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Evening star., 1949-02-13
Boys intermediate.

Section st Martins. 25; St Teresa,
is. St. Joseph's, 81: st. Jerome's. 40.
st. Dominic's, AZ; Holy Comforter, 27.
CoIored intermediate.
st. Augustine's 81; Fides House, 7. Holy
Redeemer, AZ; st. Cyprian's. Al (over-
tlme).
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Truman S MESSAGE
Called Disquieting
Despite Assurances
By J. B. WoIIoch

North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-President
Truman's message to Congress, while
discounted by industry and business,
has had disquieting effect. The
Chief Executives assurances that
business has nothing to fear" as
many expected, seem to have been
intended for public consumption.
At time when defiationary infiu-
ences clearly are gaining the ascend
ancy, the Presidents disclosed pro-
grams seem calculated to add to
business burdens, at a time when
it is experiencing slowdowns in some
trades and slumps in others.
His choice of a substantial in
crease in corporate tax rates over
a revival of excess-proflts taxes con-
stitutes Pyrrhic victory for bust
ness elements that stoutly opposed
the latter. 1t also means a depres-
sive atmosphere for business and
hardly augurs we'll for 1949.
Threat to Economy Seen.
Reverting to the Rooseveltian
script which called for soak the
rich" policy in tax programs, Mr.
Truman will endanger the economy
by placing severe limitations on pro-
fit incentives and, in general, en-
couraging retrenchment when ex-
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Charges Against Swing
In Shooting Dropped

Charges against Edward Marshall
Swing, 60-year-old coffee merchant
arising out of the December 8 shoot
ing Of one of his former employees,
were dropped today when the Gov
ernment announced he shot in self
defense.
Assistant United States Attorney
Warren Wilson said hearing re-
vealed that the shooting victim,
Malcolm B. Talbert, 80, had threat
ened Mr.. Swing with a paperweight
during an argument in the latter's
Office in the HOO block of E street
NV.
Mr.. Talbert received two leg
wounds from his former employers
32-caliber revolver, and Mr.. Swing
had been charged with assault with
dangerous weapon.
Still pending, however, is a dam
age suit for. $4,000 filed by Mr.
Talbert against Mr.. Swing December
Is in District Court.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Senate Receives Bills
Ito Bar FiGbusters

Fflibusters which have been re-
sorted to as a means of blocking
votes on controversial measures
would be barred under three bills
introduced in the Senate.
The bills were introduced yester-
day by Senator Myers, Democrat,
Of Pennsylvania: Morse, Republican,
Of Oregon, and Saltonstall, Republi-
can, of Massachusetts,. They would
curtail the unlimited talking privil-
eges now accorded Senators on
pending legislation.
Senator Morse attempted to bring
his plan to an immediate vote but
was overridden.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, OF
Michigan. offered three bills to liber-
alize the 1948 Displaced Persons
Act. These measures would ex-
tend the eligibility date from
December %, 1945, to April 81,
1947, to include persons who fed or
were uprooted from their homes
after the war; revise the present
visa system for entry, and repeal a
provision of the 1948 act charging
visas issued under the legislation to
future quotas of the refugees coun-
tries Of origin.
Anti-poll tax bills were introduced
by Senators Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, and Senator Ferguson. The
Michigan Senator also introduced
an anti-lynching bill.
Quick repeal of all Federal taxes
on oleomargarine was asked in a
bill offered by Senator Fulbright,
Democrat, of Arkansas.
Senator Gordon, Republican, of
Oregon, offered a measure to grant
statehood to Hawaii A similar bill
passed the House last session, but
was not acted on in the Senate.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Rites for Ward 0. Shields
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Ward O.
Shields, retired railroad official, who
died Tuesday night in Doctors Hos
pital, will be held at 10 am. tomor-
row in Lees funeral home, Fourth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NE. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Mr.. Shields was born at Hazen,
Md, and attended school at Com
berland, Md. He went from there
to Brunswick, Md, where he was
terminal train master for the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad for many
years.
Going to Richmond, Mr.. Shields
served as supervisor of the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio Railroad terminal
there for 20 years. He retired from
this position in 1916.
During World War I Mr.. Shields
worked with the Red Cross at
Brunswick, setting up hospitals for
influenza victims aboard trains, his
family said.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Amelia M. Shields; two daughters,
Mrs. Evelyn Taylor and Mrs. Mary
Bryan, both of Washington, and
four grandchildren. He also is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Myra Wye
theger of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Freight Rate Increase
To Go in Effect Tuesday
BY the Asseeiofed Presx

