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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Call metropolitan 6262
This Teenoger in Trouble
Needs Your Helping Hand

COMBINES the best intentions don't help.
~ Anne chat isn't her real is 17-pretty serious
sincere and looking forward to marriage and family Several
she started going steady" with schoonate
years older and not months they decided become
engaged
They met opposition Annes father grandparents
dvorced) said she young boys mother
widow reluctant to lose her sons financial help.
Then the doctor informed Anne she going
baby
She kept secret for three months Finally the told
and he also told he must marry her right away
license and they set the date Then he refused through
with it.
NNE will have her baby next month decide
n what the baby's future will be.
Anne herself is sureshe says-ha the young she still
loves will return her and make possible keep
her baby But she also knows that if that doesn't happen
only wise thing is to let the baby be adopted.
She cries about it.
Anne at the Florence Crenton Home That's where
she'll have her baby medical care
the homes hospital already getting helpful advice
IF HER baby is to be adopted he will go after weeks to
temporary boarding home, the Chdrens Protective
Anne will have to sign release before her baby
Annes story is true but she could be anybodys daughter
There thousands like her in this comunity-u young
just Welinentioned Those who just unfortunate
must be taken Of Somebody tey-and
babies-have decent lives.
Isn't that somebody you? Add Anne-and her abyo your
Christmas list Call Metropolitan 6262 and offer what
the Community Chest. What give will pay dividends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

of the great quantities of the ore
mined"
Representative Gregory, Demo-
crat. of Kentucky said a labor
force of 10000 men would be re-
quired for construction work near
Paducah. When completed, the
plants will employ about 1000
persons.
The proposed facility is part of
the $1,000, 100000 expansion in
the atomic energy setup as recon-
mended by President Truman.
Location of the new facility will
be west of Paducah, in the neigh
borhood of the Kentucky Ord
nance Works. About 5000 acres
will be required, 1,400 of which
are included in the Ordnance
Works site.
Paducah is the home town of
Vice President Barley.
A private power syndicate has
offered to supply half the cleo
tricity for the plants and the Acc
has tentatively accepted, accord
ing to Representative Gore, Dem
ocrat. of Tennessee. The Tennes-
see Valley Authority would supply
the other half.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Featured Reading
In Todoy's Star

IS THIS OUR LAST HoUR?-Ths
time Of decision is oIreody upon US, &C.
eordins to significant speech by
Senator Lyndon Johnson Of Texos
quoted in todoy's leading editorial. The
Senator believes we ore oIreody at wor
ond should foee thot grim foet in our
preparations for survival.
ECONOMY VS.. ARLINGToN's NEW
SCHOOlS-Whot is being done to
reconcile the views Of those who would
save dollars and those who wont new
schools regardless is discussed in the
second Of series Of articles by Stoff
Correspondent John v. Horner. Poes
B-l.
THE PEOPLE DEBATE THE GREAT
ISSUE NOW POSED BY KoREA-soms
well-thousht-out points ore mode for
ond against O more aggressive policy
in Koreo by readers concerned with q
decision which moy determine wor or
peace in our lime. The editorial poee.
DISTRICT AND MARYLAND AGREE
ON SEWAGE coNTRoL-Lone range
plons ore now shaping up for Wosh-
ineton to treot neorby MoyIond's
sewose to old in cleaning up Potomac
River pollution. See Stoff Correspond
ent jones BirehfieIds story on the
subject, lost of series. Pose 81.
NEW FACES IN coNGREss-Geores
n. Bender, Republican, Of Ohio returns
to his scot os Representative ct large,
hovins served five previous terms. At
the some time it remoins to be seen
whether another 0hioon, Frozier Reoms,
will toke his pIoee on the Republican
or Democratic side, since he detected
candidates Of both porties in hord-
fought election. Pooe :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Revoking Of Hiss Bail
Asked by Government
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. IS. The
Government asked an appeals
court today to revoke the $4,000
bail of Alger Hiss, 46, former high
State Department official con-
victed of perjury.
The prosecution also asked that
Hiss be denied a stay of a man
date ordering him to prison to be-
gin his f1ve-year term.
Hiss has been free in bail since
a Federal jury convicted him last
January 81 of lying when he de-
MED he slipped secret State De-
partment documents to Whitaker
Chambers, former courier for a
Soviet spy ring.
The United States Court of APP
peals unanimously upheld the
conviction last Thursday. Hiss
then applied for a continuance in
bail pending his appeal to the Su-
preme Court.
Clarke S. Ryan. special assistant
to the United States attorney
general. opposed the defense plea
in a memorandum filed with the
United States Court of Appeals
He argued that there was no SUBJ
stantial question of law involved
On the question of a stay of the
prison term. Mr.. Ryan said il
should not be granted "since nc
fairly debatable issue persists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

