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Evening star., 1949-08-15
| New York Insurance Rate
For Young Drivers Raised
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Liability
insurance rates go up today in New
York State on automobiles oper-
ated by drivers under the age OF
Is because of the bad accident
record of the youthful drivers.
The State Insurance Department
announced yesterday it had ap-
proved an immediate rise OF Is per
cent in the New York City area
and 20 per cent in the rest of the
State.
The department found in a 1947
survey of $1,000 drivers in the
State outside of New York City
that 14.4 per cent of the licensed
operators were under Is. And this
14.4 per cent had ass per cent OF
all fatal accidents and 23.8 per
cent of all non-fatal accidents.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Lucas Sees No Chance
.0f Adjournment Soon
In Face Of Senate Talk
Hos No Hope Of Halt to 1t.
Either; Expects Tough
Time on Some Bills
By J. A. Fox

Senate Majority Leader Lucas
said at the White House today
that there is absolutely no
chance" of Congress quitting by
Labor Day unless there is COM
plete change of attitude by Sena-
tors on shortening debate.
He indicated he didn't see much
possibility of that.
The Illinois Senator, who Joined
other Democratic leaders in the
weekly conference on legislation
with President Truman, said min
imum wage. appropriation bills,
reciprocal trade agreements, and
controversial reorganization plans
are awaiting the immediate atten-
ton of the Senate. He added that
he is looking for rough going on
the government revamping meas
ures, principally that which would
set up a new Department of We'll
fare on the framework of the
Federal Security Agency.
Plans Reported Adversely.
The other reorganization meas
ure would transfer certain agen
cies. including the Bureau of EN-
ployment Security from Fedora
Security Agency to the Labor De
partment.
Both plans have been reported
adversely to the Senate from thu
Committee on Expenditures.
Senator Lucas attributed th'
fight on the creation of a welfare
department to opposition tt
Oscar r. Ewing, Federal Security
Administrator, who, it is assumed
would head the new cabinet de-
partment.
Senator Lucas said he thought
it was most unfortunate" thai
Senators are allowing themselves
to be swayed by personalities i'm
mediately involved in the pro-
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Mrs. Vanderbilt Undergoes
! Observation for Polio
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. Is. Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, wife of the
journalist and lecturer. was taken
to hospital last night for obser-
vation as a possible polio case, a
family spokesman said today.
The spokesman called it a pre-
cautionary measure"
Mrs. Vanderbilt, the former Mrs
Patricia Murphy Wallace of Los
Angeles. was married to the
grandson of the railroad builder in
Greenwich, Conn, last September
She gave her age as %. Previously
she was married to Earl Wallace,
Hollywood photographer.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, 50-year- -old
scion of the socially prominent
family, had been married four
times previously.
Evening star., 1949-08-15

Sc. who was admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital Friday; a boy. IA
of the 5l00 block of Cathedra
avenue NV, admitted to George
town Hospital Saturday; a col
ored girl, 16, of the HOO block
of Fifth street Sc, admitted te
Gallinger yesterday. and a boy, 3
of the 300 block of Hamilton street
NV, admitted to Children's Hos
pital Friday.
The Maryland case raises the
total to u from outside the Dis
trict registered so far this year.
The new patient is 23-month-
old boy of the 2700 block OF Mum
son street, Silver Spring. who was
admitted to Children's Hospital
last Thursday.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
49 of So on Atlantic AirIiner
Saved From Sea Off Ireland
9KiIIed in Forced Landing; Ruth Nichols
Among Those Rescued; II Americans Aboard

