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Communists
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ment aircraft factory broke the
back of that stoppage.
Troops already have been used
to load cargoes intended for
French soldiers fighting in Indo-
China. President Vincent Auriol
has declared that supplies will be
delivered to the men fighting
Communist Ho Chi Minis forces,
regardless. a
A show of government force also
may break up the Communist
campaign against landing Amer
lean equipment. Workers in Cher
bourg, the main French arrival
port for the arms supplies, already
have voted overwhelmingly to un-
load the cargoes.
New detachments of troops also
have been sent to Cherbourg,
where Atlantic pact shipments
are expected late this month.
Whole Empire Under Pressure.
Frances whole empire is under
Communist pressure. Moscow
trained Ho Chi Mimi is leading
the anti-French fighters in Indo-
China. Comunist-inspired dis
turbances in two French colonies
on the African Ivory Coast have
been suppressed by gunfire,
business unpopular at home and
abroad.
Elsewhere in Western Europe
the Communist cold guerrilla war
fare has taken on other forms.
Berlin again is being tormented
by traffic slowdowns. A highly
placed American source here de-
scribed that situation as serious"
East Germany's Communists have
stepped up their campaign for a
united fatherland. They want it
under Communist domination.
In Italy land reform agitation
has brought several blood-letting
riots. The Communists took quick
advantage Of the incidents TO try
to show they alone were friends of
the Italian working and peasant
classes. To date, however, their
efforts do not appear to have seri-
ously affected the .country's re-
covery.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Soviet Calls H-Bomb
'Bogey Of Wall Street.
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 4.-The Moscow
radio in its first comment on the
hydrogen bomb last night called
it "a new smoke screen that will
blind and stupefy the average
American"
A commentator identified as
Petrov read an article entitled
THE Hydrogen Bogey of Wall
Street"
The broadcast said American
newspapers had been carrying
screaming headlines about new
monstrosity for the last three
weeks.
In the same way that the
American atom bomb was once in
great vogue, now it is the ney hy-
drogen bogey which is enjoying
its honeymoon" the broadcast
said. With great pomp, Presi-
dent Truman's order is quoted on
further drive for atomic arma-
ments and on research work to be
done with respect to production
of the hydrogen bomb, or as it is
something called the hell bomb
"It is an easy enough matter to
guess this new attack of war hys-
terra, inspired by the above
mentioned order of Truman, is
needed by Wall Street. both for
its domestic and it's foreign aims. +"
Petrov's broadcast said the
myth about the hydrogen bomb
is intended also for export. But
Wall Street was not able to alarm
the peoples of the world by the
atom bomb and certainly will not
succeed in doing So with fairy
tales about the hydrogen bomb"
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Atomic
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Maryland, left the meeting shortly
after noon and told reporters that
the committee was developing all
details of the case. He said he
expected the hearing would b con-
tinued throughout the afternoon
Senator Tydings reiterated that
the situation was very serious
and added:
Every step must be taken to
prevent its recurrence.
Senator Tydings was asked If
other persons were involved. He
said the hearing had not reached
the stage to determine that.
Developments in Case.
The Congressional Committee
met amid these developments in
the arrest Of Fuchs:
l. j. Edgar Hoover, FBI direc-
tor. was quoted by Senators as
having reported that Fuchs
had been planted as a paid Rus
sian spy in the British atomic Or
ganization and had given to Mos
cow some vital atomic secrets, In
cluding information about the hy-
drogen bomb.
2. Senator Connally, Democrat,
of Texas forecast a drastic tight
ening of security regulations on
atomic developments.
8. Senator Byrd. Democrat, of
Virginia and others. demanded that
atomic secrets be kept at home
and not shared with Great Britain.
4. Chairman Woods of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities said his group would un-
doubtedly look into the Fuchs case.
5. DR.. Earl Long, University of
Chicago chemist who worked with
Fuchs on the atomic project, said
the British scientist knew enough
vital information, if passed on,
to advance the Russian time
table of building an atomic bomb
by at least a year.
Had Access to Vital Data.
The Senate-House Atomic Com
mittee decided to summon Gen.
Groves for testimony at
hurriedly-called meeting yester-
day after the arrest of Fuchs was
disclosed. Members of the Atomic
Energy Commission met with the
committee and reported that
Fuchs had access to "the most
vitai'weapons information" during
his work at the atomic energy
installations in this country.
Mr.. Hoover's report on the ac-
tivities of Fuchs was given when
he appeared at a three-hour
closed session OF a Senate Appro-
priafions subcommittee. At the
Evening star., 1950-02-04
BidauIt Tries 10 Fill
Cabinet Posts After 5
Socialists Resign
b% me Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 4.-French Premier
Georges Bidault tried today to
patch up his shaky coalition cab
met from which the five Socialist
ministers have resigned.
Interior Minister Jules Moch,
who also is Vice Premier, handed
the Premier a letter this morning
confirming the Withdrawals of
himself and four colleagues after
a dispute over proposed wage
bonuses for workers.
Though it appeared impossible
to govern the country without So
cialist participation, Mr.. Bidault
apparently was going to try it.
He said he would not resign be-
fore Tuesday, when he plans to
go before the National Assembly
for a general policy debate.
Presumably he will ask for a
vote of confidence then.
Blum Pledges Support.
Elder Statesman Leon Blum,
grand old man of the French So
cialist party, assured Mr.. .Bidault
that the resignation of the min
listers did not mean the Socialists
would not support him in Parlia-
ment.
The ministers who stepped down
were Mr.. Moch, Christian Pineau,
public works; Robert Lacoste, in
dustry and commerce; Eugene
Thomas, communications, and
Pierre Segelle, labor.
-Four other officials also resigned.
They were Secretaries of State
Jean Biondi, civil service; Jean
Meunier. interior; Max Lejeune,
war ministry, and Georges Gorse,
Undersecretary of State for Co
lonial Affairs.
This left Mr.. Bidault with IL
ministers, including himself. and
II secretaries and undersecre-
taries of state.
There were also indications the
Socialists strongly opposed For
eign Minister Schuman's policies,
particularly his handling of Ger
man questions.
Apparently, Mr.. Bidault had
some hope of getting the Socialists
back into the cabinet. He con-
ferred last night with President
Vincent Auriol, himself a Socialist.
Political quarters believed the
President may have promised Mr.
Bidault to try to bring his party
colleagues back into line with the
Premier.
Mr.. Bidault had weathered two
storms over the nations record
1850 budget before this latest
crisis threatened his shaky three
month-old coalition government.
The crisis arose when Mr..
Bidault proposed distribution of
5000 franc (S8.5O cost-of Living
bonus to all low paid workers and
government employees.
Mr.. Bidault wants it to go to
those earning $4,000 francs
($40.60) monthly or less. with
smaller bonuses to workers get
ting between $4,000 francs and
$1,000 francs (S52.20).
The Socialists want the wage
ceiling for those getting the full
bonus to be either $4,000 francs
or 10000 francs. The government
estimated its plan would cost
16.000,000,000 francs ($45, ,700,000)
and the Socialist plan would cost
10000, 900 900 francs (S54,OOo, ,00O)
Evening star., 1950-02-04

