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Evening star., 1950-03-16
King Leopold Leaves
Decision on Return
.Up 10 Parliament
Will Bow to Legislators
Action, He Announces
In Switzerland
BY the Associated Press

GENEVA, Mar. 16.-Leopold III
exiled King of the Belgians, has
decided to leave the decision or
his future to Belgium's Parlia.
ment, he announced today.
Whatever the decision which
Parliament will take and for which
it assumes, In conformity with the
constitution, the entire and exclu-
sive responsibility, I will bow tc
it," Leopold said in a statement
released by his secretary, Jacques
Pirenne, at a news conference.
Leopold. exiled from his home
land since the war, won ST. pei
cent of the vote in an advisory
referendum last Sunday on
whether he should return to his
throne. Many political leaders in
Belgium feel this percentage is
far too small for King who is
supposed to represent unity for his
people. Other political factions
feel he should be returned.
Opposed by Socialists.
All of Belgium's Socialist forces
the party, the unions and the
Socialist co-operatives - oppose
him. Max Buset, president of the
Socialist Party told reporters in
Brussels this morning "We are
ready to fight against the kings
return" Belgium now is ruled by
a regent, Prince Charles, the
kings brother.
Mr.. Pirenne refused to answer
any questions for correspondents
at the news conference here.
IF the Assembly considers that
it does not wish to return my
perogatives to me, I would abdi-
cate in order to spare the country
the grave political disorder which
opposition between public opinion
and the only legitimate represen-
tative of public opinion could pro-
woke" Leopold's statement said.
III, on the other hand. the
(Caa rNDnrn Dooa ASN
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Navy Orders Courts-MortioI
For Mo- Skipper and ? Aides
Navigator, Operations Officer to Stand Trial
With Copt. Brown in Grounding of BottIeship

view of the proceedings of the
naval court of inquiry which in
vestigated the grounding.
Admiral Smiths action was an
nounced by Admiral William M
Fechteler, commander n-chief of
the Atlantic Fleet.
Admiral Fechteler said "the for
NAL charges and specifications to
be served upon these officers and
upon which they will be tried, will
not be made public prior to the
convening of the respective courts.
The individual officers concerned.
however, may release the charges
and specifications in their respec-
tive cases at their own discretion. "
Admiral Fechteler said Admiral
Smith did not consider the evil
dence against 1t. John E. Carr
| of Norfolk, Va. combat operations
officer of the Missouri, of sufficient
gravity to warrant trial by court
martial. However, Admiral Smith
iCoo N6TCcnTTDT na ~
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Navy0bservatoryShifI
charlottesville Gets
Tentative Turn-Down
House Group Opposes
Plan Providing Site for
Hospital Center Here
By Harold B. Roaers

Proposed relocation of the Ma.
val Observatory on a site neal
Charlottesville, Va. to make
way for the Washington Hospita,
Center on the observatory site
was tentatively disapproved to-
day by the House Armed Services
Committee.
The committee virtually agreed
to delete from a Senate-passet
bill $8.5 million for the reloca.
tion. Final action on the item
will be taken later, but is expect.
ed to be against the project.
The transfer from the observa.
tory site on Massachusetts, avenu,
to site already selected in Vir,
glnla was strongly recommended
before the committee by Rear Ad
mlral Joseph F. Jelley, chief of tn,
Bureau OF Yards and Docks.
Opposed by Scientist.
But the move was opposed b,
Dr.. A. James RobeStson. scientist
who formerly was an official of tn,
Nautical Almanac Office of tn,
Naval Observatory.
The Navy long has been con.
sidering the transfer, Admiral Jel.
ley told the committee, because O.
atmospheric conditions at tn,
scientific institution resulting from
rapid growth of the city around it
Center Authorized in 1947,
The only part of it which scien.
tifically could be transferred from
Washington with scientific ben.
eft, he said, was a 40-inch re.
fiector telescope. This, he recon.
mended, could very well be sem
out to some other place, such a.
Arizona, where the atmosphere
would be much clearer than it |.
either in Washington or at tht
(See OBSERVATORY Page Ar
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Navy Planes Demonstrate
u. ). Power in Indo-China
BY the ASsoeioted Press

