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PITCHING
HORSESHOES
BY BILLY ROSE

The members of the gong squotted in small circle
patch of green block ooy the subway station 242nd
Street Their eyes in fixed focus shiny object at their
feet-the Hope Diamond
Let suspense and by announcing that
gong mode boys who had gotten together to de-
eide the mbe championship of the Upper Bronx and thot the
shiny object feet the unuckY OF great
price you've been reading about for years but Legendary
agate known small fry from the Thorough Bridge TO Spuy
ten Duyvi the Hope Diamond shooter
Now shooter 'eo"s the ofconudos call it. looks
lot like ordinary morbe but kid who knows heist-
shot knuckledown tell you the difference The
shooter heavier cunngY fashioned thon the
ordinary ond important there exists between
and the thumb and orefnger Of its spiritual ofintY
which makes precious him than oil the other morbles
he When pldYer loses in fokeeps game he poYs
off with common eorthbound migges-he' would
think Of porting his shooter than good fomY mon would
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with his lite insurance.
Now, it figures that by this
time you're Dustin to know
something about the owner of
the Hope Doamond shooter, and
how the tabled marble happened
to wind up at the feet of bunch
of kids on the day of the big
tournament. Well, for you to get
the complete picture, it is neces-
sary for me to sketch in some of
the background of the shooter =
a story which, / might add, in
many respects parallels the his
tory of its super-jinxed name
sake.
+ AS the fen-everything set re-
calls it, Hope Diamond was first
brought to the Bronx by a player
who originally hailed from Che
pachet, Rhode Island. After a
series of backyard triumphs, he
won the right to participate in a
semi-final, but the morning OF
the contest one of the ball-bear-
ings in his skates got stuck and,
in the header which followed, his
shooting finger was so badly
bruised that he had to withdraw.
Then, for while, the malevo-
lent marble was owned by Irv
Sondergaard, but shortly after he
acquired it, the boy developed a
game leg and was forever barred
by his doctor from kneeling on
the damp earth.
Finally, Whitley Wizcoczki, re-
puted to have the most skillful
thumb north of the Harlem River,
latched on to the shooter, but
two days before the big tourna-
ment, the jinx caught up with
him and he broke a couple of
ribs falling off the back of an ice
truck.
The easiest thing, of course,
would have been to throw away
the hex-heavy shooter but, as
you know, the ways of men and
urchins under the spell of super
stition are hard to explain. Harry
Winston's Hope Diamond, too, is
supposed to carry curse with it,
but as you may have notices, Har-
ry hasn't thrown it away either.
And so, five minutes before the
contest, Charlie Hersch, Whiteys
closest friend, dropped the Hope
Diamond shooter in front of the
contestants with the dire words,
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Maj. E. R. Neff
|Undergoes
Operation
PAGE THREE
tspecinI 10 Thr ,-it'Ven,

VsUFVEFI 10 NJ TTFTFWT --aFW
NEW MEXICO, Aug. Major
Edward R. Neff, Jr., son of Ed
ward r. Neff, Bone Fish Key,
Marathon, Florida. was taken by
plane to William Beaumont Cen
cral Hospital, Texas, Friday, July
rs, and underwent an operation
for removal of an obstruction in
the intestines.
Major Neff resides with his
wife, and three children: Marsha,
6; Mary Ann, 3; Edward III, 2, in
the officers quarters at the base.
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DRESSMAKING
TROPICAL FISH

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Elwood Cooder
Stationed AT
San Diego

GREAT LAKES, Ill, Aug. l.
Elwood Gooder, an aviation chief
electricians mate, USN, husband
of Mrs. Frances W. Gooder, of
1011 Angela street Key West, is
attached to Fighter Squadron 1l3,
based at the Naval Air Station,
San Diego, Calf.
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Original cost $675.00. Sacrifice
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shooter to one of the nurses. will
you give this marble to the pa
tient in room 218. Whitley WizcOc-
Xxi = the little boy who broke
his ribs"
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Chertsey Abbey in England was
once decorated with clay tiles on
which the romance of Tristan
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The Tom Thumb, first Ameri-
can built steam locomotive for
passengers. made its initial run at
Baltimore in August, 1880.
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GROCERY doing a nice business.
Owner leaving Key West. Will
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Business office in The
Citizen Building, corner Of
Greene and Ann Streets.
Door to the right on. enter
ing building.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Pickets With Clubs Bar
Bendix Office Workers
BY the A,seeiated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. May IT,
Plant police forced their way past
pickets into the strike-bound
Bendix Aviation Corp. plant early
today, but office workers later
made no attempt to go through
an augmented picket line.
Ed Prang, chief of the plant
police, said q strong force oi
pickets lined up at the gates
when the office personnel arrived,
The office workers stood around
for q short time and then dis
persed.
Several minor skirmishes oc-
Cured as the plant police pushed
past the pickets with the aid Of
city police. The CIo- United Auto
Workers local then broadcast over
q South Bend radio station an
appeal to all union pickets to re-
port Immediately.
Chief Prang estimated that
about 400 pickets were IN the line
when the Office workers arrived
He said many Of the pickets car
ried baseball bats and clubs.
Three police squad cars were
sent to the plant. bat the force
was insufficient to cover all nine
gates. Onicers were stationed at
only four gates. The city police
had said they would tolerate nc
further trouble at the plant.
About $500 JAW members
have been on strike at Bendix
since April 40.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Ford Requests UAW
To CuriaiI Strike
D. fks sas@. .ssss sssas