pages. Cleveland yards. however,
are not tied up.
If the Government should win
contempt convictions against the
brotherhood. the union could be
punished through virtually unlim-
tied fines on its treasury.
The rail strike. meanwhile,
spread to Peoria, H.. and Knox
vile, Tenn. Rail officials said only
three of normal force of 80 yard
crews reported for work today in
the Southern Railway yards at
Knoxville. Peoria, important
freight transfer point, was almost
completely tied up.
Government officials feared that
the yard strikes might spread rap
idly over the country.
Government mediators held out
little hope of ending the walkout
by settlement through negotia-
ton of the wage dispute which
caused the strike.
No formal negotiations we're
Continued on Page AT, Col. ~
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House Group Votes
Funds for 220, 900
New Federal Jobs

Funds for more than 100000
new Government jobs were voted
today by the House Appropria-
tons Committee.
This will include $4,000 to 90
600 jobs in the Washington area.
In reporting the second supple
mental appropriation bill, the
House group authorized about
$4,000 new civilian jobs in de-
Tense agencies. Several thousand
additional jobs were authorized
for bureaus that have someN part
in the National defense program.
The $4,000 new employees will
raise the total civilian employ
ment in the defense agencies to
1,232,000. This will include $685.
900 in Army, 424,00 in Navy, $780,
900 in the Air Force, and $4,000
for the offcie of the, Secretary of
Defense and the mutual defense
assistance program.
The other new jobs authorized
in the measure will be in the I'M
migration and Naturalization Bu-
reau, the Justice Departments
criminal division and the bu-
reau of Old Age and Survivors
Insurance in the Federal Security
Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Nav Embargo Suburbs.

was effective will be moved to its
destination.
May Embargo Suburbs.
Blocked in Washington, thou
sands of packages were diverted
to Alexandria and Silver Spring
postomces today, and the crush
was so heavy that postal authori-
ties feared it might be necessary
to extend the embargo to those
points.
Washingtonians formed long
lines in the postoffice lobbies.
Other heavy deliveries were made
by department stores. The prob
lem was not only that of insult
ficient personnel to process the
mail, but of finding the mail car
space to ship it.
The pile-up of mail cars here
caught postal workers f1at-footed.
Eighty-th three cars stood in the
yards to be unloaded. Mail not
consigned to Washington was
placed on other cars. Before
noon today this number was re-
duced to SIS.
Army trucks were used to trans
port some of the mail to Alex
andria, the Pennsylvania Four
tenth street yards, and the
3. & O.'s lexington yards for
reassignment.
There still was a heavy backlog
of parcels accepted here before
Continued on Page AS, Col. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Post Office Bars Parcel Mai|inq:
Incoming Gifts. Also Under Ban
Embargo Affects
Almost All but
1st-CIuss Matter

Washington and two other
major cities were hit today by
partial mail, freight and express
embargoes at the height of the
Christmas rush.
AS a result of the wildcat rail-
road strike, the Post Office De-
partment last night slapped lid
on incoming and outgoing mail
except first-class matter weighing
8 ounces or less, newspapers and
medical supplies.
The same restrictions, applying
to Chicago and st. Louis, meant
that millions of Christmas pack
ages might be tied up for the
duration of the strike.
Express Also Delayed.
Other effects of the strike tied
up hundreds of loaded freight
cars in the Potomac Yards, Alex
andria, and forced the Railway
Express Co. to reject non perish
able goods. The company would
promise nothing definite on de-
livery of other shipments.
Despite the refusal of switch
ing crews to operate at Union Sta
zion, passenger trains continue to
operate, but only with nlconveni-
ence to many travellers forced to
make connection by bus at out
lying points.
The mail embargo was imposed
at 8 pm. yesterday. Roy M. North.
Washington postmaster, said all
mail posted before the embargo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

