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Evening star., 1950-06-09

Flag Day rally is expected to last
until the usual closing time ir
Government. The time taken of
by the employees will not be
charged to their annual leave.
The Flag Day event is sponsored
by the AFL American Federation
eof Government Employees and thu
Sesquicentennial Commission. L
is planned to make the ceremony
an annual event.
Included in the program will-b
the Army and Navy Bands, &
dramatic pageant and a speech
by ASSISTANT Secretary of Defens,
Paul H. Griffith.
y = +
HEAT POLICY-The Federal
Personnel Council met again
yesterday TO discuss the pro-
posalS regarding the release of
Federal employees on hot and
humid days, but it decided to
hold another meeting next week
to discuss the matter further.
The councils Advisory Com
mittee had suggested making
employees use annual and sick
leave for the time they are given
off on especially hot days, but
this was regarded as too severe.
Some tightening up of last years
regulations was suggested, but
the matter was deferred to next
week.
! One of the council members
wryly observed after the meet
ing: "If we don't hurry UP,
we'll be concerning ourselves
with cold weather policy for
December, January and Febru-
ary."
! ECONOMY CUTS-The Senat,
Appropriations Committee meet,
today to discuss further the per.
sonnel economy cuts voted b,
the House. However, committee
sources say it will be nearly &
month before the group report.
out its one-package 1851 money
bill.
Among the things expected tt
be discussed by the committee
today are the various proposals
submitted in regard to the Houses
action. The General Accounting
Office has urged that agencies be
given more leeway in determining
just how the Houses economy
cuts should be absorbed.
The AFL American Federation
of Government Employees has pro.
posed that the Budget Bureau bs
given authority to determin,
where employment cuts can b.
made, and also that it be giver
the power to impose periodic EN-
ployment freezes, whereby a Ger
tain percentage of existing jol
vacancies not be filled.
While the GAO's proposal woul(
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Milk Strike Shuts Off
Supply for 5 Million
In Pittsburgh Area
sr he A,,o< ,a..ss Rr.,a

PITTSBURGH. June s.-Mlk
and dairy supplies were cut OF
from 5 million Western PennSyl-
vanians today by a strike Of S.2So
AFL dairy workers.
Mayor David L. Lawrences
llth-hour attempt to halt the
strike failed.
A four-hour meeting OF union
and industry spokesmen broke I'D
shortly after am, more than
an hour after the strike deadline.
Another negotiating session was
set for today. Mr.. Lawrence. who
called the strike calamity" de-
clared:
The only hopeful thing is that
the union and industry Spokes-
man have agreed to meet again"
Other Counties Affected.
The strike affected not only res
idents OF Pittsburgh and populous
Allegheny County. but these ad-
joining counties: Beaver. Butler.
Lawrence. Greene. Fsyette and
Washington.
The union-AFL Local 20S, Milk
and Ice Cream Statesmen and
Dairy Employes-said 1t will pro-
vide workers 10 process and haul
milk to hospitals.
Other emergency measures are
being taken to provide milk for
orphanages. homes for the aged,
infants on special formulas and
persons whose physicians certify
they need milk.
The unions contract expired
May /.
Exact demands for the new con-
tract have not been released and
neither have facts on current
wages. Industry and union
spokesmen say the breakdown is
too complicated.
Wants 4O-HOur Week.
However. the union SAYS II
wants a 40-hour week instead of
the present 48-hour week with no
reduction in pay. 1t is also ask
ing a three-week paid vacation
after Is years instead of the pres
ent two weeks.
| A union spokesman said the
drivers. who are guaranteed $50
week. want to be reimbursed for
commission cuts. He added:
THE drivers are paid on q COM
plicated basis which involved gross
sales and their collections. When
the milk price dropped 2 cents a
quart a few months ago. they
suffered pay losses averaging $40
a week. They want that $40
back. along with a compensating
raise for the increasing cost Of
living"
Industry spokesmen had no
comment on that. They said they
are willing to submit the dispute
to binding arbitration
Evening star., 1950-06-09

