davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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particular diamond was part of
the Hesse collection, Mr.. Bur-
rows protested that the Hesse
family failed to identify it as
Such. Mr.. Burrows lawyer.
Charles F. Mckay, jr., argued that
the burden was on the Hesse fam
lily to prove it was their diamond.
Appeals Judge Bennett Champ
Clark agreed with the lawyer,
and further agreed with the trial
Judge that Hesse failed to identify
the diamond.
Judge Clark declared the Hesse
claim amounted to this:
I'VE had some diamonds. These
diamonds were stolen from us by
Durant. Ergo, all diamonds that
Durant had are ours, and this
particular one must belong to us.
Legally this proposition is un-
sound. ."
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Revision of Controller
Setup Also Defeated in
New Blow at Trumun
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Expenditures Com
mittee today recommended rejec-
ton of two of President Tru-
mans plans for Government re-
organization.
The committee expressed oppo-
sition to ending the independent
powers of NLRB Counsel Robert
N. Denham and to placing the
duties of the Controller of the
Currency under the Secretary of
the Treasury.
The action amounted to an
other setback for Mr.. Truman in
his long skirmishing with Senator
Taft, Republican. of Ohio. over
the country's labor laws and their
administration. Senator Taft in
troduced the resolution to dis
approve the NLRB plan.
Members of the Expenditures
Committee said resolutions of dis
approval of both plans were
adopted by better than a 2-to-1
margin.
The action sends the resolutions
on to the Senate, where the votes
of 49 Senator's majority of the
entire membership-are necessary
for their adoption.
Unless the Presidents plans are
disapproved by either the House
or Senate before May "a, they will
become effective.
Meanwhile, Senator Wiley, Re-
publican, Of Wisconsin launched a
fight today on another of the
Presidents recommendations. He
announced he will introduce a bill
tomorrow to reject the plan to give
the Commerce Department broad
powers over the Patent Office.
Seven members of the Hoover
Commission on Government re-
organization asked the Senate and
House Expenditures Committees
in letters to reject a proposed
Agriculture Department reorgani-
Zation plan.
Senator Wiley said he fears
that political trickery" might
be practiced if the Patent Office
loses its semi independent status
and becomes subordinate to the
Office of Secretary of Commerce.
He said chaos" could result from
denial or granting of patents on
a political basis.
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9 French Police Injured
In Plane Factory Clash
By the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, April 17.-Nine French
policemen were injured today in
a clash with stone throwing
workers at a French aircraft
plant.
The nationalized plant had dis
missed 5000 workers for economy
Then, when other workers tried
to occupy the factory in protest
Saturday, the company fired the
remaining $500 workers, saying
they would be hired back individ-
ually.
Police threw a Gordon of 1000
men around the factory area. and
put 800 other police inside the
factory. Thousands of workers
massed in the area. shouting in
suits at the police. and stones
began to fly.
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Six-Car PiIeup Stalls
Traffic on New Bridge

A pileup of six automobiles that
bumped into one another stalled
Washington-bound traffic more
than a half hour on the South
Capitol Street Bridge shortly
after 8 am. today.
No one was injured and only
one car was damaged sufficiently
to be hauled away by a police
crane truck, police reported.
The accident, similar to a tie
up on Highway Bridge during a
morning rush hour last week, left
only one northbound lane open.
Police said traffic was so heavy
cars were backed up for several
blocks in moving past the six
cars. Both lanes were open soon
after $3.50 o'clock. Southbound
traffic was not delayed.
The pileup occurred when a
car stopped suddenly to avoid hit
ting one in front. witnesses said
The five cars Immediately behind
bumped into one another but only
the first of the six was disabled
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John F. Maragon was described
by his attorneys at the opening
of his perjury trial today as a
peanut vendor among princes. :"
a little man always ready to do
a favor or run an errand in the
bureaucratic jungles of Washing
ton.
The Government, in it's opening
statement. announced it would
prove that the 58-year-old Greek
immigrant, who once had free &C
cess to the White House. told at
least four lies under oath last July
% to Senators investigating the
"fve-percenter" influence peddlers.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Charles B. Murray outlined
these charges in detail to the
District Court jury of nine men
and three women.
It took a little more than an
hour to select the jury. The
nature of questions the opposing
lawyers asked prospective jurors
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measured by industrial output,
returns to business, or sustained
levels of consumer spending or by
such special things as home build
ing or steel production, the eco
nomic picture in the country is
good.
Unemployment is Problem.
ANY way you measure it. the
situation issvery strong" Mr.. Key
Serling said. The acting chairman
said the one dark cloud is the
rising level of unemployment
which grows out Of the increasing
size of the labor force.
Mr.. Keyserling recalled that
there was drop in unemployment
in March and that the problem
now is to deal with the paradox
of increased prosperity and at
the same time an expanding list
of idle.
In commenting on the future
prospects. Mr.. Keyserling recalled
that in January the Council had
said that business would be good
for the first six months of the
year, and now he continued tc
project the figures further-the
same situation holds good for the
third quarter.
Keyserling Qualities Stand.
He hastened to add, however
that I'VE do not want to be con-
sidered as saying that things will
not be good after October l."
In amplifying his remarks about
unemployment. which according tc
the latest figures is around 4 mil
lion, Mr.. Keyserling said it is
mot dangerous but higher thar
it ought to be-"
He repeated what the council
said in it's January report-that
the big need of the country today
is to get more investment capital
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Plan 10 Drop Denham Slaughter Lobby Trial
Post in NLRB Rejected Opens With Contracts
By Senate Committee Admitted as Evidence
Former Representative,
Truman Foe Charged
With FoiIine to Register

