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Evening star., 1950-06-24
By Cecil HoIIond

A Senate Foreign Relations SUBJ
committee investigation of Sena-
tor McCarthy's charges of. COM
munism in the State Department
today seemed headed, more GER
tainly than ever before. toward an
mconclusive result.
That indication was given by
Senator Lodge. Republican, of
Massachusetts, a member of the
investigating committee. He told
reporters the State Departments
loyalty files are in such IAN un-
finished state" that no conclusions
could be reached from them and
that further reading would be a
waste of time.
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland, has been reading the
loyalty files in 81 cases that Sem
ator Mccarthy, Wisconsin Repub-
lican, has said would prove his
charges that the State Depart
ment has harbored Communists,
fellow travellers and security risks.
Having read a cross-section of
the files" Senator Lodge said, II
have come to the conclusion that
they are in such an unfinished
state that, on the basis of the files
alone, 1T would be impossible to
come to any firm conclusion"
Informed of Senator Lodges
comment, Chairman Tydings said:
He is entitled to his opinion.
I have mine"
Senator Tydings has said that
the committees study of the files
would give a complete picture of
the truth or falsity of the Nc
Carthy charges.
Senator Lodge told reporters he
wanted to emphasize that he was
not making any charges of ir-
regularities about the files. ASKED
what he meant by saying they
were in an unfinished state, the
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U. 5. Asked About Story
Radioman Advised Hitler
BY ,hs Assoeia,sd Prsu

Senator Humphrey, Democrat.
Of Minnesota. said yesterday he
has asked top Government otn-
cials whether they have captured
German documents indicating
that Radio Commentator Fulton
Lewis, jr., volunteered advice to
Adolf Hitler in 1910.
Mr.. Lewis denied he gave any
such advice or made remarks at
tributed to him in the purported
documents.
Further, a spokesman in his
Office said Mr. Lewis has a copy
of a letter from an official who
was then in the German Embassy
denying that he ever quoted Mr..
Lewis or heard the commentator
make suggestions attributed to
him.
Senator Humphreys query was
based on a New York Post story
which the Senator placed in the
Congressional Record. The story
said German documents refer
ring to Mr.. Lewis were captured
by the United States Army in
1945.
The story said one report-at-
tributed to Mr.. Lewis-was O
suggestion as to how Hitler
might bring the war to q quick
and satisfactory end. This sug-
gestion was that Hitler should
appeal publicly to President
Roosevelt to bring pressure on
Winston Churchill to end British
resistance. The time was late
July, 1910. when France had been
knocked out Of the war,
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Rent Control Extension
Is Signed by Truman
by the Assoeioied Press

Federal rent controls now will
continue for the remainder OF
this year, and cities wanting tc
can keep them for the first SIX
months of 1851.
A bill extending the rent con-
troll law beyond June 80 was
signed yesterday by President
Truman.
1t calls for end of controls De-
cember 81 except where cities OF
their local governments vote I'd
retain them. In such cases they
could continue locally until June
80. 1851.
Mr.. Truman had asked for a
full years extension. He signed
the bill without comment.
While States and cities retain
the privilege of decontroling, the
new law takes away the power
of State Governors to veto local
decontrol moves. Under the old
legislation, the top executive of
q State could block decontrols in
stituted by city and county groups.
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Railway Switchmen
To Strike Tomorrow;
Accord Is Unlikely
by she AsseSsossd Prs.s