bers how great an increase ir
rents would follow decontrol, Mr.
Lusk said he guessed they would
go up 10. Is, maybe 20 per cent.
The witness insisted, however
the rentals now being asked for
new construction free of control
would come down.
Insist 1t Will Be Hardship.
The witnesses favoring exten-
sion OF rent control insisted that
the expected increase in rents
would bring hardship to many
people and would Strike hardest
at the low-income group.
Mrs. Palmer said she thought
that to. tie the District legislation
into the National Rent Control
Act would not be practical ster
at this time"
Since the District has no voting
machinery or elected Legislature
she insisted, the provision reouir-
ing cities to decide by their elected
officials whether to continue rent
control beyond the end of this
calendar year could not be applied
here as elsewhere.
Oliver M. Walker, president OF
the Washington Real Estate
Board, was the chief witness fol-
real estate interests yesterday. He
appeared as chairman of the
Joint Committee for Decontrol O,
District Rents.
witnesses both for and against
continued controls were cues
toned by House subcommittee
members yesterday as to why most
OF the new apartments going up
in Washington are in the high
rent brackets.
i Apartment Demand Described.
Representative Abernethy, Dem.
ocrat, of Mississippi asked why
more housing is not being built
here for the lower paid employees
OF washington.
| Opponents Of the bill contended
there is big demand for so-called
efficiency apartments" consisting
Of a combination living and bed
room. bath and kitchen. They
said there is more money among
that group of prospective tenants
and more income to investors and
developers.
Mr.. Cogswen contended that
there is virtually no housing going
up here for the middle class aver
age family and that, for the low
rental bracket" there is mot q
single housing unit to be found. .
Mr.. Walker outlined briefly the
principal contentious of the or
ganized joint committee against
controls. He said controls went
out In 1947 on most all the prod
ucts OF industry, when Congress
voted the OPA into oblivion"
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Louisiana Senators
Study Charge Against
New Orleans Editors
BY the Assoeiated Press

BATON ROUGE, La, June g.
A special Louisiana Senate Com
mittee today considered its report
on possible contempt charges for
the publisher and editor of the
New Orleans Item, which called
some legislators trained seals"
After Publisher David Stern
and Editor Clayton Fritchey were
questioned at yesterdays hearing.
Senator c. H. Downs of Alex
andria, the committee chairman,
said a full report to the Senate
would be made Monday night.
At the hearing, first of it's kind
in Louisiana, Mr.. Fritchey de-
Tended the editorial as an liable
job of writing" Mr.. Stern as
serted that I'VE have a right to
express our opinion and not be
questioned"
Discussed Bill Withdrawal.
One by one the committeeman
denounced last Mondays editorial
which described legislators as
trained seals" and 'lackeys" of
Gov. Earl Long. brother of the
late Huey Long. The editorial
discussed the withdrawal at the
Governors request Of a bill which
had been approved by a Senate
committee.
Facing Mr.. Stern and Mr..
Fritchey, Mr.. Downs opened the
hearing by saying: II don't think
any one appreciates the value Of
freedom of the press more than
people in public Office. We're
serving the public the best way
we know how. It's not an easy
job.
Il want to impress upon you
that one of the dangers in our
country is any attempt to break
down public confidence and pub
lie faith in our public officials.
Disagree with them, oppose them
yes. But slander, libel, take
them to task for things that are
misrepresentation"
Asked If He Had Questions.
Mr.. Stern appeared surprised
when Senator G. E. Barham, a
committeeman, asked the pub
Usher If he had any questions.
We're here as witnesses" Mr..
Stern answered.
You're here as defendants, "
Mr.. Barham said.
AS the hearing ended Mr.. Downs
made his way over to Mr.. Fritchey,
raised his fist. and said, I'm
taking this thing personally"
The Senator and the editor
glared at one another, another
Senator grabbed Mr.. Downs arm,
and spectators and a sergeant at
arms crowded between them.
The meeting ended too soon
for Sen. A. o. Rappelet of Houma,
who had arrived prepared to put
on trained seal act" The dis
appointed Senator left the Sen
ate chamber carrying a big bal
loon, a ball and four plastic fish.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Extension
Continued From First Page)

