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Evening star., 1949-04-08
NankingCh Confer
On Answer 10 Reds
Surrender UItimatum
BY the As,ceioted Press

NANKING, April 8.-Gen. Pa
Chung-hsi, Hankow commander
arrived in Marking today for con-
ferences on the final action OF
the government to a Communist
ultimatum for surrender by Tues
day of the Nationalist Army.
Pals arrival was followed short
1y by an official denial from the
Chinese Navy that a warship had
been ordered to stand by to take
retired President Chang Kai-shek
from Ningpo to Canton.
Both developments came after
Acting President Ii Tsung- -jen
made a dramatic plea for peace
offering to be burned in oil or
dismembered" If that would help
Lis offer was made in a tele-
gram to Mao TZe-tung. Chinese
Communist leader. The text was
made public unofficially after the
telegram was sent to Peiping yes
terday.
Translation of Telegram.
Ii repeatedly had rejected an
ultimatum from the Communists
earlier this week.
The unofficial translation of LIS
telegram to Mao said in part:
Now that peace negotiations
have started and the government
delegation has arrived in Peiping
to discuss all issues of your eight
conditions in keeping with your
invitation, should like to further
express by determination to sacri-
flee myself to. overcome the most
difficult obstacle in the peace
talks.
Li apparently referred to the
Communist demand that vari-
GUS government leaders be sur
rendered as war criminals"
Il take this step in view Of the
disastrous results of the civil war
sufferings of the people and mis-
takes already made.
II will accept without evasion.
the severest punishment, even be-
ing burned in oil or dismembered
as a so-called wa criminal, for
past mistakes which are still him
dering peace"
Still Follows Sun Yat-sen.
The acting President said he
still was determined to follow the
late DR.. Sun Yat-sen, founder of
the Chinese Republic, and coop
crate with your party and the
democratic personalities" to estab-
lish new China"
His reference to democratic
personalities" apparently meant
the third party Democratic League
and the dissident Chinese follow
ers of Marshal Ii Chi-shen. Mar
shal Ii broke with Chang years
ago.
The acting Presidents telegram
asserted that Ii had mo other
wish but that of eliminating war
and the restoration of peace. SO
that the people may be rescued
from their suffering"
LIS message appeared to be an
answer to a Communist ultima
tum delivered earlier this week.
This ultimatum called for the
creation of a governments COM
munist committee by Saturday,
Evening star., 1949-04-08
Takoma Horticultural Club
To Hold harcissus Show

The 33d annual narcisSus show
OF the Horticultural Club will be
held tomorrow in the Takoma
Park Branch Of the Washington
Public Library, Fifth and Cedar
streets NV.
There will be 80 classes. in
Guiding collections. specimen
classes. trumpets. incomparabilis,
barrii. leedsii, triandrus hybrids.
Evening star., 1949-04-08
Former Gov. Osborn
Reported Critically III
lY ths Aa.eeausea pfess

POULAN. Ga. April S.-Formei
Gov. Chase s. Osborn Of Mich
igan was in critical condition
today.
Mr.. Osborn. SO. was reported II
a semi-comatose condition with
pneumonia.
His adopted daughter. Stella
nova, said Mr.. Osborn became II
two days ago. Last December. Mr.
Osborn was seriously LII with q
lung clot. but recovered and hac
returned TO his home. Possur
Poke.
Evening star., 1949-04-08
Communist Radio Assoils
Nationalist Commander

SHANGHAI. April 8 Pl.-The
Communist radio tonight assailed
Gen. Pal Chung -hsi. Nationalist
Central China commander, as a
war criminal"
The personal attack came as
five columns Of Red troops were
reported converging on Pals head
quarters at Hankow. important
Yangtze River city about 300 miles
west of Marking.
The Communists accused Pal Of
dispatching secret servicemenP
to instigate sabotage north of the
river. 1t said people in the area
felt indignant and petitioned the
Communist army TO eliminate
Pal.
Evening star., 1949-04-08

cyclar,sreus hyh-a6s. iogcuIlia hy-
birds. ta7etta and taoetia hyo-sos,
poeticus varieties, doubles va-se-
ties and nlscellAneouS aArCiSS
seedlings. special noElco.npeli1Fe
class and arrangements
The members Of the show IN
Evening star., 1949-04-08
Hoiti RecIuims Lund