The trial of Roger c. Slaughter,
former Democratic Representative
in Congress from President Tru-
mans home district. on lobbying
charges. started in District Court
early this afternoon.
The case is being heard by
Judge Alexander Holtzof without
a jury.
Copies of Mr.. Slaughter's con-
tracts with grain exchanges and
an exporting association were ad-
mitted into evidence in starting
the Governments case.
Mr.. Slaughter Is charged with
failing to register as lobbyist
after his retirement from Con-
gress while under contract to
represent the exchanges.
Contracts May Be Cited.
He has indicated that his de-
fense will be, in part, that the
contracts specifically excluded
lobbying activities as a service for
his clients. He is an attorney.
At one point when the Govern
ment was entering its documen-
tary evidence, William E. Leahy,
defense attorney, made a mo-
tion for acquittal, terming the
evidence insufficient. Judge Holt
Zof considered this for a minute,
then said he would hear the Gov
ernment's case.
First witness called by Frank H.
Patton, Special Assistant Attorney
(See SLAUGHTER. Page A-6l
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High Court Refuses
To Rule on Georgia S
Unit Voting System
II Decision Maintains
Precedent Of Ignoring
Stote Electoral Setups
By Robert K. Welsh

The Supreme Court today re-
fused to interfere with Georgia's
county unit system of voting In
primary elections.
In a 7-to-2 opinion from which
Justices Douglas and Black dis
sented. the court declared it would
stand by long precedent whereby
Federal courts consistently refuse
to exercise their equity powers in
cases posing political issues arising
from a States geographical dis
tribution of electoral strength
among its political subdivisions. 81
Under the Georgia system each
county is allotted a number of
unit votes ranging from six for
the eight most populous counties
to two for most of the other coun-
ties. The candidate who receives
the highest popular vote in a
county gets a corresponding num-
ber of unit votes for that county.
Had Been Under Attack.
The procedure has been under
vigorous attack in Georgia, partic-
ularly, by opponents of Gov. Her.
man Talmadge They charged it
violated the Federal Constitution
because votes of residents of the
more populous counties had only
about one-tenth of the weight Of
those in other counties.
The Georgia courts upheld the
procedure and group of Georgia
voters appealed to the Supreme
Court. The tribunals dismissal of
their petition upholds the lower
court ruling.
Justice Douglas, in his first
written opinion since returning to
the court several weeks ago, de-
scribed the unit system as an lin
vidious discrimination"
Goes beyond Racial Angle"
Il suppose that If a Safe re-
duced the vote of Negroes, Cath
olics or Jews so that each got
only one-tenth of a vote we would
strike the law down." Justice
Douglas declared. yet there Is
evidence in this case showing that
Georgia's county unit system of
consolidating votes in primary
elections makes an equally in
vidious discrimination. Under this
primary law the nomination does
not go to the candidate who gets
the majority of plurality of votes.
Votes are counted county by
county,"
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Polish Diplomat FIees
Legation at HeIsinki
BY fhe A.sotioted Prss,

