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Evening star., 1950-03-29
Acheson May Offer Key Jobs
To Republicans to Unity Policy
Dulles Reported in Line for Post in Move
To Counter Attacks on State Department

ings Of the Western powers in
London in May.
The moves being planned by
the Administration are designed
to help counteract the effects of
attacks on Secretary Acheson and
his conduct of foreign affairs
which are threatening to shatter
the remnants of bipartisan for
eign policy and make foreign af-
fairs major issue in the Con-
gressional election campaign this
year.
Mr. Acheson and his advisers
consider the current cold war as
critical for the Nations future as
was the fighting in World War II
during which President Roosevelt
brought Republican leaders into
the cabinet in order to present q
united front TO the world.
In recent public speeches, Mr..
Acheson has called for total dip
lomacy." with all the, Nations re-
sources concentrated on winning
the worldwide struggle with
Communism.
The naming of important Re-
publicans to key jobs in the handl-
ing of foreign affairs would un-
derscore the total diplomacy" ef-
fort and. officials hope, encourage
(See STATE DEPARTMENT, A-4. J
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Blast From Shotgun Kills
One Of Feuding Newsboys
Ry the Assoeioted Press

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark, Mar. 20.
"A long-standing feud between
rival teen-aged newspaper carriers
resulted today in the death of one
of them with a shotgun charge
In the face.
Sheriff Guy Hickman said Pat
Bowers, IA. shot Wayne Cothren,
Is, from few feet away. when
they met on a street in res
idential section here after school
yesterday.
Young Cothren died this morn
ing
The Bowers boy was held with
out charge. but Prosecutor Robert
H. Williams said some charge"
would be filed.
Wayne was a carrier for the
Arkansas Gazette and Pat a
carrier for the Arkansas Demo-
crat. Both of the daily newspapers
are published at Little Rock.
The prosecutor said ill feelings
had existed between the boys for
several months and that Wayne
had beaten Pat in fights.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
'Acheson and Jessup
To Review Cold War
In Far East Today
Senators Turn From
Communist Inquiry
For Study of Asia

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today will get an up
to-the-minute picture of how the
cold war stands in Asia.
Turning for the time being
from the hubbub of charges
against State Department per-
sonnel. the Senators went into
closed session with Secretary of
State Acheson and Ambassador
Philip Jessup to review admins
tration plans for checking COM
munisn in the Pacific.
Probable topics included:
/. A developing policy of lin
tied economic and military aid for
non- Communist countries in the
Far East.
2. A report by Mr.. Jessup on
what he found on his recent on
the-spot study of the Asian sit
uation.
8. The meeting by the Western
powers in London early in May
to review cold war problems.
4. The desirability of an early
peace treaty with Japan-either
with or without Russian co-opera-
ton.
Acheson Strengthening Hand.
The meeting spotlighted not
only the administrations cold war
strategy. but also Mr.. Acheson S
efforts to strengthen the State
Department against Republican
assaults.
Mr.. Acheson's latest move was
the appointment of a Kentucky
Republican-former Senator John
Sherman Cooper-to serve as one
of his principal advisers at the
London meetings along with DR..
Jessup.
Some Republicans have sug-
gested that Secretary Acheson
should quit his post and Senator
Mccarthy. Republican. of Wis
consin has accused Mr.. Jessup
of having IAN affinity for Com
munist causes"-an accusation he
has fatty denied. Mr.. Cooper is
(See FAR EAST, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-03-29
New Plan 10 Evacuate
Americans Discussed
With Reds at SHANGHAI
Stute Department Hopes
To Reach Agreement
For EorIy Removal

