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Evening star., 1950-05-19
The Federal Spotlight
Warren Supports In Principle
Ban on Filling FederoiVoconcies

and the quality Of food in the
Senate restaurant and cafeteria.
As a result the Senate Rules
and Administration Committee.
which has jurisdiction over the
eating places. will make an investi-
cation. The dining spots now are
operated by Chicago concession
naire.
M&
PAYLESS PAYDAYS-Members
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee have softened up q good
deal In their attitude toward pay
less paydays for Government en-
ployes. When it became known
that most agencies wouldn't have
enough money to last them
through June 80. the committee
said 1t was in no hurry to act on
the deficiency money requests.
However. the committee now
plans to meet on the deficiency
Evening star., 1950-05-19
The Federal Spotlight
BY Joseph Young

Controller General Lindsay
Warren has declared his support
Of the general principles" of the
Jensen amendment that would
apply a, ban on filing 80 per cent
Of Government job, vacancies.
The chief of the General Ac-
counting Once. which is the ex-
ecutive arm of Congress. told The
Star the Jensen proviso is the
most painless way I know" to
reduce Government employment
without hurting present employees
too much.
Mr.. Warren feels the proviso
Is far to be desired over the
Taber-Thomas amendment. which
would apply a blanket 10 per cent
personnel cut to non-military
agencies and a 2 per cent cut to
military bureaus.
In fact. the GAO helped Rep
resentative Jensen. Republican. Of
Iowa draft his amendment.
Mr.. Warren emphasizes that he
doesn't feel the proviso is per-
feet.
1T may be that it is too rigid
and that it should be modified
and made more flexible" he de-
clared. But it has the right idea
behind it,"
Mr.. Warren's support of the
Jensen amendment holsters its
chances considerably. since the
GAO polices the spending of the
Governments departments and
agencies in behalf Of Congress.
Meanwhile. the Budget Bureau
reiterated its opposition to the
House-approved amendment that
would restrict further accumula-
ton Of annual leave this year.
In testimony before the Senate
Appropriations Committee, Budget
Director Frederick Lawton said
further study should be made.
In favoring the Jensen proviso
over the TT amendment" Mr..
Warren is at odds with the Budget
Bureau. The Budget Bureau.
while disappearing of the TT
amendment. feels that. admin
istratively, it is the lesser of two
evils. But Mr.. Warren believes
the Jensen proviso with a little
leeway would result in a large
reduction in Federal jobs and. at
the same time, give present en-
ployes a break that the TT
amendment would not.
Cuts GAO Ranks.
Mr.. Warren said the method of
not filling vacancies has resulted
in a sizable reduction in jobs in
his own agency.
LOYALTY The administra-
tons first comprehensive report
to the country Of the results Of
its Federal employe loyalty pro-
gram will be made within the
next few weeks.
The detailed report on the pro-
gram will be made by the Presi-
dents Federal Loyalty Review
Board.
SENATE FOOD-Some Senators
are complaining about the prices
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Probers Plan Study
OF Criminals Wealth
And Link 10 Politics
BY Miriom Gutenberg

Senate crime investigators want
to know where organized criminal
elements get their money and
how they use it to WELD political
power.
To get the answers. the special
Senate Crime Probing Committee
will send its investigators into
strategic sections Of the coun-
try" It will also catalogue the
information collected from Fed
eral, State and local law enforce
ment agencies.
That was the agenda outlined
yesterday by Chairman Kefauve,
after a two-hour committee ses-
sion.
To Study Criminals Wealth.
The committee. he said, will
study "the alleged concentration
of property. money and wealth in
the hands Of organized criminal
elements"
1--WE, of course. have laws to
prevent the monopolistic con-
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Text of Acheson Statement