CHICAGO, June 24,-Switch-
men on five biz MidweStern and
Western railroads are due to strike
tomorrow morning. Four Of the
roads have announced they viii
not try to operate.
There was no Sign-early today
of any break in the deadlock
between the AFL SwitchmenS
Union Of North America and the
carriers.
The five roads are the Chicago.
Rock Island g. Pacific. the Chicago
Great Western. the Western Pa
cific, the Great Northern and the
Denver & Rio Grande Western.
Francis A. ONeill, chairman of
the National CRailway) Mediation
Board said late yesterday that
nothing is cooking" in the boards
attempts to bring about a post
ponement, compromise or settle
ment of the dispute. He said the
board was in telephone communi-
cation with both sides.
All the railroads except the
Great Northern have said they'll
quit rolling If the switchmen leave
their posts at 6 am. Oocal time
tomorrow. In San Francisco a
Great Northern spokesman said
that all except so of their SWITCH
men belonged to another union.
and the line would be able TO
carry on.
The strike was called to enforce
the unions demand for a 40-hour
week with 48 hours pay. A fact
finding board appointed by Presi-
dent Truman recommended the
4S-hour week be slashed to 20
with an l8-cent hourly increase
in pay. The union said this would
cut members take-home pay.
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AP Prague Bureau Headed
By American Once AGAIN
By tho Assaeinisd press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. June
24.-rhe Associated Press was rep
resented today in the Czech capi-
tai by an American correspond
ent for the first time in IL weeks.
William N. Oats arrived from
London yesterday to head the
APPS Prague bureau. His prede-
cessor. Nathan Polowetzky, was
expelled April 8 after the govern
ment accused him of unobjective
reporting.
The AP denied the charge
which was not documented.
Since Mr.. Polowetzky left Prague
the AP bureau has been operated
by editorial assistants who are
Czech citizens. They filed only
news material circulated by the
official press agency and radio.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Copetown Senote Votes
1913, to Outflow Reds
BY the Associofed Press

CAPETOWN, South Africa, June
24.-By the narrowest of margins
the South African Senate yester-
day passed a bill to outlaw commu-
nism. The final vote was 10 to 18
but the Senate President voted for
the bill to break the tie.
The lower house of Parliament
has passed the bill through two
readings. It will be adopted on
third reading. The Communist
Party abolished itself in South
Africa earlier this week as the
government drive to outlaw COM
munism in South Africa moved
toward success.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Bank Of America Plan
To Expand Is Checked
By Federal Reserve
BY The Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-A
move by the worlds biggest bank
to expand by $3.50 million wa,
checked for the moment today.
The Bank Of America an
nounced yesterday it had acquired
~ California banks from Trans
america. a bank holding corpora
tion. No sooner was the an
nouncement out than the Fedora.
Reserve Systems Board of Gov
ernors acted.
It obtained a temporary re-
straining order in the Ninth
United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals. The board has hearings
under way. due to resume July II
In Washington. on its charge that
Transamerica tends toward being
a monopoly. The board argues
that Transamerica and Bank OF
America are one and the same.
Board Hearings Cited.
Shortly after Bank of America
announced the % banks would
join its 532 other banks, effective
today, the Federal Reserve Gov
ernors obtained the temporary
restrainer on grounds that the
deal affected its jurisdiction in
the monopoly proceedings.
That brought a sharp rejoinder
from Transamerica's president.
Sam H. Husbands. He said Trans
america had all the approval
needed for the transaction and
would prove it when a hearing is
held June 28 to make the injunc-
tion permanent.
THE transaction was expressly
approved by both the United
States Controller of the Currency
and the superintendent Of bank
ing for the State of California,
who have exclusive jurisdiction to
act on such matters Mr.. Hus-
bands said.
nlSHt rs QucStlOHcU.
THE board has no legal right
to intervene as we are confident
the court will determine when the
matter is presented"
In Washington, Controller of
the Currency Preston Delano
heard of the court action without
comment. A spokesman for the
Federal Reserve Board there also
said he has nothing to add
Mr.. Husbands had announced
the % banks were sold to Bank of
America for about $18 million
netting Transamerica "a substan-
tial profit." That announcement
followed the one on the acquisi-
ton made by L. M. Giannini,
Bank of America President.
Mr.. Giannini said Mr.. Delano
had approved an increase Of about
$71 million in the banks capital
accounts, following which permits
were issued covering individual
purchases.
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Lodge Strengthens Prospects
Of Dead End in Red Inquiry