HELSINKI. Finland. April IT.
Friends Of the Polish legations
charge d'affairs. Wlodzimierz Um-
eastowski. said today he fed with
his family to Stockholm last Fri
day.
The friends quoted him as say
ing he had decided to become q
political refugee because Of the
terror reigning at Polish lega-
tions." They said he hoped TO 60
TO Argentina or Canada.
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ton of seven honorary presidents
general and the reading of a mes
sage from President Truman.
The turnout of registrants this
morning even exceeded expecta-
tions, apparently confirming pre-
dictions of a record attendance
this year. BY am. line of dele
gates stretched from the entrance
of the new administration building
half block to Seventeenth street
and around the corner to the en-
trance of Memorial Continental
Hall.
An unprecedented delegation of
IS arrived from Tennessee-at-
tracted no doubt. by the election
contest for president-general on
Thursday. The group is expected
to support Mrs. Edwin S. hammers
of Dallas, Tex.
Large numbers of delegates as
usual, have come from the prin-
cipal Eastern States, and much of
their support was expected to go
to Mrs. James B. Patton of
(See OAR, Page A-4.)
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with 80 at sos am. yesterday
and 81 at Sis am. today. The
maximum yesterday was 81 at
4:42 pm.
The week end brought throngs
Of visitors to the Capital and the
automobiles Of those who drove
here added to the congestion.
Four of the most interested and
interesting visitors were the A.
year-old Fultz quadruplets. colored
girls from Reidsville, N. c.
Mary Louise. Mary Alice, Mary
Catherine and Mary Ann Fultz
wound up a six-day trip here by
taking look at Blair House at
IL am. The front door opened
and out stepped President Truman
to greet them.
Traffic, particularly in the
cherry blossom area and at
(see WEATHER. Page A-5J
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Transit Workers Walk Out

NEW YORK, April II P.-.
Maintenance workers in New
York's city-owned transit system
walked away from their jobs today
for a four-hour demonstration in
their quarrel with the Board of
Transportation over working con-
ditions. The men began leaving
their posts a few minutes after
noon. Union officials estimated TO-
900 would take part in the demon
Stration.
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.McGrath Says
He Knows Of No
Crime Gar
Attorney General Tells
Hearing of Need for
Coming News Curb
By Miriom Gutenberg

Attorney General McGrath said
today he could not honestly say
the Justice Department knows Of
any Nationwide crime syndicate
presided over by great car"
Mr.. McGrath told a Senate
Commerce subcommittee that he
was not prepared TO say he had
any evidence OF Nationwide
crime syndicate in operation.
Il could not with honesty say"
he testified. that we know there
is any great syndicate presided
over by any great czar,"
He acknowledged. however. that
there were city-wide crime syndi-
Gates in operation.
Questioned by Mcfarland.
Mr.. McGrath'S lack of knowl-
edge of a Nationwide crime SYM
dicate came out under question:
ing by Senator Mcfarland. DEM
ocrat, of Arizona. subcommittee
SlldlL
In a prepared statement. Mr..
McGrath opened testimony on q
bill to bar use of interstate COM
municationS for gambling in
formation as a knockout blow"
to the operation of the organized
gambling fraternity.
He said that in addition TO
horse race betting. gamblers have
apparently moved into large scale
betting operations on amateur
and professional baseball. basket
ball and football games.
Bill Would Help States.
Mr.. McGrath repeatedly em-
phaSiZed that the primary re-
sponsibility for coping with gam
blers lies with State and local gov
ernmentS rather than with the
Federal Government. This bill.
he said. would help them cope
with their problem.
He also emphasized that the
curbs on use of communications
would apply only to organized
gambling activities. He said he
wanted to make it clear that the
Federal Government Is not un-
dertaking the almost impossible
task" Of dealing with casual or
social wagering over the telephone.
Mr.. McGrath told the subcom.
mittee that when he called con-
ference on organized crime in
February, I'VE were frankly fear
full Of proposals that would REIN
troduce new prohibition era" He
touched on the same idea else
where in his testimony in men.
tioning criminal penalties. The
bill at present. is regulatory one
| for the Federal Communication
Commission and does not carry
criminal penalties.
Still Open to Conviction.
Informing the subcommittee
that he has not closed his mind
on the subject of criminal sane
tions. Mr.. McGrath said that II
the hearings show criminal penal
ties could be used without involv.
ing the Federal Government in q
new prohibition era" he would bs
glad to help draft such a meas
ure.
The bill, as it now stands, would
exempt the reporting of sports
events but would require radio and
television stations not to broad
cast information about a horse
race before it starts or for an
hour after 1t finishes.
In the case of newspapers. he
said. the time lag between receipt
(See GAMBLING, Page A-6)
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j. ). Criticizes Reds
For Their Hand|inq
OF Baltic Incident
FoiIed to Show CuImness
And Restraint, Declares
State Department Aide
By Gornett D. Horner

