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ply of fuel coal on hand. The
reduction in passenger service was
larger than expected since it had
been reported earlier there would
be a IS per cent cut.
The Association Of American
Railroads said that from 36 to
40 carriers, mostly in the East
and South. would be affected in-
mediately by the order. The as.
sociation said about ~ per cent
of the general railroad passenger
service over the country is pow
cred by coal-burning locomotives.
U. S. Steel to Charge Lewis.
At the same time q United
States Steel Corp. spokesman in
Pittsburgh announced the corpo-
ration will join a group of North
ern, Western and Southern coal
operators in filing unfair labor
practice charges against John L.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, and the union.
He said the charges would bs
filed with the National Labor Re-
lations Board in Washington
sometime today. The corporation
will be acting on behalf Of its
mining subsidiary, H. c. FricA
Coke Co.
Today's ICC order marks the
second time during the six-month-
old contract controversy between
the United Mine Workers and the
country's mine owners that the
Government has been forced to
reduce rail service. The ICC i'm
posed a Is per cent reduction in
travel for four weeks
during last falls 52-day coal strike.
The ICC said the reduction In
service will be continued until mid
night March 8 unless there is q
change in the coal supply situa-
ton of enough Importance to bring
about a modification of the order.
In ordering the one-third res
duction in passenger service, the
IcC said railroad stocks Of coal
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PIaudits or Censure
For Message Hinges
Much on Party Ties
Some Members Rebel
On Foreign Policy and
Civil Rights Questions
~ The A..eeiated prs..

Democrats found much to
praise. Republicans much to criti-
cize In President Truman's State
Of the Union message to Con-
gress today.
But not all comment followed
party lines, especially on civil
rights and foreign policy. Sample
reactions:
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack: "It is a courageous message
consistent with President Tru-
mans leadership. internationally,
it shows his determination to stop
communism and aggression; from
the domestic side, the strengthen
ing of the family life of America. I"
House Minority Leader Martin
'It is the same old political hash
warmed over in the hope of fool
ing the people. It fails utterly to
come to grips with two great vital
needs Of the day-cutting down
Government spending and lower
ing the tax burdens on the Amer
ican people. These must be done
III we are to have prosperity and
Jobs for the workers
Wants to Cut Costs.
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee said: 1.-THE
President wants a moderate
amount Of new taxes. Well, ]
want a moderate amount Of ex-
penditure reduction. Maybe we
can get together"
Senator Wherry of Nebraska
the Republican floor leader, la
beled the message "a dud." He
said it ''is depressing for those
who want stability and competency
in Government" He added:
"The President gives his Gus
tomary lip service to the principle,
of our republic and threads these
lofty declarations with demands
for power that would rob the
people Of their freedoms. -.
"For the hard-pressed taxpayers
he seeks more back breaking taxes
to carry forward his program ol
spendthrift socialism.
For the embattled Chinese peo-
pie and otner Asiatics under the
Communists heel or threatened
by 1t, the President is woefully
silent and apparently determined
to go forward with his blundering
Far East policies that please the
Communists"
Lucas Praises Message.
But Democratic Leader Lucas
termed the message an eloquent
expression of humanitarian phi
losophy." He said "there was
nothing unexpected in the Presi-
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Hoover Group Wins
Conservation Award
By the As,oeiaisd Pra..

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-The natural
resources task force Of the
Hoover Commission is the win
ner of the 1850 conservation
award Of the Izaak Walton League.
The league announced selec-
ton Of the group today.
The award, the top conserva-
ton honor given by the league
for outstanding contribution in
the previous year to furtherance
Of the Conservation OF America S
resources" is a bronze. sculpture
to be held for a year, and a per-
manent citation.
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Rockies and Central
Stotes Plagued by
Sub-Zero Blasts :.
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