An American engineering firm
is working on a land reclamation
project in Haiti that will add s.
900 acres of arabic land in the
Miragoane area.
Evening star., 1949-04-08

the government back to Canton
If the Reds again threaten Nan
king.
The premier was scheduled to
confer with Ii on the Red ultima
tum.
Evening star., 1949-04-08

cfuds J. Marx Aaoe-tsor, chair
man. Mrs. George D wai-os1s. tr-
Mss Mildred Benton. Geoggs d /.
Arrer. Or Edwin c. Powell. Mrs,
0. l. Harvey. Nrx. Harold EenegeF
ard Mrs. II A. MagTneT
, 1949-05-04
BY TILE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES
"A PROCLAMATION
MOTHERS MAY 8. ls4s

WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States, by Joint
Resolution approved May s, 1914, has designated the second
Sunday in May of each year as Mothers Day;
NOW, THEREFORE, ], WILLIAM H. HASTE, Governor
of the Virgin Islands of the United States, by virtue Of the
power in me vested, do hereby set apart Sunday, May 8, 1949,
as Mothers Day within the Virgin Islands Of the United
States.
call upon the officials of the Government of the Virgin
Islands to display the Flag of the United States on all govern
ment buildings, and upon the people Of the Islands to display
the Flag at their homes and other places on that day, and to
pay fitting and appropriate tributes of respect to mothers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal Of the Government Of the Virgin Islands
of the United States to be affixed at Charlotte Amahe, St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, this twenty-sxth day Of April, Al
l949.
WILLIAM H. HASTE
Governor
(SEAL)
, 1949-05-04
FOR SALE

New rowboat, built in Tor
tola. Can accommodate engine.
Dimensions: Keel 10 feet 8h
Beam: 5 #. 6 ms; Depth 2 #.
PRICE $4,000
For further information:
Isiah Griffith
Papa g.
, 1949-05-04
CARD of THANKS

We sincerely wish to give
heartfelt thanks to all friends
whose sympathy was express
ed during the illness & death
of Clara Elodia Thurland. and
especially those friends who
were very attentive and help
full during her illness.
THE RELATIVES
Evening star., 1949-06-01

Lovely summer rayon
chiffons-quality fabrics
you And In dresses that
sell for 1895 and morei
Shown. typical OF this
specially priced group.
white polka dots on
brown or blue, featuring
cowl neckline.
Evening star., 1949-06-01

You've never seen such style.
such fabrics for this low, low
price. Tropicals, rayon and
Krispi cloth; solid colors, plaids
or stripes. ALI have pleats and
Upper closure, some with Cali
fornia waistband. Sizes 20 to AZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

fascinated him and he became a
financial writer. Then finances in
trigued him and he left the Globe
in 1928 to join a brokerage house
They say he wisecracked briskly to
associates: THE next time I come
in here, I'll be buying the paper
from under you"
For eight years thereafter, includ-
ing the depression sos, Mr.. McCul-
lagh made money in the stock mar
ket-some say millions. And he made
friends with William H. Wright
prospector who had struck it rich
and kept control Of the gold mine
he discovered. Mr.. McCullagh con-
WINGED Mr.. Wright he should invest
in the then faltering Globe with
McCullagh as president and pub
Usher for life under trust arrange
ment.
Five weeks after Mr.. McCullagh
swung the purchase of the Globe
October IA, 1936-he also bought the
Mail and Empire, hated and bigger
morning rival. Quickly Mr.. McCul-
lagh rolled the two papers into one
the present Globe and Mail, and
built a $3,5O0,OoO plant from which
to publish it.
The plant is characteristic Of Mr.
McCullagh. 1t could be right out
of Hollywood. But besides its spa
cious, modern decor, it's also most
efficient. It includes a private suite
for the publisher, the bath OF which
Is decorated in gold leaf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Military CIiques Face
Challenge by
PoIiticos
By Edward TomIinson
Special 10 The Sunday Star


