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Evening star., 1949-08-28
3Ex-Federa| Agents
To Aid Perjury Case
AGAINST Scientist X
By the Associofed Press

House spy hunters say three
former Federal agents may snap
shut. a perjury case against the
Scientist *. accused of slipping
atomic secrets to a Red.
The trio. an authority of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee said, will swear they
saw Scientist x and Communist
Leader Steve Nelson in a wartime
conference in Nelson's homea
"That means" this authority
told reporters, that so far as the
Nelson-Scientist x case is con-
cerned it is all locked up on the
perjury issues"
The committee has said that
the scientist denied knowing Nell
son.
Worked on A-Bomb Project.
The scientist worked at the ra-
diation laboratory at the Univer-
sity of California at Berkeley,
which handled part of the atom
bomb project.
The committee has said in an
official report that in March, 1943,
the scientist gave Nelson a COM
plicated atomic formula. 1t called
Nelson a Communist espionage
agent and described meetings he
held with Russian diplomatic of
ficials at which it said documents
and money changed hands. The
scientist has never been named by
the committee.
The committee informant said
the three former Federal agents
perched in a tree for an hour one
night and watched the scientist
and Nelson through a window of
Nelson's home.
He said he didn't know whether
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they listened in on the conversa-
ton.
The three already have been
questioned secretary in prelim-
mary to possible public hearings.
Representative Velde, Republi-
can, of Illinois, a committee men,
ber who is spearheading cam
paign to wind up the Scientist x
case, questioned one of the pros
pective witnesses last Sunday.
This witness is understood to have
tipped Mr.. Velde as to the other
two.
Mr.. Velde himself is former
FBI agent who worked for time
on the Scientist x case.
Mr.. Nelson, naturalized Yugo-
slav, is now Communist Party or
ganizer for Western Pennsylvania,
with headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Early in the war he had a similar
Job in Alameda County, Calf,
which includes Berkeley.
The committee has said a Com
munist cell operated at the radla-
ton laboratory at Berkeley.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Representative NorrelI
Bruised as Car 0verfurns
o By the Associoted Press

LEXINGTON. Va. Aug. 81
Representative Morrell, Democrat,
of Arkansas, and Mrs. Morrell
escaped serious injury when their
automobile was wrecked about
three miles north of here yester-
day afternoon.
The Morrells were en- route from
Washington to their home in
Monticello, Ark, when the auto
mobile skidded on the highway
during a hard rain and overturned.
Passing motorists extracted the
couple from the badly smashed
machine and brought them to a
hotel here where they were treated
by a physician. Mrs. Morrell suf-
fered sprains about the shoulders
and her husband had numerous
bruises. They plan to resume
their trip tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

at the home of a colored family
at 1903 Ames street NE.
The NAACP letter to the Justice
Departments Civil Rights Section
was accompanied by an affdavit
from Odis Van Blasingame, 81
year-old advertising man who
moved with his family into the
predominantly white neighborhood
last April.
Routine Checks Made.
At the same time, Stephen G.
Spottswood. presiednt of the
branch. made public a letter to
Police Chief Robert j. Barrett,
asking whether the Police Depart
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broken and telephone wires were
cut, the affldavit said.
Other Windows Broken.
Other incidents cited included:
On May II, while policemen
were guarding the house, the top
of the family car was slashed. On
May 81. policemen assigned to the
house were removed; that eve
ming. a front window was broken
by a large rock. On July IA, the
car top was slashed again. On
August Z, a back window was
broken. On August IA. front and
back windows were broken, and
the spokes Of an automobile wheel
we're sawed.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

ment lis affording full protection
to the Van Blasingame family and
property.
Police at the 18th Precinct said
Mr.. Van Blasingame calls when
ever he leaves his home and that
a scout car is dispatched to make
routine checks of the property
while he is gone.
In his affidavit, Mr.. Van Bla-
singame said that on April 2 a
man and woman came to the
house and said they were sent by
the River Terrace Citizens Asso-
citation to tell the family to move.
On May 9, a back window was
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Potomac Bridge Congestion
Will Be Studied by AAA

