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basis of the Federal control policy
has been fairness to both the
landlord and the tenant"
He said that in the last year
increases were authorized cover
ing more than 900. 900 rental units
and that the average boost was
18 per cent.
Orderly Decontrol."
Reviewing what has happened
the President declared that the
Government is committed to a
policy of orderly decontrol" and
that this has steadily reduced the
number of units under regulation.
AT the peak in 1916, he said,
Federal rent control covered more
than 16 million units; now i.
covers II million. Within the last
year the housing expediter has de-
controlled 1.3 million rental units
while State and local governments
have decontrolled is million.
However" the President said.
"in many cases State and local
decontrol, actions were prema-
ture" and the result was excessive
increases.
Federal rent control will be re-
moved from another 2.6 million
rental units by July l, but in most
cases these simply will pass under
State control. This, however, will
still leave 8 million units under
Federal control, the President
said.
Still a Problem.
These are located in 40 States
and in So Of 90 cities whose popu-
lation is 100000 or more, and
thousands of smaller communi-
ties.
Mr.. Truman said that since the
end of the war the administra-
tion has consistently sought to
overcome the housing shortage
and that whenever supply could
be brought into a reasonable bal
ance with demand, controls have
been removed.
But he repeated again that as
Of July l rent control will still
be a national problem. The
housing shortage will still be
acute"
Mr.. Truman said that in only
the last year, or two has the Cow
ernment begun to catch up on the
accumulated Z shortage. But there.
too, he added, the bulk Of new
construction has been priced to
meet the needs of higher-income
families.
Cites Families Needs.
He said that in large cities new.
units suitable for families. with
children generally rent for $85 a
or more and that housing
at the rentals that families with
incomes of less than $500 a month
can afford is still extremely scarce
in most urban areas and in thou
sands of smaller communities"
He said conditions were par
ticularly severe" in smaller COM
munities near military installa-
tions for servicemen's families.
The President said that housing
legislation enacted last year and
this year will help" but
much of the low-rent public hous-
ing provided will not be available
for some time.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Gambling
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Mcfarland said that would be
taken up in executive session.
Demands Executive Session.
When Senator Capehart de-
manded an executive session i'm
mediately after the hearing,
Senator Mcfarland ended the
colloquy by declaring:
We're not trying to get away
with anything. We're trying to
get the facts. We're going to
subpoena any one and every one
that We can get information from,
but we're not going to announce
it in advance.
Earlier. Mayor Fletcher Bowron
of Los Angles told the subcom-
mittee that his city is probably
the most lush field for CONNER
cialized gambling in the United
States
I'VE have free spenders, men,
bers of the motion picture in
dustry; it's a vacation area and a
convention city," he declared.
Complains Against Judges.
The Mayor complained that Cal
ifornia judges are inclined to take
gambling arrests very lightly with
the result that arrested gamblers
pay small fines and very seldom
get Jail sentences.
The judges, he said, say they are
tired of dealing with peanut" Of
tenders, but the small-time opera
tors are the only ones police can
get their hands on. He estimated
that at least a thousand runners
for bookmakers are operating in
Los Angeles. Both the Mayor and
his police chief insisted that elm
ination of the gambling wire serv-
ice would seriously hamper the op-
Grafton of the bookies.
The Senate has pending a re-
solution for an inquiry into
Nationwide crime to be handled
by f1ve-man group which
Senator Kefauver. Democrat, Of
Tennessee is slated to head.
Action on this resolution has been
delayed, but Democratic Leader
Lucas of Illinois indicated that
it won't be held up much longer.
The Senate will take up the
proposal, he told reporters. follow
ing action on foreign aid and
bill to bring daylight savings time
to the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
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director OF the USIs library at
Prague.
With the complaint was filed an
affidavit by Miss KoSmak. In it
she declared the police. by use
OF fear and threats" tried to ex-
plot a romance with former
employe. Ivan Elbl. in an effort to
force her to misrepresent the aims
and activities Of the USIS.
The note was delivered April IS
in Prague. 1t said the Embassy
expects" that the foreign min
istry will make a suitable apol-
.ogy" to Miss Kosmak.
Elbl is one of group of former
Czech employees who have signed
statements declaring that the
USIS in Czechoslovakia was ac-
tually engaged in spying against
the Communist regime. Two OF
the group have been sentenced TO
prison terms.
Considered Marriage.
Miss Kosmak. an American
citizen, said in her affidavit that
she and Elbl had been consider
ing marriage. She said that after
the police arrested Elbl they told
her that If she and Elbl married
he could never leave the country,
She charged that by indirection
they tried to persuade her TO
marry Elbl, renounce her Ameri-
can citizenship and live in Czecho-
slovakia
Miss Kosmak said she made the
affidavit to expose the efforts OF
representatives Of the Czecho-
slovak government to utilize the
personal relationship for the pur-
pose of forcing me to misrepresent
the objectives and activities Of
the United States Information
Service in Prague"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Nay ID Proclaimed
By President as Day
To Honor Mothers