Winter let loose with a triple
punch of snow. cold and strong
winds today, landing solid blows
across the Nations midsection.
The Rocky Mountain region still
reeled from the impact of the sea-
sons most severe weather. The
Central States and South to the
! Texas Panhandle braced for the
frigid attack.
Blizzards howled across the
Dakota prairies and struck neigh
boring Minnesota. Highways and
county roads were blocked. Afr
liners were grounded. Hundreds
OF rail and bus passengers and
motorists were stranded.
Snow plows in sections of Min
nesota quit work because of poor
&C., AZ n1Y01T 4 q
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ID. C.. Warmth at ALL Time Hiqh
For Date at 7O;West Freezes
Temperature Due
ToCIimb Further
As South Winds Help

Returning sunshine and warm
winds from the South carried
Washington temperature to . new
all-tims high for January I to-
day.
The Weather Bureaus ther-
mometer at National Airport reg
istered 10 at ! PM degree.
above the previous January high
set II 1874. A rise Of several more
degrees was predicted In q rs-
vised forecast for this afternoon
Temperatures now are running
80 degrees above normal. accord
ing to the Weather Bureau. II
did not 60 much below so last
night-the low was 81 at 1880
p.m.-and the mercury was back
in the Cos by 8 am.
The thermometer at pm. still
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|stoCutT Third
Of fCoa|-burniinq
Passenger Runs
ICC Order Effective
At Midnight Sunday;
36-40 Roads Affected

The Government today ordered
the Nations railroads to reduce
coal-burling passenger service by
one-third in move designed to
conserve dwindling stocks of fuel.
The order becomes effective at
midnight Sunday.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which took the action,
said it would apply to all rail-
roads having a 25-day or less sup
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Journal American, New York Post
and the World Telegram and the
Sun in the evening field. y
The Sun has approximately
/ 400 employees.
The World Telegram purchase
included the name, good will and
iSec NEWSPAPERS. Page A-6.1
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Home Rule for District
|At This Session Asked
In Truman MESSAGE
House Compoien Pushed
To Bring Measure for
Elective Regime to Vote
By HoroIdsb. Rooers

President Truman today again
asked Congress to give home rule
to the District Of Columbia.
He called for enactment OF
legislation to give local suffrage
to the National Capital as part
Of his broad civil rights program
for extending the benefits OF
democracy.
The Chief Executives appeal
came as a vigorous campaign was
under way in the House to bring
to a vote on the floor a Senate
passed measure for an elected and
reorganized city government.
The District home rule proposal
was advanced by the President in
a section of his State-of-the-
Union message.
He also urged statehood for
Hawaii and Alaska. and more self
government for insular posses
sions.
Wants Benefits Extended.
GAS we go forward in achieving
greater economic security and
greater opportunity for all our
people," he told the joint session
Of the House and Senate" we
should make every effort to ex-
tend the benefits Of our demo-
cratic institutions to every citi-
zen.
"The religious ideals which we
profess, and the heritage Of free
dom which we have received from
the past" he, asserted, clearly
place that duty upon us.
4 again urge the Congress tc
enact the civil rights proposals
made in February, 1948. These
are proposals for the enactmen,
Of Federal statutes which will pro-
Itect all our people in the exercise
OF their democratic rights and
their search for economic oppor-
tunity, grant statehood to Alaska
and Hawaii, provide a greater
measure of self-government 70,
our island possessions, and accord
home rule to the District Of Co
I1umbia.
Some OF those proposals have
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Appropriations Committee that
Federal spending will be cut In
an effort to achieve a balanced
budget for the next fiscal year.
Chairman McKellar of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
announced he will appoint five
Senators to confer later in the
week with the House committee
on the mechanical details of how
to handle the entire budget in
one stead Of a dozen appropria-
ton bills. Mr.. Cannon announced
last fall his willingness to try the
single package supply bill in 1850.
Oleo Bill to Be Debated.
Other developments as both
houses squared away for six
months of hard work included:
A request from President Tru.
man in advance Of his state OF
the Union message for another
extension of rent control be-
yond June 80, and more Gov
ernment help to provide hous-
ing for middle income families.
The Senate cleared its decks tc
begin debate this Afternoon or
oleomargarine tax repeal.
Rumors continued to circulate
that efforts may be made to use
the oleo tax repeal measure as 4
vehicle both for repeal Of wartime
excise taxes and steps TO enact
the civil rights program.
McKeIlar Issues Statement.
After q closed session of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
this morning. Chairman McKellar
issued the following statement:
'The committee met for the
purpose of discussing the omnibus
appropriation bill that the Senate
has already approved by resolu-
ton and which Mr.. Cannon says
will be reported by the House this
year. The committee has re-
solved to try it out with an earnest
endeavor to make it work. Just
how II will be worked out we
cannot tell yet, but q committee
has been appointed to confer with
Mr.. Cannon and like committee
OF the House, and also to make
suggestions for changes in the
Senate committee procedure
which might be necessary to meet
this new method of handling the
appropriation bills"
One obvious problem is how to
avoid leaving the Senate Appro-
priations Committee idle for sev-
eral months while the House COM
mittee completes hearings on all
of the far-flung activities in the
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All Efforts 10 Gef Dati
On Plans for Formosa
Meet Official Silence
Webb Refuses to Give
Policy Statement Copy
To Senator KnowIund
BY Gornett D. Homer