Massachusetts Republican eX.
planned that in many cases in the
files an allegation would be made
and such allegation never proved
nor disproved.
The files. he added, were full OF
loose ends.
He estimated there would be ar
average of 10 witnesses required
in each case. Since there are 81
cases under study, he continued
that would mean more than SOC
witnesses.
That, he added, would be an
impossible task for the Senate
committee. Therefore he renewed
a suggestion for the appointment
of bipartisan commission to take
over the committees work.
Meanwhile the Senate commit
tee continued to press the Justice
Department for the full transcript
of an FBI-recorded talk which
John S. Service had in 1945 with
Philip Jaffe, editor of the now
defunct Amerasia magazine.
Mr.. Service, State Depart
ment Foreign Service officer, has
been accused by Senator Nc
Carthy of Communist leanings.
He also figured in the 1945 Amer
asia case involving the alleged
theft of secret Government docu-
ments.
The committee is seeking the
transcript of the Service-Jaffe
conversation to complete the
story of assertions that the For
eign Service officer gave secret
military information to Jaffe.
Mr.. Service swore under oath
that he never knowingly passed
secret military information to
Jaffe and has no recollection OF
the conversation said to have been
recorded by the FBI during q mi
crophone surveillance of the di-
plomat and JafTe in Jaffe's Hote
Statler room five years ago.
He will be Questioned about the
FBI testimony in a closed commit.
Itee hearing Monday. e$s4 -
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Minority Issued Report.

Tomorrow some cloudiness and
continued quite warm.
Virginia-Showers and thun-
derStorms early tonight followed
by partly cloudy, low around 70.
Tomorrow some cloudiness and
quite warm, chance of late after
noon showers in west portion.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, u miles per hour;
direction, South-southwest.
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Atomic
Continued From First Page)

Of New Jersey for one-year term
No Senate opposition is expected
when the nominations come ur
for confirmation, probably Mon
day. The House does not act on
nominations.
Senator Mcmahon said Mr.. Pike
will be given a hearing Tuesday
but whether it will be open to the
public depends, he told reporters,
on Senator Hickenlooper'S views.
The terms of all four men expire
June 80. But the expected Senate
approval of Commissioners Dean,
Murray and Smyth will give the
Acc a working directorate should
Mr.. Pixies nomination be held up
for any length of time.
No Chairman Named.
President Truman has not yet
filled the vacancy created on the
commission by the resignation of
Lewis Strauss last April IS.
Neither has he named a perma-
nent chairman.
Presumably, Mr.. Truman held
open the authorized f1ve-year term
for the person to be named chair
man. But there have been un-
confirmed reports that he is con-
sidering both Mr.. Dean and Mr.
Murray for the job.
MIR. Pike, who became acting
chairman following the resigna-
ton of David E. Lilienthal last
February Is, has encountered
some congressional hostility in
the past.
There have been reports around
the Capitol for several weeks that
q fight would develop over his re-
appointment. But thus far no one
has stepped out publicly to take
the lead in the opposition or to
Evening star., 1950-06-24
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny, quite warm and humid,
high in middle COS this afternoon,
followed by showers and thunder
storms late this afternoon and
early tonight. Low tonight 70.
Tomorrow fair and not quite so
warm.
Maryland-Showers and thun-
derstorms early tonight followed
by partly cloudy, low around 70.
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Defense Chiefs
Continued From First Page.0

ternational situation indicated q
need for overseas defenses.
Praises Macarthur.
Asked if Gen. Macarthur would
leave Japan to take a private post
the Secretary said he also had
heard the report and wished 1t
could be "batted down" because
the general was doing a splendid
job and he and we are satisfied
with what is being done in Japan.
The Tokyo conferences brought
about new speculation that the
United States would reopen the
controversial issue of military aid
to the Chinese Nationalists on
Formosa.
The question arose at Secretary
of State AcheSon'S news con-
ference yesterday. bringing q
reply which did not rule out the
possibility of a change in the six
months-o old policy against aiding
FormoSa.
No Indication of Feeling Given.
Mr.. Acheson said the policy
toward Formosa was stated by
President Truman on January
and that the policy still stands
He gave no indication of his own
feeling in the matter.
The President took the posi-
ton that the United States should
not become involved even to the
extent Of providing military aid
or advice to Chang Kai-shek's s
forces on Formosa. Some defense
chiefs have never been too en-
thusiaStic about that stand ano
it is now understood that Mr.
johnson and Gems. Macarthur
and Bradley feel that some as
sistance should be given under
supervision of a military mission
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Mexican Strike OutIuwed