President man on
Wednesday issued q procla-
nation designating Sunday.
May ID. as Mothers Day.
The Star. in a portion Of its
home edition Wednesday, in
advertently gave the date as
May 7.
The President In proclaim
ing the l4th, called attention
to a joint congressional reSo-
luton of 1914 establishing the
second Sunday in May as the
date for public acknowledge
ment of the reverence and
respect that We feel for all
mothers"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Woodward
Continued From First Page

officers who have been coping
with the proud, sensitive and
needy newcomers to the family
of nations, Ottawa would in some
respects seem like a rest cure.
Yet there is work of the most
formidable Importance to be done
there. Canada is a partner in our
atomic energy enterprises and
possesses atomic raw materials.
With the Russian threat from the
north, her cooperation in defense
is more than ever invaluable.
Mr.. Woodward has been a sue
cessful chief of protocol. This is
the bureau that administers i'm
partial social justice to the dip
lomatic corps, visiting flremen
and the local bureaucracy accord
ing to ironclad rules of precedent
and tradition. They may jeer in
Dubuque over grown men bother
ing with the problem of who sits
where at a White House dinner
for the Shah of Iran but it is
nevertheless of proved Importance
to the amity of nations.
The chief Of protocol necessarily
sees a good deal of the Nations
chief host, the President of the
United States. He can even tell
him occasionally what he can and
can't do socially. That Mr.. Wood
ward won Mr.. Truman's regard is
Obvious; as matter of fact he has
long belonged to the charmed Key
West circle. -
This personal contact is not a
matter of envy. 1t is, however,
felt in foreign service circles that
the nature of Mr.. WoodWard's S
work does not represent a prep
aration for advancement which is
comparable to the experience of
many career officials. :. -
1t is entirely IN character Tor
Harry Truman to reward with
something really nice Stanley
Woodward, who has suited him
in personal contact job. The
President was feeling fine about
it last Saturday night when he
jocularly limited to the Women's
National Press Club that the post
of chief of protocol was available.
Probably it will surprise him to
learn that the foreign service feels
entitled to resent it, for Mr.. Tru-
man has developed a large sense
of his rights as President. He
won't give them an inch on this
one but being fundamentally fair,
he'll remember 1t the next time.
Evening star., 1950-04-21


the national debt
Another Endorsed the bill intro
duced by Senator Mundt, Repub-
lican, of South Dakota, which
would require Federal registration
of all Communists.
"Old Stone House" Backed.
The Daughters threw their
weight behind the effort of George
town citizens to preserve the "Old
Stone House" at 3051 M street
NV. as a historic landmark. They
also indorsed the Capitals sesqui-
centennial celebration, urging
OAR chapters to support the OBJ
servance.
The OAR also took occasion to
assail "so-called comics" and radio
and television crime stories as
degrading" and urged members
to protest to publishers and radio
officials.
The congress expressed its ap-
probation to President Truman
for a message sent earlier in the
week, and thanked speakers and
the press for their contributions
to the congress and the work of
the OAR.
To Ask Backing for CAR.
Mrs. Patton's victory will be
q boon to one specific OAR seq
ment-the juniors. Totaling-un-
offlcially-20 per cent of the ma
tional society membership, this
under-35-year group has been
anxiously awaiting the election
outcome.
Another goal of Mrs. Patton is
10 stir up backing for the CAR
tfrom minufe to % years Of ase|'
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Virginia Rules Defendants
MAY Recover Bribe Checks
BY the Associoted Pres.