hearing Mr.. Hoover was said to
have asked for funds to employ
TOO more persons, including some
300 additional FBI agents, as a
move to tighten the country's S
security.
AS reported by the Senators at
tending the meeting, Mr.. Hoover
said Fuchs, a German by birth.
became a paid Moscow agent as
early as 1889. He went to England
and in 1912 applied for citizenship
papers.
Worked Way to Top.
A physicist, he became member
of and worked his way to the top
of the British atomic team that
was sent to this country to work
with American scientists on the
atomic bomb. He was cleared by
British security agencies and
given unquestioned access to
American atomic secrets.
Mr.. Hoover was said to have
told the Senators that Fuchs was
present at the assembly OF a bomb,
regarded as the most vital secret
of all, and was able to pick up
during his stay in this country
from late 1943 until June, 1916,
even some information about the
deadly hydrogen bomb.
Senator'S quoted Mr.. Hoover as
saying Fuchs had confessed to
passing along both hydrogen and
atomic bomb information to the
Russians.
AS a result of information OBJ
tanned during the work on the
Canadian spy ring, the FBI be-
came suspicious of Fuchs. Addi-
tional information obtained in re-
cent months was passed on to the
British and Fuchs was quickly ar
rested.
Worked on Experimental Data.
An indication of the extent to
which Fuchs was familiar with
vital secrets of the atomic bomb
was given in a statement by the
British Information Service, en-
titled. Britain and the Atomic
Bomb, August IL, 1945."
The statement says Fuchs and
his colleagues worked on expert
mental data ito calculate the
critical size of the bomb" It also
said they examined ''the mechan-
les of the reaction" Calculated
the amount of energy likely to be
released by an atomic explosion"
and studied f'the conditions for
increasing the amount"
Representative Nixon, Republi-
can. of California, a member of the
House Committee on American
Activities. demanded full public
disclosure of the Fuchs case.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Fireworks Expected
AT CopIon- -Gubitchev
Spy Trial Next Week
By Jones J. CuIlinone
Siar Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Testi-
mony which produced legal fire.
works at the first spy trial of
Judith Coplon in Washington last
summer is scheduled to be un-
folded against her and Valentin
Gubitchev in Federal Court here
next week.
William E. Foley. chief of the
Justice Departments Division of
Internal Security and Miss Cop
Ions former boss. will be the first
witness when the espionage con-
spiracy trial resumes Monday,
Chief Prosecutor John M. Kelley
jr.. told the court.
He will be followed by Special
Agent Robert Lamphere of the
FBI headquarters staff, who draft
ed a "decoy" report mentioning
atomic bomb apparatus and the
false" statement that the FBI
had employed two high officials of
Amtorg Corp, the Soviet trading
agency, as counterspies.
"Decoy" Report.
The Government charges that
excerpts from the "decoy' report
in Miss Coplon's own handwriting
were found in her purse, together
with "a confidential Justice De-
partment documents, when she
was arrested on March 4 in the
company of Gubitchev, Russian
engineer assigned to the United
Nations staff here.
Special FBI Agent John F. NAL
ley, who occupied the witness
stand most of yesterday, insisted
that he did not see Miss Coplon
strike Gubitchev,. although she
waved a folded newspaper force
fully in his direction,
The defense contends that Miss
Coplon struck Gubitchev with the
newspaper after they had had din
ner together on January IA. She
did this because she had just
learned he was married, and since
she was in love with the Russian,
this outraged her. according to the
defense.
Judge Sylvester J. Ryan inter-
vened in the questioning several
times and at one juncture told
Archibald Palmer. Miss Coplon' s
attorney, "You are testing my pa
tience-now don't do that
Fires Involved Questions.
Pacing rapidly up and down
in front of the jury and gesticu-
lating with both arms, Mr.. Palmer
fired long involved questions at
the witness in a manner which
astounded attorneys at the Wash
ington trial. While the witness
was trying to answer one ques-
ton, Mr.. Palmer would begin fir
ing another. Judge Ryan ordered
the rotund little defense attorney
to pay attention to the witness
answers.
I'm trying to pay attention
your honor" Mr.. Palmer replied
you don't even pay attention
to me-" Judge Ryan said testify
Il don't question your sincerity
but if you would be more calm
your Interrogation would be more
effective" A!,.
Unabashed. Mr.. Palmer con-
tinued without a change of pace
Finally Judge Ryan ordered pro-
ceedings stopped and sat looking
at the bench for almost minute,
obviously trying to contain his
patience. Finally. he said:
"Mr. Palmer sit down for a
minute and compose yourself"
oh, I'm alright your honor" "
responded Mr.. Palmer airily and
began sputtering forth another
rambling question.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
AFL Urges Action
On Postal Pay Bill
BY the Associofed Press

