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Evening star., 1951-02-28
Tank Led u. ). Force,
Advance 6 Miles Into
Reds Eastern Flank
7th Division Lenethens
Control of VituI Red
Rood to 13 Miles
BY the Assoeioied Press

TOKYO. Feb. 2S.-Tank- lee
American forces punched 6 miles
into the battered eastern flank OF
the Red battle line today on the
central korean war front.
The armored patrol of the
United States 7th Division was
U. N. Troops In Koreo, Excluding Ameri.
cons. Ploeed at 10000. Pose As
within sight Of Amidong. 81 miles
south of Parallel 38-the north
ernmost penetration by American
forces on the east-central front.
Other division elements pushed
westward from the anchor point
of Pangnim and linked up with
the United States I'd Division or
the vital lateral highway to Ho-
engsong, % miles to the west.
The linkup broadened from
to 13 miles the American contro
Of the Red supply route. .
Enemy Disorganfzed.
The 7th Division patrol thrust.
ing 6 miles north of Pangnim re.
ported the Reds were disorganizee
and moving in all directions. One
officer told Associated Press Wal
Correspondent Tom Stone tn,
Reds might be attempting to re.
group, but more likely" were NOV.
ing in utter confusion"
The officer said the Reds wer,
surrendering in ever-increasins
numbers. He added: They're JUS
getting bellyfull."
Amidong is 6 miles south o.
Changdong and some 40 air miles
inland from the east coast. Aeria
spoilers reported Changdong ma,
be an assembly point for the Ko.
rean Reds.
It was the major ground action
on the rugged central front early
today. South Korean amphibioui
forces were active on both tn,
East and West coasts. On ths
Western front, a United States
patrol entered Seoul and ther
withdrew to Allied lines South ot
the Han River.
A later field dispatch said an
other American patrol probed into
the rubbed former Korean capital
but presumably Withdrew tonight
All along the front only minor
patrol action was reported by
nightfall. In the middle of the
central front, United States 1st
Marine Division patrols explored
the flanks of Chinek forces north
east and west of Hoengsong-but
reported no contact with the Reds
The major objective of the pow.
erful American punch on the East.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Labor Will Stay
Off fWageBoard,
Meany Says
10 Pct. Pay Formula
Put Into Effect With
Changes Promised
By james Y. Newton