to announce broad program for
mobilizing men and materials to
build up the military might of the
United States and her Allies.
Declaration of a state of ma
tional emergency to speed the
marshalling of the country'S re-
sources is to go along with the
message, which will be carried on
radio and television, and beamed
overseas by the Voice Of America.
This could be accompaniment
quickly folloWed-by imposition OF
selective price and wage controls
as a prelude to across-the-b board
curbs when an administrative staff
can be built UP.
Administration officials say also
that the emergency declaration
may be followed quickly by calls
for increases in armed forces man.
power and expenditures.
To direct the industrial mobili-
cation which the vast defense
effort will demand. the admins
tration last night called on Charles
E. Wilson, president OF General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
New $5OOMiIIion Atomic Plant
To Be Built Near Puducuh, XIV.

The House Appropriations Com
mittee TODAY revealed the Govern
ment would build new $500 mil
lion atomic plant near Pa
ducah, KY.
Work on the new facility, which
entails two gaseous diffusion
plants to produce fashionable ma
terials, is expected to get under
way as quickly as possible after
Congress gives its approval by
voting the money.
This development came as the
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced a three-power agree
ment to produce uranium from
South African gold ore. -Four
South African mining firms will
produce the atomic bomb element
and the United States and Britain
will buy it.
THE South African gold ores
represent one of the worlds
largest sources of uranium" the
Acc said in a news release. al
though the uranium content of
the ores is small, potential pro-
duction is relatively large because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Truman Expected to Reveal
Mobilization Plans Tonioht

Electric Co.. to head a new CEN
tralized agency that will tie to-
gether functions now distributed
elsewhere.
Mr.. Wilson, who was executive
vice chairman of the War Produc-
ton Board in World War II, is
one of Americas outstanding
production experts. He was given
much of the credit for the in
dustrial mobilization of the last
war. He is 81.
The industrialist has been close
to President Truman, having
served as chairman of the con-
troversial civil rights committee
and on the advisory commission
on universal military training.
The exact makeup of the new
agency, which would be a counter
part of the old WPB, and formal
announcement of Mr.. Wilson's ap-
pointment as its chief. are due
speedily.
In all of the new defense plan
ming. the standout issue is the
timing for imposition of wage
price controls, for which there Is
strong sentiment in Congress.
Representatives of Senate and
House Banking and Currency
Committees and of the Joint Eco
nomic Committee, who saw Presi-
dent Truman yesterday declared
controls should be imposed as
quickly as they can be admin
istered.
Chairman Taft of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee
called for a presidential announce
ment Of overall manpower and
production goals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
House Republicans
Formally Demand
.0uster Of Acheson
Senate Group Delays
Decision on Issue
Until Later Today
~ for;I AoIi~rd
By Cecil Holland

House Republicans today for
mally demanded the replacement
of Secretary of State Acheson and
"a thorough housekeeping of the
State Department"
The action was taken by resolu-
ton at conference of all House
Republicans.
Representative Martin of Mas
sachusetts, the chairman, said the
Republicans voted "overwhelm-
ingly" in favor of the resolution.
1t was submitted by the House Re-
publican Policy Committee and
adopted after an amendment call
ing for changes in the personnel
and policies" that have caused a
lack Of confidence in the State
Department.
The resolution reads:
In this critical hour. confidence
OF the American people in their
leadership is essential to our Sc
curity.
1T is completely obvious that
Secretary Acheson and that the
State Department under his lead
ership have lost the confidence of
the Congress and the American
people and cannot regain it.
Recognizing this fact, we earn
estly insist for the good of our
country that Mr.. Acheson be re-
placed as Secretary of State. that
there be thorough houseclean-
ing in the State Department. and
changes in the personnel and poll
cies responsible for this lack of
confidence"
Mr.. Martin said a motion by
Representative Javits of New York
to recommit the resolution to the
Policy Committee was cover
whelmingly" defeated. Both the
vote on recommittal and the adop-
ton of the resolution were on a
voice vote.
The resolution. Mr.. Martin said,
will be sent to President Truman
(See ACHESON, Page A-3D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Emergency Declaration
Is War Step, Soviet Says

