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Evening star., 1949-07-31

Squads of investigators whose
chores range from uncovering
bribery to tracking down subver-
sive activities within the Air Force
now are operating without fam
fare at Air Force distric t S
throughout the country.
They are members of the little
publicized Office of Special Inves-
LEGATIONS in the Air Force, estab-
lished after the exposure and sub
sequent perjury conviction Of
Bennett E. Myers, wartime major
general in Air Force procurement.
Their first anniversary COIN
cides with the makings Of an
other expose-the Senate inves-
tigation of five per centers" who
have been accused of boasting
they have influence in high places
to get Government contracts.
Two major generals have been
suspended so far as the result of
the Senate inquiry.
FBI Man Organized Unit.
Air Force Secretary Symington
ordered establishment of the in
vestigative group, which replaces
the Criminal Investigation Di-
vision and the Counter Intelli-
gence Corps for the Air Force. To
command a centrally directed in
vestigative service he borrowed
from the FBI Joseph F. Carroll,
who had been on loan as head
of the War Assets Administra-
ton compliance division. He was
commissioned colonel and has
since been promoted to brigadier
general.
Typical of the operation is the
unit at Boiling Air Base, which
in its first year of operation has
solved an arson case. cleared q
murder suspect, caught a forger
and investigated scores of other
cases from suspected sabotage to
subversive activities.
One of the units assignments
Is to make sure that Communist
elements do not penetrate the Air
Force. An airman spotted attend
ing a Communist meeting is sub
ject to thorough check. His as
sociates in the barracks are ques-
toned. Investigators find out
what he reads and what he talks
about. If necessary. he is sha-
dowed. If the investigators find
conclusive evidence, they make a
report. After that, it's out Of
their hands.
Loyalty Probes Included.
The special investigators also
carry on the background investiga-
tions of Air Force military and
civilian personnel under the loyal
ty program. Seriously subverSive
Evening star., 1949-07-31

after picking up cargo in Balti-
more and Philadelphia, and that
the Steel Flyer would sail from
New York September 2 for Homo
lulu. He said at least two or
three other Isthmian ships now
in Hawaiian waters would be
used. and indicated additional
ships might be charted.
Employers broke their silence
on the proposed legislation, with
w. Russell Starr of Castle and
Cooke terminals opposing it. He
said it paved the way for perman-
ent government operation of the
dock industry.
In the direct negotiations for
settlement of the strike, union
and employer representatives
talked for an hour and 20 min
utes at the invitation of Republi-
can House Speaker Hiram Fong.
New Meeting Due Monday.
Union Leader Jack Hall and
Dwight Steele. acting for the
seven struck stevedoring firms,
said they had made no actual
progress toward settlement Of the
dispute. However, both said con-
tact would be maintained and
they would meet again Monday
afternoon.
Numerous attempts at direct
settlement have failed, with the
union standing pat on a demand
for a 32-cent raise from its old
$1.40 hourly wage. The highest
employer offer, since withdrawn,
was a 14-cent raise
Ip another angle Of the COM
plex situation. union sources said
privately they had substantial
evidence of a major policy split
among the socalled big Five"
sugar agency firms which con-
troll most of the struck stevedore
companies. The union sources
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Germans Abuse Allies
lin Drive for Votes
In Aug. IA Election
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany. July
30.-West German political lead
ers are abusing the Western Al
lies and almost ignoring the
Communists in their drive for
votes in the August IA elections.
Charges of deceit and arro-
gance, of greed and repression
are hurled at the United States,
France and Britain.
Candidates center their fire on
the Allies security program, in
tended to prevent future Ger
man aggression. Singled out for
attacks are the dismantling of
German factories which produced
war materials, the international
Ruhr Authority and the Military
Security Board. The issues Of
Germany's territorial losses in
the East and West also are raised.
In effect the Germans are serv-
ing notice that the anti-Commu-
mist parties will present a solid
front against many Of the Allies
basic policies when the German
federal republic is formed.
This republic will be made up
of the II states in the United
States, British and French zones.
A Parliament of 400 members
will be chosen in the voting Au-
gust IA. The Parliament, in turn,
will name the president and the
prime minister (chancellor), who
will organize the government.
The American Military Govern
ment's German Language news
paper Neue Zeitung said some
sort Of a unity front has been
established, reaching from the
very left to the very right of the
parties"
Here, as in all other such
fronts" it said, 1.-The unifying fac
tor is the fact that all are against
something. The German parties
are unified in their criticisms OF
the occupation powers"
AMG officials express some ap-
prehension.
If these attacks go on" one
commented, they are likely to
arouse passions to a pitch. We
are watching the situation, but
we plan to let them talk as long
as they do not threaten the Sc
curity of the occupation forces" "
This official noted that military
government law forbids the Ger
mans to hold up the occupation
powers to ridicule or to encour-
age disobedience to Allied au-
| |thoritieS,
Evening star., 1949-07-31
DIP Act Liberalization
Subject of TV Debate

