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Evening star., 1949-06-28
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Welfare. She testified she and
her husband had contributed "sev-
eral thousand dollars" to the latter
organization over a period OF
years. ....
Hold WQQW Stock.
Both Mrs. Anderson and Mrs
Rodman were asked if they are
stockholders in Radio Station
WQQW. Mrs. Anderson said she
subscribed "a couple of thousand
dollars" for such stock. Mrs
Rodman said her holdings
amounted to perhaps few hun
dred dollars"
Mrs. Anderson, small gray
haired woman who speaks with an
accent, said she was born in
Russia "58 or SO years ago. She
came to the United States in 1904
and married DR.. Louis Edelman.
who was in the United States con-
sular service and who died in 1892.
She now is married to John T,
Anderson, who Is not associated
with her in the drugstore business,
she testified.
At the conclusion of her testi-
mony. she asked to be permitted
to read a prepared statement
Chairman Wood Of the committee
said it would be received 'for ref
erence," but she would not be
allowed to read 1t.
Mr.. Durr later made the state
ment available to reporters. In
it, Mrs. Anderson declared. This
is a day that frightens me-"
Recalls Czarist Pogroms.
She stated it reminded her o1
her early childhood in Russia
during which she was forced te
hide in terror to escape anti
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Official Surrenders
In Union Shortage

A financial officer Of Columbia
Lodge No. 174, International AS
sociation of Machinists. sur
rendered to police today and ad-
mitted, they said, that he was
more than 81 900 short in his ac-
counts for the lodge treasury.
Albert Lee Hall. IS. Of 727 Yuma
street Sc, was quoted by Detec-
tive Andrew j. Gerber OF the
fifth precinct as saying he lost
$500 Of the money last January
while on the way to the bank.
Later, police were told, Hall took
additional sums from the lodge
treasury to drown his sorrows
in alcohol.
e Leonard Ousley. an official OF
the lodge. had complained to
police that a $4,000 shortage was
discovered Sunday. Police went
to Halls home but were unable
to locate him yesterday.
Hall walked into first precinct
this morning and turned $1,07t
in cash over to the officers. He
explained he had been unable te
raise the remainder. The officers
sent for Detective Gerber, who
had been handling the case.
Detective Gerber said he would
charge Hall with embezzlement
later today. Hall told police, they
said, that he did not report the
original loss to the lodge for feaI
fellow members would believe he
/. had stolen the money.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
| Johnson Testifies
For Unification Bill
~ ,he Asseeistsd efsss

The armed forces unification
law needs strengthening because
it has been tried and found want
ing" Secretary of Defense johnson
said today.
He testified before the House
Armed Services Committee. sup
porting Senate-approved bill
which would give him more direct
control over the armed forces.
The present authority of the
Secretary of Defense is disturb
ingly inconsistent" Mr.. johnson
said.
The problem, he continued. is
how to maintain strong civilian
control over the military force
This force for the first time in the
Nations history must be per-
manently maintained at a strength
Of more than a million and a halt
men," he said.
Due TO imperfections In the
present law. Secretary johnson
told the committee. there is "a
general impreciseness of relation
ships throughout the National
Military Establishment"
He said he can enthusiastically
indorse" the bill. which passed the
Senate a month ago.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Files Show Trumon Waived Job
Tol ct CivilWor Widow Get Puy

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of copying addresses stth = ss aEsc
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character rvterwrasvs } A hTss,at
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snn. attorney
Postmaster Truman resigned sss
April Is. 1918 About that tsrsss
the Missouri National Guard ~en;
10 the Mexican border tAgtns
AFisllersuan Truman Aliens
That MAS The path that Issc ID itss
White Hossr
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White House Aide Denies
Probe Of FBI Is Planned
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

A White House aide said today
President Truman has no inten-
Jion of ordering an investigation
of the FBI and its operating
methods.
The National Lawyers Guild
had proposed an inquiry. The
.1BI has been criticized in some
quarters since disclosure Of some
of its secret papers in the Judith
Coplon espionage trial.
The presidential aide. who would
,lot be quoted by name, told re.
oorters there is no prospect the
President will do anything at all
about the suggested inquiry.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

An accidental discovery 81 cid
records IN the ases ot the ~svl
Service Commission has brought
10 lga, an almost forxosien iEs<z .
lgsoe In the career Of President
Trumaa--ihe days iast before
World War I when he ~as posi-
master al Grandy!e~. the little
community near Kansas City
where the Truman family farm
Is located.
Actually. the then "a year -esld
Missouri farmer never he'd the
ONCE. waving his rights 10 the
$3.50 annual salary 50 that a Re-
publican postmistress. widow O. q
Civil War veteran. could set the
payoT. Mr.. Truman. who won the
post IN q civil service exArnlna =
tion. signed ofscial papers. when
necessary. the substitute col
Evening star., 1949-06-28
5 Under Heavy Bond
For Hearing Friday in
Counterfeiting Ring

