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Evening star., 1950-01-23
Matthews May Explain
Conflict on Denfe|d
Commission Today
By John A. Giles

The question of the legality O:
the removal of Admiral Louis E
Denfeld as Chief of Naval Opera.
tions may be answered today.
Senators looked to Navy Secre.
tary Matthews and Chairman
Tydings of the Senate Armed
Services Committee for a full ex.
PLANTATION of the facts in the case
Mr.. Matthews promised a state
ment but it's issuance was de.
pendent on a speech by Senator
Tydings on the Senate floor.
1t was Mr.. Matthews testimony
that Admiral Denfeld had never
been issued" commission fol-
a second term-and that there
fore a vacancy in the Office ex-
isted-which set off the latest
furry over Pentagon policy.
Sherman Confirmation Delayed.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican
OF Wisconsin, then made a bis
tering speech in which he dis
closed that Admiral Denfeld did
in fact, hold such a commission
signed by Mr.. Matthews and Pres
ident Truman for the two-year
term starting last December 10.
He brought up the question of
whether the Navy Secretary was
"untruthful" or incompetent"
Mr.. Matthews replied that he
was neither, and this led to specu-
latisn that Admiral Denfeld came
into possession of the commission
through irregular channels with
out the knowledge ane to the sur
prise OF the secretary. He could
have received it from some one
at the White House or within the
Navy's Personnel Bureau, which
ordinarily draws up such docu-
ments. 1t is customary to sign the
documents in advance of official
issuance.
While all this has been going
on, action was delayed on the
nomination of Admiral Forrest P.
Sherman to succeed Admiral Den
field.
Denfeld Chooses Retirement.
Admiral Sherman was given a
recess appointment to the Office
by Mr.. Truman after MIR. Mat
thews-with the approval of the
President-ousted Admiral Den
field last October ~, following the
latter's testimony on Capitol Hill
in which he criticized administra-
tion unification policies. That
testimony took both the White
House and the Pentagon by sur
prise since the admiral previously
had been regarded as a unifica-
ton supporter. However, Mr..
Matthews has said that his differ
ences with the admiral predated
the testimony.
Admiral Denfeld, given the
choice between a lesser post and
retirement, chose last week to quit
the Navy rather than to step into
another job. At the same time
he indicated that he was ready
to tell his side of the story.
Should the admiral be called
before the Senate committee, the
whole uniflcation row would be
opened up again.
johnson Blasted.
In Youngstown, Ohio, the ma
tional executive staff of the Navy
Club OF the United States got into
the ring with a blast at Defense
johnson.
The organization claiming a
membership of about 10000 for
mer Navy men, passed a resolu-
tion rapping Mr.. johnson for
failure to carry out the spirit
and the letter of the National
Security Act" and for attempting
to usurp the authority and vested
power of the President as Com
mander in Chief of the armed
forces"
Evening star., 1950-01-23

puugeI manag-
er' and secre-
tary of the Ex-
ecutive Com
mittee Of the
G o m m u n i t Y
Chest Fedora
ton, it was an
nounced today.
Edward j.
KeyeS, execu-
tive director of
the Chest Fed
Grafton. al d
Mr.. Gilks will
assume his new
duties February
Evening star., 1950-01-23
Passage Of Home Rule
Bill Urged as Step 10
Strengthen Congress

Passage of a home rule bill for
the District would be an impor-
tant step toward creating a
stronger and more effective Con-
Evening star., 1950-01-23
DR.. Austin to Speak

DR.. Charles B. Austin, pastor of
West Washington Baptist Church,
will be the speaker at a home
coming dinner at 6 pm. Wednes-
day in Central Union Mission, 613
c street NV. Maj. William H.
Rasmey, president of the board
of directors, will preside.
Evening star., 1950-01-23
William 6. GiIks Appointed
Chest BUDGET MANAGER

William G.. Gilks, manager Of
the Government unit in the Com
munity Chest campaigns for the
last six years, has been named
Evening star., 1950-01-23

Pakistan has established Ma
laria Institute to fight for control
Of the disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05
FLYING
PHANTOM
Our old friend, The Human Fly,
comes back with some new tricks

