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Additional $4,000
For D. {. Crime Probe
Clears House Hurdle
Objections Reported
Raised Against Counsel
For Investigation

The House Accounts Subcom-
mittee today approved an addi-
tional $4,000 for investigating
District crime, but a subcommittee
member disclosed that objections
had been raised against Hyman
Fischbach, counsel for the investi-
cation.
The subcommittee member
who declined to be quoted by
name, said the group, in approving
the long pending request for
funds, directed Chairman Stanley,
of the Accounts Subcommittee, to
write a letter to all members of the
House District Crime subcommit-
tee making the investigation.
Representative Hays, Republi-
can, of Ohio. who blocked the re-
quest for more funds the first
time it reached the House floor
said he voted for the investigation
today but reserved the right tc
continue my private investigation
into some phases of it and re-
served the right to go on the floor
at some future date and make
public what I find out. If any
thing"
The request for funds now goes
(See CRIME Page A-4.l
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Stain Note to Nehru Demands
u. N. Seat for Red China
GeneruIissimo Sod to Agree Korean Crisis
Must Be Settled in Security Council

was cabled to the United States
and British governments. A
Foreign Ministry official said pub
lication of the note would depend
on the reaction of Washington
and London.
India, an informed source said,
does not expect the United States
to take the initiative in secur-
ing admission of Communist
China to the United Nations. India
hopes only that the United States
will not use its Security Council
veto to prevent the Communists
from replacing Nationalist China S
representative.
Authoritative sources in Wash
ington already have reported that
the United States, while not ready
to vote to admit the Chinese Reds
to the U. NJ, would not veto the
Peiping governments applica-
ton if the Reds received the seven
Council votes necessary to gain
admission.
Stalin's reply did not mention
anything about the withdrawal of
(See NEHRU, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Second Call in Draft
MAY Be Made Late in
Year, Hershey Thinks
Changes in Status
Of Married Men nnd
Veterans Also Seen

A second draft call late this
year and eventual changes af-
fecting war veterans and married
men are believed possible by Mai
Gen. Louis B. Hershey, Selective
Service System director. a spokes-
man said today.
1t. Col. Irving w. Hart, public
relations director at national draft
headquarters here, told reporters
that Gen. Hershey ''has said that
If things get worse it may be
necessary to tighten the law cov-
ering exemptions of veterans and
regulations on dependency"
AS for the possibility Of a call
on top Of the order last Monday
for 10000 draftees. Army officials
declared last Thursday that there
"is no present plan" to issue a
second call.
The first call is being filled now
w AAAOSt 1AA1y 4Cp1dCCIIlC11t 1lSGuS
The Districts quota is 101 and the
first group is to report, for physical
examinations next Monday.
4-F Problem Studied.
Col. Hart quoted Gen. Hershey
as having said he "sees no reason
to believe there will not be q
second draft call some time after
the present call is completed In
September"
Meanwhile, Selective Service
officials are working on the prob
lem Of how best to utilize the abil-
tiles of those men of draft age
who are physically untitled fol
full military service.
The "4-Fs' problem was dis
cussed in a story written for The
Star by Martin S. Hayden, writer
for the North American News
paper Alliance.
Key to the problem is that
(See DRAFT Page A.31
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Judge Cancels Order
Blocking Air Merger
BY fhe Assoeiafed Press

District Court Judge Henry A.
Schweinhaut today Cancelled an
order which had prevented the
Civil Aeronautics Board from is
suing formal approval of the
merger of two large transatlantic
airlines.
The board order, directed and
approved by President Truman,
will permit Pan American World
Airways to buy it's competitor
American Overseas Airlines for
$17.450,000.
In addition, at the specific di-
rection of Mr.. Truman, the order
will authorize Pan American to
serve Paris and Rome, and Trans
World Airlines to serve London
and Frankfurt.
Judge Schweinhaut granted a
temporary restraining order at
his home at 2:30 am. last
Wednesday at the request of at
torneys representing a group OF
AOA employees and Seaboard and
Western Airlines, an applicant for
o transatlantic air freight route.
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American WooIen Co.
Increases Prices Aqain
By the Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK, July 17.-Ameri-
can Woolen Co. .Atoday announced
a price increase ranging from
121a to 171a cents a yard on all
its worsted goods for men and
women's clothing.
The increase is on goods ordered
for delivery in November and
later. It was the second advance
posted by American in the last
two months. The other also was
from 1914 to 171a cents yard
The company is the worlds
largest manufacturer of woolen
and worsted fabrics.
A company spokesman said the
increases were made necessary by
the continuing rise in the cost ot
raw wool.
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.sr's headquarters and try to con-
vince him that I, as a duly ac-
credited correspondent, am here
as newspaper correspondent and
not as a woman" Miss Higgins
said.
I'm going to tell him that as
long as any other correspondents
can get to the front my news
paper has right to be represent
ed here too"
She said she believed Gen
Walker was preventing her from
carrying out her assignment or
the grounds she is q woman.
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Court Bars
Union Shop Clause
In UNIV Contract
Backs NLRB's Order
Against Requirement
In Captive Mines Case

