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commitments to a merger plan fol

commitments to merger plan for
this year, Mr.. Luchs reported.
He expressed confidence that
the opposition of the independents
will be met If they can be assured
of sufficient funds and of an ade-
quate chance to make their causes
known to the public.
He cautioned against hitting
people over the heads" asserting
that the views of the independents
should be consulted and that the
merger proposal requires nearly
unanimity" on the part of the
community to succeed.
Leeman Lone Dissenter."
Herbert p. Leeman, president of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, was the lone dissenter to
the postponement. He said the
majority of the people who give
their money want something to be
done this fall"
Thornton w. Owen, president
Of the Board of Trade. supporting
postponement declared too many
details remain to be worked out
and warned:
If we push the thing this fall
and have a drive that does not
click, you're never going to have
successful drive after that"
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Text Of Trvmon Speech Before News
Guild. pose AS
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that the program really was being
designed on a flexible basis and
in an early emergency, could be
speeded up.
Mr.. Larsen and Gen. Young
were both questioned at some
length by committee members as
to the possibility of conflict be-
tween the authority of military
forces. the District Commissioners
and the proposed new director of
civil defense.
Witnesses emphasized that they
had been working in close CO.
operation and had agreed on
terms of the bill. They explained
that the District commissioners
would appoint the director of civil
defense who would be responsible
to them. The new Office of Civil
Defense here would have author
ity, through its organization and
volunteer forces to handle the
situation until and unless the
President placed the Capital under
martial law.
The bill would give wide pow
ers to the District Commissioners
and the Office of Civil Defense. 1t
would set up a full-time staff. A
comprehensive plan would be de-
veloped and training programs
would be instituted for volunteer
workers and personnel of the city
government.
Personnel could be hired with
out regard to the civil service law
The District would be author
lied to enter into a mutual aid
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Good Military Tactics
Credited 10 Attackers
In Korean Offensive
By Tom lombert