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Feb. A.
Quick action by Congress on leg
islation to give postal workers pay
credits for prior military service
has been urged by the American
Federation of Labor.
The AFL's Executive Council
yesterday sent kilograms to House
members asking for an early ap-
proving vote.
The bill is designed to give
postal workers employed after July
/, 1945, a $100 annual salary
classification boost for every yea,
of war service.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
|Lutherans Commend
u. :. and u. n. Efforts
To Prevent Genocide
By Cospor Names
Star S.oH Correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. 3
The National Lutheran Council
today commended the United Ma
tions and the United States for
studying means of preventing flu
ture instances of genocide, the ef-
fort to exterminate a people be-
cause of religion or race.
The resolution. declared "the
barbaric practice of genocide
rightfully arouses the abhorrence
of all Christians" The U. N
and United States Government
agencies were praised for their
study of appropriate methods Of
preventing the reoccurrence Of
such a tragedy"
This action was taken at the
concluding session of the councils
32d annual meeting here. Eight
National Lutheran Church bodies
having a combined membership
of 100000, were represented al
the meeting. DR.. Lawrence Sta
Wig, president of the American
Lutheran Conference, is president
Hungary Condemned.
Another resolution condemned
the present Hungarian govern
ment for keeping Lutheran Bishop
Lajos Ordass of Budapest in
prison.
Bishop Ordass was tried and
condemned on the basis of fraud
ulent charges in the fall of 1948,
the resolution declared. 1--WE recorc
our conviction that he is being
prosecuted solely because he Wig.
orously defended the Christian
teaching that in matters involving
faith. it is necessary to obey Coo
rather than man."
The resolution also condemned
"the persistent and determined
efforts of the present Hungarian
government to dominate and con
troll the life and work of tn,
churches in that land, and in par.
ticular of the Lutheran Church o1
Hungary.
Displaced Persons Help Urged.
Congress, the State Department
and the Economic Cooperation
Administration were urged in an
other resolution to help displaced
persons in Germany and Austria
find a place for themselves.
Pointing out that several mil
lion persons expelled from their
home lands and now living in Ger
many and Austria create urgent
economic and social problems. the
resolution declared the United
States shares moral responsible
ity" to seek IAN effective solution
since it participated in decisions
sanctioning the forced migration
of populations.
Harold Hegstrom of Washing
ton, superintendent of the Ma
tional Training School for Boys,
was elected chairman of the coun-
cil's division of welfare for the
seventh consecutive time. Mr..
Hegstrom, who represents the
Augustana Synod on the council,
is member of Augustana Luth-
eran Church in Washington.
The council approved a budget
for 1850 of $2,705,385. This sum
was broken up into $504,921 for
the regular work of the council,
$740,887 for it's commission on
younger churches and orphaned
missions and $1,459,577 for its
United States resettlement service.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Andrews Field Teller
Gets 18-Month Term
By the Assoe;oted prs<s

