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Evening star., 1949-05-24

TOKYO. May "a tR.-Both
Japanese and Allied occupation
ofiicials today studied reports from
Paris on Russian proposal for
an early discussion of a Japanese
peace treaty. ... .
Ofiicial comment was meager
Australian Patrick j. Shaw, British
Commonwealth representative on
the Allied Council for Japan, said
II should think we would feel
that all nations which took part In
the war against Japan should take
part in making peace with Japan. II
The same sentiment previously
had been expressed by Secretary
Of State Acheson and British For
eign Secretary Bevin.
Mr.. Shaw added: We hope We
can get down to making a peace
treaty soon." ~@oate- -, -
AL japanese ofIicials hope 80,
too. However. they pointed out
they were not in q position ct
present to comment. .s e ut5
Gen. Macarthur, Allied occupa- :
ton chief. was silent. Inthe past
he has advocated an early peace
with Japan.
Evening star., 1949-05-24

Three new Yugoslav stamps
commemorate Franc Presern,
Slovene poet dead 100 years.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
re-Packaged Meats
Al SeIf-Service Stores
Held Weight Problem

Pre-packaged meats at serve
yourself stores are causing a bad
headache" for the District. Ralph
A. Montgomery of the Weights,
Measures and Markets Depart
ment said today.
Speaking before the 34th Ma
tional Conference on Weights
and Measures at the Wardman
Park Hotel. Mr.. Montgomery
said stores selling meat in this
form require constant supervision
by inspectors.
He explained that the principal
cause Of trouble stems from mex
perienced personnel Weighing and
packaging meats.
District storekeepers often cause
themselves unnecessary expense
by failing to check regulations on
weights and measures before con-
structing new buildings, Mr..
Montgomery said.
Otter scales are installed where
they cannot be plainly seen by the
customer, and must be re-installed
elsewhere. esf.9rg
A total of 1900 condemnations
was made by the District, depart
ment In nscal 1948. There were
IS tarreses ) and fines totaling
81, 300. Mr.. Montgomery said 1885,
900 packages 5were cteck-weighed
during the period. sn4
The conference was opened by
DR.. Edward u. Condor. director
of the National Bureau Of Stand
ards, who said a growing number
of States are improving laws gov
erning sale Of articles by weight
and measure.
He told the $50 delegates that
the Bureau of Standards Is COM
piling a new publication on Ped
eral and State laws on weights
and measures which should be
available in year.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
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Evening star., 1949-05-24

fncias Government bought
more than &! 600. 900 wosth ef
American tractors IN iask,
Evening star., 1949-05-24
Police Threat Charged
In Case Involving Girl

A 40-year-old stable attendant
testified today in his District
Court trial on carnal knowledge
charges involving q, 15-year -old
girl that he made a statement to
police only after they threatened
to hold him In jail.
Lancelot Russell. colored, of the
400 block of Rock Creek Ford
road NV. testified in prelim-
mary hearing to determine wheth-
er a statement he signed was
made voluntarily.
The blond. curly haired COM
plainant, said to be an expectant
mother. went to q stable where
Russell worked to ride horses. ac-
cording to the testimony. The
case Is being heard by an all-
white, jury OF 10 men and two
women.
Russell said he at first told
police questioning at No. s precinct
last March 8 he hadn't had any
thing to do with the girl" He
said he signed q statement. how
ever. he said, after police told
him they would lock him no fol
four months.
Police Detectives Robert %
Weaver and Thomas Colby testi-
ned that they heard no such re.
mark during questioning Of
Russell.
| Judge Edward NJ. Curran ruled
the question must be submitted
to the jury.
Earlier, the girl testified about
her association with Russell dur.
ing sthe sumner Of l94S.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
Clay Predicts Accord
With Russia al Paris,
SAYS Soviet Failed
By Robert s. Allen
III Amseieen Ns~.poeer AIIio,e