of Columbia Industrial Unior
Council and president of a tele'
phone workers union, and Mrs
Gertrude Evans, executive secre.
tary of the Progressive Party ol
the District.
The subcommittee was hoping
to conclude the hearing this af.
ternoon.
Spokesman for real estate in
terestS criticized arguments fol
continued rent control made yes
terday by District Rent Admins
traitor Robert F. -Cogswell.
Mr.. Henry and Mr.. Breuninge1
stressed that the rent issue would
be considered in the light of its
effect on the entire Metropolitan
Area and not the District alone.
Points to Virginia.
Both stressed the trend toward
integration of the Metropolitan
Area Community Chest fund-rais-
ing efforts and pending legisla-
ton to enlarge the powers of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and to set up
a commission to study correlation
Of problems affecting the District
and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
MIR. Henry pointed to the decon-
troll of rents in Virginia, effective
June Is, and said continuation of
control in the District breaks UP
the unity of the Metropolitan
Area which is one solid unit"
Mr.. Breuninger attacked con-
troll as virtually unconstitutional
and said that taking private
property from one and giving il
to another is a definite violation
Of the Constitution. He said he
considered such practice at this
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Strong Nerves Needed

NEW YORK, June 8 (P.-Dr.
Vladimar Outrata. Czechoslovak
Ambassador to the United States
says "it takes strong nerves to
be representative of a Socialist
country today" He sailed for
home yesterday aboard the liner
Queen Mary. Mr.. Outrata made
the statement when asked about
Vladimar Houdek. former Am
bassador to the United Nations
who recently broke with the
Kremlin.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Green Sees Lobor Unity

TOLEDO, June 9 R.-AFL
President William Green predicts
that within year al! major labor
groups will be reconciled into lone
great labor movement. He told
the convention of the AFL-F Flint
Glass Workers last night that
there is no longer justification
for prolonging the split between
the CIO and AFL.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, June 9-14.
Temperature will average to
5 degrees above normal with little
variation through the period. For
Washington, normal maximum is
50 and minimum 81. Scattered
afternoon or evening thunder
shower activity Sunday through
out remainder of period totaling
one third to one half inch.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

save some of the 100000 jobs
ordered slashed by the House by
giving agencies the right TO make
some savings other than in per-
sonnel. the fact remains it still
would necessitate q large reduc-
ton of jobs.
However. key members Of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
indicate their groups bill won't
be as severe as the Houses.
SUMMARY DISMISSAL POW
ERS-The CLOS new right-wing
Government Employees Organic
ing Committee has urged the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee to
kill the Honse's amendment to the
one package money bill that would
give the State and Commerce De-
partments the right TO FIRE en-
ployes summarily.
The CIO group declared the
Governments career merit system
would be seriously affected by such
legislation.
This rider goes too far" the
GEOC asserted. 1T is fast COM
ing to the point where We have
no career or civil service in Gov
ernment.
IF, as result of irresponsible
attacks motivated purely by politi-
cal or other considerations, en-
ployes are subsequently fired fol
the good of the service or in the
interests of the united States,
politics are running civil service
no matter what kind of national
security or other labor is at
tached."
While declaring it condone!
neither incompetence nor dis.
loyalty" the CIO employees grour
said that there are proper pro.
cedures available for dismissins
employees falling in these two cate,
gories. Summary dismissal is no
the way to do it. the CIO declared
Other employe groups also arr
concerned over the Houses action
fearing that, if Commerce anc
State get such authority, it viii
only be a matter of time befor,
all civilian agencies get sucf
powers.
4
POSTAL VETERANS - Tht
Senate yesterday approved anc
sent to the White House thu
House-passed bill giving within.
grade pay increases to posta
veterans for the time they spent
in the armed forces.
The bill applies to those who
entered the Department after the
war. since the other veterans al.
ready have received credit fol
their war service.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

PAOsCS A4S12l1SSCO
at 3::45 pm. but
the sponsors of
the event said
previous COM
mitments made
it necessary TO
start at 8 pm.
The w h i t e
H O u S e then
a G : e e d to
change its Or
der.
The employees
will not have to
return tn their
offices since the
Evening star., 1950-06-09
BY Mortin S. Hayden

