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10 Per Cent Increase
In Income Tax Urged
By Senator Robertson
Advocates Boost Now
To Roise 81 Billion
For Defense Needs

A 10 per cent increase in all
personal and corporation income
taxes to raise 50 billion next year
for defense was advocated today
by Senator Robertson, Democrat
of Virginia.
The Senator said the same
plan was adopted in 1910 when
the United States was building ur
its defenses.
The proposal would not change
rate schedules or other details OF
the income tax structure. The
taxpayer would compute his tax
as he does now and then. add ID
per cent to the final figure.
Excise Cut Laid Aside.
The Robertson speech in the
Senate was the first definite move
to reopen the issue of tax revi-
sion. which the Senate Finance
Committee put on a shelf only q
week ago.
At that time, however, the com.
mittee was considering a House
approved bill designed primarily
to give consumers a relief from
retail excise taxes and make ur
the loss by raising the income
rates on corporations without CIV
ing the Treasury any overall in
crease in revenue. That bill was
laid aside because of the Korean
(See TAXES, Page A-4.)
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week passed the test-a mortality
rate of IS per cent.
The 80 score, Pentagon ofi.
cials said. was designed to get s
quality of men capable of train.
ing others. The reduced scor.
minimum, they said, simply rep.
resents a lowered standard in lint
with the need for more men.
With grade of 10 set for the
draft score minimum, officials ex-
pect that 88 per cent of the 10000
men called up will pass.
Privately, they guess that the
Districts passing rate in the draft
will be close to this figure.
With a minimum score of 90
in effect for volunteers until to-
day-of1cials figure only So per
cent of the average draft popula-
ton would have passed.
The reason reflections for vol
(See TESTS, Page A-6)
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100 Year, TH|Iion-DoII Fight
To Stop Reds Urged by Reuther
JAW Chief Offers 9-Point Worldwide
Program to Truman; Would Be Under U. N.

would be at the rate of $l3 billion
a year.
The total final investment, after
100 years, would be $1.3 trillion-
or. as Mr.. Reuther said, the cost
of the last war to the United
States.
The total military cost of
World War II to the United
States has been estimated Of
ficially at around $3.50 billion.
There have been other estimates
that the eventual cost, including
veterans payments, etc., will be
about a trillion dollars or more.
Mr.. Reuther's communication to
Mr.. Truman was of a dramatic
character.
In his draft of a worldwide
(See REUTHER. Page A-20
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Shower in Afternoon,
More Humidity in 0ffinQ

The Weather Bureau predicted
continuation of warm, humid
weather, with afternoon thunder
showers today.
Tomorrow, the bureau said, the
general pattern will continue. 1t
predicted the temperature will
drop to 10 degrees tonight from
an expected high of 88 degrees in
the afternoon.
Yesterday the thermometer
climbed to SO at 1855 pm. A
heavy shower struck the city and
it cooled of to II by $40 am.
today.
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today. One of the first moves,
officers said, will be to advise men
who had test grades between 70
and 80 that they now are eligible.
The Navy and Air Force, which
use the same test as the Army,
announced no change. The Air
Force requires passing grade OF
80 for high school graduates, and
100 for those who don't hold high
school diplomas. The Navy does
not use a grade score but has a
standard that is higher than the
new Army minimum.
During the last month, Navy
officials here said. 80 men were
rejected for failing to pass the
test, out of 251 applicants.
In the District and other loca-
tions, the prospective enlistees
have been turned away in droyeS
for the same reason at Army and
Air Force offices. At the District
Office, only 1S0 Of 401 men last
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.GIs Report 80
Wounded Slain
BY Korean Reds
By WilIiom R. Moore
Assoeioted Pres. wer Correspondent