0sEN and Johnson fans hardy long
~ constant gnre and mad actors hurting down the
ases But the confirmed up and took notice
when the good professors opened their last show Pardon
Our French. At point in the proceedings human fly
sambes up the walls and around the balcony railing
pausng only stumble off and save himself from dropping
to disaster by grabbing the rail with one hand.
Pardon Our French had its preBroadway tryout at the
Boston Opera House, and Human Fly John Campa had
field day amid the old heate gingerbread tiers of box Seats
The photograph at the right snapped at the first matinee
performance directly afterwards Mr. Ciampa tangled with
Boston safety ordinance and had to do his eapng lower
tier 1T silly" he says ruefuly Anybodyd think
going to fall or somethng"
HE matter not falling understandable point of pride
in Mr. Campas interesting profession He hasn't dropped
yet and he's been climbing for nearly 20 years. 1t all
started hobby when he kid in Brooklyn His first
serious job hclayng but he couldn't forget climbing
and finally got his big chance in 1941 in thrill circus
staged at the Polo Grounds in New York He scaled the
pole on top of the clubhouse to hang up flag
Since then he has climbed all of structures He has
set price scale but if you want building climbed the
charge works out roughly to $40 CHARLES D. RICE
Evening star., 1950-08-06
Miss EiIers Wed
To Robert Miller

Miss Harriet Jane Eilers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Heye E. Eli
ers, and Mrs. Robert David Mil
ler, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
r. Miller, were married yester-
day in st. Paul's Lutheran Church.
The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Snyder
oficiated at the o'clock cere-
mony which was followed by a
reception in the brides home on
Klingle road.
After a honeymoon in the Po-
como Mountains the couple will
make their home here.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Six States 10 Gain, 8 Lose
House Seats in 1853
BY the Associated Press

Tentative 1850 population fig
ures indicate six States will gain
seats in the House of Representa-
tives, while eight will lose.
Although the final population
figures the Census Bureau will
furnish to President Truman in
December may change things
slightly, this is the outlook:
Seat gains will be: Seven for
California, two for Florida and
one each for Maryland, Michigan.
Texas and Washington.
Losses will be: Three for Penn
sylvania, two each for New York,
Oklahoma and Missouri-Presi-
dent Truman's home State-and
one each for Arkansas, Illinois,
Kentucky and Mississippi.
No more precise determinations
are possible now because the pre-
liminary State population figures
will be changed by the ALLEGATION
of some 100000 persons enumer-
ated away from their homes,
chiefly members of ships crews.
The seat changes are to take
effect beginning with the 83d
Congress, which will take office in
January, 1858.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Secret Explosives Wreck Plane
AS 6 Escape in Crash Landing

Oklahoma City residents from
their beds to the scene before road
blocks could be set up.
With explosions continuing for
three hours, fire fighters did not
attempt to come near. Newsmen,
photographers and spectators were
held behind ropes. Maj. Wright
said no pictures-not even by the
Air Force-would be taken.
Crew members, who escaped
with only a severe iolting, were
not allowed to talk with newsmen.
Maj. Wright would not divulge
the nature Of the cargo except
to say that 1t was ammunition.
The crew was identified as Maj.
R. Kolp, pilot, Capt. K. L. Moose,
TISergt. w. H. McLoon, T/Sergt.
v. j. Tobin, Sergt Lawrence Aski-
nosie and a Pfc. Kuhn. No home
towns were disclosed.
Within a half hour after the
crash, about Is explosions had
shattered the crippled transport.
The night shift at the giant Tinker
maintenance base was jolted from
its work and plant operations
halted momentarily.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
By Don S. Worren

Senator Brewster, Republican.
of Maine, admitted last night he
had paid $100 or so to Police
1t. Joseph w. Shimon for getting
rid of a man shadowing him
during the 1947 Howard Hughes
plane contract investigation.
The payment. the Maine Sen
ator said. was for Expenses" the
police officer said he had incurred
during his checkup on the So
called shadow"
Senator Brewster said this had
nothing to do with alleged wire
tapping; that there had been nc
discussion of that subject. He pre-
viously had denied giving any au-
thority to tap wires or even hav-
ing any knowledge of it in the
Hughes case. ...
The Pepper Subcommittee OF
the Senate District Committee
investigating wire tapping, is ex-
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Army's Bazooka-Like She'll
Will Be Used in Korea
By the Associated Press

