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Evening star., 1950-03-31

Worth More Than 81 Billion.
Senator Maybank, Democrat, OF
South Carolina, chairman Of the
Senate Appropriations subcommit-
tee on the Treasury-Post Office
1851 money bill, declared that Fed
eral employees in all departments
and agencies have accumulated
more than ST billion worth of ex-
cess leave. Mr.. Maybank said his
group is concerned about these
tremendous amounts of terminal
leave"
This may be an indication that
the Senate group also will take
some kind of action to restrict
further accumulation of leave.
Meanwhile. the House committee's S
rider requiring Federal workers to
use up all of their 26 days leave
this year, will be subject to a
point of order when it comes up
for House action. A lot of House
members will move to kill the
rider. declaring it is not germane
to an appropriations bill.
HOT POTATO - The EN-
ployes' Recreation Association
of the Production and Market
ing Administration in the Agri-
culture Department is holding a
dance next month. As part of
the festivities, the employees
wanted to stage a special "sur-
plus potatoes" dance number as
a satirical reminder of the
departments current potato
dilemma.
Apparently, however, the
Agriculture Department didn't
see the humor Of the situation.
1t ruled the number out.
y * **
HATCH ACT - House Senate
conferees on the measure to per-
NIT Government employees in
nearby Maryland and Virginia to
participate as partisans in local
elections, met again yesterday but
failed to agree. The House con-
ferees will meet by themselves to-
day to discuss future moves.
Yesterdays meeting of the
se-Senate conferees was the
first in more than a month.
Apparently they were no closer to
agreement at the close of yestert-
days session than they were sew
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ties participation; Thornton w
Owen, chairman of the Ticket
Committee. and Frank M. Weakly
chairman Of the Hospitality Com
mittee.
Last night. the 81 princesses
got an idea of the gay week end
in store for them and the general
public.
They were honor guests of their
individual State societies at a re-
ception in the caucus room OF
the Senate. The room was deco
rated with flowers furnished by
the Botanic Gardens. Many Sen
ators and Representatives were
present. So were Mary Jane
Hayes, the Districts official host
ess and Miss Washington OF
1949," and Miss Marilyn Mack
who is the celebrations Miss
Hospitality" Both are ineligible
to be Queen. Music was furnished
by the Marine Corps String and
Reed Orchestra, directed by Henry
Webber.
|, Earlier, all the young women
were present at a broadcast OF
the Aldrich Family show, ar
ranged especially as part of the
festival program, over the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. network
Ezra Stone, the star of the broad.
cast, in addition to being CO.
master Of ceremonies tonight, will
lead community singing at the
Watergate tomorrow afternoon.
The Greater National Capital
Committees weekly program
Breakfast With Tourists" is ded.
icated this week to the festival
which is sponsored each year by
the committee. The program is
broadcast over WMAL, The Stars
radio station. Guests on the
broadcast at 1880 am. tomorrow
will be Gov. Turner of Oklahoma
and his daughter, Betty; Miss
Betty Love Boothe. the princess
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Festival Tickets
For Reserved Seats
Now Available

