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Evening star., 1951-09-30
Gold
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United States Commissioner
Isaac Platt released Pepper and
Diamant in $4,000 bail each, and
Pepper in $4,000 bail.
Mr.. Kaplan said the men OBJ
tained the gold through filing
false statements with the Treas
ury Department on, the use of the
gold, supposedly purchased for the
legitimate manufacture of jewelry
He said Pepper originated a
JeWelry manufacturing firm in
Brooklyn. Carroll joined with him,
and they were awarded a Treasury
license approving the daily pur-
chase Of $50 ounces of gold.
Mr.. Kaplan said none of the
gold they purchased was ever used
for making jewelry.
Shipped Out of Country.
Instead, Mr.. Kaplan said, they
delivered it to Diamant at a profit
to them of So an ounce, or $3.50
a day.
Diamant would accumulate
quantities of the gold, ship it out
of the country or resell it to
others for shipment, the prose-
cutor said.
Federal agents said the ring
smuggled gold concealed in new
automobiles lubricating oil. suit
cases and chicken fat, sending ii
to such black markets as Rotten
dam, Bombay, Tangiers, and Uru-
quay.
The investigation of the ring
began last winter with the arrest
of Saul Chabot, 81, as his car
loaded with $150,000 worth of
gold was being put aboard the
liner Queen Elizabeth, Mr.. Kap-
Ian said.
On June % Chabot was SEN
fenced to five years in prison. Mr..
Kaplan said sentences of 10 years
in prison and a $4,000 fine may
be imposed on the three Brooklyn
men if they are convicted.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Rising Costs Forcing
Newspapers 10 Boost
Price ThroughoutU.S 5.
BY the Asseciotsd Press

Daily newspaper prices are
swinging upward all over the coun.
try as costs of publishing increase
steadily.
This upward trend has beer
underway for several months
Large and small newspapers alike
have found a price raise neces-
sary. 1t is countrywide.
Publishers say the higher costs
of putting out paper are respon-
sible. They cite greater news
print costs. higher salaries and
larger bills for distributing their
papers.
In Los Angeles the Times and
the Examiner, both morning pa
pers, have increased daily news
stand prices from 7 cents to a
dime, effective tomorrow.
In Memphis. Tenn, the Com
mercial Appeal and the Press
Scimitar raised subscription prices
effective tomorrow. The former
weekly rate for daily and Sunday
editions goes from 40 to As cents
The latter's for daily editions only
goes from Is to 80 cents.
Sunday papers in many cities
have gone from DO cents to Is
cents and in some cases to 20
cents.
Such cost increases as distri-
button expenses and salaries vary
with different sections of the
country. But increases in newsprint
costs are pretty well standardized.
Newsprint prices vary according
to location but the New York tag
after an increase this year hit
$116 a ton.
This is the highest in almost 80
years and compares with an all
time top of $120 in the ZOOS and
about $40 in the depression years.
The latest advance in rewsprint
mas added around $50 millions to
the cost of publishing newspapers
in the United States on the basis
or last years consumption.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Autos 10 Cost More,
Clothing Less, Is
Outlook for Year

BOSTON. Sept. 90 CNANAl. -
Your new automobile will cost you
more IN the coming year. But
your clothing will probably cost
you less.
The family steaks and pork
chops are due for a markup in
price. But most grain and cereal
food products should come at least
Ia little cheaper.
In other words we are expert
encing mixed price trend at the
moment, which will look to the
average citizen like the proverbial
hodgepodge.
Actually, however, this seem
Iingly contradictory price trend Is
entirely logical.
Fewer Cars to Be Made.
Automobiles are gong up in
price because fewer viii be made
this coming year, as the big COM
panies throw more and more of
their supplies of raw materials
and manufacturing facilities into
defense production.
The reason why you will pay
less for clothing is that the de-
IfenSe program is not taking cloth
in sufficient quantity to cut into
such supplies as are sufficient to
satisfy civilian demand. a
This situation has Of course
been preSaged by the recent move
ment of the wholesale price index.
Cotton is down from around As
cents a pound to IS cents.
Wool. after doubling between
Korea and last March, has tum-
Ibled from $4.35 a pound to $1.85 q
pound.
On the other hand, copper, iron,
steel and most of the other metals
and materials used in automobiles
are still pressing on their all-time
highs under imposed ceilings.
Other Items in Doubt.
Whether or not the decline in
prices in items such as clothing
will eventually spread to other
items on the family budget is, OF
Evening star., 1951-09-30