Reports that the State Depart
ment told its representatives in
the Far East last month to antici-
pate the eventual fall Of Formosa
to the Chinese Communists ran
into a wall of official silence here
today.
There were no denials that the
official view here is that Formosa
may as well be written off to the
Communists In the long run.
But State Department officials
refused to state such a view for the
record or to talk for publication
about a guidance" memorandum
which reports from Tokyo said
was distributed December %, sug-
gesting that American spokesmen
play down Formosa's strategic I'M
portance> to the United States.
Reflects Truman View.
The secrecy wall kept the docu-
ment from Congress. Senator
Knowland. Republican. of Cali
fornia, said Undersecretary OF
State Webb had rejected his re-
quest for q look at the document.
It was learned reliably, h0W-
ever, that the memorandum re-
fected view approved by Presi-;
dent Truman that Formosa Is not
Of sufficient strategic Importance
to the United States for this Gov
ernment to run the risk Of war In
defending the island. and that the
Chinese Nationalists probably will
not be able to hold it indefinitely
against the Communists.
This attitude is said not to rule.
Co. N5Fss-
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Extro Copies Of Sunday Stor
Available for MuiIino

Copies Of last Sundays Star with Pictorial Magazine
and other outstanding features the Of the half
century and start Of the sequicentennial year are still
available. They may be purchased at, the business
counter the rst door Of The Star Building the
regular price, 10 cents mailed to point in the United
States for 20 cents Orders also will be accepted by mail
Evening star., 1950-01-04

lovely. She's a good student and
was president Of the student gov
ernment. Last year she was presi-
dent OF the freshman class.
Her last year of junior college
was half over. But il she won-a
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new convertible. q wardrobe-all
cotton. Of course-arid the tour.
She would be King Cotton's good
will ambassador.
I'VE were human enough to
know what 1t means to q girl her
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Tells Congress
Broad Program
Will BeCost|y
Message Forecasts
Better Fiscal Outlook
Within Few Years
By Joseph A. Fox