Tickets for the Cherry
Blossom Festival Pageant are
now on sale at all Peoples
Drug Stores. all Government
Services, Inc. cafeterias and
newsstand and in Room 2O4
of The Star Building.
Seats for the pageant. all
reserved, are 81 and $1.25 for
adults and SO cents for chill
dren. The show will start at
pm. and 2 pm. Sunday.
Sunday.
In addition, tickets may be
purchased after 10 am. to-
morrow and II am. Sunday
at boxoffices near Watergate.
A ticket trailer also will be
parked at Fourteenth and F.
streets NV. from 10 am. to
Z pm. today and tomorrow.
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from Nebraska, and Miss Anita
Rabe, the princess from New York
The pageant will start at pm
tomorrow with the Navy Hour
broadcast over the American
Broadcasting Co. network. At
1870 pm, Milt Slosser will play
the organ. At 2 pm, the pageant
itself will start. The same pro-
gram will be repeated on Sunday
at 2::30 pm. except for the Navy
Hour program.
List of Princesses.
Following is complete list of
the 81 princesses and the States
or Territories they represent:
10 Ann Vann, Alabama; Mary
Kay Ellingston, Arizona; Barbara
Jean Potts, Arkansas; Sally O'Neil,
California; Laurel Brown, Colo
rado; Barbara Freeman, Illinois;
JEANNE Carlson, Iowa; Barbara
Jean Vaughan. Indiana; Marjorie
Darby, Kansas: Katherine W.
Miller, Kentucky; Rita Favre,
Louisiana; Billie Jean Rixey, Mis-
souri,; Dorothy Yurick, Montana; :;
Betty Love Boothe, Nebraska: ::
Anita Rabe. New York; Patience
McNamee. Nevada; Mavis Benja-
min. New Hampshire; Betty Ann
McDermott. New Jersey; Rose
mary Giacobbie, Pennsylvania: ::
Martha Marie O'Rourke. Rhode
Island; Ann Davis. South Caro-
lima; Dolores I. Collier, South
Dakota: Alma Allen. Tennessee,
and Diana Sandefer, Texas.
Also Ann Johnson, Utah; Bon
ME Jean Holman, Vermont; sgd
ney johnson, Virginia; Patricia
Yeaton, Washington State: Eliza
beth Mitchell, West Virginia;
Patricia Kiermas, Wisconsin;
Dolores Carroll, Wyoming: Helen
Carlson, Alaska: Joan Malstrom,
Hawaii; Teresa Mercado. Puerto
Rico; Margaret ,Adair. New Mex
leo; Courtney Murphy, North Car
olina; Janice Palmer, North Da-
kota; Helen Ruth Polk, Ohio:
Betty Turner. Oklahoma; Diana
Powers, Oregon; Joyce L. Peters,
Maine; Patricia O'Conor, Mary
land; Roberta Eleanor McQuade,
Massachusetts,; Myfna U. Rees,
Michigan; Betty Olund, Mime
sofa; Sally Willie, Mississippi;
Joan Russell. Connecticut; Diane
G. Kipp. Delaware; Ann Rhodes,
Florida; Lu Lu Camp, Georgia
and Martha Louise Smith. Idaho.
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Defense Rests Today
In Bednasek's Trial
In Staying Of Coed
By the Associated Press

IOWA CITY. Iowa. Mar. 81
The defense will rest its case
today in the murder trial Of
Robert E. Bednasek, "a. Univer-
sity of Iowa psychology student.
And there is possibility the case
might go to the jury this week
end.
Defense Attorney Clair Hamil-
ton said he would call DR.. Wilbur
R. Miller, director of the Univer-
sity of Iowa psychiatric hospital,
today as the last witness in the
defense efforts to prove the death
of an Iowa coed was accidental.
Bednasek, who ended six-hour
stay on the witness stand late
yesterday as the high point in his
trial, is charged with straneling
pretty Margaret Anne (Gee-Gee)
Jackson, 20. She also was an
Iowa psychology student.
To Offer Rebuttal Testimony.
After completion of the defense
case, both the State and defense
Will have an opportunity to offer
rebuttal testimony. Closing argu-
ments to the jury will follow and
then the judges instructions be-
fore the jury of eight men ard
four women receives the case.
There were some reports that
If it appeared completion of trial
was near, a Saturday session
would be held to finish. Normally
court is not held on Saturday.
The soft spoken defendant,
through lengthy, detailed cross
examination yesterday maintained
the death of Miss Jackson. who
died of asphyxiation after cartil-
ages in her throat were fractured,
was accidental.
The State contends he stran-
gled the beautiful coed because
of jealousy and fear that he was
losing her.
Says They Danced.
Bednasek related again under
cross-examination how he and
Miss Jackson playfully placed
their hands on each others
throats.
Didn't you hold your hands
real tight on her neck?"
"Oh, no." Bednasek replied.
you just barely placed your
hands on her neck in the proper
way to choke a persona"
Yes"
Bednasek then told how
strange look came over her face,
and how she pushed her hands
up to break his hold. He testified
once more how they then danced
a few steps. and then how she
moaned and gasped. staggered
away from him and fell. striking
chair.
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House Backers Press
Drive 10 Send Gas Bill
Ito White House TODAY
BY the Associated Press