killed. The other eight dead were
passengers, according to Otis
Nelson, president of Transocear
Airlines.
Mr.. Nelson identified the dead
crewman as Radio Officer Herbert
Asbel of Brooklyn. N. Y. Sur
vivors said he was killed while
he was trying to leave the plane
Apparently he was struck by a
piece of the planes broken tail.
When the plane was approach
ing Shannon. Mr.. Asbel's radio
equipment was blanked out by
atmospheric conditions. and this
caused the plane to overshoot the
airport. Later the plane went
down on the Atlantic so gently
tine survivors said, that they were
not even thrown from their seats
Other Crew Members.
Authorities at Shannon gave thi!
tentative list of the other crew
members. They are:
Capt. Edward C. BesSey. Whet.
ersfeld. Conn.
First Officer Richard B. Hall
Long Beach. Calf.
Second Officer John Moore
Windsor Locks. Conn.
Navigator Jamse A. Bauman
Great Darlington, Mass.
Second Radio Officer Robert
Thomas, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Purser Ralph H. Fischer. Sara.
toga Springs, N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
'Qber Act Ruled Invalid
By Baltimore Court;
Constitution Cited
| Maryland Statute Tries
To Control Thought,
Not Deeds, Jurist Says
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Judge
Joseph Sherbow of the Baltimore
Supreme bench ruled today that
Maryland's Ober law against SUBJ
versive activities is invalid.
He said a State may not leg
islate on the thoughts Of its
citizens.
1.-The Supreme Court has made
it clear" the judges opinion said
that laws may punish acts and
conduct which clearly, seriously
and inminently threaten sub
stantive evils.
"They may not intrude into the
realm Of ideas, religious and po
litical beliefs. and opinions.
THE law deals with overt acts
not thoughts. 1t may punish TO,
acting, but not for thinking"
Quick Appeal Promised.
Attorney General Hall Ham.
mond said Judge SherboW's de.
cision will be taken promptly tc
Maryland's Court of Appeals fol
review
Maryland's Ober law was framed
by a commission headed by Frank
B. Ober, Baltimore attorney. It
was adopted by the General As
sembly last winter and became
effective April %.
1t provided prison sentences up
to five years and fines up to $4,000
for belonging to an organization
deemed subversive. Penalties up
to $4,000 and 20 years in prison
are set for those engaged actively
in subversize activities.
All public employees, including
school teachers, were required to
sign a loyalty oath.
The act did not impose these
penalties specifically for being a
Communist, but its preamble said
communism fits the definition OF
subversive activity. It said COM
munlsm is a treacherous, world
wide conspiracy to overthrow
other governments by force.
Basic Law Held Violated.
Judge Sherbow said in hi!
opinion:
"It violates the basic freedoms
guaranteed by the 1st and 14tf
amendments (of the United State
Corstitution) and due process
under the Constitution and decla
ration of rights, and is too gen
eral for a penal statute.
"As stated by Justice jackson
dn a West Virginia case befor'
the Supreme Court:
If there is any fixed star il
our constitutional constellation, l
is that no official. high or petty
can prescribe what shall be ortho'
dox in politics. nationalism, re-
ligion, or other matters of opin'
ion, or force citizens to confes.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Germans Rebuff Reds
Back Conservatives
And Free Enterprise
Socialists Rank Second,
But Are Expected to Be
Ruled Out in Coalition
by the Associo.ed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug
15.-Western Germany's conserv-
ative parties moved today toward
coalition which would commit
the new republic to the free enter
prise system during the next four
years.
Those parties emerged in the
strongest position in yestel days
parliamentary election--the first
free balloting of its type since
Hitler took over in 1898.
The voters rebuffed both the
Communists and the extreme
right pro-Nazi groups. The So
cial Democrats (Socialists) ranked
second in the popular vote. Con-
troll of the government. however,
is expected to rest with the anti
Socialist parties.
Nearly 24,0O0,000 Vote.
Official figures showed 23,724,479
of Western Germany's 31,179,422
eligible voters participated in the
election. The 402-member parlia-
ment which was elected will meet
September Z in the newly chosen
capital at Bonn. ,
The parliament will elect pres
ident of the Republic two days
later. with 400 state delegates join
ing the parliamentary deputies ir
the presidential vote. The p-esi-
dent will name a chancellor, d
post similar to that of prime min
lister. The chancellor in turn viii
form a government with sover-
eignty over Al, 900, 900 Germans liv-
ing west of the Russian zone.
I DR.. Konrad Adenauer, chairman
of the Christian Democrats. is re-
garded as the likely choice fol
chancellor. His party received the
largest popular vote. Prof. Theo-
dor Heuss, chairman of the Free
Democrats, was mentioned for the
presidency. The Free Democrats
finished third.
Two Parties i'm Good Position.
The Christian Democrats and
Free Democrats together came
|
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Coast Red Cell Tried
Twice 10 Get A-Bomh
DATA, Probe!s Say
One Positive Case
Of Espionage Linked
To California Scientist
BY the Associated Press