BALTIMORE. Feb. LAW
renee A. Wood, Is. former bank
teller at Andrews Field, yesterday
was sentenced to 18 months in
prison by Federal Judge w. Calvin
Chestnut.
Wood was charged with embez-
zling $2.711 from the Andrews
Field branch of the First National
Bank Of Southern Maryland, Up
per Marlboro. The former teller
told Judge Chestnut he took the
money to keep up with some free
spending acuuaintances,
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Fuchs Worked on Key Process
In American Atomic Proqrum

in uranium as it occurs in nature
is very small-only about one part
in 140.
An obstacle to its production
even more serious than it's scarcity
is the difficulty of separating it
from the more abundant "U-238'
form 'of uranium. The latter, of
itself. is not a fashionable material
Both types of uranium behave
the same chemically. But they
differ slightly in mass or weight
Thus, the only means of separating
them is by taking advantage OF
this slight difference in weight.
Three Processes Used.
1t was to do this that the war
time A-bomb makers built an
aggregation of plants costing
$800.000,000, together with a whole
new city with a population OF
$4,000 people, at Oak Ridge.
There were three large plants
and each made use in a different
way of the slight difference in
weight between the two kinds OF
uranium.
These processes were:
1. A thermal diffusion" process
which employed tremendous guam
titles of heat to bring about a
separation of U-235. But this
process proved less efficient than
two others and the plant even
tually was dismantled.
2. An electromagnetic separa-
tion" process in which uranium
atoms of the two types were
whirled in large semicircular arcs
in a magnetic field. The atoms
of U-235 followed a slightly diff
ferent course from that followed
by the heavier U-238 atoms, SO
that it was possible to collect the
different kinds of atoms at sepa-
rate points.
3. A gaseous diffusion" process
in which a uranium compound is
converted to a gaseous form. and
then advantage is taken of the fact
that under heating the lighter
form of atom will travel at a high
er velocity than the heavier one.
In the process the heated gas
is inclosed in a boxlike affair
containing a lot of tiny holes. The
idea behind it is that the lighter,
faster moving molecules will strike
the sides of the box more often
than the heavier ones. and thus
more of the lighter molecules will
escape from the box.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Scout Reorganization Asked

A committee of the Fairfax Ell
fementary School Parent Teacher
Association is seeking to reor-
ganize Boy and Girl Scouts in
Fairfax County. The group will
meet at 8 pm. Monday with
Harold Bonnet. Fairfax commits
sioner of Boy Scouts.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Girl Saves Horse in Fire

For her brave rescue of a horse
from a blazing stable. Brenda
Anderson, IA, of Fenham, England,
has been awarded the bronze med
al of the Dumb Friends League.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Mail Fare Divided

In 1948 airlines carried s per
cent of the United States intercity
first-class mail, and received SAL
900, 900. Railroads carried the
other 81 per cent and received
10000, 900.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Israel Sets Wage Scale

Israel's citrus growers and their
pickers have tentatively agreed on
a wage scale for pickers of $3.50
day and an output of eight boxes
day.
Evening star., 1950-02-04

A farmhouse at Nina, South
Africa, was struck by lightning
two days in q row.
Evening star., 1950-02-04

A coach for dancing now is at
tached to the Mainz- Black Forest
(German) express.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
LOST.