The Army said today that its
90-millimeter shaped-charged an
ti-tank shell is certainly about
to be" used in Korea, if it is not
actually in use there already.
In response to inquiries about
a press report that new artillery
shell similar to a bazooka rocket
is on its way to Korea, an Army
spokesman said the 90-millimeter
shell has been included for the
last week in a public exhibit at
the Penatgon of weapons being
used in Korea.
He said there is nothing secret
about the Shaped-charge shell.
Although the spokesman would
not officially confirm that Ameri-
can tanks with -millimeter guns
which can fire these shells are in
Korea, the presence of such tanks
there is we'll known.
The shell is shaped so as to TO-
Gus the effect of it's explosion.
This device is used in bazooka
rockets to penetrate heavy tank
armor.
The shaped artillery shell is a
postwar development.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
West Europe
Ministers Back
u. n. on Korea
Call Reds VioIutors
Of International Law
And Aggressors
BY the Associated Press

STRASBOURG. France, Aug. S.
Western Europe's foreign mini
sters, meeting as the Council of
Europe's upper house, officially
Endorsed today the United Nations
stand against aggression in Korea.
The ministers in joint message
to the councils Consultative As
sembly, or lower house, urged the
assembly to express its support for
the U. N. Security Council resolu-
tions on the Korean war. The
assembly will meet here Monday.
The message stamped the
Northern Korean regime by name
as violator of international law,
and condemned its aggression.
Earlier the ministers officially
voted to give Western Germany
and the Saar associate member
ship in the Council of Europe's
upper house.
Irish Foreign Minister Sean
MacBride, chairman of the Mini
sterial Committee. announced this
decision to a news conference fol-
lowing the ministers morning ses-
sion.
The move was described as a
deliberate step toward full mem
bership in the European Council
an unofficial parliament of
Western Europe-for the Germans
and Saarlanders.
Western Germany and the Saar
as associate members are repre-
sented in the Consultative Assem-
bly, but not on the more powerful
Committee of Ministers.
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman said the three occupying
powers-Britain. France and the
United States-intend to permit
the Germans to have their own
foreign ministry. When that hap
pens. Germany will be eligible for
complete membership.
Mr.. Schuman said the European
Council as such will not request
the occupying powers to'grant this
additional leeway to the Germans.
"The ministers realize" said Mr..
Schuman, that the three occupy
ing powers are already working
on changes in the occupation
statute. The original intention
was for the statute to be subject
to revision after 18 months.
"All this is working out nor
mally, and these changes will be
made when the three nations meet
in Washington in October"
Mr.. MacBride said the decision
on Western Germany and the
Saar is effective at once. This
means that either Germany or the
Saar or both may be invited to
sit in on the Ministerial Commit
tee session Monday or Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Pope Hits Excesses
OF State Control
BY the Associoted Press

CAsTEL GANDOLFO, Italy,
Aug. 5.-Pope Plus XII spoke out
today against excesses of state
control, declaring neither the in
dividual nor the family should be
absorbed by the state"
He addressed in French 200 del
egates from 10 nations who had
attended the eighth International
Congress of Administrative Sci
ences in Florence.
He declared that the true no
ton of the state "is that of a mora
organism, based on the moral
order of the world. 1t is not
an omnipotent oppression of all
legitimate autonomy"
The pontiff said there were Ger
tain rights of individuals and fam.
lilies the state always protect and
cannot "violate or sacrifice to a
pretended common good"
He described these as "the right
to honor and a good reputation
the right and the freedom te
venerate the true God, the original
right of parents over their chill
dren and their education"
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Port Beachheod Can Be Held,
Pentoqon Officials Believe
Horbor Can Be Kept Out of Firing Range
Within 40-MiIe Arc, Military Men Explain

the Pentagon believes the North
Korean Communists will keep on
pressing the fight as long as they
can regardless of losses.
when you have an enemy un-
der commanders with an utter
disregard for losses, you can ex-
pect them to go right to the last
ditch" a briefing officer told
newSmen.
He drew a parallel between the
action of the Korean Reds in
pushing on despite heavy casual
ties, and that of the Russians in
World War II when the Soviets
lost millions of men but paid no
attention to the sacrifice of lives.
That indicates the type of train
ing the North Korean invaders
have had, the officer said.
There were these other military
developments:
/. A top defense official said
(See DEFENSE, A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Omnibus Bill
For S34 Billion
Clears Senate
Goes to Conference:
One-Poekoge Ideo
Flopped,' Lucas Says
By Cecil Holland