The House Committee on Un-
American Activities said today a
Communist cell once active in
Berkeley. Calf. was responsible
| for two attempts to get informa-
tion on atomic energy develop
ment land one positive case OF
Soviet espionage.
The statement was made as the
committee released hearings on
reported Communist efforts to in
fltrate the University of Califor-
MIA radiation laboratory and
atomic bomb project at Berkeley
during the war. Much of the mat
ter released has been publicized
several times.
The one positive case" OF espi-
onage was identified by the COM
mittee as that of Scientist *
The committee said it knows who
Scientist x" is, but "he Is not to
be confused with" the witness
whose testimony was published.
The witnesses. most Of them
heard publicly by the committee
were Robert r. Davis and his
wife, Charlotte N. Davis: Giovan-
nj Rossi Lomanitz, Steve Nelson
Joseph Weinberg. David Joseph
Bohm and DR.. Frank F. Open
heimer and his wife. Jacquenette
Oppenheimer.
Six Are Cleared.
The report said there is ne
evidence in the possession of the
committee which would indicate
that Lomanitz. Bohm. the Oppen.
heimers or the Davises were en-.
gagged in espionage"
The Davises testified they are
former Communists. He said he
worked at the radiation labora.
tory at Berkeley, and she once
taught at a nursery school in Lo!
Alamos, N. Mex. They now live
in New York.
Lomanitz, until recently phys
les professor at Fisk University
in Nashville, Tenn, also worked
at the radiation laboratory, as did
Bohm, now a professor at Prince
ton University. Both refused, on
grounds of possible self-incrimin-
alton, to answer committee ques-
tions regarding communist party
membership.
Weinberg, a former scientist at
the laboratory, is now on the fac
Evening star., 1949-08-15
6 Sales Tax Agents 10 Begin
Store Checkups Wednesday

Six agents of the District Sales
Tax Division will go on the street
Wednesday to check for mer-
chants who have failed to comply
with requirements of the new 2
percent levy on retail sales.
The men, who will join four
auditors already canvassing the
city's $4,000 vendors, were to
spend today and tomorrow COM
pleting their study OF the new
revenue act.
The auditors today were check
ing Georgia avenue merchants fol-
compliance with the sales tax
Thus far about 600 merchants
have been checked to see how
many failed to apply for certifi-
oates Of registration.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Round-Tab|e Sessions
On Aid 10 Education
Planned by Lesinski
Two Democrats Attack
Conferences as Foolish,
'Trumped-Up Deaf
ky the Associofed Presa

