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Evening star., 1950-03-15
NeeIy 10 Back District
Labor Law Modernization

Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee has promised
his "active support" to proposals
for a Labor Department in the
District Government and moderni-
zation Of local labor law.
He announced his intention, fol-
lowing a conference yesterday
with leaders of several labor or
ganizations. headed by c.. F. Prel-
Ter, president of the Central Labor
Union (AFD.
Suggested legislation would in
clude a modernized child labor
law. increase in employment
compensation benefits from the
present $40 a week for 20 weeks
to $50 a week for 26 weeks and
payment of District wages In cash
on regular pay days.
MIR. Preller said efforts will be
made to enlist support of other
labor organizations and interested
agencies in the District, These,
he said. include the Washington
Industrial Council tCIO) end the
Railway Labor Executives Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
z GIs on Trial as Part
OF Soviet Kidnap Rinq
BY the Associafed Press

SALZBURG, Austria, Mar. Is
Two American soldiers accused Of
acting as agents of a Soviet kid
naping ring pleaded not guilty
today before a court-martial.
Sergt. John Frankey of New
York City and Corpl. Karl Abel
of Bolivar. Mo-, are jointly &C
cused of common law kidnapping,
false Imprisonment, private cor
|respondence with a foreign power
and misuse of an Army vehicle.
Corpl. Abel also is charged with
theft Of an Army radio trans
mitter.
If found guilty, the soldiers can
be sentenced to life Imprisonment.
According to an official Army
statement, Mr.. Abel made contact
with a Russian-directed kidnapping
ring last September when he tried
to sell an Army radio transmitter
on the Vienna black market.
He and Sergt. Frankey subse-
quently were hired to abduct
Oswald Eder from his home in the
British sector in Vienna and turn
him over to Soviet agents outside
the city. The alleged kidnapping
took place last November IL. The
men said they were paid 1000
Austrian SchillingS (about $3.50,
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Movies
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commercialism" of RKO studios
in releasing the picture "Strom-
boil" about the time Miss Berg
man gave birth to Mr.. Rossel-
lini's son. Miss Bergman was the
star, Mr.. Rossellini the director
RKO Defends "Stromboli."
He said that action sets an all
time low in shameless exploitation
and disregard for good public
morals
The Senator's broadside brought
quick response from RKO. In
Hollywood, a studio spokesman
came to the support of "Strom-
boil" but offered no defense te
the shots directed at Miss Berg
man.
There is plenty of censorship
in the United States today" the
spokesman said. "and even the
most severe of these existing CEN
sorship bodies have approved the
picture 'Stromboli' and have seen
fit to judge it on the contents OF
the picture, not on the private
lives of the artists associated with
it,"
Following his Senate speech
yesterday, Senator johnson told
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Visiting Scotsman, 80, Leaves
A-Bomb off List of Problems
Ex-SoIvotion Army
Commissioner Urges
AngIo-U. S. Unity

David Lamb, 83-year-old re.
tired Salvation Army commits
sioner visiting here from his ma.
tive Scotland, is a most unusua
man-he does not believe the
atomic bomb is a major worlo
problem.
In an interview yesterday, the
'sprightly Scotsman listed 10 worlc
problems.
Asked about the bombs absence
from the list. Mr.. Lamb replied
That's incidental. Let's first
have the closest cooperation be.
tween the United States anC
Great Britain. That will spell
permanent peace and then We
can tell Russia where to get of
AS for the Soviet Union, the
self styled goodwill ambassador
from the United Kingdom hae
this observation:
I'VE say that Russia is a 10(
years or 200 years behind the
times and then we proceed a.
once to apply present-day stand.
ards to her. To me that does mo-
make sense"
Another of his world problems
is "the color bar" and on this
subject, he has this comment:
"A frank recognition of the
Evening star., 1950-03-15
John A. Patterson, Jr.,
Named Outstanding
D. {. Baptist Layman