Whether the D. placed Persons
Act should be liberalized will be
discussed on the American Uni
versity program, District View
point" over WMAL-TV, The Stars
television station, at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
Representative Keating,, Repub-
lican, of New York, will advocate
liberalization. The opposite view
will be given by Representative
Gossett, Democrat, of Texas. DR..
Paul F. Douglass. president OF
American University, will be
moderator.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Harvey |. Thompson, Sc
Utility Executive, Dies
By the Asseeioted Press

VILLANOVA, Pa, July 3d.
Harvey I. Thompson, president o1
three utility companies, died yes.
terday at his home. He was Sc
Mr.. Thompson. who had Offices
in Philadelphia. was head of the
Lancaster (Pa) Suburban Water
Co.. the Chestertown (Md) Elec.
trio Light and Power Co. and the
Kentucky Electric Light and Pow.
er Co., Nortonville. KY.
He graduated from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania in 1915.
Survivors include his widow anc
two sons.
Funeral services will be helc
Monday at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

activities involving civilians are
then referred to the FBI. The pro-
vost marshal gets their reports on
military personnel.
Col. Kirby Gillette, who set up
the Counter Intelligence Corps for
Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters in
London and is now at. Boiling as
one of the hand-picked command
ing officers in Special Investiga-
tions, emphasized that the investi-
gators are just as anxious to clear
the innocent as to put the finger
on the guilty.
He cited the case of an AWOI
airman who returned to Boiling
with blood on his uniform shortly
after the murder of a young
couple. The airman told the in
vestigators it was squirrel blood
but a laboratory analysis of the
clothes resulted in a report OF
human blood.
Police authorities were sure
they had their man. But Col
Gillette insisted he was innocent
despite the circumstantial evi-
dence. The clothes, at Col. Gill
lette's insistence, were sent back
for another laboratory analysis.
This time. the report came back
Animal blood" The airman had
been telling the truth.
Pay Fraud Cleared Up.
The Boiling unit, like the
others in the worldwide organ
ization. is made up of former FB1
agents, Secret Service men, inves-
tigators for congressional COM
mittees, military intelligence Of
ficers and policemen.
One Of the former Secret Serv-
ice men came in handy when the
word went out that an ex-lieu-
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Czechs Reject Tito S
Demand for Halt 10
Attacks in Press
BY the Assoeioted Press

PRAGUE, July 30.-The Czech
oslovak government rejected to-
day a demand from Yugoslavia
that it stop the Czech press from
making hostile attacks against the
Yugoslav people and the Tito gov
ernment.
h. In the sharply-worded rejection.
the Czech Foreign Ministry &C
cused Yugoslavia Of waging a
continual hostile policy against
both Czechoslovakia and the So
Wet Union.
It also accused the Yugoslav
embassy here Of using an unusu-
ally rude tone in making its rep
reservations against the Czech
press.
Meanwhile, Yugoslav diplo-
matte source reported the Czech
government had ordered the Yu-
goslav commercial attache here,
Ivo Barbalich, to leave the coun-
try within "a hours.
It was understood that two
other persons in the Yugoslav en-
bassy's trade section would de-
part with him. The Czechs were
reported to have accused the Yu-
goslav commercial personnel OF
smuggling some machinery orders
out of Czechoslovakia. This was
said to have been done after
Czechoslovakia, along with other
Cominform countries, imposed its
trade embargo on Yugoslavia be-
cause of Marshal Tito's contin-
ued rebellion against the Comm
form.
For months the Czech press has
been hurting charges and answer
ing what it has termed injustice
and insults from Tito's YugoslaV
regime.
In demanding disciplining OF
the press, the Yugoslavs cited q
Czech law which provides for
prosecution of newspapers which
slander allied states and the per-
sonages Of allied states.
The Czech Foreign Ministry S
reply was a most decisive" re-
lection.
= It asserted that Yugoslavia had
no right to appeal to this law be-
cause the Tito government was
'leading a continual hostile pol
icy against Czechoslovakia and al
so against the Allied Soviet Union
and is accusing them OF exploit
ing an imperialist policy against
YugoSlavia."
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Air Force Sets Up Special Investigators