Rush-hour congestion on the
Potomac bridges will be consid-
cred at a meeting of the Bridges
and Highways Committee of the
District American Automobile As
sociation at. 1890 pm. Tuesday
at the Mayfower Hotel.
Discussion will be limited to
means of improving the traffic,
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c. A-27


road approaches and bridge ia
cilities between Washington and
Virginia.
I'VE are not going to encour-
age further delays in seeking a
solution to the terrible conges-
tion," said Washington I. Cleve-
land, AAA manager here.
Traffic officials and civic leaders
in Washington and nearby Vir-
ginia have been invited.
French farmers are not SPEND
ing money this year and farm
machinery sales are off.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
NAACP Asks Probe
OF Vandalism al Home
In River Terrace

The District Chapter of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
claiming police protection has mot
been consistent enough" has
asked the Justice Department to
investigate instances of vandalism
Evening star., 1949-08-28

NOMINATED TO BE DEFENSE ADES-Narx Leva, Wilfred j.
Mcneil and H. Griffith cleft to ght) nominated by
President Truman yesterday secretaries of defense
Mr. Griffith commander of the American Legion while
Mr. formerly administrative assistant to the late
Defense Secretary Mr. Forestal Navy Sece
ar. also served special assistant to M Forrea IN
the Navy Department -AP Pnotos.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
Lewis Action Fails
To Surprise Truman
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor SfoH CORRESPONDENT

7 KEY WEST, Fla. Dec. 1.-The
leasing of the coal strike was
received with evident satisfaction
at the winter White House, but
there was no comment from Pres
ident Truman or his aides.
The President. was having his
Fmidmorning swim when word was
received from New York that the
miners were going back on their
three-day schedule step that
White House sources has been
expecting.
The President knew that con-
versations were in progress that
could produce settlement and
there was a general feeling that
the miners would not be pulled
out again for any length of time.
after their long strickland with
Christmas approaching.
Before the return to the three
day week was announced. Charles
G. Ross, presidential press secre-
tary, told newsmen that Mr.. Tru-
man was not planning to inter-
verie for at least 48 hours. He said
the situation would not be re-
garded as an emergency for action
under the Taft Hartley Act for at
least that long.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
CAB B|omes Stunting NovyPIot
For Crash Killing IS on Air|iner
Finds July Accident Near Fort Dix Caused
By Reckless Flying Of Service PIone

After a four month investiga-
ton the Civil Aeronautics Board
today placed full responsibility for
the midair crash between an
Eastern Air Lines plane and a
Navy fighter plane last July on 1t.
q. g. Robert V. Poe, Is, of Fair
fax, Va. pilot Of q Navy single
seat "Hellcat."
1t. Poe and Is occupants of
the Eastern Air Lines DF-3 died in
the crash near Fort Dix. N. j.,
on the morning of last July 30.
THE board determines that the
probable cause Of the. accident. y
the CAB report said. was the
reckless conduct Of the Navy pilot
in performing acrobatic maneu-
vers on q civil airway and his
failure to notice the presence OF
an air carrier aircraft with which
he collided."
As q result Of recent air col
lision accidents, the report said
the CAB, the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, the Navy and the
Air Force are "jointly pursuing an
intensive program for the appre-
hension of violators Of the civil
air regulations, especially with
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reference to 'buzzing' and reck-
less flying"
The Eastern airliner was en-
route from New York to Wash
ington when it was struck by the
"Hellcat" fighter plane which had
taken off from the Anacostia Ma
val Air Station on a routine train
ing flight.
CAB investigators reported that
shortly before the fighter plane
crashed into the airliner. 1t. Poe
had 'buzzed" a small Piper cruiser
flown by a private pilot. 1t. Poe
evidently was engaged in q climb
ing turn after "buzzing" the small
plane when he struck the airliner
Since neither the DC-3 or the
"Hellcat" made any evasive ma
neuvers, CAB investigators con-
cluded that neither pilot saw the
other aircraft before the collision.
Three months after the New
Jersey crash an Eastern Airlines
DC-4 and a P-38 operated by a
Bolivian pilot collided November
l near National Airport. All IS
persons aboard the passenger
plane were killed. The pilot Of
the military plane was critically
injured and is still In Alexandria
Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
BorkIeys'Poss
Through Capital
On Early Train

