American in
dustries with the promise of cheap
labor and an attractive 12-year
tax holiday.
This proposed legislation came
in the report of a subcommittee
of the Senate Interstate and For
eisn Commerce Committee Of
which Senator Tobey is the chair
man and sole active member.
Three Month Inquiry.
Last December he ended a
three-month inquiry into the
structure OF six charitable trusts
established by Textron Corp.
1t started xhen Textron's presi-
dent, Royal Little. announced last
September the shutdown of two
textile mills. employing $500
workers in Nashua. N. H. The
plants now are operated by a
charitable trust.
Mr.. Little said last night that
Senator Tobey conducted hearings
into Textron's affairs which were
neither impartial. nor fact-find-
ing"
Calls Attacks "Unfounded."
The unfounded and irresponsi-
ble attacks on Textron and me, ="
Mr.. Little said in a statement
made so freely by the Senator
have hampered the company's op-
erstions in New Hampshire and
have made it more difficult to sell
products made by New Hampshire
workers"
Senator Tobey emphasized that
the report rs not intended to be
an indictment of Textron as
such" since the use of charitable
trusts is prevalent Ito a large ex-
tent through the country
Senator Tobey charged in his
report that Textron created the
trusts, then sold them mill prop
critics which it leased back-thus
avoiding the payment of taxes be-
cause they were ostensibly set up
for the benefit Of charities,
Sees Unfair Advantage.
"Textron has gained an unfair
competitive advantage over the
orthodox textile manufacturers"
he stated, land the burden of tax
alton has been thrown more heav-
ily upon the shoulders of all other
taxpayers.
Beneficiaries, Senator Tobey
declared. have received an in
finitesimal portion" of the funds
taken in by the trusts.
- To correct this. he recommend
ed. the internal revenue code
should be amended to provide that
no tFuStS COulO Uc cllSIplc 1ol toA
exemption unless it paid IS per
cent of its gross income to the
beneficiary each year.
This would in no way affect
dyed d-in-the- wool charitable foun-
dations, he emphasized, but would
be directed only against those
pseudo" trusts which are set up,
to create risk capital for business
enterprises.
Evening star., 1949-02-18
Muti|ated Body Foun'
In Greece Identified
AS u. ). Air Officer
BY the Assesiotsd Press

ATHENS, Feb. ia mutilated
body found in a ravine near Kar-
penisi has been identified posi-
lively as that of 1t. Col. Selden r
Edner, American Air Force officer
The American mission an
nounced today that the identifica-
ton had been made from medical
records.
Col. Edner, 80, Of San Jose
Calf, was an unarmed observer
aboard a Greek Royal Air Force
plane which made a forced land
ing in Karpenisi January 2l.
He served in Europe during the
war. both with the American
Eagle Squadron of the British
Royal Air Force and with the
United States Air Force. He was
awarded the British and American
Distinguished Flying Crosses, the
British Star and the American Air
Medal with three clusters.
He few $50 missions over
France and Germany and was a
prisoner in Germany from March
1914, to April, 1945.
The Greek guerrilla radio said
soon after the crash landing OF
the plane at Karpenisi that Col
Edner had died of injuries re-
ceived in the crash. The Com
munist radio broadcast a letter to
his wife. who was in Athens
blaming his death on imperial
iStS."
A Greek Army sergeant found
the bodies of Col. Edner and that
of his Greek pilot. Both bodies
had been stripped of all their out
er clothing and were clad only in
torn undergarments.
A Greek Army colonel who con-
Quoted an investigation and ques-
toned inhabitants of the locality,
said, 1T is safe to conclude Edner
was killed within two hours after
the plane landed. The villagers
told us they saw many bandits
running toward the spot imme-
diately after the crash"
Col. Edner's head had been
crushed beyond recognition and
there was a moose about the neck.
Witnesses were quoted as saying
the passenger sitting in the cockpit
behind the pilot was alive, al
though injured. when the plane
landed and that he was killed by
bandits. The Greek government
often uses the term bandits when
referring to Communist guerrillas.
Some of the villages inhabitants
were forced to certify one of the
planes occupants was an Amer
ican and was found dead.
The body was shipped by air to-
day to Germany for transship-
ment to the United States. Full
honors were given at the airport
by American. Greek and British
and government officers.
American Ambassador Henry F.
Grady and high Army officers
were present. Wreaths were laid
on the coffin by Mr.. Grady and
the air aide de camp to King
Paul.
Evening star., 1949-02-18
81, II, Held in Case
Involving Girl, 13

