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Evening star., 1950-12-29
Wor-Proved Drug Frees U.S..
Of Need for Asiu's S Morphine

troll of the Federal narcotics law.
Both developed from formulas
captured by the Army in the
secret files of the German I. G.
Farben industries in 1945. They
were perfected by the Army Med
ical Department. the National
Institutes of Health and the Ma
tional Research Council.
DR.. Beecher, an Army Medical
Department consultant who spent
a month in Korea, said the new
drugs were made from cheap and
common chemicals nitrogen,
hydrogen and carbon-and were
equal in every respect to NOR
phine as pain killers.
Furthermore, the new drugs
may be less habit forming.
DR.. Beecher told reporters that
the Korean tests were scheduled
because the Army wanted to see
how the new drugs would stand
up under extreme cold. He re-
ported that the temperature out
side Of Hamhung was 27 degrees
below zero but the drugs did not
disintegrate. as might have been
expected.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

PRINCE GEORGES TEACHERS
Hove teachers in Prince Georges County
become begged down with chores which
force oetuol teaching into the beck.
ground? A former county teacher con-
tends losses to the armed forces or
soloy dissatisfaction ore not wholly to
blame for on elementary teocher short
oee on Poee AS.
FOR SERVlCEMEN'S WEEK END
The Armed Services Hospitality Com
mittee's calender of week end events Of
interest to serieemen appears on Poee
BIZ.
NEW FACES IN coNGREss-John
Cornelius Butler, Republican. comes
bock to the House 70. New York's 44th
district, where he previously served for
seven yeors. New York also sends
new Republican member to the House,
WiIIiom Willioms, recent sheriff Of
Oneido County. See story on Pose Ali.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
PUG, Gas Firm Plan
Appeal 10 High Court

The Public Utilities Commits
sion and the Washington Gas
Light Co. today filed motions in
dicating they intend to take to
the Supreme Court their fight to
get increase in gas rates here.
Last week the United States
Court of Appeals upheld a Dis
trict Court decision which set
aside the increase in rates granted
the gas company by the PUG.
The increase would amount to
about $750.000 a year.
The motions filed today asked
the United States Court of Appeals
to stay issuance of it's mandate
in order to enable the company
and the PUG to prepare and file
petitions with the Supreme Court
The motions stated both the gas
company and the PUG intend to
ask the Supreme Court to review
the decision.
The gas company said it wanted
to continue to impound the money
brought in by the rate increase
since it was granted by the PUG
IN November, 1949. The court had
ordered this 100000 to be dis
trloutea to the customers.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Invasion Force Of 100000
Reported Ready in Siberia
BY the Associated Press

TAIPEI. Formosa, Dec. %
The Central Daily News said to-
day that Russia has 100000 troops
in Siberia for possible use to in
wade Japan and Alaska.
The newspaper, which reflects
the views of the Chinese Ma
tionalist Party, used the report
as an argument for immediate
formation of a Pacific alliance
similar TO the North Atlantic pact.
Unofficial reports from the Red
Chinese mainland said Russia
plans to train l million Chinese
between the ages of IA and II
as a reserve force to be used in
World War III.
The Nationalist Defense Min
istry said the Chinese Communists
have dumped Russian made coun-
terfeit United States currency on
Shanghai. It said the motive was
to weaken the United States cur
rency and to force holders of
genuine United States notes to
exchange them for Chinese Com
muniSt money.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
By John A. Giles

Reactions of wounded men dur
ing the withdrawal down the
Korean peninsula to the Hungnam
beachhead have shown that the
United States need no longer
depend on Asia for pain-killing
morphine.
DR.. Henry K. Beecher of Harvard
University Medical School yester-
day told Of hundreds of dramatic
front-line tests with wounded CTS
and Marines and asserted:
There is no longer any neces-
sity for the United States to stock
pile morphine"
The field trials of methadone
compounds - synthetic twin OF
morphine-followed thousands of
tests in this country. principally
at Massachusetts, General Hos
pital in Boston.
So far the drug is known only
by It's chemical name, levo-iso-
methadone. Another drug. equally
good, is called racemic- -methadone
and already is on the market. 1t
recently was brought under con-
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Democratic Caucus
To Be Asked 10 Study
Seating Of Butler
Senator Anderson to Put
Up Question. Raising
Possibility of Contest