AN AMERICAN COMMAND
POST IN KOREA, July 49,
Thirty wounded American soldiers
were reported tonight to have
been shot to death on their litters
by the North Koreans who swarm
ed across the Kun River Sunday
night.
Two of those reported slain were
mortar men who had held their
mortar tubes in place by hand
until their hands were burned and
their arms broken.
This story was told tonight
(Mr. Moore's dispatch was filed at
1920 p.m.-9:20 am. EDIT today
by some of the men of the 18th
Regiment who were in the thick
est of Sundays battle.
The Reds Sunday thrust forced
the Americans back to new de.
fense lines north of Taejon, which
they still hold tonight.
Sergt. Arnold Mckenny, %, o1
Newport, VT, relating the Staying
Of the wounded, said those killed
included a Catholic chaplain
while he was giving the benedic-
ton"
McKenny said, II did not see II
but know it's true"
Capt. D. E. Sandstrom, 80, OF
Chadron, Nebr.. who also told the
story. did not mention the chap
lain, but said he got his account
f1rst-hand from an American med
ical administrative officer who was
shot in the leg.
1.-THE officer told me all the mer
were killed" Capt. Sandstrom said
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Korean tanks had been reported
south of the River.
So quiet were the Reds. Gen
MacArthur'S communique said
that the outnumbered, battle.
weary oath Division sent out
patrols in an effort to find ou1
the enemy's movements.
"a Pentagon briefing officer
reported today that ground
troops in Korea were holding
all along the line, including all
forces, and enemy pressure has
Slackened."
Cat the same time the officer
cautioned against optimistic re-
ports that the North Koreans
had been stopped in their tracks
and that a counterattack was in
the off1ng. A longer holding Pc
(See KOREA, Page A-4.)
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BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, July 18.-Walter
Reuther proposed today that the
United States invest more than a
trillion dollars in a 100-year fight
to rid the world of communism
Mr. Reuther. president of the
CIO-United Auto Workers Union
and long time foe of communism,
made the proposal to President
Truman.
In letter to the President, the
union chieftain advocated global
total peace offensive" under
Americas leadership as a com
pelling necessity" for democratic
survival"
MIR. Reuther proposed d vast
nine-point worldwide program
under United Nations sponsorship
Americas financial contribution
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By George Beveridqe

What is the armed forces new
intelligence test. which has dis.
qualified more than half of those
who have volunteered here fol
service since the Korean crisis?
The basic test, used by all the
armed forces, has two forms
which differ only in detail.
1t consists of SO written queS.
tionS and, on the average, takes
about As minutes to complete
Each test has three parts.
The first is a vocabulary check,
in which the subject has a multi
pie choice of words. In a list OF
several words, one Of them CORE
spends with a word used in a test
sentence. The man is asked to
check the correct word.
The second part is an arith-
metic test. in which each problem
is stated in a sentence.
The third Is series of space
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tions planes struck wherever the
enemy appeared. Gen. MacAr-
thur omitted his usual midnight
communique.
Taejon had been evacuated b3
advanced American field head
quarters. The South Korean pro-
visional government pulled out
last week.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean. who
personally led an infantry column
against a red roadblock in Satur-
days heavy fighting at the Kun,
said the Communists had not been
able to put their tanks across the
river in force.
ALI American Lines Intact.
At a command post after four
days at the front, Gen. Dean,
commander of the oath Infantry
Division, said the Communists had
not dented the new American pos
itions north and west of the city
of 100000.
Gen. Macarthur in Tokyo and
an 9Th Army spokesman in Korea
reported all American lines in
tact in the area. The 9th Army
spokesman credited the oath Divi-
sion with having fought the Reds
almost to a StandStill."
The Reds were reported pour
ing reinforcements across the
Kun River. They wrested a foot
hold there by sheer manpower
from the thin line of Americans
in the Kongju area, 20 miles
northwest of Taejon. But the
spokesman at 9th Army headQuar-
ters in Korea said only four North
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Flag of u. N. Hoisted
Over Headquarters
Of Walker in Korea
BY the Asseeissed Press

EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS IN KOREA, July
18. - 1t. Gen. Walton H.
Walker pledged today the
United Nations flag would
"fiy high" over his headquar-
ters until the last invader is
driven from this country"
The flag was raised over
this field headquarters after
it was presented by Col. Al
fred Katzin, U. N. represer1-
tative. Col. KatZin said u. N.
Secretary General Trygve Lie
promised "every assistance at
his comand to further this
operation"
John j. Muccio. American
Ambassador to South Korea,
was present.
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Goodrich Raises Prices
On Tires and Tubes