A 17-year-old Army enlisted
man, stationed at Fort Belvoir
was held for the grand jury today
charged with carnal knowledge in
volving a 13-year-old girl.
John T. Cartwright of Detroit
appeared before Judge Walter j
Casey In Municipal Court after
Juvenile Court waived jurisdic-
ton.
He was placed under $4,000
hond
Evening star., 1949-02-18
American Navy to Use
Monus in Emergency
ay the Assoeioted Press

CANBERRA, Australia. Feb. 18
Australian Foreign Minister
Herbert v. Evatt said today United
States naval forces would use
Manus Island in an emergency
and Australia would use Ameri-
can bases.
Manus is an Australian man
date In the Admiralty group north
Of New Guinea. 1t was built into
q base by the United States dur
ing the war and recently was
returned to Australia.
Evening star., 1949-02-18

a i o W l n 6 the
agency to han
die it's own per-
S on n el at
fairs has been
a conspicuous
success.
In calling for
d e c e n trail.
20 ation of per-
sonnel activities
to the vari.
o US d e p a r t =
m e n is an d
a agencies, t n e
EnnyAr Com.
J.
Evening star., 1949-02-18
Mccormick Safe in PIone Fire

BOGOTA. Colombia. Feb. 1s
lP,.-A small fire was discovered
aboard Col. Robert r. McCor-
mick's private plane while it was
crossing the. Andes en- route here
yesterday. The publisher, of the
Chicago Tribune said on landing
that the fire was quickly extin-
guished and did little damage.
Evening star., 1949-02-18
Correction

The Rev. Francis W. Anderson.
S. j., will address the Catholic
Study Guild Library Friday, Feb
ruary Is. at $3.50 pm. In Carroll
Hall, s24 G street NV, instead
of tonight as enormously reported
in The Star,
Evening star., 1949-02-18
Church Turkey Dinner

The Women's Society of the
Forestville Methodist Church will
hold a turkey dinner from 1 to
8 pm. tomorrow at the Grange
Hall, Forestville, Va. Proceeds will
60 to the building fund.
Chile will spend about 81 .0O0.-
900 to build and improve airfields
this wear.
Evening star., 1949-02-18

the organization in a specific spo
and who has. in addition. the de
velopmental potentialities which
will tlt him for increasing re.
sponsibilities In the organization,
Mr.. Case says.
TN large measure, except in tn.
most routine positions. this mean!
reliance on judgment and expert.
ence in appraising candidates
rather than on formalized test!
and measurements"
This observation by Mr.. Case /.
slap at the civil service system
of holding exams setting up rou'
tine educational and other back.
ground requirements.
EMPLOYE GROUPS-Mr. Cas-.
says that Twas system has re.
suited in close working arrange.
ment between the agency and the
various unions representing it.
employees.
In other Government agencies
Mr.. Case asserts, Federal EN-.
ployes' unions rarely are recog.
nized as fully representing" any
fixed group Of employees.
Therefore, as a general rule
they are not granted and do moi
claim to exercise real responsible.
ties for their memberships" Mr.
Case declares.
The contrast is true at IVA
where management and employt
groups work very closely on per.
sonnel matters. to the mutual ad.
vantage of both, Mr.. Case says
Personnel problems are worked
out jointly by management anc
unions and are mutually agreed
to before being put into effect
This also includes projects such
as improving efficiency through
better work methods, elimination
of waste and safety hazards and
better understanding Of job re-
quirements.
Mr.. Case declares that he takes
issue with those who say. that q
public agency cannot risk
granting substantial responsibility
to any organization Of employees:
they might strike or in one way
or another assume the preroga-
tives Of management and hence
Of sovereignty"
On the contrary. Mr.. Case con-
tends. rank-and-file employees. as
we'll as management, have a
sense of responsibility for getting
the public job done. This assump-
ton has been fully borne out by
Is years of experience in iva"
"TVA administration is dynamic
because 1t Is built upon the prin-
ciple of trust" Mr.. Cases declares
Employees respond to this trust
with a Job responsibility and en-
Enthusiastically DONE"
(Be sure to listen in Sundays
at ,11:15 am. ouer WMAL, The
Star Station, for Joseph
Young's Spotlight Dersion OF
the Federal Spotlight, featuring
additional neDs and Die1ps of
the Gop1rS1 n, ont e>r,sc>
Evening star., 1949-02-18
The Federal Spotlight .:
NAPersonneI Systems Results
Called Successful by Director
The Federal Spotlight
By joseph YOUNG