The newly authorized emergency"
increases in railroad freight rates
will go into effect next Tuesday.
The railroads have completed re-
vising the tariff schedules on file
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and set that date to begin
making the higher charges.
Many, but not all, of the do
mestic water carriers which received
the same rate boost authority from
the commission on December 80,
have also filed new schedules ef-
fective on Tuesday.
The increases will amount to 8
per cent east of the Mississippi
River and per cent west of the
river, except in Zone / of Western
territory (most of Wisconsin, Iowa
and Missouri where a per cent
advance will be applied.
The ICC has estimated that the
changes will yield the railroads
about $425, ,000,0 900 q year in new
revenue.
The emergency" increases were
authorized on a temporary basis
while the ICC holds further hear
ings on the railroads plea for a IS
per cent increase In freight rates on
a long term basis.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Mrs. Sally 5. Edwards Rites
Held; Wife Of Burr Edwards

Funeral services for Mrs. Sally
Swayze Edwards, 70, wife of Burr
Northrop Edwards, Washington real
estate man, were to be held today
at Gawler's chapel, 1855 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. Burial was to
be private.
Mrs. Edwards died Tuesday at
Garfield Hospital after a three-week
Illness Her home was at l East
Melrose street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Edwards was born and edu-
Gated in Washington, the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Swayze. She married Mr.. Edwards
in 1908. They had lived in Chevy
Chase for the last IS years, where
Mrs. Edwards was active in work
at All Saints Episcopal Church. Mr..
Edwards has real estate Offices in
the Barr Building.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by a son, Burr Northrop Ed
wards, jr., 523 Dorset avenue, Be-
thesda, Md, and a daughter, Mrs.
Franklin Weisgerber, Crosse Pointe,
Mich
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Senator Taylor Voices
Thanks to Democrats
For Committee Posts
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Senator Taylor, Democrat, Of
Idaho, yesterday expressed ap-
probation for his treatment in
Democratic committee assign
ments.
Senator Taylor ran for Vice
President on the Henry Wal
lace ticket.
The committee list placed
Senator Taylor on both his old
committees, Banking and Ex-
penditures.
"The Democrats have treated
me very well in every way"
Senator Taylor told a reporter.
There has been no evidence Of
a disposition to punish me for
my association with the pro-
gressive movement.
"As I've said many times, I
have no quarrel with most of
the Democratic program"
He described the Presidents
message yesterday as a Every
fine statement"
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Gifts
Continued From First Page.)

IL St ago.
pated in the liberation of French
territory"
President Vincent Auriol gave 49
valuable sevres vases.
The fashion industry gave 49 dolls
dressed to illustrate two centuries
of fashions.
Original plans to send wines or
cognac were abandoned.
The village of Saint Die sent
facsimiles pages of book printed
there in 1907 and believed the first
to contain the word America"
Prince Louis-Napoleon, pretender
to the throne, gave valuable paint
ing of his great grandfather, King
Jerome of Westphalia.
War blind of two wars sent brushes
they made.
The cars contain a sword of
Napoleon, sculptures, manuscripts OF
men like Pasteur, paintings, war
souvenirs, and countless pieces of
embroidery and other handcraft
sent by individuals.
Evening star., 1949-01-06