Norm Amsficon Newspaper Aiiionee
Gen. Lucius D. Clay today con-
hdently predicted that an agree
ment with Russia will be reached
at the Foreign Ministers Con-
ference In Paris.
In an interview with the North
American Newspaper Alliance, the
former American occupation COM
mander In Germany declared the
Soviet rulers want an agreement
on Germany because their tactics
failed and they need a new policy.
"T1e real reason for the pros
pect Of an agreement" he said, is
that the Western European ma
tions are determined to stand to-
gether In q common front. That
determination has had q deep
and profound effect on the Rus
sian policy makers. Their policy
p failed and they have lost the po-
litical war.
Recovery Thwarted Russians.
Another reason for the failure
Of Russia's policy is the striking
economic recovery that Europe is
making. The steady gains toward
stability that are being achieved
cut the ground out from under the
Russians. I am also convinced that
these gains in Western Europe
will provide a solution for the
Greek situation. If economic prog
ress continues In Europe, the
Greek situation Is certain to work
out satisfactorily in time"
Gen. Clay revealed that at no
time during the hectic "cold war"
period did he consider there was
any serious danger Of q shooting
war"
Throughout all that period"
the veteran Army engineer said.
1T was wholly a political war. It
Is true that we were under tre-
mendous strains and pressures.
We were confronted with innu-
merable obstacles and provaca-
tions. But 1t was all political war
fare. I can't recall any particular
instance when the danger Of a
shooting war was imminent.
Was Friendly With Sokolovsky.
: Much was made of certain in
stances when Russian fighters
: crossed into our airlift corridor.
) But we put an end to that sort Of
thing without too much trouble.
1t was part of the pressure tactics
and when we demanded 1t be
stopped, it was stopped"
Gen. Clay also, disclosed that
throughout the tense period he
and Russian Marshal Sokolovsky,
, Soviet military governor in Berlin.
maintained amicable personal re-
lations.
MY last meeting with Sokolov-
sky was in September. 1948." Gen.
Clay said. I'VE got together then
as a result of the Moscow Confer
ence. which returned the problem
Of Germany to the military gov
ernors in Germsny. Sokoloysky
and were unable to resolve that
problem, and after that my COM
munications with him were solely
by correspondence. Our relations,
personally. remained friendly UP
to the time Sokoloysky was re-,
called to Russia. He is now un-
,dersecretary Of the Russian de-
Tense ministry" 4
Evening star., 1949-05-24
Vishinsky Statement of Policy
OnReich Reported Given PorIey
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vinced by your argument. never.
theless ! will consent to your pro.
posal."
Yields on Austrian Pact,
The Soviet Foreign Minister
agreed without argument to &
Western proposal that If there Il
time after German problems are
discussed. the Council should try
again to agree on an Austrian
treaty.
Mr.. Bevin asked If Russia con-
sidered full agreement on Ger
many a precondition to taking UP
Austria and Mr.. vishinsky replied
smiling:
"We are going to agree on al
questions here"
Western conference sources who
reported these exchanges after the
meeting noted that they followed
the conciliatory line on Germany
Russia has taken since her pro-
posal last month, carried out May
IL. to lift the Berlin blockade.
But. they were "fiabbsrgasted.
nonetheless. they reported.
: The Western sources said they
expected to get 2 better lire to-
day on how long Mr.. Vishinsky
will keep on smiling and agree
ing.
Reich Unity First Topic. q
Under the first agerffa item,
THE Problem Of German Unity
the West planned to propose dis
cussion first of its plan for unity
ing Germany politically.
This involves extension to ali
Germany Of the West German
constitution signed at Bonn yes
terday by representatives of the
IL states In the Western cccupa-
ton zones.
Two German Communist dele
gates refused to sign and there
have been indications Russia will
support a rival government ex-
pected to be formed soon by q
Peoples Congress" elected last
week end in the Eastern zone.
The Western sources said 1t
was hard to believe Mr.. vishinsky
would remain conciliatory when
this matter comes up.
Treaty for Japan Asked.
Mr.. VishinSky threw one sur
prise into the opening meeting by
proposing that the Foreign Min
isters' Council. with China added,
should set date now for discus
sion of . peace treaty for Japan.
This revived a Russian proposal
Of two years ago when the For
eign Ministers met in Moscow.
Former Secretary of State Mar
shall turned 1t down then and Mr..
Acheson. yesterday repeated that
the United States considers the
Far Eastern Commission
the proper agency to prepare a
treaty for Japan. The commits
Evening star., 1949-05-24
LITER Is Back in Prison
After 10 Arrests Since
His Escape in t94l