tive influence for peace beyonc
the North Atlantic area.
This influence should be felt ir
increasing measure as the defenst
position Of that area is progres.
sively consolidated. Meanwhile
wish to reafflrm the deep interes
of the United States in the Sc.
curity Of Greece, Turkey and Irar
and our determination to con.
tinue our policy Of supporting
these and other countries which
are striving through military anc
economic efforts to safeguard
their independence and territoria
integrity.
While was in Paris, Mr.. Schu.
man and I discussed the situation
In Indo-C and as havt
previously stated we agreed as Il
the urgency of the situation anc
the need for remedial action
Steps being taken by the United
States Government to assist tht
associated states of Laos, Cam.
bodia. and Wet Nam and France
in their efforts to meet the threat!
to the security Of the region are
already known.
Trying to Aid Indo- China.
The United States, convinced
that neither international in
dependence nor democratic evolu-
ton can exist within the network
of Soviet imperialism, is endeavor-
ing to aid the Indo- Chinese states
in their efforts to develop within
the framework of the French
Union their own political future
and to promote their economic
well-being.
During our talks in London, Mr.
Bevin. Mr.. Schuman and I re-
viewed the entire Southeast Asia
situation and we expressed our
firm intention of encouraging and
supporting the new governments
in that area. With reference to
the continuation of the talks be-
tween MIR. Bevin, Mr.. Schuman
and myself we have agreed that
these will be continued and made
as frequently as possible.
I feel that these steps taken in
common with other free countries
represents solid achievements in
the course of peace and of social
progress. The free world is strong
both materially and spiritually
and 1t intends to use that strength
for the purpose of peace and OF
human well-being in a free So
ciety. We have the confidence
both of our strength and common
resolve. !
Evening star., 1950-05-19

District Courts only woman
Judge yesterday disqualified her
self from presiding at q trial
when she discovered the defend
ant was accused of stealing a
stove from a parking lot owned
by the judge and her brother
AS a result, the youth went on
trial a short time later before
another jury and judge.
The defendant. Lenard A
Brown, jr., Is. colored, Of the
200 block Of Half street S.W., Is
accused of entering the parking
lot office in the 200 block of c
street S.W., and stealing stove
belonging to the parking lot op-
orator.
An indictment charges the Of
tense was committed last Febru-
ary. The parking lot operator
is Richard E. Henson, colored.
Browns trial began in Judge
Burnita Shelton Matthews court
A jury had been selected. and
Assistant United States Attorney
Evening star., 1950-05-19
d. {. May Take Over
Library Maintenance
From Government

District officials today were
considering taking over msinte-
nance Of the public library build
ing at 49s Pennsylvania avenue
NV. from the Federal Govern
ment. which the city viii owe
SIS. 900 by June 80.
The debt arises from the fact
that the Federal GovGnment
charges the District sl.Ss saare
foot annually for mainter =
space the city occupies in U3W
building.
The United States. on the other
hand. pays the District only $i.o7
q square foot in rental for the
space 1t is using in the library
building. This totals about a per
cent of the building.
The rental agreement did not
anticipate the time would come
eventually when the District
would end up the debtor.
Originally the Federal Govern
ment rented the building In l942.
Beginning in 1916, the Federal
agencies have been vacating and
the District moving In.
The Federal Government. how.
ever. has continued full mainte-
nance of the building and applied
the $l.3S a foot maintenance
charge against the space occu-
pied by the city.
Eventually as the District took
up more space. the operating and
maintenance tab scared above
the rental payments. The rental
agreement provided only for pay
ment of rental by the United
States to the District.
The Commissioners yesterday
approved a supplemental agree
ment permitting the city to pay
the $4,000 debt.
Should the District take over
maintenance, 1t could then charge
the Federal Government the
rental rate. plus the cost of fur
nishing heat. light and custodial
service.
Evening star., 1950-05-19

centration of wealth in the hands
of legitimate business" he said
The committee, he added, will
look into the way the criminal
elements wealth is acquired and
its connection with politics"
Senator Kefauver said the COM
mittee also will complete the in
vestigation of gambling wire serv-
ices in cooperation with the
Senate Commerce subcommittee
studying antigambling legislation.
Another subject of inveStiga-
ton, he said, will be the possible
violation of postal laws through
the Interstate shipment of crime
books. He quoted FBI Director j.
Edgar Hoover as saying the 10
million horror books" issued an
nually have a direct bearing on
juvenile delinquency.
The chairman said the COM
mittee also plans to investigate
narcotic rings, white slave traffic
and interstate angles of the
numbers racket, particularly Or
ganized layoff betting.
He said he hopes to start pub
lie hearings in a month. First
witnesses, he explained, will be
Federal officials concerned with
criminal laws and communicaA
tions.
When the committee gets down
to cases. it will hear almost all
the witnesses in executive session
before opening its hearings to the
public.
Public Replies to Be Allowed.
Senator Kefauver said the COM
mittee will follow a policy Of al
lowing accused persons to reply
publicly to charges made against
them. A set of rules, giving wit
nesses q chance to submit queS-
tionS for crosse examination, was
adopted yesterday.
The chairman yesterday an
nounced appointment of Downey
Rice, one of the trio of former
FBI agents who sparked United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay's anti-gambling crusade, as
assistant counsel.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Rice served with the FBI for more
than 10 years before joining his
father. Fred Rice, in private law
practice in 1945. He is vice presi-
dent of the Society of Former
Special Agents of the FBI.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Archbishop Due Tonight
From Rome PiIqrimuqe

