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Evening star., 1950-02-16
Truman 'Non-PoIiticoF Tour
To Help Party in Fall Vote
President Reveals Plqns
As Leaders Gather
For Dinner Tonight

President Truman disclosed to-
day that he planned what he
called a non-political campaign
tour this year to help elect Demo-
cratic candidates to Congress.
The President discussed his
plans at a news conference as
members of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, here for to-
nights $100-a- plate Jefferson
Jackson Day dinner at the Ma
tional Guard Armory, met with
National Chairman Boyle at the
Statler Hotel. The President will
sound the keynote for the con-
gressional campaign at the dinner.
Adopting the label he used dur
ing his pre-convention swing of
1948, the President told reporters
he would take them on a non
political tour again this year.
The President made clear that
he will wait until after the primar-
les before doing all he can to help
Democrats win in any State.
White House callers disclosed
yesterday that Mr.. Truman
planned to campaign for Demo-
cratic candidates, especially in
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Mr.. Truman again refused to
tell his news conference whether
he will seek reelection in 1852.
George Luckey, California Dem
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Truman Tells Press
He Is Free 10 Grant
Private Interviews
Will See Whomever
He PIeoses, President
Says When Quizzed
BY Joseph A. Fox

President Truman declared
brusquely today that he was a
free agent and would not be
censored about granting private
interviews to individual reporters.
He made that comment at a
news conference in reply to ques-
tions about an interview given
Arthur Krock. head of the Wash
ington bureau of the New York
Times.
The President disclaimed any
intention of rejecting on any other
newsmen in granting the inter
view, which was published yester-
day. He said that the reporters
seemed to be disgruntled and he
broke off the interchange by say
ing that whenever they had any
sensible questions to ask he would
answer them.
Mr.. Truman, whose relations
with the press are nearly of the
best, did not lose his temper during
the exchange, but it was evident
that he was not pleased.
The issue was touched off when
(See TRIJMAN Page A-31
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Several Deaths
Feuredin Blast
AT Dow Plant
By the Associoted Presx

MIDLAND, Mich, Feb. 16-Ar
explosion virtually blew apart a
building at the huge Dow Chem
ical Co. today, repeatedly killing
several workers.
Michigan State Police said sew
eral men had been killed in the
blast, but refused to estimate the
number.
An unofficial source in Midland
estimated the deaths at five or six
An undetermined number ot
Dow workers were injured.
The explosion, at II am, blasted
the roof and one wall off building
No. Ala at the sprawling plant
The building houses Dow's emul.
sion polymerization process in the
manufacture of rubber base paint
A fire sprang up but was reported
under control.
1t was not Immediately deter
mined how many workers were in
the building. The plant is mot
too large" " Dow officials said.
Every ambulance in this chemi-
cal city was called into action. The
first of the injured were removed
by truck.
Dow officials said they did not
yet know the cause Of the ex-
plosion.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Spy Trial Adjourns;
Sudden Action Stirs
Courtroom Rumors
Judge, Lawyers Confer;
One Report Says Palmer
May Be Replaced
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The
Coplon- -Gubitchev spy trial was
adjourned unexpectedly today
amid rumors that a major de-
velopment in the case is imminent.
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan
dismissed the jury at least until
Monday, saying only that "a situ-
alton has arisen" and that "the
interest of justice can best be
served" by the adjournment.
The defendants, ex-Government
girl, Judith Coplon, and Soviet
engineer, Valentin A. Gubitchev,
are accused of plotting to steal
United States defense secrets for
the Russians.
Judge Ryan declined to give
further information about his rea-
sons for ordering the adjournment.
Denies Jury Tampering.
A reporter asked him if there
was any chance the case might not
go to the jury.
Such an inference is not war;
Iranted," the Judge replied.
Another reporter said there was
"a well-circulated rumor to the
effect that there has been some
jury -tampering."
In all fairness to the jury
Judge Ryan answered, II must say
there is no basis whatever for
that"
Another report circulated that
Miss Coplon, %, called on the
judge in his chambers and dis
cussed replacing her lawyer. Arch
ibald Palmer.
Mr.. Palmer said. II can't
imagine such a situation"
Late Reaching Courtroom.
Today's session was scheduled
to start at 10 am. But Miss Cop
lon and Mr.. Palmer did not reach
the courtroom until 1890 am.
Judge Ryan Immediately called
Mr.. Palmer, the Government law
tyers and Gubitchev's attorney,
Abraham L. Pomerantz, into his
chambers. Mr.. Ponerantz ap-
peared surprised by the develop
|ment.
Five minutes later the judge
announced the adjournment. CIV
ing the jurors the usual warning
against reading newspapers, dis
cussing the case or visiting any
of the scenes mentioned in the
evidence.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
5000 TubercuIurs Walk Out
On VA disqualification Yearly