Four men and q woman. all
charged as members Of q counter
feiting ring which produced up
ward OF 100000 in phony $40
s. bills a few doors UP the street
from the International Monetary
Fund headquarters. today were
: under heavy bond. awaiting a
- hearing at 1880 pm. Friday.
Arrested by the Secret Service
Sunday and yesterday. the five
suspects were taken before United
States Commissioner Cyril 8. Law
renee. He set these bonds:
Arthur M. Bebar. IS. of the 1000
block of Seventeenth street NE.
S25. 900. and $4,000 each for Eu-
gene H. Creighton, Is. and Walter
w. Kidwell, 80, both Of the 1900
block OF Delafield place NV, and
William F. Hughes. 20. and his
wife. Josephine. Of the 5000 block
OF Thirteenth street NV.
ALI are charged uQQer the UulteQ
States Code statute, covering the
manufacture. concealing or pass
ing of counterfeit money. Maxi
mum penalty is q $4,000 fine and
Is years.
Hearing Of ( Delayed.
At the commissioners ONCE yes
terday, only Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes
and Bebar had attorneys. For this
reason Mr.. Lawrence delayed a
hearing so the other two men
could obtain counsel.
Attorney Milton Kaplan, rep
resenting Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes,
and Attorney Denny Hughes.
speaking for Bebar. at first OBJ
jected to the continuance. Both
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Arlington Auto License
Drive Tuctics Shifted

AS the result of a court setback,
Arlington police have switched
their drive to enforce the county
auto license ordinance from park
ing areas to the highways.
In County Court last Friday,
Justice Harry r. Thomas dis
missed approximately $50 charges
against motorists whose parked
cars had been ticketed for failure
to display the county tags, JUS
tice Thomas ruled that use of the
highways must be shown before
the ordinance is violated.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

Jewish porgroms of the Czarist
regime. She added she would re-
siSt any infringement of personal
liberty which might lead eventu-
ally to denying her "the right to
read a newspaper Of my own
choice"
Mrs. Rodman said she was born
in 1902 in Warsaw, Poland. She
said she. had been a social worker
10 years before her marriage.
She said she was refusing to say
whether she knew any of a number
Of perons about whom she was
queried at the hearing because
''the present hysterical situation"
might cause injury mot to me,
but perhaps to the other people" :"
Representative Harrison. Demo-
crat, Of Virginia asked her If the
fact that the Southern Conference
had been listed as a Communist
front organization had not affect
ed her view toward it.
What other people think of a
cause that think is right would
make no difference to me-" she
replied.
Sees Fear of Job Loss.
She said some poor working
people who belong to such a com-
pletely loyal organization as the
Progressive Party are afraid Of
losing their jobs. or have lost
them because of such hysteria.
She said she recalled a recent
incident in which coIored youth
who took part in a picket line
protesting segregation in public
swimming pools here lost his job
when his name appeared in q
newspaper in connection with the
picketing.
Mrs. Dram, who said she Is not
employed at present. was asked
about selling subscriptions to the
Daily Worker. recruiting of white
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Continued From First Page }

C0ntlnued from F1fSt Fage.)
stormy exchange between the chief
prosecutor and attorneys for Mr.
Hiss.
Mr.. Murphy recalled that Lloyd
Paul Stryker. chief defense coun-
sci, had made Mr.. Chambers
admit under questioning that his
brother committed suicide.
Have you ever had such ex-
periences in your famly?" Mr.
Murphy asked.
Judge Upholds Objection.
Before Mr.. Hiss could reply, Mr.
Stryker was on his feet shouting
objections and Federal Judge
Samuel H. kaufman sustained
them. Mr.. Murphy protested
vehemently that the prosecution
had the right to ask the same
questions as the defense. but Judge
Kaufman refused to change his
ruling.
There have been two suicides
in Mr.. Hiss immediate family. His
father cut his throat with a
straight razor when Mr.. Hiss was
an infant, and his sister died after
drinking poison.
In another tense development
this morning, Mr.. Murphy asked
whether Mr.. Hiss might have re-
ceived his SIC, ,00O-a-year job with
the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational peace. as a result oi
a factual Misrepresentation on his
part.
He asked whether Mr.. Hiss re-
membered telling John Foster
Dulles, a trustee of the endow-
ment, that he (Mr. Hiss had
checked specifically and particu-
larly" with James F. Byrnes, then
Secretary of State. as to the
propriety of his accepting the
position in the light Of rumors
and vague charges that he had
Communist connections.
Didn't Say He Checked.
Mr.. Hiss said he did tell that
to Mr.. Dulles. but added, IT die
not say that I checked personal
lyr
Evening star., 1949-06-28