SAIGON. Indo- China, Mar. 16
United States Navy carrier
planes roared over the Indo-
Chinese coast today in a demon
stration of American air strength
and support for the new French
sponsored state of Wet Nam.
The aircraft carrier Boxer,
standing about go miles off Cap
st. Jacques. launched AZ planes
for a flight over Hue, the capital
of Central Wet Nam, and the
nearby port of Tourane.
simultaneously, the American
deStroyers StickWell and Ander-
son, with French escort, sped
SO miles up river to Saigon. Large
crowds along the waterfront saw
the destroyers arrive, with band
playing aboard the StickweH and
white-clad sailors manning the
rails.
AS it came within sight of Sal
gon the Stickwell. leading. fired
21-gun salutes to the French
Union and the state of Wet Nam
French shore batteries responded.
Evening star., 1950-03-16
Court Rules Out
Vote
For Council
Maryland Act Held
To Supersede Law
Enacted by County

The Montgomery County Cir
cult Court today ruled against
non-partisan elections for the
County Council.
In a major defeat for the Char
ter governm ent, Judges Charles
w. Woodward and Patrick
Schnauffer declared that the
council lacked authority to enact
local legislation which ordered
the non-partisan voting. The
judges held that a Maryland law
requiring party primaries in char
ter counties, supersedes the To-
cal law.
The County Council adopted
the local act at its first legislative
session last May.
Court Dismisses Suit.
In rendering its opinion, the
court dismissed a suit filed by Col.
Norman B. Ames, chairman of the
Montgomery County Charter
Committee. He sought to prohibit
the County Board of Election
Supervisors from calling party
primaries for the nomination of
candidates to the County Council.
The decision will be appealed to
the Maryland Court of Appeals
for final settlement. Efforts will
be made to clear the case quickly,
since elections are scheduled this
year.
The State law upheld by Judges
Woodward and Schnauffer is
known as the Lindsay Act. 1t was
passed at the 1945 session of the
General Assembly.
Attorney Poses Question.
The question of which law is
valid was posed when Gerald D.
Morgan. Bethesda and Washing
ton attorney, submitted his name
to the election supervisors last
February 3 as Council candidate,
subject to a Democratic Party
primary September II. Col. Ames
filed suit the following day.
Judges Woodward and Schnauf-
fer declared that "in cases Of con-
f1ict between local and general
laws. the general laws shall con-
troll"
Nowhere does the home rule
amendment to the State consti-
tuition (under which Montgom-
erys charter was drafted provide
expressly that the County Coun-
Gil can pass any laws relating to
elections" the opinion stated.
THE Legislature has granted
no such powers. The charter
must provide for an elective leg
islative body"
The court pointed out that if
the council had power to pass its
election law, at also has power
(See COUNCIL, Page A-5.)
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By III. As.oeiot.d Pres.

Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan testified today that he made
very serious tactical error" by
proposing a top limit on Govern
ment benefit payments to farmers
in connection with the Brannan
farm plan.
MY enemies used it to en-
barrass me all over the country
Secretary Brannan told a Senate
Agriculture Subcommittee. Later
he agreed opponents" was bet
ter term than enemies.
The Secretary was urging that
Congress adopt a trial run Of the
so-called Brannan Plan next year
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Mccarthy Preparing
Data on Marginal
Dangerous Cases
Material on Alleged
Poor Security Risks
Promised by Monday

Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin went ahead today
with preparation of data on the
alleged poor security risks-pres-
ent and former State Department
employes-he is citing to special
Senate Foreign Relations SUBJ
committee.
He promised Chairman Tydings
of the subcommittee that the ma
terial will be ready by Monday.
In a letter to Senator Tydings
yesterday Senator Mccarthy ad-
mitted that some of the persons
he was listing were marginal
cases which might be able to prove
their innocence"
Others, he called extremely
dangerous" He said he hoped
Senator Tydings wouldn't leak
the names of the marginal cases
to columnists who can present
those as representative cases. ~
thereby "discrediting the facts in
the more dangerous cases."
Recall Held Significant.
Meanwhile:
/. Senator Hickenlooper, Re-
publican, of Iowa, a member of
the subcommittee, saw special sig
nlf1cance in the State Depart
ment'S recall of John S. Service,
United States Consul at Calcutta
Senator Mccarthy had accused
Mr.. Service of having Commu-
mist affiliations.
2. Senator Mccarthy made pub
lie letter to Chairman Seth
Richardson of the Civil Service
Loyalty Board calling for answers
to four questions about the board S
handling of its review of the
Service case.
! 3. Senator Tydings told a farm
group in Easton, Md, that recent
events Should not make people
think that the Government in
Washington is full of Communists
even the State Department"
4. The House passed, by a roll
call vote of 1863 to 2, bill placing
new projections around the Ma
tion'S security information and
providing sitter penalties for
passing out secrets. The measure
was sent to the Senate.
Agrees to Provide Data.
Senator Mccarthy agreed re-
luctantly to provide the Senate
subcommittee with information
concerning the 81 alleged poor
security risks to which he re-
ferred in a speech on the Senate
floor February 20.
II had hoped to be able to
document each of the cases with
the same detail with which
(See COMMUNISTS. Page A-4.
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Billions in Lust-Minute Returns
Pour Into u. S. Revenue Offices

pm. yesterday, 1,798 persons filed
out returns with the help of skilled
clerks.
Miss Frances zitelman. of 1909
Forty-fifth street NV, rushed
through the bureaus doors at 4::59
pm. searching frantically in her
purse for her withholding slip.
I'm a last-minute girl" she
explained. I come to work at l
minute to 8. If it looks like I'm
going to miss train, then the
train is usually late, too
In the confusion one taxpayer
left behind a bundle. Deputy tax
collectors opened it seeking some
(See INCOME TAX, Page A-5o
Evening star., 1950-03-16
Whole Detective Force
Assigned 10 Battle
Rising Robbey-Wave
Bondits PistoI-Whip
EmpIoye Of Drug Store
And Escape After Chase

All available detectives. includ-
ing those on day assignments, are
cruising Washington streets at
night to cope with the rising num-
ber of robberies, it was learned
today.
Latest of these robberies was
the hold-up and pistol-whipping
of drug store employe last night.
The victim, Marvin Silver, 48, of
8l8 Xenia street Sc, was robbed
at gunpoint of $38 in cash and
1882 in checks. He was recover
ing at Casualty Hospital today.
Police began assigning head
quarters detectives and precinct
plainclothesmen to extra duty
Monday but this strategy was not
confirmed until today by Chief
OF Detectives Robert S. Bryant.
One Detective Bureau source
attributed the increase in major
crime to seasonal factors but
other sources indicated that a
professional gang of holdup men
may be at work here.
Extra Cruisers Used.
Extra cruisers and additional
detectives are cruising the streets
from Z pm. to midnight and from
midnight to 8 AM, it was learned.
For many of them, it means work.
ing at least five hours overtime
nightly without extra pay.
Mr.. Silver, latest victim, told
police he had just closed the
Wheeler road drugstore at 414i
Wheeler road Sc. at 10 pm. when
two men approached him and one
stuck long g-barreled pistol in his
stomach.
One man. he said. started strik-
ing him with the pistol while the
second man beat him with fists.
Mr.. Silver thought they struck
him Is times before he fell scream
ing to the sidewalk.
The man with the pistol, he said,
(See CRIME Page A-21
Evening star., 1950-03-16
Bronnon Admits Tactical Error
In Seeking Crop Benefit Ceiling
Says my Enemies Used 1t to Emborross Me-
In Telling Senators Why He Revised Farm Plan

as a means of controlling the
Irish potato surplus.
Under this potatoes or other
farm products would be allowed
to find their own market prices
without Government price sup
ports. Production payments then
would go to farmers complying
with controls, if necessary to
maintain their incomes at fair
levels.
Last year the Brannan proposal
included a formula that would
have limited these Government
subsidies to top of about S20,-
(Sep RRANNAN Page A-5)
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Capt. Craig Named
Aide to Johnson
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 16.-Capt
Kenneth Craig has been ap-
pointed aide to Secretary of De-
fense Johnson, the Naval Academy
announced today.
Capt. Craig had been head OF
the department of aviation at the
academy since March, 1948.
Comdr. Forsyth Massey, for
merly executive officer of the de-
partment, has succeeded Capt.
Craig in the academy post.
Evening star., 1950-03-16
James Montgomery F|agg
In Critical Condition
BY the Associoisd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. l6.-James
Montgomery Flagg, 73. illustrator
was critically i'll today Of q heart
condition.
He was stricken several days
ago and has shown a slight i'm
|provement following medication
Evening star., 1950-03-16
Senate Unit Approves
Permanent D. {. Right
To Use Daylight Time
District Committee Also
Backs Appointment of
Spencer to PUG Post
By Don S. Warren

The Senate District Committee
today approved a bill to give the
Commissioners permanent author.
ity to invoke summertime daylight
saving.
The group also recommended
confirmation Of the appointment
of Kenneth w. Spencer as a mem.
Der of the Public Utilities Com
mission to fill the unexpired term
of James w. Lauderdale, who ha.
resigned.
The action on Mr.. Spencer wa.
unanimous, with seven member.
of the l3-member committee pres.
|ent. No objection to the appoint.
metn had been filed with the com.
mittee since President Truman
sent the nomination to the Capitol
Mr.. Spencer now is a member OF
the Board of Assessors of the Dis.
trict and earlier had served a!
evaluation engineer with the PUG
To Seek Action Soon.
A bill to give the Commissioner.
authority to order daylight saving
time for this year only is before
the House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan of that group
has promised to seek action at the
committees next meeting.
The Senate last year approved
a measure giving the Commission
ers continuing authority but the
House insisted on limiting it te
one year.
At the scheduled time for to-
days Senate committee meeting
only five members showed up
These were Chairman Neely and
Senators Margaret Chase Smith
of Maine, Hendrickson of New
Jersey and Dworshak of Idaho
Republicans; and Kefauver, Dem
ocrat, OF tennessee.
A quorum was achieved a hall
hour later. with the arrival OF
Senators Mccarthy, Republican
Of Wisconsin, and Johnston, DEM
ocrat, of South Carolina.
3>Other Bills Approved.
Later, the committee considered
and voted favorable reports on
three other bills, which were
passed by the House last Monday
One of these would authorize
the District to cancel a liquor
license If its holder was convicted
of a felony. Under present law
a liquor license cannot be granted
to any person convicted of a
felony within 10 years prior to
an application for liquor license
District officials. however, discov-
cred there was a loophole in the
law whereby it has no authority
for revocation If the licensee was
convicted OF a 1elony after being
licensed:
Another bill would increase from
$50 to $500 the legal limit on the
amount of unsecured loans that
may be made by credit unions
operating under District law.
The other measure authorizes
the Commissioners to contract for
the removal of sludge by-products
at the District sewage treatment
plant.
A few minutes after the Senate
committee acted, the sludge re-
moval bill as amended by the
House was called up for Senate
action and approved without de-
bate. This measure now goes to
the White House for signature.
Evening star., 1950-03-16