DETROIT. May i7~~Tfss Posd
Motor Co asked the cfo United
Auto Workers today 10 cal OF
their strike In aii sKcrp, oge build =
inE Of Ford's baE River Rouge
plant and II the Lincoln Mercury
plant.
The one Rougs plant nrfs whAeh
would remain struck aiosE with
the Lincoln plant under tlss eogsl"
pany proposal would be tfss y
Building. center Of tss psedgse-
ttcn line sgeedup disvuis.
About Is 900 FoFd wUksSs
worked out nearly tao ss~ks ago
and hone 90 o0o others have eesn
made idie indirectly - . result q
the strike
Meanwhile. Pe9srai Ocssyr-
ments dasees lsssgseDtsoa 10 t1ss
is-day old Fufd strike wsa b.
lseyed near NJ hand
A Federal EaeGaates~ arranged
separate informal talks wsta Ito
company ard the arsson
Arthur C. Wal. Dessnas EsEsonsl
ogace mediator. planned tfse ecn~
fereneea under iAe authority as
Yed<Tai Mediation psFses0g Cyrus
Q Ching Ne promised ~ an
ncgancesnens LATER.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Hotch Act Change for Workers
In Washington Area Is Studied

The proposals were made 10 the
committee recently by J. Bone
Smith. chairman OF the stau
Democratic Central Committee fo'
Montgomery County. Nd. and
State Senator Charles Fenwtek o1
Arlington. Va.
The witnesses also proposed iilai
this liberalization Of the Hatch
Act be also extended 10 Govern
ment employees outside the wash
ington AREA when they comprise as
least 80 per cent Of the population
OF their community.
These proposals have aroused
strong opposition from tlse ciyil
Service Commission. Commission
otiicsals say they viii make an
ail-out fight 10 defeat such move,
The matter Ia nos before q sub
committee headed By Senator
Stennls. Democrat. Of Miaslsslpri
Committee sources said no ceci-
son has been made ~ yes regard
ins the proposal.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

The Senate Rules and Admins
tration Committee has under con-
sideration . proposal TO modify
the Hatch Act to permit political
participation In local elections by
Federal employees In Virginia and
Maryland suburbs On . partisan
basis, It was learned today.
The proposal would permit these
employees to participate actively IN
local elections as Democrats. Re-
publicans or any other political
group. provided they constitute II,
per cent OF the total population In
their community. Al present. the
Civil Service Commission may give
permission for participation In
local elections. but the employees
must participate on . nonpartisan
basis.
This means they cannot Work
actively or run for ONCE NJ canti-
dates of the Democratic or Rspub-
lican Parties. but must campaign
as independsnta
Evening star., 1949-05-17
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today bowed
to Senate opposition and with
drew the nomination Of his old
friend, Mon c. Wallgren. to be
chairman of the National Sc
curity Resources Board. The ac-
ton was taken at Mr.. Wallgren,s
request.
The nomination Of Mr.. WALL
gren. former Governor of Wash
ington and onetime Senate COL
league of the Presidents. was
blocked in the Senate Armed
Services Committee by 7-6 tabling
vote which prevented the entire
Senate from voting on confirma-
ton.
Senator Byrd. Democrat. Of vlr-
ginia. joined with six Republican
members Of the committee to table
the nomination after a bitter at
Evening star., 1949-05-17
tSee CHINA, rage A-f.I
Eight Crewmen Reported
Rescued as Ship Burns
ay the A.seeiased Prs.s

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. May II,
The eight crewmen Of the fire-
destroyed vessel Uronick were re-
ported rescued of Newfoundland S
east coast by the cable ship Lord
Kelvin.
An air and water search con-
tinued for about 20 Danish crew.
men who took to lifeboats yester-
day when the 120-ton motor
schooner Ebba sank in storm
tossed seas. The men managed to
send out q distress call before the
Ebba went down.
The Uronick caught FIRE yester-
day. Her skipper warned other
ships not to approach the burning
vessel.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Communists Step Up
Attack on Shanghai
Industrial District
Fires Are Visible From
City's Downtown Area
As Reds Close In
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