The State Department said
today that negotiations are in
active progress" in Shanghai on
new plans for evacuation of more
than 300 Americans and several
hundred other foreign nationals.
1--WE are hopeful that the plans
can be worked out and the evacu-
alton accomplished at an early
date the department said.
Two LISTS, which the Commu-
mist authorities in Shanghai re-
fused to admit into the port to
take out the Americans and other
foreigners, still are standing by
outside territorial waters of the
Yangtze estuary, spokesman
said.
The hope is that arrangements
may be made for small boats al
ready at Shanghai to transport
the evacuees down the Yangtze
River and transfer them to the
LISTS. The LISTS then could take
the refugees to Japanese or other
safe ports.
The LISTS were chartered by the
American President Lines with the
idea of using them to take the
(See SHANGHAI, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Economy Bloc Cuts
ECA by $3.50 Million,
Presses for More
FinuI Ballot in House
On s. Billion Bill Due
Tonight or Tomorrow
All
By J. A. O'Leory

House Republicans still had
their economy knives out for the
foreign aid bill today, after max
ing tentative cut of $3.50 million
in the ECA program for Western
Europe late yesterday.
With a final vote on the bill
not expected before tonight or
tomorrow. the economy minded
lawmakers turned today to other
items for Korea. for non-Com-
munist parts of China. and to the
$45 million for carrying out
President Truman's Point -Four
plan of technical assistance to
underdeveloped areas of the
world.
AS the bill came from the For
eign Affairs Committee it called
for more than S33 billion in cash
and surplus food crops for all
regions during the year starting
July l.
Vorys' Plan Eliminated.
For ECA, the main feature of
the foreign aid program, the ad-
ministration wants $2,950,000,000
for the coming year. It's friends
in the House succeeded yesterday
in eliminating an amendment by
Representative Vorys. Republican
of Ohio, which would have limited
the cash to $3.50, 100000 and re-
quired ECA to supplement that by
sending Europe ST billion worth of
surplus foods this Government
already has bought in its farm
price support program.
They failed by two votes. how
ever, to prevent an overall cut
in ECA. A motion by Representa-
tive Case, Republican, of South
Dakota to reduce ECA from
1880 100000 to $2.7 billion car
ried, 165 to 1853, on a count by
tellers.
The original goal of some Re-
publicans was a $500 million cut
but that motion, by Representa-
tive Smith, Republican, of Wis
consin was beaten. 1872 to 1877.
Although House leaders can de-
mand another vote on the cut
they were not sure today they
would try to reverse yesterdays
action.
The dilemma they face is that
in order to restore the $3.50 mil
lion cut, they would automatically
Evening star., 1950-03-29
By Gornett D. Homer

President Truman and Secretary
of State Acheson were reported to-
day to have decided to bring one
or more prominent Republicans
into top-level jobs in the State
Department in order to strengthen
bipartisan foreign policy.
Speculation centers around John
Foster Dulles, one of the most i'm
portant Republican spokesmen on
foreign affairs, for a key position
in the department.
So far as could be learned, how
ever. no definite decisions have
been made yet on what Republi-
cans will be selected or on other
departmental shifts understood to
be in the making.
1t was understood that admin
istration leaders plan to consult
fully with Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan, and
other Republican leaders on Capt.
tol Hill before making any public
moves.
An indication of administra-
ton concern over developing par
tisanship in foreign policy came
last night when Secretary Ache
son named John Sherman Cooper,
former Republican Senator from
Kentucky as one of his top ad-
visers for a series of major meet
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Envoy Kosanovic Gets
Tito Cabinet Post

Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N.
Kosanovic will return to Belgrade
soon to become a member of Mar
shall Titos new cabinet, the En-
bassy announced today.
The exact position Mr.. Kosano-
vic will fill was not disclosed
The new cabinet, being formed
following elections in Yugoslavia
last Sunday, is expected to be
announced shortly.
Mr.. Kosanovic has served the
Tito government as ambassador in
Washington for about four years.
During this time he also has been
a member of the cabinet as minis
ter without portfolio. An en-
bassy spokesman said the trans
fer to Belgrade was being made
at the Ambassadors own request.
Mr.. Kosanovic is expected to
leave Washington during April.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Fast-Moving Gunman
SUSPECTED in 7 Thefts

