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Evening star., 1949-11-26
Colombia
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NSot1GuIQeo C1oA not Id6cJ
statue Of San Martin and crawled
behind it for protection. He said
Army Lieut.. Aceveno Escobar
saved Dario Echandia's life by
stopping the fire and taking
Echandia under his protection
The funeral Of Vicente Echandia
takes place tomorrow, election
day, when Colombians are asked to
indorse as President, Conservative
Laureano Gomez, the sole can.
didate. ~
The Liberals are expected to
make the funeral q telling spec
tacle in defiance Of a government
order forbidding private or public
meetings. ....-- -.
|. With political feeling boiling.
such a spectacle would have ex-
plosive possibilities. s..
The of1ice of President Mariana
Ospina Perez issued this state
ment: THE government pro-
foundly regrets these events and
has ordered the competent au-
thorities to push thorough
investigation" The statement
again called on the people to
maintain public order "and avert
new misfortunes." s..
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Convicted Communists Ask
0. K. 10 Travel and Speak
By the Assoeiotsd Press

|. NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Eleven
Red leaders convicted Of conspir-
acy against the Government are
seeking permission to travel about
the country.
A petition asking that the Gov
ernment be required to show cause
why such permission should not be
granted was scheduled for q hear
ing In Federal Court today.
The petition filed yesterday said
the convicted Communists need to
visit various parts Of the country
to explain issues in their case, and
to raise funds to defray costs OF
their appeals.
| The IL were convicted last
month of conspiring to advocate
the forcible overthrow of the Gov
ernment. Under terms OF their
bonds. which totaled $3.50. 600
their travel was restricted.
Early this month Federal Judge
William Bondy ruled that 5 OF
| the II who lived outside this Fed
eral district could leave the dis
trict to visit their homes, but must
confine their travel to districts ir
which each resided.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
New Indian Constitution
Approved by Assembly
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW DELHI. Nov. 26.-India's
new constitution was adopted to-
day by the Constituent Assembly
and signed by the Assembly Presi-
dent, Dr.. Rajendra Prasad.
On a voice vote, all but one
member shouted approval. The
exception was Maulana Hasrat
Mohani, a Moslem from the
United Providences. who con-
tended the constitution did not
provide real liberty for the COM
mon man. -'- ~.-~ =, .-
Members shouted Victory to
Mahatma Gandhi" as Prasad
signed the document. =,
The constitution goes into ef-
feet January rs, without rattflca-
ton by the state governments.
Speaking after the signing,
Prasad announced the first gen.
eral elections under the new 4cen-
stitution would be held In the
winter of Lo6n5l. ~ his .*TS 4
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Soviet Ideo Spurned
By Indiu's Assembly
n The Asseejcted Peess

NEW DELHI-A proposal to
adopt the Soviet pattern In the
preamble Of midas new constitu-
ton was. rejectsd by the constitu-
|ent assembly recently.
Maulana HaSrat Mohani, . Mus
lin member from the United Prov
Einces. moved an amendment to
name India q Union Of Indian So
cialist Republics, on the lines OF
the q, 8. 3. n.
The Maulana claimed that he
was not Z member Of the COMMIT
mist Party but only sympathizer
with Communist principles. The
assembly voted for the oficial pre-
amble Of constituting India into
. sovereign democratic republic. :
Evening star., 1949-11-26
IU.*S. Port Cities
| TopAto'n Target,
Gen. Knerr Says
BY the Asseciatsd Press

Russias first atomic blow in
event Of war would be aimed at
Boston, New York, Baltimore,
Norfolk. Seattle, San Francisco
and the Panama Canal. q retired
Air Force general says.
Next on the list. Mai. Gen. Hugh
J. Knerr said, would be Pittsburgh,
Cleveland. Detroit and Chicago. :
In. an article in the current is
sue Of Nations Business, q rnaga-
Sine published by the United
States Chamber Of Commerce,
Gen. Knerr called Americas har-
Dor cities perfect atomic targets.
Three atomic bombs, he said.
would kill" New York Harbor and
every ship in 1t. Less than q score
more bombs, he added, would de-
l,rive this country Of its principal
ports for "'the initial. perhaps the
decisive, phase Of the war"
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Berrymon's Condition
Continues to Improve