John A. Patterson, jr., 1924
Thirteenth street NV, was pre-
sented an award as the Districts
outstanding Baptist layman for
1949 at a meeting last night of the
Baptist Brotherhood Council Of
Washington.
The award was given to Mr.. Pat
terson in the First Baptist Church
by DR.. M. Chandler Stith, execu-
tive secretary of the District
Baptist Convention. About $50
Baptist Brotherhood Council
members were present. Herbert
w. Ludwig, president of the or
ganization, presided.
A member of Calvary Baptist
Church, Mr.. Patterson is life
member of that church's Sunday
school and has been superintend-
ent of the young peoples depart
ment for the last eight years.
He is active in many church or
ganizations, among them the Or
ganized Bible Class Association,
the District Baptist Convention,
and the Washington Federation of
Churches. He Is manager of the
! special service section commercial
department for Bell Telephone CO.
The citation said Mr.. Patter-
sons many services were rem
dered graciously, willingly, sin
cerely, prayerfully, effectively and
equitably. without the hope of re-
ward, as humble servant of his
Master"
Representative Hays, Democrat,
OF Arkansas told the gathering it
was too bad District residents
ARE denied the privilege of max
ing decisions about their govern
ment." The fact that they do not
have the vote docs not make
sense to me-" the legislator de-
clared.
Maintaining it is the duty of
the church to be interested in
measures for good government,
Mr.. Hays pointed out Germany as
an example of what happens when
the church fails to declare itself
against evil in politics.
The Rev. r. Edward Dowdy,
assistant pastor of the First
Baptist Church, welcomed the
| group.
Evening star., 1950-03-15

tennial anniversary are ready for
actual operation.
ut has been found necessary
to postpone the Freedom Fair for
"a year. Certain legal questions
must be settled, and a suitable
site must be chosen, before final
decision can be reached on the
eventual size and scope of the fair.
Calls for Full Support.
IT hope that all these problems
will soon be resolved; for the
Freedom Fair can, by its demon
stration of the growth of our Ma
ton under free enterprise, do
much to show to the world the
strength of our institutions.
THE remainder of the plans for
the observance of the 150th ami
versary of the establishment of
the Federal Government in the
city of Washington are we'll ad-
vanced. Collectively they will
provide a stimulating and inter-
esting program, one which should
attract many thousands of our
citizens to Washington to join
with us in the celebration and
help to give it the truly national
character it should have.
THE work of the commission
deserves the full support of the
citizens of Washington. I am sure
that they will welcome this oppor-
tunity to manifest their faith in
our governmental system, of
which the City of Washington is
a noble symbol"
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Both Major Parties
Are Pi|ing Up Dollars
For 50 Campaign

The two major political parties
appear to be piling up cash for
the 1850 congressional elections.
The Democrats and the Re
publicans each took in more money
than they spent, in January and
February, they reported to the
clerk of the House. The law re-
quires national political organiza-
tions to file financial reports
periodically.
Due to the $100-a-plate Jeffer-
sorl-Jackson dinners and a hefty
carryover from last year, the Dem
ocratic campaign Golfer is bulging
with close to ST million.
Dinner Took in S427,447.
The Democratic National Com
mittee reported that it took in
$147,604 in miscellaneous contri-
buttons during the first two
months of 1850 and spent $142,-
989. 1t started the year with
$612,082 in the bank.
On top of that, the Jefferson
jackson Dinner Committee re-
ported revenues of $427,447 and
disbursements of $8,097 up to
February %. But Neale Roach,
director of arrangements for the
big dinner, said the expenses will
run to about $4,000.
Whether the Democrats will
have to kick-in with the 20 per
cent Federal tax on the dinners
hasn't been settled. The Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau is working on
that angle now.
COP Spent Less.
While the Republicans didn't
take in as much as the Democrats,
they spent less. The National
Committee reported total receipts
for the two months of $148,325,
and expenditures of S122.767.
Compared with some recent COP
reports, the first 1850 accounting
was rosy one.
The law doesn't require the po-
litical parties to show how much
balance they carried over from
last year, and the Republicans
didn't list theirs.
Republicans held no expensive
dinners. Their big affair was the
dollar box lunch in honor of Lin
coin. The COP financial state
ment didn't give financial details
on this affair.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
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ton under free enterprise do
much TO show to the world the
strength of our institutions.
Paul M. Massmann, the newly
appointed general manager of the
Sesquicentennial commission, in
dicated to the members that he
favored the site at the foot of
East Capitol street for the Free
dom Fair. This was the original
site selected for the fair.
Mr.. MaSsmann said that proper
utilization Of that location prob
ably would provide enough exhibit
space for all interested and enough
to finance the project. One of the
arguments against the East Cap
itol street site has been the re-
stricted space.
He said the exhibit buildings
originally planned for the site in
the shape of the letters "USA," !"
probably will be abandoned. Those
buildings would have provided
about 400. 900 feet of exhibit space
The celebration to observe the
l50th anniversary of the arrival
OF the Federal Government in
Washington has divided into two
parts because of difficulties in
getting the Freedom Fair Or
ganized. One is called plan A.
a series of special events sched-
uled throughout this year, in
cluding Paul Green's symphonic
drama in the amphitheater be-
ing built in Rock Creek Park
Plan B is the Freedom Fair post
poned until 1851.
Text Of Statement.
couragement was read at the be-
ginning of the meeting. The text
follows:
i have examined reports on the
progress made by the National
Capital Sesquicentennial Com
mission and have been encour-
aged to note that many of the
dltficulties caused by the long
delay in obtaining an appropria-
ton for the work of the commits
sion are now being surmounted.
Because Of lack of funds the
commission was faced with the
difficult task of creating a cele-
bration of major proportions in
less than third of the time
usually available for such pur-
poses. The commission work has
now reached a point at which a
number Of its plans for a suit
able observance of the sesquicen-
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Post Office Defends
Envelope Sales as
One Profit Method