AKRON, Ohio, July 18.-Good-
rich Tire & Rubber Co. today
joined General and FireStone in
boosting prices for replacement
tires and tubes.
Vice President James j. New
man said price advances of from
5 to 7l2 per cent are effective
today.
Mr.. Newman predicted rising
crude rubber prices will cost the
American rubber consumers an
additional $3.50 million during the
next year.
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or more of arms and military
equipment.
2. An additional ITO, 900 men for
the armed services, which would
mean boosting the authorized
strength by 100000.
8. A system Of ALLEGATIONS and
priorities to divert steel and other
scarce materials into arms pro-
duction.
4. Curbs on consumer credit tc
tie in with the ALLEGATIONS and to
act as a brake on imitation.
Message to Be Reviewed.
The President will meet with
his cabinet at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon for final review of the
message.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
said this morning that the mes
sage will run between 5000 and
5000 words and will be very
comprehensive"
Some of the Presidents advisers
have urged that he couple re-
quests for restoration of excess
profits taxes with his requests for
more money for the Korean cam
paign.
Tax Request Doubted.
Senator Lucas. Democratic
leader of the Senate, said, how
ever, he does not expect that Mr..
Truman will ask for more taxes.
The belief in Congress is that
the subject of higher taxes, be-
lieved bound to come, will wait
until January. In other quarters
it was felt that the President
might recommend excess profits
taxes to get the proposal on the
record.
Mr.. Truman's message will be
sent to Congress at noon tomor-
row. At 1880 pm. tomorrow he
(See MESSAGE, Page A-4.)
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Bulletins
Carl Van Doren Dies

TORRINGTON, Conn. (P).-
Carl Van Doren. Ga, author and
editor, died today at the Char
lotte Hungerford Hospital here.
He had been i'll about a month.
MIR. Van DOren won a Pulitzer
Prize of his biography of Benja-
min Franklin. He edited the
Nation from 1919 through 1922.
Argentine to Offer Troops
Informed sources said today
that Argentine Ambassador Je-
ronomi Remorinzo tomorrow
will officially offer a "sizeabIe"
Argentine ground force to fight
with the United Nations in
Korea.
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AAAAAtA dICu G11c 0IdLc Oepar LmeQb
was perhaps the most nefarious
campaign of untruth in the his
tory Of our Republic"
1t was signed by Senators
Tydings of Maryland, the chair
man. and Green of Rhode Island
and Mcmahon of Connecticut of
the Senate Foreign Relations sub.
committee that has been inves-
tigating the Mccarthy charges
since early March.
Mccarthy Counters.
Senator Mccarthy Immediately
countered with the statement that
the report was "a green light to
the Red fifth column" and "the
most evil fraud that has ever
besmirched and dishonored the
good name of the United States
Senate"
1T is gigantic in its fraud aud
deep in its deceit" Senator Nc
Carthy added. 1T camoufiages
the facts and it protects Commu-
nists and fellow travellers in our
Government"
Senator Lodge. Republican, Of
Massachusetts, filed a separate re-
port which acknowledged that the
Mccarthy charges have not been
proved, but said the four-month-
old investigation must be set
down as superficial and incon-
elusive"
"Tangle of Loose Threads"
Proposing anew that nonpar-
tisan commission be established to
carry out the investigation, Sena-
tor Lodge said:
THE proceedings. often lacked
impartiality; the atmosphere was
too often that of not seeking to
ascertain the truth. The subcom-
mitee's record is a tangle of loose
threads. of witnesses who were
not subpoenaed, Of leads which
were not followed up"
Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa.
the other Republican member of
the five-man committee, did not
submit a report at this time. He
said, however, he had read SEN
ator Lodges report and found
lin general agreement
with it. particularly the emphasis
on the complete inadequacy Of
the inquiry"
250,000-Word Report.
The majority views were pre-
sented in a detailed and docu-
mented report of 313 pages and
more than 250.00O words, in which
senatorial amenities were brushed
aside and Senator Mccarthy was
denounced in scathing terms with
few. if any, parallels in senatorial
history.
The report bluntly accused the
Republican of using the
totalitarian technique of the "big
Continued on Page A-3. Col. IL
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Reds Plan New Youth RuIIy

DUSSELDORF, Germany, July
18 P).-Germany's Communists
plan another big youth rally this
autumn-this time apparently to
spur tagging support in the in
dustrial Ruhr. The rally is to be
held in bomb b-damaged Dortmund
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plicated in the spy ring headed
by DR.. Klaus Fuchs, the German
born Communist Sympathizer who
worked his way to the top of Brit
aims atomic program.
Fuchs confessed and now Is
serving long prison term in Eng
land.
The three Americans seized as q
(See ATOM SPY, Page A-3.)
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IA Die in Truck PLUNGE