after of

sett, Democrat, of Texas, co-sponsor
of the amendment in the 80th Con-
gress, already has reintroduced it.
The amendment would abolish the
electrical college, thus doing away
with such formalities as today's joint
session of Congress-, and simply
divide the electoral vote of each
State on a percentage basis. Al
present all States electoral votes
go to the high man in the popular
vote. A States total electoral vote
would remain as it is-the total OF
its number of Senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress, the latter
number altered each 10 years on the
basis of the census.
The presidency would 60 to the
candidate having the highest num-
Der of electoral votes, whether ma
jority or plurality. The present sys-
tenn requires majority Of the 531
electoral votes.
Lodge Explains Need.
Senator Lodge, in a statement late
yesterday, said that short of a di-
rect popular election Of the Presi-
dent the proposed amendment
comes as close as possible to re-
f1ecting exactly the will ofvthe peo-
pie" He gave up the idea of g
Nationwide popular vote some time
ago because he did not believe the
small States ever would ratify such
a constitutional amendment. The
amendment must win two-thrds
approval in each house and be rati-
fled by three-fourths Of the States.
Senator Lodge, in pointing to the
need for REFORM" said that a
switch of fewer than 100000 votes in
five States illinois. Ohio, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and Nevada would have
elected Gov. Dewey despite Mr.. Tru-
mans popular vote lead of around
2,5O0,0O0.
He also pointed out that a shift
of only few thousand votes in two
States could have thrown the elec-
ton into the House, as the Consti-
tuition now provides if no candidate
wins majority Of the electoral
vote. He added that Alabama
citizens were denied the right to
vote for Mr.. Truman because his
electors were not on the ballot in
that State.
Since the electoral college-and
the dummy Office of elector-is
abolished in the Lodge amendment, u
he said, such an undemocratic
procedure becomes impossible"
At today's joint session, four tel
lers, Republican and q Democrat
from each house. will count the
electoral vote with Senate President
Pro Tenn McKellar in the chair
Tellers this year will be Senators
Green, Democrat. of Rhode Island,
and Wherry, Republican, of Ne
braska, and Representatives Norton
Democrat. of New Jersey, and
Gamble, Republican, Of New York.
The only official notification Mr..
Truman will receive of his election
Is the declaration by the presiding
officer, after the votes have been
tailed, that he has been elected
President.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
'ansion is vitality needed to hold

|pansion Is vitality needed to hold
volume.
One of the blatant fallacies Of the
Truman program Is its reversion to
rejected proposals of 1947, when
imitation was In full stride and .
consequential threat to the national
economy. Today that threat is o
thing of the past and our economic
needs have undergone basic
changes.
Everything possible must be done
to maintain production and facili-
tate distribution. "A tax program
that drains an additional $4,000, ,000,-
900 of purchasing power from trade
channels when demand Is ebbing
and stimuli Of all kinds are being
applied, with diminishing results, is
something for business really to fear.
Effect Of Corporate Taxes.
Ironically enough, Mr. Truman
apparently believes that the way to
lower prices is to raise corporate
taxes. The consumer who ultimately
pays those taxes may differ with
him when their effect becomes
evident in retail prices.
If price controls are invoked, the
consumer knows what he or she may
expect from that expediency-low-
cred production, shorter supply and
renewed relations with black mark
eteers. Mr.. Truman can prescribe
tax laws, but the laws of economies
are immutable.
The Chief Executives program
probably will result in a halt to
price adjustments which promised
to widen markets and increase con-
sumner purchasing power. Mr.. Tru-
mans confusion may have conse-
quences that will make the election
polls more accurate in May than
they were in November.
Evening star., 1949-01-06

building could easily take care OF
three unmarried physicians. He
noted Slight discrepancy" between
DR.. Ruhland's preliminary report on
the mistaken operation and the
later complete report.
In the preliminary report, Repre-
sentative Miller said Glenn Dale
Chief of Surgery James S. Conant
was reported not present at the
time of the operation. DR.. Conant,
however, in his report to the hos
pital superintendent, states he was
In the operating room while the
patient was being prepared for the
operation and given the anesthetic,
Representative Miller said.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Election
Continued From First Page

no further, launched the move with
these co-sponsors:
Senators McCarran of Nevada,
Fulbright of Arkansas, Hoey of
North Carolina, Sparkman of Ala
bama, Stennis of Mississippi, Kef-
auver of Tennessee and Nicely of
West Virginia, all Democrats, and
Smith of New Jersey, Morse of Ore
gon and Flanders of Vermont, Re-
publicans.
Senator McCarran, chairman Of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
which will consider the amendment,
said the proposal has merit and has
indicated he approves It as he did at
the last Congress.
In the House, Representative Cos
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Communicated Strikers
Block Roods in Italy
By the Associated Press