A $34,236, ,932 ,228 omnibus ap-
preparation bill-the first and
perhaps the last one-package
money bill in the country's his
tory-today was a step nearer
final legislative action.
After weeks of consideration
the Senate by a voice vote late
yesterday passed the measure
carrying funds for the operation
of the Government for the IL
month period ending next
June 80. The bill now goes to
a Senate House conference to
settle differences between it and
a bill carrying a smaller appro-
priation which the House passed
weeks ago.
Final debate was marked by
arguments over whether a one
package appropriation measure
for the bulk of Federal expendi-
lures had been workable.
Lucas Says 1t "Flopped."
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
said the idea, adopted this year
for the first time, had Topped"
and that he had found no one
who disagreed with his views.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, of
Tennessee, the chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee, agreed and said the omnibus
bill was "a terrible thing" It
would be "better for the Govern
ment, better for the taxpayers,
better for everybody" Senator
McKellar added, to go back to
the former procedure of having
separate appropriation bills for
each Government agency.
Five Republican members of
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee took issue with these views
and said they thought the single
HNSAoSS AACoSu1C was d SOOQ
thing. They were Senators Wherry
OF Nebraska, Ferguson of Michi-
gan, Saltonstall of Massachusetts.
Gordon of Oregon and Knowland
of California.
Mcclellan Reduction Defeated.
Before final passage, the Senate:
l. Rejected by vote of Al to
50 a proposal by Senator McClel-
Ian, Democrat, of Arkansas, to
trim S per cent. or $136, 1893. .O73.
from the $2,726, 900, 900 appropria-
ton for carrying out the third
year OF the Marshall recovery pro-
gram in Western Europe.
2. Specifically exempted the
Coast Guard from a 10 per cent
cut in non-military expenditures
previously approved.
3. Adopted an amendment by
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado, to permit deficiency ap-
preparations to be made, if nee
essary, for the transportation of
mail.
4. Brushed aside on a point of
order a move by Senator Bridges.
(see APPROPRIATIONS, P. A-3)
Evening star., 1950-08-05
By John A. Giles

Army officials admitted today
that any substantial Withdrawals
in the southern sector of the
Korean fighting front might make
the situation critical" around
the important port of Pusan.
But they still held firmly to
the belief that American and
South Korean forces will be able
to hold a beachhead within an
arc of at least 40 miles in length
making the port out of the
range of artillery.
On the north and northwest
sector of the present line. they
pointed out, there are number
of ridges which make good de-
fensive positions even though the
and South Koreans are
pushed beyond the Naktong River
An Army spokesman indicated
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Reds Theaten 10 Veto
IL. n. Condemnation
Of Korea Aggression
MuIik Asks Ceuse-Fire
And Asiutic Communists
Presence at Sessions
BY the Assoeiated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 5.-Rus-
sia clinaxed maneuvers designed
to keep the Security Council from
condemning North Korean aggres-
sion by threatening yesterday to
veto any decision taken without
Communist China and North Ko-
rea present.
Soviet Delegate Jakob A. Malik,
who ended a seven-month boycott
of the United Nations to take over
the council presidency August l,
introduced a resolution calling for
a cease-f1re, the withdrawal of
foreign (American) troops, and
the presence of the two Asiatic
Communist states at the councils
deliberations.
United States Delegate Warren
A. Austin assailed Mr.. Malik' S
move as irregular conduct"
Malik Fights Delaying Action.
MIR. Malik has fought a delay
ing, procedural action since he
returned to the council Tuesday to
prevent a debate and vote on a
United States resolution condemn
ing North Korean aggression and
asking members to help localize
the conflict.
Mr.. Austin was joined by Brit
aims Sir Gladwyn Jebb in main
tanning that only the U. N.-recog-
nized Republic of Korea (South
Korea) belonged at the council
table.
They made it clear the Russian
proposals would be rejected by a
majority when the council resumes
its sessions next Tuesday after
noon after weekend recess.
Austin Promises Action.
The American representative
told reporters after the meeting
that the council "has a way to
put a stop to these cunning devices
Of obstruction-the kind of under
thiS-shell now, under -that-shell
then, game that is being played"
He did not say what 1t was.
RuSsia's Mr.. Malik has made no
overt move so far, however, to set
aside the councils decisions of
June and July-made while he
was absent-calling for a cease
fire, labelling Communist North
Korea the aggressor and setting I'D
an U. N. fighting force. flying the
international body's flag, under
command of Gen. Macarthur.
Mr.. Malik has said only that the
actions were illegal. a term he
also applied to the defeats the
(Can TT NJ pa0n AN
Evening star., 1950-08-05
5 Seized in Attempt TO Kill
Tito Affache in Austria
BY the Assoeiaied Press

VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 5.-Five
armed men attempted last night
to murder a Yugoslav diplomat on
the Vienna-Belgrade express, the
Austrian Interior Ministry an
nounced today.
The men-identified as anti
Tito refugees from Yugoslavia-
broke into the compartment of
Vlara Mocnik, a commercial at
tache of the Yugoslav Foreign
Ministry en- route from Vienna to
Belgrade.
AS they attacked Mocnik with
knives near Werndorf in Southern
Austria, the Yugoslav pulled the
emergency cord of the train. An
Austrian customs official and two
conductors forced the attackers
into a compartment. They were
arrested at the next station.
Mocnik continued on to Belgrade.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Enlisted Reservist Call
For I'd Army Expected
Soon After August IS
District Men to Go
To Fort Meade When
Unit Needs Are Known
By Robert K. Welsh

Army enlisted reservists likely
to be called from the District, un-
der the Nation-w wide quota of g.
900 during September and Octe-
ber, probably will start getting
calls soon after August Is, I'd
Army authorities said at Fort
Meade today.
Second Army quotas are $500
for mid-September and 6,703 for
mid-October. The number of in
dividual unorganized enlisted men
to be ordered into active service
from the District or any of the
seven States in the I'd Army juris-
diction cannot be estimated now,
a spokesman said.
Those numbers, he explained,
will be determined during the
next two weeks on the basis of
numbers needed to complete Army
organized reserve units being or
dered to duty, and to meet other
needs yet to be determined.
To Report on Needs.
"All of the organized units
called in this area" he said, "have
been directed to report by August
Is on exactly how many men they
need and the types of skills re-
quired. Then if we find that
(See RESERVISTS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-08-05
By the Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 5.-A
twin-engine Marine transport
plane crashed in heavy fog near
here last night and was virtually
disintegrated by blasts after all
six crew members sprinted to
safety.
Loaded with secret explosives,
the C-46 was coming in for an
instrument landing when one
engine failed. The craft plum
meted earthward on its belly in
muddy field just east of Tinker
Air Force Base.
The dead engine burst into
flames as the crew scampered for
cover. Within seconds the flames
touched off an explosion that
shook the countryside for miles
around.
Maj. L. w. Wright, Tinker pub
lie information officer, said the
craft was making a fuel stop en-
route from Cherry Point. N. c.,
to Moffett Field, Calf.
The violent explosions and fire
flashes attracted thousands Of
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Stand BY Control Law
For Truman Is Likely
As Wrang|e Subsidies
Both Houses Quit After
Week of Debate Without
Toking Definite Action
BY the Associated Press

A confused up-hill-down- dale
wrangle over home-front mobil-
izstion subsidized on both sides OF
Congress today, leaving prospects
that President Truman eventually
will get standby economic controls.
That seemed to be indicated,
even though both the Senate
Banking Committee and the full
House, during a hectic week of de-
bate on the issue, had rejected
such proposals to give Mr.. Truman
wage-price controls and rationing
powers for use when he sees fit.
Yesterday the Senate group
went full circle, throwing out an
automatic controls plan it had
once okayed, and adopting the
standby proposal it had once ap-
proved, once rejected. Then -
right back where it started on
Wednesday-it quit until next
week.
House Also Quits.
The House also quit in a par
liamentary tangle, after junking
a once-approved proposal similar
to the automatic plan considered
by the Senate committee.
There were signs the House also
might wind up by voting for the
standby idea.
That is the one Mr.. Truman has
said he will accept. He has ex-
pressed opposition to the other
plan, under which price and wage
ceilings and rationing would go
into effect automatically if prices
rose to certain level.
Both the House and the Senate
Committee got into the controls
debate when they started con-
Sideration of Mr.. Truman's request
for limited economic powers, in
oluding curbs on credit and COM
modify speculation.
Controls Not Mentioned.
The administration bill didn't
even mention price-wage-ration-
ing controls, which the President
has said are not necessary at this
time.
But plenty of lawmakers brought
the issue up, apparently spurred
by the testimony of Bernard Ba-
ruch that the Nation would soon
find itself in dangerous condition
without such restrictions against
imitation.
In the House, the issue produced
four full days of confusion and
uproar.
The leadership finally called a.
temporary halt to the debate, and
the House Banking Committee was
to meet Monday in
(See CONTROLS. Page A-3.)