tnat OF yesterday When II was sur
prisingly dull as the prosecution
laid the groundwork for his attack
on the defendants story.
The first question put to Mr..
Hiss by Mr.. Murphy was the key
to all those that followed yester-
day. The burly prosecutor asked
If Mr.. Hiss wished to modify any
detail of his story that he knew
Mr.. Chambers in the l930s only
casually as George Crosley." a
free-lance journalist.
Pin Pointing Details.
Mr.. Hiss said he did not. Then
Mr.. Murphy-a thorough going
man-spent the rest of the day
pin-pointing each detail of Mr..
Hiss version of the relationship.
He neither attacked nor pursued.
He created the impression that
virtually his only concern was to
exhaust Mr.. Hiss memory as to
what really happened back in the
days when Mr.. Chambers says the
defendant gave him secret Gov
'ernment documents for transmits
sion to Russian agents.
AS he had last summer before
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities, Mr. Hiss also
showed a marked aptitude, in his
answers. for the kind of logical
and rhetorical refinement which
Is vulgarly known as hair split
ting. Once he had the baffled
Mr.. Murphy. who was trying al
the moment to find out what Mr.
Hiss remembered about the type
writer on which he is accused OF
copying documents, complaining
that I'VE are now in the world
Of metaphysics"
All observers were quick tc
agree that Mr.. Murphy succeeded
in pinning nothing on Mr.. His.
yesterday. But some of them
wondered aloud whether the de-
fendant's manner OF. the stand
a strange combination of cocky
condescension and lawyers cau-
tion-produced a good effect on
the jury of 10 men and two women
which weighed his every word.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Corpet Manufacturer
Shuts Down ; Weeks
ey the Assceioisd Pssss

THOMPSONvuLE, Conn. June
28-The Bigelow-Sanford Carpet
Co. has announced a three-week
shutdown Of all production de-
partments effective July IL.
James Jackson. plant manager.
said the first week Of the shut
down would be for the purpose
Of curtailing production. The fol-
lowingStwo weeks vii be for yaca-
tions. he said.
The production curtailment was
necessary. Mr.. Jackson said. be
cause of serious decline In the
demand for carpets"
About $500 employees are af-
footed.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Ex-Student Fined $3.50
For Rore Book Theft
~ the Assosia.ed prsss

SANTA MONICA. Calf. June
28.-Charles J. Glenn. %. yester-
day received a suspended one-yeaI
sentence and was fined $3.50 for
the theft Of a rare 100000 Bay
Psalm Book" from the library oi
the University Of California at Lo,
Angeles last March.
Glenn maintained he took the
book as part OF = fraternity in.
itiation.
University authorities have ex.
PEELED Glenn, saying they knew oil
no fraternity such as the one ir
which he claimed membership.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

up by setting bond $4,000 less
than Mr. Carey's recommendations
in each case.
Secret Service agents reported
the case broke" with the arrest
.of Kidwell and Creighton at 1880
a m. yesterday In the 1900 block of
Delafleld place NV. Checking a
car parked in that block. agents
found about s50.0 900 in a suit case
A search of Kidwell's rooms re-
vealed another $50, 900 cached in
a cardboard box. agents added
Evening star., 1949-06-28

An additional amount totaling
at least $4,000 has been recovered
as a result of notices sent through
out the country warning authori-
ties to look out for bogus $50 bills
The entire production Of coun-
terfeit money consisted OF $40
bills, 1t was reported. An unspeci-
fed portion OF the output was
spread through Washington. Mid
western and Southern cities. from
which reports are still awaited.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Mrs. Clark Thunks Trumun

Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark called
at the White House today to thank
President Truman for her appoint
ment as the Nations first woman
Treasurer,
Evening star., 1949-06-28

collar workers for the Communist
Party, conduct OF "Browcer
classes in Communist ideology
and her reported attendance at
Communist Party meetings.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

CHARGED WITH MAKING MONEY-Two of the five persons
arrested members of 100000 countereng Arthur
Bebar ef Kidwel leaving the United
States commissioners office. Harris Ewing Pohto
delay absolutely nothing to do with
grand might counterfeitng For the
ndct their clients before they he objected to the
a bond recommended by Assistant
United Edward
Carey. commissioner ended
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Reads Committee Record.