Assoeiotec Press Foreign Correspondent
SUWON. Korea, June % de-
layedl The North Korean Com
muniSt invaders of South Korea
have pressed a smart attack from
the beginning. They have used
good military tactics.
They showed crafty planning in
launching their offensive across
the 38th parallel Sunday.
Brig. Gen. William j. Roberts,
senior American military adviser
to the South Korean Army. had
just departed for the United States
and retirement.
For days the Reds had been
dickering with the south over an
exchange of political prisoners.
And they struck on a Sunday
when they knew a good many of
the field advisers of the American
military advisory group were in
Seoul.
They moved in what is generally
regarded as the rainy season.
Not a few Americans and Koreans
had thought the weather would
delay any plans the Reds might
have for a full-scale attack.
Once in action. the North
Koreans have used their Russian
built tanks well on the poor roads
which wind through this rugged,
mountainous country.
Red artillery outshoots in dis
tance the Southern guns which
therefore are in a poorer position
to resist the invaders.
Red mortar fire on Southern
positions has been good.
The Northerners probe ano
thrust for weak spots. And they
pour on the pressure when they
find one.
An admittedly quick survey OF
the military situation since my
arrival here today offers little
reason for optimism for the
South-unless they can get more
of everything.
They are looking to the United
States for that.
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a formal statement be prepared
urging public support.
About 80 persons were present
at the meeting, held at the Riggs
National Bank. The group was
formed under the chairmanship
OF Frank j. Luchs, last years
Chest drive chairman, following
the May 10 mass meeting.
In deciding on postponement,
the committee today explicitly re-
affirmed its support of a one
package campaign "as an obiec-
tive" and called for continued ne
gotiations with the independent
fund-raisers looking to some
mutually agreeable solution for
campaigns conducted during 1851
and thereafter.
The group also agreed to stud,
the question of independent zone.
package" solicitation arrange
ments within individual offices
Both businessmen and Govern.
ment officials have stated that
such arrangements are contem.
plated in numerous offices here
this year.
No attempt will be made to Or
ganize such arrangements on a
community wide basis, committee
leaders emphasized.
Committee members met Mon
day with officers of four inde-
pendent organizations but were
unsuccessful in obtaining any
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for this afternoon, will be SEN
fenced tomorrow. Scott, who is
i'll in Los Angeles, will be SEN
fenced sometime between August
18 and September 2.
Three District Court Judges
who tried the men without juries
turned down pleas of defense
attorneys for leniency and ordered
six OF the men to begin serving
their sentences at once. Requests
for bail pending outcome of ap-
peals to higher courts were de-
MED.
The Judges who convicted the
men were David A. Pine, Edward
M. Curran and Richmond B.
Keech.
All of the Hollywood Ten" were
cited for contempt after they re-
fused to answer questions as to
Wnether they were, or had ever
been members of the Communist
Party.
Those sentenced today accepted
the guilty verdicts calmly and
read prepared statements when
asked if they had anything to say.
Lardner Defends Action.
Lardner, an Academy Award
winner, defended his belief that
the House Committee had no right
to question him about his political
beliefs.
Il still believe" he said, "that
whenever and wherever men have
been compelled to open their
minds to governmental authority
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mems minds have ceased to be
free"
Maltz, also an Academy Award
winner, told Judge Pine, MY de-
votion to this land. its people and
its institutions has never been
more sincere and steadfast than
at this moment"
1T is the sad, dishonorable
truth" he added, that the cause
of sincere patriotism is not always
easy, popular or widely under
stood at a given moment. I can
face this court with a clear and
steady conscience"
All Waived Jury Trial.
Bessie told Judge Pine he was
convinced the House Committee
was breaking the law when he
faced it and II have become more
firmly convinced of this as time
went on"
All eight of the men convicted
today waived their rights to jury
trial when Trumbo and Lawson
went to trial before jury in the
spring Of 1948. At that time they
agreed to abide by the record OF
facts and legal points raised in the
Trumbo-Lawson trial but main
tanned they were innocent and re-
tanned their right to appeal in
event they were convicted.
The contempt citations stemmed
from one of the stormiest sessions
ever held by the Committee on
Un-American Activities. A con-
tingent of Hollywood stars formed
the committee for the first
amendment and few to WASH
ington to protest that the House
was endangering constitutional
freedoms after the HOLLYWOOD
Ten" had been called before the
committee.
Are you, or have you ever been,
a member of the Communist
Party?" was the question pro-
pounded by former Representative
j. Parnell Thomas, committee
chairman, which the Hollywood
Ten" refused to answer in
October. 1947. Thomas himself
went to Jail for conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government, before any
of the Hollywood group.
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agreement with nearby States ane
their subdivisions. These agree
ments could be reached "for re-
ciprocal civil defense aid and mu.
tual assistance in case of disaster
too great to be dealt with unaS.
sisted"
Mr.. Larsen was questioned about
the authority of the proposed di-
rector of civil defense over such
city agencies as the police and fire
departments. He said the director
would operate under authority o1
the Commissioners and the De-
fense Council which would include
the high officials of all agencies
concerned.
Meanwhile, military authorities
"redeployed" some air protection
for this area.
Air coverage units for the Dis
trict have received no additional
aircraft but the Continental Air
Command at Mitchell Field, Long
Island, has rearranged the oper-
ations of some individual planes
here, an official said.
The international emergency
also has caused Civil Air Patro
headquarters at Boiling Air Force
Base to order 24-hour alerts al
some of its eight regional station.
throughout the country. There
has been no change here because
headquarters functions on 8
round-t -the-clock basis.
The Korean crisis has caused q
slight increase in information re-
quests to recruiting offices in
Washington and a marked gain in
enrolment of Marine Reservists
but no appreciable change in the
number of enlistments in the
regular services.
Some Women Apply.
Recruiting officials reported that
most of the calls or personal visits
have been to. get information
about joining particular branches
or obtaining commissions. Some
came from women who showed an
interest in signing up at some
future time, or who left their
names for consideration as candi-
dates for officer training.
Navy and Marine recruiting
officers said regular enlistments
dropped off in recent weeks.
There is no immediate assurance
that monthly quotas here would
be filled for June, they said.
The Marines. however, signed up
six reservists today, to bring to
nine the total for the week thus
far and II to date this month. In
May they signed six and in April
only four. Four of those accepted
today will go into the organized
reserve and the other two into the
inactive reserve.
The Coast Guard is not accept
ing women applicants unless they
have had previous Coast Guard ex-
perience.
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u. ). Without Power
To Ration or Freeze
Material, Mccoy Say,
BY the Associated Press