A Senate Democratic caucus
next Tuesday will be asked to con-
slider whether to contest the seat
ing of John Marshall Butler,
Republican Senator elect, of
Maryland.
Senator Anderson, Democrat. of
New Mexico said yesterday he
would present the matter to the
caucus as something that should
be considered.
His announcement raised i'm
mediately the issue of a possible
contest of the seating of Mr.. But
ler and a full-scale investigation
of the Butler campaign.
Printer Tells Complicated Story.
Senator Anderson and others
have received reports on the use
of fake photographs and sour
rilous literature in the campaign
and complicated story of a
Baltimore printers business deal
ings with the Butler campaign
organization.
The printers story involves a
charge that he was taken for a
ride" by three men identified as
being associated with another Re-
publican Senator in an effort to
obtain the return of a letter Mr..
Butler had written to the printer
The letter was a guarantee fron,
Mr.. Butler to pay the printers
bill.
| The printer is William H.
Fedder, 40, owner Of the National
Printing Co., Baltimore, and he
has already given a statement
to the Senate subcommittee on
privileges and elections headed
by Senator Gillette, Democrat, OF
Iowa.
Expenditures Checked.
He also turned over to the
subcommittee's investigators the
original of the Butler letter and.
as well, a file of campaign liter
ature he prepared and distributed
for the Butler campaign. The
letter is being studied by legal
experts to determine whether 1t
implied possible expenditures be-
yond the limit allowed Senatorial
candidates.
Mr.. Butler, Baltimore attorney,
defeated Senator Tydings, Demo-
crat, by more than 10000 votes in
one of the Nations biggest upsets
in the November election.
Senator Tydings himself has
said he would not contest the elec-
(See BUTLER, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Truman Signs Bill
For YugosIavia Aid
BY the Associated Press

President Truman today signed
legislation providing an addition
al $38 million in food aid for
drought-stricken Yugoslavia.
The fund raises to approxi-
mately 500 million the amount OF
American assistance to the Bal
kan nation, which is Communist
ruled but is at odds with Russia
Mr.. Truman had asked Con-
gress for the money to avert q
famine as a result of a Yugosla,
crop failure. He also said it was
needed "To help preserve the in
dependence of Nation which is
defying the savage threats OF
Soviet imperialists."
The bill authorizes the diver
sion of $50 million in Marshall
Plan funds to Yugoslavia. Blu;
$12 million in recovery funds plus
Sc million in Import-Export Bank
loans and approximately $13 mil
lion in military aid funds al
ready has been made available to
the Yugoslavs.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Oakland Bors Drive
By March of Dimes
By the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Dec. 29-The
Oakland Commission of Public
Charities yesterday refused to
grant the March of Dimes per-
mission to conduct it's annual
Embarrassing campaign in Oak
land next month.
The commission, which is
charged with investigating and
approving all charitable fund
raising drives in the city, ruled
by a 40 vote that the March OF
Dimes administrative and cam
paign costs had been excessive. >
Dan Marovich, regional director
for the fund. said he couldn't
understand it. "Our books have
always been open to the COM
mission. We've never had any
thing like this happen before" he
said.
Evening star., 1950-12-29

leased here last night, disclosed
several major points of conflict
which diplomats doubt can be re-
solved The United States shows
every intention of pressing for E
treaty regardless of Russia's atti-
tude
The American note released last
night answered half a dozer
questions which the Soviet Unior
had put to this Government or
November 20, regarding American
intentions on a peace settlement.
Might Go on without Russia.
Points of difference which now
emerge from the exchange are
mainly these:
/. The United States reject!
Russia's contention that any o1
the great powers should have g
veto over the treaty. This mean,
that if Russia will not 60 alone
on terms acceptable to this anc
other friendly Nations, then the
United States is prepared to &C
forward without Russia.
2. The United States is going
ahead without consulting Com
munist China, despite Russia s
emphasis on Red Chinese interest
in Japan. 1t is pointed out that
Washington has no diplomatic
relations with the Peiping regime
Moreover there is no current
prospect that such relations will
be established.
Jap Defense Role Backed.
3. The United States considers
that it is reasonable" for Japan
to participate with this and with
other Nations in arrangements fo1
Japanese defense which could
include provision for the station
ing in Japan of troops of the
United States and other Nations. y
4. The United States is standing
by its proposal for a future de-
cision, either by the great powers
or by the United Nations, on the
status of Formosa. This is United
States policy despite the 1943
Cairo agreement that Formosa
should be restored to China. The
Russians interpret that as mean
ing Communist China.
This country's view about For
mosa as presented to Moscow ap-
pears to be that because of the
Chinese aggression in Korea
against United Nations forces
U. NJ considerations now take
precedence over the Cairo declara-
ton.
Exchange Began in October.
The exchange of notes begar
on October 26 when John Foster
Dulles. then serving as an Amer
ican representative at the United
Nations, presented to Soviet Am
bassador Jacob Malik a set OF
proposals for drafting a japanese
treaty. On November 20 the
(See TREATY. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-12-29
State Department Puts
Public Affairs Unit on
.44-Hour Week Jan. |
Officials Study Possibility
Of Hovine Entire Agency
Work Half Day Saturdays