Chairman Lesinski notified
House Labor Committee members
today of a "round-table discus
sion" on Federal aid to education.
to begin August % with some
education. labor and religious
leaders.
Two committee Democrats i'm
mediately denounced the meet
ings as "a foolish gesture" and "a
trumped-up DEAL" and declared
they will not attend.
Mr.. Lesinski said in a letter to
committee members that the con-
ferences will continue several
days, and possibly q week. He
said he has invited Earl J. Nc
Grath, commissioner of educa-
ton; e. j. Butler of the National
Catholic Welfare Council, DR..
Rumsey B. Marston of the Ma
tional Education Association, and
representatives of the CIO and
AFL.
Legislation Deadlocked.
A religious controversy, in Con-
gress and the Labor Committee,
has deadlocked aid-to-education
legislation in the committee for
several weeks. The Senate has
passed a bill which would allow
some Federal money to 60 to non-
public schools for so-called auxil-
iary purposes if the States wish
it. A House subcommittee has ap-
proved a bill which would limit
all Federal aid funds strictly to
public schools.
Representative Barden of North
Carolina, author of the House bill,
called Mr.. Lesinski's proposed
meetings "a grandstand play for
some Interior motive fear I un-
derstand."
Il regard it as a wholly foolish
gesture" he added. If Mr.. Lesin-
ski would take the trouble to read
our subcommittee hearings, he
would see that all the people he
has called have expressed their
opinions fully on this.
Il cannot conceive of Mr.. But
Iler, for instance, changing his
position, since to my knowledge
Evening star., 1949-08-15
By J, A. O'leory


Changes in the administrators
$1,450, 100000 foreign arms pro-
gram, cutting the cash in half for
the first year and adding new
safeguards. were drafted today by
Senators Vandenberg. Republic
can, of Michigan, and Dulles, Re.
publican, of New York.
Intended to provide only an in
terim program for Western Eu-
rope until the North Atlantic
treaty is in full operation, the
Republican amendments would:
/. Give Western Europe $780,
100000 in cash for the first year
and 100000 of contract
authority for 1851, instead of an
all cash total of 1,160, 100000 in
the administration bill.
2. Make it clear that the
interim military aid to Western
Europe is to be geared completely
into mutual defense plans worked
out later by the IL nations sign
ing the North Atlantic Treaty.
3. Give the United States a re.
capture power to hold back any
part of this first year of aid to
Western Europe if conditions in
any of the treaty countries make
such action advisable. This re-
capture power is intended to last
only until the mutual defense
plans are perfected under the
treaty.
4. Enable Congress, as we'll as
the President to. terminate the
military aid if changing conditions
make it advisable.
House Committee in Session.
This substitute proposal was
made public on the Senate side
while the House Foreign Affairs
Committee was in closed session In
the hope of reporting out the arms
bill.
Meanwhile, on a third front,
the Senate Banking Committee
heard its counsel. William Nc
Kenna, question the constitutions
ality of a reported plan to have
the Reconstruction Finance Corn
finance a large part of the first
year of the arms program without
waiting for the Appropriations
Committees of Congress to make
money available.
Senators Vandenberg and Dulles
Joined in frowning on the RFC
financing proposal, declaring You
cannot substitute the RFC for the
Appropriations Committees
Greco Turkish Aid Unchanged.
The Vandenberg-Dulles substi-
tute leaves unchanged the $211,-
100000 for Greece and Turkey.
1t also retains the $27, SAC, 900 for
Iran, Korea and the Republic Of
the Philippines.
It completely changes the ap-
lCa. ApNFC pooe A7l
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Two Die as Plane Crashes
And Burns in Tennessee
Nv the Associufed Press


SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. Aug. Is
"A two-engine Beechcraft plane
from Chanute Field, ILL.,, crashed
near here today, killing two oc-
cupants.
The plane came down in flames
near this Bedford County COM
munity on the Lewisburg high
way, eight miles from shelbyville
Cecil Burns. a nearby resident
said he saw the plane as 1t f1ut-
tered down and that he saw the
bodies of the two occupants trap
ped in the wrecked and f1ercely
burning craft.
The victims were not immediate
ly identified.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Ldte News
Bulletin
Man Dies in Bridge Leap