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today ruled that the United
Mine Workers may not force en-
polyes of 18 leading captive mine
operators to join or continue
membership in the union.
The decision affirmed a Labor
Board order of May 81, 1949,
which directed UNIV to cease and
desist it's use of the union shop
clause in its agreements with the
Is mine operators, all steel pro-
ducers manufacturing IS per cent
OF the Nations basic steel supply.
Ruling Is Unanimous.
While the unanimous ruling of
the three-judge Appellate Court
directly concerned bituminous
mines operated by the steel COM
panies, it may affect UMW's in
sistence on the union shop clause
in similar agreements with the
rest of the coal industry.
NLRB gave its order declaring
that the presence of the clause in
the agreement with the captive
mine operators was an unfair
labor practice. Although there had
been no NLRB-approved election
for the workers to decide on a
union-shop clause. the NNW
agreement provided that the en-
ployes be or become union mem
bers or get fired.
Such a clause is legal under the
Taft Hartley act only when ma
jority vote for union shop in
NLRB elections. the board held.
Order To Be Enforced.
Union counsel claimed before
the Appeals Court that the NLRB
order should be invalidated be-
cause UNIV had not committed
an unfair labor practice against
a specified employe or group.
The union also contended that
an NLRB-sponsored election was
unnecessary since the workers
had otherwise approved the
union-sho clause.
In their affirming order. Ap-
peals Judges Wilbur K. Miller, E.
Barrett Prettyman, and James nj.
Proctor stated 1--WE agree with the
boards conclusions" and directed
that the NLRB order be enforced.
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Senate Unit Restores
.S16.5 Million Cut for
Point-Four Program
Committee Votes, 1873,
For Change in Budget Bill
10 Pet. Slash Still Sought
By J. A. O'Leov

The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee today restored a $16.5 mil
lion cut it made earlier in the
fund for President Truman's
Point Four program to help back
ward areas of the world.
By vote Of IL to 8, the COM
mittee authorized Chairman Nc.
Kellar to offer an amendment re.
storing the cut to the omnibu.
budget bill being debated in the
Senate this week.
When the bill was reported from
committee 10 days ago, it con.
tanned for Point Four $40 million
of new cash plus $7.6 million pre-
viously authorized by separate leg
islation. The President, however
had asked for 1858 million o
new cash. In granting that figur,
today, along with the SIS million
the committee brought the tota
for Point Four up to $34.5 million
which is within $500, 900 Of TIL.
full amount Congress authorizet
for next year.
Hope for 10 Per Cent Cut.
AS the Senate resumed debate
on the big budget bill. GOVERNS
all Federal agencies. economy ad.
vocates were hopeful the addi,
tional national defense funds mad.
necessary by the Korean crisis vii
help them to put over the pro.
posed 10 per cent cut in domestic
spending.
Senator Bridges, Republican, oi
New Hampshire predicted Con.
gress will give the armed force.
whatever they need. but hi
warned they will have to use il
better than some money has beer
used in the past"
AS ranking Republican on the
Appropriations Committee, Sena-
tor Bridges Is one of the leader.
Of a bipaEtisan fight to knock
another $500 million from the do.
mestic side of the budget through
the 10 per cent amendment.
Majority Leader Lucas will op.
pose the percentage cut and sug.
gest that If the Senate wants tt
reduce the $34.6 billion omnibus
appropriation bill it follow thl
lead Of his colleague, Senate
Douglas, Democrat, of Illinois,
Surgical Cuts Proposed.
Senator Douglas has been lead
ing one-man fight to reduce tn,
budget by using what he calls tht
surgeons knife" instead of tht
'meat-ax." He has tried to single
out specific items he thinks coule
be dispensed with, but thus far HI
has had little success.
Veterans of many economy bat.
ties on Capitol Hill have found
they can get further with general
percentage cuts than they can by
aiming at particular agencies.
Senator Lucas will try again
today to get all Senators to agree
to put a time limit on speeches
to speed up action on the big
budget bill, which should have
been a law when the fiscal year
began July, /. All Government
agencies are operating this month
on a temporary stop-gap resolu-
ton, which expires August !.
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Cunord Denies Queen
Will Gerry U. S. Troops
By the As.asiafad Press

