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Evening star., 1949-10-31
TeIevising U. n. Sessions
To Begin Next Monday
BY the Associated Pres.

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 81
United Nations proceedings will
be brought to television audiences
beginning next Monday.
Assembly President Carlos p.
Romulo announced yesterday that
the Ford Motor Co. will sponsor a
three-hour daily telecast of U. N.
proceedings.
Previously individual stations
have made occasional telecasts of
u. N. sessions when matters Of
especial interest were being dis
cussed. The forthcoming pro-
grams will be shown on the
Columbia Broadcasting System
television network from II am.
to pm. and from 8 pm. to 4 pm.
Monday through Friday.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
New Hiss Trial SET
For November II
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Federal
Judge William Bondy set Novem-
ber II for the start of the second
perjury trial of Alger Hiss, one
time high State Department
official.
The trial date was fixed by
Judge Bondy afted a hearing on q
show cause order obtained by Mr..
Hiss new attorney, Claude B.
Cross of Boston. Cross sought 4
November % trial date on the
ground that he needed this addi-
tional time to prepare his case.
! Originally, the second trial had
been set for October 10. The de-
fense, hpwever. obtained a post
ponement.
Mr.. Hiss first trial ended in q
hung jury last July. .-~
The former Government official
is charged with lying when he
denied passing secret State De-
partment documents to Whitaker
Chambers, confessed one-time
courier for a prewar Soviet spy
ring.
United States Attorney Thomas
F. Murphy. who prosecuted tho
first trial, appeared in opposition
to the November % date. At the
same time he asked the court to
fix an arbitrary time for start of
the new trial as a means of pre-
venting the defense from seeking
a further adjournment.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
GAO Table Shows
u. S. Workers New
Toke-Home Pay

A table showing Government
workers exactly what their
take-home pay will be each
two weeks under the new pay
act, after retirement and with
holding tax deductions are
made, Is printed in today'S
editions of The Star.
The special table, prepared
by the General Accounting
Office, shows new annual pay
rates, with bi-weekly take
home pay according to the
number of dependents in each
wage-earner's family. It ap-
pears on Page Az.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Clio Delegates Cheer
Murray's Promise 10
Dust Left-Wingers
Will Cleanse Unions
At Meeting Under Woy,
He Tells Membership
BY the Asteeiofed Press

CLEVELAND. Oct. 81. - cIO
President Philip Murray touched
off a rousing demonstration at the
opening session of the 11th con-
vention today when he promised
to cleanse" the organization of
pro- Communists.
After referring to abuse directed
at him by the Moscow radio, Mr..
Murray, in his keynote address,
said that at meetings of his own
CIO Executive Board:
II did not know whether I was
talking to a fink (strikebreaker +,
a Connie or an FBI man."
If we are going to cleanse this
movement, which by the way, we
are going to do at this conven-
ton" Mr.. Murray started to
say when the more than 600 dele
gates broke into noisy cheers. !
Mr.. Murray was unable to finish
his sentence.
Threatened With Custer.
At least three, and possibly a
dozen unions under left-wing
leadership are threatened with
custer from the CIO.
Mr.. Murray declared that left
wingers follow the interest of the
Soviet government, even If that
means destruction of democratic
trade unions"
"They have no devotion to their
unions" Mr.. Murray shouted.
They have no devotion to their
country.
Mr.. Murray got another cheer
when he said that mo subtleties
engaged in by the representatives
ICao CT0 no-z
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Rhee Predicts Force
To End Korean Rift
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Oct. 31.-Korea's Pres
ident Syngman Rhee prophesied
today force may be necessary to
settle the rift between North and
South Korea.
Standing on the decks of the
United States cruiser st. Paul in
1nchon harbor, Mr.. Rhee told
American Navy officers and sail
ors:
when we have to settle this
thing by war. we will do all the
fighting needed. We are not ask
ing our friends to do our fighting
for U.S.
Mr.. Rhee compared Korea with
q body cut in half.
I'VE can't live much longer this
way" he said.
The President said American
economic and military aid had
enabled his government to with
stand Communism.
$50 long as we have your sup
port and assistance" he told the
American crew, Il am sure that
we can keep this part Of our
country, at least. free from Com
munism.'
Mr.. Rhee said the cruiser and
her destroyer escort were here on|
q friendly visit and not with i'm
perialistic motives"
The st. Paul left later for Ja-
pan. Her destroyer escort will sail
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Secret British Plan
Crashes, Killing?
BY the Assoeiated Press