Vice President and Mrs. Barkley
didn't realize 1t, but they passed
through Washington at Sis this
morning.
The honeymooning couple were
on their way from Sea Island, Ga,
to New York, where the Vice Presi-
dent will speak at Jefferson
Jackson dinner tomorrow.
Their train stopped at Union
Station and four persons got of
their car. One of them was S. L.
Lewis of Brunswick. Ga, who said
he talked with the couple and
promised them q Christmas tur-
key from his farm.
A porter said the Barkley's
would be awakened at $3.50, two
hours before arriving in New York.
They plan to return to Wash
ington Sunday.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
One-Hour Coost-to-C Coast Flight
In Rocket Ship Being Planned

said, "are not at all beyond the
grasp of present-day technology" !"
The plane would travel 1900
miles under rocket power, and
then glide 1900 miles farther.
Most of the first 1900 miles would
be up above the atmosphere,
somewhere over 80 miles. This
part would be big, fiat arch
In the blue. s...-.
The ship takes off weighing
so tons. But by the time it begins
the glide. she weighs only 13. The
rest is fuel that has been burned.
DR.. .Tsien said the best take-off
would be vertically upward. He
said the early part of this rise
might best be by drive Of a ram
Jet engine, which is a flying stove
pipe, or almost hollow tube. The
ram-jet advantage while the ship
is ascending through the air is
that it burns mostly air. and so
saves carrying fuel.
After getting above, the air the
rocket fuel will be hydrogen with
either oxygen or fiuorine. all Of
them liquid.
Evening star., 1949-12-01

! All day and all night three hunt
ers successfully battled the haz-
ards of traffic from Northern
Maine to Anacostia with q 116-
pound deer lashed to a front
fender until they encountered
Pepco lamppost No. 521-445 IN
the 2400 block Of Nichols avenue
Sc. early this morning.
They were only IL blocks from
their destination when old No.
521-445 ended their trip.
And for the fourth time in six
months No. 521-445 went down
with a rending crash Of glass and
crumpling steel.
The three hunters-Nelson r.
Reed, %: his brother. Carl, %,
and Denver Wells, 23. all Of Snow
vile. Va.-clambered from their
car to survey the wreckage. Nell
son Reed and Mr.. Wells were
treated ct Gallinger Hospital for
Evening star., 1949-12-01
Dr.. Stuart, Envoy 10 China,
Seriously III After Stroke

DR.. j. Leighton Stuart, 73.
American Ambassador to China,
was taken to Bethesda Naval Hos
pital seriously i'll today.
He suffered a cerebral hemor-
rhage while on train coming here
from Cincinnati. An ambulance
met the train and took the AM
bassador to the hospital early
today.
The State Department reported
later that DR.. Stuart's condition is
serious. Associates said that as a
result Of the stroke, he is unable
to talk and is paralyzed on one
side.
He was called home by the de-
partment from his post in China
in August. Officials said he had
been in Cincinnati to lecture at
the University OF Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
3 Hunters and Deer End Trip
From Maine on Lump Post Here

cuts about their heads. The front
Of the car had suffered damage
estimated at $500. But the deer
carcass was unscathed. So was
Carl Reed.
Nelson Reed, driver Of the car,
told police their destination was
the home Of his uncle. r. x.
xsraun, at 3631 Nichols avenue S.E.
They had been driving in relays
all the way down from the Maine
woods. Mr.. Reed said. He had
been driving for about an hour
when he turned into Nichols ave-
nue.. His brother and Mr.. Wells
were asleep. Police said Mr.. Reed
told them he had no recollection
of seeing the jinx lamppost loom
up In front of him.
Police said they had no idea
what peculiar attraction lamp
post No., 521-445 has for moving
vehicles.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
BY Howord W. BIokesIee