MEXICO CITY, June "a (P.-
The Federal Labor Board yester-
day outlawed a strike Of 5000
coal and zinc miners at Nueva
Rosita, Coahuila State.
BY Mexican labor law. the
strikers now must return to their
jobs within "a hours. Otherwise
the companies may hire new
workers.
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to the CAA office in Chicago. The
pilot did not mention any weather
difhculty. however.
Coast Guard surface craft re-
ported finding some dye marker
in the water near the oil slick
6 miles from shore. Later, 1t was
explained a search plane had
dropped the powder which tinted
the lakes surface a bright blue
green. to mark the place the pilot
spotted the wreckage.
Dye marker is usual equipment
on life RATS. Officials Of the
airline said the plane did not carry
dye marker.
Carried Capacity Load.
st. Paul headquarters of the
airline said the plane carried a
capacity load passengers.
Line officials said they doubted
whether the plane could stay
afloat very long.
There was a crew Of three
aboard the craft. The skipper
was Robert Lind. IS, of Hopkins,
MINI. Co-pilot was Vern F.
Wolfe. IS. of Minneapolis. Stew
ardess Bonnie Ann Feldman, IS,
of st. Paul completed the crew
roster.
The night plane last reported
its position at 1l:l5 pm. (CST)
yesterday. At Minneapolis the
Civil Aeronautics Authority said
Capt. Lind told them he was over
the eastern edge of Lake Mich
igan at the time.
He asked permission to descend
from $500 feet to $500 feet The
CAA denied the request because
there was too much traffic at that
altitude already.
. The CAA said Capt. Lind did
not mention storm conditions.
Sections of West Michigan, how
ever, were lashed by electrical
storms at about midnight. Winds
Of gale force slashed through the
region.
On Nonstop Run.
The plane-Flight 2501-left La
Guardia Field in New York at
1925 pm. (EST) and was due at
Minneapolis at 1923 am. (CST)
on a nonstop run. Airline off,
cials in Seattle said among the IS
passengers. II we're bound for
Spokane. 8 for Seattle and 2 for
Portland, Greg. -.
The Chicago headquarters Of
the Coast Guard dispatched the
cutter Frederick Lee to search the
area as soon as 1t was established
the plane was overdue.
All Coast Guard stations and
State police posts in Michigan
were alerted. Two amphibian
planes droned off over the lake
seeking the missing liner. Early
in the search. police at suburban
White Fish Bay. reported seeing a
light on the lake. After 10 min
utes it vanished, they added.
The naval station at Glenview,
ILL.,, put patrol bombers in the air
when the search alarm was sound
ed. They planned to ride the ra-
dio beams that the Northwest
plane should have followed.
Wreckage Undetermined.
Air National Guard assistance
was also enlisted. The Grayling
Mich. Air Guard unit-with q
planes-was called on by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority. The unit
said it would send out its planes.
The search area was vast, cov-
ering about $4,000 square miles.
The big search turned up con-
fiicting reports. In Chicago Coast
Guard Capt. Daniel Fulford said
that wreckage had been sighted
8 miles off Milwaukee's North
Breakwater Light. Milwaukee
craft. however, could not locate it.
The air route traffic control
center in Chicago said that North
vests Duluth control tower had
heard a constant radio signal
which it could not AK exactly.
Government listening stations
said they could not pick it up.
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say what the specific grounds
would be.
Last Original Member.
Mr.. Pike. So, is a bachelor and
a former member of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. He is
the last original member of the
f1ve-man commission named by
the President in 1946 to take
over the job of directing the
atomic establishment when the
Army relinquished control in
January. 1947.
The Congressional Atomic Com
mittee. launched an investigation
Of the commission in May, 1949.
after Senator Hickenlooper had
charged Mr.. Lilienthal with "in-
credible mismanagement" of the
Nations atomic energy program.
During six weeks of hearings,
Mr.. Lilienthal and other commits
sion members denied the charge
repeatedly.
Last October, the committees
Democratic majority reported that
the inquiry had been "fruitIess in
proving the charges of incredible
mismanagement.'"
Minority Issued Report.
Six Republican members of the
committee - including Senator
Observation-Disclosures out a re-
port of their own saying the in
vestigation had proved that oper-
alton of the atomic project was
wasteful, that it had taken too
much time to build up an A-bomb
stockpile, and that security had
been loosely administered. The
minority report did not repeat
Evening star., 1950-06-24