CARACAS, Veneuela.-There is a
new issue involved in the recent
Latin American revolution. It is a
fight for survival by the military
castles in the various countries
Since the days Of their independ-
ence, early in the last century, gov
ernments In most of the southern
republics usually have owed their
tenure, and even their existence in
some cases, to the military forces.
In many countries that still holds
true today. But the left-wing and
liberal parties and movements that
have emerged in recent years, such
as the APRA, or Party of the People,
in Peru; the Autenticos in Cuba
and the Accion Democrdtica, or
Democratic Action Party, in Vene-
zuela, have become a direct chal-
lenge to the power Of the armies
over political life.
The bloody uprising in Bogota,
Colombia, last April served not only
to make the leftists conscious of
their potential strength and influ-
ence, but struck terror to army
leaders throughout the continent
As one Latin American diplomat ex-
pressed it, Our army leaders have
become so trigger happy they
spring a coup d'etat at the slight
est provocation." Unfortunately, the
Communists find this struggle
splendid soil in which to plant con-
fusion, often obscuring the real is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
New rends in Latin Politics
Is Example
Of Army Fear Of
Losing Grip

tee for compliance. The company
even imports food from abroad and
sells 1t to workers in its commits
saries at cost, exclusive of trans
portation charges, tariffs and taxes.
Now the leadership of the Demo-
cratic Action Party seems to be
completely shattered. Perhaps this
is one of the chief dangers con-
fronting the country. The military
no longer has a common enemy, and
consequently, there is a possibility
of division among its leaders. In
fact, rumors are rife that this has
already come to pass, and that
serious breach exists in the ranks
of the junta. There are some rival
ries and jealousies among the off,
GERS. I learned that flrsthand from
the manner in which several of the
officers tried to tell me their indi-
vidual stories.
Bids for Recognition
The provisional cabinet formed by
the junta is capable one. 1t in
cludes a number of experienced bust
nessmen, engineers and others. Per-
haps the most important, so far as
foreign business is concerned, is the
new Minister of Development, who
controls the oil industry. He is DR..
Pedro Ignacio Aguerreverre, a grad
uate of the Colorado School of Mines
and thoroughly familiar with the
operations of Venezuela's most i'm
portant industry, petroleum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

Soon after the junta took over
Col. Delgado assured his country
men that no political organization
would be suppressed, that even the
Democratic Action Party would be
allowed to function, under new lead
ership, of course. Since then he has
decreed the dissolution of that party
and the junta has taken over the
party's official newspaper, Ell Pals.
Although some of the military have
charged that certain members of the
Gallegos cabinet, including Party
Boss Romulo Betancourt, had shown
too much sympathy for communism,
the new regime has not touched the
Venezuelan Communist Party.
The junta has bid for diplomatic
recognition from the other Ameri-
can governments and from govern
ments elsewhere, including the
Soviet Union, asserting that it has
complete control Of the country's
activities and that the life of the
nation is back to normal. A ma
jority Of the American republics
still have withheld recognition.
The junta, on the other hand,
points to the indispensable need for
Venezuelan oil in the entire Euro
pean Recovery Program. Refusal to
recognize the new regime in Caracas,
it implies, would probably bring
about more confusion, If not another
revolution.
AS one experienced diplomat adj
mitted, 1--WE are actually over a
barrel-an oil barrel-in Venezuela.
And oil may force us to give our
diplomatic blessing to the new
junta, much as we abhor its having
come to power by the overthrow Of
a duly elected civilian government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Newspaper War Shapes Up in Canada
Objects to Competitors
Liberal Politics
and Tactics

Mr.. McCullagh is just over 6 feet
tall and athletic. His features are
craggy and handsome.
He really runs his newspaper.
Every day when in town he holds
an editorial conference to map pol
icies. They are McCullagh policies
for he sees things as black or white,
rarely as gray. He's sure OF himself.
Besides being cocky, Mr.. McCul-
lagh is quick of wit and colorful OF
language-frequently to the extent
of unprintability. He is a great
salesman. He sells himself. He sells
people on supporting his paper, his
ideas and his employment. He says
what he thinks of any one or any
ones ideas right out in fortnight
McCullaghese.
But if Mr.. McCullagh doesn't pull
his punches, he doesn't expect
others to. Some years ago an Amer
lean magazine carried an article
about him as Canada's wonder boy,
poking fun at the boastful pride he
took in his prowess. Mr.. McCul-
lagh didn't get unduly angry. He
just told the author: Thanks for
the piece. And II I'm that big q
so and so, it's time I knew It,"
Wants Best Evening Paper
He doesn't hesitate to change his
mind when judgment tells him to.
For example, he had little use for
the extremely able managing editor
of the Mail and Empire, Robert Far
quharson, when he combined it with
the Globe in 1886. In 1912, how
ever, when he needed special edi-
torial administrative ability in build
ing up the combined Globe and
Mail, he called in Mr.. Farquharson
as managing editor. Now he fondly
refers to him as 1.-The guy who
taught me all know about journal
ISM"
: In his resonant baritone, Mr.
McCullagh says he wants to build
up the Telegram into the best eve
ming paper in Canada" in opposition
to the Star.
distributed BY the Associated Prsss)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Toronto Publisher Aims
to knock Off His
Rival Paper
By Robert Bunnelle