NEW YORK, Dec. Ia rocket
airplane to fly from New York to
San Francisco in less than an hour
was described to the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
today. 49,
It will travel almost 10000 miles
an hour, but will land at only $50.
The shape is a fat, sharp
pointed pencil, 80 feet long, 9 feet
wide. A pair of small wings is set
midway between point and tail.
The tail fins are as big as the
wings. and the vertical tail fin Is
bigger.
This outline drawing was shown
to the American Rocket Society
section of the meeting by DR.. Hsue-
shen- -Tsien of the California Insti-
tute Of Technology. He is pro-
fessor at the Daniel and Florence
Guggenheim jet propulsion center.
The ship hasn't been built. But
it. is a lot closer than engineers
suspected.
"Ths requirements" Dr.. Tsien
Evening star., 1949-12-01
Hiss Prosecutor Give!
Jurors Lecture on
Hard Core Of Case
Engagements Of Secret
Documents and Films
Displayed in Court
BY NewboId Noyes, Jr.
Sfar Sfoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Alger
Hiss perjury retrial jury today re-
ceived a lecture on the 'hard-
core" of the Governments case
against its former of1icial-the
secret State Department papers
which Mr.. Hiss is accused Of CIV
ing to a Communist spy courier
IL years ago.
Thomas F. Murphy, Assistant
United States attorney, placed
before the jury a large rack, bear
ing Photographic enlargements Of
the microfilms and typed copies
of the secret data which Whitta-
ker Chambers says came from Mr..
Hiss
He read original State Depart
ment dispatches on which the
Chambers papers are based, ask
ing the jury to compare the two.
On the witness stand, mean
while, Walter H. Anderson. chief
Evening star., 1949-12-01
May Ordered 10 Start
Sentence Saturday
In War Bribe Case
Gurssons Must Go to
Prison Immediately;
Final Court Plea Lost
THOMAS
Plea in Payroll Case Prevents
Appeal. Page AS.

Plea in Payroll Case Prevents
Appeal. Page A-3.
Former Representative Andrew
J. May of Kentucky was ordered
today to start serving on Saturday
an eight months to two years jail
sentence on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the Government.
Henry and Murray Carson,
wartime munitions makers who
we're convicted with the 74-year-
old May in 1947, were ordered
committed Immediately to serve
similar sentences.
Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut
issued the orders after turning
down their pleas for a reduction
in sentence or granting proba-
ton.
May Not in Court.
May was not in the courtroom.
His attorney, Warren Magee. ex-
planned that the wartime chair
man of the old House Military
Affairs Committee, is i'll at his
Prestonsburg, KY. home. May
must surrender to United States
marshal at Ashland, KY, Satur-
day, Judge Schweinhaut decreed.
The Carson brothers. nattily
attired, appeared in court and
listened to arguing Of the motions
that were refused by Judge
Schweinhaut.
The District Court order today
ended the last chance that the
three men have for judicial action.
The United States Court OF APP
peals upheld the verdict of the
lower court. The Supreme Court
refused to review the case. The
only possible further recourse that
May and the, Garssons have to
avoid serving sentences is plea
to President Truman for execu-
tive clemency.
May and the Garssons were
found guilty in 1947 Of charges
that grew out of hearings before
the former Senate War Investigat-
ing Committee in 1916. Besides
being convicted on the conspiracy
count, May was convicted OF hav-l
(See MAY, Page A..
Evening star., 1949-12-01
By Nelson N. Shepard