House hackers of a much-dis-
puted natural gas bill pressed a
drive today to send it to the
White House by nightfall.
The big argument is over
whether it would hurt consum-
ers.
A move to approve the Senate
version of the bill aroused fresh
opposition in the House yesterday
A final decision was scheduled
for today.
The measure would ban the
Federal regulation Of prices
charged for natural gas by So
called independent producers. The
House passed a similar bill last
August by 1873 3-to-131 vote.
House Approval Predicted.
House failure to approve the
slightly different Senate bill would
send both versions to a conference
committee for compromise. That
would give Senate opponents an
other chance to defeat the pro-
posal, which the Senate passed by
a 44-to-38 vote Wednesday.
Speaker Rayburn made a per-
sonal plea yesterday for enact
ment of the Senate bill. Repre-
sentative Harris, Democrat, of Ar
kansas, predicted the House would
approve it.
Senator Douglas, Democrat, OF
Illinois, has demanded that Presi-
dent Truman veto the measure
Senator Douglas said it would
take more than $100 million a
year out Of the pockets of con-
sumers and put it in the Golfers
of few very rich interests"
Housewife Called Victor.
But Senator Kerr, Democrat, OF
Oklahoma. a sponsor of the legis-
lation, said: 4
THE American housewife is the
real victor in this great legisla-
tive battle to preserve a gas pro-
duction system which has brought
to American homes the cheapest
cleanest and best fuel in the coun-
try"
The legislation would prohibit
the Federal Power Commission
from fixing the price on gas deliv-
cred to pipelines for interstate
transportation by independent
producers. These producers are
defined as those who do not own
pipelines and are not affiliated
with them. Included are some OF
the largest oil companies.
The FPC, since 1888, has regu-
lated the rates and charges OF
pipeline companies for gas moved
to the industrial East. chiefly from
Texas. Arkansas, Oklahoma and
other Southwestern States.
Opponents contend that II the
commission is blocked from regu-
lating independent gas producers
the charges to consumers will be
greater.
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Soviet Airmen Reported
PatroIIing China Sea Lanes
BY ths Associated Press

ny ms AsSocfofeo rfesS
HONG KONG, Mar. 3l.-Soviet
air crews have been flying patrols
over North China sea routes four
days. American shipping repre-
|sentatives radioed today.
The reports from North China
said the Russian aircraft were
patrol planes or bombers, possibly
Ilyushins.
tThe Identification is rather
sweeping. since Russian nyu-
shins include everything from
up-to-date four-jet bombers to
conventional two-engine assault
bombers, transports and Storm
ovik f1ghters.l
The reports said Russian air.
men, antiaircraft crews and gar
rison troops are swarming into the
North China ports Of Tsingtao
lTientsin and Dairen.
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eral months ago, when they frs
tried to settle their differences.
AS originally passed by tht
House, the bill would give the Civi
Service Commission the authority
to assess lesser penalties than out.
right dismissal from the service
for minor violations of the Hatcf
Act. But the Senate amended
the bill to allow nearby Fedora
employees to participate actively a!
Republicans Or Democrats.
Leaders of the nonpartisar
movement in Virginia and Mary.
land have urged rejection of tht
Senate amendment, declaring tha'
it would be the death knell of the
independent movement there. The,
declare the amendment is bole
bid for power by politicians eagel
to kill the nonpartisan movement
in nearby areas.
x X
EXTENDED PREFERENCE -
Representative Poulson, Republi.
can, OF California, has introduced
a bill to give veterans preference
to persons who served as member:
of State Guards during the war
Any effort to extend veterans
preference to them in Federal EN-
ployment is expected to be opposed
by the Civil Service Commission
LITTLE WAGNER ACT-Rep-
resentative Rhodes, Democrat, OF
Pennsylvania says he still hopes
to get subcommittee action this
year on his bill to grant virtua,
collective bargaining rights tc
Federal employe unions.
Mr. Rhodes says the Davis
House Civil Service Subcommittee
the other day did not reject the
measure, but merely decided tc
let another subcommittee be
formed to hold hearings on the
measure. Although there is vir-
tually no chance that Congress
will act on the bill this year, Mr.
Rhodes would at least like to have
subcommittee hearings started on
the measure.
\ X X
UNIFORMS-A bill to provide
uniforms for all Federal employees
who are required to wear them as
part of their duties has been spon-
sored by Representative Williams
Democrat of Mississippi. The
measure was referred to the House
Civil Service Committee, of which
Mr.. Williams is a member. Sev-
eral similar bills already have
been introduced in Congress.
X X X
RETIREMENT GROUP-Rep.
resentative Rees of Kansas, the
ranking Republican member o1
the House Civil Service Commit.
tee, will address the monthly
meeting Of the National Associa
ton of Retired Civil Employees al
2 pm. tomorrow in the National
Museum. Tenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV.
a7n(Be sure to listen at GAS pm.
every Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
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Monday and warmer again Tues
day and Wednesday. The tenn
perature will average near normal
for the period. The normal maxi
mum for the Washington area is
so degrees, normal minimum 4C
degrees. Showers tomorrow night
or early Sunday and probably
again on Wednesday totaling from
" to ! inch.
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District Of Columbia-Sunny
with high in mid SOS today. Clear
tonight, low about 36. Tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and warmer
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
and cold tonight.
Wind velocity, 8 miles per hour;
direction, north-northeast.
Five Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, March 31-April 5.
Warmer through Sunday. Coolel
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House Economy Bloc
To Fight Any Increase
In Defense Spending
By John A. Giles