CnaC the Cnfee resigned LABOR
members of the Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board definitely would not
participate in operations OF the
board in the future.
The statement was made by
George Meany. secretary treasurer
DeIoy in DeodIine Moy Be Needed on
New Prices. Poge 81
of the AFL, during a recess in a
critical meeting or the United
Labor Policy Committee.
The official word from the COM
mittee was that no decision had
been made on whether to return
its representation to the Wage
Board or to withdraw labor rep
resentatives from all defense agen-
cies.
But Mr.. Meany at 1 pm. in
answer to question as to whether
the Wage Board members would
return replied mot ever"
The Wage Board had scheduled
a meeting for 2 pm. to act on
recommendations of Economic
Stabilizer Eric A. Johnston that
the controversial wage control
formula be modified in accordance
with labor's demands. The board,
however, cannot operate without
the three labor members being
present.
Wage Formula Approved.
Employers were free to grant
wage increases of 10 per cent
above levels of January Is. 1850,
after approval last night by Mr..
Johnston of the formula which
split the Wage Sterilization
Board.
Mr.. Johnston suggested changes
that would liberalize the formula
Labor's anger goes deeper than
the wage formula. The union
heads feel they have been pushed
around" in the operation of the
entire defense mobilization pro-
gram.
The situation was aggravated
late yesterday in a meeting of 10
members of the Labor Policy
Committee with Mobilization Di-
rector Charles E. Wilson. In the
session, described as ''hot" and
replete with name-calling, Mr..
Wilson fatty refused to go along
with labor's ideas as to operation
Of the defense manpower pro-
gram.
Union chieftains want Mr.. Will
son to relinquish control of man
power policy and turn 1t over to
Labor Secretary Tobin. Mr.. Will
son recently appointed as the top
manpower policy co-ordinator in
his Office DR.. Arthur S. Flemming,
former civil service commissioner
Completely Unreasonable"
After the conference, a labor
official said they found Mr.. Will
son to be completely unreason-
able" and he added angrily that
"Mr. Wilson seemed more con-
cerned with maintaining his posi-
ton as a czar than he is in opera
tion of the defense program"
The Wage Sterilization Board
scheduled a 2 pm. meeting to
consider recommendations for lib
eralizing wage control policy
made last night by Mr.. John
ston.
Refusal Of the labor members
to appear will mean the end of
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a real effort to check on the re-
turns of known gamblers and
racketeers.
In it's second interim report, the
committee also declared that:
l. Two major crime syndicates
now are operating in this country,
with Charles Lucky" Luciano,
the exiled racket boss, as the
"arbiter" of any disputes between
the two factions.
2. Two Governors-Fuller War
rem of Florida and Forrest Smith
of Missouri-were assisted in their
gubernatorial campaigns by con-
tributions from known gamblers.
3. The most shocking revela-
ton" in the testimony before the
committee is the extent of official
corruption and connivance in be-
half of organized crime.
see Billion Business.
4. An estimated $40 billion
changes hands yearly in the
United States as a result of or
ganized illegal gambling; much of
it stays with the gamblers and
millions of dollars are paid out OF
this "take" in protection money.
5. The principal evidence of Ma
tion-wide operation of the Chicago
crime syndicate is tied up with
the apparent control by the Ca
pone mob OF the wire services to
bookmakers.
The committee promised to pre-
sent a series of proposals for cor
rective laws in its final report
next month but said it was think
ing of measures along these lines:
Legislation aimed at prohibiting
or controlling interstate transmis-
sion of gambling information.
Legislation irned at forbidding
interstate passage Of bets and
money used for betting in any
form.
Continuing Study.
Creation by Congress Of COM
mittee or commission to make a
continuing study of organized in
terstate C. ime and the better CO.
ordination of the investigative &C
tivities of Federal law enforce
ment agencies.
A commentator that consid-
Grafton be given to expanding the
Federal law enforcement agencies
and providing more money for
their operation.
A recommendation that the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue adopt
special rules for dealing with the
income tax returns of known
criminals.
Government Being Defrauded.
The Federal Government, the
report insisted, is being defraud-
ed of many millions of dollars,
perhaps running into hundreds
Of millions" of tax revenues from
the mobsters.
"It is apparent from the testi-
mony before the committee" the
report stated, that returns are
being submitted by gangsters and
racketeers which the bureau would
not accept from ordinary citizens. !"
In the returns of the racketeers,
the committee explained, a gen.
eral statement is made of the
amount of income during the year
and a general statement of eX-
penses, without detail on the
sources of the income or the ex-
penses No books or records are
shown to the accountant or
lawyer who prepares the return,
and only gross figures are sub
mitted to him, the report con-
tinued.
There can be no question from
the testimony we have taken that
(Continued on Page AT, Col. -
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Lute News
Bulletins
SoIIozzo Indicted

NEW YORK (P.-Salvatore
T. S0llazzO, charged with being
the "fixer" in the college bas-
ketball scandal, was indicted
today for income tax evasion by
a Federal grand jury.
Dulles Expects Jap Treaty
John Foster Dulles predicted
today that a peace treaty with
Japan will be completed this
year. He said the United States
and other interested nations
should go ahead to conclude the
treaty without Russia, if the
Soviet refuses to participate. In
such case, he questioned wheth-
er a treaty should give Russia
title to the Kurile Islands
awarded her at Yalta.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Crime Probers Express Doubt
Any ReoI Check Is Made on
Gonqsters' False Tax Returns
California Scandal
In Revenue Bureau
Cited in Report
By Miriom Gutenberg

The Senate Crime Investigating
Committee today charged that
gangsters are getting away with
murder" in their tax returns and
are submitting returns that the
Bureau of Internal Revenue would
not accept from ordinary citizens.
The committee expressed doubt
that the bureau has been making
Evening star., 1951-02-28

(See KOREA, Page A-5
Evening star., 1951-02-28

Kefouyer Is CriticoI Of Liquor Licenses
Issued in California. Poee As
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(see FOREIGN POLICY, Pg. A.
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(See ITALY, Page A-50
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(See BUTLER, Page A-50
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Continued on Page A-3. Col. A.
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a real effort to check on the re-
turns of known gamblers and
racketeerS.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
|0ne Armed Bandit
Gets 7 Years in Theft
Special Dispotsh 10 me Stor