YEOVIL. England, Oct. IA
new secret British Navy fighter
smacked into two houses today
and exploded. The pilot. child
and woman were killed.
The blast of the plunging plane
demolished one house. killing its
occupant, Mrs. w. Brown.
Ann Wilkins. 6, was killed as
she pedaled her cycle in the
street in front of the house.
The pilot was Michael Graves,
%, assistant chief test pilot for
Westland Aircraft, Ltd, makers
of the plane, the Wyvern TF2
turbo jet fighter. He was the
son of Sir Cecil Graves, former
director-general of the British
Broadcasting Corp.
Police reported another woman
was seriously burned in the blaze
which followed the explosion.
A Westland official said the
plane had been in the air about
80 minutes on a routine test
flight. 1t dived into the houses
a short distance from the COM
pany's airfield. The plane is
powered by one Of the most pow
erful gas-turbine propeller en-
gines in the world, ...
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Edward R. Stettinius, 49, Dies;
Former Secretary of State
First American U. N.
Delegate Suffered
Heart Aifment
BY the Associoted Press

GREENWICH. Conn.,. Oct. 81
Edward R. Stettinius. jr., wartime
head of lend-lease and Secretary
of State when the United Nations
came into being, died today at the
age of 40.
The Greenwich medical exam
iner. DR.. c. Stanley Knapp, said
death apparently resulted from
two forms of heart ailment. cor
onary thrombosis (bloodclot) and
arteriosclerosis (hardening of the
arteries)
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Wednesday in st. James
Episcopal Church, New York.
The white haired, handsome
Mr.. Stettinius, who at 81 be-
came board chairman of the
United States Steel Corp, was
his country's first U. N. delegate.
He was named rector of the Uni
versity of Virginia after leaving
the U. N. post in 1916.
Death came at 1880 am. At
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Juan
Trippe here. Mrs. Trippe is Mr..
Stettinius' sister. Her husband is
head of Pan-American world air
ways.
The former cabinet members
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Fact-Finder Proposes
Social Insurance Now
Steel Pensions Later
Adequacy Is Top Issue,
Not Financing Of PIon,
Board Chairman Says

|. The head Of President Truman's s
ct-finding board in the steel
dispute suggested today that settle
ment Of the month-old strike be
arranged on the basis of putting
IA worker insurance program into
effect Immediately and leaving the
controversial pension issue to
further study.
DR.. Carroll r. Daugherty de-
clared in an interview with the
weekly magazine. United States
News T. World Report. that the
adequacy" of worker pensions is
the important thing-not how
they are financed. The steel strike
took place when the CIO United
Steelworks insisted that pensions
and insurance should be free, and
the steel companies were equally
as adamant that the workers
should contribute something te
the programs.
The chairman of the boaro
which investigated the steel dis
pute and made recommendation
for its settlement said there i.
nothing sacrosanct" in the board.
use of the words "non-contribu.
tory" and "contributory."
Pensions Called Most Important.
He said development of a SOUND
and adequate pension program was
of far greater Importance. That
he added, could only be deter.
mined after long and careful study
on a company-by-company basis
and that he did not think details
Of pension program should be
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Vice President Wins
Widows Hand After
4-Month Courtship
BY the Assoeioisd Pres.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31.-Vice Pres
ident Alben w. Barkley, who has
scored many successes in a long
political career. has also proved
himself lucky in love.
Mrs. Carleton 8. Hadley, the
comely widow whom he courted
diligently for nearly four months.
announced last night that the
two wound be married here No
vember 18.
The announcement was made
informally in the presence Of q
few friends and newspapermen in
Mrs. Hadley's apartment as the
Vice President stood by smiling.
Wedding details were not made
public. Friends expected the cere-
mony would be a simple one and
would be performed in one of st.
Louis Methodist churches. Both
Evening star., 1949-10-31
For Real Estate
Classified Boreoins
Consult The Stur

In addition to it's outstanding
real estate section every Sat-
urday, The Star offers a wide
selection of real estate barr
gains very day in the classified
section. q
During the first nine months
OF this year The Star carried
over $1,000 more real estate
classified ads than the three
other Washington newspapers
combined.
Place your real estate classi-
fed ad in Washington's lead
ing classified medium-THE
STAR. Phone Sterling 5000.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Psychiatrist, Engineer
Clash in Testimony
On Transit Radio
Dr.. OverhoIser Stresses
Nervousness; Sound
Expert Differs With Him