Congress that he soon will recon-
mend tax law changes to yield a
moderate amount of additional
revenue" as he presented his an
nual State-of-the- Union message,
outlining broad program of for
eign and domestic legislation that
necessarily requires large expend-
ttures of funds
In the 5,000-word message
which the President delivered in
person to joint session of the
Senate and House, there was moth
ing to indicate either the size of
the contemplated tax boost or the
cost of the prospective legislation.
These will be dealt with in detail
in succeeding messages. But he
held out the prospect of a bettered
fiscal position in the next few
years.
In passing. the President fore
cast that If the United States
continues to progress in the next
so years as it has in the last half
century, the Nation will have a
trillion- dollar economy by the year
1000.
Largely restating Fair Deal aims
that failed to clear the first ses-
sion of the 81st Congress, the Pres
ident asked also for a one-year
extension of rent CONTROLS which
expire June 80, and emphasized
that the Draft Act-likewise ex-
piring in June-must be continued
as IAN essential part of our defense
plans"
17-Point Program.
In the 17-point program he laid
down, MIR. Truman went to bat
again on major issues on which he
pitched his 1948 campaign for
election and which are expected to
figure Importantly In Democratic
strategy in the congressional elec-1
tions this fall. Included were the
highly controversial proposals to
enact civil rights legislation. pro-
vide q substitute for the Taft
Hartley labor law, establish a COM
pulsory health insurance plan and
expand State educational facilities.
He also asked for:
/. New farm legislation, modelled
along the lines of the Brannan
Plan.
2, Provision for housing for
lower and middle-income groups.
8. Strengthened curbs on busi-
ness monopolies.
4. Expanded water power de-
velopment, which was tied in with
new call for authorization of
the st. Lawrence seaway and
establishment of the Columbia
Valley administration.
Broader Social Security.
5. Broadening of the Social
Security Act to extend the cover
age of the old-age insurance sys-
tenn, and provide more liberal
unemployment compensation pay
ments.
6. Revision of the displaced per-
sons law to remove discriminatory
features"
z. Conservation of natural re-
sources and establishment OF
National Science Foundation to
turn scientific advances to the
benefit Of the Nation.
8. Continued support for the
European Recovery Program.
8. A start on the Point n pro-
gram for aiding the undeveloped
areas Of the world.
10. American membership in the
international Trade Organization.
In summation, Mr.. Truman said:
"As We move forward into the
second half of the Goth century,
we must always bear in mind the
central purpose of our national
life. We do not seek material
prosperity for ourselves because
we love luxury: we do not aid
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PARIS. Jan. 4 (R.-Food ra-
tioning in France ended today
with q cabinet decision to allow
free sale OF coffee. Coffee was
the last item still rationed.
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SenatorsAgree
To Test Omnibus
Money Bill Plan
Cannon Predicts Cut
In Federal Spending
To BoIonce Budget
By J. A. O'Leory

The Senate Appropriations
Committee voted today to try out
the omnibus appropriation bill
plan this year, amid growing in
dications that economy will be a
major issue throughout the ses-
sion.
Senate committee action came
in the wake of a prediction by
Chairman Cannon of the House
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House FfPc Bill May Be Token to Floor
Jonuoy 23. Pose Al
Republican Senotors Agree On Unified
Foreign Policy Plank. Page Al
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French Food Rutioninq Ends

tsee FoRMosA. Page A-2o,
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(See WEATHER, Page A-2.)
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Continued on Page Ala, Col. 6.
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(See HOME RULE, Page A-3.)
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(See NATION, Page A-2,)
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(See CONGRESS. Page A-a.
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CONTINUED on Page A-10, Col. l..
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(See COAL, Page A-6.)
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Guide for Rea d ers

An Associated Press Newspope
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(Continued on Page A-4, Col. q
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Cloudy. warm and windy today with
high in 70s. Showers this afternoon and
tonight, lowest about 56. Tomorrow. colder,
rain. Gull report on Page A-2J
Midnight, so am. go II am. --67
2a.m. 60 8 am. 81 Noon 10
4a.m.---62 10 am. 64 pm. 10
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Lucas Praised MeSsaxe.

UOHO NlOC6 WCSS&BC,
But Democratic Leader Lucas
termed the message an eloquent
expression Of humanitarian PHI
losophy." He said "there was
nothing unexpected in the Presi-
, 1950-07-18