A lifetime prisoner who lived
here more than xven years and
vas arrested 10 times after esc&p-
tng from n Maryland mental tn
4ss.tution. finally Vas behind prison
walls again today
PARK police arrested the mar.
Jesse Paul Parker. IS. eoh ed
when they SAW him plo<t6lng
through Rock Greek Park In the
heavy rain Sunday. Through per
sisssnt questioning. they deduced
this strange story OF how one man
eyadec the law.
Parker xas convicted in Rock
vile. Nd. 10 years ago for attempt
Ing 10 rape q 35-year-old woman
on the Chevy Chase Elementary
School grounds Committed 10
Maryland State Penitsntiary. he
Was transferred . year later 70
State Hospital for the crim.nally
Insane.
He escaped from the hospital
with three other men on octo-
Der II. le&l,
Used Several Aliases.
Coming TO WASHINGTON. he in
terchanged aliases. worked as q
hotel handyman. stone mason
oricklaser and gardener, At the
time OF his arrest he Was Twins
at the Dunbar Hotel. he told po-
lice.
Parker successfully protected
his true identity even though he
was arrested for petty larceny In,
1912. for drunkenness three times
in 1916. for investigation and dis
orderly conduct In io47 and for
intox.cation four times last year
But last Sunday night he made
the mistake Of ploddins through
oownpour of rain on Klingle
road near Pierce Mill and Park
Police Pvts. Floyd e. Pease and
William NJ, Cronan spotted him
They remembered having oues-
toned him earlier in the evening
! They took him to the station
and turned him over TO Investi.
gators Charles A. Meliot and
Reynolds !. BartmeSs. They dus
out his police record. noted the
arrest In Maryland for assault
with intent to rape. and set TO
work.
Admits Attacking Woman.
| After hours OF questioning. one
OF them shot the question: You
Evening star., 1949-05-24

sion includes Australia, India anc
other Far Eastern countries a.
well as the big powers.
Some conference observers spec.
ulated that Mr.. Vishinsky's pro-
posaf reflected Russia's interest In
recent Communist gains In China
Jops and Allied Officials
Study Reports From Paris
Evening star., 1949-05-24

Aunit2 AttACkiuk WOMAN
After hours OF questioning. one
OF them shot the question: You
Evening star., 1949-05-24

attacked = ecaosec gwl. es3n I
you
Ne. IL vas q xnssx xcera-
tAry saae Parker frrl,es
A Metropolitan pcsars e@xaa1
explaining hox rnrker sragn; e~
arrested 10 sarea without o..
closure al his eurvstaea anc e.
cape. sAs6 he always had e~~r
packed - for rnsnor e@rn~s sor
whkh he wax not ansexprsns~sc
and Tor whxa therv appeared se
be no reason 10 can fer sas F~ccsU
The records kept by pclk~ c.
nos follow each case tarvQga 10 4,
complexion sherescre iaere Is ne
indication thai PARKER was coo
sieted IN Montgomery County arc
sentenced 10 life.
n VAS only chance thai ssaafec
the convict again last SaancA,
which VAS 10 seArs 10 the aas
from the time he vas s~nlaaevc
Yesterday be was returned se ta<
Maryland STATE Prison.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
Woodward { lohrop Gives
Safety Prizes 10 is Drivers

Fifteen members Of the Wood.
ward e. Lothrop Delivery Depart
ment were awarded gold pins and
the congratulations of the firnl
yesterday for their collective rec.
ord of 1913 years OF driving with.
out an accident.
The pins we're presented in col.
Ilaboration with the Liberty Mutua
| Insurance Co.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
School PIuns Moy Doy