ROME, Jan. 6.-Communist-led
strikers in extreme Southern Italy
yesterday built roadblocks and fired
waning shots into the air, Rome
newspapers reported today.
The incident occurred at Andria
and along a highway near Miner
vino, both in the poverty-ridde
heel of the Italian "boot." Mobile
police squads broke up the blocks,
arrested four strikers and restored
order.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Glenn Dale
Continued From First Page )

physical property-probably should
not be required to be medical man
The position is held by DR.. John
Stanley.
4. That nurses whose female rela-
tives come to visit them should not
be charged 81 for use of a cot in the
nurses room.
5. That serving of meals could be
greatly improved and meals should
be served warm and in a tasteful
manner. Dieticians should visit pa
tients who do not eat we'll to improve
patient-staff relationship.
6. That it should be standard pro-
cedure that no patient should be
operated on by any surgeon without
a complete consultation with the
resident surgeon and staff within "a
hours before the operation.
Urges Check by Surgeon.
Representative Miller declared
there should be complete physical
examination by the surgeon who is
to do the work and he should be
assisted by the surgeon in charge
of the hospital.
Concerning the building now oc-
cupied by the business manager,
Paul Keen, Representative Miller
called attention to an order OF
May 20, 1887, in which Congress
appropriated $4,000 for construc-
ton of the building to house ply
Sicians.
Il think you can understand that
if the physicians do not have prop
er housing" Representative Miller
said, "it does something to their
morale. Apparently orders of Con-
gress have been by-passed in this
matter. The business manager Is
not on call as are the doctors. He
could very easily live outside anc
commute to and from the sana.
| torium.'
Representative Miller said the
Evening star., 1949-01-06
White Russians to Leuve
Shunqhui for Philippines
BY the Assoeioted Press

SHANGHAI, Jan. 6.-Philippine:
Consul General Mariana Expelata
today announced that 500 displaced
White Russians would leave for q
temporary haven at Guiuan, Philip.
pine Islands, within a week.
They are the first contingent OF
5000 White Russians to be moved
by the International Refugee Or
ganization from Shanghai to the
Philippines. Mr.. Expelata said the
movement would be completed with.
in 80 days.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Congress
Continued From First Page.)

bate by majority vote instead of
two-thirds vote. 1t wuld apply to
debate on motions and other mat
tiers, as well as bills.
In asking for 81 900. .0O0, 900 in new
taxes, Mr.. Truman wisely avoided
spelling out the details of how it
should be raised. This subject will
be insthe hands of two veteran fiscal
expertS-Chairman Doughton of the
House Ways and Means Committee
and Chairman George of the Sem
ate Finance Committee. They will
have major voice in deciding
when and to what extent taxes
should be increased.
There is a possibility the tax bill
may not be written until the final
revenue figures for last year are
available in March. BY then the
taxing committees will have bet
ter idea of how far the new Demo-
cratic Congress is going with spend
ing programs.
Taft Assails Housing Plea.
Senator Taft, leader of the fight
in Congress for public housing,
called Mr.. Truman's program for
1000 900 low-rent dwellings in seven
years too big"
So did another Republican advo-
cate of public housing, Senator Flan-
Iders of Vermont.
But seven Democratic Senators
put their names on an administra-
Ition bill designed to give Mr.. Tru-
man just what he asked for on
housing. They introduced the meas
ure Is minutes after the President
spoke.
Besides public housing, the bill
calls for sium clearance, construc-
ton of 100000 low-cost farm homes
in the next 10 years and housing
research to trim building costs.
Senator Ellender, the chief spon-
sor, said the program would cost the
Federal Government about SIS, ,000,-
100000 over 40 years, mainly for
long-term financing of public hous-
ing. Those units actually would
be built and operated by local hous-
ing authorities.
Small Fraction of Need.
AS Mr.. Truman specified, the bill
contemplates solving the housing
shortage by turning to private in
dustry for most of the houses we
need" In other words, the 1000 900
public housing units Mr.. Truman is
seeking are only a small fraction
of the total requirement.
In the previous two Congresses,
Senator Taft was a co-sponsor of
the Taft -Ellender- Wagner long
range housing bill which provided,
among other things, for 100000
public housing units in four years.
That bill was passed twice in the
Senate, but each time it died in
the House.
Senator Taft said that under the
Presidents program and the admin
istration bill there are provisions
that would give public housing about
20 per cent of total construction.
That is too much" he declared.
THE program Is too big"
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Labor
Continued From First Page J

story in the Senate itself. The de-
bate there is expected to be hot.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
chairman of the Labor Committee
for the last two years, declared the
Presidents proposal to block the
use of economic force in current con-
tract disputes goes further than
anything in the Taft-Hartley law.
THE President seems to want te
continue many important features
of the Taft-Hartley law" Senator
Taft told a reporter. "Perhaps Con-
gress will find that practically all OF
the provisions should be continued
Even Senator Morse, Republican
of oregon, who favors Taft Hartley
repeal, criticized the Presidents s
program. He said the Wagner Act
must be thoroughly revised Ito give
employers the same protection and
procedural rights as given to unions.
Evening star., 1949-01-06
Club
Continued From First Page.) }