released a study OF irregular dis
charges of tuberculosis patients
prepared by DR.. William B. Tollen
of the VA medicine department
DR.. Tollen's report included a
summary of interviews with 400
of the 5000 tubercular patients
who went AWOL from VA hos
pitfalls between July, 1916, and
June, 1947.
DR.. Tollen said that almost one
half the veterans studied had far
advanced tuberculosis and an
other one-third were moderately
advanced-so that more than two
thirds had active tuberculosis.
He said that an apparent rea-
son for this was the feeling of
despair and hopelessness of many
such veterans.
Most of the veterans inter
viewed-and many of their doc
agreed that many walkouts
would be prevented with intensi-
fled social case work with the
veteran and his family.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Truman Backs Right
OtFederoI Employees
To Join in Politics

President Truman today
upheld the right of Govern
ment employees to take part in
political activities outside of
working hours. He said he
believes that in their off time
they can do anything that
doesn't violate the criminal
law.
The President also defended
the sale of $l00-a-plate Dem
ocratic dinner tickets to Gov
ernment employees. He said if
such employees want to buy
tickets, they have every right
to do so. Further, Mr.. Tru-
man said he sees nothing
wrong in solicitation of civil
service employees on their own
time by ticket statesmen.
A reporter asked if this
didn't involve a violation of
the Hatch Clean-Politics Act.
The President replied it did
not.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Filling Station Operator
Wounds Young Burglar
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Feb. 10
The operator of a crossroads fill
ing station southeast of here shot
it out with two young burglars
early today, wounding one of them
specifically.
Jesse w. Bussard. who sleeps in
the filling station near Monrovia,
fired his revolver five times after
one of the men opened fire on
him.
Three of the shots hit Eugene
M. kaufman, 18, of Woodsboro,
in the legs, He was treated at
Frederick Memorial Hospital and
released to State police.
They questioned him and Eu-
gene D. Sprague, II. of Rocky
Ridge, who was arrested near the
filling station by State troopers,
Evening star., 1950-02-16

said large scale search was un-
der way today for the six.
Eleven men were rescued dra-
matically by a fish boat yester-
day and last night from Ashdown
and Princess Royal Islands. They
had parachuted from the burning
B-36 Monday night after three
engines caught fire on a flight
from Alaska to Texas.
One Mans Legs Broken.
Ten survivors were picked up
after they had endured miserable
cold, wet and hunger for more
than 80 hours. One was picked
up later by a rescue team from q
Canadian destroyer after he hao
hung with head down in a tree
on a cliffside for 10 hours, with
legs broken. He suffered for ad-
ditional hours in an improviseo
shelter after other survivors freed
him but couldn't get him to the
beach.
The 10 were flown here last
night in C-82 Flying Boxcar.
S/Sergt. Vitale Trippodi Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, was the survivor
in the most serious condition.
Capt. Harold L. Barry o.
Hillsboro, ILL.,, pilot of the B-36
and 1st 1t. Raymond P. Whitfield
jr., of San Antonio, Tex, cut him
down from the tree, brought hin
to level spot on the 3,000-foot
cliff face and bedded him dowr
on pine boughs.
| Sergt. Tripods foot was
caught in a crevice of the cliff ir
|
Evening star., 1950-02-16
By the Associofed Press

Two Veterans Administration
reports disclosed today that up to
5000 tubercular war veterans a
year walk out on their hospital
ization.
The great majority of the run
aWays" are in far advanced stages
of the disease, and thus represent
a considerable potential menace
to the public, the reports said.
Veterans Administrator Gray
in his annual renort to Congress
said that ST per cent of the
547,697 patients disposition from
veterans hospitals during the
1948-9 fiscal year were irregular
diScharges-Walkouts-and that
of the latter, one-fifth were tuber-
culosis patients.
He said the runaWays account
ed for q per cent of the tubercu-
losis patients departures from
VA hospitals during the year.
At the same time, the agency
Evening star., 1950-02-16

take your pick predicted the
odds maker for Douglas Stuart,
Ltd, London bookmaking firm
which reckons it's annual turnover
in millions of pounds.
There has been quite consider
able backing for the Conservatives
in the last few days." he told re-
porters.
For the last two days Labor has
been an 8-to-13 favorite after
once touching 4 to 7. You can
still get 5 to against the Con-
Servatives.
Nevertheless, Winston Churchill,
the Conservative leader, is the
favorite at IL to 8 to be the next
Prime Minister. A short head
behind is Labor's Clement Attlee,
who holds the job now. at 6 to 4.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Truman Sees Need
To End Conflict on
Police Jurisdiction