BILLFOLD, physicians, black, containing
2Df1se9s fHoMrsoS ss5ss 81 3 22ssi!' 2ssS Reward
safsed on baoF Ysr ader a No pesss ssl4e TeuF
COCKER SPANIEL PUFFY, taffy-colored.
named oWoogie"; vic. Barnaby Woods.
DOG. vire-haiTed terrier, male, BLACK
ward. ia 4122. 4
FUR NECKPTECE, Stone Marten, 8 skins;
lost Jan. 25. vic; 9th and and 14th and
SEAss55s. Sc. ss5s. 0hild's' w0odridse vicinity. 5
HANDBAG, lady's, black, contains lady's
Of cash., valuable papers, keys; identifca-
sr :Ss shadFsRla s F mora aadrsss T. saso tszsaa Es
KEYS, on chain, with red fiashlight:
VICINITY Of 7th and Pa. ave. Sc. Call
sssss sN WIN aosas Ro foand dam
aged ring, please call again? Liberal
sss .sssrd tSr 6gS1 rlght Fine' even though dam
ming. jan 30 Reward. IN MI. sI5s. 5.
WELSH TERRIER, black and tan, tag on
collar with phone number. Reward. MI.
WRIST WATCH. diamond; bet. Wash. Ho-
tel and woodward and Lothrop, Wed.
afternoon. Reward. WO 1860. a
WRIST WATCH, lady's gold Elgin; Arling-
ton vicinity. Reward. OW. 1857. IS
WRIST WATCH. lady's gold, black cord
band; lost bet: 7th and Georgia ave-. on
Farre gut. or Ga. ave. carline. GE. 1884
WRIST. WATCH, ladys, Wittnauer brand
thought sto be lost in the vicinity Of
Union Sta ton. MI. 4429. Sentimental
VALUABLE PAPERS, eyeglasses, and
drivers license. between 10th-12th st. Of
Independence ave-, Sunday evening; re-
ward fer the return. HY O121 -
Evening star., 1950-02-04
FOUND.

COCKER SPANIEL, black, found in Mont
gomery County. Sligo 6709.
GERMAN SHEPHERD, female; found at
Ashton, Md. Sligo 6709.
HOUND, male, black, brown feet; vic
Montgomery County; very friendly. Call
81. e70e.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01

FOR RENT Rooms. 1 or 2 men.
Privileges. 1912 Tampa Mi-3O-
SO. t-88
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01
from Police BIotter
By Jimmie N. Jones
By Jimmie N. Jones

his driving license revoked for a
period Of three years.
Willie ]. Henry, 1000 Randolph
st., was fined the court cost of
$500 and placed on probation for
one year after pleading guilty to
a charge Of assault and battery.
Sam Mckenzie, 525 Ingram st.
was fined $25 and cost after he
was found guilty of carrying con-
cealed weapons. A go day work
house sentence was suspended on
his good behavior.
McKensie was arrested last
Sunday with a 38 caliber revolver
on his person.
Common Pleas Court Judge
Robert u. Martin, passed sent
ence on two defendants yesterday
morning: They were: Albert Da-
wilson, %, of 721 w. Fourth ST.,
who will serve a term of one to
20 years in the Woman's refor-
matory for forgery. She was
granted a stay of execution, pend
ing an appeal.
Harry J.. Sellers, 80, of SO Te-
cumseh street, was sentenced to a
term of Ten to rs years for rob-
berry.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01

lection Of passes until a score
opening is created. "With our
team" he adds, passing and ma
nipulation Of the ball are the
basic. features Of our popularity
This doesn't mean that the
Trotters don't shoot. You have to
shoot to win, and the games lost
by the Chicagians yer the past
% years are as scarce as hen
teeth.
The Trotters will play here in
Chicago to a capacity crowd at
the stadium whenthe match skill
with the Minneapolis Lakers and
George Mikan Feb. 81. Their last
appearance in New York filled
Madison Square Garden and 12,-
900 were turned back. Saperstein
must know, what he's talking
about.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01

FOR RENT Room for girl. 49,
60 Home. Me-3274. t-89
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01
Globe Trotfer =

Globe Troffer
Continued From Page 3
notonous and provokes a loss Of in
terest."
Sapersteln says basketball has
lost the art of passing and pro-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-01
Mansion
Auctioned to Pay
$644 Debt
BY Harry Levette

LOS ANGELES (ANP) Unless
something unusual happens and
soon, a historical mansion owned
by the Rev. Clayton D. Russell,
built by the late Robinson at a
cost of more than 100000 may
hes old at an auction to pay for
a $644,86 debt.
According to advertisements ap-
pearing in local legal sheets, the
home will be auctioned off because
a jeweler, Anna Nett ofthe Nett
Jewelry company, claims that Rev.
Russell owes the company the
$644,86 for a ring he bought to
attend the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Truman last year.
Rev. Russell is pastor of Peoples
Independent church, one Of the
eity's largest congregations.