SHANGHAI, May II. - The
Communists tonight stepped UP
their attack on the Pootung indus
trial area across the Whangpoo
River from Shanghai.
Battle explosions were louder
than last night. Fires were visible
from downtown Shanghai in the
area.
A Nationalist communique said
a Communist encircling column
had reached the harnlets OF
Chowpu and Chawansha on the
outskirts of Pootung, which is the
industrial and dock area opposite
Shanghai's Bund.
The fires appeared to be from
to 8 miles away. They prob
ably were set by Nationalist planes
which have been concentrating On
the Communists in that area.
Pressure was eaSed at the criti-
cal points of Lunghwa airport and
Woosung. fortified area at the
mouth of the Whangpoo River.
But the Communists, who re-
portedly had lost 5000 men in the
last few hours. apparently were
hunting a softer spot to attack.
Pootung, heavily overrun by guer-
rillas, seemed to be their choice.
Pootung faces the busy river
front and downtown Shanghai.
Reinforcements Rushed.
The garrison said more than
900 Reds based at Fengyen drove
to Chowpu, which is less than 10
miles southeast of the Bund. The
communique said another force
of 1000 Communists drove to
Chawansha, which is IL miles due
east of the Bund.
Nationalist reinforcements were
being rushed to the front. Gov
ernment spokesmen said the city,
Unless mistakes are made" could
hold out indefinitely. The morale
of troops was described as high.
Shanghai's shipping and aerial
links with the outside world still
were operating. Chinese planes.
although their crews admitted
the Communists were dangerously
close, continued to fly from
Lunghwa to Canton, Formosa and
Hong Kong.
All last night heavy Smelling
was audible in the main part Of
the city. Machine-gun bursts
could be heard frequently.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Court Here Declares
EisIer Bond Forfeited
Issues New Warrant
Action Will Be Bosis
For Extrodition Of Red
Fugitive From London
BY The Assoeioied Prsss

The $4,000 bonds posted by
Communist Gerhardt Eisler in two
criminal cases were declared for
feited in District Court today.
At the same time the court
issued bench warrant for Eisler's
arrest. as a person ineligible for
further freedom on bail while the
cases are pending. The actions
involve contempt of Congress and
passport fraud.
The government plans to use
the warrant issued today as a
principal exhibit in getting Eisler
extradited from England. where
he fled as a stowaway on the Pol
ish ship Batory.
Motions Offered by Hitz.
District Court Judge James w
Morris entered the orders In the
court today in response to a
series of motions offered by this
government through William Hitz
assistant United States attorney
for the District.
Mr.. Hitz prosecuted Eisler In
the two criminal cases in 1947
Judge Morris was the presiding
jurist then. The trials resulted
in sentences Of one year and $5,-
900 fine for contempt Of Congress
and one to three years for falsi-
flying information on an applica-
ton for an exit visa.
In New York. the Civil Right!
Congress, which posted Eisler''
bond, had no comment on 1t.
forfeiture.
I'VE have not been officially
notified as yet." said Milton Wolff
acting organizational director
Until we meet with our lawyer.
and national board. we will have
no comment"
New York Bond Unaffected.
Both cases tried were appealed
and the court granted $40, 0,00t
bond pending a final Judgment
Mr.. Hitz said the $4,000 bond.
were supplied In the form o1
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Gen. Clay Given
Hero'sWeIcome
On Return Here
Addresses Congress
After Receiving New
Medal From Trumun
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

The only hope for q peaceful
world is to encourage the fame
of democracy which has been
kindled in Germany. Gen. Clay
told Congress today in a per-
sonal appearance in the House
chamber.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay came home
today from four years of service
on Europe's cold war front. greet
ed as a hero by the Nation and
decorated at the White House by
President Truman.
Smiling delightedly in his home
coming elation. the retiring Amer
lean military governor in Ger
many began a busy day at 1914
a m. His plane landed at National
Airport at that time to the ac-
'companying thunder of a 17-gun
salute.
The round of greetings began
with Defense Secretary johnson
thanking the lean-faced leader, on
behalf of the President and the
armed services. for a "job well
done"
Goes First to White House.
AS dignitaries crowded around,
movie cameras rolled and fash
bulbs popped, Gen. Clay simply
said, Il am SO happy at being home
and so overwhelmed at the recep-
ton that I find it very difficult to
express my feelings"
God bless you and keep you."
said Mr.. johnson.
After the airport ceremonies. the
general and Mrs. Clay began a
long day, Of greetings and public
appearances. stopping first ut the
White House. He was scheduled
to speak In both the House and
Senate chambers early in the
afternoon.
In the presence Of distinguished
company at the White House.
President Truman presented Gen.
Clay with q second oak leaf clus-
ter for the Distinguished Service
Medal.
Called Soldier, Statesman.
For his third award. he was
cited as mot only a soldier in
the finest tradition of our Amerf-
can arms, not only an admins
traitor of rare skill, but a states
man of the highest order-firm.
courageous. dedicated to the cause
Of peace"
Again Gen. Clay's appreciation
was couched simply.
ITO a soldier. there is no higher
honor than to receive decora-
ton for service from the President
of the United States"
! In afiixing the medal to Gen
Clay's tunic. Mr.. Truman recalled
that he had decorated other wal
heroes and added. Il take as much
pleasure in handing Gen. Clay
this medal as I did in any Of the
Others"
Wearing huge corsage of red
roses, Mrs. Clay smiled proudly
as her husband received the new
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Late News
Bulletins
Farm Program Submitted