TORONTO.-C. George McCul-
lagh is a cocky, two-f1sted Irish
Canadian, handsome enough for the
movies.
At 10 he was a newsboy in Lon
don, Ontario. At 43 he now is
publisher of two Of Canada's big
gest newspapers.
And he is starting newspaper
war that may be epic.
For 10 years publisher of the
Toronto Globe and Mail, Canada's
largest morning newspaper with a
circulation of $4,000, MIR. McCul-
lagh December / bought Toronto's
Evening Telegram, circulation 1885,
600, for $3,610,000.
His first move was to challenge
Toronto's only other paper, the
Toronto Star, Canada's biggest eve
ming newspaper with $4,000 circu-
lation.
Son of Cabinetmaker
To Telegram employees wondering
about his plans, Mr.. McCullagh said
his main objective frankly is TO
knock off the Star" He doesn't
like its shrewd, hard-hitting presi-
dent, Harry Comfort Hindmarsh.
He doesn't like its often extreme
liberal politics. And he doesn't like
Its spectacular editorial stunts or
its way of playing news.
The Toronto Star. is listed indie
pendent-li Liberal in politics; the Eve
ming Telegram Is listed independent
conservative. The Globe and Mail
calls itself simply independent.
The career of c. (for Clement.
which he never uses) George Nc
Cullagh is fabulous. He was born
in London, Ontario, in 1905, son OF
cabinetmaker. To bolster family
finances, he sold and delivered the
old Toronto Globe. In his early
teens, he quit school to sell news
paper subscriptions. He did so well
he soon was called to Toronto to
organize Globe circulation drives.
But the news side Of newspapering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

ders went out to workers in the
oil fields and elsewhere in the coun-
try to quit their jobs and concen-
trate in cities and towns for dem
onstrations against the military.
Although most workers answered
the call promptly the army moved
so quickly that the general strike
failed to materialize and there were
no demonstrations. Everywhere in
the country the military took over
the oil fields, transportation, light
and power facilities and other es-
sential services and industries. They
ordered the workers to return to
their jobs. Within "a hours the
country was completely normal and
the military junta was set up, with
Col. Delgado at its head.
Gallegos Exiled
Democratic Action leaders who
had not found asylum in embassies
and legations we're promptly ar
rested. President Gallegos was con-
fined in the Caracas Military Acad-
envy for a brief period, and then
was permitted to go to Havana with
his family In the Cuban capital,
he Immediately charged that for
eign oil interests had sponsored the
revolt and that "the military attache
Of powerful American country
meaning the military attache of the
United States Embassy in Caracas
had been a party to the proceedings.
There is no evidence to justify
these charges. The only possible
Intervention on the part Of the
United States was the unofficial
anxiety of our Ambassador to
Venezuela, Walter Donnelly, for the
safety and welfare of the deposed
President and his family.
Nor does there seem to be any
foundation for even suspecting that
United States oil companies had any
part in the movement. Not only do
these companies fear any kind of
political upset or confusion-for the
simple reason that upsets usually
halt or slow production-but they
had gone overheard in aligning
themselves with the policies of the
Democratic Action Party. The
Creole Co., United States-owned and
the largest Of all the oil concerns
In Venezuela, only recently had
completed new three-year contract
with the oil workers unions which
had been sponsored by the govern
ment itself. Moreover, a careful
reading of the 1o,000-word contract
refutes the charges of exploitation
and economic imperialism leveled at
this company by Communists and
extremists throughout the Carib-
bean. No labor-management con-
tract in the United States so strictly
protects the worker.
Split in Junta Hinted
It provides for the highest mini
mum wages paid any workers by a
foreign company in South America.
1t provides for the most modern liv-
ing quarters for workers. for every
conceivable kind Of insurance, paid
vacations, hospitals, medical care
and educational facilities. These
benefits apply not only to the work
ers and their immediate families,
but to their near relatives as well.
The agreement guards against dis
elimination of any kind and pro-
vides the worker with every guaran-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