MOSCOW, Mar. 16 (P).-Col.
Gen. Porphyry Chanchibadze,
commander of Soviet forces in
World War II campaigns in the
Crimea, the Baltic and East Prus-
sia, died Tuesday after a long ILL
ness. He was 40.
Evening star., 1950-03-16

Tentatively Cut
S1,200,000,000
s29,113,000, 900 Total
For Bill Worked Out
In House Committee
By the Associoied Press

BY the AsSocioted Press
The House Appropriations Com
mittee has tentatively worked out
a $1,200,000,000 cut in President
Trumans spending proposals for
the IL months beginning next
July /.
The committee has not formally
taken final action, but it was
learned central committee"
has recommended the cut.
The committee is working on
an omnibus bill embracing items
| for which Mr.. Truman asked
$50, 100000.
Members of the committee said
these have been trimmed to
roughly $29,113,000,000.
AZ Billions RequestAd.
The Presidents overall budget
requests for the fiscal year start
ing next July were 42,439, ,000,-
900. This included approximately
So billion for Marshall Plan for
Ieign aid and SO billion in so-called
permanent appropriations and
trust funds.
These two items are not dealt
with in the omnibus bill.
The foreign-aid money is not in
cluded because separate legislation
legalizing it has not cleared Con-
greSs. The so-called permanent
appropriations are not subject to
cuts. They include such things
as interest on the public debt.
The Central Committee" rec
concentrations will be presented
to the full committee next Mon
day. The following week the
omnibus bill is scheduled to go be-
fore the House for debate. 1t will
be the first time in modern history
that Congress has wrapped up all
departmental funds in single bill.
The Appropriations group has
recommended no huge cuts in any
departmental funds. although a
sizable percentage reduction has
been ordered for the so-called
I"civil functions" of the Army en-
gineers. These civil functions in
clude river and harbor and food
control projects.
Members List Figures.
Committee members gave these
figures on tentative committee ac-
tion:
Defense Department: Requested
SIS, ,028, 100000. granted $12,839.-
O0o. 900.
Treasury Department: Request
ed $2,812,000,000, granted s2,753,-
900 900.
Independent Offices, including
Veterans Administration and
Atomic Energy Commission: Re-
quested s8,458, 900 900, granted ss,-
024, ,0O0,O
Agriculture Department: Re-
quested s7ss, 900, 900, granted $764,-
100000.
Labor Department and Federal
Security Agency; Requested s2,-
462, 100000, granted $2,271 ,000, 900.
Army Engineers civil functions:
Requested 1894 million, granted
$675 million.
Interior Department.: Requested
1863 million, granted $621 million.
Legislative Department.: Request
ed SOS million, granted $50 mil
lion.
State, Justice and Commerce
Departments: Requested $1,184,-
100000, granted $1,110,00o, 900.
| In the absence of new taxes, the
Appropriations Committee propos-
ais would leave the Government
with deficit of approximately
81 billion for the 1851 fiscal year.
Evening star., 1950-03-16
Kirk Returning to Moscow

CAIRO, Egypt Mar. 16 (P.-
Admiral Alan Kirk, American
ambassador to Russia, left here
by plane for Moscow today after
q nine-day vacation In Egypt.
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(See COMMUNISTS, Page A
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(See CRIME, Page A-2)
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(see BRANNAN, Page A-5)
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(See MISSOURI, Page A-4D
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(See LEOPOLD, Page A-59
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Soviet General Dies

(see OBSERVATORY, Page A-s0
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Guide for Rea ders

An Associated Press Newspaper
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(See COUNCIL, Page A-5)
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(See ACHESON, Page A-3)
The Arizona post., 1950-07-21
]. II. {. Lacks
Transport Fund