tenant using five different aliases
was travelling from one installa-
ton to another signing vouchers
for pay and collecting. The Sc
cret Service asked the Army
finance officer to circulate the
names that appeared in the same
handwriting on the phony
vouchers.
One day, an officer showed up
at Boiling. displayed his identi-
fication and asked for his pay. The
finance officer spotted the name
and a special investigator was
summoned to take a look. That
investigator had been in the Sec
ret Service when the mans ac-
tivities were first discovered. He
promptly recognized the hand
writing and drew a confession
from the impersonator.
1t was the special Investigations
unit that also broke the case of
the private first class who set fire
to the air base chapel because he
wasn't allowed to teach Sunday
School.
Sabotage Is Danger.
Called into the case by the
provost marshal on the possibility
Of arson, the special investigators
eliminated spontaneous combus-
ton or faulty wiring as the cause
and started looking for someone
who had been in the vicinity. Once
they had established motive and
opportunity, they got a confession.
Sabotage at an air field is an
ever-preSent danger. That's why
they investigated so thoroughly
when metal filings showed up in a
planes gas tank. They weren't
satisfied until they positively de-
termined the filings came from
the rubbing Of the gas hose nozzle
against the sides of the tank.
To feed investigators into the
comparatively new operation. a
special school is run by the Office
of Special Investigations here. At
the school, investigative tech
niques are taught along with court
martial law and military proce-
dure.
At a time when the city is
seething with investigations and
hints of them, Col. Gillette says
of his outfit: 1--WE don't want to
be known as cloak-and-dagger
boys or keyhole peppers. Our goal
is simply an impartial determina-
ton of facts"
Although no one is Dragging
or even doing much talking-about
the Air Force investigative setup,
Secretary Symington recently
awarded Gen. Carroll the Legion
Of Merit for exceptionally meri-
torious service in developing the
| Office of Special investigations,
Evening star., 1949-07-31
House Probe of Communists
In Maritime Unions Delayed
BY the Associoisd Press

The House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committees investigation
Of possible Communist activities
in waterfront and maritime unions
was postponed yesterday until
some time this fall.
1t was to open next Tuesday
with testimony from Joseph Cur
ran, president of the National
Maritime Union C1O). The COM
mittee announced early last week
it would investigate the Hawaiian
dock strike. and the activities of
the West Coast waterfront unions.
A committee official said the
postponement was ordered after
Mr.. Curran asked to be excused
from testifying until after the
national CIO convention in Octo.
ber,
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Governor Of Hawaii
Opposes Bill 10 End
|91-Day Dock Strike
by the Associated Prsss