Authority the
which the Hoover Commission selected its model
recommendations the entire Government
service resulted in mutual benefits
md mana ali
Evening star., 1949-02-18

Harry L. Case. TWAS director OF
personnel, declares in an article
written for Personnel Administra-
ton Magazine that the system OF
Evening star., 1949-02-18

(Be sure to listen in Sundays
at ~11:15 am. ouer WMAL, The
Star Station, for Joseph
Young's Spotlight Dersion OF
the Federal Spotlight, featuring
additional neDs and Die1ps Of
the Government serDice.)
Evening star., 1949-02-18
Weather Report

District Of Columbia - Sunny
with highest temperature in upper
Sos this afternoon. Increasing
cloudiness tonight with lowest
around 40 degrees. Tomorrow
cloudy followed by rain at night.
Maryland-Some cloudiness and
not as cold tonight. Tomorrow
mostly cloudy and mild probably
followed by rain at night.
Virginia-Increasing cloudiness
and not as cold tonight. Tomorrow
mostly cloudy and mild with occa-
sional rain south portion, spread
ing to north portion by night.
Five-Day Weather Forecast
February 10 Through February %
For Northern Virginia. Mary
land and the District.-Tempera-
ture will average about five de-
erees above normal. Normal high
~; normal low, % degrees in the
Washington area. Mild Saturday
colder Sunday becoming warmer
Tuesday. Rain Saturday night
and again about Tuesday with to-
tai amount three-fourths to one
inch.
River Report.
Prom From ggnitsd State: En:ineers2 Issl. -.
ana at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear Al
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

Pick out the payment plan
that suits you best. Pay In
terest on the money for the
time you use 1t.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

the Government with new powers
to exclude subversive aliens.
In a lengthy analysis of radio
scripts sponored by the Gdynia-
America Line. Inc, a shipping
company owned by the Commu-
mist Polish government, Senator
IO'Conor drew these conclusions:
/. The purpose of the broad
casts is Ito afford the Commu-
mist dictatorship of Poland an ef-
fective propaganda medium in the
United States by which to influ-
ence Polish-American citizens and
bring pressure directly or indi-
rectly upon the Government of
the United States"
Polish Embassy Blamed.
2. "The program was instigated
at the demands of the Polish con-
sular and diplomatic representa-
tives in this country and not by
the officials of the Gdynia- Amer
lea Line"
3. The Polish Embassy has
subsidized the broadcasts with
large financial contributions run
ming into the thousands Of dol
lars"
The Gdynia- America line owns
the passenger ship Batory on
which Gerhard Eisler, formerly a
top Communist leader in this
country. fled to Europe.
The Polish Embassy commented
that Senator O'Conor's report "is
full of distortions and contains
downright false accusations" The
embassy said the subcommittee
has made false charges on a num-
ber of occasions.
It added in a statement:
1.-The report obviously aims at
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Salvage Dealer Gave Bribe,
Air Force Officer Testifies
/by the Associated Press


GREAT FALLS, Mont. Dec. IA.
An Air Force officer testified
that Meyer Schneider, New York
City salvage dealer, gave him
$500 cash to include $4,000
worth of Army clothing in a batch
of Army surplus on which Schnei-
der had bid.
1t. Harvey B. Apperson, former
salvage officer at the Great Falls
Air Force Base, made the state
ment yesterday during opening
day of Schneider's trial In Federal
Court on q bribery charge.
A jury of 10 men and two women
Is hearing the Governments case
against the New Yorker.
1t. Apperson, base salvage officer
from August 4, l948, until last
February, said he reported events
to special investigation officers and
that the FBI entered the case.
The officer testified Schneider
offered him half a quid or cou-
pie of Gs" after saying he wanted
some usable salvage in addition
to the material covered by his bid.
1t. Apperson said he got the
money from Schneider in a Great
Falls hotel room November %,
1948, and turned it over to the
FBI.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

Get SIS to $500 at LEND
ERS in Maryland, or up to
$500 in Virginia. Borrow at
your most convenient LEND.
ERS, office. Most loans on
Just your own signature.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Polish Shipping Line
Accused Of Red Radio
Propaganda in u. 5.
By the Associated Press