The Post Office Department
may lose money on a number of
its operations, but selling stamped
envelopes isn't one of them, ac-
cording to Robert E. Fellers. dep
uty assistant Postmaster General.
Mr.. Fellers appeared before a
House Post Office subcommittee
to oppose legislation which would
require the department to stop
selling envelopes imprinted with
a return address.
The department has been SELL
ing them for IS years, he said,
and usually has been able to turn
a small profit.
Several committee members in
dicated that wasn't the way they
heard it-that the Government
was selling envelopes at loss in
competition with private manu-
facturers and printers.
But Mr.. Fellers insisted all costs
were figured in when the depart
ment awarded the contract to a
private firm for printing of the
envelopes with stamp and with
or without return address.
The popular No. envelope costs
the Government $3.50 a thousand
for the printing. and ethis service
costs the purchaser $4.24. he said.
Postage is additional.
Most of the post Office patrons
who want their names and. ad-
dresses printed on envelopes are
modest users of the mails, he said
principally individuals or small
businesses in rural areas.
Mr.. Fellers noted that weekly
newspapers operating job printing
shops were in the forefront of the
campaign to- abolish the return
address printing. He indicated he
thought they should be ashamed
of themselves. AS a matter of
fact, he said, they benefit more
by the free postage concession
given such papers within the
county of publication than they
would by the job printing busi-
ness represented by the envelopes.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Thomas Circle Citizens
Oppose BiraciaI Pools

The Thomas Circle Citizens As
sociation last night opposed the
use of District swimming pools
on a non-segregated basis.
' The group also reiterated a pre-
vious stand against the use of
Central High School by colored
students especially because this,
too, deprives white children of q
pool this summer"
The question of the high school
shift was referred to the asso-
cations Law and Legislation
Committee for legal study.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Sweden Is Doubtful
Court Will Recognize
Berqmon Divorce
BY the Assoeiofed Press

STOCKHOLM, Weden,
Mar. 15.-A Swedish Foreign
Office spokesman said to-
day it is doubtful" whether
the Stockholm Circuit Court
ever will recognize Ingrid
Bergman's Mexican divorce
from DR.. Peter Lindstrom.
IF the Svea Hovraett Cir
cult Court) does not recognize
the Mexican divorce decree of
Miss Bergman" the spokes-
man added, "she cannot
marry Director Roberto)
Rossellini in either Italy or
Sweden, because both coun-
tries are parties to the same
marriage convention Of 1902.
In order to get married
they will have to go to a
country which is not a party
to that convention, such as
the United States or Mexico"
Evening star., 1950-03-15
; Flyers Parachute Safely
After JET Planes Collide
BY the Associoted Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex
Mar. 1.-two jet planes collided
two-miles above New Mexico
yesterday and three airmen para
chuted safely.
The planes were travelling ap-
proximately $50 miles per hour
The crash was over Sandia spe-
cial weapons base. where the
A-bomb is assembled.
The planes were part of four
ship formation enroute from Will
liams Air Force Base in Phoenix,
Ariz., to Albuquerque and thence
to Ell Paso, Tex.
Two aviation cadets-W. S.
Vance of Fort Worth, Tex, and
G. r. Eaton of Lawrenceville,
nl.-received scratches and bruises
when they landed in the foothills
of the Manzano Mountains just
east of Albuquerque.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Bill 10 Ease Burden
Of Potato Surplus Due
To Reach Truman Soon
BY the kssoeioted Press