RICHMOND, Va. April 21.-
Attorney General j. Lindsay AL
mond, jr., has ruled that checks
or money offered assbribess and
used as evidence in bribery Gases
must be returned to the defenda
ANTS. e ---'-. .,~.s..,ss, ~s.s.s,
In reply to a question BY j.
Wilton Hope. Commonwealth at
torney Of Elizabeth City County,
Mr.. Almond said There is no
provision under the Virginia law
whereby money or other property
used as bribe can be forfeited to
the Commonwealth" a.
Mr. Hope, cited a case in which
the defendant was convicted OF q
bribery attempt and. sentenced to
Is months in the penitentiary.
The defendant, arrested on an
ABC charge, offered the officer
$3.50 in unsigned travellers checks
and also offered to sign them so
they could be cashed.
The court then kept the evil
dence at the recommendation of
Mr.. Hope.
Evening star., 1950-04-21

ing rs cents year on each 500
of their MISREPRESENTATION to
$3.50 a year in ali on q $4,000
mortgage. for example.
FHA Commissioner Franklin D.
Richards, in announcing the rate
reduction. showed confidence that
lenders will continue putting up
money for FHA mortgages. de-
spite the cut in the interest re-
Urn to them.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Veterans Home Loans
will Be LiberaIized
Under 1850 Program
By Williom J. WheotIey


Veterans have been placed in a
better position to negotiate home
loans by the 1850 Housing Act.
signed yesterday by the President,
the Veterans Administration in
dicates. Unmarried widows of de-
ceased veterans who died in the
service or from service-connected
causes after discharges also are
made eligible.
The provisions Of the law will
become effective when the Vet
erans' Administration completes
new regulations, the first Of which
is expected to be announced with
in three weeks. Those will deal
with the increased guaranty loan
provisions. The guaranty will be
increased to so per cent of home
loan. up to a maximum of $500,
as against the current provision
of so per cent up to $4,000. Also
the maximum period over which
home loans may be made repay
able has been increased from IS
to 80 years, which will provide
lower monthly payments.
The Veterans Administration
said that more than 13 million
World War II veterans have not
yet taken advantage of home loan
opportunities.
Combination Loans Dropped.
The current combination Fed
eral Housing Administrations CT
loans, which represent about one
third Of the volume in veterans
loans. will be eliminated. The
deadline is to be fixed by Vet
Grams AdminiStrato Gray. These
loans are said to be more eX-
pensive and less advantageous to
the borrower than the straight
CT loan.
Under that plan the Federal
Housing Administration insured
the veterans first mortgage. usu-
ally 80 per cent of the total loan,
and VA guaranteed the entire
amount of the 20 per cent second
mortgage. Net cost to the vet
eran under this plan is approxi-
mately 4.8 per cent. compared
with the 4 per cent maximum of
straight GI loan.
Within 80 days the Veterans
Administration is authorized to
make direct Government loans at
per cent in areas where 4 per
cent home financing is not avail
able from private sources. A limit
of $4,000 on direct loans is pro-
vided in the statute, with limit
of $3.50 million made available
until July /, 1851.
Furthermore. the act gives VA
legal authority to require mini
mum construction requirements,
heretofore on voluntary basis.
Other Buyers TO Benef1t.
Other home purchasers besides
veterans will benefit under new
regulations.
Effective with applications filed
Monday, the top interest rate on
new Federal Housing Administra-
ton mortgages will be 4l4 per cent
or a of per cent less than here
tofore.
The rate reduction was an
last night after President
Truman signed the bill providing
for an expansion of nearly 81 bill
lion in the Federal housing pro-
gram.
Chairman Maybank of the Sem
ate Banking Committee said the
move will save new home owners
at least SIS million year and
should reduce pressure for in
creased rents"
Persons getting FILA insurance
on mortgages will continue to be
charged an additional a of one
per cent as an insurance premium,
so the overall rate they pay will
be 424 per cent a year-against
5 in the past.
Nevertheless. they will be saw
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Life of Tiger Troiner
To Be Made Into Movie
By the Assoeioted Press

