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Evening star., 1949-11-04
DR.. Compton Quits Defense Post
And Warns Against Fund Cuts
Poor Health Blamed;
Truman Accepts With
Utmost Regret
BY the Associoted Press

DR.. Karl T. Compton is stepping
down from the Craftsmanship OF
the Nations top scientific defense
agency.
DR.. Compton said yesterday
poor health was forcing him to
quit as head of the Defense De-
partment's Research and Develop
ment Board. President Truman
accepted the resignation with the
utmost regret"
DR.. Compton is a former presi-
dent of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology. He had
served one year as head of the
board, which includes two men,
bers each from the Army, Navy
and Air Force. The agency super
vises all scientific projects affect
ing military defense.
Mr.. Truman was said to have
no immediate plans for a sue
cessor to DR.. Compton, who will
go on extended leave November
10 pending nomination of a new
chairman. DR.. Robert F. Rine-
hart. the boards executive sec
retary, has been named deputy
chairman.
DR.. Compton said he Is leaving
the agency in good condition-but
he cautioned against any arbitrary
cuts in its fund and added, with
out going into detail:
Sometimes the effect of high
level Investigations or attacks is
to multiply excessively the con-
trols on research agencies, and
thus to defeat the stated objective
Of efficiency"
Mr.. Truman said he is reas-
sured by DR.. Compton's statement
that the board during the past
year has sent the Nations mill
tary Leaders a complete report on
the status Of all research which
might be important strategically.
1.-THE fact that this report in
cludes estimates OF performance
characteristics and dates of avail
ability" the President said, makes
1t an emphatic answer to vocal
and superficial critics Of defense
policies"
In his letter to the President
DR.. Compton said he was leaving
the Government ION medical ad-
vice which I cannot ignore"
He said the board has made
some important new contributions
to the defense program in the
last year.
Besides the complete report on
the status of all military research
programs. he said the board has
evolved in cooperation with the
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Living Cost Figuresi'!o
Bolster Pay Demand

Washington's bus and streetcar
operators today submitted figures
on the cost of living in Washing
ton to the arbitration board which
is hearing their demands for
higher wages. -...
The 4.300 union workers. who
are seeking q 25-cent-an- hour
wage increase from the Capital
Transit Co.. contend their earn
ings fall short Of the amount nec-
essary to maintain the commonly
accepted standard OF living.
Two budgets for last August
were submitted by E. L.. Oliver,
who Is presenting the unions case
to the f1ve-man arbitration board
at the Hamilton Hotel.
Both budgets are for q family
OF four, including a man and wife,
a boy of 13 and girl of 8.
BIS Figures Used.
One Of the budgets was based
on that Of the Heller Committee
for Research of the University of
California and projected to cover
Washington costs. The other was
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
budget covering the cost of city
workers.
Here are the figures.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
| Burned as Fire Routs
80 al Rooming House

A rooming house fire chased 80
hastily clad persons from a three
story building at 4 Logan Circle
early today, but all escaped in
jury except one man who suf-
fered minor burns.
Earlier, a two-alarm blaze
caused considerable damage to
a tire shop at 312 G street NV.
William Glen, 46, OF the Logan
Circle address, occupant of a first
floor room. was the only person
hurt when fire Of undetermined
origin gutted the room and sent
heavy smoke throughout the
building.
Occupants made their escape
by a rear stairway. Mr.. Glen
was treated on the scene by fire.
men.
Firemen had not determined
cause Of the tire shop blaze. The
one-story building is occupied by
the Harvey budding Tire Co., the
Associate Tire Co.. and the q
Street Tire Co. The first alarm
came at 500 am. and the second
was turned IN minutes later
because a high wind threatened
to spread the fire.
Firemen answering the second
alarm, however, turned back to
their station after arriving on the
scene because the flames had been
brought under control. The in
terror Of the building and con-
tents were considerably dam
aged, flremen said.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
New Foray by Red Troops
Into Iran Is Reported
BY the Assoeioied Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Nov. "A re-
ported new foray into Iran by
Soviet troops gave Russian Iran
ian relations another jolt today.
A high-ranking Iranian gov
ernment source gave this account
of the incident.
The foray occurred Sunday at
Baghcheh Sara, north of Astara,
a port on the western shore Of
the Caspian Sea. Soviet soldiers
attacked Iranian border troops.
The Iranian units resisted.
Firing lasted several hours, but
no casualties were reported. The
Russians withdrew when Iranian
reinforcements arrived.
1ranians have accused the Rus
slams several times in recent
months of violating the frontier.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
By the Asseeiofed P, ess