President Truman said to-
day a remedy should be found
for the law enforcement diff
f1culties here caused by divi-
sion of police jurisdiction in
the area.
The jurisdiction question
was raised at the Presidents
news conference when a re-
porter called his attention to
the special grand jury's find
ings that Washington laws
were inadequate to cope with
gamblers who maintain their
headquarters in nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
Mr.. Truman did not ampli-
fy his view that the situation
should be corrected. Speaking
generally of the need to curb
lawlessness, he said that was
a matter for the Attorney
General to work out.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Roosevelt Engagement SET
Stork Club Owner SAYS
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Sher-
man Billingsley, owner of the
Stork Club, said today that Elliot
Roosevelt and Georgeanne (GigD
Durston will announce their en-
gagement at a cocktail party in
the Stork Club February 81.
MIR. Roosevelt recently was
divorced by his third wife, Faye
Emerson, the actress.
Miss Durston is a singer. Her
most recent engagement was at
the Penthouse Club here. She
and Mr.. Roosevelt have been 60
ing out together regularly in re-
cent weeks but have refused to
say whether they were engaged.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Arlington Wife Gets
Rescue News and
Can Smile Again

An Arlington housewife
smiled for the first time in
four days when she heard this
morning from her Army hus-
band, passenger on the
B-36.
1t. Col. Daniel v. Macdon-
aid called his 22-year-old wife,
Ruth, at 2 am. to report he
had been rescued and would
be home "as soon as they'll
let me come"
Col. Macdonald, who lives
at 843 South Frederick street,
is stationed in the Office of
the director of plans and OPP
erations at Air Force head
quarters.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
B-36 Pilot Tells of BoiIing Out
In75 Seconds Over Wild Island
One Man, Snogged
On Tree, Hangs Head
Down for 10 Hours
Ru Can't Harold Royrv
Pilot of B-3o Which Croshed of
British Columbia.
tAs Told TO the Assoeiuted Press.l

| tAs Told 10 the Associated Press.)
McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE,
Tacoma. Wash, Feb. 16.-When
we started to lose altitude at
around $4,000 feet I told the radar
operator to direct us over land.
We dropped to 5000 feet in 10
minutes.
1 set it on the automatic pilot
and we bailed out in only 10 to
Is seconds. I was the last to leave
the plane 1t kept flying on be-
yond us after we left the ship.
1 landed in a little lake on
Princess Royal Island. 1t was
covered with slush and ice. l
came up pretty good, then Waded
through the water, dragging my
parachute behind me. That got
the chute wet, and it didn't do
me any good during that first
night.
1 tried to start a fire but it was
raining in torrents and the wood
was wet 1t wouldn't start.
Early Tuesday morning l
started off for the coast. l saw
a ground squirrel and shot at it
couple of times with my .38
service revolver, but I didn't hit it.
Then I heard Whitfield (First
1t. Raymond P. Whitfield, jr., 25,
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Moscow Paper Scores
President of Finland
BY the Associofed Press

MOSCOW, Feb. 16.-Moscow' S
Literary Gazette today attacked
Finnish President Juho Paasikivi
who was reelected to his post
yesterday in Helsinki, as pro-
German, pro-American and anti
Soviet.
The newspaper charged Mr..
Paasikivi with taking a line of
suppression of democracy, res
direction of Fascism, struggle
against the U. S. S. r. and the
peoples democracies and support
of the Anglo-American war
mongers."
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Six Men Still MISSING
In B-36 Crash After
II Others Are Saved
10 Flown to Tacoma Bose
Earlier Report Of Finding
6 Crewmen Unfounded
By the Associated Press

McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE
Wash, Feb. 16.-Six crew mem
bers of an abandoned Air Force
B-36 were reported still missing
today along the rugged British
Columbia coast.
A Coast Guard report last night
that all II of the men had been
picked up or located was without
substantiatien this morning.
Search headquarters here and
at Vancouver, B. c., and the
Coast Guard at Ketchikan, Alaska,
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Senators Vote
To Lift Potato
Price Support
Committee Approves
Proposal Pending
Rigid Controls
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Agriculture Com
mittee voted, 6 to 2, today tc
remove all Government price sup
ports from irish potatoes until
rigid planting and marketing con-
trolls are put into operation.
Senator Luacs. Democrat, of
Illinois won approval of this move
as a preliminary to an effort tc
establish tight system of Gov
ernment controls over potatoes
The aim is to hold down produc-
ton and avoid costly surpluses.
The Lucas proposal removing
supports was attached to a House
passed measure revising cotton
controls. 1t previously had been
approved informally late last
night by the Senate Agriculture
group.
Formal language for removal
of the potato price supports was
not ready until today.
Aiken and Hoey Oppose Move.
The action was taken at a
closed meeting of the committee
Senators Aiken, Republican. of
Vermont and Hoey, Democrat, OF
North Carolina were said to have
voted against the proposal.
Senator Lucas, the Senate Dem
ocratic leader, seeks approval of
legislation to allow the Secretary
of Agriculture to fix potato pro-
ductlon quotas on the basis of
either bushels or acres. He in
troduced the plan and urged quick
passage. His proposal would be
an amendment to the present
Farm Price Support ACT.
The controls would apply to
this years and all future crops.
even though an estimated 10 per
cent of the 1850 potato crop al
ready is planted.
The legislation introduced today
goes much further than the move
approved by the committee today.
Senator Lucas estimated the pro-
posed new controls would save
taxpayers at least $5O,000,000 in
Government price supports this
year. He said potato price props
have cost nearly a half billion
dollars for four postwar years.
Cites Public Discomfort.
We cannot afford another cost
ly year." Senator Lucas said, add
ing that public discomfort over
the potato program is endanger-
ing confidence in the entire Fed
eral farm program.
Senator Lucas said there now
are no penalties against over-pro-
diction of potatoes because the
existing price support program
was wartime measure intended
to stimulate production.
His program, he said, would
operate along the lines of the
present Federal program for cot
ton and tobacco Under those,
two thirds of the farmers growing
the product must approve con-
trolls.
If they fail to do this, Senator
Lucas said price supports would
be removed. Senator Lucas pro-
posal, however, contains two new
control features:
l.. 1t would allow the Secretary
of Agriculture to limit marketing
and supports to best or top grade
potatoes. Senator Lucas said this
would save millions of dollars by
eliminating present obligations
to support inferior grades of
potatoes.
2. 1t would allow the Secretary
to reduce planning and marketing
quotas as much as 20 per cent if
he found surplus exists.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Public Workers
0usted by Clio
On Red Charge
Union Wos Accused
Of Falling to Give Up
Communist Policy
RIIII ETIk
BULLETIN


day expelled the United Public
Workers of America on charges
that the union followed the
Communist Party line instead
of CIO policies. In revoking
UPW's charter. the CIO board
adopted the recommendation
of a three-memper committee
that held hearings on the
charges
Revocation of the United Public
Workers charter with the CIO
was recommended today by a spe-
cial committee that held hearings
and found the UPW consistently
followed the Communist Party
line.
The executive board immedi-
ately met to consider taking action
on the report. Its approval was
expected to be mere formality.
Policies and activities of the
UPW," the committee declared,
ARE consistently directed toward
the achievement of the program
and purposes of the Communist
Party rather than the detectives
and policies set forth in the CIO
constitution.
The UPW has about 10000
members who are employees of
Federal, State and municipal gov
ernments. The CIO committee
report said that in 1948 only II
per cent OF the membership was
Federal employees.
Flaxer Estimate Contradicted,
The present percentage of Fed
eral workers. even including the
recent addition of some Panama
Canal Zone employees, may now
well be less than II per cent, )"
the committee stated. UPW
President Abram Flaxer estimated
last month that Federal employees
make up almost 20 per cent of
the membership.
The CLOS committee, consist
Ing Of Emil Rieve, Joseph Beirne
and Harry Sayre, reported that
UPW officers used delaying tao
tics and demonstrated utter bad
faith" at the hearings January
8, 10 and II.
No honest trade union leader |
ship could have resorted to the |
vilification and the slander en-
ployed by the UPW representa-
tives," the committee declared. |
NO union which truly believed in
It's innocence would have en-
ployed the maneuvers, the insin-
cerity, the outright falsehoods,
which the UPW leadership pre-
sented to the committse.
Entrapment Attempt Charged.
1T was attempting only to en-
trap the committee and make a
false record which it could use to
attack the committee and the CIO.
In so doing, it served not the in
tereStS of American labor or even
its own membership, but the pro-
gram Of the Communist Party as
prescribed by its labor secretary
in the Daily Worker"
The CIO already has tossed out
half of the unions it lists as left
wing. Yesterday the executive
board voted to eXpel the Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers, the
United Office and Professional
Workers and the Food, Tobacco
and Agricultural Workers. Their
membership totals about 10000.
The CIO convention in Cleve-
land last November dropped the
United Electrical Workers.
Six other unions, similarly
charged with following Commu-
mist party programs, also face the
AK. They are Harry Bridges
longshoremen, the Marine Cooks
and Stewards, Fishermen and AL
lied Workers, American Commu-
nications Association, United Fur
niture Workers and the Fur and
Leather Workers.
The 9,000-Word report of the
committee appointed by CIO
(See PJTRJJC WOPKEPS a-ol
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Churchill Party
Gains in Odds on
British Election
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 16.-One OF
Britain's biggest betting commits
sioners said today the Conserva-
tives are fast overhauling the
Labor Party for the role of gam
bling favorite in the national
election next Thursday.
They may even go to the post
as equal choices-say to 6 and
Evening star., 1950-02-16