Workers in the State Depart
ment's international information
offices have been ordered on a.
hour work week beginning next
week. it was learned today.
Personnel officials said the pos
sibility of putting the whole State
Department on the 44-hour week
is being studied, but that this step
probably would not be taken until
a uniform policy is worked out for
all Government departments.
Barrett Offices First Affected.
In the meantime, the decision
is to authorize some units where
there is the greatest need and
where there is money available to
pay for overtime to go on the
longer work week.
The first to be affected are the
offices lnder Edward w. Barrett
Assistant Secretary of State for
Public Affairs. These include the
Voice of America and other inter-
national information activities.
Officials said 1872 employees
757 here and 815 in New York
are affected.
Employees III the area affected
will work fom hours on Saturday
generally from 8::45 am. to 12:45
p.m.-instead of having Saturday
off as they officially do now under
the 40-hour Government work
week.
Many Work Overtime.
In actual practice many State
Department employees already have
been working overtime. In some
cases, such as in the communica
tions division and the Office OF
Michael j. McDermott, depart
ment press officer, employees ir
lower paid claSsifications have re-
ceived compensation either ir
time off or overtime pay. But
many others have worked extra
hours on Saturdays, Sundays OF
nights without extra pay.
A committee of Civil Service
Commission and Budget Bureau
representatives is at work on a
uniform Government policy for a
longer work week. Some employees
in the defense establishment and
the Central Intelligence Agency
already are working more than &C
hours a week.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Cu|peper Fugitives
Seized in Rhode Island
After Wild Car Chase
z Captured After Crosh
Ends 85-M.P.H. Pursuit; Sd
Man Taken on Street
BY The Associated Press

EAST PROVIDENCE, r. L, Dec
% 9-Three self-described fugi-
tives from a prison camp at Gull
peper, Va. were seized early to-
day at gunpoint-two of them
after their car went over sea-
wall as they attempted to elude
police in a wild chase.
Police identified the man as
Roy Allen Kelly, %, of Wise
County, Va: Orville Richards, %
of Baltimore, Md, and Raymond
j. Blais. 26, formerly of Paw
tucket, r. I.
All three were held for question
ing but no charges were placed
against them pending further jn-
vestigation.
Caught Carrying Clothes.
Police Capt. John w. Hutton
of Pawtucket said Blais, parolee
from Rhode Island prison, was
arrested as he was leaving a
cleaning plant in that city with
a suit and two sports shirts un-
der his arm.
Earlier, Kelly and Richards
were arrested in East Providence
after their car went over the sea-
wall. They weer treated for cuts
and bruises.
At first they refused to give
their names, but mentioned only
that they came from Baltimore
Police said the car they were rid
ing in was stolen from Charles D.
Winman of South Attleboro.
Attleboro police began a hunt
at 2 am. when they found several
men and an automobile in a re-
mote woods lane. The men fed,
but the police found burglar tools
and much clothing, apparently
from a cleaning establishment, in
the abandoned automobile.
Car Is Chased.
About two hours later, East
Providence officers took off after a
speeding car in their town. The
chase went UP to IS miles an hour
at one point. The fugitive car hit
the seawall at Bullocks Point at
about go, bounced over, careened
over great rocks and came to rest
just above the water line.
Four men escaped from the Cul-
peper prison camp on Wednesday
but one, Curtis B. Fultz, 80, was
captured in Virginia about nine
hours after the break.
Evening star., 1950-12-29