John L. Lewis. according to q
book to be published today. re-
CARDS the steel and automobile
industries as unintentional allies
with him in his fights against the
coal operators.
Saul Alinsky, in John L.
Lewis, an Unauthorized Biog-
raphy," quotes a statement to this
effect by Mr.. Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers Union. Mr.
Alinsky says this remark Is the
key to his grand strategy in all
coal strikes"
when we control the produc-
tion of COAL" Mr.. Alinsky quoted
Mr.. Lewis as saying in an inter-
view. 1--WE hold the vitals OF our
society right in our hands. I can
squeeze, twist and pull until we
get the inevitable victory. When
ever we strike. time is always on
our side, for coal is basic to ou1
economy.
There are not huge profits in
the coal industry, but there are
enormous profits in steel, autos
rubber and other industries. Stop
Evening star., 1949-11-04
NLRB Backs Dismissal
0fCase AgainstUnion,
Rejects Denham Stand
by the Asseeiofed Press

Sharply differing with its own
general counsel, the National
Labor Relations Board has af-
hrmed dismissal of unfair labor
practice charges against an AFL
union In Portland, Greg.
The board yesterday unani-
mously upheld a trial examiner
who threw the case out on grounds
that the board already had re-
fused to take jurisdiction over the
same company, Haleston Drug
Stores, Inc. in a previous case in
volvine union representation.
The board found, in it's earlier
decision in April, that the COM
pany's business was not sufficient
ly involved in interstate commerce
to permit NLRB to intervene.
In the new case the company
charged that the AFL Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Union had
picketed its stores illegally trying
to force the signing of closed
shop contract.
The NLRB general counsel,
Robert N. Denham, who has much
authority independent of the five
man board. challenged the ex-
aminer's finding. He said it would
prevent the company from Offer
ing new proof of its interstate
operations.
Mr.. Denham, who has clashed
with the board before on ques-
tions Of authority. argued that
once he has issued a complaint
in an unfair practice case. the
board had no right to dismiss it
on grounds such as those in the
Haleston case, a finding that TAX
ing the case would not effectuate
the policies of the Taft-Hartley
Act.
In rejecting this argument. the
board declared that the final au-
.thority" Of the general counsel
ends after he has issued the COM
plant and submitted the case to
the board,
Evening star., 1949-11-04

off negotiations with Mr.. Lewis,
and now the Southern mine own
ers have stopped talking to the
union.
Top Federal officials said that
it was President Truman's policy
in dealing with the strikes in coal
and steel to help the disputants
reach agreement voluntarily
rather than bring the force of his
high Office to bear on the parties.
Comment on Story.
Commenting on a story pub
lished by the Chicago Tribune
that Mr.. Truman repeatedly is
ready to "hurl the book" at Mr..
Lewis. the officials said the Pres
ident has no intention of invok-
ing strike injunction provisions
Of Taft-Hartley against the UNIV
at this time.
'The President is counting on
the coal strike being settled by
collective bargaining" one official
said. "just as he is counting on
the steel strike being settled by
collective bargaining.
lust as soon as we see what
the steel strike pattern is, we ex-
pect for things to start moving
in coal"
MIR. Truman told his news con-
ference last week that he would
not hesitate to use Taft-Hartley,
a law he has tried to persuade
Congress to repeal, when he be-
lieves either strike has caused a
national emergency-a threat to
the country's health and safety,
Meanwhile, in Cleveland the
CIO convention extended "full
support" to the strike of the
UNIV.
Mr.. Lewis broke with the CIO
seven years ago after setting it
up. but several weeks ago he
offered to help finance war chest
for the striking steelworkers.
The convention adopted a spe-
cial resolution extending to the
coal miners the CLOS complete
solidarity in support of the strike.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Joint Chiefs of Staff a system
attic plan for guidance OF research
ers which is based on the "strate-
gic thinking" of the Point Chiefs.
DR.. Compton reported that
major ineficiencies in Federal re-
search are not due to faulty tech
nical planning, but to the COM
plications of excessive checks and
counterchecks."
He said these multiply the man
power requirements for securing
research results and discourage
competent scientific personnel
from entering a Government
career. His letter concluded:
"Such handicaps appear to be
partially inescapable in the COM
plexity of government and its long
chains of public accountability;
yet there are encouraging in
stances Of recent notable improve
ment in policies Of research ad-
minlStratlon IN governmental
agencies. But sometimes the ef-
feet of high level Investigations
or attacks is to multiply exces-
siyely the controls on research
agencies. and thus to defeat the
stated objective of efficiency" I
should say that this latter COM
ment is general. and not related
particularly to the military estab-
lishments.
In conclusion, may express
my deep appreciation of the op-
portunity which you have given
me to serve in so interesting an
assignment. I believe that the
Research and Development Board
is one Of the most valuable parts
Iof our national security organiza-
ton. I shall deem it a privilege
to be Of whatever further assist
ance the Secretary of Defense or
my successor may desire, subject
only to the limitation of my abil-
ity."
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Judge }. F. T. O'Connor
Leaves $400, 900 Estute
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.-The
will Of Federal Judge j. F. T.
O'Connor was admitted to probate
yesterday by Superior Court.
It disposed Of an estate of about
$400, 900, most of which was as
signed to scholarship funds for the
University Of North Dakota and
three church schools in his home
town of Grand Forks.
Judge O'Connor, former Con-
troller of the Currently who died
here September % at the age Of
62, also asked that his tombstone
bear an inscription quoting Presi-
dent Roosevelt: He kept the
banks sound and your money
6kk - 2. u -s--s
Evening star., 1949-11-04
World Seuforer Dies
In His Own Buthtub
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

