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Evening star., 1950-10-13
Truman Lands
Al Hickar11 Field;
Leaves Tonight
Meets Macarthur
Tomorrow At Point
West Of Hawaii
By the Associoted Press

HONOLULU, Oct. 13.-White
House officials disclosed today that
President Truman will confer to-
with Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur at a point west of Hawaii.
Mr.. Truman's plane arrived at
Hickam Field at 12:46 pm. (EST).
Briefing officers told reporters
Mr.. Truman will leave Hickam
Field shortly before midnight for
the conference. He will return to
Hawaii tomorrow night.
Mr.. Truman will then remain
at headquarters of Admiral Arthur
w. Radford, commander in chief
Of the Pacific Fleet, until Monday
morning before returning to Cali
fornia.
Called Point X"
Presidential Secretary Charles
G. Ross said the site of the meet
ing with Gen. Macarthur will be
made known to reporters today.
probably for publication. Press
plane tickets show destination as
Point X.'
Presidential party members
nave been saying the meeting will
be held at Wake Island. 1900 miles
west of Hawaii. 1t will cover the
final phases of United Nations ac-
tions in Korea, including recon-
struction and rehabilitation Of
that war-torn country, and STRAIT
egy to meet increasing Communist
threats in the Far East.
Gen. Macarthur is expected to
leave Tokyo this afternoon (EST
to meet the President.
Macarthur Party.
Gen. Macarthur has given no
indication of the men who will
accompany him, but they are ex-
pected to include his political ad-
wiser, Brig. Gen. Courtney Whit
ney; his intelligence officer, Mai.
Gen. Charles A. Willoughby: his
chief Of staff, Maj. Gen. D. o.
Hickey; 1t. Gen. George E. Strate-
meyer. commander of the Far
East Air Forces, and Vice Admiral
&c. T. Joy, commander Of Far
Eastern naval forces.
These men all share Gen. Mac
Arthur's conviction that strong
measures must be maintained to
prevent a new Communist out
break In Asia.
Mr.. Truman left on the Inde-
pendence from Fairfield -Suisun
Air Force Base, so miles east Of
San Francisco. before dawn after
brief conference with Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman Of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. and other mem
berS OF his official party.
Visits Litter Cases."
The President devoted a good
part of last evening to visiting
litter cases." several wounded
men just arrived from the Ko-
rean fighting front. Mr.. Truman
talked with each of the wounded
men and signed short-snorter
bills, casts and other souvenirs.
There were about 100 men there.
Il was very much impressed by
the wonderful morale of these
boys" the President was quoted
by Mr.. Ross. when we have
boys like these. then we don't
have to worry much about the fu-
ture of the country"
Gen. Bradley landed at the
California base less than two
hours after the Presidents blue
and silver Independence" ar
rived. The military chief was &C
companied in the Dew Drop"
an Air Force Constellation, by
w. Averell Hartman, special
(See TRUMAN, Page A-6.)
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Boo Doi May Return
To Indo-Chino by
Plane Tuesday
BY the Associofed Press

NICE. France, Oct. 13.-
Semiofficial sources here
limited today ex-Emperor
Bao Dai. Western-recognized
Wet Nam chief of state, will
leave by plane next Tuesday
for Indo-China.
He announced several days
ago he intended to go home,
because of recent French mil
itary reverses at the hands
of the Communicated Wet
Mini. He has been in France
for months and has been sub
jected to criticism for his
lengthy absence from his cap
ital at this time.
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Defense 0rderC Ceiling.
Given Steel Producer,
To Protect Civilians
$4,000 New Freight Cars
In Next Six Months
Sought by Government
By Froncis P. DouoIos

Steel men today had assurance
that the Governments defense
orders would be so spread through
the industry that they could con-
tinue to supply most of their out
put to producers of civilian goods.
The National Production Au-
thority issued an order to the
effect that no steel producer need
sell more than Is per cent of his
carbon steel, nor. Is per cent Of
alloy steel to the Government un-
less specifically directed to do so
by the NPA.
The order set a ceiling on the
amount of steel company would
have to furnish under priority
orders in any one month. 1t
ranged from S per cent for some
products to the top Of Is per cent
for special purpose steels. 1t also
provided that a steel producer
would not have to accept a de
fense priority order (DO) unless
it were given 45 days before the
first of the month in which the
steel was to be delivered.
Each Producer Protected.
The chief value of the order to
producers is that it prevents
single one from being flooded with
DO orders and having his ability
to take care of his civilian GUS
toners cut extensively.
Steel men said the percentages
set are higher than the figures for
production for the Government
(Seo CONTROL pare A-Hl
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Hiss Defense Scores
Chambers Testimony
Before Appeals Court
Testimony Wus Pigment
Of Psyehopothic Mind,
Attorney Tells 3 Judges
By the Assoeieted Press