liquor in instead Of getting it di-
rectly from the Army. The sale OF
Ascent drinks would be over"
Clubs like the Harnack House are
set up under Army supervision. The
Army post provides building, fuel
water, electricity, gas and other IA
cilities and the rent is charged
against German reparations.
Food and liquor come from Army
stocks. None may be purchased To-
cally. The tax-free privileges grant
ed the Army thus are handed on in
the nature of low prices for club
members. A bottle of whisky that
would cost as hig has So in New
York costs only three when pur-
chased from Army stocks here.
Evening star., 1949-01-06

additional to the 100000 now
covered.
Also proposed was a doubling of
average benefits, which now
amounts to about $25 a month in
the case of retired workers, plus a
similar extension and liberalization
of payments under the unemploy-
ment compensation system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
Traffic Signal Study Urged
For Dale Drive Intersection

Montgomery County Manager
Irving G. McNayr has urged the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion to make a traffic study Of the
Dale drive Colesville road inter-
section in Silver Spring with a
view to erecting traffic lights
there.
In a letter to George N. Lewis
jr., director of the commission S
traffic division. Mr.. McNayr point
ed out the county has just opened
Ellsworth drive from Georgia ave-
nue. all the way through to Dale
drive.
As a result. he stated, Dale drive
now will be an outlet for much OF
the through traffic from the Silver
Spring business district.
The commission has made sew
eral studies of the intersection
during the last two or three years
but has contended signal lights
are not needed there.
About 10 per cent of the Nations
supply of marble comes from
Proctor, VT, Quarries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
French Not Informed
Fully About u. 5. Aid,
Rep. Bolton Charges
Nv the Associoted Press

PARIS, Aug. 11.-Representa-
tive Frances P. Bolton. Republican
of Ohio, charged today that the
French government is not doing all
it should to tell its people about
American aid.
Mrs. Bolton spoke at luncheon
of the American Club of Paris.
"Is it not the responsibility Of
the French government inasmuch
as it controls the cinema and news
papers, to explain almost daily to
the French people the raison d'etre
treason for being) and the working
of the Marshall Plan?" she asked
reporters after her talk.
A French newsman explained
that his country's movies and
newspapers are not run by the
government. Mrs. Bolton replied
that one of the purposes OF her
trip is to correct my misappre-
tensions"
France Better OFF Than Britain.
She said in her speech that con-
ditions are better in France than
in England.
But to read some of the papers
here" she continued, You would
think we Americans are the scum
of the earth"
i Her American audience ap-
plauded.
Mrs. Bolton is a member Of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House of Representatives.
Asked what she thought the
French government ought to DO
Mrs. Bolton replied:
1T should tell the people more
not the complications. but the
facts-the fact that the petrol
(gasoline) for one day Is French
and for the two other days 1t
comes from the United States. 1t
should explain that If farmer
has to pay three times what he
paid before the war for tractor.
1t Is his own government ne Is
paying-that it (the tractor is a
gift from us to his government.
There is a lot Of discomfort
among the little people who are
the strength of France"
Asked about the military aid
program, Mrs. Bolton said:
I'VE feel strongly that the Euro
pean countries should understand
that we are going to undertake a
military aid program. but the
speed depends on the plans for
cooperation submitted"
Americans abroad also have a
responsibility. Mrs. Bolton said.
Let them see," she told the
American businessmen and Gov
eminent officials in the club, that
dollars are not everything to us.
that we realize that the earth is
the Lords and the fullness there
of, that the real quarrel is be-
tween the believers and the I'M
believers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
Two Firemen Injured
In Georgetown Blaze

Two firemen were injured last
night while fighting a two-alarm
fire in Samjacks Clothing Store;
3145-47 M street NV.
Every motorcycle policeman in
the city was dispatched to the
scene to help unsnarl the traffic
jam which developed after several
thousand persons were attracted
to the scene of the blaze.
Injured in the fire were Pvt.
Richard Long of No. Engine Co.,
who was overcome by smoke. and
Pvt. William Rogers of the First
Rescue, Squad. who was cut oyer
the eye by flying glass.
Firemen donned gas masks to