SUNDERLAND, England, Nov.
4.-Sixty-year- -old Frederick Ram
say loved the sea.
He had sailed all over the world.
He spent most of World War
on ships and had a number of
lucky escapes. Retiring from sea-
faring. he took a job as q dock
gate foreman just to be near the
water. He trained himself to be
a powerful swimmer and rescued
two men from the River Tyne.
Yesterday Mr.. Ramsay collapsed
In his bathtub and drowned in a
few inches Of water.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Young on Vacation

Joseph Young is on vaca-
ton. The Federal Spotlight
column will be resumed on
November "a.
The Federal Spotlight radio
program, however, will be
heard as usual at 8:15 PM,
every Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Irish Parliament Backs
.Nationulized Transport
By the A,soeioied Press

DUBLIN, Nov. 4.-Ireland's Dali
Parliament), brought the coun-
try's transportation system a step
closer to national ownership last
night.
BY "a to SO vote. it approved
. bill to nationalize railroads and
other transportation services. The
bill now goes to committee hear
ings and third and final reading
In the Dali.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Mr.. Oliver then introduced an
exhibit giving the earnings of bus
and streetcar operators at the rate
OF $l.45 an hour as $3,016 a year.
This Is $1,000 less than the total
Of the Heller Committee budget
and 5000 less than the BIS
budget.
The company's position is that
hourly rates have risen faster
than the cost of living and that
there has been no rise in living
costs since the last wage settle
ment on July l, 1948. when a 10
cent increase was given.
Introduces Exhibit.
This was stated by e. D. Merrill,
Capital Transit president, when
the hearing opened.
The company is to give It's case
when the unions presentation is
completed. =
= Mr.. Oliver also introduced an
exhibit showing the continued
rise in the standard of living and
the increased use Of such articles
as, sewing machines, lawn now
ers. telephones. washing ma
chimes. radios. and television sets.
Alfred A. Colby, chairman of
the arbitration board, remarked
that it is possible to live without
a television set.
And without radio, too,
even in Buses" Mr.. Oliver re-
joined, >.s ...
The requested wage increase
would be q fat boost for all
employees in more than 80 classi-
f1cations. Present wages range
from $1.02 for watchmeh in the
various departments, to $1.45, the
top scale for bus and streetcar
operators, and $1.58 for top me-
chanicS and welders.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Man in WheeIchoir
Seized on Highway
For Drunken Drivino
BY the Assoeioted Press

DANVILLE, Va, Nov. A.
Now we've seen everything.
State police have placed
charges of drunken driving
against a man riding a Wheel
chair-complete with State
license platoon a heavily
Travelled highway near here.
Passing motorists thought
the man was i'll, but a hos
pital examination caused
police to Jail him for drunk
driving.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Lusk Commends
Dent on Plan to
Use Single Form

Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent
got a yelled compliment today
from a taxpayer.
Rufus s. Lusk, president of the
Washington Taxpayets' xssocia-
tion, wrote Mr.. Dent congratulate
ing him Oh his decision t0 use a
form similar to that used by the
Federal Government requiring all
employers ttp list employer paid
more than $1,000 q year. ! ~
This, said Mr.. Lusk, was in con-
trast to producers Of government
forms whose cardinA principle
seems to be "that whenever two
forms can be made to do the work
Of one there should always be two,
and if possible three"
TT Is a terrible thirfg you have
DONE" Mr..Lusk wrote 4 "You have
set a precedent that may result in
fewer Government forms.
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Legal Aspects Reported
Delaying Left-Wino Custer

NEW YORK. Nov. 4 (R).-The
New York Daily News, in a story
from Cleveland, says the CIO will
hold up its purge of leftist unions
until it can build a case that will
stand up in court.
The story, written by Jack Tur-
colt. said the unexpected delay
was insisted on by three of the
CLOS top lawyer-General Coun-
sci Arthur j. Goldberg, Herman
E. Cooper and Isidore Katz.
We've got to build up the rec
ord the lawyers say we'll need if
the Connie unions start lawsuits
against the CIO," the story quoted
one union president as saying.
The huge United Electrical
Workers Union and the smaller
Farm Equipment Workers, both in
open rebellion. were expelled
Wednesday.
Instead of the immediate ex-
pulsion Of the remaining leftist
unions. the story said. committees
will be named within the next 30
days to hear formal charges
against the CIO organizations
which consistently have followed
the red line.
The News said the only quick
action expected is to deprive off,
GERS OF red-tinted unions of their
seats on the Executive Board.
Such a delay would discard the
blueprint calling for revocation of
10 union charters by the 51-man
board tomorrow morning, the
News said.
The newspaper quoted leftist
leaders as saying that CIO Presi-
dent Philip Murray is afraid to
go through with the clusters be-
cause it would mean the lost of
about $4,000 a month to the CIO.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

ming dangerously low only a
Today supply remains at one
State-supported college"
Illinois Rationing Fuel.
The Illinois Governor went on to
say that coal dealers in his State
already are rationing fuel In half :
ton lots and that their supplies
soon will be depleted. Many deal
ers, he added, have no coal at all.
Industrial activity is threat
ened with extensive curtailment, ="
Gov. Stevenson stated. "One of
the largest cities In Illinois ad-
vises 1t has but one weeks supply
of industrial coal and that some
plants are down to a three days
supply. The same circumstances
prevail in many other commu-
mites"
The UNIV has about 10000
members on strike in Illinois and
about 10000 in Indiana.
Some of the larger Illinois
operators have been represented
as anxious to make a settlement
with Mr.. Lewis, who called his
Policy Committee to the Chicago
meeting Monday presumably to
put pressure on those groups.
Although a coal mediation con-
ference here appeared imminent,
there was no indication that
President Truman will invoke the
Taft-Hartley Act any time soon.
Steel Agreements Delayed.
On the steel front. Federal off,
cials were disappointed at the
slowness of the big producers in
signing Strike-ending agreements
with the CIO United Steelworkers
So far not a single major COM
pany has followed the lead OF the
Bethlehem Steel Corp. and agreed
to give their employees, free 500
monthly pensions.
Discussions on accepting the
Bethlehem settlement terms have
been going on between President
Philip Murray's union and Re-
public Steel Corp, third largest
producer. and two other big COM
lpanies, Inland and youngstown
Sheet and Tube, have agreed to
renew negotiations. Key to the
situation was the action Of the
giant United States Steel Corp.
which so far has not started talks
with the union. i
Kentucky Firm Signs.
The Newport (Kentucky) Steel
Corp, which employs about 1000
workers, signed a strike-endine
agreement last night, but more
than 100000 steel workers were
still idle.
Capitulation Of a few more big
steel companies would aid settle
fment Of the soft coal strike.
Word that Ching would cal
in the coal operators for con-
| ference came both from industry
sources and highly placed Fed
teral officials. Mr.. Ching returned
from New York today.
ALI coal-strike peace talks are
| Oh at this time. First the North
ern and Westefn operators broke
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Some
sunshine with highest tempera-
.ture near IS degrees today.
Cloudy with chance of a few
showers and lowest near 40 de-
.grees tonight. Tomorrow partly
cloudy and cool with highest about
30 degrees.
Maryland and Virginia-Cloudy
with occasional light rain likely
IN the north portion tonight.
Lowest temperature from IS to
40 degrees. Tomorrow partly
cloudy and cool.
Wind velocity. 18 miles per
hour: direction, northwest.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, November 40.
The temperature will average
from 8 to 6 degrees below normal.
Rather cold over the week end
with q rising trend the first of
next week. The normal maximum
for the Washington area is So
degrees, normal minimum 40 de-
grees. Scattered showers likely
Tuesday totaling one-tenth inch
or less.
River Report.
rrom United States Engineers)
Potomac River. clear at Hsrpers Ferry
md ct Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HaEpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Commercial plywood as known
today dates from 1905 when it
was first made in st. Johns,
Oregon.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Soapstone is used chiefly In
roofing paper, foundry faeings. In
|sectfcides and as . filier for as-
phaltic paints.
Evening star., 1949-11-04