HONOLULU, July 3O.-An at
tempt to break Hawaii's 91-day
dock strike with regular Atlantic
Coast ship service was announced
today as both sides and the ter
ritorial governor himself. opposed
a legislative bill to end the tieup.
In a message to the Territorial
Legislature he called into special
session to cope with the strike,
Gov. Ingram M. Stainback said:
II don't think that wise legisla-
tion should attempt to penalize the
parties to the dispute. This is not
the proper approach"
Would Ban Hiring of Strikers.
The bill drafted by the Legisla-
ture would put the territorial gov
ernment into the stevedoring busi-
ness without seizing the seven
struck waterfront firms. 1t would
ban hiring of striking CIO dock
workers. Use of equipment and
employees of the struck firms would
be prohibited unless necessary"
The bill as drafted would give
strength to cries Of union busting
and socializing business" the gov
ernor said.
1t seems. Gov. Stainback told
the lawmakers, you might haye
lost sight of the warning against
being Influenced by vindictiveness
against any group. However
righteous your indignation may be,
you should not let it affect your
judgment"
Castle and Cooke, Ltd, local
agents, announced the Isthmian
Line was undertaking To-day sail
ings to and from Philadelphia,
Baltimore and New York as a joint
Standardization service.
The Matson Line, operating
from California, normally carries
the bulk of Hawaii's vital seaborne
commerce, but has been tied up
by the stevedore strike.
Matson announced yesterday
that it was loading a ship on the
West Coast for future sailings to
Hawaii. The strikers said they
would fly pickets to California tc
patrol the loading berth.
The union declared today in San
Francisco the step is strikebreak-
ing and will mean resumption of
the old West Coast maritime
battle.
Ship Sails For Philadelphia.
Loaded by non union labor and
manned by an AFL union crew,
the Isthmian's Steel Flyer sailed
for Philadelphia last night with
5000 tons of Hawaiian sugar. This
was the first cargo to leave the
islands since the CIO International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems Union struck for higher
wages May l.
Un Washington. President
Harry Lundberg of the AFL
Seafarers' International Union
said that If the CIO Long
shoremen's Union cannot stop
the loading of ships. they
can't expect us to stay on the
beach,"
/(His union manned the ship
which sailed last night for
Philadelphia. ~
(Mr. Lundberg said the CIO
union asked members of his
union to walk of the ship and
they did, only to have the
vessel loaded anyway
AFL Strong on East Coast.
The lWU is strong on the
mainland West Coast but does not
function on the East Coast, where
stevedores are largely AFL.
Duncan McBryde, a Castle and
Cooke executive, said the 18TH
mian's Steel Inventor would leave
New York for Honolulu August %,
Oe @e ~S ~e
Evening star., 1949-07-31
L. |. Dunning Rites
To Be Held tuesday

Funeral services for Lawrence
Levi Dunning, rs, retired Govern
ment employe who was active in
Masonic organizations, will be held
at II am. Tuesday in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Bradley lane
and Wisconsin avenue. Bethesda
Burial will be in Rock Creek Gem
etery. e
Mr.. Dunning died Friday at his
home, 1921 Stanford street, Be-
thesda, of q heart attack.
A native Of Ontario, Canada, he
served in the Spanish-American
War in Cuba and the Philippines.
Coming here in 1907, Mr.. Dun
ming first worked at the Interior
Department. He transferred to the
Public Health Service about 1920
and worked there until his retire.
ment in 1888.
Mr.. Dunning was a past master
and life member of the Anacostia
Masonic Lodge No. 81 and was past
patron Of the Naomi Chapter No.
%, Order of the Eastern Star. He
also had been active in the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and Span
ish American War Veterans.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Lola A. Dunning; a son. Robert
Edward Dunning, Los Alamos. N.
Mex; three brothers, Harvey, Wal
ter and James Dunning, all of
Canada; two sisters, Mrs. Alma
Mulligan, Ontario, Can, and Mrs.
Stella Headford, Fort Wayne, Ind. :,
and one grandson.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

The Tom Thumb, first American
built steam locomotive for pas
sengers, made it's initial run at
! Baltimore in August, 1880.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

Toronto residents think their
Yonge street is the longest street
in the world. It continues as On
tario highway No. II for 885 miles.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Pakistan Military Group
Visits Fort BeIvoir Today

Members Of the Pakistan mill
tary mission now touring service
installations in the United States
are scheduled to visit Fort Belvoir
Va, today.
The group, which Is observing
organization, training and equip
ment of the Army and Air Force
will be greeted at the South Gate
by Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart
commanding general of the En-
gineer Center and Fort Belvoir
During their seven-hour stay, they
will hold conferences with the
commanding general and his staff
and officials Of the Engineer
School. They also will visit va.
rious departments of the school
as well as static training exhibits
training activities in progress and
training sites.
The mission, headed by Secre-
tary Of Defense Islander Mira
includes Maj. Gen. Iftikhar All
Khan, Brigadier Agha Khan Raza
1t. Col. Saifur Rehman and Maj
Aziz Faruki. -
Evening star., 1949-07-07
John Mccarthy, 80, Custodian
AT Central Hiqh 20 Years, Dies