House economy advocates laid
plans to oppose any increase in
defense spending today after
President Truman declared he
did not have the slightest belief
that national defenses had fallen
below the safety point.
Mr.. Truman was asked at his
Key West news conference about
Gen. Eisenhower's testimony on
Capitol Hill this week that avia-
ton procurement had been cut
too far and that Alaskan defenses
were too weak.
Fundamentally, the President
said, he and Gen. Eisenhower are
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Festival
Continued From First Page)

residents leaving town for the
holiday will encounter an incom-
ing crowd of visitors.
Washington hotels began to fill
up for the week end today, and
business was reported as very good
despite the fact that the cherry
blossoms are not yet in bloom
The hotel men said, however. that
some space is still available.
| The Greater National Capital
tCommittee's Transient Housing
Bureau in the lobby of The Star
Building is helping place visitors
who wish to stop at tourist homes
Or rent rooms in private homes.
The central events of the fes-
tival, two open-air pageants at
the Watergate Theater. will begin
at l pm. tomorrow and 2::30 pm.
Sunday. The pageant, Spring Is
a Wonderful Thing" will be fea-
tured by the coronation cere-
monies for the queen and the
princesses of her court represent
ing the various States and terri
I tories.
| Queen to Be Selected.
A major phase Of the celebra-
! ton, the selection of the queen
takes place at $50 O'Clock tonight
in the Shoreham Hotel.
| 1t will feature a reception and
supper dance. with Barnee and his
Shoreham Blue Room Orchestra
Then, escorted by officers selected
from all branches of the armed
services, the princesses from the
48 States and three Territories
will form procession, which will
lead them to their honored places
before the assembled guests.
Each one will be introduced by
the masters of ceremonies, Edward
r. Carr and Ezra Stone, radios
Henry Aldrich.
| After the princesses have taken
/ their places, the wheel of for
tune" will slowly turn, and the
princess representing the State OF
territory on which the pointer
stops will become the queen Of
the 1850 Cherry Blossom Festival
Her proclamation will follow al
once, and she will be crowned By
Secretary of the Navy Matthews
tomorrow.
Dancing Till 1880.
/ The dancing will continue until
1880 am.
L. Gardner Moore, general man.
ager Of the Shoreham, is chair.
man of the Arrangements Com.
mittee for the event. Mr.. Carr
as general chairman, will be as.
sisted by Mrs. Joseph C. McGar.
raghy, chairman of the Patron.
and Patronesses Committee; Ed.
gar Morris. chairman of the In.
vitations Committee; Carl M
Walker, chairman of State socie.
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w SoAlSSA ~ oNS4
accu m u ! a t e d
leave.
Chairman Nc
Kellar of the
full committee
and his COL
! e a G u e S a re
C ! O S e | y
q u e S t / o n j ng
Federal officials
regarding the
amount of an
nual leave that
has been piled
up by employees
in their respec-
@:,
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High Nuzi Refused PuroIe

BERLIN. Mar. 81 (P.-A parole
petition by Walther Funk, former
Reichsbank president under Hit
ler, has been refused by the Allied
powers, United States authorities
said today. Funk was sentenced
at Neurnberg to life imprisonment
as a war criminal.
Evening star., 1950-03-31