Convinced that America must
fight if the Soviet Union invades
Europe, and that the Communist
threat to this Nation today far
exceeds the prewar menace OF
Nazi Germany. Senator Taft, Re-
publican, of Ohio fears the Ma.
ton may be following a policy
which will transform the cold wal
into shooting war.
The "Mr. Republican" Of 1850
and perhaps OF the 1852 presi-
dental year, listed his foreign
policy views today in a typically
blunt interview calculated to in
furiate his critics and give new
life to opponents OF President
Truman's foreign program.
Keys of Taft Philosophy.
In capsule form. these are key
items in the Taft foreign policy
philosophy:
/. Left over from World War II
! is Russian Communist threat to
America far more serious than
anything ever presented by Hitler;
2. America today has no choice
but to follow a policy of contain
ing communism wherever prac-
ticable and declaring war in the
event Russia invades Western
Europe with troops because the
occupation of Western Europe
under conditions of air warfare
and the atomic bomb would be a
direct threat to American liberty;
3. When ECA expires there
should be a new policy of contin-
ued but limited American eco
nomic aid abroad:
4. The Presidents point-foul
program is "just another invita-
ton for the rest of the world tc
spend our money;
S. The European arms aid plan
is weak because it may incite Rus
sian military action, because
America cannot be sure that the
arms it gives European countries
can or will be used against Russia
and because it appears to commit
the United States to a type oi
warfare advantageous to Russia;
6. Military aid to Korea ane
1ndo- China is necessary bu'
wherether is can be effective il
doubtful;
z. Military aid to Formosa i,
equally necessary and it can bt
effective;
8. Because of the chance thai
the highly successful" japanese
occupation may deteriorate, ther>
should be quick Jap peace
treaty:
8. The Amerasia case and tht
now-revealed activities of Algel
Hiss and Julian Wadleigh give
'prima facie basis" for a thorough
investigation of the State Depart.
ment, including any evidence
offered by Senator Joseph Nc
Carthy. but the present Tydings
committee has not done a job ur
to date and has tended to white.
wash" any charges.
Senator Taft considers that thu
State Department appointment
of Republican John Foster Dulle.
was "a good faith effort by Presi.
dent Truman to keep better Re.
publican contacts"
But" he adds, under our con.
stitution and two-party system
overall foreign-policy bipartisan.
ship is impossible.
THE President initiates foreign
policies which gradually evolv,
from the ideas of Ambassador.
and various conferences abroac
and in the State Department.
don't blame Mr.. Truman fol
abandoning the bipartisan idea
The opposition party cannot pos.
Sibly be consulted at every steI
Of the foreign-policy route and
Evening star., 1950-06-09
The Weather Here and Over the Not;on

District of Columbia-Sunny
and warm today with highest
around 80. Fair tonight, low
about 68. Tomorrow, some cloudi-
ness, continued warm and humid.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy tonight. Tomorrow, mostly
fair and warm but widely scat
tered showers and thunderstorms
likely.
Wind velocity at 1870 O'Clock
this morning. 10 miles per hour;
direction, southwest.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Senate Con Speed Up,
1t Shows in Passing
241 Bills in a Hours
by the Assoeiofsd Press

by the Assoeiofsd Press
When the Senate wants to,
it can pass bills like fury.
Yesterday it wanted to.
In four hours and a half
the Senate whipped through
241 bills.
In one inspired minute, be-
tween 2:11 and 2:12 pm, it
passed six bills. That's an
average Of one every 10 Sec
ondS.
1t was Calendar Day"
when unanimous consent is
asked for non controversial
bills.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Reynolds to Back Smith

RALEIGH, N. c.. June 9 tP>.-
Former Senator Robert r. Rey-
nolds has thrown his support to
Willis Smith in North Carolina s
runoff contest with Senator Gra-
ham for the Democratic senatorial
nomination. Smith headquarters
announced today.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
IRed Threat Worse Than Nozis' ,
Taft Says; Sees Danger Of War