Testimony of a sound engineer
and a psychiatrist clashed before
the Public Utilities Commission to-
day tn the Capital Transit Cos
fight to retain its radio streetcars
and buses. ,
DR.. Winfred Overholser, prom
inent psychiatrist and superintend-
ent of ST. Elizabeths Hospital,
called to the stand by an opponent
Of the radio equipped vehicles de-
clared:
1T is safe to say there are GER
tain persons who have violent dis
likes. If they are constantly SUBJ
jected to a particular influence it
has a frustrating, annoying effect
which may produce a nervous
strain" DR.. Overholser emphasized
he was not referring Ito radio in
particular"
Earlier. Frank H. Mcintosh, an
acoustical engineer and consult
ant of the Bell Laboratories, was
called as one of the final witnesses
for the transit company and radio
station WWDC, which supplies
the programs.
One Commissioner Absent.
IF a person gets used to one
sound. you can put it out of your
mind" he said. IF a new sound
is introduced it becomes more
noticeable until it too occupies
that place in your hear where all
other sounds are that you've
grown used to-"
The audience at the hearing,
starting with only IA persons at
the 10 am. opening, had grown to
40 by midmorning, compared to
the crash of people which filled
the District Buildings fifth floor
boardroom for the opening Thurs
day.
Even the ranks of the three
member commission were de-
pleted. Only Chairman James H.
Flanagan and James w. Lauder
dale were in their seats. Normal
ly Engineer Commissioner Brig.
Gen. Gordon R. Young is the
third member Of the board. but
two assistant Engineer Commits
sioners have been attending for
him.
Strong testimony for the radios
Evening star., 1949-10-31
U.S.. Demands Czechs RecoII
Official Here, One in New York

The State Department an
nounced today that 1t has asked
the Czechoslovak government to
recall two Of it's representatives
in this country.
No reason was given for the
step. but it was considered by OBJ
servers to be a retaliation for the
recent action Of the Czech gov
ernment ousting two attaches of
the American Embassy in Prague.
The two officials are DR.. Erwin
Munk, Consul General in New
York, and Jan Horvath, house
keeper" of the Embassy in Wash
ington.
The note requesting removals
Evening star., 1949-10-31
.ShermanF|yiing
Ta|ko on
1opNavYPost
81 More Worships
Ordered Laid Up in
Economy Program
By John A. Giles

Speculation that Vice Admiral
Forrest P. Sherman will be named
Chief of Naval Operations in
creased today as Admiral Sher-
man headed toward Washington
for conferences with Secretary Of
the Navy Matthews.
Admiral Sherman, commander
of the Sixth Task fleet operating
in the Mediterranean, is expected
here by tomorrow. He boarded a
Pan-American plane for the flight
to this country, the Associated
Press reported from London, after
leaving his fleet at Beirut,
Lebanon.
1t was likely that Mr.. Matthews
himself ordered Admiral Sherman
here for conference before final
decision is made on a successor to
Admiral Denfeld as Chief of Naval
Operations.
Denfeld Still Undecided.
Admiral Denfeld, ousted by Mr..
Matthews, still has not made up
his mind on whether to accept
another Navy assignment or to
retire, 1t was reported this morn
ing.
In another Navy development,
the department announced last
night that it was going to lay up
81 warships and AZ other vessels
to keep within reduced sums 1t
will have to spend.
The "mothballing" program Is
part Of the effort to hold tho
total spending on the armed
services to $4,000. 100000 in the
fiscal year which begins next
July l. compared with $685.
863. .498 voted by Congress for this
year.
BY next July the Navy expects
to have 237 combat vessels in op-
Grafton compared with 268 on
September /. The feet will re-
duce by four aircraft carriers and
the craft which support them.
Most of the reductions will be in
the Atlantic Fleet.
Midway Glass Intact.
Essex class carriers ct 900 tons)
will be reduced from five to three,
smaller carriers of about $4,000
tons will be increased from three
to four and the small "jeep" es-
cort carriers will be reduced from
seven to four. The three largA
As, ,000-ton aircraft carriers of the
Midway class will continue In op-
Grafton. The same is true of the
As 000-ton battleship Missouri,
Friends Of Admiral Sherman.
who was 81 years old yesterday.
said that he actually prefers waits
ting four more years befor6
stepping into the chief Of naval
operations spot. They said that
he wanted to return now to be-
come vice chief of naval opera
tions and then return to sea as
commander of one Of the fleets
before stepping into the top job.
However, the ousting of Ad-
miral Denfeld as an aftermath Of
the House Armed Services Com
mittee's investigation of the inter-
service fight might work a change
in these plans.
Evening star., 1949-10-31