The annual May Day exercises
Of the Woodlawn Elementary
School Of Fairfax County. Va. will
be held from 1880 to $3.50 pm.
tonprrow. Michaeline Edwards
viii reign as queen. while Charles
Payey will be king.
Evening star., 1949-05-24
Labor
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'pleted this week on the meai.---
to ban job discrimination Tor rea-
sons of race, religion. color or ma
tional origin. Mr.. Powell said, and
the full committee will meet on
1t next week.
IF the fun committee reports
out bill in 10 days or two weeks, ~
Mr.. Powell said. II expect we can
get a roll call vote in the House
the last Of June or the first week
In July" 3.
The change in outlook on Taft
Hartley repeal came as the once
solid backing which the Democrats
on the Senate Labor Committee
once gave the Truman labor bill
'crumbled further.
Humphrey Favors Changes.
Signaling the newest split In the
party ranks, Senator Humphrey of
Minnesota, one Of the committee
Democrats. said he favors at least
four amendments to the admins
tration measure.
One of them would give the
President limited power to seize
struck plants or industries when
all other efforts to settle q dis
pute had failed.
Senator Douglas of Illinois, an
other Democratic member of the
Labor Committee, came out over
the week end for much the same
amendment.
So did the Executive Council Of
the American Federation of Labor,
6 which-like the Democrats on the
.Senate committee-once vigorous
Fly opposed the idea of changing
-
Evening star., 1949-07-28

Usnul Carrying Charge
Doe. q complete washing load with tho
forget it, Depth Selector let's you choose
the amount Of water to fit the weight
Of your lood Six vone oeitotor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Murder Will Out

concerning Nationalist China efforts
to American funds through highly pad lobbyist
named William Goodwin, may be causing Montanas junior
senator Zae N Ecton moments these days or
details Registered Foreign Agent :" page one).
Many Voice readers will recall election November 1916
and the introduction of this William Goodwin to the
Montana radio audience by Ecton campaign James
Morrow of Bozeman, leading Democrat from New York
state And they will recall that for sordid vcation the
Goodwin attack Judge Left Erickson a-time low
in Montana preennaly mucky political campaigns Vicious
the Goebbeske line of attack perperated Judge
Erickson by the defunct Montana Citizens Council it
ly'-white stacked alongside the Goodwin onslaught.
Now out that the ex-Chrsian Frontier and leader
the Ethiopian Pacific Leaguea Japanese fifth col
outfit in Amercawas at the time when he shower
ed his vial of verbal abuse Montana arwaves registered
foreign agent For all of the hue and of the old
guard 1916 ouofstate subversive* influences in
vadng Montana would that the only FOREIGN
influences work Montana in the fall of that at
work in behalf of the election of Senator Ecton.
Yep murder will out-and comprehend if you WILL what
effect such sordd business will have when generally pubsed
around the should Senator Econ ask the continued
fidence of the Montana electorate in 1852.
of Feather" published
October 2125, 1916 Montana daily and weekly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Farmers Get 18 Per
Cent Paycut Under A
Year Ago

The farmers of the country-al-
ways the first to feel the effects of
a pression-received another pay
cut during August, according to Off
cial government figures. Farmers
collected 10 per cent less for their
food and fiber during August this
year than August 1913. They were
cut from $27 billion to $2.2 billion.
The mid-August parity level for
the whole country was just 101. This
is the lowest since Pearl Harbor. The
ratio of farmers income to outgo
was lower in the Northwest, following
sharp grain price drops.
During the first nine months, tot
al farm income was $18.8 billion,
compared with $21.1 billion for the
same period last year. Food grains
wheat-fell an average
of 35 per cent in the year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

1t would seem that Tom Clark in
his prosecution of the Communist
party in New York, our Thomas COM
mittee of congress 1.-THE chairman is
under indictment for stealing from
the U. S. Treasury have taken up
arms against the ideas of about 1000
million people in this world
If we are not already the most
hated people in the world, the de
valuation of the pound sterling and
other currencies will soon bring it
about. 1t will lower actual wages
in England, France, Italy, ETC., make
their factories pay more for our raw
materials, and curtail our exports
finally lead to depression here.
Madam Sun Vat Sen, widow of the
founder of the Chinese Republic, last
week sent Henry Wallace a friendly
telegram about her own joining the
Communist government in China
Wallace is not Communist by any
means. | surely am not Commu-
mist. But | do still think, as | did
last year, that Henry Wallace is the
only man in our public life with
brains enough to be President
Events in the next three years may
make many more think likewise.
1t is estimated that all the prop
erty in the United States is $500
billion. The public debt, national
and others, is $500 billion. When
persons are insolvent they go bank
rupt and start fresh. When govern
nents go broke, they often repudiate
and start fresh. Internally, if we
10 not cut out our foolish expense
for war, and get our expense back
inside the income-our bonds will be
'epudiated, or lose their value in the
world and domestic markets.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Why Truman's Belated Announcement?