A Senate committee report
charged last night that a weekly
radio program put on in this
country by a Polish shipping line
is used to spread Communist
propaganda.
The report was made by Sen
ator O'Conor, Democrat, of Mary
land, acting chairman of a Sen
ate Judiciary Subcommittee which
Is working on legislation to arm
Evening star., 1949-12-14

January / marks the opening
of the season for getting refunds
on overpayments Of 1949 income
tax through Withholding. About
80 100000 taxpayers will have a
shot at a refund kitty expected
to amount to around $150.000,-
900.
The only way to get a refund
will be to file a final 1949 income
Evening star., 1949-12-14

is expected after that. rejecting
lower 1949 profits.
The tax focus after tomorrow
will be on individuals, who nm
ished 1948 income tax payments
last March, but in many cases
have something to do about 1949
income taxes ahead Of the general
deadline for paying them next
March Is.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Biggest Tax Harvest
To Start Tomorrow
By the Assosiaisd Press

The biggest harvest Of the tax
season starts tomorrow.
The Government expects to
reap $4,000, 100000 tax dollars
some 40 per cent Of annual rev.
enue-over the next three months.
Corporations must make final
payments of tax on 1948 income
tomorrow, giving the Government
it's last crack at last years rec
ord high profits. A decline in
corporate income tax collections
Evening star., 1949-12-14

denying the access to legitimate
information channels for the pre-
sentation of objective facts on Po-
land. It aims also at distorting
the true meaning Of many sincere
Polish declarations and the desire
of our nation for lasting peace.
1T aims at poisoning the rela-
tions between the people Of Poland
and the people of the United
States. This effort cannot and will
not succeed. We trust in the open
mindedness of the American
people ="
Evening star., 1949-12-14

tax return, thereby establishing
how much Of q refund you've got
coming.
January is is the last day for
filing 1949 income tax declara-
tions (estimates), or amending
declarations filed earlier to avert
a penalty In case the original
estimate erred by more than 20
per cent.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

The tilt Of the leaning tower
of Pisa has increased by little
more than a quarter-in in the
last IL years.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
We Say Eyes"
To : Out Of 1 Applicants

Anyone who can make small
monthly payments can Dor.
row at LENDERS! Choose
the payment plan that suits
you best. Remember, LEND
ERS have "controlled cost"
loans to help you cut loan
costs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Gibson Resigns
From Labor Post

Washington UPA) - Assistant
Secretary of Labor John w. Glib
son, has confirmed rumors here
that he is resigning his post.
Gibson, who at 38 has been an
energetic worker in the Truman
Administration labor circles, said
last week that he had forwarded
his resignation TO the White House
in January, but had no word on its
acceptance.
Gibson has been prominently
mentioned as a candidate for the
post of Under-S Secretary of Labor,
which has been vacant since David
Morse became head of the Int'l
Labor Organization of the United
Nations.
Gibson's appointment to the job
is reported to have been opposed
by the AFL, and last week the
question was settled by the nom
ination of Michael j. Calvin, Bos-
ton attorney, to the post. Calvin
appeared before the Senate Labor
Committee last week and his name
was approved and sent to the SEN
ate floor for final confirmation,
which was expected shortly.
Gibson is said to be considering
several future positions, both in
and out of government.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Doctors Insist
Program Short
OF Health Needs

Baltimore (LPA)-The Amerl
can Medical Associations 12-poin'
program is not an adequate sub
stitute for the health insurance
proposals put forward by the Tru'
man Administration, group OF
1856 prominent physicians asserted
last week.
The physicians, including many
of the nations top doctors at Johns
Hopkins University Hospital here
had earlier protested the AMA's
$25- member assessment to fight
the national health insurance pro
gram.
"Until the associations propos-
ais encompass a plan for the entire
country which can provide com
prehensive preventive and curative
services for persons of moderate
income as we'll as to the INDECENT
we believe that the public will not
regard the program of the ANA
as an adequate alternative for COM
pulsory medical Insurance." they
stated. They want a conference OF
doctors, consumers, "a Dor and
other groups to work out an alter
native plan. At another point in
their statement, in which they
made it clear they opposed the
Administration plan, the doctors
said the AMA's II points "fall far
short" of meeting the nations
medical care needs.
The same criticism applies to a
proposal advanced by DR.. Paul
Magnuson Of Veterans Administra-
ton, according to spokesman for
Committee for the Nations Health.
Magnuson called his a middle
way" between the AMA's plan and
the health insurance plan. Primar-
lily, it would set up free diagnostic
clinics and hospitals all over the
country, and would have the feder-
al and state governments make up
any deficit between what individ-
uals can pay their doctors, and the
cost of treatment recommended by
the free clinics.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
.Franchised Auto
Dealers Under
TIL Board Rules