Congress unless the Marshall
Plan countries showed more viii
lingness to join in a single eco
nomic unit.
Goods in the big Western Eu-
ropean market, he said, must
move freely across the many ma
tional boundaries-like trade be-
tween the 48 States Of the United
States.
Economic Unity Essential.
Failure to achieve economic
unity, Mr.. Hoffman warned,
means disaster for nations and
poverty for peoples"
He made his call for concrete
action by early next year in a
statement to the General
Council of the Organization for
European Economic Cooperation
tOEEC). the European organiza-
tion that helps administer the
Marshall Plan.
Mr.. Hoffman said the Marshall
Plan countries have made truly
amazing progress" in restoring in
dustrial and agricultural produc-
ton in the last two years. But he
said cooperative action between
nations is needed If Western
Europe's economic problems are to
be solved. Mr.. Hoffman said:
This, I believe, means nothing
less than an integration of the
Western European economy.
Single Large Market.
"The substance of such integra-
ton would be the formation of q
single large market within which
quantitative restrictions on the
movement of goods, monetary bar
riers to the flow of payments, and,
eventually. all tariffs are perman-
emily swept away.
THE fact that we have in the
United States single market of
150, 1000, 900 consumers has been
indispensable to the strength and
efficiency of our economy. The
creation Of a permanent, freely
trading area. comprising 270,000,-
600 consumers in Western Europe,
Evening star., 1949-10-31
FritoIux Is Merely
France and Italy
Added to BeneIux
BY the Associated Press


PARIS. Oct. 31.-Fritalux
is coming into use here.
No, it's not a new cocktail
snack.
It's an elaboration of Ben
elux. Benelux is the develop
ing customs union of Belgium,
the Netherlands and Luxem-
bourg.
Fritalux, still in the propo-
sal stage, would be a none
tary agreement of France,
Italy. Belgium, the Neither
lands and Luxembourg. Its
purpose would be to encourage
freer exchange of the coun-
tries currencies.
Western European finance
ministers already are using
"Fritalux" as a handy, breath
saving abbreviation.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
Barley Will Marry Mrs. HodIey
On November 78 in St. Louis
Shoh's State Dinner
Will Keep Truman
From Weddinq

Although Vice President
Barkley described President
Truman as being pleased and
happy at the news of his en-
gagement. it is highly unlikely
the Chief Executive will be
able to get to the wedding.
Charles G. Ross, White
House press secretary, pointed
out that the November 18 date
Of the ceremony comedies with
that Of a State dinner the
Shah Of Iran will give Tor the
President in Washington at
the conclusion of his three
day visit.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
(See BUSES, Page A-30
Missing Boot Hunted

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 81 (R.-A
Coast Guard cutter and a ply
search plane secured the Atlantic
off the South Carolina Coast to-
day for a 44-foot cabin cruiser
missing since October az with three
persons aboard. The missing
craft, Little Doot, left Charleston
October Is on q fishing cruise.
Evening star., 1949-10-31

was delivered Saturday, a State
Department spokesman said. He
added that DR.. VLADIMIR Outrata
the Czechosloyak ambassador, has
made an appointment to discuss
that matter with UnderSecretary
of State James Webb this after
noon.
The two Americans ousted from
the American embassy in the
Czech capital, Isaac Patch, jr.,
and John q. Heyn, were given "a
hours to leave the country. But
the department placed no time
limit on the, removal of the two
Czechs, asking that their with
drawal be Immediate"
Evening star., 1949-10-31
C|O Pact With Bethlehem Steel
Breaking Solid Front on Pensions
Reported by Industry Sources
Others Expected
To Follow Lead,
Ending Strike

