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Evening star., 1950-02-24
COP. Aks5ubpoend
OF Files 10 Aid Probe
OF State Department
Truman Stands Ground,
Won't Yield Loyalty Doto
Committee to Meet
By Cecil Holland

Republicans today proposed q
showdown with President Tru-
man over getting Government
loyalty files for an investigation
of alleged Communists in the
State Department.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska
the Republican floor leader, sug-
gested court action if the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee is
unable to obtain the files.
The Senator said Secretary of
State Acheson should be SUBJ
poenaed to produce the loyalty
records. If Mr.. Acheson refuses
to comply, Senator Wherry added
he could be cited for contempt
and the issue settled in court.
Mr.. Truman made clear at
news conference yesterday he
would not lift his ban on giving
loyalty files to congressional COM
mittees. He said he was standing
by the executive order given Gov
ernment departments last year tc
keep the files confidential.
Promises Cooperation.
The President added, however
that he would cooperate with the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, assigned to make the in
vestigation, to disprove what he
called false charges against the
department.
He said in response to a ques-
tion that a subpoena would have
no effect on his course. When a
reporter laughingly asked whether
Evening star., 1950-02-24
By jones Y. Newton

Judge Richmond B. Keech to-
day ordered John L. Lewis United
Mine Workers to stand trial Mon
day for civil and criminal con-
tempt of court. The charge grew
out of the unions failure to end
the 19-day-old soft coal strike
as ordered by Judge Keech.
Judge Keech denied a move of
Welly X. Hopkins, chief UNIV
counsel. to dismiss the contempt
charges. Mr.. Hopkins argued that
the union and it's officers had
done everything in their power
to get the miners back to work.
The Government tried unsuc-
cessfully to have the contempt
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New Method Of Hirinq
Bureau Of Engraving
Printers Is Urged
Civil Service Decision
Rendered on Charges
Of Race Discrimination

A revision in the method of
hiring Bureau and Engraving and
Printing plate printers was rec
commended today by the Civil
Service Commissions Fair EN-
ployment Board in a decision on
charges of racial discrimination
The opinion was based on an
appeal by nine Negro employees
alleging discrimination in the in
definite postponement in Noven-
ber. 1948, of promotional exam
nations for apprentice plate
printers.
The Secretary of the Treasury
had ruled December 29 that no
discrimination was involved in
the postponment.
Called Encouraging Step.
Since then, the FEB said, it has
learned that the examinations
now are scheduled for March Is.
This is an encouraging step
in the right direction, but is of
itself insufficient treatment of the
basic problem" said the boards
findings, signed by Chairman
James L. Houghteling.
The board recommended replac-
ing long standing system of
employing journeymen plate
printers with an in-service train
ing program related numerically
to the normal turnover in that
employe classification and to the
total Government and private en-
ployment in this craft"
This program should be open
to all qualified employees within
these numerical limits ="
OF the employment policy now
in operation, the board said:
"If the exclusive recruitment of
journeymen operates, for any rea-
son, to deprive any group of
American citizens by reason of
race, color, religion or national
origin. of opportunity to qualify
for the civil service position of
plate printer, the recruitment pol
Sec FATR EMpT JOYMENT AL
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Almost All Top Labor
Officials Are Returned;
Reds Get Trouncing
BY the Associated Pres,

LONDON, Feb. 24.-Anthony
Eden, former Foreign Secretary
and heir apparent to the Conserva-
tive Party leadership, was re-
elected to the House of Commons
today, beating a Laborite.
Mr.. Eden, as deputy leader of
the Conservative opposition, is
slated to take over in the event
Winston Churchill retires. Mr..
Eden's margin of victory was 1914
votes.
Capt. Michael Astor, one of
three Tory candidate sons of
Virginia born Lady Astor, turned
in a 20,212 majority to win a seat.
Another son, John, was beaten.
Former Secretary of State for
Air Harold Macmillan, a Con-
servative, doubled his 1945 major
ity in Bromley, polling 23,042 votes
to 12,345 for Mrs. Jane Elliott, his
Labor opponent.
Earl Winterton, so-called father
of the House of Commons, won
another term with Conservative
majority of 10,423 at Horsham
in West Sussex. He has been a
member of Parliament 46 years.
Capt. Lyttelton Victor.
Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, twice
president of the Board of Trade,
and a Conservative, won in Alder
shot, a district he has represented
since 1910.
Almost all of Labor's top gov
ernment officials won. There
were four eXceptions-Sir Frank
! Soskice, Solicitor General; Arthur
Creech Jones, Colonial Secretary;
L. j. Edwards, Parliamentary Sec
iretary of the Board of Trade;
David Rees-Williams, Undersec-
retary for Colonies.
Among the defeated Conserva-
tives was Randolph Churchill, Sor
of the Conservative leader. His
father won, as did most of the
Conservative bigwigs. The war
time prime minister rolled up g
total of 1929 votes against Sey-
mour Hills, the Labor candidate
who got 1864. Howard Davies
Liberal, got 1854 and w. Brooks
Communist, 872.
The Marquis of Harrington
brother -in-law of the late Lady
Kathleen Kennedy Harrington
was defeated by the Incumbent
Labor candidate at Chesterfield
Lady Harrington was the daugh-
ter of Joseph P. Kennedy Of bos-
ton, former American ambassador
to Great Britain.
Labor Independents Lose.
Labor Independents trying to
buck the organized party had
rough going. Konni Zilliacus
kicked out of the party last year
got barely one-seventh OF the vote
at East Gateshead. He lost tc
A. S. Moody, the regular Labor
candidate.
Leslie j. Scolley, who was kicked
out of the Labor Party for fiirt-
ing with Communist ideas, was
decisevely beaten in the Thur
rock district of Essex by H. J
g. nEpcnNAIIr1U De-. \
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i. A. Lewis Ends Life:
Mine Chiefs Brother
BY the Associotsd Pres,

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. a.
Thomas A. Lewis. Ct, brother Of
John L. Lewis, head of the United
Mine Workers. was found shot to
death today in his home here.
Deputy Coroner Catherine Ruth
erford said he had shot himself
because of ill health.
Mrs. Rutherford said Lewis
wife. Leonore, discovered the body
in the bathtub on the second floor.
A revolver was lying near the body.
Mr.. Lewis. a retired Immigra-
tion Service employe, had been in
ill health for some time and suf-
fered severe heart attack yester-
day.
Mrs. Ann Louisa Lewis, mother
of the UNIV leader died here jan
uary IL at the age of 81.
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viingCostsFa||,
GIN Cuts Prices
By$10 10 $40
Labor Departments
Index Declines 0.4
For January Period
By the Associated Press

The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today consumer prices
dropped 0.4 per cent from mid
December to mid-January.
The bureau announced the con-
sumer price level-a rough meas
ure of cost-of living changes
dropped in mid-January to $50
per cent above the preWar 1885,
80 average. 1t was CTS above that
average in mid-December.
General Motors. the Nations S
largest auto producer, Immediate
ly announced pay cuts for its
workers and a cut of $40 to $40
in the prices of all its passenger
cars and trucks.
The cuts in prices of cars and
trucks are effective at once. The
revision in pay scales will start
March /.
GIN Employees Out.
The GIN contract with its en-
ployes calls for an adjustment in
the cost-o living allowance based
on changes in the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics index.
The adjustment by GIN provides
for a 2-cent-an-hour cut in cost
of-living allowance for 100000
hourly-rated employees and a $40
quarterly cut in such bonuses paid
about 10000 salaried workers.
To the public in general. the
important thing was that con-
sumner prices on January Is were
23 per cent lower than a year
ago.
Costs still were 25.2 per cent
higher, by Labor Department fig
ures. than June. 1916. when the
Office of Price Administration
stopped operating.
Decline Is Tempered
Officials said the continued de-
cline in consumer prices in jan
uary was tempered by the fact
that dip is normal for that
season because of a customary
drop in food prices, January sales
offerings by stores and other
factors.
The consumers index declined
more than a full point in Decem-
berthe biggest drop in any
month last year-and stood at
1878 per cent of the 1934-39 av-
erage. That compared with 1863
in the new figure for January IS.
That meant a decline of O.6 in
index points, but the percentage
of decline-0.4-was smaller be-
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Eden nWinsRe- election Nurse Testifies Sander
By 5000; Would Take SaidHeKnewHe Broke
He|mif ifChurchi|I Quits Law in Mercy. Killing
Medical Librorion Relates
Defendants Conversation
On Day Of Arrest
By the Assoe;oted Press