The condition OF Clifford &
Bergman. editorial cartocnist Of
The Star, was reported improved
again today at Emergency Hos
|pital.
Mr.. Bergman has shown con-
tinual Improvement since he col
lapsed nine days ago at The Star
Building: Physicians said the 80
year-old veteran cartoonist Is sur
fering from a circulatory disorder
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Stock Decline Hailed;
Small Gains Appear T
Al Week 4
BY the A,soeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The
stock market leveled off today af-'
ter Fridays slide.
For a while it appeared likely
that an advance was shaping up
but there was no follow-through
to demand. Fractional gains.
though, were in the majority.
Business started off at smart
rate, then slowed to a walk after
overnight orders had been taken
care Of. Turnover totaled around
100000 shares for the two-hour
session.
Stories of q secret conference
aimed at ending the long argu-
ment between coal miners and
operators attracted considerable
interest but traders had little
tangible to go on. Nevertheless,
Wall Street does not seem to be
very concerned over the possibility
that the coal strike will be re-
sumed on December /. Miners are
now at work on temporary basis.
Magnavox was again soft spot
following Fridays seven-eighths-
point loss. The stock dropped
another point or so. Stockholders
are scheduled to vote on a new
financial program for the COM
pany on December 12-
Higher prices were paid for
Bethlehem Steel. Chrysler, Pack
ard, Goodyear, Douglas Aircraft,
Kennecott Copper, Dow Chemical.
Union Carbide, Philip Morris,
Westinghouse Electric. Union Pa
ciflc, Chesapeake G Ohio, Stand
ard Oil (New Jersey and United
States Gypsum.
Lower were Woolworth, United
Aircraft, Schenley. Admiral Corp,
Homestake Mining, Baltimore 81
Ohio. Gulf Oil and Johns-Man-
vile.
Corporate bonds moved mar
rowly.
Higher in the Curb were Ca
madam Marconi, Crown Drug,
National Bellas Hess, Hugo
SHINES, Technicolor and United
Light & Railways. Pushed back
a bit were Standard Power q
Light. Pancoastal OIL, Driver
Harris, Creole Petroleum. Cities
Service and Babcock 81 Wilcox.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Woman Saved From Fire
By Representative Taylor
~ the Asseeioted Press

TROY, N. Y, Nov. 26.-Repre-
sentative Dean P. Taylor. Republi.
can, of New York, rescued q g.
year-old woman from the third
floor Of a burning building last
night.
Mr.. Taylor. 47. was driving IN
downtown Troy when he noticed
the building afire. Firemen had
Just reached the scene and q crowd
had started to collect.
There's a child UP there" a
bystander shouted. pointing to the
top floor.
Mr.. Taylor made his way
through q smoke filled hallway
and up the stairs to the third floor
apartment. He found Mrs. Lena
Suriano, almost overcome by
smoke. and led her to safety. Mr.,
Taylor suffered no Ill effects,
There was no child In the third
floor apartment but two children
were rescued by hremen from the
second door. Damage to the
building was estimated by Fire
Chief Carl Smith ct $4,000.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Gen. Kendall Flies Here
After Korean Inspection
By fbs Asseeisisd Prs,

SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 2s.-Brig.
Gen. Russell z. Randall left for
the United States by air today
after Q To-day inspection Of Ko-
rean aviation facilities at the in
vitation Of President syngman
Rhee.
.Gen. Randall told news con-
ference the Korean Republic
needs planes to support its ground
forces for effective defense against
possible invasion from Communist
North Korea. He said he believed
m air advisory mission, similar to
one in Greece. would be helpful
here. e .... ~.
Gen. Randall stressed he came
here in an unofficial capacity. He
is retiring from the United States
Air Force the end of this month.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
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show they are willing to obey the
Councils statutes.
6. Prohibiting Germany from
maintaining armed forces anc
from joining the North Atlantic
pact.
Z. Placing the rich Ruhr valley
mines and mills under interna.
tional control.
8. Instructing the French gov
ernment to. oppose any rebuilding
Of 0ermany's war industries.
Red Resolution Beaten.
Before the history making reso-
luton was passed. the Assembly
rejected 424 to 1872 = Communist
resolution opposing the govern
ment's policy. The :. Communist
resolution also called for denun-
citation Of American aid to Eu-
rope and the North Atlantic pact.
During the heated debate. which
was interrupted only by the nor
NAL Thursday recess for commit
tee meetings, the Assembly was
called on to support the policy on
Germany outlined by the Big
Three foreign ministers when they
met here two weeks ago. Foreign
Minister Robert Schuman at that
time could make no definite COM
mitments until the Assembly -ap-
proved the policy. ~,
An agreement covering the Big
Three decisions already had been
signed by the high commissioners
of the. three Western occupation
powers and the West German
government. j..
In the AGREEMENT the Germans
were given, q greater degree Of
self government. including con-
sular representation abroad, In
exchange tor German approval Of
internationalisation Of the Ruhr.
The Western Allies also agreed
to ease up considerably on the
program Of dismantling Of Ger
man industry.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
o'Dwyer Seeks Boost
In Salary to SAC, 900
,axthe A,seejeted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Mayor
William ODwyer wants his
$25, ,0oo-a-year salary increased to
$4,000.
He recommended the increase to
the CITY. Council yesterday and
also asked that pay Of the city's
five borough presidents be boosted
from SIS 900 to $4,000 along with
similar increases for other city
ofhcials. :.
"A BILL to provide the increases Is
expected to be introduced In the
City Council Monday.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Nine More Polish Nationals
Depopted From Fronce

PARIS, Nov. 26 @. The
French police have deported nine
more Polish nationals, including
consular attache, In . broad
ening breakdown on alleged es-
pionage activities. the Interior
Ministry announced today.
The expulsions raised to 26 the
number Of Poles ousted from
France since police began swoop-
ing on Polish organizations here
q week ago. :,
Among those deported today
was Wladislas Bemler, of Polands
consulate at Marseilles. Beniel
was arrested with his wife and
another consular employe, Miss
Regina Matuszyk, both Of whom
were later released.
The Interior Ministry said Benz
ler's assignment had been ito
keep an eye VI on Polish exiles In
France" During the war, they
added. worked voluntarily for a
German munjtiors factory ~
Police last might raided the Of
fees of the Polish patriotic or
ganizaMon. -oPO. at Lille. and ar
rested its president, M. Sxuster
Police said . number Of docu-
ments and records were seized
and are being translated.
A large quantity Of documents
previously were seized from Pol
ish organizations In Paris, dur
ing raids in which II Poles were
arrested. police said. All II late,
were deported. .......-
Evening star., 1949-11-26
1000 at Hecht Co. to Gel
.Christmus Bonus Dec. 9