President Truman has (meo) dramatically appealed to the
people keep calm in his delayed that Russia
laugh not dsmar to that accorded ham actors econdate
vaudeville Who besides official Washington
and the cod war; advocates have simulated anything
than camness? Have noted of your neghbors MAX
ing plans for taking the hills result of this ongexpected
occasion?
Within the week I've talked with people
this and about that but to dave to have of them
mention this atomic development without first bring
find few who the least bit alarmed Most folks shrug
off with well we've been expecting the Russians would
later be able to build the bomb. Others, little
thoughtful that everytime the
administration position impaired putting
increased military appropriations has conveniently found
crisis with which the congress Still Others who
have been closely watching the play gain
more of sacred atomic knowhow, inclined to
slider this latest Truman diversionary tactic ymie
the Hckenooper bloc of headline hunters when agreement
with our Ango-Saxon neghbors is reached.
Actually, this belated announcement by Truman timed
to Immediately after the senate vote Europe
and stampede the house into econsderg it's earlier action
cutting the in two could be the SOLDERING deve
in world affairs in this period We mol
longer the only nation carrying atomic club the heads
of other nations This being the should take the
offensive ending the cod war; and restoring amable east
relations and trade We have other alternative Wei
out-numbered by the Communist world
continuation worsening relations Fastening of
dustrial development from the Danube the Pacific another
well Should such calamity materalze, be-
of the odds and against
nation would be sorely pressed to survive
However, I doubt very much that the Trumanbrass-hat1
clique in Washington will follow such advice Being little men
small vision universal disarmament and friendly relations
probably the fuhest thoughts from their collective mind
Instead think it is fair that Trumans timed
portends larger sacrifices to be made by
people of United States Whether total mobi
and huge deensve force be concentrated in the
coming the fore of those ngoss advocating preventa
tive war; not But, unless the American people
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Is Mike For eva?

Several weeks back, during the heat of the
controversy over pending public power legis-
lation, Montana Democrats from the COVER
nor on down = with the lone exception of
National Committeeman O. S. Worden -
came out forthrightly in support of the 1913
Democratic platform plank on power and
in support of the gigantic fight Senator Muir
ray and Congressman Mansfield were putting
up for Kerr-Anaconda, Havre-Shelby and
Canyon Ferry.
Then, less than two weeks back, delegates
to the Western Democratic Conference in San
Francisco, including Montana's delegation
unanimously endorsed a resolution in support
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

of the immediate creation of eva and MVA
Endorsement of such valley authority legis-
lation is in line with President Truman's re-
quests to the 81st Congress-
In view of the strong fight Mike has put
up for public power the past three years, the
Presidents request, and the action of dele
gates from II western states at San Francis
co, it is reasonable to suppose that Cong.
Mansfield may also be counted on to put his
vgor and his weight behind eva There
has been no public Announcement by Mike,
and his many supporters await his decision
at this crucial time in the fight for a Column
bia Valley Authority
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

make themselves heard, let the admins
tration and congress know, in no uncertain
terms that it is time we explored other
means of making friends and influencing
people" with the other nations of the world,
| am much afraid that the next move of the
Trumanites will be even more billions into
ornaments. To avoid "bust'', and in the
name of freedom, we will be taken even
further down the road toward economic dis
ilusionment, and totalitarianism.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Bread-W Spread
To Be PrObed

The spread between wheat prcies
and bread prices will be spotlighted
in forthcoming senate investiga-
ton. Senator Gillette of Iowa will
head the probe.
When informed of the probe mill
ing and baking spokesman imme-
diately protested that "bread prices
do not climb in proportion to wheat
and flour costs" They blamed in
creased costs of equipment, transpor-
tation, and other by-products and
labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
HOW's Fairless' Morale?

Ben Fairless head of U. S. Steel, in oppos-
ing pensions for steel workers solely paid for
by the company, states: "Such a program
would be bad for the morale of the workers
not to contribute to the pension fund -
Note: Mr.. Fairless is eligible for $4,000
non-contributory pension from U. S. Steel
when he reaches retirement age. It is in
order to ask if US. Stees argess to-
ward him is reacting adversely on his NOR
ale? - 4i9i