Farm Program Submitted
The administration today
sent Congress its controver-
sial farm program aimed at
giving consumers a price break
on food surpluses. Drafts of
proposed legislation were sent
to the presiding officers of the
Senate and House.
Loan to Spain Rejected
The United States has re-
jected--at least for the pres
ent-Spain's informal bid for
q multimillion- dollar loan,
Government officials reported
today. Earlier Spanish Story
On Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1949-05-17
0'Mahoney SaysRideI
Bars Atomic Funds 10
Train Communists
Senator Asks LiIienthul
To Appear at Hearing
For Full Discussion
Nv thu As.aeioisd Prsss

Senator OMahoney. Democrat,
of Wyoming demanded today that
atomic energy officials explain
how Government funds could be
used to train a known Commun-
ist" when Congress barred this in
voting funds for the agency.
Senator O'Mahoney is chair
man of a Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee now holding public
hearings on more than 81 900 .000.-
900 funds already voted by the
House for the atomic energy oper-
ations In the IL months beginning
July /.
He wrote Chairman David Z.
Lilienthal OF the Atomic Energy
Commission. asking that he and
other officials appear later today
Ito discuss this matter fully"
Senator O'Mahoney made pub
lie his letter. It mentioned Hans
Freistadt, 23-year-old University
of North Carolina student and
admitted Communist. who he's a
81. 600. a year fellowship from
atomic funds.
Closer Checkup Proposed.
The Senate-House Atomic En-
Eergy Committee already Is inouir-
ing into the case Of Mr.. Freistadt.
This group heard today from DR..
Detlev w. Bronx. president OF the
National Research Council. which
administers the fellowship pro-
gram for the Acc. DR.. Bronx
submitted a plan for closer checks
on the qualifications OF persons ap-
plying for the fellowships.
Mr.. Freistadt is TO testify be-
fore the atomic group tomorrow.
Senator O'Mahoney In his letter
to Mr.. Lilienthal noted that the
present appropriation for the
atomic agency carries a so-called
loyalty rider. The rider bans use
Of the funds for payment to any
person who Is a member OF an
organization that advocates the
overthrow of the Government Of
the United States by force or vio-
lence."
Oficials who violate this proyi-
sion are subject to q fine Of 81 900
and q year in jail If convicted.
"Inasmuch as fellows selected
by the National Research Council
for work on Atomic Energy Com
mission projects are paid by funds
appropriated to the commission.
Senator O'Mahoney wrote Mr..
lLilienthal. lit seems 70 me clear
that the foregoing section applies.
and that under this provision OF
law every such fellow should be
screened or should ut least be re-
quired to make the afiidayit Of
loyalty set forth In the section"
II was MFR. Freistadt's fellow
ship which touched OF the sharp
inquiry on Capitol Hill into the
commissions scholarship program.
lcontinned On Page A-s. Col. -
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Indio's Assembly Votes
To Keep British Link
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW DELHI, India. May IT,
With only two dissenting votes
the Constituent Assembly today
approved the agreement under
which India is to remain in the
British Commonwealth of Nations
The 156-to-2 vote Endorsed the
agreement reached with Britain
which permits India to become
sovereign republic and still main
tain a tie to the British crown
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru. who negotiated the agree
ment, told the Assembly it would
place India in position to work fol
peace in a world that seemed to
be drifting toward a war that
nobody really wants.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
WoIIgren Nomination G Cancelled
At Own Request by Truman
Senote Would Hove Approved Security Post
Choice if Given Chance, President Says

tack in the Senate by Senator
Cain. Republican. of Washington
who said Mr.. Wallgren did not
have the background necessary FOR
such an appointment.
Since this reversal early this
year the President said repeatedly
that he intended TO stick by his
appointees. But an exchange OF
letters today disclosed that on Sat
urday Mr.. Wallgren asked that the
nomination be withdrawn and Mr.
Truman agreed to comply.
1t is the second important nom
ination that the President has
withdrawn at the request Of the
appointee. SO much opposition
developed In the Senate TO hts ap-
pointment of Edwin w. Pauley te
be Undersecretary OF the Navy