The most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. archbishop of Washing
ton. and a group Of Holy Year
pilgrims will arrive today in New
York aboard lie de France. end
ing a pilgrimage to Rome.
He is due in Washington to.
night and will preach at a solemn
mass Sunday at 10 am. In st.
Matthews Cathedral. The WASH
ington archdiocesan pilgrimage
left here April 81.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Chinese Reds Seize Two
U.S 5. Buildings in Canton
BY the Assecietsd Press

HONG KONG. May ia
spokesman for the American con-
sulate here today said the Chinese
Communists had seized two United
States buildings in Canton.
They are the consulate general
building and another formerly oc-
cupied by the United States In
formation Service.
They are the first American
buildings seized by the Reds since
the former marines barracks In
Peiping was taken over by the
Reds several months ago.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
News Guild Charges
Union Busting byU.P

The United Press unit of thu
Washington Newspaper Guild to.
day charged the U. P. with mis.
representation. camoufiage ane
union busting in its dispute with
striking telegraphers.
The Guild, representing q
majority Of the U. P. Washington
news staff, issued a sharp state
ment on the 20-day-old strike
which affects $50 teletype oper.
ators and maintenance men of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Unior
(AFD.
Since the strike began over 9
wage dispute April 80, the state.
ment said. the U. p. has wagec
a campaign, first Of misrepresen.
tation, then. camouflage and nov
q deliberate attempt at unior
busting with what we can only
regard as the help Of many lead.
ing newspaper clients of the
United Press"
The Guild challenged a state
ment by the U. P. management
that its wire network is being
manned by supervisory employe.
during the strike and that nearly
normal service is being main.
tanned.
The Guild statement also
charged bad faith on the part OF
the u. p. management in the wage
negotiations. Originally, the union
demanded a $15-a-week wage in
crease for its U. P. members. The
demand was reduced to $3.50
during final bargaining sessions in
New York. The company offered
a 1920 increase at the last minute
Present base pay of the opera
tors is $50 a week, according to q
union spokesman.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Dulles Begins Work
fN Drawing Up Treaty
OF Peace With Japan
By [. Edgar Primo

John Foster Dulles. Republican
adviser to Secretary Acheson, be-
gan today his newly assigned task
of laying the groundwork for a
japanese peace treaty.
The State Departments an
nouncement yesterday that Mr..
Dulles would henceforth give his
special attention to treaty prob
lems followed a statement by
President Truman indicating that
there was no special significance
in Defense Secretary Johnson s
coming trip to Japan.
Mr.. Truman was asked at his
press conference whether Mr..
Johnson's visit. along with Gen,
Bradley. chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. would have any
connection with the drafting of a
japanese peace pact.
The President replied that Sec
retary AcheSon would negotiate
any such treaty in the regular
manner. He did not, however
say directly that Mr.. johnson
would not discuss the matter with
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, the oc-
cupation commander.
In another announcement yes
terday, the State Department
disclosed the selection of H. Free
man Matthews. Ambassador to
Sweden. as Assistant Secretary of
State.
After his nomination is ap-
proved by the Senate, Mr..
Matthews will be assigned to the
post Of Deputy Under Secretary
formerly held by Dean Rusk. AS
sistant Secretary of Far Eastern
Affairs.
Mr.. Truman sent to the Senate
the nomination of w. Walton
Butterworth to be Ambassador to
Sweden. Mr.. Butterworth, until
recently. had been directing the
preparations for the peace treaty
with Japan-a pact which has
been delayed by differences with
Soviet Russia and between the
Defense and State Departments.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

thundershowers in extreme west
in afternoon and in entire State
at night.
Virginia-Partly cloudy tonight
with lowest temperature from ~
to As degrees in the west and
from so to SIS degrees in the east.
Increasing cloudiness tomorrow
followed by showers and scattered
thunderstorms in west portion In
afternoon and in entire State
at night.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning. IL miles per hour;
direction, northeast.
Evening star., 1950-05-19