The Hecht Co. will play Santa
Claus to more than 1900 employees
OF its downtown and Silver Spring
stores on December Q when 425,-
900 in Christmas bonuses will be
distributed.
Charles B. Dulcan, r., vice
president and general manager Of
the store. said employees who have
been with the store for q year or
longer will get the extra cash.
Pensioned store employees also VIII
receive Christmas bonus based
on their length Of service before
retirement, he added.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Berlin
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sentry duty with the Soviet soldier
did not participate in the shoot
ing. The Russian fred several
shots at the retreating automobile.
the spokesman said.
The checkpoint is in an area
where the British sector Of Berlin
touches the Russian zone Of Ger
many unlike many other areas
where only the different sectors
Of the city touch. Allied person
mel may enter the Soviet sector OF
Berlin usually without incident
but casual entry into the Soviet
zone Of Germany outside the city
Is forbidden.
Text Of Protest.
This is the text of Gen. Taylor'i
protest: -
According to information which,
I have received, on the evening oi
November Is an American airman
S/Sergt. John e. staff. was fired
upon and killed by q Russian
sentry at a Russian checkpoin'
- in the Spandau area. Thu
airman was in uniform and wal
riding with other airmen In .
plainly marked oficial car Of thu
United States Air Force, 1t ap'
pears that upon reaching ths
Russian checkpoint he turned hi.
car around and attempted to re.
turn peaceably toward the centel
of Berlin. In 50 doing he met hi.
death at the hands Of the Russian
sentry.
"It is difficult to understand thu
senseless brutality Of sentry who
would fire upon a member OF the
armed forces of q friendly natior
under such circumstances. trust
that you will appreciate the Sc.
robustness with which the Unitef
States authorities view this act
and will take immediate steps *
punish the offender. I shall ap.
preciate being kept informed o'
the action taken not only to pun.
ish this crime but also to assure
that in future Russian sentrie'
will be, controlled in the irrespon'
sible use OF their weapons"
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Panama
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custer hit at DR.. Arias on the
domestic side. The strikes brought
from the President the formal an.
|nouncement that his police chiefs
had offered their designations.
II have In my possession" DR.
Arias said, designations sponta-
neously rendered to me In q ges-
ture Of self-sacrifice and Of 10y
atty to my government by the
chiefs Of the national police.
II shall act upon them in due
course" the President added.
DR.. Arias yesterday appointed q
new cabinet and began CONSOLE
dating the government handed to
him Thursday In the second Re-
mon-led coup d'etat In i've days.
Taxi and bus drivers, school
teachers, stores, banks and many
industrial plants continued q
folded arms" strike they started
as . protest against the police
imposed coup d'etat. There were
that the strikes were
spreading from the capital to the
interior.
Col. Remon put DR.. Arias, once
his bitter political enemy. into
the presidency Thursday night In
q lightning-like aston. ."
The move was In defiance Of q
supreme court ruling declaring
that DR.. Daniel Chants. jr.. whom
Col! Remon ousted last Saturday,
was the legal president. Col.
Remon, backed by his police force
had replaced DR.. Chanis with his
cousin, Roberto CHAR. When the
court ruling was announced. Mr..
chiari left the presidency and Or.
Arias was put In.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Coal Talks Renewal
Expected 10 Put Off
|WaIkout Thursday
By jones Y. Newton

The Government held hopes to-
day that soft coal contract nego-
tiations will be resumed next week
|and another strike of John L.
Lewis United Mine Workers
avoided. The miners have set a
new strike deadline for next
Thursday.
Reasons for some optimism In
the coal crisis was the invitation
Of one large group Of mine own
ers to resume contract bargaining
with Mr.. Lewis and well-founded
reports that the UNIV may start
negotiations with other operators
The invitation to MIR. Lewis tc
get together came from Joseph
E. Moody, president Of the South
ern Coal Producers Association
who said that his group felt "it
was time to resume negotiations. .
There was no immediate response
from Mr.. Lewis.
All Of the operators broke oil
efforts to arrive at new contract
agreement with the UNIV in late
October. That came after they
had held futile conferences with
Mr.. Lewis over a period of months.
Ching Cuts Short Visit.
"Mr. Lewis can advise us II
he thinks it's possible to come
to terms on a contract" Mr..
Moody told reporters after tele-
graphing his invitation to the
union chief.
1t was believed Mr.. Moody acted
because he had heard that other
operators groups were in contact
with Mr.. Lewis. The Southerners
has been holding negotiations with
the UNIV separately from opera
tors Of the North and West.
Cyrus S. Ching, the Federal me-
diation chief, cut short a short
rest in Virginia presumably be-
cause things were stirring in the
coal negotiations. He had nothing
to say but it was believed he had
been In contact with the disput-
ing parties.
Resumption Of negotiations
could cause Mr.. Lewis to postpone
the December l strike deadline.
Policy Committee to Meet.
He has summoned the UMW's
2o0-member Policy Committee to
q meeting in New York Monday.
The gathering of the committee
usually foreshadows an important
move. For example. the commit
tee met in Chicago early this
month and called q three-week
truce in the 52-day mine strike.
President Truman conferred
yesterday with ClO President
Philip Murray, one-time lieuten-
ant of Mr.. Lewis, and the mine
leaders successor as head Of the
CIo.
There was speculation-which
Mr.. Murray disclaimed-that he
and the President might have
talked over organized labor's at
titude toward the possible use Of
the Taft-Hartley Act in the coal
dispute. .~4---
The acts provision for court
injunctions forms Mr.. Truman's
smajor weapon ia the event Of any
walkout that threatens the Ma
tons welfare. The President has
said he will use that weapon II
he considers q national coal emer-
gency on hand.
But the Chief Executive is moi
anxious to invoke the Taft.
Hartley Act-a law both he anc
labor are pledged to repeal. H.
didn't use 1t against Mr.. Murra,
in the recent steel strike.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Only Welfare State
Can Meet U.S.. Needs,
Clio Textile Chief Says
by the Associoted Press