NEW YORK. Oct. 13.-The de.
tense said today that Alger Hiss
perjury conviction was based or
"a f1gment of the psychopathit
Imagination" of ex-Communist
Whitaker Chambers.
Hiss. 46-year-old former high
State Department official, was &C.
companied by his wife. Priscilla, az
he appealed to the United States
Court of Appeals against his con.
viction and f1ve-year perjury sen.
tence.
He has been free in $4,000 bal
since he was found guilty last Jan.
uary of falsely denying he slipped
secrets to Chambers for a prevail
Soviet spy ring. A previous tria
ended in a jury deadlock,
"Psychiatric Testimony"
One of the Hiss attorneys, Rob-
ert M. Benjamin, argued that
Chambers, the chief accusing wit
ness. had given only "psychiatric
testimony" without proper cor
roboration. Mr.. Benjamin charged
also that the second trial jury had
been in a peculiar public posi-
ton"
These jurors knew that the
jurors in the first case who voted
for acquittal had been subjected
to harassment, he said.
Spectators jammed the small
courtroom and the Railways out
side as today's hearing opened.
The appeal was before a three
judge panel.
Ryan Takes Over.
Handling the prosecution was
Assistant United States Attorney
Clarke Ryan, who took over the
case recently after Thomas F.
Murphy resigned as a Federal
prosecutor to become New York
City police commissioner.
Municipal law prevents Mr..
Murphy. who handled the prose-
cution in both Hiss trials, from
appearing in the appeal hearing.
Hiss, once an aide Of President
Roosevelt and a veteran of nu-
merous major United States diplo-
matte assignments, was convicted
on two specific counts of perjury.
Documents in Pumpkin.
A Federal Court jury found that
he lied when he denied turning
over Government documents to
Chambers. a self-avowed spy
courier, and when he denied see
ing Chambers after January /,
1887.
Chambers testimony, and a
batch of documents he had kept
through the years in a hollow
pumpkin on his Maryland farm,
were the chief evidence against
Hiss.
The defense relied principally
on Hiss denials of Chambers
charges, plus testimony of two
psychiatrists that Chambers was a
psychopathic liar.
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Coffee Price Trimmed

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (P.-A1-
bert Ehlers, Inc. large independ-
ent coffee roasting firm. today
trimmed its wholesale prices of
coffee ] to cents a pound. This
is the first reduction in roasted
coffee prices for major brands
since last spring.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
BY Gould Lincoln
e.. GAIT F.a.s>nI.nx

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-
James Roosevelt. eldest son of the
late President. given only an out
side chance to win the guberna-
torial race. is driving blow after
blow at his Republican opponent,
Gov Earl Warren, and his ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Roosevelt threw a fast
punch at Gov. Warren today in
connection with the announced
demand of the Pacific Gas &
Electric Co. for a 27 per cent in
crease in rates. This win mean
an increase to the company fol
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Planning Commission
Accuses Ex-CIerk
In $1,000 Shortage
Silver Spring Mon Freed
In Bond; Said to Have
Admitted Tukinq Funds
By J. B. Zotmon