the United Nations front in East
Central Korea, a United States
9th Army spokesman said tonight.
"The attack can now be said
to be contained" the officer added.
The 10000 Korean Communists
struck suddenly yesterday in
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Twelve Notions Working for Aston Settle
ment Hold Secret Meeting. Poee A-3
rugged mountain country south of
Pupyong, on the 38th Parallel and
'35 miles inland from the east
coast.
Associated Press Correspondent
Hal Boyle said the Army spokes-
man in Korea called the situation
confused" but added. there is
new a dent in our line" extending
4 or miles below the 38th
Parallel in limited sector.
Our forces have been counter
attacking steadily and the attack
can now be said to be contained"
the spokesman said
Front $50 Miles Long.
The Allied line is strung across
the -mile-wide waist of Korea
just south of the Parallel, the old
arbitrary dividing line between
Red North and Republican South
Korea.
1t. Gen. Matthew R. Ridgway.
new 9th Army commander, ex-
pressed complete confidence in
the ultimate success of the United
Nations in Korea"
AS he spoke, skirmishing in
creased all along the front.
Reds and Allied troops tangled
at various places on the eastern
end of the front as we'll as in
the east central sector.
A North Korean regiment at
tackled Allied positions near Inge.
5 miles north of the 38th Parallel,
and were driven back The Allies
lOSC no ground.
Gen. Macarthur said two Red
regiments seized high ground
northwest of Oron, IS miles inland
from the Sea of Japan coast and
about 10 miles south of Parallel SO.
| Another thrust rolled Allied
forces back southeast of Yongpo.
13 miles due east of Oron.
| Red Korean in Forefront.
| Gen. Macarthur said the Reds
were active in almost all sectors.
He reported 5000 to 5000 Reds
were massed west of the frozen
Imjin River. Another concen-
tration was spotted south Of
Yonchon, in the central sector.
Korean Reds were in the fore
front of the enemy action. Be-
hind them were hordes of Chinese.
Gen. Macarthur estimated yester-
day that more than $50, 900 Reds
Chinese and North Korean
were poised in Korea and Man
churia to strike Allied forces.
U. N. planes struck the enemy
all along the frigid front and at
his supply lines from Manchuria.
Observation planes spotted camou-
(See KOREA, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Hoover an n|soIationist
President Declares;
Message Due Jan. 8
State of Union Report
To Be Made in Person;
Tax PIon Under Way
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman views former
President Hoover's hold-off on
aid-to-Europe program as isola-
tionism-and nothing else.
The Chief Executive made his
position clear at a news conference
late yesterday when a reporter
brought up the question of Mr..
Hoover's recent speech in which
he said the United States should
get out of Korea. establish a de-
fense line from Great Britain to
Japan, and discontinue sending
men and supplies to Europe until
the Western countries erect q
sure dam" themselves against Rec
aggression.
Declining to comment on the
implications of the Hoover speech
because it would take too much
time, Mr.. Truman told a ques-
toner that White House mail is
running in favor of the President
of the United States on the con-
f1ict in policy raised by the for
mer President.
Dulles Wires Hoover.
The Presidents remarks were
made short time after Mr.. Dulles.
in a telegram to Mr.. Hoover re-
leased by the State Department,
had expressed regret that his
forthcoming speech has been in
terpreted as a reply to that made
by the former President last
week.
Mr.. Dulles will speak from
New York tonight. He told Mr..
Hoover:
THE point of view I shall ex-
press may be somewhat different
from yours, but I agree with much
that you said and I hope and
expect that you will agree with
much that I say"
The President declined to COM
ment on reports that Chang Kai-
shek is ready to move troops onto
the China mainland from For
mosa if he gets the green light
from the United Nations and the
United States.
No Change on Franco.
Mr.. Truman also said that the
decision to exchange ambassadors
with Spain did not represent a
change in his attitude toward the
Franco government. 1t simply
provides more orderly way of
doing business with Spain, he am
plified. The President has been
an outstanding critic of Franco.
Mr.. Truman said he hoped to
deliver his message on the State
OF the Union to Congress in a per-
sonal appearance January 8.
Planning brief trip on the
yacht Williamsburg, starting this
evening, Mr.. Truman expects to
get in some work on this message
while aboard ship.
Tax Program Under Way.
Economic and budget messages
will follow, and in these the Ma
ton will get an idea of the Presi-
dents views on new taxation.
Work is under way on the tax
program now, he said.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia. who has been calling for
more economy and less taxes, got
a presidential dig when Mr.. Tru-
man was asked about a recent ex-
position of the Senator's ideas in
a letter to the White House.
He said he didn't believe Sen
ator Byrd knows much about the
budget. but that he was glad to
note that the Virginian expressed
willingness to cooperate with the
administration and had so advised
him.
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Hiss $4,000 Boil Continued

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 (P.-In
"a two-to-one decision, the United
States Court of Appeals yesterday
allowed Alger Hiss to continue free
in $4,000 bail until his perjury
conviction is ruled on by the Su-
preme Court.
Evening star., 1950-12-29