PRINCE FREDERICK. Md.
Sept. 5.-A human one armed
bandit who lost a coin dropping
battle to a mechanical counter
part in Uncle Billie'S" restaurant
lat North Beach and then evened
things up by snatching $5l from
the cash register. was sentenced
to prison here yesterday.
The restaurant from which the
money was stolen August IL il
partly owned by Charles E. Mel
son. reputed Washington, Mary
land and Virginia numbers hacker
whose headquarters allegedly were
in Calvert County.
Circuit Judge John B. Gray, IT.,
ordered the one-armed man, Will
liam Spencer. 43, of Washington
to serve two years in the Mary
land House OF Correction.
Spencer. who operates a room
ing house in the 100 block oil
Twelfth street Sc, pleaded guilty
along with Harry R. Ball, 46, oi
the same address, who was
charged as an accessory.
Three days after the theft
Spencer's wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Spencer, IS. fatally shot herself
Judge Gray. after hearing a
lengthy plea for clemency by
Ball, deferred sentencing him
pending a report from the State
Department of Parole and Proba-
ton.
Both men were arrested in the
District.
Evening star., 1951-09-05

the employe had been observed
telephoning on party line.
\ y \
AIR FORCE-Lt. Gen. Richard
Nugent, the Air Force Depart
ment's deputy chief of staff fo1
personnel, has retired. For two
years, back in 1947-48, Gen. Nu-
gent served as the Air Force s
civilian personnel chief and played
a considerable part in the estab-
Ilishment of the Departments
progressive civilian personnel
policy.
HEARING-The Senate Civil
Service Committee will begin hear
lings next Wednesday on the So
called Little Wagner Act bill
which would make it mandatory
for departments and agencies tc
deal with employe unions on per-
Isonnel policy and grievance mat
ters. A House Civil Service SUBJ
committee recently held hearings
on the measure and is expected
to report the bill favorably soon.
| CAPITAL ROUNDUP Walter
F. Frese, chief of the General Ac.
counting Offices accounting sys-
TENS division, has been elected
president of the Federal Govern.
ment Accountants Association
Others elected were Paul M. Green
Economic Cooperation Admins.
tration, and Charles w. Smith
Federal Power Commission, vict
presidents; William j. Armstrong
Budget Bureau, secretary, and E
Reece Harrill, General Accounting
Office, treasurer. Boris S. Yane
president of the American Fedora.
ton of Government Employees
Labor Department Lodge 228, ha.
been selected by the department
to attend the Industrial College o.
the Armed Forces at Fort McNair
. The Federal Recreation Com.
mlttee will hold a series of self.
improvement courses for Govern.
ment girls who have been ii
Washington less than year. Tht
courses are free and begin OF
September Is. Those wishing tt
enroll should contact the com.
mittee's representative in theil
agency.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
.EIkton Mayor Opens
Council 10 Newsmen
BY The Asseeiotsd Press

ELKTON, Md, Sept. 5.-Mayor
Henry H. Mitchell. denying today
that there ever was a ban" on
Inewspapermen at meetings of the
Town Council, said reporters
would be welcome at tonight S
meeting.
Paul E. Fitzgerald. editor Of the
Cecil Whig, and Gerald Borstel,
editor of the Cecil Democrat, re-
Gently complained that the Coun-
Gil had met secretly since August / .
They had reported in their pa
pers that a delegation visited the
Council and objected to rowdyism
at a cafe. The Mayor said the
stories served as a tipoff that po-
lice intended to raid the place.
Official Reviews Sessions.
Since then city official has
been designated to tell the report
ers what took place during execu-
tive sessions of the Council.
Mayor Mitchell denied that the
closed sessions constituted a ban
on Mr.. Fitzgerald and Mr.. Borstel.
He said the executive meetings
were necessary because of the ma
ture of the discussions.
This thing is a lot of bunk,
Mr.. Mitchell declared. II simply
asked the newsmen in a nice way
not to publish some information
which might serve as a tipof1
about a raid"
The Mayor said one of the con-
f1dential meetings concerned quail.
if1cations of IS applicants fol
three jobs.
Press Association Complains.
After the newSmen complained
of the closed meetings, a spokes-
man for the American Society OF
Newspaper Editors went to bat fol
them.
James S. Pope, chairman of the
ASNE's special Committee or
Freedom Of Information, and
managing editor of the Louisville
! iCourier-Journal, wrote to Mayor
Mitchell. Mr.. Pope said, 1--WE
cannot believe you have con-
sidered the seriousness of this
issue"
The Maryland Press Associa-
ton planned to take the matter
up at its meeting in Ocean City
Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Death Toll Over Holidays
Hits New High Of $50
BY the Assoeiated Press