r. Glenn Slicer. former chief
clerk Of the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. has been charged with
embezzling about $4,000 in COM
mission funds, States Attorney
Walter Dawson of Montgomery
County said today.
Slicer, who lives at 18 Park
side road. Silver Spring, was
charged in a warrant sworn out
early this week by Jesse F. Mich
olson. the commission's secretary
treasurer.
He has been released under
81 1000 bond set by Trial Magis-
trate William B. Wheeler.
Shortage Found by Auditors.
A commission spokesman said
the shortage was discovered last
June 8 by the agency's auditors.
The spokesman said Slicer was
confronted with the fact and i'm
mediately admitted taking the
money over a period of about
year. He was fired the same day.
The spokesman said the COM
mission has been reimbursed by its
bonding company and that Slicer
has made arrangements with the
company to make restitution.
With Agency Five Years.
Commission officials said Slicer :,
who is married and has two chill
dren, had been with the planning
agency about five years. They
said Slicer told them he took
small amounts of money while
making semiweekly deposits of
commission funds. He did not
tell them what use he made of
the money.
Commission officials explained
the delay between the discovery
of the shortage and Slicer's arrest
by saying it took the auditors
nearly three months to complete
their report. It was then that
Mr.. Dawson asked Mr.. Nicholson
to swear out the warrant.
Investigation disclosed there was
no record of the warrant on the
police arrest book in Silver Spring
and Mr.. Wheeler referred all
questions to Mr.. Dawson.
Says Warrant Was Issued.
Later, however. Judge Wheeler
said he had issued the warrant
last Wednesday and that Slicer
had surrendered voluntarily as a
result of an agreement between
commission officials and the State
Attorneys Office.
He explained the warrant was
read to Slicer in Magistrate
Office, in the Silver
Spring County Building, and then
placed in police court files.
He said such procedure is "very
criminal warrants usu-
ally are served by a policeman,
on the police arrest book,
and then returned to the police
court clerk.
Magistrate Wheeler had no ex-
planation of his clerks refusal to
reveal any information about the
warrant to reporters. The clerk,
William j. Conlyn, jr., declared
he had not been asked for any
specific information on the war;
amt.
Mr.. Wheeler set the date for
/ preliminary hearing at 10 am.
November IA in Silver Spring
police court, but Mr.. Dawson said
ae would submit the case to the
circuit court grand jury when it
,onvenes November 10.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Moslem New Yeur Today

CAIRO, Oct. 13 (P9.-Egypt and
the rest of the Moslem world cele-
brate New Years Day on this Fri
day the 18th. It's the first o1
"Moharram," initial month in the
Moslem calendar. Workers get an
extra day off tomorrow since Fri
day is regularly a Moslem holiday
Evening star., 1950-10-13

mountainous frontier between
China and North Wet Nam
Moncay on the coast, Langson and
Laokay in the west, almost 400
miles inland from the coast.
Security Silence Observed.
The spokesman said he had nc
information that the withdrawing
Thatkhe garrison was being
harassed by the Wet Mini guer-
rillas, but said he believed the
weather was good and that the
(See INDO-CHINA, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1950-10-13
| Census Bureau Puts
u. S. Population at
1921 900 Sept. ]
By the Assoeioted Press

BY The Associated Press
The Census Bureau esti-
mated today the United States
population totaled 1921 900
on September l, including
$4,000 persons serving in the
armed forces overseas.
The bureau placed the civil
ian population at 150,817,000
and the number serving in the
armed forces within the con-
tinental United States at 878,-
600.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
u. n. Warships> Troops Planes
Hack at Korea Red Supply Lines
Down East Coast From Siberia
Speculation Still
Persists on New
Allied Landing
By ReImon NORM
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

t'SSs 'S'SiSh correspondent
TOKYO, Oct. 13.-Thirty-seven
bombarding warships, South Ko-
rean ground forces and Allied
planes hacked away today at Red
Korean supply lines from Soviet
Siberia on the blazing new North
eastern coastal fighting front.
There still was no evidence OF
an Allied amphibious landing along
the heavily bombarded coast.
But the South Korean infantry
made it a three-ply attack with
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Roosevelt Supporters Seeking
7rumon's Personal Assistance
President Urged to Give Pat on Back When
He Makes Speech After Macarthur Meeting

gas of about $18 million a year in
this area.
THE Pacific Gas g. Electric
Co." said Mr.. Roosevelt sis pro-
posing to hike the rates you pay
by more than Is per cent. In a
four-year period. increases in rates
for public utilities Of more than
500 million have been made,
without any squawk from the Re-
publican Governor. Big corpor-
ations are being protected by their
front man."
Realizing that they are engaged
in desperate struggle against
Gov. Warren in the present cam
4.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Moscow Radio Says
Korean Reds Rush
ToHorvest Rice
Hit Straight Up Coast.
BY the Associoied Press