In agreement on defense but he
does not blame the general, as q
military man, in striving for mill
tary perfection. His own problem
he went on, is consideration of
the overall economy and just
how much the country can afford
to spend on the military. This
led to belief in some circles that
Mr.. Truman might impound any
increases, as he did last year with
added air funds.
Asks More for Alaska.
The general, wartime Allied
commander in Europe and now
president of Columbia University
told the Senators that the general
level between national economy
and defense spending was about
right but added that he guessed
that $500 million "or less" should
be added for airplanes and Alaska
The anti-submarine warfare pro-
gram could be bolstered within
the budget. he said. This testi-
mony was followed by plans in the
House to increase the spending.
But Representative Taber. Re-
publican, of New York, and top
minority member on the Appropri-
ations Committee, said he would
resist plans of members of the
House Armed Services Committee
to try to add about $500 million
to the defense budget.
He was backed by Representa-
tive Dwight L. Rogers, Democrat.
of Florida. who declared he would
insist on roll calls on any moves
to add to the s29 billion omnibus
appropriation bill, which is slated
for House debate next week.
Chairman Vinson of the Armed
Services Committee has announced
that he would move to increase
the 1891, ,127 900 for the armed
services in the bill.
Representative Vinson wants
to increase funds for the Army,
Navy and Air Force. He said he
would attempt to get, the Appro-
priationS Committee to offer the
amendments. but that if he wasn't
successful there he would offer
the plan himself.
Mr.. Taber, long an economy
advocate, took a long look at the
omnibus bill and then declared
that he believed that most of the
allotments in it, including those
Of defense, could be reduced.
Top Fiscal Adviser.
'They are always saying you
can't cut anything without ruin
ing it." Mr.. Taber said. "They
told us that last year on the Mar
shall Plan bill, yet it now de-
velops that there will be $50
million left over"
The New Yorker is top fiscal
adviser to the House Republican
Policy Committee which will meet
next Monday to develop a plan
of action on appropriations. Re-
publican leaders have asked fol
a 81 billion overall cut in spend
ing.
Commenting on his plan, Mr.
Rogers said that "if increases arr
justified we should not be afraic
to let the record show how VIZ
voted on them"
Meanwhile, the Air Force re-
ported that the Budget Bureau
had given it authority to spend
$40 million on a guided missile
proving ground extending hun.
dreds of miles out into the At
lantic Ocean from Florida's east
coast. 1t will be spent on con-
struction and equipment.
Evening star., 1950-03-31

HiEh and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, A., at $50 pm.
Low, 81, 1T 6:34 am.
Record Temperatures This Year,
Hishest. 70, on January %.
Lowest, Is, on March 8,
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey1
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Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
neDs and UieDS of the Gopern-
ntent Scene.J
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The Federal Spotlight
Senate Committee Inquiring
Into Accumulation of Leave
By joseph Youno

The Senate Appropriations Committee
est in the accumulation of annual leave by Federal
The House Appropriations Committee already added
amendment to its omnibus 1851 appropriations bill
Evening star., 1950-03-31

Showers scheduled for the Upper Lakes
region westward into Northern Plains tonight
Scattered showers likely in sections of the
and Middle Mississippi Valley along with windy conditions
Scattered urres and rain in lower elevations
foreseen for Western Montana northern mountains
wyoming Warmer weather slated for States
Of the Rockies except the Northern Plains Wirephoto Map
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Temperatures in Various Cities.

At II, Miss Joy Simpson, Of
Penyenton. England. has made
her first solo fight.
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Fires first film company is
training a staff to produce news
reels and features.
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Russia Stronger Today Thon Europe and
America Combined. Poge A-Io
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Now, the Senate group. which
has not yet finished hearings on
the 1851 money bill, has disclosed
Evening star., 1950-03-31
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

NIyef Nep0Tt.
From U. S. Engineers.)
fotomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
ana at Great Falls. Shenandoah cleaf
at Harpers Ferry,
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The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to datel,
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B& l THE MODE -. Important Mems Corner
The Arizona post., 1950-01-06
Social and
Psr,ona(

Mr.. and Mrs. Duke Harris, Chi
cago, spent few days here, stay
ing at the Westerner. They are
friends of Fred and Tess Stern, E.
Lester.
Miss Marilyn Kahn, Dayton,
has returned to live here inde-
finitely and is at 1415 E. Speed
way. Her parents will arrive
shortly to visit for a new weeks.
Mrs. Norman ]. Cohen, N.
Oracle Rd., is out of the hospital
after a three weeks siege with
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Grune-
wald, E. 3rd, spent the New Years
weekend vacationing at the Playa
de Cortez Hotel, Guaymas, Mex
leo.
Ed Simmons was chairman of
the committee of the knights of
Pythias which made it a happier
Holiday for over 200 Papago In
dians. One of those who assist
ed Simmons was Jack Barowitz.
Ray Calechman, Is, son of Mrs.
Miriam Calechman, S. 9Th, is a
member of the famous Tucson
Boys Choir. He has fine alto
voice. according to critics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wishnick,
Chicago, were recent weekend
guests of Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel
Schwartz, Gale Alter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Horwitz,
E. Helen, had a 10 day visit in
Los Angeles with relatives and
are glad to be back, leaving the
smog and rain.
Rose ROsenblatt, daughter of
Mrs. Pauline Rosenblatt, E. Mabel,
flies in from New York Jan. Is
to visit her mother and sister for
month.