Washington OPA) - The Natl
Labor Relations Board has ruled
that franchised dealers in new
automobiles come under the pro-
visions of the Taft Hartley act in
interstate commerce.
Over ruling the recommendation
of a trial examiner, the board un-
animously decided that a Cali
fornia automobile dealer, M. L.
Townsend, of Santa Maria, was
within the law in his quarrel with
the 1nt'l Association of Machinists.
The board ordered the examiner
to prepare a recommended order
on the merits of charges by the
lam that the company has been
guilty of unfair labor practices.
The lam has charged Townsend
with firing three employees for
union activity, questioning en-
ployes about union affiliation, spy
ing on meetings of employees, urg-
ing employees to quit the union,
and threatening discharge of those
who joined the union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Pay Boost Ends
virginia's Seizure
Of Transit Lines

Richmond, Va. (ILNS).-Seized
properties of the Virginia Transit
Co. in Richmond, Norfolk and
Portsmouth were returned to the
Virginia Transit Co. March 2 after
a months operation under seizure
order by the state. Transit facil-
tiles were seized Feb. 3 by order
of Gov. Tuck when nearly 1000 op-
orators declared strike. All of the
men consented to remain at their
posts as employees of the Common
wealth, and service has continued.
The operators, members of the
Amalgamated A ssocia t on of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees of America, voted
to accept a new wage offer from
the company, providing for wage
increase of cents an hour, retro
active to Jan. l, plus an additional
3is cents May 81, if fare increases
are obtained. The top rate is now
1.l4h an hour.
During the period of state seiz-
ure, the company paid to the Com
monwealth 10 percent of its net
revenues as a service fee. The pro-
cedure was conducted under Vir-
ginia's 1947 Public Utility Labor
Relations Act, which organized
labor has vigorously opposed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Newspaper Guild
Announces Annual
Award Winners

New York LPA)-The Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild has ann
ounced the winners of its annual
awards for Outstanding Journal
istic achievement in the spirit of
Haywood Broun."
Winner of the first prize Of $500
was Elias A. McQuaid, of the Man
chester, N. II. News, a weekly, who
took a routine assignment and fol-
lowed it up to expose how 100000
in state contracts had been let
without bids. AS a result of his
searching stories, which rocked
New Hampshire, two state officials
have been indicted and the state is
suing to recover $250,000 from the
former state comptroller for al
legged overpayments to contract
ing firm.
The Guild awards committee,
which included LPA Columnist
Nathan Robertson, also made addi-
tional awards for three newspaper
workers. They were Theodore c.
Link of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, for his expose of graft and
corruption in Illinois, which helped
defeat Gov. Green and his attorney
general last November; Don Mag
nuson, Of the Seattle Times, for
following up an ordinary letter to
the editor and freeing a man from
n prison term for a murder he did
not commit; Drew Pearson, of the
Washington Merry Co Round, for
his series of columns which result
ed in an indictment of Rep. j. Par
nell Thomas OR, ND on charges
of payroll padding.
Other special awards went to
Alan Barth, editorial writer for
the Washington Post, for his SER
les Of editorials on the civil libert-
les problems raised by government
attempts to deal with the threats
to national security, and to Walt
Kelly, cartoonist of the now dead
New York Star, for a series of
cartoons during the presidential
campaign pointing up the issues
involved.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Drive Underway
For Fourth Round
Wage Increase

Washington LPA)-The Com
munications Workers of America
representing 100000 worker
across the country, got off its four
th-round wage increase drive this
week when the unions New Jersey
Traffic Division served it's request
for an increase on the N. j. Bell
Telephone Co. for immediate nego-
tiation.
International President Joseph
A. Bierne said that as other con-
tracts come up for renewal the
union will ask pay boosts along
with other contract notifications.
CWA leaders said telephone
workers are behind other workers
in straight pay, altho some of them
are ahead in other benefits like
pensions, sick leave, holiday pay,
and vacations.
CWA's wage increase campaign
will go on thru the summer and
pick up momentum in the fall, when
a considerable number of it's affili-
ates will be able to reopen their
contracts.