Two holdups occurring 40 min
utes apart in widely separated
sections of the city may have been
staged early today by the same
fast-moving armed robber, police
said.
Similar descriptions we're given
of a man in brown hat and coat
who robbed a cab driver of his
cab and 50 at Seventeenth and
Shepherd streets NV, and a man
who held up a filling station at
1914 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Victim of the first robbery at
4 am. was Charles r. Poole, 1912
Fifty-second place, Spaulding
Heights, Md.
Police believe the same gun
man had time to drive to the
Southeast filling station, force the
night manager. Harry G. Nelson,
into the washroom, and make off
with $50.
The cab later was recovered at
Fourteenth and Ogden streets
NV, not far from the scene OF
the first robbery.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
BY the Assoeioted Press

SARASOTA. Fla, Mar. 90
Dolly. the circus elephant, died
at dawn today.
She was executed at winter
quarters of the Ringing Brothers
and Barnum & Bailey Circus for
killing 5-year -old Edward Schooley
last Sunday as he fed her pea
nuts.
John North, circus president,
announced the execution was at
5 am. by cyanide. He said the
27-year-old work elephant which
had been model of gentility was
taken to a pit, given the deadly
dose and buried by a bulldozer
where she crumpled in death.
Precisely why she happened to
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Late News
Bulletin
Omen Henrinn IIrned

The Senate Military Affairs
Committee will vote early this
afternoon on whether to omen
its doors to the public when
Gen. Eisenhower takes the
stand later today to explain his
statement that this country has
gone too far in disarming. The
hearing originally was planned
to be closed, but Chairman
Thomas announced shortly be-
fore the scheduled hour that he
understood the President had
suggested that the public be ad-
mitted.
Earlier Story on Page AN
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Long Island Is Shaken
By Slight Earthquake
By the Assoeiated Pres.

NEW YORK, Mar. % A slight
earthquake shook the Long Island
north shore and Southern Con-
necticut at 9:43 am. today.
= The Rev. Joseph Lynch, Ford
ham University seismologist who
recorded the quake, said it was
slight and was known as a 're-
settlement quake" The univer-
sity seismograph recorded it 20
miles east of New York il, an area
where Father Lynch said slight
quakes had been recorded before.
Newspapers and police stations
were deluged with hundreds of
telephone calls in both Long Is
land and Fairfield County, Con-.
necticut.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Striiner |sFound
Gui|tyotS56,000
Tax Evasion
Washington Druggist,
Civic Leader, Denied
Intent to Defroud U.S..
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 29.-Benja-
min Striner, 41-year-old WASH
ington druggist and real estate
operator, was convicted of income
tax evasion in Federal Court here
today.
Sentence was not pronounced
Immediately.
The jury accepted the Govern
ment's contention that Mr.. Striner
failed to pay S56.817 he owed in
Federal income taxes for the four
years of 1912 through 1945.
The defendant, active in civic
affairs in Southeast Washington.
pleaded that i'll health and Short
age of help kept him from keeping
track of his income during the
hectic war years.
Tells of Selling Property.
In testimony yesterday. Mr..
Striner said he sold two pieces of
property and mortgaged others to
pay the back taxes.
The defense contended there was
no intent to defraud on the part
of Mr.. Striner. Mr.. Striner said
he was not aware of the shortage
until after he received a report
from an accountant to whom he
had turned over his records.
He sold and mortgaged his
property, he said. to pay up what
the accountant told him was due
the Government.
Prepared Own Returns.
Under cross examination he
stated that he prepared his origi-
nal income tax returns himself
and admitted that certain apart
ment rentals he had received were
not recorded on one return. He
claimed it was an oversight.
Mr.. Striner testified that he
kept no formal books on his drug
store business. He said reports for
income tax purposes were prepared
from register readings, memo
randa and estimates. But, he Said,
an Internal Revenue agent had
approved his system for returns in
1910 and 1941.
| He said that when the in
vestigatlon into his affairs was
opened. he turned over every
scrap of paper I had" including
worksheets from which he pre-
pared his returns, to Government
agents.
Denied Intent to Defraud.
Asked if he had consciously in
tended to defraud the Govern
ment of taxes, Striner answered:
| Absolutely not. I never know
ingly defrauded any one out of a
penny, and I did not intend to de-
fraud the Government"
The pharmacist, described by
several character witnesses as a
man of integrity and fine reputa-
ton, said that one reason he could
not keep close track of his finances
was because his store was "a mad
house" and "a continuous battle
all the way through"
Complicating the operation of
the store, he said, was the insta-
bility of the help. health lnspec-
tions, wartime price regulations.
blackouts and other activities. His
own health was bad.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