|of the Nation commenting favor
ably on our purposes, but there
Iare some correspondents who
think we are hurrying things bS
making the 1852 election our tar
|get date.
Not Promoting Candidates.
We are not promoting any pres
|idential candidates, nor are we
|concerned at the moment, about
Issues. In essence, our job is tc
|formalize the informal alliance ir
Congress as reflected by the vot-
ling records of the membership
Similar arrangements should be
worked out in electoral-college re-
forms, so that people could name
presidential electors as they now
elect Representatives. Congress
The groundwork for our explo-
ration was laid long before the
recent closed-door conference al
which Southern Democrats and
Northern Republicans met here tc
discuss this alliance. Not single
participant in that conference dis
agreed with its aims.
Most delegates were we'll in
formed. The reason the names o1
all the conferees could not be dis
closed was that these men and
women had come here with the
understanding that 1t was to be q
Iprivate meeting.
Our new committee will COM
Iplete the first phase of it's job by
the end of December. On the
basis of recommendations made
by our executive committee, o!
which former Senator Burke
Democrat, of Nebraska is chair
man. we will begin actual opera
tionS earlv in 1852.
We will know by then what
the main mechanical barriers are
to arrangements whereby people
can vote either for or against the
Welfare State. and register reals
tic political convictions within the
framework of the two-party sys-
item.
The Importance Of allying like
minded voters in America by some
political formula enabling then
to give effective expression tt
what is the majority viewpoint
jof our citizens is highlighted b,
the tragic experience of Grea'
Britain.
/ Britain is in the throes ot
Evening star., 1951-09-30

course. the single big economic
question of the year.
Some say it will. Others say
that it won't, and that when de-
|fense production picks up we shall
see prices which are soft now
begin to pick up and play follow
the-leader to the tight metals.
AS good a guess as any other is
that which says the outcome will
probably depend on the amount
|of money people have to spend
I. E. on the index figure called
net disposable income.
The trouble and the danger is
that both the number employed
and the take-home pay each week
are seemingly destined to rise in
the months ahead. This, of course,
will be reflected in an increased
demand for goods at a time when
the supply of goods cannot be
increased, except in certain lines.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Carpet Worker Strike
Settled New WaIkouf
Hits Atom Project
BY the Asseciaied Press

A shifting labor picture today
saw numerous regional and local
disputes at various stages
throughout the Nation.
A strike which kept idle 1880
carpet workers at the Bigelow-
Sanford Co.. Amsterdam, N. Y,
ended yesterday after q vote by
CIO Textile workers.
The union agreed to arbitrate q
dispute over firing of a union
steward.
A statewide strike of AFL
Plumbers in New Mexico hit con-
struction projects at the Los Ala
mos atom plant. The plumbers
want 25-cent hourly raise.
Accord Reached at ESQ.
In New Jersey, an 18-hour medi-
alton session resolved differences
which had brought a strike vote
at the ESQ refinery in Bayonne,
but $4,000 workers are still tied
up at aircraft, rubber and paper
plants in that state.
A union-management confer
ence was held in Gary, Ind, to
seek ways of settling a grievance
which caused banking of open
hearth furnaces at the United
States Steel Co. works there.
The Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers Union Ind.) announced
Friday it had reached agreement
at Denver with the Phelps-Dodge
Corp. with workers to get addi-
tional pay and benefits worth
2012 cents an hour. A strike at
Phelps-Dodge and other copper
producers was halted by Federal
Court injunction September 6.
Range Crews Halt Work.
An eight-hour work stoppage
by 10000 CIO workers in Mime
sofas Mesabi and Vermillion iron
ore ranges Friday night was ex-
planned by steelworkerS' union
officials as means of getting the
men to attend very important"
meetings.
A 17-day strike of CIO Auto
Workers may end tomorrow at
the Ex-Cell-O Corp. Detroit, if
employees approve an agreement
by negotiators.
Meanwhile mediation efforts
were in. progress in a contract dis
pute between the General Electric
Co. and CIO Electrical Workers.
There is no strike at GE.
A walkout of 1852 steamfitters
and plumbers at the new Atomic
Energy Commission plant near
Dana. Ind, caused the layoff of
500 other workers yesterday.
The plant is being built by the
Girlder Construction Corp. and
will be operated by the Dupont
Co. for the Acc.
Work was resumed at the Pa
ducah atomic plant but operations
were limited for four hours by
the goth work stoppage at the
$55 million project since con-
struction began last January.
AFL ChauffeurS and Team
sters took part in the latest stop
page when 537 craftsmen failed
to report for work at regular
time. They showed up shortly be-
fore noon, however. Chaulfeurs
and teamsters have been demand
Ing a wage adjustment.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Rugby Practice Rouoh