The Government has no power
to seize, freeze, or ration any
commodities, and has not even
discussed the possibility of asking
voluntary curbs. a top official said
today.
H. B. Mccoy, chief of the Office
of Industry and Commerce in the
Commerce Department, made the
statement when questioned about
scattered rumors of impending
freeze" orders on rubber, zinc
and other materials.
There is no indication of such
action" Mr.. Mccoy told a re-
porter. 'The Governments needs
are being supplied. I see no need
for controls"
His Office would administer any
such controls. This could be done
only if, first. Congress or the Pres
ident should declare an emergency
and, second. Congress should vote
the legal authority.
The war powers" of World
War II have expired. New leg
islation gives the Government
certain controls over atomic ma
terials and rubber. In the case
of rubber. the ALLEGATION author
ity has been exercised only to in
sure that enough synthetic is
used to keep the industry in shape
for any future emergency.
There is no power. officials said,
for the Government to interfere
with the disposal of tires, tubes
or rubber in the hands of private
firms or persons. If a serious
shortage of rubber should develop.
they said, a probable first step
would be to reopen some laidup
wartime synthetic plants, rather
than ration industry or consumers.
Evening star., 1950-06-29
Truman 10 Address Scouts,
Then Cruise Over Week End

President Truman will cruise ir
nearby waters aboard the yacht
Williamsburg over the weekend
after addressing the Boy Scouts
Jamboree in Valley Forge. Pa.
tomorrow night. the White House
announced today.
The President will leave on a
Baltimore g. Ohio train at 4:4C
pm. tomorrow afternoon and ar
rive in Valley Forge at 7::55. y
He speaks for 10 minutes al
70 pm.
He will go back to Philadelphia
and board the yacht at the Navy
Yard there for a 48-hour cruise
Accompanied by the destroyer
William NJ. Wood. the Williams
burg will get underway at 8 am
Saturday morning and proceed
through the Chesapeake and Del
aware canal and Chesapeake Bay
into the Potomac. anchoring over
night Saturday at Blackistor
Island. He will return about 4
pm. Sunday.
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3S5 May Die on Highways
Over Holiday Week End
BY the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, June 20. Three
hundred and eighty-five may die
and the biggest traffic jam in his
tory will pile up between Friday
evening and midnight of July 4
the National Safety Council pre-
dicted today.
The 385 will be victims of their
own or "the other fellows" care
lessnesS.
Nearly all drivers know by now
that holidays demand extra eau
tion and behave accordingly" the
Council said in statement.
But a certain reckless minority
will cause about 385 deaths and
uncounted injuries if past expert
ence is repeated again, this year."
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union business this morning after
hearing President Truman late
yesterday make an earnest appeal
in behalf Of the administration S
Point Four" program.
The President declared that "fa-
mine, disease and poverty are the
scourge Of vast areas of the globe. F"
He added that these conditions
make fertile feeding grounds for
communism and pose a threat
ito the security and growth of
free institutions everywhere.
Cites Attack on Koreas
He said the attack of Commu-
mist Korea on the South Korean
Republic "is an example of the
danger to which undeveloped
areas particularly are exposed"
Mr.. Truman said it is that sort of
thing the United States must
combat.
Our unions and our business
organizations should enlarge their
foreign contacts and bring the
benefit Of their experience to less
developed countries" the Presi-
dent continued. You newspaper
men and women can help Point
-Four to achieve its aim by telling
it's story to the American people
and to the people of the world"
Home Rule Ind0rsed.
The convention yesterday in
dorsed a resolution calling for
home rule in the District which
was introduced by the Washington
Guild. 1t read in part:
g. The American Newspaper
Guild hereby urges the Congress
of the United States to grant to
the citizens Of Washington the
right to home rule and also the
right to participate and vote in
national elections and this
convention urges all locals of the
ANG to take action through their
own members of Congress in their
respective States to return the
right of franchise to District
residents"
Another resolution gave full
backing to President Truman S
civil rights program.
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Free World Will Win
Ultimately, RomuIo Says
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