Gay called on industry to speed
the switch from civilian to de-
fense production as the Govern
ment took complete control of the
Nations rubber supply to tie it to
the military program.
" Even stricter controls, and ones
calculated to have greater effect
Jonuory Conference Called TO 10y Bosis
for Wage Controls Poee "A
on the individual consumer, ap-
peared in the offing as the Eco
nomic Sterilization Agency an
nounced the opening of 13 re-
gional Offices. These Offices wit
handle price and wage prob
lens" the agency said. apparent
ly paving the way for tighter con-
trolls in the future.
The National Production Au-
thority in another action today
placed the Nations supplies of
cobalt under complete controls,
ruling out some uses of the metal
in the civilian economy and linn
iting others. The order makes
the first complete ALLEGATION Of a
commodity since NPA was set up.
It will affect particularly the ra-
dio-television industry, produc-
ton of enameled household ap-
pliances and production of tool
steel except for defense purposes.
Bank Reserves Increased.
The Reserve Boards call for a
faster conversion of industry came
today after the board had ordered
banks to increase their reserves,
thus making it harder to obtain
bank loans.
The order, directed to the $685.
member banks, froze 81 billion
which otherwise might have been
used for loans. The board said
that it's order would cut off a
possible S12 billion increase in
loans, since the 50 billion could
be the basis for Successive loans.
Bank loans already are at record
high.
The order will mean that indi-
viduals who want to borrow from
the banks to finance the purchase
of homes, automobiles. household
appliances and furniture or any,
thing else, will have harder time
arranging the loans.
State Action Yet Unrevealed.
Whether State banking super
visors will follow the Federal Re-
serve in ordering increased re-
serves for non-Federal Reserve
System banks remains to be SEEN
There was speculation about
the effect the boards order would
have. There is nothing in the
order to prevent banks from
raising their interest rates, al
though officials said they did not
expect a rise
The possibility was seen that the
banks might sell some of their
heavy holdings of Government
securities to obtain cash to raise
their reserve deposits or to find
money to lend. The Reserve Board
then would buy in those securities.
The boards order followed ef-
forts to persuade banks to hold
down lending voluntarily. There
was, however, an increase of $586
million in member bank loans in
the week ending December 20.
Loans then totaled $31.1 billion,
or $6.4 billion more than a year
ago.
Cobalt Subject of ALLEGATION.
Under the NPA's cobalt order
virtually every pound of the
metal will be subject to ALLEGATION
beginning February l. With that
date every purchase. of more than
25 pounds of the scarce, strategic
material will require NPA ap-
proval.
Most of the metal, of which the
Nation used about million pounds
last year, comes from the Belgium
Congo.
Industries dependent on cobalt
have been expecting such a step
since an interim order for Janu-
(See CONTROLS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Youth Dies in Skid on Icy Street;
Falls Send 20 to Hospitals
Freeze Comes to End
Just Before Rush Hour
Ruin Forecast Today

Ice-coated streets put a crimp
in WASHINGTON traffic this morn
ing and caus ed the death of a
19-year-old youth in an auto ac-
cident at rakoma Park. He was
Robert CuShman of 10105 Lorain
avenue. Four Corners, Md. an all
Maryland high school football
player in 1947-8.
Covering a wide Eastern area,
the sleet and freezing rain dis
Morne Corporal Killed, Six Injured in
Auto Truck Collision. pose Az
rupted airline and bus schedules
and caused the Weather Bureau
and police 60 issue special bulle-
tins advising cautious driving.
The area was spared more seri-
Gus difficulty by stroke of good
fortune. Just before the morning
rush hour, the temperature moved
above the freezing mark, and what
Evening star., 1950-12-29

ROBERT CUSHMAN.
had been a solid sheet of ice be-
gan breaking up.
Even so, patches of ice and
slush made progress slow and dan
(See ACCIDENTS, Page ABB
Evening star., 1950-12-29
Final Split Seen
With Russia on
Treaty for Japs
Note Exchange Shows
Major Conflicts; Reds
Veto Claim Rejected
By John N. Hightower
Associated Press Stoff Writer

A final split between Russia
and the United States over
drafting a japanese peace treaty
appears almost inevitable.
An exchange of notes between
the two powers. the latest re-
Evening star., 1950-12-29

Jopon in Mood to Become Powerful U. S.
Ally. Writer Says. Poee AS
Evening star., 1950-12-29

-Four men escaped from the Cul-
peper prison camp on Wednesday
but one, Curtis B. Fultz, 80. was
captured in Virginia about nine
hours after the break.