AlEh thd Low TOT Itstefuay.
High. 56, at 4:20 pm.
Low, ~, at Gas am. 80
Record Temperatures This Year.
Nighest o., on August II.
Lowest, 21s on January 30.
Tide Tables.
Furnished By United States Coast
and Geodetic survey
Evening star., 1949-11-04
Labor

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1949-11-04

River Report.
From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear ut Hsrpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12
MIDWEST LABOR AND
FARMERS join HANDS

The Midwest Farmer-Labor Ali
ance, non-partisan organization
formed at the Midwest Farmer-Labo1
Conference, Davenport, Iowa, June
1919, 1949, by farm and labor dele
gates from seven midwestern states
will work for the common benefit of
working people and farmers accord
ing to an announcement by Homer
Ayres, secretary-treasurer.
eve will fight tooth and nail for
our common policies, exposing those
who betray the workers and farmers
to the interests of the trusts and mo-
nopolies'', says the new Alliance in
its published statement of principle
and program.
The Alliance stands for full en-
ployment and adequate wages, 100
percent of parity for all farm crops
and storage facilities, farmers and
workers co-operatives, peace-build-
in foreign policy, freedom for all
Americans regardless of race or
creed, FEPC, repeal of Taft-Hartley
law, universal national health insur-
ance, pensions for all senior citizens,
rapid expansion of REA, river de-
velopment along the lines Of IVA,
large scale public housing program,
restoration of excess profits tax on
big business, raising exemptions I'M
der the federal income taxes for the
low income groups, and protection of
civil liberties.
The Alliance opposes universal
training, the Atlantic Pact,
cartels and fascism.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12
Unemployment Continues To
Mount In East

One out of every four workers is
unemployed in Connecticut. One out
of every ten workers is unemployed
in New Jersey.
These facts were revealed recently
in reports issued by the Employment
Security Division of the Connecticut
Department of Labor, and the New
Jersey State Employment Service.
Even these reports seriously under
estimate the extent of unemploy-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12
Longtime Democratic Leader
OF LeWistoWn, Dies

Jack Zappone, democratic chair
man of Fergus county, Tuesday even
ing died of heart attack at his home
in Lewistown.
Mr.. Zappone was long a faithful
party worker in Fergus county and
was held in the highest of esteem in
Democratic party circles.
He is survived by his widow and
eight children.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12
MissouIa Painters Ask For
Reinstatement of Public
Power Appropriations
NIGHT LETTER

NIGHT LETTER
August 6, 1949
Hon. James E. Murray
Hon. Zales Ecton
Senate Office Building
Washington, DC.
By unanimous voice, our local has
voted condemnation of action of SEN
ate committee on interior appropri-
ations, in denying funds for publicly
owned transmission lines, and pub
power installation, at
Canyon Ferry dam. We urge your
utmost effort to secure restoration
of items on senate floor.
Local 851, Painters, Paperhangers
and Decorators of America
By EARL GRAY, Pres.
HOMER COLOMB, Secretary.
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12

ment, since they give only the num-
Der of people collecting unempioy-
ment insurance. This does not IN
clude tens of thousands of workers
in both states who have exhausted
their benefits, and those additional
who have been denied I'M
compensation because,
to the unemployment OF
flee, they have not been Sufficient
ly diligent in their search for work.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12

is view of FUGTA
at which tanks will be
office building
andh of
Create alIs branch of
Dforth, Falls branch
Danforth widely recognized outstanding those
who dsew he handling
farmer been
extended Washington with Mr. in charge.
Montana F. u
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12

PATRONIZE THE CO-OPS-THEY
BELONG TO THE USERS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-12

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL (,