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Evening star., 1950-03-01
Acheson May Meet
With French, British
Foreign Ministers
By Gornett D. Horner .
By Gornett D. Horner

Secretary of State Acheson said
today that a meeting with the
British and French Foreign Min
listers might we'll be needed this
spring.
He told a news conference, how
ever, that he had not reached any
conclusions yet about proposals
for such a conference.
His comment came in response
to questions about press reports
from Paris that a conference of
the Big Three Western Foreign
Ministers to frame a common pol
icy for the Far East is under
consideration.
May Act Under Atlantic Pact.
Mr.. Acheson also told ques-
TONERS that continuous thought is
being given to the possibility of
strengthening the Western powers
through some action under Article
2 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
The IL non-Communist nations
allied under the treaty have con-
centrated their attention so far
on mutual defense provisions Of
the pact. --.
The generally overlooked Article
2 of the treaty provides a basis
for close cooperation in the eco
nomic and propaganda field.
Mr.. Acheson said the 1possibili-
ties of action under Article 2 have
been discussed many times and
are being given continuous
thought.
Indorses McCloy Stand.
Turning to GermaV.Mr. Ache
son gave complete Endorsement to
a statement yesterday by John j.
McCloy. American High Commisr
sioner. interpreted as . challenge
to Russia to join in free elections
for all Germany.
The Secretary said it was diff
cult to make any analysis Of Soviet
action yesterday in boosting the
official value of the Russian ruble
in terms Of the dollar because the
value Of the ruble in any event is
pretty theoretical and artificial.
Secretary Acheson said that
possible mining of the main ship
channel into Shanghai is worry
ing officials trying to arrange
evacuation of American officials
from that area.
All American official personnel
in Communist China were ordered
home on January IA.
In Tientsin, Mr.. Acheson said
the consulate staff has about
completed shutting down and will
be leaving during the next two
weeks.
The staff in Peiping, he added,
faces bigger problem due to the
amount Of equipment to be ship
ped or stored. Arrangements for
leaving Nanking have been COM
pleted except for minor Details"
he said.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Russians Go on Spree
OF Buying as Price
Cuts Go Into Effect
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW. Mar. 1.-Wide price
cuts resulting from revaluation Of
the ruble sent crowds of Russians
on an enthusiastic buying spree
today in Moscow stores and mar
kets.
The Soviet government last
night raised the value Of the
ruble to rs cents Gin terms of
United States currency) from the
old rate of a little less than 19
cents. Price cuts on 234 varieties
of goods ranging from bread to
radios were announced simultane-
ously.
State stores were jammed with
customers, who learned of the
price reductions from radio broad
casts and newspapers. Crowds
were orderly and there was much
buying.
Prices at peasant markets To-
Gated in many sections of Moscow
fell in line with the cuts ordered
in State stores-reductions rang
ing from 10 per cent for milk to
as much as 80 per cent for bread
and beef.
Soviet newspapers and radio
broadcasts hailed the revaluation
as improving the peoples living
standard and boosting the prestige
of the Russian ruble in interna-
tional trade dealings.
Every Soviet family realizes
from personal experience how life
is getting better and how material
welfare is expanding" proclaimed
Izvestia, the government news
paper.
Pravda, the Communist Party
newspaper, declared that prices
are going down in the Soviet
Union while asserting that in
capitalist countries such as Brit
ain, France and the United States
the cost of living is rising.
Diplomats in Washington and
London saw a double motive in
the Soviet currency juggling: A
propaganda move to convince
their people at home of the
Communist systems superiority
and the beginning of a "ruble
diplomacy to exploit the Soviet
satellites by charging higher
prices for goods shipped abroad.
(The London Daily Telegraph
financial writer said the move
looks ''like a piece of financial
window dressing designed to
impress the Russian people"
just before the elections to the
Supreme Soviet (parliament)
March IL.
Financial circles said that
raising the value of the ruble
would have practically no effect
on Russian trade with the West
since the Soviet Union invari-
ably paid and received dollars
or pounds sterling in business
exchangeS.)
Today's move was the fourth
price reduction ordered by the
government since 1947. On De-
cember IA, 1947, Russia called in
all her old currency and ex-
changed it at the rate Of 10 old
rubles to one new ruble in move
to head off imitation. At the same
time rationing was ended and
price reductions ordered. 1''h
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Maryland
and
Virginia
Nearby Counties Act
On School Finances
News in Brief

Schools held the news spotlight
in Prince Georges and Montgom-
cry Counties with the Prince
Georges Commissioners asked to
approve a record $5,434,731 budget
for education beginning July /.
OF this amount the county
would furnish $2,412,009- $242.-
009 increase over the current year.
The remaining $3,023,722 would
come from the State and other
sources.
In Montgomery, meanwhile, the
County Council deferred action
for a week on the School Board S
application for $2,911. 900 in State
loans and grants after an argu-
ment between two Of its members.
]. Douglas Bradshaw accused
school officials of failing to pro-
vide sufficient details for their re-
quest. Mrs. Dorothy Himstead
claimed, however, that any delay
by the Council might, hold up
the school construction program.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
House Limits Cost
On New Science Fund

The House has added a cost
limitation to the National Science
Foundation Bill and provided
frightened security controls.
The final vote, which had been
expected yesterday. was put off
until tomorrow after the House
finished considering amendments.
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Virginia won acceptance
Of a provision which would re-
quire a complete FBI check OF
all prospective employees of the
foundation, and of students to be
awarded scholarships or fellow
ships by it.
The House also voted to limit
funds for the foundation to
$500,000 for the first year and
SIS million year thereafter.
In his budget recommendations
President Truman had asked
SIS million in cash and $12.5
million in contract authority fol
the first year. Thereafter, the
Budget Bureau estimated, $25
million a year might be needed
= The legislation is intended to
foster research in basic science.
A similar bill has been approved
by the Senate. iHa
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Girl, II, Injured by Auto
Driven by Senator Jenner

A car driven by Senator Jenner,
Republican, Of Indiana, struck and
slightly injured an 11-year-old
girl last night at Virginia avenue
and Twenty-f1rst street NV. ac-
cording to police.
The child. Loretta Gray, colored,
of 2417 F street NV, was treated
at @GeorEe Washington Hospital
and released. She suffered bruises
to her left foot, leg, shoulder and
hip.
Police said the girl ran into
the path of the car. ~
Evening star., 1950-03-01

germane to an
appropriate o n S
measure.
Indica tion S
are that the
S e n a t e " i'll
a 6 re e W i t h
Senators Johns
ton and LANCER
and refuse to
con S i'd er the
a m e n d m e Mt,
sponsored by
Senator Doug
las, Democrat,
Of Illinois.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Annexation Bill Revised

The Virginia General Assembly
is considering a revised version Of
q bill to restrict cities from an
nexing more territory. The Or
ginal bill failed to pass earlier
this session.
Under the revised bill, the filing
Of any new annexation suits would
be prohibited until July /, 1852,
unless the consent Of the city and
county concerned is given.
Meanwhile. the House passed
and sent to Gov. Battle a bill
creating additional judgeships in
the 35th circuit OF Arlington and
the 18th circuit made up Of Fair
fax and Prince William Counties
and Alexandria.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Dr.. jane Sabine Dies;
Pioneer ,Womun Surgeon
.ks the Assoeia,sd press

Z \ >
BOSTON, Mar. 1-Dr. Jane D
Sabine, So. one ofsthe first women
elected to the American College Of
Surgeons. died yesterday!t3
DR.. Sabine was q native aoi
Bristol, r. l., and was graduated
from Smith College in 1888. She
received her medical degree from
the Women's Medical School OF
Chicago in 1894. She was fol
many years a member Of the stan
at New England Hospital 70,
Women and Children. Boston.
She was the widow Of Prof
Wallace c. Sabine. onetime head
of the Harvard University physics
department.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Study Trash CoHectioiI,,s :

Also in Montgomery. the council
directed County Manager Irving
G.. McNayr to make a study to
determine whether the county
should 60 into the trash collec-
ton and disposal business.
The group pointed out that the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, which now provides
such service, does not pick up
refuse from incorporated towns,
outlying portions aof the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Dis
trict, apartment houses having
more than four-family units, COM
mercial and industrial establish
ments and trash unfit for incin-
Grafton.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
| Mistria| Motion
For Judith CopIon
Is Denied by Ryan
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, March 1.-Fed-
eral Judge Sylvester j. Ryan to-
day denied a motion for mistrial
for Judith Coplon, former Justice
Department analyst on trial on
charges of espionage conspiracy.
The motion was made two days
ago by three attorneys appointed
by the court to defend her after
she dismissed Archibald Palmer.
The new attorneys, Leonard
Boudin, Samuel Neusberger and
Sidney S. Berman, contended that
they did not have sufficient time
properly to acquaint themselves
with the case.
Hopes to Finish Today.
A similar motion on behalf of
the former Government girls CO.
defendant, Valentin A. Gubitchev,
Soviet engineer, was denied Mon
day by Judge Ryan when he took
the Coplon motion under advise
ment.
The prosecution hopes to wind
up its case today.
After the final prosecution wit
nesses are heard, the defense will
begin presenting its side of the
story that led to the arrest of the
pair on a Manhattan street cor
|ner last March 4. @
Mr.. Neuburger. Miss Coplon's
chief counsel. said he has not
decided whether the 28-year- old
brunette will take the stand in her
own defense. ~
Testified in Washington. =
Miss Coplon testified extensively
at a previous trial in Washington
at which she was convicted of
stealing United States secrets. That
verdict is on appeal. e
:. In the case here. she and Gus
bitchev are accused of conspiringi
to supply United States data to
Russia.
The Government yesterday in
troduced-over defense objec-
tions-40 papers found in Miss
Coplon's purse on her arrest.
Thirty-four of them were ex-
cerpts from FBI internal security
reports.
One typed notation said: II
have not been able land don't
think I wild to get the top Sc
cret FBI report -. on Soviet and
Communist intelligence actiyi-
ties in the United States"
Pomerantz Questions FBI Man.
The defense maintained the
papers, most of which figured in
the Washington trial, were for
Miss Coplon's use in preparing for
a civil service examination or
for use In a book she planned to
write.
Mr.. Pomerantz asked FBI Agent
Thomas j. McAndrews:
did you see in his (Gubit-
chev's) possession any paper that
belonged to the United States or
pertained to it?"
Mr.. McAndrews. who searched
Gubitchev after his arrest, said
he had not. He said Gubitchev
had $125 in an envelope In his
coat pocket.
Mr.. Pomerantz objected to the
testimony about the money. say
ing it had nothing to do with the
case. But Judge Ryan said that
was for the jury to decide.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Sothoron Bill Passed

The Marland General Assembly
completed action on the contro-
versial Sothoron bill to reorganize
the Prince Georges County gov
ernment and sent the measure to
Gov. Lane.
Before it cleared the House,
however. Montgomery Delegate
John r. Reeves noted that the
bill had been strongly opposed by
many county residents and that
his delegation saw no reason for
its passage.
Evening star., 1950-03-01


Johnston and LANCER feel very
strongly about the matter. They
feel the Douglas amendment is
deliberate attempt to bypass their
committee.
1--WE have not taken a stand
either for or against reducing
Government employees annual
leave" a committee spokesman
said. But we are opposed to any
attempt to settle this question by
going over the committees head.
The matter Of annual leave is for
our committee to decide"
Under Senate rules. Senator
Douglas will need a two-thirds
majority vote for his amendment
to survive a point of order raised
by Senators Johnston and LANCER.
Capitol Hill observers feel Senator
Douglas cannot muster the neces-
sary votes.
And it's pretty definite the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee has
no intention Of doing anything to
reduce Federal employees annual
leave this year.
Senator Douglas legislative rid
er, besides trimming the rs days
annual leave to 20. also would re-
duce Federal workers sick leave
from Is to IL days. And it would
increase postal workers annual
leave from is to 20 days.
The postal groups belonging to
the AFL, however. have decided
to oppose the Douglas amendment
in its present form. Postal union
leaders say that, while they are
anxious to have their members
receive the same annual leave
benefits as the rest Of the Gov
ernment's workers, they don't
want to be a party to any move to
trim the leave of classified en-
ployes. 81
Thomas Walters. operations ldi-
rector Of the AF'L Government
Employees Council, which includes
the postal as well as the classified
employees unions in the AFL, yes
terday sent kilograms to top
Democratic leaders in the. Senate,
urging defeat Of the Douglas
amendment. '
OVERSIGHT-The pending bill in
Congress to give within-grade
salary promotions to veterans in
Government for the time they
spent in the armed services has
s,s.sra,gs 2 serious &s oversight that should be-
q The bill applies to veterans who
entered the Government for the
first time after the war, since other
veterans already have received
credit for within-grade pro-
motions. But the measure does
not provide for per diem workers
who lost out on within-grade pro-
motions, because they were tn the
armed forces at the time that their
jobs were put under the Classifl-
cation Act. These employees also
should be brought into the bill.
X
UNIFORMS - Bipartisan sup
port has developed in the House
Civil Service Committee for legis-
lation to supply a 500 free uni
form allowance annually to all
Government employees required to
wear uniforms in their work.
Identical bills to carry out these
provisions have been introduced
by Representative Rhodes, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania. and Hagen,
Republican Of Minnesota, both
members Of the committee.
GAO-Controller General Lind
say Warren has told the Senate
Executive Expenditures Commit
tee he hopes to reduce employment
in the General Accounting ONCE
still further.
Mr.. Warren told the commit
tee the GAO already had reduced
its payroll from $4,000 employees
to 5000 during the past few years.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Ground Crews Strike
AS Wage Talks Fail
|At American Air|ines


nationwide strike against Ameri-
can Airlines today, but the line
stated it was maintaining its
flight schedules.
Hangers of the airline at Ma
tional Airport here and in "a
other. cities were being picketed.
The ground crews, members of
the Transport Workers Union
(CIO), began the strike at 1880
am, after last-minute Federal
mediation efforts failed. The
workers have been seeking wage
increases and other contract i'm
provements.
IS Employed Here
A spokesman for the airline
said approximately rs workers
were employed by American in
ground crews here. and most"
of them were staying away from
work.
Approximately 1900 employees
are affected nationally, according
to the union.
Negotiations on a new contract
collapsed last night.
A contract which expired last
December 81 had been extended
until today.
Wire Sent to Employees.
Several hours before the 7:30
m. deadline, C. r. Smith, presi-
dent of the transcontinental air
carrier. telegraphed day-shift en-
ployes.
1--WE intend to continue operat-
ing the airline" he informed them.
"We request and expect all EN-
ployes to report for duty"
Federal Mediator Lawrence
Farmer tried vainly to head off
the work stoppage.
Officials of American here said
they would try to keep their planes
moving in and out Of National
Airport. They would not predict
how long they could operate in
the face of the strike.
Flights Number "A A Day.
American has "A flights a day
arriving or departing at National
Airport.
Ground crewmen here include
leaders, cleaners and mechanics.
At La Guardia Airport in New
York. approximately 500 day-shift
employees were involved, according
to the Associated Press. Ameri-
can has n domestic flights into
and out of New York.
When contract talks there
ended. James Horst, director of
the unions air transport division,
blamed the company for the
breakdown.
'The union has exhausted every
means to get a peaceful solution
of this dispute" he said.
Company Calls Strike Illegal.
The company, on the other
hand, charged that the strike was
contrary to the Railway Labor
Act, and illegal"
A company official stated the
act requires a 30-day waiting
period before q, strike, together
with an offer of arbitration.
American operations in Phila-
delphia, Boston. Detroit. Chicago,
Cleveland, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and Fort Worth were among
those affected by the strike.
The stoppage was Ilotr1expected
to Affect overseas opera tions sof
the line. according to company
officials.
The TWU has been asking q
20-cent hourly wage increase. a
job security clause and other
benefits.
Maintenance workers now get
from $1.02 to $2.14 an hour;
mechanics are paid from $l.58 to
$l.90. and inspectors get from
$1.96 to $2.14.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Bankruptcies Set Record

Seven bankruptcy petitions
were filed last month in Federal
District Court at Alexandria
q record number for such q Pc
riod in recent years.
According to court attaches,
rarely are more than two cases
fled in any one month.
The petitioners included oper-
atOrs Of q bakery and a sport
ing goods store. The others
were individuals.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Top Civil Service Unit Senators
To Block Leuve-Cut Rider
By Joseph Young

The top Democratic and Republican members of the Senate
Civil Service Committee will strongly the amendment
duce Federal employees annual leave deficiency
preparations bill
Both Chairman Johnston of the committee
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Weather Report

District of Columbia Fair
windy and colder this afternoon
tonight and tomorrow. Lowest
tonight near 26. Colder tomor-
row night.
Virginia-Fair windy and much
colder tonight and tomorrow ex-
cept for occasional snow furries
in mountains. Low tonight 20 to
Is in west and near 80 in east
portion. Colder tomorrow night
Wind velocity. % miles per
hour with gusts to 80; direction
west.
River Report
(From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferr,
and at Great Falls. Shenandoah cloud!
at Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1950-03-01

Israel is helping Arab farmers
re- establish their farms with seed
and draft animals.
Evening star., 1950-03-01

fBe sure to listen at GAS pm.
eUery Saturday oDer WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
ne1DS and UieWs of the Govern
nlent Scene.)
Evening star., 1950-03-01