LONDON, Oct. 13.-North
Korea is speeding up its har-
vest this year, Moscow radio
said today.
1t reported in a broadcast
heard in London that har-
vesting of rice and other
crops started 20 days earlier
than last year.
1t said the harvesting con-
tinued despite the cruel
bombing of enemy planes"
Evening star., 1950-10-13


system of collective security, Mr.
Dulles told the General Assembly Is
Political Committee that it's ac-
ton on the proposal will have a
momentous effect.
| 1T will determine, perhaps de.
cisively and finally for our genera
ton, whether or not the nations
,of the world really want an effec-
tive, as against a paper, system ot
collective resistance to aggres-
sion," Mr.. Dulles said.
Sees Threat to Peace.
Mr.. Dulles, Republican policy
adviser to Secretary of State
Acheson, said if the Soviet oppo-
sition to the plan prevails il
would explode and crush" the
peace. He added:
"It would be notice to every
potential aggressor that this Or
ganization is impotent to create
! a collective resistance to aggres-
sion even by suggesting a volun-
tary coordination in accordance
with the obvious desire of the
peoples of the world"
If the U. N. hesitates now, he
declared, there will inevitably
be increased dependence on mill
tary alliances"
The seven-power plan-which
Mr.. Acheson has explained grew
out of the lessons of Korea-pro-
vides for emergency sessions OF
the General Assembly called on
"a hours notice, for peace patrols
to report on acts of aggression
and for the earmarking by mem
ber nations of military units to
be placed at the disposal of the
U. N. in time of crisis.
Long Debate Expected.
Some countries-eSpecially In.
ola and Pakistan-are afraid thai
the Acheson plan might, as Russia
charges, go beyond the provisions
of the U. N. Charter. The Charter
gives primary responsibility fol
maintaining peace to the Security
Council, where Russia has a veto
The debate, which began four
days ago, is expected to continue
for a long time. Each of the 60
nations wants to speak at least
once on the plan, which National
ist Chinese Delegate T. F. Tsiang
called yesterday "the most mo-
mentous question" in U. N. his
| tory.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

U. N. Group on Korea Bors Rhee Regime
From North Of 3Sth. Poee AT
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Dulles Sees Increase
In Armed Alliances if
Acheson' S Plan Fails
Tells U. N. Opposition
By Russio Threatens
To Explode the Peuce'
BY the Associoied Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 49,
American Delegate John Foster
Dulles said today the United Ma
tions faces the choice of strength
ening its own machinery to main
tain peace or of standing aside
and watching an increase in mill
tary alliances outside the organi-
Zation.
Calling for the adoption of the
seven-poWer plan for an anti-veto
Evening star., 1950-10-13

Vishinsky to Continue Fight on Tryeve Lie
in General Assembly. Poee AZ
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an unexpected thrust north from
captured Wonsan, port on the Sea
of Japan.
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Continued on Page A-S, Col. ~
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(See JOBS, Page A-SD
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(See TRUMAN, Page A-6)
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Partly cloudy, windy today, high 81. Clear
ing. cool tonight, low 48 in city, a. in sub
urbs. Tomorrow sunny, high &c. CFull re-
port on Page A-2)
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lsee CONTROLS. Page A-6.)
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(See BRADLEY, Page A-8.)
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(See KOREA. Page AID
Evening star., 1950-03-25

when it comes to financing con-
temporary houses. Yet banks,
being necessarily conservative
institutions-since they are re-
sponsible for other peoples
money-uSually have to be
shown clearly that particular
house of contemporary design
will be a good risk. AS demand
for contemporary houses be-
comes more general in this area,
banks are finding an increas-
ingly good basis for making
loans on such houses, though it
is still much more difficult to
find a loan for a house of con-
temporary design than for one
of traditional design.
Architects who handle resi-
dental work charge varying
fees. Some value their services
higher than others, as in every
profession, ana it's a bit hard
to make any generalization as
to the fee in relation to what
you may get for your money.
However, it's probably safe
to say that you can get the full
list of services, including on
the-job supervision. from the
average good, conscientious
architect for a fee ranging be-
tween 8 and 10 per cent of the
contract price. If you want to
know for certain what a parti-
cular architects fee will be, you
have only to ask him.
AS to time of payment, the
custom differs here also. But
you probably should be prepared
to pay 25 per cent of the fee at
the time preliminary drawings
are completed, another so per
cent at the time of letting of the
contract after working drawings
and specifications are drawn up,
and the final 25 per cent in
equal payments during the con-
struction period.
Persons who have built archi-
tect-designed houses can often
be a good source of general in
formation. Thus, with the COM
ing boom in architect-designed
residential work, there will be
more and more persons availa-
BILE to answer the $64 questions.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Boom Now Expected
In Custom Homes
As Competition Rises
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of the competing contractors.
You'll have to balance low and
high bids against good and bad
workmanship, and vice versa.
You'll have to arrange for f.
nancing. And you should see
that all your legal rights are
protected. This means, perhaps,
that you will want to have an
attorney enter the picture,
which isn't too bad an idea in
any real estate purchase.
During the construction period
you may, or may not, want to
keep a weather eye open, your
self, to see that specifications
are being met. You will prob
ably have to give some study to
landscaping. the color scheme
and other details.
AS you can see. building a
custom-designed house is a
project in which you will be in
volved up to your neck. It has
its compensations, of course, and
it's fascinations. Unless you are
young, or sturdy, or both, the
attendant headaches may we'll
force you to take an extended
rest cure after the worst is over.
A whole book could be writ
ten about the problems you may
encounter. In fact, many books
already have been written which
are devoted, more or less. to the
why's and wherefores of buying
and building. Most experienced
observers advise reading couple
of good ones before you even buy
a lot.
A good architect, however, can
do much to relieve the burden.
He can advise on a choice of
site, and take care of many
other details, sometimes even
including the job of finding a
bank willing to make loan.
More and more banks are be-
coming bit more open-minded
Evening star., 1950-03-25
English Steel Firms
Investing in Africa