MOSCOW, Dec. 15.-The Soviet
press today said the declaration of
l state of emergency by President
truman would be "a new step
owards war"
president Truman is expect
ed to announce in radio broad
cast tonight that he will pro-
claim a state of emergency
The Communist Party news
paper Pravda quoted the Wall
Street Journal as saying the effect
of the declaration would be 1.-The
last step before war actions"
A Tass New York dispatch said
the purpose of the proclamation
would be to bolster Western Eur
ope with a sense of American
power, despite "the shocking fail
ures of American interventionists
in Korea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Funds Refused,
City sAir Raid
.Setup Delayed
$4,000 Denied by
House Committee for
Lack of Stable Plan
By Crosby S. Moves

The House Appropriations Com
mittee today denied the District
request for $337,50O for civil de-
Tense after a subcommittee
branded the city's defense plans
as IAN co-ordinated group of
ideas"
Reporting a SIT billion supple
mental appropriation bill to the
House for action, the committee
struck out the city funds, which
had been formally requested by
President Truman and District
officials.
The action will delay installa-
ton of permanent AFRAID
warning system here and other
definite steps for Tightening up
the city's defense system for at
least six months. according to
District officials.
The full committee followed
the lead of its subcommittee,
which had voted to defer action
on the District appropriation
after city officials outlined Wash
ington's civil defense plan in d
closed hearing last Monday.
No Sound Plan Received.
In his report to the full COM
nlittee, Chairman Bates of the
District subcommittee said the
testimony at the hearing dis
closed that mo sound plan was
available"
He said that while the commit
tee is anxious to give the District
civil defense funds "at the earli-
est possible moment" the plan
today is only IAN unco-ordinated
group OF ideas, some of which,
were evolved into a budget esti-
mate and submitted to the COM
mittee as part of a civil defense
plan"
The report added: This is no
reflection on the present acting
director of civil defense Inspector
John E. FondahD but stems from
the fact that the Commissioners
have not seen fit to delegate the
necessary authority to director
or formulate sound plan.
Enactment of Federal civil de-
Tense legislation such as that low
pending will have a great deal
of influence on civil defense ex-
penditures by the District Gov
eminent.
ut is recommended that the
budgetary request of the District
be withheld until such legislation
has been enacted by Congress or
some other prudent plan formu-
lated and then submitted in line
with the overall civil defense pro-
gram"
Would Like to Explain Plan.
Told of the subcommittee report,
Inspector Fondahl said "the OPP
portunity has at no time been pre-
Sented TO us to go into the entire
plan with the committee.
You can't explain an entire
plan in the course of a budget
hearing of about one hour, most
of which is devoted entirely to
budget questions. I'm sure the
committee is not informed as to
our entire plan. We would GER
talnly very much welcome the OPP
portunity to 60 before the COM
mittee and explain to them in de-
tail what we have worked out"
Inspector Fondahl said the
budget request contained no items
which are not needed right now
(See CIVIL DEFENSE, Pig. A-3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Truman Considers
Temporary Freeze
On Prices and Wages
Necessary Adjustments
Would Be Made Durino
o0-Doy Period
By james Y. Newton