HONOLULU, June 29.-Brig
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo. president
of the United Nations Assembly
declared today ultimate victory
for the free world will emerge
from the Korean war"
En- route home to Manila, he
expressed belief the Korean flare
up will be localized lust as the
crises in Greece and Berlin"
The free world, he said, is clos
ing ranks as the result of Presi-
dent Truman's policy statement
drawing the line against Commu-
mist aggression.
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FOUND.

fARAkEET. blue. banded. Can JE: s-ssos:
ePANIH, female, black and white. vic.
eaise Greek, Nd. VA. 1888.
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COP. Senators Press
For Action on Bill 10
Curb Communists
By the Associotsd Press

Republican Senators applied
pressure today for congressional
action on a Communist control"
bill before Congress adjourns.
They claimed wide public support.
The issue was one of many that
might upset plans of Senate Demo-
cratic Leader Lucas and other
congressional leaders to wind up
law-making July 81.
A strategy session of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee late
yesterday produced the new move,
apparently timed to the United
States ultimatum against COM
munism in the Far Pacific.
Chairman Taft of the Repub-
lican Policy Committee told re-
porters that the proposal to re-
quire the registration and restric-
ton of Communists in this coun-
try is sufficiently important" to
ask that it be added to the list
Of must legislation" yusl-
Back Registration Bill.
Senator Taft said Republicans
would support a Communist reg
istration bill reported favorably
more than two months ago by a
12-to-1 vote of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee. They may pro-
pose some changes, he added.
Co-sponsors of this measure
are two Republicans, Senators
Mundt of South Dakota and Fer
guson of Michigan, and a Demo-
crat, Senator Olin D. Johnston of
South Carolina.
Senator Taft said Republican
Leader Wherry would ask Senator
Lucas to add this to the pread-
journment legislative schedule.
Senator Lucas, asked about this,
said he must consult the Senate
Democratic Policy Committee be-
fore any decision.
It was a good bet that Demo-
cratic leaders would be reluctant
to add this controversial item
certain to sprout many campaign
year speeches in the Senate-to a
list that already is overcrowded.
Revision of Mundt Bill.
The pending Senate measure is
a revision of a former anti-Com-
munist measure. known as the
Mundt-N Nixon bill, that won over
whelming approval in the House
two years ago but died in the
Senate.
1t would require registration of
all members of the Communist
Party and all officials of so-called
Communist front" organizations.
1t would deny Government jobs or
passports to Communists and i'm
pose heavy penalties for violations.
Senators Mundt and Ferguson
appeared at the yclosed-door Re
publican policy session to win
backing of that group for consid-
Grafton.
The climate is certainly con-
ducive for congressional passage
of this right now" Senator Mundt
told reporters. IF we are asking
our boys to die fighting in Korea
and other areas114 we certainly
should protect them from sabotage
behind their backs here at home"
Senator Ferguson said the
measure wohlds handle Com
munists and all subversives in
"the American way, with public
records and hearings and full ac-
cess to the courts"
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Acheson Will Speak
To Newspaper Guild
Al Convention Today

Secretary Of State Acheson viii
address the American Newspaper
Guild convention at 4 pm. today
There was no advance indication
as to how deeply ne will 60 into
the boiling world situation.
The 800 convention delegates,
meanwhile, went about their own
Evening star., 1950-06-29
Plune Project Costly

LONDON.-Britain has spent at
least $500 million in government
money over the past eight years
to design and build postwar civil
transport planes, including the jet
and turbo-p types.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Coast Guard Rescues
3 on Battered Tug
Rx the A.sociofed Press

MOBILE, Ala. Mar. A dar-
ing Coast Guard surfboat crew
defied dangerous waters to rescue
three seamen from a half-sub-
merged tugboat in Mississippi
Sound late today.
The Coast Guard radio station
at Mobile picked up rescue mes
sage between two Coast Guard
boats at the scene, IL miles south
of Biloxi, Miss.
The battle against the churning
water was fought off Horn Island.
where the tug Celestine of Pensa-e
cola, Fla, had been aground on a
shoal since morning.
The surfboat was launched by
the cutter Nike, standing several
hundred yards away. The res
cuerys raced against approaching
darkness.
The rescue message said the tug
was not breaking up as had been
previously reported.
The three crewmen crouched in
the pilothouse, the only part OF
the tug above water. .
A. P. Ward Of Pensacola, tug
operator, said the master Of the
stricken vessel is Melvia T. Davis,
also of Pensacola. Mr.. Ward did
not know the names of the other
two crew members.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
|Robber Finds Cellar Cash Room
AT Market, FIees With s., 400
Just Misses More
Thousands in
Arlington Store