PORT ELIZABETH, South AZ
rica.-Taking advantage of great
supplies of high-grade iron ore
and cheap coal. several English
steel companies with an annual
turnover of more than f8 million
have already spent nearly FL mil
lion on two factories that have
been established here.
Evening star., 1950-03-25

and plot layout for a garden-type
apartment building of wood frame
construction. He is married and
has one child. The contest was
approved by the Committee on
Architectural Competitions of the
American Institute of Architects.
Two hundred seventy-six de-
signs from "a States were sub
mitted. The awards jury was COM
posed of George w. Petticord jr.,
John M. Walton, Edward r. Carr
and Lawrence M. Stevens, all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Student Architect
Wins Design Contest

The Timber Engineering Co.,
of washington. an affiliate of
the National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association, has an
nounced that the winner of it's
$4,000 architectural contest is a
25-year-old student architect who
formerly served as a staff ser
geant in the Army Air Force.
He is M. E. Freitag, class of
1850 at Iowa State College. Mr..
Freitag won $500 with design
Evening star., 1950-07-23
A pseudonyn, Is permissible only
When letter carries correct name
and address of Driter. Please be bTief.

Droit ct Liberte (May 25), Thomas Mann
made the following statement: 1--WE have
to save the peace; this, today is the most
important thing. Therefore, the move
ment Of peace that started in Stockholm
should be highly welcomed"
There is, think, no excuse whatsoever
for Mann to indorse blindly the Moscow
engineered so-called Stockholm peace
appeal" He must have known that the
whole thing is nothing but gigantic
fraud. blueprinted by the Kremlin ap-
paratus. But. unfortunately, this Is not
the first time that Thomas Mann has
endorsed open Kremlin propaganda. In
the past year or so, he has come out
with a number Of statements and dec
larations, not too well known in this
country. which, to say the least, were
just what the Moscow propagandists
were waiting for. The case Of Mann.
whose greatness as novelist nobody
will deny. is sorry sample Of the ire
sponSibility Of great intellectuals whose
strange behavior in these troubled times
is Of great propaganda value to Moscow.
Eugene Tillinger.
Evening star., 1950-07-23
Stockholm Peace Appeal

Various news stories in the past week
have pointed to the dangerous Com
munist propaganda drive of the so-called
Stockholm peace appeal" What we are
witnessing now is the working of clever
scheme to befuddle innocent and naive
Americans who are being asked to sign
for peace" not knowing that it is
peace" la Stain.
Some people wonder how come the
Communists were able to gather aston
ishing amounts OF signatures, not only
in Western Europe but also in the United
States. May call attention to one fac
cor which is generally overlooked in this
connection? I refer to the responsibility,
or rather irresponsibility, of certain we'll
known personalities in the literary and
intellectual field.
Take for instance Thomas Mann Last
year, during his controversial visit to his
native Germany, Mann's outrageous
statement. "Anti- Bolshevism is the fund
amental folly Of our time" was eulogized
by Soviet propaganda and greeted en-
Enthusiastically by Communists and fellow
travellers. Now, Mann again has gone to
Europe, and your readers certainly might
be interested to learn that he has re-
Gently signed and endorsed the Stock
holm peace appeal" In an interview with
the leading French Communist weekly,
Lettres Franchises (May 18) Mann de-
clared: II have signed the appeal of
Stockholm because support every move
ment whose goal it is to further the
peace"
In another interview, this one given to
the French Communist front periodical,