A man wearing q Navy petty
officers uniform and identi-
fed by papers in his pockets as
William Midkiff, 80, Of San
Francisco, stationed at the
West Potomac Park Naval Bar
racks, plunged to his death in
the Potomac from the Memoir
ial Bridge early this afternoon.
Police were told the driver of
q taxi from which the man
had alighted on the bridge
tried in vain to dissuade him
from leaping.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Syrian Leaders
Pick NewChiefs
Following Coup
President, Premier
Executed /; Situation
Stirs Middle East
BY the Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug: IS
Syria's President and Premier we're
shot yesterday in lightning mill
tary coup whose repercussions
thundered through the explosive
Middle East.
Col. Sami Hennawi, 81. Syrian
hero Of the Palestine war, led the
group of senior army officers who
overthrow the government of
Marshal Husni zayim.
A sharp burst from a firing
squad at the Mazza military bar
racks ended the rule of the stocky
little Zayim who had seized power
four and a half months ago.
1 Marshal Zayim's bespectacled
premier, Muhsen Bey Berazi, gen.
orally considered the brains of the
regime, died with him.
Called Traitors and Tyrants.
! Col. Hennawi issued communi-
ques telling of the shootings. They
called the dead rulers traitors"
and tyrants." and ordered the
army and police to join forces to
maintain calm.
dispatches from Syria are
subject to censorship
| Col. Hennawi summoned a
meeting of about so prominent
Syrian politicians last night. He
told them Marshal Zayim was
guilty of 'conceit and despotism.
He said the revolution was forced
oy the Presidents reckless spend
ing of government funds and his
failure to follow through on PROM
ises of reform.
The assembled politicians, in
Guiding Faris FL Khouri. Syria's
delegate to the United Nations,
called on former President Hasem
5ey Attassi to form a new gov
eminent. He accepted.
/ 11-Man Cabinet Named.
Hashem Attassi, in his eighties,
lis Syria's oldest and most re-
spected politician. He served as
President Of the republic from
1886 to 1910.
He named II men to serve in
his cabinet, including Nazem Kiud,
former Syrian Minister to Wash
ington. who will be Minister of
Foreign Affairs. Gen. Abdullah
Attfeh, top officer in the Syrian
army, was named Minister of De-
fense. Gen. Attfeh held the same
position under Marshal Zayim.
The new cabinet, or council Of
ministers, will assume ali execu-
tive as well as legislative powers
until the return of parliamentary
rule to the country.
Speculation Immediately arose
as to the fate of the cross-Syria
pipeline of the American owned
Trans-Arabian Oil Co.
| Marshal Zayim granted permis-
sion for the line to be built after
previous Syrian governments had
refused.
Wanted Middle East Pact.
! In an interview with the Asso-
ciated Press last Friday, Marshal
zayim told of his hopes for an
Atlantic pact" covering the Mid
die East. He said he would spon-
sor it. The marshal was opposed
to letting Israel join the proposed
pact, however. on the grounds
that to do so would give Com
munists entry.
Although Marshal Zayim was
ardently anti-Israel. he recently
took steps to protect Syrian Jews
and moved swiftly against a band
Of terrorists who bombed syna-
gogue a week ago Friday.
A Syrian broadcast described
the coup thus: E
Sunday morning three carloads
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Committed.
Arms Aid Bill,
But Halves Cash
Vondenbere, Dulles
Offer Senate Stopeop,
Shaved Program
pIIIl ETIA
BULLETIN

The House Foreign Affairs
Committee today approved the
SLIGO, 100000 asked by the ad-
ministration for Western Eu-
rope in the arms bill, but split
it almost equally between cash
and contract authority. The
cash part is s655,840.000. The
committee turned down a Re-
publican amendment to add
$200,000,00O for China. but
adopted a declaration in favor
of developing a Pacific pact for
mutual cooperation. similar to
the Atlantic treaty.
Evening star., 1949-08-15

lSee CONGRESS, Page AID
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(see EDUCATION, Page AS.
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(See GERMAN. Page AID
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(See ODER, Page A-3D
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(See ARMS, Page A-7.)
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(See PLANE, Page A-4D
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See FIVE-PERCENTERS, AS.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-28
Blind Man Names Babies
at Cost OF Dollar Each