District of Columbia-Some
sunshine this afternoon with
highest temperature about 10 de-
grees. Fair tonight with lowest
about SO degrees. Tomorrow part
ly cloudy with highest near u
degrees and showers likely in late
afternoon or night.
Maryland-Fair tonight except
considerable cloudiness on the
Eastern Shore. Lowest temper
ature tonight from As to so de-
grees except near 40 degrees in
extreme west. Tomorrow partly
cloudy followed by scattered
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Reorganization Faces
NewFieht After Senate
Bars Agriculture Plan
by she Asseeicted Press


President Truman's battered re.
organization program faces new
tests today in the Senate, where
five Of his plans to make change:
in Federal agencies have died II
recent days.
The latest victim was the Ari.
culture Department plan. which
was rejected by a voice vote yes.
terday without q word being sale
in its defense.
Two other proposals affecting
the Commerce and Labor Depart.
ments survived House tests.
House action apparently assures
that the Labor plan will be carried
out, since no opposition wa.
sighted in the Senate. But the
Commerce plan still must survive
a Senate vote. After Tuesday
midnight it will be too late fol-
SOA4S& COD W U1OCk IL.
Also due to come before the
Senate were plans for the Federal
Power and Federal Trade Com
missions.
Johnson to Lead Fight Again.
Senator johnson. Democrat, of
Colorado. who twice this week has
led successful attacks on reor-
ganization plans, said he would
call up his FPC and ETC resolu-
tions Of disapproval shortly after
Senate action on motion to curb
debate on a civil rights issue.
Senator ohnSon reacted sharply
to criticism leveled by Mr.. Tru-
man yesterday at the Senators
leading, the fight on his organiza-
ton plans.
Mr.. Truman said you hear a
lot Of talk about efficiency and
economy from some members of
Congress, but 1t doesn't have any
effect where local situations are
involved. He also said he would
continue to send reorganization
plans to Congress.
II haven't voted against a plan
yet that would have saved one
thin dime," Senator johnson told
reporters when informed of Mr..
Truman'S comments.
"The four resolutions 7 spon-
sored block the changing of four
commissions from their traditional
status as arms of Congress to ex-
ecutive agencies"
Mr.. Truman also told his con-
ference that it Just wasn't true
that he was using the Hoover
Commission reorganization pro-
posals for power grabs"
The term was used during de-
bate Wednesday by Chairman Nc
Clellan Of the Senate Expenditures
Committee.
Senator Mcclellan said yester-
day, during the discussion of the
Agriculture plan, that it was the
right of the President to send
plans to Congress, but it also was
the right of Congress to veto them
when it wanted to do so.
The FTC and FPC plans are
virtually identical to those killed
Wednesday for the ICC and FEC.
They would permit the chairmen
to be named by Mr.. Truman and
make them responsible for the ad-
ministration and spending of the
agencies.
Patent Office Change Opposed.
Chief objection to the Commerce
plan lies in the fact that 1t would
give the Secretary authority over
the semi independent Patent
Office.
When the President first was
asked for comment, he said it was
the prerogative of congressman to
vote against taxes and for appro-
priations.
He criticized earlier reorganiza-
ton legislation which would have
exempted numerous agencies and
said when he got the new law
creating the reorganization COM
mission he thought it meant what
it said.
Evening star., 1950-05-19

ANh@NA4AS
within the next
few days. Con-
sequently, the
threat Of pay
less paydays is
fading rapidly.
Most agencies
already hav e
enough ca S h
on an d to
meet their next
few pay days.
and it's pretty
c e r tain Con-
gres will act to
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Czechs Hang Two Spies