eral service, Mr.. Lawton will sue
coed Budget Director Frank Pace,
jr.. an Arkansas, when the latter
is chosen as Secretary of the
Army, these sources reported.
The officials said the two pro-
motions are included in a list of
expected administration changes,
many of which will be announced
from Mr.. Truman's winter White
House shortly.
With Bureau Is Years.
Mr.. Lawton, who has been with
the Budget Bureau for Is years,
is now assistant director. Like
Mr.. Pace, he is a lawyer as we'll
as an accountant. He has been
a key figure in the operations of
the bureau for many years.
Other changes under considera-
tion would shift Secretary of the
Air Force Symington to the long
vacant Craftsmanship of the Ma
tional Security Resources Board
and move Thomas K. Finletter
into the secretaryship of the Air
Force.
Mr.. Finletter, former ECA chief
in London, was the author of the
"Finletter report" on national air
policy.
May Delay on Acc Post.
The President may delay the
naming of new chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission until
after his return to Washington.
There will be a vacancy on the
commission April Is when Lewis
Strauss leaves to rest on his farm
of Virginia.
Secretary of the Army Gray is
resigning to take over the presi-
dency of the University of North
Carolina and White House Off
cials say Mr.. Truman wants Mr..
Pace to succeed him.
Other impending vacancies in
clude the Undersecretaryship of
the Army. Tracy Voorhees, is
leaving not later than June 80.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Circus Elephant Dies at Dawn
For Killing Of Little Boy, 5

kill the child was mystery.
State Attorney w. M. Smiley said
he had several more witnesses to
question before deciding whether
there was case of criminal neg
ligence.
Decision to put the animal ITO
death was made quickly.
Mr.. North had said few
hours earlier a "deluge" of
protests by telephone, telegram
and letter had been received
against the execution. That left
officials still undecided about
carrying out the execution which
was originally scheduled for 10
am.
Only bare announcement was
made here by Mr.. North after the
death.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Cos Tonks. Go to Formoso

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 20 (P).
The State Line freighter Oregon
sails today with cargo of 708
fighter plane auxiliary gasoline
tanks for Nationalist China. It's
destination is Keelung, Formosa.
Customs Collector Paul K. Leake
said the shipment was not military
aid. but a cargo for which the
Chinese air force hadfyaid.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Sharp Personnel Cuts
Called Blow 10 VA
Medical Morale
Some Beds May Be Closed,
Mental Clinic BuckIoa
Will Be Increased
By George Beveridqe

Sharp personnel reductions are
expected to cut seriously into the
Veterans Administrations vast
medical program. and already
have dealt "a terrific blow" te
morale of medical leaders support.
ing it, The Star learned today.
About 1900 jobs are slated te
be Topped off the VA payrol
April 10.
More than 4,800 of them, in.
cluding some doctors, nurses anc
dentists, will be cut from the
agency's often praised medica.
service. In addition, it was re-
ported:
Followed Gray's Orders.
/. VA officials knew nine
months ago they were exceeding
medical personnel provided by the
1850 budget. but on instructions
from Veterans Administrator
Gray did not cut jobs of.
2. In the cutback next month
some hospital beds may have to be
closed.
3. Backlogs of patients at men.
tai hygiene clinics will increase
and some veterans may have to be
routed to neuropsychiatric hospi.
tails for treatment at increased ex-
pense.
The cuts, it was learned, have
raised concern at VA over whether
present standards of medical care
can be maintained.
Asked about specific effects, DR.
Paul B. Magnuson, medical direc.
tor, said medical divisions now are
reviewing tentative cuts in terms
of beds and patients. Preliminary
estimates for the different divi-
sions, he added, may be adjusted
Bad Effect Is Seen.
"It's hard to tell at this time
just what the effect will be on the
whole program. he said. But il
looks bad"
DR.. Magnuson said one of his
greatest concerns is the terrible
reaction" coming in from the non.
VA doctors who have helped de.
velop the agency's medical train
ing and treatment program
throughout the country.
There is the feeling among thu
medical profession, he declared
that you can't trust the Govern.
ment because there's no assur.
ance of security or continuity o1
programs"
An official who asked that hi.
name not be used said the abrup
cutback announcement has tht
effect of Showing it down the pro.
fession's throat"
This sort of squeeze" he added
throws us out of balance with
some of their projects"
He said the blow could have
been eased last fall, if VA hae
dropped some medical worker.
and refused to replace most o1
those who left jobs later in the
year. At that time, he said, the
medical department was about
(See VA, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Express Officiul Stricken