A cool young robber threaded
his way through the crowded
Pik'n Pay Super Market, 1906 Lee
highway, last night and took So ,409
at gunpoint from the stores ac-
countant as he worked in lonely
basement office.
The accountant, Louis H. Nc
Knight. As. of 1886 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, was counting
receipts from the Arrow Food
Corps three Arlington and Alex
andria markets when someone
knocked at his Office door. He
said Come in," and was con-
fronted by a soft-voiced man in
his 3os. holding a foreign-make
pistol.
"Give me what you've got.' he
demanded of Mr.. Mcknight. Then
the robber scooped up all the bills
on the desk and crammed them
in his overcoat pockets. He left
some $4,000 in checks and ignored
strong box when told it contained
petty cash.
"Stay where you are and don't
follow me. I've got two men up
stairs" the holduup man barked.
The intruder had followed a
Evening star., 1950-03-05
John L. Did 1t
Again. Grinning
Miners Declare
We Have q Contract,
Diggers Say as They
Stage Celebrations
BY the Assoeioied Press

PITTSBURGH. Mar. 4.-Grin-
ming soft coal miners today pro-
claimed victory in their mo con-
tract no work" stand of 10 grueling
months.
News of a strike settlement was
deliciously pleasant to the men
who-when they were willing and
able"-dug the vital industrial
staple.
The average miner shrugged of
the technicalities involved in the
peace pact and beamed weary sat-
isfaction in two simple conclu-
sions:
''We have contract"
John L. did it again.
But what makes them happiest,
in the words of Frank Haper of
Library, Pa, is "the expiration
date-1952."
That's the big thing" he said.
Having contract to work under
for another two years.
The suspicion and caution born
in months of bitter wrangle be-
tween the United Mine Workers
and operators tempered first re-
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Government and private agencies.
1t poses the question of whether
Franklin D. Roosevelt was over
hopeful in his repeal proclamation
of December S. 1888. when he
said:
II trust in the good sense of the
American people that they will
not bring upon themselves the
curse of excessive use of intoxi-
eating liquors to the detriment of
health. morals and social in
tegrity."
New Style of Drinking.
The old saloon as such has not
returned. There are no more brass
rails and men standing at the bar
until they fall down. Under Dis
trict law men sit down and drink
sometimes until they can't get
up.
But no matter how they are
drinking it, Washington area bib
blers are drinking more of it. as
attest these figures:
By 1948 reckoning, Washington
liquor consumption was 3.91 GAL
Ions per capita compared with a
LIT national average. 1t should
be remembered that this is based
on static population and does not
reflect the huge transient turnover
here. Many States also have dry
Evening star., 1950-03-05

word affidavit by Michael Shipkov,
non Communist Bulgarian who
was employed by the American Lee
cation at Sofia as a translator.
His story tore the shrouds of Sc
crecy covering the extortion OF
Confessions" which have been a
mystery to the non-C Communist
world.
Mr.. Shipkov wrote the state
ment, repudiating his spying con-
fession and revealing the secret
of how the Communists got it
out Of him, soon after he had
spent 80 hours in the hands OF
the State Security Militia last
August.
He asked that it be made pub
lie to clear his name and destroy
the usefulness to the Communist
Evening star., 1950-03-05

regime of his false confession II
the police ever tried to make use
of it..
Then he fell into the hands of
the Bulgarian police again, and
officials here are convinced that
he either is dead by now or
doomed to die soon. Having given
up hope Of saving him, the State
Department complied with his re-
quest to reveal his story to the
world.
Linking the methods used
against Mr.. Shipkov to the Con
fesSions" obtained from Cardinal
Mindszenty by Communist police
In Hungary. from Robert Vogeler,
an American businessman re-
Gently sentenced as a spy in
Hungary. and other victims ol