LONDON, July 1.-THE Lon
don Daily Telegraph said today
the Cunard Steamship Co. has
been warned one of it's Queen
liners might be required" to carry
American troops to Korea. The
company denied the report as
completely without foundation. +"
The Queen Mary and the Queen
Elizabeth were used during the
last war to carry American troops
to Europe. But. the company said
today:
mo change is contemplated in
the sailing schedules of the two
Queen liners or any other of the
company's ships
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defense agencies the right tc
suspend regular Civil Service
hiring procedures.
The new regulations place the
Defense Department on an "emer-
gency indefinite" hiring system
and new employees will be given
appointments until at least 1852
It was estimated that perhaps
$4,000 to 10000 of the new de-
fense jobs will be in Washington
Action Limited to Defense Units.
Officials stressed that the new
type appointments were limited
to the Army. Navy, Air Force and
other componentS of the Defense
Department. Other Federal agen-
cies are not affected.
The defense agencies will hire
new employees in the following or
der:
/. From displaced career en-
ployeS on its registers who lost
their defense jobs as a result OF
economy programs.
2. From regular Civil Service
job lists now available.
8. From direct recruitment by
the defense agencies.
Recruiting Is Permitted.
The direct recruitment will be
resorted to after the first two
types OF registers are exhausted
However. the new regulations per-
NIT the defense agencies to recruit
and hire directly in all emergency
cases.
Employees hired for defense Jobs
will not be given permanent sta
tus. This applies even to those
who are hired from regular Civil
Service registers. They will not
be required to take any written
exams.
The new regulations place the
Government on virtually the same
"war service" basis that it was or
during the war years.
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New District Polio Case
Brings TotuI to 1o

One new case of polio was re-
ported in the District over the
week end, bringing the total to 10.
The new victim is a four randi
half year -old- boy of the 1900
block of Fourth street Sc. He
was admitted to Children's Hos
pital Saturday.
Last year at this time there
were six polio cases in the District
The latest case brings the total
for Washington and vicinity to 35
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Bulletins
Volunteer Test Eosed

The Army has drasticalIy cut
the minimum passing grade on
intelligence tests for volunteers
from a score of 80 down to 10
the minimum passing mark
set by law for draftees. Based
on the 80 score, only $50 of 40l
men passed intelligence tests at
the Districts recruiting station
last week. No change. was re-
ported in minimum grades for
Navy or Air Force enlistees.
Earlier Story on Page BLY,
Argentina Backs u. N.
BUENOS AIRES P.-Argen-
tina announced today that she
is ready to help the United Ma
tions in Korea and is awaiting
q specific request from Gen.
Macarthur as to what he wants
the Argentines to do.
Senate Unit OKs Hustie
President Truman's nOmina-
tion of William HI. HASTE to be
. Judge In the Third Circuit
Court Of Appeals was approved
today by the Senate judiciary
Committee. The Circuit Court
Is the highest judicial post to
which . Negro ever has been
nominated In this country.
Evening star., 1950-07-17