LONDON. May 10 R.-Twc
Czechs were hanged in Prague
today for spying for an unnamed
Western power, advices reaching
London said. The Czechs, Lad
slav Lindner and Karel Busek,
were convicted by a Prague court
last November 26.
Evening star., 1950-05-19


paydays from then until the start
of the new fiscal year on July /
BEP-The CLOS new right-wing
Government Employees Organiz-
ing Committee is invading one OF
the last strongholds Of the left
wing United Public Workers. The
right-wing group seeks to raid
UPWA's membership in the
bureau.
The new right wing group
charges that UPWA has at
tempted to stir racial tensions
at the bureau and is "only inter-
ested in exploiting racial differ
ences in order to mislead." Pam
phlets are being distributed among
the employees urging the employees
to join the CIO. "UPW does you
more harm than good" the leaf
let's declare.
ELECTION-Civil Service Com
missioner James Mitchell has
been elected president of the
Washington Chapter Of the Amer
lean Society for Public Admins
tration. Leonard Reichle of the
ASoy,,;c rYoo~cxv r<a~~;.z.~
Carl Tiller of the Budget Bureau
were elected vice presidents.
Chosen senior council members
were Kenneth Clark Of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund and Karl
Stromsem Of the Interior Depart
ment. Junior council members
elected were Edward Preston OF
the Treasury Department and
Doreen Jones Of the League Of
Women Voters.
Evening star., 1950-05-19
Finland Makes Shoes

Finland's shoe factories con-
tinue to operate at full capacity
to supply the demand caused by
wartime SHORTAGES.
Evening star., 1950-05-19

.fBe sure to listen at Gas pm.
epery Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
neios and Uie,Ds OF the Govern
ntent scene.J
Evening star., 1950-05-19
US. WEATHER eURfAu NAP
osps''~ses sf csmme,ss

Scattered showers and thunderstOrms scheduled
night for the Great Lakes region will extend
southwestwad into the Middle Tesppi Valley the
Plains and the Texas Panhandle Windy conditions prevail
the Lakes tonight are predicted
for North Dakota and Montana Seasonaby
continue in the Northeast but weather prevail the
southernmost States. ZAP Wrephoto Map.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Film to Help Women Detect
SYMPTOMS Of Breast Cancer

SAN FRANCISCO-A motion pic
ture film which doctors are count
ing upon to save the lives Of thou
sands of women made its debut
recently.
The film uses a live model to
show how women can examine
themselves for the first signs OF
breast cancer. 1t will be released
for private showings to women's
organizations. 1t was produced by
the American Cancer Society and
the National Cancer Institute, a
division of the United States public
health service.
In the United States about 3d.
600 women get breast cancer every
year and about 10000 of them die
of it later. If it can be detected
quickly, the victims life nearly
always can be saved by quick sur
gical removal of the malignancy.
For quick detection, said DR..
Austin v. Deibert, of the cancer
institute, a monthly examination of
all women over 35 is needed. The
only hope, he added, is to show
the women themselves how to look
for signs of breast malignancy.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Frenchmen Climb 26,496
Foot Peak in HimaIayas

PARIS-Five Frenchmen have
returned from the Himalayas with
claims Of mastering the Anapurna
Peak, 26, 496 feet high. But the cold
almost got them.
Maurice Herzog, the 41-year-old
leader of the expedition. was a
stretcher patient on his arrival by
plane in Paris. A frostbite victim,
he lost all his toes and all his fin
gers up to the first joints. Louis
Lachenal lost all his toes. The
others we're battered and physical
ly exhausted from climbing Ana
purna, in the Everest group. Men
have climbed higher before, close
to $4,000 feet on Everest and K-2,
Mt. Goodwin Austen, but had to turn
back before achieving the creSts.
Everest ranges up $4,000 feet in
the Nepal-Tibet frontier area. K-2
rises %, $50 feet in India.
The Frenchmen had hoped to get
up Mount Dhaulagiri, a rugged
26, 810-foot peak in Nepal, 200 miles
west Of Everest, but had to aban-
don the plan because Of what they
called masquerade difficulties"
The French government financed
a third of the expeditions cost.
The rest was paid by private back
ers and the Alpine Club Of France.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Neighbors Help Family
OF Accused American Spy

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-The wife and
family of an American who Is being
held as a Russian spy are getting
financial aid to meet living costs
from neighbors.
The Rev. Owen E. Ruthledge,
Methodist minister. and Charles H.
Richards, a grocer, are directing a
fund to support Mrs. Alfred Dean
Slack and her two children.
The fund will be used only for
Mrs. Slack and the children, Joe, 4.
and Tommy, 2, and not for her hus-
bands defense.
Mrs. Lewis Slack, s~ister-in-law Of
the accused man, said the family's
income was cut off by the arrest.
She said their home had been
mortgaged and was still unfinished.
She said it probably could not be
sold or rented ID