NEW DELHI, India, July IS (A)
The newspaper The Statesman
said today a truck plunged 1000
feet of a bridge into the raging
Chenab River near Srinagar,
Kashmir, yesterday, killing IL
persons. Eight others were
injured.
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Presidents S MESSAGE
tomorrow May Urge
S. Billion for Arms
Truman Also Moy Seek
Steel Priorities System
And Controls on Credit
By Froncis P. DouoIos

Washington today expected that
President Truman in his Korean
war message to Congress tomorrow
will ask authority for these meas
ures:
/. Additional appropriations or
contract authorities for SIS billion
Evening star., 1950-07-18

10 am, July 26, in the board
room Of the District Building.
Adoption of United States Pub
lie Health Service standards for
milk in the District would provide
adequate protection for the con-
sumer and result in benefits. Mark
Hollis, assistant surgeon general OF
the service, declared today.
DR.. Hollis was the first witness
as House District subcommittee
resumed hearings on Washington S
controversial milk regulations.
The subcommittee is considering
several bills which would allow
milk meeting Public Health Serv-
ice standards to be shipped to the
District from any State.
DR.. Hollis said one beneficial
result would be to eliminate milk
shortages in the city.
Miller Bill Explained.
He explained that under the
bill introduced by Representative
Miller. Republican, of Nebraska,
if District milk distributor
needed to get raw milk from farms
outside the normal Washington
milkshed. he would apply to the
District Health Department for a
license to import the fluid.
The Health Department then
would satisfy itself that the milk
to- be imported was rated equal OF
(See MILK, Page A-3.)
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Hungary Aides Korea Reds

BUDAPEST. Hungary, July 18
P).-Hungarian factory workers
are chipping in one to three hours
wages to send d field hospital to
North Korea.
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BY Cecil HolIond

A bitter controversy erupted
today over an official report by
three Democratic Senators, de-
scribing the communism-in-G Gov.
ernment charges of Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin
as "a fraud and a hoax perpe-
trated on the Senate of the United
States and the American people"
The report said the Mccarthy
charges that Communists have
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in Prices Thursday. Page A.
most stores. Bakeries blamed tn,
rise on higher labor, operating
and flour costs.
The bread increase led to tn,
introduction today of a resolution
by Representative Flood, Demo.
crat, of Pennsylvania, calling fol
an investigation. He termed the
increases in bread prices "wal
scare profiteering." and said il
was essential ito crack down on
such actions.
Wholesale Coffee Prices Up.
Another round of price increases
is in store for coffee buyers later
this week. Wholesale prices OF
bag-packaged coffee went up
again yesterday 3 and 4 cents a
pound, and dealers said the in
creases would have to be passed
on to consumers.
One retail authority expressed
the view that the increase in pep
per may be due to speculation
and people are boarding in the
fear that pepper. coming from the
Orient, might become scarce be:
cause of the war.
One large food chain here today
raised the price of large grade A
eggs 2 cents a dozen and lard, l
cent pound.
This chain, which blamed the
increases on higher wholesale
prices, listed these additional
price rises, effective yesterday:
Sugar, 3 cents on 5-pound bags;
pepper, 4 cents on 4-ounce cans:
cocoa. 2 cents a pound; dried
prunes, l cent a pound; two
brands of canned meats, 2 cents
on 12-ounce cans; two brands of
preserves. 2 cents on 16 and 80
ounce jars; two brands of canned
peaches and fruit cocktail, 2 and
az cents for 30-ounce cans.
Wheat Higher in Chicago.
Another large chain advanced
the price of sugar / cent for a
5-pound bag.
A spokesman for one of the
large millers pointed out that
bakery -four prices follow very
closely the fluctuations in grain
market prices. He noted that
wheat on the Chicago grain mar
ket now is about 20 cents a bushel
higher than a year ago.
An official of wilkins Rogers
Milling Co., Washington's large
miller. said the company had no
plans for increasing its flour
prices.
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Report Blasting
Mccarthy Filed;
InquiryC|osed
Statement Terming
Charges q Hook Stirs
Bitter Controversy
RIIl ErIA
BULLETIN