AouSHy Oil VI anu dlllqudteQ, mas gwen no end OF trOu-
bic, and it would not have been long before this Island
would have found itself without any system at all. The new
system, therefore, is not coming any too soon.
IT IS HOPED that careful plans have been made and
provisions included for making the telephone system, once
and for ALL a modern, up-to-date one which will not only be
efficient, but provide all the services expected from such a
system. With communication a vital factor in the business &
economic lite OF this place it is requisite that it matches that
OF any other place, and we have a right to expect no less.
WHILE THIS is no time to indulge in pessimism, our ex-
Per1ences OF the past have placed us in the position of a burnt
child. Again and again, example after example of projects be-
gun with much ado, yet never saw a successful end, can be
shown. In a number of instances the planners either were um-
mindful OF the fact that they had climatic and other tropical
conditions to meet, or funds ran out, and the community either
had to be content to wait until things were straightened out,
or accept much less than was bargained for. With these ex-
periences it is little wonder that much is accepted with tongue
in-cheek-atttude.
THE CASE of the telephone sufficient time was tax
en- for complete surveys, conditions were studied, and the
planners from all indications should know exactly what they
have to overcome. In light Of all this there should be no ex-
cuse tor beginning a project the end Of which is not in sight.
With the new system it should not be possible to take up re-
ceiver& hear conversations all over the island, nor should rain
tall & other weather conditions cause shock to operators. or
render the system useless. Once & for all there should be al
system which works, & works well.
WITH Re- HOPE this island welcomes the installa-
ton Of the new telephone system, and that once begun it will
be carried to a successful conclusion with a measure Of
promPtness characteristic Of businessike projects everywhere
else. Let this project be the welcome exception, to the salts
faction and JOY of subscribers and the credit of those who
undertook the job.
Is this too much to expect?
, 1950-07-18
WORK ON THE TELEPHONE PROJECT BEGINS

SHORTLY H contractors who won bids. for the teIe-
phone system for this place will set their forces to work. Or
dinarily this should be good news. The present system, tho
roughly worn out and a~ntiquated, has given no end of trou-
bic, and it would not have been long before this Island
would have found itself without any system at all. The new
system, therefore, is not coming any too soon.
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Full Details

The above is only the bare outline of some of the
features, in order to give the main idea. The com.
plete General Electric offer-and resulting benefits
program - contains many other features Of added
tdlue, extras especially attractive and worthwhile
not mentioned here for lack Of space. To all who
interested in any or all of the features of our
offer and resulting program, we will gladly send
l0,OOO-word booklet describing in detail the ele.
ments we feel make our offer and our benefits
package SO good for our employees and their
families Simply address: General Electric
Company, Employee Relations Division, $40
Lexington Avenue, New York @, N. Y.
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Thank You!

WE ARE GRATEFUL that the IUE's published
" statement has brought up the subject of how
good the CE offer is and, particularly, how much
the benefits of the increased insurance and pension
programs are worth to GE employees.
There is nothing we would rather talk about.
That's because there's nothing right now we would
rather have all our employees and their neghbors
fully understand.
General Electric's offer stands out more and more
favorably more light is shed on it light as to
how the wage offer compares with the best among
recent, highly publcized settlements. light as to
how much our already advanced pension and insur.
ance program-together with the further outstand.
ing improvements now offered-is worth to our
employees, if they individually had to buy their
insurance and pensions on the open market.
The total value, of course, of General Electric's
benefit program is the result of combining former
CE benefits with our recently offered pension and
insurance improvements.
Thus, the only proper way to compare CE with
other companies-which have been making pension
and insurance settlements for the first time during
TIC past W duu OG HCW ollCFS 10 It's
broad. existing program = and then to compare the
total benefits uich employees receice under each of
the pqriOus programs. F
Let's look again at the bare Listing, below, of the
main features, in order to get the main idea.
Wages
lOe hour total general tcdge increase for all GE
employees; with average of So in effect now, ST
more to come on settlement. This l0e compares
with l0e at Chrysler in August, Sc at Ford Septem.
Der l, and 9e at General Motors (4e June l, and
ST September y.
An additional So to SEC an hour to certain skilled
trades at many of our locations; in effect since
June This is equal to or above the skilled trades
increases given by General Motors in June, Chrysler
In August. and Ford in September.
A reopening of wage issues within six months Of
settlement.
Pensions
$l25 month guaranteed minimum retirement in
comes, after Is years of service under the CE
pension plan. There ceilings; pensions 60 up
as pay and service 60 up. And there are also
pensions for employees who retire with or
more years of service under the plan.
Other plans in the news have 500, $l04, $ll7.50
as the maximum for Is years service-and some
80 to SIPS for 80 years.