The flare up came after Mr..
Murphy read the House commit
tee record quoting Mr.. Hiss as
testifying last summer that his
wife accompanied him and Mr..
Chambers on an automobile trip
to New York in 1885.
When Mr.. Murphy asked the
witness If that statement did not
conflict with his present testi-
mony when he said that Mrs. Hiss
was not on the trip. Mr.. Hiss ex-
planned he had refreshed his
recollection since the House hear
ings and had talked with Mrs.
Hiss about the matter.
"Mr. Murphy" Mr.. Hiss said
acidly. you are characterizing
what you just read. Why don't
you read it again?"
The prosecutor drew himself to
his full 6 feet 4 inches. his face
red and his mustache bristling.
Your honor" he thundered
will you instruct this character
not TO-"
Mr.. Stryker leaped to his feet.
shouting his objections. .
Cross-examination of Mr.. Hiss
today was in Sharp contrast to
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Maryland to Open Bids
On Rood Projects Todoy
BY the Assoeiosed Pres

~ the AssoSfoFeo pFeS&
BALTIMORE. June 28.-The
State Roads Commission continues
its push to improve Maryland
highways by opening bids today
on several projects. including:
Widening from % to SO feet of
the Suitiand road. State route 2l8,
In Prince Georges County.
Surfacing of a dual highway
from Parole to South River in
Anne Arundel County.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

Holland censors rejected six
American feature films in two
months.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Hiss Questioned on Left-Winq Group

Mr.. Hiss then testified that when
trustees of the endowment ques-
toned him on that subject last
December. he explained he did
not talk personally to Mr.. Byrnes
but asked Mr.. Acheson (now Sec
retary Of State) to do so, and was
assured by him that Mr.. Byrnes
thought it was all right"
The bitterest outburst of the trial
thus far occurred early this after
noon when Mr.. Murphy referred
to Mr.. Hiss as this character"
Mr.. Stryker objected heatedly
declaring:
Were 1t not for the fact that
do not want a miStrial. I would
move for one"
Judge Kaufman shut out the
dispute In hurry.
THE incident is closed for the
moment" he said Sternly.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

CTOSS-eXamlnatlOn OF MT. HISS
today was In Sharp contrast to
Evening star., 1949-06-28
FOUND.

KODAK. found Can again. woodiey so76,
\ !
Evening star., 1949-10-09

In bankruptcy or re-
under the Bankruptcy
Iuch companies. Rates
table are annual dis.
uarterly or semi-annual
noted, special or extra
Called. Z Ex dtytdend.
extras. b PluJ stock
Paid last year. I Pay
value on ex-dtvidend
, this year. b Declared
split-up. ( Declared or
e issue with dividends
dividend omitted. de-
last dividend meeting.
y Liquidating dividend.
valus undetermined on
Evening star., 1949-10-09

ancial theorists-that's a bull
market.
But don't be surprised if the
market falls fat on its face when
and if-the steel and coal
strikes are settled.
The market has ignored the
predictions of the experts-and
even what has seemed good COM
mon sense-more than once in the
past.
In Saturdays two-hour session
low priced issues, including some
with somewhat of a speculative
rating, attracted strong backing.
Out of a total of 760 individual
issues traded, 337 advanced and
1874 declined. Sales totaled $4,000
shares.
The Associated Press average of
so stocks advanced to 66.8, a gain
of i of one point. This cancelled
out Fridays small loss and put
the market back at the high for
the year.
Evening star., 1949-10-09
Sharp Drop Seen
In Cotton Textile
Trade for Week
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Business
in cotton textiles slowed to a
walk this week. Sales of print
Fcloths and sheetings in the Sec
ond hand market continued to
dominate the light activity.
These goods moved at discounts
to mill prices. While no general
weakness developed in the pri-
mary price structure, prices on
some goods eased fractionally.
Actually first hand supplies for
the balance of the year are scarce
in print cloths, sheetings and
broad cloths.
Buyers did not show much in
terest in purchases for next year
delivery following their heavy
buying of the past several weeks.
Uncertainty also was created in
the coal and steel strike situa-
tions.
The wool goods market de-
veloped a firmer tone during the
week. Manufacturers who had
been holding off full commit
ments on fall and winter lines
of woolens and worsteds were
back in the market in increas-
ing numbers.
They did not have much sue
cess in securing goods for prompt
shipment because mills had re-
duced operating schedules earlier
this year rather than accumulate
inventories.
Price reductions were not an
ticipated until the fall lines OF
1850 so far as the effects of for
eign currency devaluation are
concerned.
Evening star., 1949-10-09
Stock Average Holds
AT 1949 High Despite
Week Of Uncertainty
By WiIIiom D. Horeon
Associated Press Market Writer