LONDON, Mar. 20 (R.-Ralph
H. Reed, head of the world-gir-
ding American Express Co., was
admitted to University College
Hospital here today suffering
from appendicitis. Mr.. Reed was
taken from the Queen Mary after
it docked in Southampton yester-
day.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

LUXEMBOURG. Mar. 20 (P).-
Mrs. Perle Mesta, United States
Minister to Luxembourg. left to-
day for a holiday in the United
States. She will sail Friday from
Cherbourg, France. Mrs. Mesta
said she expects to be back in
Luxembourg in May.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

ton yesterday of a formal re-
quest for loyalty files of Gov
ernment workers accused of Com
muniSt leanings
Chairman Tydings of a Senate
Foreign Relations Investigating
Subcommittee Immediately issued
subpoenas on the State Depart
ment. the Justice Department and
the Civil Service Commission.
Senator Tydings said he had
no alternative under provisions Of
a Senate resolution authorizing
the investigation. He acted with
the unanimous approval of the
five-man investigating committee
three Democrats and two Re
publicans.
May Be Served Today.
The subpoenas were placed in
the hands of Joseph Duke, Senate
sergeant at arms, for service
probably today. They would re-
quire the presence of Secretary
of State Acheson, Attorney Cen
eral McGrath and Chairman
Harry B. Mitchell Of the Civil
Service Commission-with the
files - before the investigating
committee next Tuesday.
Although rejecting the commit
tees request. President Truman
said he was directing Seth w.
Richardson, chairman of the Civil
Service Loyalty Review Board, to
make at once a review of all per-
sons in the State Department ac-
cused of Communist leanings and
of being security risks.
Mr.. Truman's rejection of the
committees request was made in
a 1.000-word letter to Senator
Tydings. He said he desired "the
most thorough and complete in
vestigation' and would cooperate
With the committee ito the great
est extent possible"
Issuance a F0rmality.
Nowhere in the letter did Mr.
Truman say fatty the committee
could not look at the files. But he
said he had come to the 'inescapa-
BILE conclusion" based on advice
Of Attorney General McGrath and
FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover, that
the loyalty files must be kept in
strictest confidence.
He said this was necessary to
prevent injustice and unfairness
to innocent individuals" and to
avoid embarrassment and danger
to confidential informants.
Issuance Of the subpoenas was a
formality and it seemed certain
they would be ignored. Senator
Tydings had said previously that
the committee had no power to
enforce the subpoenas and his
face would be pretty red" if he
had to issue them.
He had been seeking for weeks
in behind-the- scene negotiations
to obtain the files without a show
down on the subpoena issue. The
committee is investigating charges
by Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
Iof Wisconsin, that Communists
and fellow travellers have worked
their way into the State Depart
ment.
Could Lead to Court Decision.
The committees actions raised
anew the issue dating back to
the early days of the Republic of
whether one branch of the Gov
ernment can demand and obtain
by subpoena documents and
papers from another branch.
The case could lead to a court
decision on the issue. While
precedents largely support the
President in his refusal to release
the loyalty files. the issues raised
in the case have never been de-
(See COMMUNISTS. Page A J