MUNCIE, IND.-There is a new
business for solving an old handi-
cap.
R. H. Clifford, of this city, is
blind and aging. There seemed
nothing he could do; but he had
a will and there was a way. Gift
ford took up baby-naming. He
chose that, he said, because there
are so many people with odd
names. He used science and COM
mon sense as his technique" in
naming babies.
For Is cents Clifford offers par
ents a name for their baby. II
they accept his suggestion, he says.
he expects them to send him rs
cents more.
That's a pretty inexpensive way
to assure a youngster a good
NAME" he thinks.
"a person with an off sounding
name often gets off on the wrong
foot" he says. Some first names
don't III Lne last udiilSSs 1ahS 70
wald and Lemuel. I've met dozens
of men with those names and they
don't pair with any surname, not
even Smith"
He says off spellings Of common
names were impractical, also
names used for either boy or girl,
such as Francis and Frances.
AS a general rule, he explains.
short first names go best with long
names, and vice versa. He detests
the word Junior"
"A good name helps your person
atty" Clifford says.
Gifford's own name?
He insists that the III" is an
initial only. Under pressure, he
admitted that his first name is
Roman"
Horrible sounding, isn't it?"
he said. But I'm stuck with it."
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-28
Aged Zoo Donkey
Nov In7mortoHzed
In History Museum

NEW YORK CITY. - A little
donkey that gave rides to children
in the Bronx zoo for 10 years has
been lmmortalized in the Ameri.
can Of natural history.
Henceforth. visitors in the hall
of comparative anatomy will see
it as a skeleton in motion" fight
ing off the attack of a botfly by
scratching its left hind leg with its
teeth.
1t is the final work of the late
S. Harmsted Chubb, world author
ity on animals in motion as shown
by their mounted skeletons.
Mrs. Chubb finished the job from
detailed instructions that the oste-
ologist dictated shortly before his
death. Chubb also prepared a num-
Der of charts and diagrams to as
sist his wife in the delicate work.
Chubb's entire collection of
mounted specimens will remain as
part of the museums permanent
display, including his collection Of
5000 bones ranging in size from
pin-point specks to five feet IN
length and four inches in diameter.
Among the most famous OF the
scientists mounts was that Of an
Irish elk which he completed in
1897 for Columbia university.
His mountings Of a rearing
horse and man and Of a central
Monaghan wild horse attacked by
a wolf have achieved worldwide
fame.
DIR. william K. Gregory, curator
emeritus of Comparative Anatomy,
said that although DR.. Chubb's
work was of great interest to all
who are concerned with natural
history in its many forms and to
the lay public at large, it was Of
particular interest to artists and
students who find the perfect
specimens of tremendous value in
research and anatomical drawing.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-28
80 Acres Prize Wheat
Harvested by Mistake

CHEYENNE WELLS, COL
Lloyd MeiS Of this community
discovered that 80 acres of his
prize wheat had been harvested
while he was working on an
other part of the farm.
Naturally disturbed, he sought
out legal aid to determine
where his wheat had gone.
Sheriff Ed Byers went to
work on the case. 1t didn't take
him long to come up with the
facts. The wheat thieves" he
learned, were transient harvest
hands employed by a neighbor-
ing farmer. They had harvested
Meis' wheat by mistake.
The wheat was located at a
nearby elevator and was cred
tied to Meis' account.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-28

Stepped into Smiths Depart
ment Store the other noon and saw
the strangest thing. ISIS" Davis
was coming up the stairs from the
basement with a bundle of wash.
"Is Smitty taking in washing
these days?" I asked. "Not quite"
she says. "He's just put in a new
automatic washing machine, so
the girls who work here can get
their laundry done while they're
eating lunch. Means more time to
relax at night and on weekends."
I thought what a swell boss
Smitty must be. Human relations
between the boss and employees