satisfy their underlings that they
will not languish in jail. Not only
do the numbers runners and other
small-fry criminals not want to
stay in jail, but also their bosses
want to keep them on the street
bringing in bets.
The investigators presumably
will delve into how long it takes
to get an arrested gambler out on
bond, how bondsmen are notified
to bail out a defendant and what
Evening star., 1950-02-16
By james Y. Newton

The Government must move
against the Nation wide coal
strike in time to restore coal pro-
duction Monday if a very serious
industrial collapse is to be averted.
a top official said today.
That is the timetable, he said,
for getting the 10000 striking
miners back to work. In order
that the mines will be working
Monday, action must be taken to-
morrow at the latest, the official
added
The move" probably will take
the form of a breakdown to en-
force the five-day-old District
Court back to-work order, which
the miners have ignored. Other
officials indicated that court con-
tempt proceedings may be started
not only against the UNIV but
field officials of the union who
may have encouraged the miners
to continue the strike.
Would Be New Departure.
If proceedings are instituted
against UNIV district officials and
local union officers, it would mark
a new departure in enforcement
of strike injunctions. In the past
only the UNIV and its president
John L. Lewis, have been fined
for failing to heed court orders
But officials pointed out that this
time some union officials have
been unusually vocal in their COM
ments on the strike injunction
No decision had been made, Off
cials said, whether a strike crack
down through court contempt ac-
ton would include Mr.. Lewis him
self. They pointed out that ap-
parently Mr.. Lewis had complied
Evening star., 1950-02-16

ocrat vice chairman. had indi-
Gated earlier this week after see
ing the President that he though
Mr.. Truman was receptive.
The President said Mr.. Luckey
drew that conclusion himself. He
(See DEMOCRATS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Late News
Bulletins
Suspended Sentences Hit


A long standing Municipal
Court practice of giving sus-
pended sentences to certain
minor offenders will be discon-
tinued under an opinion handed
down by the Municipal Court of
Appeals today. The opinion,
given in a traffic case, says that
the practice "has no authority
in law and that persons con-
victed of misdemeanors must
either be fined, given Jail terms,
or be placed on probation.
Cairns to Head School
John F. Cairns, "a, assistant
superintendent of the Indus
trial Home School, today was
promoted to superintendent,
succeeding Gerard M. Shea, re-
Gently appointed District well
fare director. Mr.. Shea viii
take over his new post Febru-
ary "a.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Inquiry Seeks Proof
Gamblers Arrange
Bail Before Arrests
Bondsmen Summoned
For Hearing Today;
'Fovoritism' Studied
By Miriom Gutenberg and
TLI
By Miriom Gutenberg and
J. Theodore Crown

Congressional crime probers to-
day will attempt to show that
professional gamblers make ad-
vance arrangements to get their
minions released from jail,
That. according to informed
sources, is the principal reason
Crime Probers Get Data on Murder
Weapons and HOUSEKEEPING Methods
Page A-1s
why the city's bail bondsmen were
suddenly summoned to appear
this afternoon before the House
District Subcommittee Investigate
ing crime.
There also were advance re-
ports that complaints of "favorit-
ism" enjoyed by certain bondsmen
might be aired.
Those familiar with the sub
committees methods said the in
vestigators were more interested
in how organized gamblers and
other racketeers anticipate law
violations by making advance ar
rangements for the violators to get
out of Jail in a hurry.
Must Keep Helpers Free.
In any organized racket, it was
explained, the principals must
Evening star., 1950-02-16

Bevin spurns Churchill on Big ; Atom
Talks. Poge AS