WADENA. Saskatchewan (P.-
Parents here are beginning to
wonder about high school rugby
In heavy practice sessions so far
there have been cracked ribs, a
broken nose. a sprained wrist and
two cases of Sprained leg muscles.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Cunborton Registration

Registration for evening classes
at Drn ,cr+@n College of Holy
c s. 223J Up on street NV. viii
be ..eid Oc, oc~r through October
s. Glasses a"e for mcn ard werner
and will be2.n October 6.
Evening star., 1951-09-30

James P. McPadden. director of
intramural sports and baseball
coach at Catholic University, has
been appointed acting dean of
men, succeeding the Rev. John
Walsh who has rejoined the Air
Force chaplain corps.
Evening star., 1951-09-30

DR.. Kenneth Chapman of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, will discuss the problems of
drug addiction at a meeting of
the Woodrow Wilson High School
Home and School Association at
$3.50 pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
Pokistun Rules on Whiskers

Boards and Hitler moustache.
have been banned for Pakistan's
an force but those already wear.
ing long boards may keep then
and tull moustaches will be al.
lowed.
Evening star., 1951-09-30
By Senotor Koft Mundt

North American Newspaper Alliance)
Beginning this week, the new
Committee to Explore Political
Realignment goes into action.
We are opening offices here, or
ganizing a staff. and embarking
on a study of the mechanics in
volved In revising State election
laws. to enable minded people
to vote together. regardless OF
their present party affiliation.
We already have received more
than 1000 letters from all parts
Evening star., 1951-09-30

The writer, vice ehoirmon Of the Senate
Republican Compoien Committee. is in
charge Of Republican election strotesy
for the South.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Tax Reduction Act
Called 'MiIIstone'
BY the Assooiotsd Press

STAUNTON, Va, Sept. IL
Robert Whitehead. speaking to the
IStaunton Kiwanis Club today,
lashed out at the "millstone" of
the Byrd Automatic Tax Reduc-
ton Act and called for more
money for public health facilities.
Nelson County'S representative
to the Virginia House of Delegates
called for the inclusion of So mil
lion for hospital and health CEN
ter construction, in the budget
now under preparation.
Referring to the Byrd Act,
Whitehead said:
Under that ill7advised piece of
legislation. Virginia is so rich that
1t is crediting the income tax
payers with $40 million on their
tax bills this fall, but so poor that
it cannot put up So million to as
sist the localities in securing
needed hospital facilities. In put
ting a ceiling on revenues, a CELL
ing was also put on services"
Mr.. Whitehead called on the
people of Virginia to put their
weight and influence behind the
Virginia Council of Health and
Medical Care to make its program
a reality. Stating that Virginia s
public health program is progress
sing. Mr.. Whitehead added that
1t must go further. He urged re-
crultlng young doctors for rural
areas with possible subsidizatior
while they are becoming estab-
lished in practice.
Evening star., 1951-09-11