BOSTON, Nov. 26.-Emil Rieve,
general president of the CIO
Textile Workers Union Of Amer
lea, said today that the special
needs of New England and the
Nation as a whole can be met
only by the establishment Of a
welfare state"
He told the Massachusetts, CIO
convention that the welfare state
is logical extension Of the new
deal.
He attacked the Republican
position that "statism" and the
welfare state" are steps toward
totalitarianism.
"The fact Of the matter is that
the American people cannot be
denied the benefits Of the welfare
state" he said. 1--WE are going to
get them, and we won't be stopped
by slogans and scare campaigns. {"
Referring to a speech by Sena-
tor Lodge. Republican, Of Mas
sachusetts, in which he urged
that social welfare programs be
established by industry rather
than Government. Mr.. Rieve said
he "sympathized" with this aim,
being aware Of the risks In big
Government" but rejected 1t as
impossible.
Deal With Industry IS 1t Il.
I'VE do not deal with industry as
it ought to be-" said Mr.. Rieve,
I'VE deal with industry as 1t Is.
That's why we need the welfare
state"
Mr.. Rieve noted that a year ago
he made a series of talks in New
England about various area prob
lens. including that Of river de-
velopment.
mot a single constructive step
has been taken toward meeting
any Of the needs mentioned at
that time" he said. In the last
~ months you have had floods.
you have had drought and our
electric power is just as expensive
as ever. But no remedy is yet in
sight"
He said he Is tempted to be-
lieve" that New England indus
trialists don't want to solve their
regional problems.
They prize their New England
problem as though 1t were q IA
nous landmark, like the old North
Church." he declared. They're
proud of it. and they even exag-
gerate it."
Mr.. Rieve said that New Eng
land employers exaggerated their
difficulties during the recent
slump. He minimized mill closings,
attributing them to the natural
collapse of "outmoded firms"
rather than a flight to the
South"
Made Profit In First Half.
Despite their moaning and
he said, nearly all tex
tile firms in New England made q
profit during the first and worst
half of the year."
The CIO leader said it was the
workers. not the employers. who
really suffered during the slump
yet ! do not recall hearing the en-
ployers expressing any deep cou-
Germ for the fate Of the workers.
He said that the recent national
cIO convention In Cleveland did
not throw out the "left wing"
we threw out the east wing,,"
he said, "the ones who looked to|
the East. toward Moscow. to ind
out how to think and what to do
on every issue.
1--WE did not throw out the radi-
calls; we threw out the worst re-
actionaries who ever infected the
labor movement.
I'VE are not going to become
respectable in the eyes Of the
National Association OF Manufac-
turers. We have a positive pro-
radical program. And we
are going to fight harder for 1t
than ever before, because we are
stronger and. more united than
ever before"
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Africon Trees Grow Fast

Tests show that. African ma
hogany OF the family Swietenia
grows faster in the Philippines
than native types Of mahogany
trees represented by the lauan
group, and African trees set out
80 years ago have attained diam
eters Of 10 inches or more.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Weather Report

District OF Columbia-Sunny
but cold with diminishing winds;
highest around 40 this afternoon.
Some cloudiness tonight. lowest
about % in. the city and 30 In
suburbs. Tomorrow mostly cloudy
with rising temperature, chance
Of some light rain in the morning.
Maryland Increasing cloudi-
ness and cold. lowest 20 to IS
tonight. Sunday cloudy with some
light snow or rain west portion
and some rain likely esat portion.
Rising temperatures tomorrow.
Virginia-Increasing cloudiness
and cold. lowest 20 to as north
and IS to 80 south portion tonight.
Tomorrow cloudy with slowly
rising temperature, some rain
likely mostly in north portion.
River Report. z.1 ,-s
Potomac River clear st Hsrpsrs Terry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarpeEs Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
-eod Found in Greenland

DR.. Lauge Koch, just back In
Denmark from Greenland, reports
that the wealth of lead deposits
found last year in Mesters Wig on
the Ella Island In East Green
land has exceeded expectations.