MANCHESTER, N. H, Feb. "a,
A hospital records keeper testified
today that DIR. Hermann N. Sander
said he knew he had broken a law
in the mercy killing" death of a
cancer patient and added he'd
broken laws before-he'd been
through stop signs"
Miss Josephine Connor, medical
librarian at Hillsboro County
Hospital, calmly told a 13-man
jury about a conversation she said
she heard between a county medi-
cal referee and DR.. Sander.
DR.. Sander is being tried on a
first degree murder charge in con-
Inection with the death of Mrs.
.Abbie Borroto, SO, Manchester
housewife.
Nurse Gives Account.
Miss Connor. buxom registered
nurse, gave this account of the talk
between DR.. Robert E. Biron, the
medical referee and DR.. Sander on
the day of DR.. Sanders arrest:
'Dr. Biron asked If he CDR
Sandep realized he had broker
the law. DR.. Sander said Yes
he'd broken laws before-he' d
been through stop signs.
'Dr. Biron said this was more
serious, this was murder :"
DR.. Sander said he did realize he'd
broken the law but the law should
be changed.
"Dr. Biron said why didn't you
change it first-before you did
this?'"
Miss Connor testified she did
not remember DR.. Sanders reply
to that last question.
Chews Candy Drop.
DR.. Sander sat cross-legged,
chewing candy drop as he heard
the nurse testify that he gave
this answer when DR.. Biron asked
him about the manner of Mrs
Borroto's death:
DIR. Sanders answer to that
was well, Mr.. Borroto was sc
tired and if you could have seen
him up all night drinking coffee
and smoking, you would have
been sorry for him, too.'"
Miss Connor said DR.. Biror
then put the question fatty tt
DR.. Sander:
why did you do it?"
She said DR.. Sander did not
answer "other than Mrs. Borrote
was tired and had hard night.
DR.. Biron then asked DR.. Sand.
er, the nurse testified, If he
realized the seriousness of it ane
that it might be brought up al
later date"
DR.. Sander replied, Miss CennoJ
said, that "he saw no reason why
it should be-"
The medical referee suggested
Mrs. Borroto's family might brins
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UMWMust Stand 7 ridIMonday,
.Keech Refuses to Dismiss Case
Judge Turns Down Government Request
For Earlier Hearing Due to Coal Shortage

trial tomorrow rather than Mon
day.
Assistant Attorney General H.
Graham Morrison asked that the
trial date be advanced because of
the urgency of the coal situation
Judge Keech overruled him.
The judge said that the union
is entitled to trial by jury on the
criminal contempt charge if il
wants one. There was no ilnme-
diate word whether Mr.. Hopkins
would ask for a jury trial.
Mr.. Morrison asked that "the
full power and majesty of this
court be brought to bear to end
the strike"
In event of conviction Monday
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Late News
Bulletin
Humphrey Blasts Byrd

Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
of Minnesota today introduced
a bill to abolish the Joint Com
mittee on Nom Essential Federal
Expenditures. He accused the
committee, headed by Senator
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, of
"want0n waste and extrava-
gance," and said it Is used only
as a publicity medium"
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said Capt. Karpe may have been
standing by a sleeping car door.
losing his balance when the Paris
bound Arleberg Express round the
curve. 1t was known that Capt.
Karpe suffered from gout, which
(See KARPE, Page A-4.)
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Yesterday. Poge All
afternoon that he wasn't satisfied
with the voluntary" anti-discrim-
ination measure passed by the
House. He had asked for creation
OF a Federal fair employment Prac-
tice commission with power to
enforce its edicts against employ
ers discriminating among workers
because Of race or religion.
In the Senate, Majority Leader
Lucas promised to try to get Mr.,
Truman what he wants.
But Senator Russell, leader of
the anti-FEPC Southern Demo-
Gratis pledged his group to a finish
fight against both compulsory and
voluntary versions OF the civil
rights legislation.
Filibuster Expected
He indicated filibuster would
be the principal weapon and said
at least 20 Southerners would be
ready to talk a long time in an
effort to persuade Administration
forces to give up the battle for
an FEPC with teeth.
Among Senate Republicans,
Senator Taft of Ohio and Wherry
of Nebraska joined in support of
a voluntary FEPC which would
try to eliminate discriminstion by
conciliation, mediation and plan
ming.
Senators Ives of New York and
Lodge of Massachusetts, urged a
further effort to pass a bill that
would give the Federal commits
sion the right to issue cease and
desist orders against employers
practicing bias and to enforce
them through the courts.
The House bill was approved on
roll call vote of 240 to 1T.
1t would establish a five-mem-
Der Federal commission which
would try to persuade employers
not to discriminate against other
wise qualified workers because of
race, religion, sex or physical dis
ability.
The commission would be di-
rected to cooperate with State,
local and private agencies in an
(See FEPC, Page A-6)
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of bad news for commercial users
Of soft coal in the city.
Patrick A. Deck, chairman Of
the coal division of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association,
warned that Office buildings, ho-
tells and apartments here must
really cut" their use of soft coal
if the city expects to weather the
present coal crisis. Mr.. Deck said
the dealers stockpiles have dwin-
died to less than a weeks supply.
The Commissioners announced
that Jess Larson, general services
administrator, had promised them
that enough coal would be avail
able to the District from Federal
supplies to keep all institutions
open three weeks or longer.
Conservation to Continue.
Conservation measures adopted
in the city's public buildings will
continue, however, the Commits
sioners said.
In addition, the Commissioners
directed Roland Brennan, Dis
trict purchasing officer. to con-
duct further survey of the soft
coal stockpile in about 10 days.
This survey would determine II
further measures, such as closing
low priority" institutions, would
be necessary.
The situation of the local coal
dealers, in contrast to the District
government, is very bad, very
serious" according to Mr.. Deck.
The situation also was bad over
the Nation. According to statistics
from the Bureau of Mines, the
soft coal dispute apparently has
cut the countrys coal stocks by
almost 200,000,O00 tons an
amount equal to about four
months normal production.
Deliveries to Churches Cut OFF
Mr.. Deck said that mere saving
of coal by heating buildings a
little less than usual will not solve
the situation. The stage has been
reached where the Office buildings.
hotels and apartment houses
must really cut down on their
heat and not just a little, he de-
clared.
He pointed out that a small
amount of coal has been trickling
into the bunkers of the coal
dealers. When the present weeks
supply is used up. there will be no
more until the miners go back to
work.
Even should the miners return
to the pits it would be a week be-
fore any substantial supplies reach
the District. he declared.
Yesterday, the Commissioners
clamped down even further on
users of soft coal.
forbidding any further deliveries
to churches and places Of public
assembly and amusement. The
coal ration for Office buildings also
was reduced from 80 per cent to
so per cent of normal.
Most Theaters Use oil.
Any of these places now without
soft coal will be given only enough
to allow time for conversion to
hard coal, if possible, and to pre-
vent damage from freezing.
TheaterS apparently will not be
affected greatly by the order, as
most of them use oil heat.
Churches, the majority of which
use coal. will be affected when
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Bar List Announced

The list Of successful appli-r
cants who took the District
Court bar examination last
December appears on Page
A-8. OF 491 persons who took
the tests, 273 passed. This was
Sc per cent.
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Thousands lam Control London to Chez
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or Jeer Election ToIIy. Poge As
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workable majority in the new
House of Commons even if he
defeated the combined opposition
of Conservatives and Liberals.
Returns from SO per cent of the
districts give: Labor 298 seats,
Conservatives and allied candi-
dates 277, Liberals 7.
Forty-two party seats remained
to be decided. There will be 625
seats in the new Commons, but
the speaker, elected as a Con-
servative, is regarded as neutral.
Tied 4 Times in Is Minutes.
For a time, the Laborites and
the combined opposition we're all
even. -Four times in Is minutes of
counting the opponents were dead
level, and four times Labor went
one seat ahead. Then the La
bof1tes forged ahead by several
seats again.
The Conservatives came back
sharply in today's counting after
overnight results had cast a pail
of gloom over headquarters of
Winston Churchill's party. When
a recess in the count was taken
early today, the Laborites held
lead of 81 seats.
In the old House of Commons,
which had $40 seats. the Laborites
outnumbered the Conservatives
381 to 202.
A Labor spokesman said his
party needed a majority of 80
seats to function effectively in the
new house.
Unstable Parliament Seen.
Mr.. Churchill, reelected in his
own district by a big margin
spoke to mis- constituency at
Woodford. The wartime Prime
Minister said:
"We cannot tell and am GER
tainly not going to pronounce
what is going to happen, but il
is obvious Parliament is going to
be in a very unstable condition
"All we can do is to keep oul
eyes steadily fixed on the mair
purpose to bring our country back
to the forefront of the nations
and to make her a home for al
our people"
The popular vote at pm. was;
Labor, 11,698,099; Conserva-
tives, 10,938,204; Liberals, 2,318,-
247.
With the race so close it was
possible that votes in four con-
stituencies in the remote parts of
Scotland could have an important
bearing on the issue. Because of
travel difficulties they will not
report on how they voted until
next Monday.
The constituencies are in the
Highlands and islands off the
Scottish coast. Of the four, one
voted Liberal National, one for
Labor and two for the Conserva-
tives in 1945.
The mounting returns bolstered
Continued on Page A-3, Col. -
Evening star., 1950-02-24
Senate Fight Pledged
Against FEPC BhI;
Truman Dissatisfied
20 Southerners Prepare
For FiIibuster to Block
Even 'ToothIess' Plan
By Chris Mothisen