nomically than it has ever beer
before. It's people are more pros
porous. After paying their taxes
the people have an average pei
capita income that will buy 4C
lper cent more than it did in 1889
in spite of increases in prices.
know taxes are high and ]
know they are burdensome, but
we ought to keep this thing in the
proper perspective.
The world has some great prob
lens before it today. The United
States has great responsibilities in
helping to meet those problems
We must face up to these problems
and do watever is required to meet
them-and it is going to cost a
lot of money.
If we want to keep the country
on a sound financial basis and
hold down initiation, we must pay
this money as we go.
One of the benefits of using the
pay-as-we-go approach is that il
results in a tighter check on ex-
penditures. 1t is so unpleasant to
increase taxes that before doing il
we try to hold down on expendi-
lures wherever we can. That is
the way it ought to be. All I ask
| is that we do not cut our expendi-
lures to the point where we lose
more than we gain. We must not
be penny wise and pound foolish
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Man Says Crash at Morningside
Cost Wife's Life Week Later

A man brought a $780, 900 dam
age suit yesterday in District
Court charging that his wife died
from shock last April as a result
OF witnessing an airplane crash
into a house near her home at
Morningside, Md, a week before
The suit. brought by Raymond
w. w. Murray. charged that in
seeing the crash, his wife, Mar
garet, had been placed in fear
for her life" The plane, whose
crew bailed out. crashed on April
8 into the home of an Air Force
master sergeant, and Mrs. Murray
died April Is. The suit charges her
death was due to "acute con-
gestive heart failure"
Mr.. Murray asked the 100000
damages for loss of his wife'S
services.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
ewcmPoriuI Text of Truman Talk at GAO Cornerstone Loynq

Il don't want to lose a horse
through being too stingy to buy q
strong enough rope to tie him with.
Proud of Surplus.
I believe in operating the Gov
eInment'S finances on a sound
basis. I think the record shows
that. Over the last five years. we
have operated the Government
with surplus-a surplus of nearly
So billion altogether. That may
be a surprise to most people, but
it's true. That's something for us
to be proud of.
1t is difficult to overState how
much the whole future of the
world depends upon the financial
condition of the United States
Government. We've got to keep it
solvent.
I am sure that the General Ac-
counting Office will be in the fore
front of this effort. The comp
troller general and his staff, work.
ing in cooperation with the
executive agencies, have made
many notable contributions to ef-
ficiency and economy in Govern
ment.
! am confident that this splen-
did teamwork will continue. and
that in this building we dedicate
today the General Accounting Of
flee will render even greater serv-
ice in the years to come.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Wild West Berlin:
Russians on Spree
Shoot Up the Town
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Sept. 1.-Two Rus
sian officers on a spree created a
storm of excitement in West Berlin
last night by idly firing pistols in
the area where most Americans
live.
West Berlin police seized the
Russians before they could do any
damage and asked higher Soviet
authorities to come and get them.
Both officers, barely out of their
teens, accepted their arrest with
giggleS and were satisfied to sit
quietly in the police headquarters
except for an occasional burst of
song.
German residents on the Wald-
see in Zehlendorf were not sc
complacent.
Families which were here wher
the Russians stormed through in
l945 huddled on the street cor.
ners in excited discussion. ever
after the Russians were safely II
hand.
The police took a dim view o1
the shooting, but, nevertheless
described it as an escapade which
ended without serious results.
Evening star., 1951-09-11

A partial tert OF President
Truman's address this morning
at the laying OF the cornerstone
OF the neiD General Accounting
Office Building tollopS:
The most obvious fact about
the Federal budget is that it is
big. Everybody knows that. but
there are many people who dc
not know why it has to be biz
and what the money is used for
would like to tell you some
thing about that.
In the first place, most of the
money is used to provide for the
national security. In the current
fiscal year. national security pro-
grams will require nearly $50 bill
lion. or 10 per cent of all Fedora
expenditures. That is a very large
sum of money. The question is
rs it worth it?" l think the
answer will come back from mosI
of us that it is. I think most ol
us will say that our national in
dependence and our freedom are
important enough for us to speno
whatever is required to preserve
them. That is my answer. And ]
am humbly thankful that this
Nation is strong and powerful
enough to bear this mighty pro.
gram for security. =.
1t includes $6 billion to pay in
terest on the public debt. l sup
pose that is non-controversial.
Then there is nearly SIS billion
Evening star., 1951-09-11