chat in which. he will give the
American people a. full-scale re-
view of the situation.
The speech will be carried by
the four major networks and will
be televiSed.
The plans were announced at
the White House today, first by
congressional leaders, who held
an hour-long conference with Mr..
Truman, and then by Press Secre.
tary Charles G. Ross.
ut will be quite a comprehen-
sive message. explaining the steps
taken by this Government, and
including certain legislative rec
concentrations" Mr.. Ross told
reporters. He would not discuss
the message in detail.
Congressional leaders said that
there would be no question of the
Presidents getting whatever he
asked.
An indication Of this was given
In a speech made on the floor Of
the Senate by Senator Lodge, Re-
publican. of Massachusetts,, at
about the time the White House
announcement was being made.
Senator Lodge urged immediate
mobilization of manpower and
industry" on the theory that Ko-
rea IS only part of a world war
picture"
Additional Funds Needed. o.,
While no indication was given
concerning the contents Of the
message, informed sources said
the program PROBABLY would ip-
clude additional ~ defense funds,
and control authority to-:
!. Allocate steel. copper. lead.
zinc and possibly a few ;other
metals to firms Hing munitions
orders. by a voluntary system or.
/ If necessary, W mandatory con-
trolls.
q. Prevent q scramble for the
remaining stocks of metals by
putting ceilings on the output Of
such commodities as automobiles,
radios and television sets.
8, Control installment credit.
now at record levels and still
soaring. by reviving the Federal
Reserve Boards regulation W."
The regulation, which expired a
year ago. permitted the board to
fix minimum down payments and
establish time limits for easy-pay.
ment plans.
4. Slow down the booming
building industry, another huge
consumer Of materials, by curbing
the Governments present liberal
programs for home loans and
mortgage insurance.
Won't Deliver It in Person.
Mr.. Ross said that there was
no reason why the President de-
cided to send his message to Capt.
tol Hill instead Of delivering it in
person as is his custom when TAX
ing up important issues with the
Legislators.
In some quarters, however, there
was a belief that the President felt
that his prospective program
would be stripped of at least some
Of its war-like implications if he
simply sent it to the Hill to be
read instead Of adopting the more
spectacular course of delivering it
in person.
All Mr.. Ross would say concern
ing the message was that certain
domestic problems" as differen-
tiated from military-would be
dealt with by Mr.. Truman.
If the President follows his pre-
vious course when following up
Congressional messages with an
address to the public, the latter
will be little more than a con-
densation Of the message. Mr..
Ross said that the speech will
Evening star., 1950-07-17
u. ). Aircraft Blast
Reds Transport From
Seoul 10 Kun Front
; Communist Tanks, II
Trucks, z Locomotives
Reported Destroyed
By Tom Lambert
VIII @O"ION
AssoeiGted Press War Correspondent

1
AN AMERICAN AIRBASE IN
JAPAN. July 17.-American pilots
blasted North Korean transport
today from Seoul tp the break
through area south of the Kun
River. They few round the clock
missions, attacking with rockets
and machine guns.
Some pilots roared in so low
they feared they would scrape
trees and hillsides. They ripped
trucks crawling southwark along
highways and big Red tanks shell
tered by earth banks.
The fighters reported destruc-
ton Of 8 tanks, II trucks and
locomotives. They damaged 80
trucks and shot up several build
ings which were suspected Com
munist shelters.
Targets South of Kongju.
Some jet pilots said they had
been told to blast an area two
miles souht of Kongju on the
Kun River, indicating the Red:
had penetrated at least that deer
on the Western front of Ameri.
can positions.
Gen. MacArthur's communi-
que said the Reds had pene-
trated six miles south of the
4 Kun, but he did not specify
where.)
| 1t. Gerald Major, a jet pilot
of South Bend, Ind, said he ant
another pilot in his fight hac
left burning one Red tank ano
an unspecified number of trucks
at points several miles south OF
Kongju.
Capt. John Salyards of Pomona
Calf, said he had seen rocket
hits from F-S0 jets on real big
tanks hiding up against a dirt
bank" in the Kongju area. Capt
Salyards also strafed some trucks
in a building area from which
American aircraft were drawing
small arms fire.
! 1t. Richard D. Moore of jackson
Heights, N. Y, and Robert Beebe
OF Miami, Fla, caught one grour
of two tanks and two trucks or
the north bank of the Kun north
east of Kongju and covered then
with rockets"
Targets Reported Scarce.
No pilots saw any large enemy
troop concentrations on the Kun
River front today. nor any major
group of vehicles.
There were several reports o.
bands of white-clad civilians NOV.
ing south of the river. These
might be refugees or NORTH
Koreans who have proved adept
at switching from uniforms tx
native costumes for infiltration.
The relative scarcity of targets
frustrated these airmen, whose
major interest is in aiding Ameri-
can ground troops.
1t. Edward Drummond, a %.
year-old negro jet pilot of Phila-
delphia said it is "demoralizine
when we can not see more tar
gets"
AS 1t. Drummond spoke, an
other flight of jets started fol
Korea.
Jets and night fighter F-82i
have been operating as close tt
around-the-clock as possible.
Enemy aircraft left the skie1
over Korea almost entirely tx
i Allied warplanes today. There
was one unconf1rmed report Yal
had been shot down when attack.
ling an observation plane.
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Korean invaders are continuing
to pay a high price for ground
gained" but acknowledged that
they were gaining.
Late field dispatches said Tae-
jon, until last week the provisional
capital of the Korean republic
and site of American field head
quarters, was still in American
hands but virtually deserted. It's
abandonment appeared near,
however.
Americans Quit Kongju.
Gen. MacArthur'S communique
described a situation in which the
Americans had to quit Kongju
20miles northwest of Taejon, and
pull west and south, so that their
former West flank had become a
North flank.
The North Korean End Division
was struggling to turn this flank
'in the Taejon area" the COM
rnunique reported. Exact dis
tances from the city were not dis
closed.
The airfleld was admittedly un-
der Red Artillery fire and threat
ened by infiltrating enemy foot
Soldiers, however.
Although Gen. Macarthur said
the enemy had succeeded in get
ting only two tanks across to the
south bank of the Kun River and
that both these had been de-
stroyed, field dispatches intimated
the Reds since had brought up
more armor. This evidently came
from the heavy Red concentra-
tions which Gen. Macarthur re-
ported were building up just north
of the Kun.
U. S. Soldiers in Taejon.
Associated Press Correspondent
William R. Moore, who visited
Taejon at 8 pm. Monday q am.
EDIT, said most of its 100000
population had fled. He talked
with American soldiers on the
empty streets, and with South
Korean military police.
While the Americans were rolled
back in one sector at least 6 mile.
from the Kun. Gen. Macarthur
in communique YESTERDAY
said the Northern Communist!
suffered their worst setbacks O.
the Korean war on the East coast
Two Russian-built Yak fighter
planes were shot down yesterday
by American pilots. One was
downed by 1t. George M. Edwards
Of Ell PaSo, Tex, north of Taejon
A Jet F-80 shot down the Sec
ond plane when 1t. Edwards
called for help. It was the first
time the Red planes had shown
any fight since II were shot down
early in the war.
Reds Advance 6 Miles.
In the West the Americans, out
numbered 10 to l by the North
Koreans,s were pushed back six
miles. The entire oath American
Infantry Division fell back slowly
from the Kun River Southwest OF
Kongju and Northwest of Taejon
Tank-led North Korean infan-
trymen pushed across the Kun
Saturday, Gen. Macarthur said
But the United Nations command.
(See KOREA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-07-17