HOLLYWOOD, April 21.-The
life story of Mabel Stark, tiger
trainer, who has survived many
fearful clawingS, the last only
three months ago. is headed for
the movies.
Producer Boris Petroff said yes
terday he obtained screen rights
to Miss Stark's autobiography,
Hold That Tiger" Miss Stark
will play thA feature role.
Evening star., 1950-04-21

Development Of rubber powders,
including "Mealorub." Is being
rushed by Malaga.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
60. So NJ site
CURTAINS

zA yds. long, II" wide
Pastel shades, multi-color two
tone effects and cream. HemmedI
and headed-ready to hang
Washable. Grade A mill irregu-
lars.
STREET FLooR-Curtains
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Labert 81. Clair Estate
Valued at $4,000

Labert st. Clair, Washington
writer and an industrial counsel
who died December II of heart
attack while horseback riding
near Vienna, Va. left an estate
valued at more than $4,000, ac-
cording to a petition for probate
of his will, filed at District Court
yesterday.
Under terms of his will, the
bulk of the estate is to be placed
in trust, and his widow. Mrs. Mae
st. Clair, 1888 Fifteenth street
NV, is to receive the income
from the trust for life.
After her death, two daughters,
Mrs. Jean st. Clair West of De-
catur, ILL.,, and Mrs. Betty st. Clair
Hardy of New York are to share
in the income. The body of the
estate is to be divided among
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Board to Renew License
Of Blair Rood Restaurant

The Alcoholic Beverage Contro,
Board, over the protests of some
residents in the area. will renew
the license to sell beer and light
wines to the Blair Road Res
taurant, 6103 Blair road NV, II
announced yesterday.
Protests were made by a dele
CATION headed by Ernest H. Pull
man at hearing on January g.
But Claude Cary, proprietor of
the restaurant, presented a pc
tition signed by 80 per cent OF
the property owners within a 600
foot radius of the restaurant, ask
ing that the renewal be granted.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Hauser Tells Ad Club
Newspapers Inspired
| Census Income Query

Income questions are part OF
the 1850 census because the busi-
ness Offices of newspapers asked
that they be included, DR.. Philip
M. Hauser, acting director, Bureau
of the Census, declared yester-
day.
DR.. Hauser told members of the
Advertising Club of Washington
at a meeting in the Hotel Statler
that "the editorial pages of the
newspapers have not always seen
eye to eye with their business
Offices"
"If some of these pages that try
to find mysterious reasons why we
tried to include income questions
would only turn to their own busi-
ness offices, they would find re-
quests were made to us to include
these items" DR.. Hauser asserted.
The 1850 census will show
Washington is one of the finest
commercial markets in the coun-
try, the speaker told the gather
ing. The tremendous increase in
population of the area, from 903-
900 in 1910 to more than 1905
900. in 1947, plus the sharp rise
in family income. from $2,O01 in
1889 to 1888 in 1947, accounts
in great part for the favorable
market here.
The University of Chicago pro-
fessor said this rise reflects a 20
per cent increase in purchasing
power. even though the dollar has
declined in value.
William Sigmund, president of
the club. presided. Walter Nc
Ardle, president of the McArdle
Printing Co., told the club $4,000
Washington residents are en-
ployed in the printing business,
making the industry the top COM
mercial one in the District.
Evening star., 1950-01-18

grandchildren after the daugh-
ters' death.
Mr.. st. Clair's estate included
stock, royalties on gas, oil and
other minerals and Texas real
estate.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Seem Hayden to Speak

Sean Hayden ofthe Irish Lega-
ton will speak on Poets and Men
of the 1916 Insurrection" at 9
pm. tomorrow at the Roosevelt
Recreation Center. Mr.. Hayden's
talk is part of the current series
of lectures on Irish cultural topics.
being sponsored by the District
Recreation Department.
Evening star., 1950-01-18

When your child is cross because
of "Childhood Constipation" do
you add to her discomfort by giving
small doses ofa harsh-acting adults
laxative? Do you risk upsetting her
nervous system by forcing her to
take bad-tasting laxative? Play
safe. Give Fletcher's Castoria the
thorough laxative made especially
for children. So gentle, it will not
cause discomfort. So pleasant tast-
ing, children take it gladly.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
"Here's the best Health News
of the Yeor," says Readers Digest