The FEPC fight shifted to the
Senate today, but no floor action
was in prospect before next month.
President Truman made clear
at his news conference yesterday
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Roll Coll on Final FEPC Vote in House.
Poee Ala
Background Of the House Voting on FEPC
Yesterday. Page A-I2
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Miners Deaf to PIeos for Coal Production
on Emergency Basis. Pose AS
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D. +. Institutions
And Schools Get
.Coa|for3 3Weeks
Offices, Apartments
And Hotels Warned
To Make Real Cuts

The Commissioners received as
surance today that enough coal
would be allotted from the Fed
eral stockpile to avert closing Of
the public schools and other Dis
trict institutions for at least three
weeks.
This good news for the District
government came on the heels
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BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 24.-The Labor
Party held a precarious lead of
IA seats tonight over their COM
bined Conservative. Liberal and
allied opposition in Britain's par
1iamentary election.
1t was doubtful that Prime
Minister Attlee would have a
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Holds 31O Seats
Against288 for
Combined Foes
Conservatives Score
281 and Liberals 7;
Count Tied a Times
BULLETIN

LONDON (P). - The Labor
Party has won a plurality over
the Conservatives and Liberals
in the new House of Commons.
With 81 districts out of 624 still
to report, Labor held 80 seats
against 281 for the Conserva- =
tives and 7 for the Liberals. An
absolute majority of the new
house is 313.
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(See PRICES, Page A-6D
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(See CONSERVATION. Pg.
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(See PERSONALITY, Page A-3J
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(See MERCY KILLING, Pg. A,
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Mostly cloudy, windy and mild this after
noon. Cloudy. windy and colder tonight.
Lowest in middle 20s. Tomorrow fair and
colder. (Full report on Page A-2O
Midnight, 33 am. ---33 IL IN. ---45
2am. -33 Sam. ---35 Noon -----51
4am. 33 10 am. Al / pm. --53
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tSee FAIR EMPLOYMENT, A:
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(See COAL, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Annual Memorial Service
OF Jewish War Veterans

Annual memorial service and
the massing of the colors of the
Jewish War Veterans for those
who made the supreme sacrifice
will take place Friday at 8 pm. at
the Washington Hebrew Congre-
cation, Eighth and H streets NV.
DR.. Paul F. Douglass, president Of
American University, will be guest
speaker. Many veteran and pa
triotic organizations will partici-
pate. The public is invited.
At the Fifth National Confer
ence on Citizenship, which in
cludes immigration, naturalization.
displaced persons and related sub
jects, JWV will be represented by
Sol Alpher, Irving Levine and DR..
David S. Block.
George Cohen and Miss Estelle
Badanes are department delegates
to the Veteran Administration
Volunteer Service Conference to
be held here on Thursday.
A moonlight cruise will be held
on the Wilson Line steamer Mt.
Vernon June 81. Harry Chernik-
off and Sadie Douglas are CO.
chairmen. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned from the adjutants of each
post and auxiliary.
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Purent-Teucher
Activities

John Burroughs PTA stud,
group will meet Monday at 8 pm
at the home of Donald Welshe
2212 Randolph street NE. Sub.
ject: why Not Enjoy Your Chill
dren." Speaker. Mrs. Frank
Borden, radio chairman of the
District of Columbia Congress.
TruesdeIl PTA-The last regular
meeting of the school year will be
held Tuesday at 8 pm. There will
be the installation of officers and
a discussion of the Strayer Report
Ludlow Peabody PTA will hold
their summer roundup Wednes-
day at 10 am. at Peabody School
A physical examination will be
given children who will enter
either Peabody or Ludlow School
this fall.
Woodbridge PTA will meet Thurs
day at l pm. for election anc
installation of officers.
John Burroughs PTA, last regu.
lar meeting Wednesday at 8 pm
Discussion on Recreation Fa-
cilities Available for Vacation
Fun" Installation of officers.
BrOokland PTA-An operetta
will be presented by children
Wednesday at 8 pm. and Thurs
day in afternoon and at 8 pm
Members of PTA are selling tick
cts. Benefit of school fund.