even when definite plans are set,
the President finds 1t difficult to
find any specified group Of Re-
publicans who can speak for all
Republicans.
Bipartisan cooperation is pos
sible only on a few specific policies
where there is no basic difference
of principle.
Looking back at the results of
World War II, Senator Taft notes
that now that it is over. We are
spending $40 billion a year to
combat a threat far worse than
anything posted by Hitler"
Senator Taft says that Maybe
We are going into an era of push
button weapons that will stop
mass armies" but. until that is
proven and changes the picture,
he is against arming all Of Eu-
rope.
Aiming Held Dangerous.
Il fear" he said, that the
army Of every country around
Russia from Iran to Norway will
incite rather than deter Russian
attack.
Secondly. there is always the
question of whether Belgium
France and Holland can really
fight in the face of Russian atom
bomb threats. They will inevita-
bly, want to know If we can guar
antee the safety of their cities
and we will have to answer no.
Finally. the present plans seem
to commit us to a great mass wal
in Europe, the kind of war to
which Russia is best adapted. We
would be fighting on their ground
! believe that we could best win
Russian war, if it ever came
by wearing them down with all
and naval attack"
Senator Taft also distrusts the
newly popular concept of "a bal
anced collective force"
Turning to CONTINUED economic
aid to foreign friends after ECA
ends. Senator Taft says he is 'for
it on a limited basis"
Opposes Grabbag.
II am opposed" he said, "to a
grabbag with the whole world in
vited to come and help them
selves. There is a place for a
modified program limited to prob
ably 81 billion or So billion an
nually and used only for specific
projects which we decide upon as
useful or essential"
On the controversial Mccarthy
issue the Senator says:
After his original speech, the
entire Senate voted for a com.
plete investigation of the State
Department without mentioning
the Mccarthy charges. After
that, I told Senator Mccarthy
that If he needed any assistance
to develop proper evidence to sub
NIT to the committee, I would
try to get him that assistance.
Senator Mccarthy, however
has operated completely on hi.
own responsibility since that time
The only Republican policy has
been to demand that the com.
mittee carry out its duty under
the Senate resolution to investi.
gate the State Department or
its own responsibility using evi.
dence Of any kind it can get, in.
cluding what it may get from
Senator Mccarthy. In my .opin.
ion, the majority of the commit.
tee UP to this time has not done
this job and has tended to white.
wash the whole affair.""
Senator Taft said he felt it wa.
unfair" to accuse Senator Nc.
Carthy Of having voluntarily
smeared individuals because it wa!
Senator Scott Lucas, the Demo.
cratic leader, and the committee
who forced him into publishins
the few names he has published. >
Evening star., 1950-06-09

BE sure to listen at 6:45 pm.
epery Saturday oper WMAL,
The Star Station. to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
neDs and DietDs OF the Govern
ment Scene.)
Evening star., 1950-06-09
The Federal Spotlight
~. S. Workers to Be- Dismissed
To Attend Flag Day Rally
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

The White House has issued order dismiss Federal employees
here at Wednesday they attend Flag Day rally
on the Washington Monument Grounds.
The order includes all employees who be spared with the
exception Of those working the Pentagon and Census
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Much Lond Now Erosion Sufe
WASHINGT

Observation-Disclosures 80 mil
lion acres Of the land now planted
in crops in the United States are
completely safe from erosion.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

Bureau, whose Offices are too far
from the Monument Grounds.
Previously. the White House had
agreed only to have Federal en-
Evening star., 1950-06-09

High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, SO, at 2:4O pm.
Low, "a, at 5:45 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on May
Lowest, 15. on March 8.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

River Report.
From United States Ensineers.)
Potomac River cloudy st Harpers rerr,
Sno Haa az Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy al
Evening star., 1950-06-09

FURNISHED BY Omitted States Coast ans
Geodetic Survey
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-27
CONFUSION

Seldom has newspaper presented to it's readers so much confusing information as did The Empire and we presume other Alaska newspapers-in connec- ton with the various conflicting stories about the ervation elections.
 January IT, the Associated Press sent a story from Washington, D. C., which said that Secretary of the Interior L. Chapman had postponed indefinitely the elections which involved millions of acres allotted for reservations to the Hydaburg Shungnak and Bar Indians "in order that he could study the entire Alaska Indian situation"
 With usual faith in the Associated Press (which is not shaken in spite of the current confusion) we editorialized about MT. Chapman's postponement of the elections commended him for his interest.
 The Empire of January 23 had two stories rela- tive to the reservation elections Delegate Bart let's Newsletter and the other Associated Press story which quoted Assistant Secretary warne say ing Shungnak and Barrow reservation elections would be February and and the Hydaburg election on April 24
 Bartlett's Newsletter indicates certain confusion in the Department of the Interior:
 When Mir Chapman appeared before the Senate Committee Interior and Insular Affairs this week more questions were asked of him relating to the Alaska reservations than any other subject says the Newsletter "The incoming Secretary told the com mttee his belief was that the general native problem in Alaska could not be judged independently but should be considered in conjunction with the Indian situation as whole MT Chapman said he thought a careful study should be made of the entire problem, both rAlaska and in the States and since such a study would require considerable time he intended to postpone the vote at Hydaburg.
 Following the meeting he understood to have declared that the elections at Shungnak and Barrow would also be postponed Some days later, however