NEW YORK-At least U.s.
900 Jews will be unable to emf
crate to Israel this year be-
cause the Joint Distribution
Committee (JDC) lacks the
funds to transport all Jews in
a position to leave European
or MOslem lands, DR.. Joseph J.
Schwartz, JDC Director Gen
eral, declared just before re-
turning to Paris.
DIR. Schwartz emphasizes
that never before has JDC had
to hold back emigrants who
had a place to go to, and who
were in a position TO leave.
For the first time in JDC's
thirty-six year history has this
happened.
JDC, which pays the costs of
transporting most emigrants to
Israel, in addition to providing
relief and reconstruction serv-
ices for needy Jews in Europe
and MOSlem areas, receives its
main funds from the United
Jewish Appeal.
The Arizona post., 1950-07-21
s55,OOO Unpaid
In CJA Pledges

While $65, 1000 has been col
Iected, approximately $55, 900
remains outstanding in unpaid
1850 CJA pledges, according
to Joseph Brindis, CJA chair
mana few days ago $4,000
was paid the Southern Ari-
zOna Bank on the outstanding
loan on which there remains
a balance of $4,000. Qn early
June $4,000 was borrowed on
urgent appeal for funds by
the UJA, and sent to New
York. A total of S67,5O
thus far has been forwarded
to UJA.)
A telegram was received
by BrindiS from Eddie Can
tor from Tel Aviv shortly be-
fore Cantor returned home.
1t said, "Dear Joe what I've
Continued to page 13)
The Arizona post., 1950-07-21
Bilg'ray Talks
On ZOA Meet

Rabbi Albert Bilgray was Tue
sons delegate to the National
Convention of the Zionist Organ
ization of America (ZOA) held
recently in Chicago. Comment
ing on the proceedings Rabbi Bill
gray said, 'The convention re-
flected much soul searching on the
part of the delegates. The pre-
vailing feeling was that Ameri-
can Jewry is not doing enough
to assist the new Republic of Is
rael in it's overwhelming respon-
sibility of absorbing hundreds of
thousands of refugees.
''There was much discussion"
Rabbi Bilgray continues, "and
division of opinion on the ques-
ton of why American Jewry's as
sistance has not been adequate.
There was universal agreement,
however, that the use OF commu-
nifty funds (raised for the most
part under the banner and appeal
of the UJA) must not be side
tracked for the expansion of local
institutions of a social and rec
reational purpose.
Benjamin Browdy, ZOA presi-
dent, and DR.. Abba Hillel Silver
both keynoted this theme as they
emphasized the 'disgraceful and
tragic diversion of community
funds raised for the purpose of
saving lives abroad but used in
stead for the 'feather-bedding' of
local Institutions" ;" the Rabbi con-
cluded.
The Arizona post., 1950-07-21
Israel Seeks
French Loan

TEL AVN, (JTA).-Israel has
applied to France for a second
SIS, 100000 lOng-term loan, it was
revealed here this week by the
French commercial attache. He
said that the first $15,OOO,OOO had
been granted over the period of
the first six months of this year
for the purchase of French goods.
ISraePs development over the
last two years has inspired great
confidence in France, he said, and
France is willing to assist the
Jewish state by allowing Israel
to use capital goods of Jews mi
grating to Israel for the payment
of French products, as well as by
purchasing all Israel goods which
can find a market in France and
facilitating French investment in
Israel industry.
The Arizona post., 1950-07-21
ADJ Analysis
Recommends
No Aid to FEP

Members of the Community Re-
lations Committee last Monday
evening passed a resolution rec
ommending non-support of the
local Fair Employment Practices
(FEP) ordinance to be voted on
in September. Their recommenda-
ton was presented to the Council
delegates Thursday evening.
The resolution read Based up
on information and analysis fur
nished by the LA office of the
Anti-Defamation League, tn e
Community Relations Committee
advises non-support of the local
FEP ordnance Because of our
general sympathy for this legis-
lation on a national, state and
local level, we do not advise any
campaign against this ordinance
but merely non-support. No or
ganizational backing, financial or
other aid should be furnished.
We believe the reasons for this
action to be adequately stated in
a copy of the release (report)
from Dist. A.
The report referred to was an
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