Mr.. Nehru. agreed the Korean
crisis must be settled peacefully
through the Security Council
But the Council, Stain repeatedly
insisted, must include the Chinese
Communists among it's big Five"
permanent members.
Stalin's note, delivered here yes
terday in reply to a previous COM
munication from Mr.. Nehru, sug-
gested the views of the Korean
people be heard, the source said.
The Russian message was trans
mitted to Mr.. Nehru at Allahabad
where he has been visiting, and
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Mounds Fatal to 1t. Thomas,
First D. &. Korean War Casualty
News of Death
In Tokyo Hospital
TeIephoned Father

Second 1t. Howell G. (Jerry)
Thomas. jr., "a. first Washington
casualty in the Korean fighting.
died today in a Tokyo hospital,
according to word reaching his
father.
The news Of his death was
phoned by the Pentagon to his
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Reds Swarming Closer to Taeion;
100000 Workers TO Be Hired
ByU.S. Defense Agencies Shortly
Invaders Gaining
At Heavy Cost,
Macarthur Says
RY the Assoeinied Press

TOKYO. Tuesday, July 18.-
Three North Korean infantry divi-
sions. heavily aided by artillery
but shy on tanks, swarmed close
on Taejon today, forcing the
slender American defense to
abandon the airfield three miles
north of that South Korean city
Gen. MacArthur's Tokyo head
quarters communique reported
early this morning that the North
Evening star., 1950-07-17
BY the Asseeioted Press

NEW DELHI, India, July IT,
Prime Minister Stain has told
India's Prime Minister Nehru he
considers Red China's admission
to the United Nations Security
Council an essential step toward
ending the Korean war. it was
reliably reported today.
A reliable source said the Rus
sian Prime Minister. in a note to
Stockholm Peace Appeal Diseloimed BY
Sweden as Red Propaganda. Page "A
Evening star., 1950-07-17

Green Says Unions Are Reody to Accept
Lobor Mobilization. Pose AT
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$4,000 Jobs
May Be Opened
In Offices Here
By Joseph Young

The Defense Department and
the Civil Service Commission in
a joint statement today estimated
that defense agencies expect to
hire approximately 100000 new
civilian employees in coming
months.
The announcement was made as
new rules were issued giving the
Evening star., 1950-07-17
Congress 10 Get
Korea MESSAGE
On Wednesday
Truman to Follow Ii
With .Rodio Talk
Explaining PIons
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman will send his
long expected message on the
Korean fighting to Congress at
noon Wednesday.
He will follow it up that night
at 10:30 o'clock with a fireside