A State Department spokesman
today criticized Russia for failing
to show "calmness and restraint
over the Baltic plane incident.
Moscow charged in a bitter pro-
test last week that an American
Hunt for Navy Bomber Ends with Roft
Sole Clue. Page A-3
B-29 plane fired on Russian fight
er planes, which returned the fire,
over Soviet Latvian territory
April 8.
The Air Force has denied that
any American B-29 was operating
in that area. Officials here tend
to the belief that the Russian
fighters actually fought an un-
armed Navy "Privateer" plane
over international waters in the
Baltic Sea.
oAASCVAAA6 All Va AlneAOAs
Michael j. McDermott, State
Department press officer, said to-
day that this Government has
delayed its reply to the Soviet
protest until all possible infor-
nation about the incident could
be collected and the true facts
determined by calm and thorough
appraisal"
He added:
This Government believes that
this careful approach is the only
proper one in an important and
delicate matter of international
relations and regrets that the
Soviet government has failed tc
show equal calmness and res
traint."
Mr.. McDermott said the IRE.
grets" about the Russian attitude
referred to the whole incident -
the admitted shooting by Russian
41S k1tCIO dU Oil pldIlC dIlI
the belligerent treatment of the
matter in the Communist press
and radio.
The American formal reply i
expected to go to Moscow this
week, possibly tomorrow.
Expected to Reject Protest.
The only American plane which
might have been involved in some
incident over the Baltic, on the
basis of evidence available so far
is the missing Navy "Privateer'
which disappeared on a flight from
Wiesbaden. Germany, to Copen.
hagen, Denmark.
On the basis of information
made public by the Navy and Ali
Force so far, indications are thai
the United States will reject
fatty the Russian version of the
(See RUSSIA, Page A-6.)
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Government by 26 postal en-
ployes protesting their impending
discharge for loyalty reasons.
In a split decision showing
the same alignment of judges who
ruled recently. in the Dorothy
Bailey loyalty case, the Appeals
Court reiterated its majority find
ing that the Government has
right to fire employees found by
departmental loyalty boards to be
security risks.
Judges Cite Bailey Case.
Judges E. Barrett Prettyman
and James M. Proctor sided
against Judge Henry w. Edger-
ton, who dissented. All three
Judges referred to their views ex-
pressed in the Bailey case and
others which have come before it
on similar grounds.
Loyalty proceedings against the
26 postal workers were held up in
various stages pending this litiga-
tion. For some. proceedings still
were pending before the Post
Office Loyalty Board. others have
been actually discharged, while
still others have been reinstated,
according to their lawyers.
In addition to challenging the
constitutionality of loyalty pro-
ceedingS, the attorneys for the
postal workers raised a charge
of discrimination. They claimed
they had information and belief
that majority" of those already
fred were Jewish or Negro.
No Genuine Issue of Fact"
The Appeals Court majority
noted. however, that while the
Post Office Department submitted
affidavits denying the discrimina-
ton claim, the protesting en-
ployes offer I'D no afhdavits specifi-
cally refuting the denials. For
this reason the court ruled there
was mo genuine issue of fact"
involved on the discrimination
point.
Most of the postal workers in
volved in this action have clerical
status in major cities of the East
and Midwest.
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Cardinal Lunds in London

LONDON, April II (P.-Denis
Cardinal Dougherty Of Philadel-
phia arrived in London by air
from New York today on his way
to the Holy Year celebration in
Rome.
The 84-year-old cardinal, &C
companied by several friends. will
fly to Rome tomorrow.
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Outlook for Business
Still Is Very Strong,'
Truman Advisers Saw
Economic Council Sees
Continued Activity
Until Fall, at Least
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today was
told by his top economic advisers
that the business situation is
very strong" and that conditions
will continue good at least
through the third quarter of the
year-until October /.
Calling at the White House to
present their quarterly report,
Leon Keyserling. acting chairman
of the Council of Economic Ad-
visors and John D. Clark, the
other member of the Council said
they had advised MIR. Truman that
whether the present situation is
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to the tidal basin cherry bios
SONS, and thousands Of other
strollers and drivers to other
parks and thoroughfares yester-
day, seemed set for a good run.
The Weather Bureau said
there might be scattered showers
late tomorrow. but that the mer-
curry would stay near normal mid
April levels. It forecast q low
of SO here tonight as compared
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Lioquot to Leuve April 2o