New Zealand is expanding its
cement production to meet heavy
demands.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

It is estimated that the Mis-
souri, River Valley contains q
quarter Of United States farm
lands,M
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the incredible mismanagement'
charge.
At that time Mr.. Pike-himself
a Republican-retorted that (a)
while some waste had been inevi-
table. it was relatively slight; CD
the Republicans had criticized
stockpiling operations without
knowing how many bombs this
country actually had, and (c) the
security charge was without foun-
dation.
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High and Low OF Last "A Hours.
High, "a, at 5:20 pm.
Low, 81, at $40 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 93. on May 6
Lowest. Is. on March 3,
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Plane

Continued From First Pageo
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say what the specific grounds
would be.
Evening star., 1950-01-13
By Alice Eversmon

The Boston Symphony Orches-
ira, playing its final concert of
the season here last night. was
welcomed by an audience that left
no vacant seats in Constitution
Hall. The limelight of the eve
ming, however, was focused on its
leader, Charles Munich, and the
programs soloist, Francis Poulenc.
Mr.. Poulenc brought his new piano
Concerto" for a first hearing in
this city and, before going any
further, let us thank the COM
poser-pianist for such a pleasant
work.
It has become almost the rule
that a new composition Is synoni-
nous with difficult listening and
strain in grasping it. Not so with
Mr.. Poulenc's work. True, at
times, one regarded its melody and
comparative simplicity with sus-
picion, feeling that, at any mo-
ment, some highly involved turn
would be taken and we would be
back at our old duty Of figuring
out what it was all about. There
were no such traps in the French
composers work and at the end,
the unaccustomed and delight
fully surprising conviction that it
Evening star., 1950-01-13
News of Music
Boston Symphony Gets Ovation Here;
PouIenc Brings His New Piano Concerto

was q thoroughly enjoyable affalr
was quite overwhelming.
Mr.. Poulenc seems to have gath
cred the reduced orchestra he uses
around the solo instrument so that
they could all make music to-
gether. The piano part runs in
and out of the orchestration ex-
cept for the times when it is the
first to state a charming melody.
There is no pretense at depth. and,
search as one will, no emotional
problems to be solved. Many clever
usages of the tricks of his trade
give spice to the writing and there
is sometimes a caustic turn in an
elegant mask. The opening "Al-
legro commodo" holds most of
these and is, perhaps, the most
notable of the movements.
A simple. familiar melody forms
the foundation of the "Andante"
and while its embroidery is un-
complicated. it is never permitted
to become banal. The basic tune
of the "Rondeau a la Francaise"
Is earthly, but leads to some skill
full elaboration that has a mean
ing all its own. Whether pianists
will descend from the heights
where they have struggled with
works like Khachaturian's con-
certo. not to mention the famous
classics, to include 1t in their rep
ertoire will be a question.
They would have to acquire
something of Mr.. Poulenc's ease
and suavity at the keyboard to
equal his performance. The subtle
effects that exist simply because
.of the way the solo passages are
linked to the orchestra would need
a sympathetic vision. AS a pian-
ist. Mr.. Poulenc has a fine, mellow
tone and a deft technique that
responds to the fluent, light and
charming intentions in his Con
certo." It was so unexpected in
its unravelling that the audience
was enchanted and insisted that
its composer and interpreter re-
turn again and again for more
applause.
Mr.. Munich collaborated finely
with the soloist and shared in the
ovation. He led his expert musi-
clans also through many effective
nuances in the Handel water
Music" arranged for orchestra by
Harty. In this work there was no
call for him to rouse the sound
and fury he put into Brahms
Symphony No. T." which ended
the program. According to Mr..
Munch's conception of this Sym
phony," he did a good job. But
Brahms is composer that lends
himself to gentler treatment and
whose dreams and tenderness are
present in each of his compost
tions. Mr.. Munich was very dra-
matte. the orchestra played very
loud and very fast, there were
shadings and individually COM
pelling moments, but it was not
the most satisfying Brahms to be
heard from the Bostonians.