By Nelson N. Shepord
Oscar L. Chapman, taking Office
as Secretary of the Interior, said
today he is approaching his job
sin the spirit OF crusading for
all the people, not against any
group or against any concept of
business or industry"
Chief Justice Vinson admin
istered the oath in the presence
of Mrs. Chapman, members of
the Cabinet and other high Off
cials. All 1850 seats in the de-
partment's auditorium were filled
and visitors lined the walls.
Julius A. Krug. the outgoing
Secretary, told the gathering:
This would be a sad occasion,
but for the fact that I am being
succeeded by a loved friend"
Evening star., 1949-12-01
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. Russia is
expected to roar back today at
Yugoslavia's defiance before the
United Nations of Moscow's cam
paign to do away with Premier
Marshal Tito.
Yugoslavia opened the diploma
tic battle with the Soviet Union
in the 59-nation General Assem-
bly, yesterday. charging the Mos
cow-directed Cominform is using
policies detrimental to peace.
Yugoslavia reaffirmed her own
intention to maintain independ-
ence from Soviet control and told
the Russians the Cominform' S
stepped-up campaign against Tito
will fail.
The statement of Yugoslav
Ambassador Sava Kosanovic
placed the Soviet Union in the
role of a defendant before the
U. N. Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vishinsky then an
nounced he would speak today.
Assembly Nears Vote.
Diplomatic observers felt that
merely as a matter of prestige he
could not afford to ignore Mr.
Kosanovic's charges. The Yugo-
slav spokesman leveled his blast
against Cominform policies as
the Assembly, in plenary session
neared a vote on rival Russian
and American-British proposals
for strengthening peace.
The American-British peace
proposal calls for q reaffirmation
Of the pledges contained in the
United Nations Charter. The
rival Soviet plan suggests a five-
power non-aggression pact. II
also denounces the United States
and Britain for what Mr.. Vishin-
sky says are their attempts to
foment a war against Russia.
The total effect of the Yugoslav
statement yesterday was to place
in question the contentious of the
Moscow bloc spokesmen that the
Soviet Union from its birth has
struggled to maintain world peace
Cites Cominform Attack.
Referring to the Soviet peace
proposal, Mr.. Kosanovic said the
Yugoslav delegation called the
attention of the U. N. to the dis
crepancies between the words and
the deeds in the Soviet attitude. u
He asked whether it was a coin
cidence that the Cominform
adopted a new resolution against
Yugoslavia" at the very time the
Assembly was discussing the Soviet
peace proposal.
The Cominform resolution to
which Mr.. Kosanovic referred
called on Communists everywhere
to help. in the task Of getting I'D
of Tito.
Evening star., 1949-12-01
RedsSuffering
SevereDefeati in
Italian WaIkout
Effects Scarcely Felt
Hours After Sturt
Of General Strike
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

ROME, Dec. 1.-Italy's Com
munists suffered a humiliating de-
feat today in their attempt to
paralyze this nation in 24-hour
general strike.
Seven hours after the strike
started at 6 am. (midnight, EST
its effects were scarcely felt. 1t
was much more Of failure than
q similar one-day general strike
in France last Friday, and the Sec
ond flop in a month for the Com
munist-led General Confederation
Of Labor (CGn).
The strike is scheduled to end
at 6 am. tomorrow.
Government spokesmen said the
walkout was failure except in
Italy's big northern factories. the
chief centers Of Italian Commu-
mist strength.
Reds Claim Little Success.
Even the Communists laid little
claim to success. A spokesman
for the CGn admitted that trans
portation was nearly normal in
most cities.
Yesterday the CGH had ap-
pealed to all workers in Italy to
join the strike in protest against
the death of two farmhands In a
clash with police in the south.
Today, however. a CGn spokes-
man said: "The strike didn't in
tend to paralyze the nation. 1t
was only a limited protest"
The government had denounced
the strike call as a purely politi-
cal" demonstration staged by the
Communists.
TIL last Communist attempt on
the labor front-only a month
ago-also was a flop. The CGH
had called a shorter, eight-hour
nation wide walkout in protest
against the Staying of three peas
ants in clashes with police during
the peasant invasion Of private
lands in the south.
CGH Loses Members.
Observers in Rome said the
Communist weakness here could
be traced to growing strength Of
the government-hacked anti Com
munist labor unions, now claim
ing some 100000 members. The
CGn once claimed 5000 900
members, but the membership
now is estimated at a million
less.
There has been only lukewarm
support among industrial and
commercial workers for the Com
munist campaign on behalf of the
1andless peasants in the south.
Moreover, the CGIL's Jack of
war chest to pay strikers wages
while they are on a walkout also
is considered a factor in the di-
minishing strength of the Com
munist labor leaders.
Scattered strike incidents dis
turbed public order in only few
places. Police removed road blocks
in two small southern cities. In
Naples, strikers attacked a street.