NEW YORK. Oct. 8.-Wall
Street is touting a new bull mar
ket.
In the past several weeks the
stock market has been served a
diet of such news as a coal strike.
a steel strike, British devalua-
ton and the Russian atomic ex-
plosion.
The diet may have had a dis
agreeable taste but it was cer-
tainly nourishing.
On Tuesday the general price
level scored a new 1949 high. On
Wednesday the performance was
repeated and again on Thursday.
The market wobbled a bit on Fri
day but on Saturday regained its
balance.
Not since November 4 last have
prices, on average, been so high.
This week there was no visible
sign that progress was being
made toward settlement of the
coal and steel strikes. A couple
of steel stocks, nevertheless, sold
at their best prices of the year.
United States Steel Corp. COM
mon was one of them.
Auto Stocks Favored.
Toward the week end General
Motors and Studebaker eStab-
lished 1949 highs and there was
a rush to buy other auto stocks.
This despite the fact that a con-
tinued steel strike would stop
production at every auto assem-
bly, line in the country.
There was just one weak spot
in Wall Streets new bull market
-optimists considered it nothing
more than a run-of- -the-mill in
fant's ailment. The rail section
of the market has been having
growing pains
The industrial and utility COM
ponents of the market have been
doing fine, with both groups at
their highs for the year. The
rails, though, have quite little
way to go to reach the years high.
The failure of the rails to join the
parade is understandable. Earn
ings reports have been poor, oper-
ating costs have gone up, other
transportation methods have cap.
tured some of the railroads bust
ness.
Many analysts feel, however,
that railroad stocks have been
underpriced and that any day
they are likely to come in for at
tention from investors and specu-
lators.
Would Be Signal for Bulls.
When the rails follow the action
of the industrials in establishing
new highs, according to many fin
Evening star., 1949-10-09
Small Gains in Rails
Keep Bond Market
On Even Footing
By H. c. Johnson
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. ga puny
advance in the rails kept the bond
market on an even footing in
today's brief session. Gains in all
groups were small and there was
sprinkling of minus signs all
along the corporate line.
Sales totaled $4,000, COM
pared with $4,000 last Saturday.
Best gamers were among bonds
not usually very active and espe-
cially so on a normally quiet Sat-
urday. New York & Harlem As.
for instance, ran up 2s4 points to
SO on sale of two bonds. Virginia
& Southwestern Consolidated SIS
advanced a point to 83 also on q
transfer of two bonds.
b. & O. Among Gamers.
Small gamers included Ameri-
can Tobacco IS. Baltimore & Ohio
convertible AIS, St. Paul con-
vertible 4las, Cincinnati Gas 2As
and Illinois Central 434s.
Northern Pacific AIS backed up
more than point to end at 80 on
sale of eight bonds. Others hold
ing lower positions at the close
included loans of Philadelphia
Electric. Southern Pacific, Ameri-
can Telephone 25ss and Firestone
Tire IS.
Government bonds were inactive
and foreign dollar issues kept in
the background with minor
changes.
The bond market thrived on
wishful thinking this week.
With the Nations two leading
basic industries strikebound, there
was little reason for investor
optimism but that a solution to
the thorny strike problem was
just around the corner.
Long-term United States Treas
ury bonds inched forward every
day, gains in bid prices never 60
ing above 1892 of a point.
Next weeks light budget of cor
porate debt financing is divided
equally between public utility
bonds and railroad equipment
trust certificates. The list con-
sists of two public utility issues
totaling $11, 100000 and four
equipment loans coming to the
same amount. All are to be sold
by competitive bidding.
Financing Schedule Given.
The weeks schedule: Monday
Utah Power & Light Co., S3.OO0.-
900 first mortgage bonds; Tues
day-Arkansas Power g. Light Co.,
$8,700,000 first mortgage bonds,
and Erie Railroad, $4,000, 900
equipment trust certificates:
Thursday-Kansas City Southern
Railway. $1,200,000 equipments.
and Texas & Pacific Railway, 81
100000 equipments; Friday
Northern Pacific Railway, $780,
900 equipments.
Small issues will dominate
State, county and municipal
financing. The weeks biggest
scheduled offering is $4,000, 900 of
building revenue bonds to be Of
fered Tuesday by the Board Of
Governors of the Oklahoma Stu
dent Union.
However. a group Of local hous-
ing authorities Is making a Joint
offering Thursday Of $33, ,098, 900
of notes.
The publication 'tDail Bond
Buyer" listed next weeks total of
tax-exempt offerings at $51,232,-
750. compared with $75,2l2, 500
this week.