Thus Readers Digest begins its exciting account of the
development testing and clinical proof of revolution.
ary new drug discovery ANAHIsT- the antihstamine
that can stop the spreading of colds
Worth noting the fact that all anthistamines are not
alike They differ in chemical structure and so they vary
greatly in performance and effectiveness ANALYST has been
singled out as the miracle drug colds because Of
its amazingly successful record in actual clinical tests.
+ ANALYSTS Cold Control
These tests show that, by taking upon exposure
or at he6rst sign of cold the great majority of people
can now eliminate cold symptoms in single day. This
Evening star., 1950-01-18

Taks AhAHisT immsdiofeiy spon contact with
anysae who sneszss, eoushs OF shows other Geld
symptoms :. or If yes begin to sufeh cold yesr-
ssIf, tske ANALYST within the first "A hesrs ...
then eeutinve with one ANAHIsT fobIsf after
saeh meal snd before rstirias-77 hssrs fer
n,aximum effectiveness. ANAHlsT Is now sveII-
ubs In the large fumiIy ysizs bsfiIs Of 10 tablets
-sI.e, psekst-sirs bstiIss Of Is.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
81 I}a #;s2:z #S;

Wide lace trim, Ga
neat hem. adjust =
able straps. Nicely ~
cut and tailored.
A wonderful value.
Sizes "a to 40 ~
Evening star., 1950-01-18
ANALYSTS Cold Control

Byron caron family, 3o6 Eosf 5ofh S., New
York, N. Y. Mrs. Caran writes: when my boy
Arthur came home from school with a cold,
we started the whole family taking ANALYST.
Next day Arthur hadn't trace Of cold and
none of the rest Of us caught the cold"
Evening star., 1950-01-18

R. Il. MiehasI family, 1903 Riverside Heights.
Verona, Pittsburgh. Pa. Mr.. Michael writes:
II can't afford long bout with a cold-and.
since my wife brought home ANALYST, that
problems solved" And Mrs. Michael adds:
"Since we discovered ANALYST, we can nip
colds in the bud!"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-31
Can't Get Injunction Against
Right To Organize. NLRB Holds

Camden, Tex. (LPA)-You can't
get an injunction whose effect is
to bar employees from exercising
their right to organize a labor
union, the National Labor Relations
Board ruled Aug. 27.
Ruling came in a case involving
w. T. Carter & Brothers, a lumber
company which owns all the pro-
perty in and near this town Of 1000
population. The company employs
$50.
The injunction obtained by Car
ter forbids the holding Of any
union meeting on company proper
ty-meaning the town Of Camden
without the company's consent.
Union was the International Wood
workers which charged unfair
labor practice.
A three-man panel of the NLRB
found unanimously that Carter vio-
lated the Taft-Hartley act on five
counts:
u Refused to permit union
meetings on the property.
p Followed union organizers to
prevent such meetings.
3 Engaged in Surveillance" of
union meetings by having a short
hand reporter present at two
meetings.
a. Fired two employees for union
activity, including, in the case Of
one of them, testifying at two
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-31
Real Estate Lobby Plans To Change
Stand Of Legion On Public Housing

Washington (LPA) Anything
to beat public housing!
That's the way the National As
sociation Of Home Builders figures
things. The NAHB is one Of the
top organizations in the "real
estate lobby"
Now the NAHB is after the Am
erican Legion whose last conven-
tion went on record for public hous-
ing after a bitter fight. A secret
letter went to NAHB affiliates re-
Gently urging a strategy whereby
the Legion's 1850 convention in
Los Agneles in October can be
packed with delegates opposing
public housing. If the Legion can
be maneuvered into a reversal of
its previous stand, NAHB leaders
figure they'll have won a great
public opinion victory.
Here's what the letter says:
"In the battles we will have
early next year in Congress on var
ious types of public housing legis-
lation, similar to the low-cost hous-
ing bill, the policy position of the
American Legion will be the most
important single factor. The Leg