A far-reaching give-away pro-
gram. intended to lift the surplus
potato burden from the farm
price support plan. may be on
President Truman's desk by the
week end.
The program is included in
Icompromise legislation, that also
seeks to remove inequities in cot
ton and peanut acreage allot-
ments for the 1850 crop. The
measure. approved yesterday by a
Senate-House conference COM
mittee, is expected to get prompt
approval by the two branches of
Congress.
1t would authorize about 1885,
900 additional acres for the 1850
cotton paintings, and increase pea
nut acreage by about 100, 900, prin-
cipally in Alabama and Texas.
Wheat Provisions Dropped.
Provisions for wheat acreage ad-
justments were dropped from the
bill with the understanding that
they will be handled in separate
legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
indicated he might now 60 along
with the compromise because
ITO controls had been
frightened and added wheat acre
age eliminated.
Chairman Cooley Of the House
Agriculture Committee said the
compromise sis not all I wanted,
but is substantially better than
the bill originally passed by the
Senate" He said he expected
the bill to be on Mr.. Truman's
desk by Friday night.
What 1t Does.
Here's what the compromise
does:
Potatoes
The Secretary Of Agriculture is
authorized not only to give away
surplus potatoes bought by the
Government but also to pay the
transportation for their delivery
to such recipients as public and
private non-profit institutions
and organizations.
The bill provides 1850 price sup
ports for only those potatoes pro-
duced by farmers operating under
marketing agreements or, if it
is too late to institute such agree
ments generally, the supported
growers must operate under a pro-
gram devised by the secretary for
orderly movement of the spuds to
markets.
Details Due Later
For 1851 the bill provides sup
ports only for potatoes operating
under a marketing quota system.
Details of this system will be
worked out in separate legislation.
Cotton
No farmer receives an acreage
allotment lower than IS per cent
of the average amount of land
planted to the crop in 1916. 1947
and l948. Nor shall his allot-
ment be reduced to less than As
per cent of the amount of land
planted to cotton in any one of
these three years. This is de-
signed to erase inequities under
the cotton allotments that already
have been made. This applies
only to the 1850 crop.
. Peanuts
This section of the bill adds
about $4,000 acres of Texas allot-
ments and about $4,000 to Ala
bama's paintings.
Peanut farmers may plant all
they wish in 1850 but they get
supports only on their allotted
acres. Peanuts produced on acres
outside the allotment may be sold
for oil.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Alexandra Seminar
For Cofe Men Storts

A seminar for operators and
managers of Alexandria food es-
tablishments was started today by
the City Health Department.
All persons in the restaurant
business can be instructed dur
ing the three-day program, ac-
cording to DR.. Thomas F. Nc
Cough, city health officer. He
estimated 40 operators would at
tend each day.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
ADVERTISEMENT.
WASHINGTON BOY
ADVISES FELLOWS

"Any kid who thinks he doesn't
like cereal just ought to taste
Ranger joe" says Mickey Darn
stead, age 5.
Right Mickey! Ranger Joe
Honey Favored Popped Wheat was
invented to make cereal eating real
fun. Young folks say it tastes good
as candy. So crisp and crunchy
they eat it right from the bag for
school lunches, Mother, If there's
any cereal priblem at your house
ask your grocer for Ranger Joe
Popped Wheat.
Evening star., 1950-03-15