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee voted today to file
with the Senate a report de-
scribing the charges of Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, of Wis
consin, as "a fraud and a hoax"
and to discharge the investi-
eating subcommittee. Chairman
Connally said the action closes
the investigation as far as the
Foreign Relations Committee
was concerned.
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Excerpts From Majority Opinion BIostino
Mccarthy Red Charges. Poge At
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Yank Lines Hold dFirmNearTaeion;
Red Troops Pour Into QuietFront;
U.S.. to Bar Korean Appeasement
American Field
Headquarters
Leaves City
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, July Is. - American
troops who blunted the Red North
Korean drive at the Kun River
stood between Taejon and the in
vaders tonight, ready for battle
but finding no enemy troops ap-
preaching.
There was little action at the
front. Artillery and United Ma
Text Of Communiques on Fighting in
Korea. Poge Al
Poetic Task Force Units Moy Now Be
On Woy to Korea. Page AS
Briton Hints Tommies viii Join Gls for
Long Korean Compcign. Pose A3
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Key Defense Workers Foce Six-Doy Week
to Meet Emergency. Pose AS
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Probe Of Profifeerinq
Asked in House as
More Prices Go Up
Pepper, Lard and Eggs,
Flour for Breed, Sugar
And Coffee Higher

More food price increases. in
cluding such staples as pepper and
lard. confronted Washington area
housewives today as two major
millers announced an increase in
bakery flour.
General Mills and Pillsbury
Mills advanced the price of -four
sold to bakeries 20 cents a hun
dred pounds.
This action came a day after
bread went up cent a loaf in
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infiitrated the State Department
was perhaps the most nefarious
campaign of untruth in the his.
tory of our Republic"
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icHeaIth Standard
For Milk viii Project
District, Official Says
Plan Would Benefit
Consumer and Avert
Shortage, Hearing Is Told
BULLETIN
BULlEIIN

The Commissioners will re-
sumo their public hearing on
proposed changes in the regula-
tions on milk production here at
10 am, July 26, in the board
room Of the District Building.
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Senators Will Probe Outrageous" Boosts
in Prices Thursday. Pooe Az
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Continued on Page A-3, Col. 1.)
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(see MESSAGE. Page A-4.)
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Cloudy, humid, thunderstorms late today:
high near S8. Low tonight, 70. Tomorrow
warm, humid, afternoon showers. Full
report on page A-2)
, 1950-11-27
Communist Troops
Hurl Back Two
South Koreqn Div.

Communist troops hurled
back two South Korean Divi-
sions and are continuing their
drive. However, United States
Marines have been rushed to
stem the tide and is reported
to have threatened to cut the
communist forces in two. The
Seventh and Eighth Divisions
were attacked. Thus the plan
of General Macarthur to eff
feet a quick end to the war
may be disrupted.
Despite the maximum air
strikes called for and received,
the Reds continued to adj
vance and because of their ex-
cellent camouflage these air
attacks failed to stop them.
Reserve forces were rushed
from Tockchon to stem the ad-
vancing Reds.
, 1950-11-27
Governor Issues
a Memorandum on
Removed Of Emp.

In a memorandum, recently
issued to department heads.
Governor de Castro brought to
their attention the legal re-
qulrements for the removal of
any unsatisfactory employee,
as provided for in the Merit
System Law, a delayed press
release of November "a said.
This memorandum was issued
in order to contradict a prevail
ing attitude that it is very diff
ficult to removed an incompe-
tent employee in the Munich
pal Service.
The Governor pointed out
however, that discharge pro-
cedures in the public service
are usually designed to protect
the conscientious employee
from capiricious or partisan
removal. He called on super
visors to observe the provi-
sions of the Merit System Law
in order to increase and main
tain the efficiency of the pub
lie service.
Governor de Castro stated
that, mediocrity is tolerated or
protected in the public service,
it is safe to say that this con-
dition is not primarily the re-
suit of either the intent or the
working Of the Merit System
regulations"
, 1950-11-27
UN Security Council
To Heur Chinese
Delegates ToddY

The Chinese communist
delegates that arrived in New
York over the weekend will
meet with the United Nations
Security Council this after
noon.
Delegates of the United
States are said to be ready to
ask them about twenty ques-
tons on their intervention in
Korea. It is said that the Brit
ish are likely to be the medi-
UNI through which they will
approach the U.s., since the
latter will not go to the COM
munists.
, 1950-11-27
Personnel Mention


Visiting her mother, rela-
tives and friends whom she
had not seen for many years is
Mrs. Marie Williams, who ar
rived here several weeks ago.
She is an aunt of Ejnar Boil
ing and Mrs. Juanita Caroline.
Mrs. Williams resides in
New York with a son Carl,
who is an attorney and daugh-
ter, Viola, who is a teacher in
the Department of Education.