Last July damages totaling
$500.000 were asked in two suits
brought in behalf of Air Force
NJ /Sergt. Samuel r. Snyder anC
his wife. Mrs. Dorothea Snyder
whose home was struck and set
on fire by the crashing plane
The Snyders' two children were
killed. 1t was that accident wit
messed from her nearby home
which. the suit charges, caused
Mrs. Murray's death.
Yesterdays suit names as de-
fenuants the United States Gov
eminent President Truman. All
Force Secretary Finletter and Air
Force Capt. Paul v. Chapman
pilot of the plane. Capt. Chap
man was the last of the crew to
bail out.
The suit was filed by Attorney
John j. DWyer.
Evening star., 1951-09-11

tCOIlllIlucQ FIOLIl rIoL IdSC.J
he had sent to Chinese Air Force
headquarters, justifying the high
er price.
Documents Retained.
These documents we still have
and comparison with other doc
uments from the colonel'S Office
will reveal that they were written
on the same typewriter
Mr. Hogan, in replying to con-
tentions that C. 1. c.. while striv-
ing for the contract for the 25 F.
SIS, didn't have them available,
declared that this was absolutely
untrue.
FBI Probe Completed.
Meanwhile. it was learned that
the FBI is not now looking into
transactions of the CIC as re-
ported in some sections of the
press. The FB1 made an inveSti-
cation some months ago and
turned over its findings to the
State Department. No action has
been taken against the CIC or
any of it's officials.
F Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon today said the Senate Pre-
paredness Subcommittee has made
a quiet investigation into reports
of graft in the China aid program.
/ He said no evidence had been
produced involving American off,
GERS accepting bribes. but added
he believed the investigators did
not dig deeply"
/ In a speech on the Senate
floor yesterday. the Senator de-
manded the Foreign Relations
Committee vote on resolution he
sponsored calling on it to investi-
gate foreign government lobbies.
He said if this wasn't done, he
would press for the matter to be
handled by the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
No ExtraditiOn Action.
( Senator Morse told a reporter
/ he thinks Gen. Now and Col
Hsiang should be called first.
These officers have been requested
by their government to return to
Formosa to face charges. But
they have expressed fear for their
lives if they did so.
| At the same time, the State
Department made it clear that
the Chinese government has not
asked extradition Of the two mer
and that, on the other hand, the
officers had not formally asked
for asylum.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
.0f About 81 Billion in
Foreign Aid Program
by the Assoeiaied Press

A new cut of as much as 81
billion in the administrators al
ready curtailed foreign aid pro-
gram was proposed today by Rep
lresentative Taber, Republican, of
New York.
AS senoir minority member of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, Mr.. Taber is the Repub-
lican spokesman in the House on
budget matters, and has led most
past drives to cut appropriations.
Many of his efforts. however, have
fallen far short of his goals.
His demand for additional cuts
in the aid program came as a
House Appropriations subcommit-
tee prepared to start hearings to-
day on bill actually financing
the program of military and eco
nomic aid to nations resisting
communism.
Billions Authorized.
The House voted an authorize
Ition of STA billion for this pur-
pose and the Senate voted $7.2
billion. Differences still must be
resolved, and separate legislation
is required to finance the under
taking.
President Truman requested So.
billion for the arms and economic
aid program and has deplored
congressional action to cut it down.
Mr.. Taber told a reporter he is
not certain how much of the au-
thorized funds Congress should
withhold, but he said SIS billion
ought to be more than enough. "
Il don't see how they can spend
that much" he added. "They are
ALREADY spending more than they
need"
Nearly S1OO Billion Voted.
With the total amount of ap-
preparations voted at this session
Iof Congress rapidly nearing 500
billion, Mr.. Taber said Congress
must do something to reduce
spending.
I'VE just cannot go on spending
like this. which seems to be what
the Democratic administration
wants to do" he said. I'VE are
Ipiling up debts which our children
and their children are going to
have to pay. 1t doesn't make
sense and the people are demand
ing that Congress do something
about it,"
Mr.. Taber made no predictions
on the possible success of a drive
to cut the foreign program.