KARACHI. Pakistan, April II
R.-Premier Liaquat Ali Khan
and his wife will leave here by
plane April 20 for London en- route
to Washington, an official state
ment said today.
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IS Due as Spring Tries Again;
10000 Visit Cherry Blossoms

Sunny and mild weather spread
over Washington again today
with a promised high tempera-
ture of rs degrees. 1t was SO at
l pm.
The springlike performance
that brought out 10000 visitors
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Postal Loyalty Fiirings Upheld
By Appeals Court in Duplicate
Of Split on Dorothy Bailey Case
26 Workers Involved
In Reuffirmution of
Federal Program

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today reaffirmed the Federal
Governments right to dismiss en-
ployes for disloyalty.
The court upheld dismissal of an
Injunction suit filed against the
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Gift Body EIephonts From lndio Are Pre-
sented at Zoo. Pose A-3
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Communist Inquiry May Take New Line.
Tydings Indicotes. Poee A.
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Reds Gain Hold
On nHainan Isle;
On
Communists Suffered
Heavy Losses at Sea.
NutionuIists Declare
BY the Assoeioied Press

TA1PEI. Formosa, April ia
Communist invasion force won a
precarious toehold on the north
coast of Hainan island today after
suffering heavy losses at sea
official Chinese Nationalist dis
patches reported tonight.
Most of the invaders were killed,
but up to late hour tonight fight
ing was still in progress west of
the island capital of Hollow, the
dispatches stated.
The Reds were said to be under
heavy attack by Nationalist war
planes and ground forces.
Used More Than 200 Junks.
The Reds attempted the 10
mile overWater crossing from the
mainland last night in more than
200 junks, the account said.
More than half of these were
declared to have been sunk dur
ing the night by Nationalist war
ships. but some succeeded in land
ing on the island this morning.
The Communists have made a
half-dozen previous small at
tempts to invade Hainan, but have
failed each time. They have
vowed to take the Nationalist
stronghold this year. and all re-
ports have depicted them as pre-
pairing for a major effort. Men
ton of 200 junks suggests that
the current attempt might be the
start of the big push, but details
were lacking.
The Reds staging area is the
Luichow Peninsula, which juts
out from the south coast.
Peninsula Pounded Hard.
Nationalist warplanes have
pounded the peninsula hard.
They describe it as a beehive of
military activity"
Russian advisers are help
ing whip the invaders into fight
ing trim, the Nationalists say.
Similar preparations were re-
ported along the Chekiang coast
opposite Chusan Island, import
ant Nationalist base 100 miles
southeast of Shanghai.
On Formosa itself the National
lists drilled $4,000 air raid wardens.
Nationalists fear the ports of
Keelung and Kaohsiung, vital in
supply of the main Nationalist
island. would be first objects of
attack from the new Chinese
Communist air force.
Seven thousand tons Of rice,
out of 10000 tons recently bought,
are en- route to Formosa from
Thailand. The NationalistS also
have bought quantities recently
in Hong Kong. Burma and Malaga.
Reds and Christion Groups
To Discuss Famine Relief
HONG KONG, April II F.-
Chinese Communist officials In
Peiping today invited represen-
tatives of some Christian welfare
groups in Red China to take part
in famine talks opening there
Thursday.
There was no indication who
was invited, or how many.
The Rev. R. Hall, Anglican
bishop of Hong Kong, said this
was the first indication that the
Communists were considering ap-
peals to the outside world for aid
to Red China's famine stricken
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Steel Industry Needs Foreign Ore Sources,
Chapman Says. Poge Az
Sporkmon Predicts EorIy Legislation to
Aid Small Business. Page AS
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-6J
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(See SLAUGHTER, Page A-60
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(See OAR, Page A-4.)
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Guide for Re a d ers

An Associoted Press Ne~Spops
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Sunny. high rs today. Fair tonight: low J
so in city and AZ in suburbs. Tomorrow
cloudy, possible showers in afternoon or
night. Full report on Page A-2)
Midnight As am. 80 II am.--64