The CIO United Steelworkers
have reached agreement with the
Bethlehem Steel Corp. to end the
31-day strike. industry sources
reported today.
They said an announcement OF
the agreement will be made in
Cleveland at the pm. news con-
ference of Philip Murray, presi-
dent of the CIO and the Steel
workers. Mr.. Murray opened the
CIO convention there today and
announced his press conference
would be devoted to the steel
strike.
A major feature of the agree
ment with Bethlehem, the in
dustry officials said, is expansion
of the corporations existing pen
sion plan, with the employer still
bearing the whole cost of the
program. The steel strike at the
plants of Bethlehem and other
large producers resulted after the
companies refused the union de-
mand for free pensions and So
cial insurance.
Second Largest Producer.
Similar reports that Bethlehem
and the Steelworkers had reached
agreement on peace plan came
earlier from Cleveland.
In Bethlehem, Pa, the COM
pany's public relations Office said:
1--WE have no comment now"
Bethlehem is the Nations sec
ond largest steel producer. rank
ing behind only the United States
Steel Corp. If Bethlehem breaks
the solid front of the industry
against the CIO. it was held a
virtual certainty that other pro-
ducers, including United States
Steel, will be forced to follow suit.
Top company officials were not
Immediately available for COM
ment on the peace reports. A. E.
Homer, Bethlehem president, was
said to be in New York, and the
whereabouts of Eugene Grace,
board chairman, was not known.
Mr.. Grace said last week that if
he could reach a satisfactory
agreement with the CIO, his COM
pany would some to terms inde-
pendently Of United States Steel,
which usually sets the pace for the
industry.
Other Strike Developments.
The peace reports came after
the Chrysler Corp. announced
that it would close three divisions
indefinitely, starting Friday. be-
cause of a shortage of steel. The
move would throw $4,000 Dodge,
De Soto and Chrysler employees
out of work in the Detroit area.
Company officials said they hoped
to maintain production of Dodge
trucks until November II and
keep assembly lines moving at
the Plymouth plant until Thanks
giving.
Other developments related to
the strikes were:
i. The Ford Motor Co., also
running short of steel, expects to
start closing down its big Rouge
plant November IL. About 49,
900 employees would be out of
work by November Is, a company
official estimated.
2. General Motors Corp. already
has closed a few of its plants
temporarily for re-allocation of
(See LABOR, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-10-31
English Town Sets Up
Drunks' Rogues Gallery
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CHESTER, England, Oct. 81
The Cheshire police began setting
UP rogues' gallery today of
people who drink too much.
The pictures will be sent around
to the country's saloons with a
warning: IF you. serve these
people you are liable to a Flo
($28 fine"
Maj. G. c. Scrimgeour, clerk of
the county council, said the pen
atty is possible under a 1908
licensing act.
The pictures will be kept out
of sight under the bar.
Evening star., 1949-10-31
First Report by Chest
Lists Donations Of
|$1,137,S67 or 1871
Red Feather Workers
Stoge Parade Before
Turning in Pledges
bulletin

Community Chest campaign
ers today reported subscriptions
totaling $1.137,s67, or 28.5 per
cent of the Washington area
goal of s3.991.71e in this years
Red Feather drive. The number
of contributors was 1926. This
was the campaigns first report
and was $700. 900 more than was
reported at the first meeting
last year.
Several thousand MONDAY pc
destrians watched a parade on
Fifteenth street today heraldine
the first general report luncheon
in the Washington areas $3,99l,-
TIC Community Chest drive.
Nearly 200 marchers represent
ing the chests 102 health and
welfare services marched down
Fifteenth street, led by the All
Force Band and followed by the
Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.
The brief parade began at z street
and wound up at the Washington
Hotel where nearly 400 volunteer
leaders gathered to make their
first report.
Besides the military uniforms,
the uniforms of the Salvation
Army, Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Campfire Girls and Instructive
Visiting Nurses frightened the
procession. The civilian marchers
carried placards identifying their
agencies.
Other Parades Planned.
Trailing the marchers were an
automobile bearing dummy acci-
dent victims on its hood and a
Garfield Hospital ambulance. The
auto carried a sign reading "This
Could Happen to YOU, and the
ambulance bore the slogan, "The
Hospitals Must Be Ready"
The parade, planned at the last
minute. is the first of four to be
held on general report days dur
ing the campaign which is sched-
uled to continue until Thanks
giving.
The second parade, to be held
November 8. will originate at
Twelfth street and New York
avenue N. w.
The third parade will form on
November II at the west side of
Twelfth street and Constitution
Evening star., 1949-10-31

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. R-The
Fordham University seismograph
last night recorded a fairly severe
earthquake about 1900 miles from
New York City in an undeter-
mined direction.
The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch, uni
versity seismologist, said the first
shock was recorded at 8:47.25 pm.
and the second at 8:53.53 pm.