a reporter that neither Miss Berg
man, once his favorite actress, no
Mr.. Rossellini, Italian movie di
rector, will be welcome as wit.
nesses at the committees hearing
when they are held a month
hence. He said they had for
feited their right to return to thil
country. Miss Bergman is a ma.
tive of Sweden.
Johnson Denounces Rossellini.
Mr.. johnson said in the Senate
that Miss Bergman. who bore 8
son to Mr.. Rossellini when SHE
was still married to DIR. Petel
Lindstrom, had taken a nose dive
from the highest pinnacle of re.
spectability. fame and glory. tt
the role Of a common mistress.
He dismissed Mr.. Rossellini a.
vile and unspeakable" and IS
common love thief"
''The story of Bergman and
Rossellini is indeed a frightful
tragedy filled with brazen indif-
.ere2ce, degradation, international
intrigue, pathos and humiliation,
Senator johnson said.
Widening his range. the Color
ado Senator gave the Senate a
picture of Hollywood as a place
where:
"Stars 60 to jail for brawling
or peddling REFERS, or they gel
into the papers for negotiating 9
Mexican mail order divorce
whereupon they are cast in a lead
ing role so the industry may cash
in on their notoriety while it is
hot"
Association Defends Industry.
This was denied in the Motion
Picture Associations statement
which said in part:
Hollywood, like every other
community, has its share-but nc
more than it's share-of people
who violate the moral code. The
majority of people in Hollywood
are the finest types of Americans
devoted and loyal to their fam.
lilies and their countries"
The association also spoke out
in defense of motion picture pro.
ducers who, it said, operated under
voluntary production code "tt
assure decency and good taste ii
the content of motion pictures.
1t added, however, that this code
does not apply to the private live.
of actors.
The association contended thai
Senator Johnson's bill woulc
subject the American motion
picture to the same sort of Gov.
lernment slave-control that exists
in all police states" It added
'If it should ever happen that
the motion picture should be
made subservient to Government
ot1C1l 1lCC1OAl do VIC lldFC hllOWl
lit in this country will have van
ished.
"The newspapers, the press
associations, magazines, books
radio, television-all mediums oil
expression would be the newt
able next victims"
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader, said it is
doubtful the Senate can gel
around to acting on the proposed
motion picture licensing measure
in this session of Congress.
But it is on the basis of the
bill that Senator johnson SAID
the Commerce Committee will
hold its hearings, calling top stars
producers and Eric Johnston
president of the motion picture
association.
In his speech the Colorado Sen
ator ssaid Mr.. Johnston was
merely the front for the money
changers of his association.
Evening star., 1950-03-15
Housing
Continued From First Page.)

thorize the Government to spend
SO million for technical aid to
co-operatives in planning projects
after which they could apply fol-
Government mortgage insurance
on the same terms as other
builders.
Although the compromise ap-
peared yesterday to have a good
chance, administration spokesmen
said privately today they believe
the Bricker motion to kill the CO.
operative section entirely will
prove the real test. One highly
placed Democrat said the issue
may be decided by which side
has the smaller number of ab-
sentees.
The other features of the bill,
over which there has been little
controversy, would:
/. Extend for two years the
Title insurance of modernization
loans, with increases in the mort
gage ceilings for the types of
housing handled under this title.
2. Provides for disposal of all
war and veteran temporary hous-
ing to States. cities or institutions.
Also provides for sale of $4,000
permanent war housing units,
with first preference to veterans
organized on cooperative basis.
3. Raises the VA guaranty from
80 to go per cent with a guaranty
limit of $500, in place of the
present $4,000. Also authorizes
$3.50 million to enable VA to make
direct loans where private capital
Is not available.
4. Provides a revolving fund of
$500 million for 40-year loans at
az per cent to institutions of
higher learning to house students.
S. Permits the President to re-
duce authorizations, ratios of
loans to value. or maximum ma
turtles of loans, in the light of
general economic conditions, and
conditions in the building indus
try. Also authorizes $25 million
in loans to aid prefabricated hous-
ing, and puts it under HHFA in
stead of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
To Set Up Mortgage Agency.
The administration controver-
sial plan to help co-operatives
would set up a National Mortgage
Corp, which would make loans to
housing co-operatives for not ex-
ceeding SO years. The Govern
ment would start the corporation
off with it's first 500 million OF
capital stock, which would be re-
tired after the capital reaches $50
million by stock subscriptions
from co-operatives.
The corporation could issue in
sured debentures up to a ceiling
Of 81 billion. If the program wins
congressional approval, only $3.50
million of the debenture authority
would be available this year. The
balance of $3.50 million would be-
come available in July, 1851, SUBJ
ject to presidential approval.
During debate yesterday or
other parts of the bill, Senator
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, &C.
cused spectators of "pocketing 2t
cents of every dollar" the Gov
eminent has underwritten or
some large-scale emergency rental
projects.
He said some developers have
been able to build projects at 7C
cents on the dollar by dealing with
corporations made UP of them
selves, thereby absorbing archi-
tectural, land-development ano
other fees.
He offered an amendment to cut
down the percentage Of Govern
ment guarantee of mortgages or
such projects. He said it woulo
require builders of large scale rem
tai projects to put up Is per cent
of the cost up to $1,000 per family
unit.
Aabout 80 per cent of our to-
Evening star., 1950-03-15

aristocracy Of brains and charac-
ter would help greatly"
Commissioner Lamb explained
he periodically makes visits to this
country to talk with leaders in
Government, Congress, education,
business, finance and science
If I get them thinking along
my lines of thought, then I have
accomplished my mission" he OBJ
served.