President Truman has under
active consideration the issuance
of an order freezing for a tempo
rary period all prices, wages and
salaries in the country, it was
learned today.
The action would have the eff
feet of placing the Nations econ
omy in vacuum until ceilings on
prices and wages could be worked
out for individual industries.
One official said Mr.. Truman
had not made a final decision in
the matter, but that the action
was not provided for in the last
draft he saw of the Presidents
national emergency proclamation
expected to be issued tomorrow.
The official said, however, that
changes were being made almost
hourly in Mr.. Truman's plan and
it was highly possible a general
price-wage freeze would be Or
dered.
Chance Called $3.50.
Another official close to White
House economic planning declared
there was "a flfty-ffty chance"
the President would call for a gen.
eral freeze.
The general order being consid-
cred by Mr.. Truman would be for
80 days-until March is. During
the ensuing period it would be the
hope that the office of Price Di-
rector Michael v. Di Sale and
the Wage Sterilization Board
could make the countless adjust
ments in prices and wages in the
various industries.
| Mr.. Truman was described as
being under terrific pressure"
from Congress and elsewhere to
take more drastic action to curb
imitation than the controls on Sc
lected industries which have been
| forecast.
Situation Change Cited.
Reports of a general price-wage
freeze have been rampant over
the country for more than a week.
But until today it was indicated
that Mr.. Truman definitely would
not take such drastic action at
this time.
However, officials said the stu
alton had changed in the last
| day or so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Red infantry and cavalrymen
under Allied tank, artillery and
air counterattack and against
withdrawing doughboy defenses.
But the Reds kept coming onto
the blazing flatlands of the Sea
OF Japan coast in the Eamhung-
Hungnam port area.
The first major attack was made
by some $500 shouting mounted
and foot soldiers who leaped
aboard American tanks and tore
at them with small weapons and
their bare hands.
Bigger Attacks Expected.
Bigger attacks were expected
tonight out of the force of 100000
Chinese ringed around the
United Nations forces backed up
against the Sea of Japan.
The beachhead was the last
refuge in the Northeast for
around $4,000 Allied troops who
were forced to retreat by the
Chinese entry into the war late in
November.
(The North Korean high COM
mand said the whole United
States 10th Corps was being
evacuated by sea from North
west Korea.)
One American platoon-nor-
mally 40 rif1emen and one junior
oflcer-was cut off and presumed
lost in the initial attack by the
1850 Reds. Another platoon later
was reported surrounded.
A tank-led column failed to
rescue one Of the platoons and
had to fight off Chinese soldiers
who pried at the tanks matches in
frenzied hand combat. The tanks
withdrew unchanged after they
ran out of ammunition.
The bulk of Allied forces in the
SHINING beachhead southwest of
Hungnam withdrew to new de-
Tense positions set up in depth to
the seashore.
Big Battle Raging.
Associated Press War Cores
pendent Stan SWinton with the
Sd Division reported big battle
raging on the Northeast coast.
THE attacking Chinese pulled
up temporarily after over-run-
ming American outpost lines
which were abandoned" he re-
ported. Roaring guns in the
no-man's land indicated that two
surrounded American platoons-
80 to 100 men-fought on.
"The Chinese apparently were
building up to a large-scale as
sault on Chigyong, about 8 miles
west of Hamburg. Chinese in
fantry and cavalry mounted on
stout little Manchurian ponies
moved up from the west and
southwest toward Chigyong.
staff officers expected an i'm
mediate assault against that town.
The assault may begin before
dawn tomorrow"
Massed U. N. artillery is hurting
(Seo HNprA noo. Ao>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
District Post office
Lists Types of Mail
Accepted in Embargo

Here are the types of mail
WaShingtonians can send dur
ing the embargo:
Letters and postcards
weighing 8 ounces OF less
(first-class maiD. airmail Of
all kinds; medicine. drugs.
surgical instruments and
surgical dressings.
These types of mail are
barred during the embargo:
First-class letters weighing
more than 8 ounces, maya
zines and other periodicals,
merchandise and printed mat
ter (third class, parcel post
Fourth class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Defense Agency Gets
Full S1S Billion Asked
From House Group
S2l0 Million SIoshed
From Atomic Program
In Supplementary Bill
BULLETIN

President Truman today asked
Congress for S1.834.911, 900 to
speed UP the stockpiling of stra-
tegic and critical materials. This
would bring the cost of the
stockpiling program to $2,923,-
Gil, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman tonight will
call for belt-tightening on the
home front as he blueprints a
course for this Nation and the
rest of the free world in the
struggle against Communist ag-
erosion.
Speaking from the White House
at 1920 pm, Mr.. Truman is due
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Bulletin
Fire Sweeps Two Houses

Nearly a score of firetrucks re-
spOnded to a twO-alarm fire
which swept the interiors of two
row houses at 1881 and 1929
Holmead place NV. early this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Dewey Urges Complete Mobilization Of
United Stotes immediately. Page ALB