About IS per cent of all the iron
ore mined in America is taken
from open pits. z7.*~,@
Evening star., 1950-03-01

And, he added the agency hopes
to trim its personnel even more
Mr.. Warren gave no specific
figures on contemplated reduc-
tions, however. nor did he say
when they would occur.
X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Civil
Service Commission has an
nounced exams for medical Of
ficers, $5,400 to $6,400 a year; to-
bacco inspectors. $2.650 annually;
archive and library assistants
$2,450 to $3,100; herbarium aides
(plant mounting, $2,450 to $2,650
and museum aides, $2,450 to So
1928. {. Elmer P Wohl has been
appointed secretary and execu-
tive assistant of the Defense
Departments Personnel Policy
Board. Charles Folk has been
elected president of Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing Lodge 2s
of the AFL American Federation
of Government Employees. Others
elected were George Galligan. vice
president; Mrs. Laura Willeke
recording secretary; Mrs. Lillian
Cook. secretary-treasurer, ano
Elizabeth Franklin, sergeant-at-
arms.
Evening star., 1950-03-01

UI NOIVH DdKOCd, CHe groups Top
ranking Republican member, will
raise point of order to the
amendment, declaring it is not
Evening star., 1950-03-01

H1Hh ana Low TOT XeStefdAy,
High, 40, at 1850 Pm.
Low, %, at $40 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 10, on January 20.
Lowest, 10. on February 20.
Evening star., 1950-01-12
Dorothy Dix
Girl Asks if She Should Marry Man
When They Must Live With His Mother

DEAR MISS DIX: I have been
engaged to a boy for three years
and we are no closer to marriage
than when we started. He is the
sole support of his mother, who
is a woman SO years old, and he
Goes not make enough money to
support two homes. We could get
married if I would consent to live
with his mother, but don't think
that is a sound investment for a
happy marriage. although she is
nice. He says if I loved him that
would be willing to make this
sacrifice for him. but I say that
it is because I love him that I am
afraid to risk breaking up our
marriage.
What should I do?
NINETEEN.
Answer: You will find the an
swer to your problem in your own
heart. Look carefully into that
and try to find out whether you
love your fiance so much that the
very thought Of life without him
is intolerable.
If you feel that existence with
out him will be cinders, ashes and
dust. then go ahead and marry
him. Notwithstanding the handi-
cap of a mother in law. But play
fair. Don't take your happiness
at the expense of that of the man
and his mother.
OF course, a marriage has a
better chance of success if young
couple can 60 off by themselves
and set up their home alone. But
there are many cases, like yours,
in which a man cannot support
two establishments and where it
is necessary for his mother to live
with them.
Whether this Is curse or a
blessing depends, as a general
thing, upon the spirit in which the
young bride meets her mother in
law. The mean mother in law Is
the exception rather than the rule.
It is perfectly possible for the
young wife to make a friend of
her mother-in-law and to really
find in her another mother.
Mothers-in-law can be an ever
present help in times of trouble,
especially when the babies begin
to come, and an overworked and
overtired young mother is glad
enough to have a little assistance.
It seems to me that a woman
cares very little for a man if she
lets a little thing like bugaboo
of mother-in-law scare her off
Evening star., 1950-01-12

from marrying him. But you are
right about one thing. and that is
that if you are going to let the
idea of living with a mother-in-
law keep you from marrying this
man you had better break the en-
gagement off now. It is folly for
you to tie yourself longer to a
man whose conditions of marriage
you cannot alter and will not ac-
.cept.
DEAR MISS DIX: We are two
old maids and each of us has a
chance to marry, but our friends
names are so ridiculous that we
hesitate to accept. Do you think
that we should let a thing like
that stand in our way, since
neither of us will probably ever
have another opportunity to
marry? M. w. AND B. H.
Answer: Certainly not If the
men are o. K. After all, what's
in name, and won't putting
MRS" before even a homely
name redeem it?
Evening star., 1950-01-12
Symposium Announced

Woolsey w. Hall. president of
the Federation of Civic Associa-
tions, will participate in a SYM
postum on civil rights at the
meeting of the Pleasant Plains
Civic Association at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Monroe School. Colum-
bia road between Sherman and
Georgia avenues NV. Also ON
the panel will be Mrs. Margaret A.
Haywood and Huver I. Brown, at
torneys.