Markezini, leader OF the New
Party" which is an offshoot of the
Populists and has 10 supporters in
the Chamber of Deputies. He is re-
putedly a brilliant administrator.
And, of course, there would be King
Paul in the background.
The Republicans candidate is Ad-
miral Voulgaris-who was Premier
for short time early in 1945-with
Tsouderos as his eminence grise.
Tsouderos, also an ex-Premier, is re-
garded as one of Greece's Leading
financiers and economists.
OF the two, Papagos would be the
likely choice, but the Americans are
insisting upon continuation Of
parliamentary governmental course
opposed by American military ex-
perts, who can see no possibility Of
a successful prosecution of the
campaign against the rebels with
the present administrative chaos in
Athens.
U. S. Program Stymied
When the record of all Greek gov
.ernments since the liberation is ex-
Iamined 1t is realized, even by people
Itraditionally opposed to dictatorship,
that parliamentary government in
Greece is a lamentable failure, only
maintained first by the British and
now by American support, and even
then always fighting a losing battle.
The only hope of preventing Greece
falling under Communist domination
lies in widespread reform of admin
istration, and immediate execution
of some such project as the Amer
lean four-year plan for the indus
trial and agricultural development
of Greece, now being considered by
the United States Government. And
that means getting rid of most of
the country's quarreling politicians,
and their replacement by men able
to place the interests Of Greece be-
fore those Of individuals and parties.
In any event, four-flfths Of the
American plan-which provides for
development with the aid Of United
States machinery, a network of
roads, hydro-electric plants and
power stations-cannot be carried
out in present conditions, because
the territory concerned is in rebel
hands. And there Is little prospect
Of these areas again coming under
the control Of the lawful Greek
government.
Copyright. Canada Wide Feature Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Gutenberg

dIlO CVllQlltCSS uleulUSIS IeluSlIl& 10
let them do so. Some Of the state
ments were biographical. Some
simply attacked the committee.
The Bender code provided that the
statement had to be relevant to
the question at issue and presum-
ably any legislation would carry the
same proviso.
The conduct of hearings from the
point of view Of publicity has come
in for considerable attention. The
Mundt Nixon proposal suggested
that careful study should be given
to the question of excluding Ger
tain information media from hear
ings. Mr.. Case, in his bill, would
ban photographs, newsreels, tele-
vision and radio broadcasting of
the proceedings while a witness is
testifying.
This proposal would take some of
the three-ring circus atmosphere
out of the proceedings but would
probably be shouted down promptly
not only by the affected media but
also by members of Congress who
feel that If a congressional COM
mittee's duty is to expose that ex-
posure should get the widest posi-
ole public attention.
Members Outside Behavior
The conduct of members away
from the hearing rooms has been
criticized as vigorously as the hear
ings themselves. Members have
publicly accused each other of
headline hunting" Committee
members frequently have told re-
porters, only half jokingly, that
they are several statements behind
the other members and better think
up something to get their name
in the papers, too.
On the Un-American Activities
Committee, more than once men,
bers swore an oath of secrecy after
a closed session only to find all the
secret testimony spread over the
newspapers in the next edition.
To curb what a committee mem
Der, Representative Hebert, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana termed pub
licity mania" and to protect reputa-
tons, the McCormack-Lucas code
provides:
Committeeman would not be al
lowed to issue any reports until the
full committee approved by a ma
jority vote.
No committee member or employe
could file or make public any state
ment adversely commenting on any
person until that person had been
notified and been given an oppor-
tunity to present q sworn statement
on the subject.
Members and committee employees
would not be allowed to lecture or
write about the committees activ-
tiles or reports while a member or
employe of the committee.
SABBATH Predicts a Change
As Chairman SABBATH Of the House
Rules Committee put it, mo COM
mittee chairman has the right to set
up his own rules especially where
the regulations Of individuals are
concerned"
He predicted that something will
and must be DONE"
His committee is the one to which
all these proposals will be routed,
including the one by Representative
Holifield, Democrat, Of California,
for the appointment of a five-man
select committee to study and rec
ommend changes in investigative
committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09


The Germans are reminded in a
continuous flow Of propaganda that
after World War I both Germany
and Russia became outcasts from
the Western world, but they stood
together and benefited together
from that stand. They are re-
minded Of the excellent results of
the treaty of Rapallo and the subse-
quent close cooperation between the
Weimer republic and the U. S. S. r.
It is being recalled to the Ger
mans that the members Of the Ger
man general staff-an organization
nominally banned in the treaty Of
versailes-found q home in Russia