medistely spot an outsider. Mr.
Hoover added that the former
custodian was good at remember
ing the names Of the thousands OF
students he came in contact with
and was loved by children and
teachers alike.
When he retired in July. 1886
Mr.. Mccarthy made speech at
the student assembly and was
presented with huge c. indicating
his affiliation with the school. DR.
Harvey Smith. assistant superin-
tendent of schools. wrote "Mr
Mac" a letter when he retired, in
which he said, Central won't seem
the same to me with Mac not
around"
Mr.. Mccarthy was born in New
York and attended public schools
there.
He moved to Fauquier County
Va, when he was 20 years old and
lived on a farm there for IS years,
coming to Washington in 1896.
Before going to Central as GUS
todian he had worked as a car
penter with private concerns here.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Mary w. Mccarthy of 1882 Bla-
densburg road NE; a daughter,
Mrs. v. H. Landrum, 1922 M street
NE, and a son. Martin F. Nc
Carthy, Ill East Newland street,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Funeral arrangements are not
yet complete.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
D. {. Employees Wait Year
To Gel Yearly Pay Raise

After a wait of more than
wear, the district Government S
more than 10000 employees have
obtained their $3.50 a year pay
raise.
President Truman yesterday
afternoon signed into law the bill
providing the retroactive pay
boost for the Districts classified
workers. Last week Mr.. Truman
signed a similar legislation for the
Districts policemen, flremen
teachers and per diem workers.
The pay boosts are retroactive
to July /, 1948. That's the date
when the rest Of the Federal en-
ployes got the $3.50 pay boost de-
MED District workers because OF
fiscal problems.
Passage of a sales tax this year
however, eliminated the financial
barrier, and Congress speedily ap-
proved the $3.50 salary increases
for District employees.
The bill signed yesterday by the
President also contains $3.50 q
year retroactive salary increases
for the Governments foreign
service EMPLOYEES.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Absence Of Krug Delays
Recreation Discussions

Interior Secretary Krug was out
of the city today and negotiations
between the Interior Department
and the District Recreation Board
over the board taking over the In
terror recreation facilities marked
time.
Mr.. Krug is due to return to-
morrow. Interior officials met
yesterday and discussed the de-
partment's attitude toward the
proposals made Monday by the
Recreation Board.
Meanwhile, the Oldest Inhab-
itants, Inc. and the Interdenom-
national Ministers Alliance, both
colored organizations. sent tele-
grams to Mr.. Krug opposing any
modification of Interiors non
segregation policy for any of the
play facilities here proposed to be
turned over to the District board.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Truman Nominates Lawson
As Minister 10 Iceland

President Truman today nomi-
mated Edward B. Lawson, for
eign service careerman. to be
minister to Iceland succeeding
Richard P. Butrick, who is to be-
come Director General of the For
eign Service.
Mr.. Lawson, 81. has been ir
the foreign service since 1880. ano
is now attached to the Embassy
at Mexico City in charge of eco.
nomic affairs.
Mr.. Butrick will succeed Christ.
ian M. Ravndal as Director Gen.
eral of the Foreign Service.
In accepting Mr.. Butrick's re.
signation from the ministerial
post, the President expressed hi!
appreciation of your fine spirit
of loyalty" which prompted hin
to take the new assignment.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Western Electric Vote
On Union Shop Set Here

Workers in the Western Electric
Co. departments at I'LL North
Capitol street will participate ir
a union shop election which was
ordered by the National Labor
Relations Board last night.
Some $4,000 members Of the
CIO Association of Communica-
ton Equipment Workers in As
States and the District will par
ticipate in the election. A vote
in favor of a union shop by a
majority of the workers would
give the union the right to bar
gain for . union shop.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center.
are scheduled for 9 O'Clock to-
night. Programs of comedy.
sports, cartoons and musicians will
be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers:
Trinidad, Trinidad avenue and Meigs
Georeetown, Thirty-fourth and Volta
NV
Powell. Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV.
thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV
Shipley Terrace. 2302 Southern avenue
Bellvue, 213 Boyer road S.W
Davis. Forty-fourth place and n street
NE.
Raymond, Tenth street and Spring road
NV"
Cooke, P street between North Capitol
Montgomery, Twenty seventh and I
Lucy slowe, Fourteenth and Jackston
streets NE
:. Syphax School, Halt street betwesa
N and o streets S.W.