CHICAGO. Sept. 5.-The Ma
tons record death toll of 658
from violent accidents over the
Labor Day week end was one OF
the highest for any holiday pc
riod in several years.
There were 461 traffic deaths
a new high for Labor Day holi-
day. The toll was more than dou-
BILE the 225 fatalities which could
be expected for a three-day nom
holiday week end. 1t was far in
excess of the National Safety
Councils original forecast of 800
Ned H. Dearborn, council pres
ident, described the traffic record
as tragic and shameful" He
blamed a small proportion OF
"crazy fools" among the Nations
motorists for the staggering toll
In addition to the traffic deaths
in the 78-hour period, 81 persons
drowned and 100 lost their lives
in a variety of accidents, includ-
ing plane crashes. fires and falls
Evening star., 1951-09-05
School Officials Order
Transfer Of 100 PUPILS
Of Lafayette 10 Murch

School officials have decided to
go through with the change of
boundaries between the Lafayette
and Murch Elementary Schools
which will transfer about 100
pupils from Lafayette when
classes begin next Monday.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing announced he had decided to
stick to his original decision to
make the transfer. He reiterated
that if the transfer was not made,
overcroWded classes at Lafayette
School would result.
When DR.. Corning made the
proposal earlier in the summer
parents from Lafayette School
whose children would he affected
protested.
Asked Reconsideration.
The Board If Education, after
a public hearing, asked DR.. Corn
ing to reconsider the matter but
left it up to him to make the
final decision. Concurring in the
decision were DR.. Carl F. Hansen,
associate superintendent, and
Miss Margaret K. Patterson, prin-
cipal Of the Lafayette School.
DR.. Hansen said children fac
ing transfer would be notified by
mail. -Four new classrooms will
be opened at the Murch School
and four new teachers added to
handle the extra load, he said.
Southern Boundary Only.
Only the southern boundary Of
the Lafayette district is affected
by the change. A section of the
district was shifted to the Murch
School district and about 100 chill
Idren living in the area will have
to attend Murch where classes
are not crowded.
DR.. Corning pointed out that if
the boundaries were UNCHANGED
Lafayette would be $50 above ca
Ipacity with an enrolment of about
1897. Murch is under capacity and
able to take the overflow from
Lafayette. he added.
New Boundaries Described.
The new boundary between
Murch and Lafayette would fol-
low these streets, with children
on both sides of the boundary
streets attending Murch:
Beginning at Utah avenue and
Kanawha street, to Thirtieth
street, to Military road, to Ne
braska avenue, to Livingston
street to Connecticut avenue and
then TO Chevy Chase Circle and
the District line.
The old Lafayette boundary ran
from Western avenue at Rock
Greek Park along Western ave-
nue. to Broad Branch road, then
along Broad Branch road to
Nevada avenue and Jenifer street.
ito Connecticut avenue and back
to Western avenue at the park.
Miss Patterson stressed that
Lafayette students affected by the
boundary shift who are to enter
the last half of the sixth grade
when school opens Monday will
be allowed to chose between con-
tlnulng in 6-B at Lafayette or
transferring to Murch.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
King to Halt Vocation
For Medical Checkup
By the ASSoeioted Press

LONDON. Sept. 5.-King George
will break up his Scottish vacation
to return to London Saturday for
a more thorough examination by
his doctors, Buckingham Palace
officials announced today.
The King, who has been i'll fire.
quently owe rthe past three years,
was examined by two of the royal
physicians last Saturday night.
They were DR.. Godfrey Marshall,
a chest specialist who was called
in when the King had pneumonia
three months ago, and George
Cordiner. X-ray expert. Their visit
came two days after the King was
reported to have caught cold while
shooting grouse in the Scottish
moorS.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Falls Church Council
"OPENS School Probe

The new Falls Church Council
will launch an investigation into
he city's school administration
at a meeting tonight with the
School Board.
The inquiry, requested by the
Falls Church School Emergency
Committee. was ordered after the
newly elected council took Office
last night.
The School Emergency Com
mittee charged the School Boarc
with 'maladminiStration and i'll
discretion" and accused the boaro
of renting two old frame houses
for school quarters without hav-
ing them inspected for safety anC
sanitation.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Federation to Set Up Satellite
of Earth Formed by Scientists

astral body. but possibly it could
be done in five. 1t all depends on
how much cash the federation
can raise, he said.
DR.. Saenger, who helped the
NaziS develop the Buzz bomb DUR
ing World War II. said the satel-
lite would be reached by conven-
tional rocket from the earth.
From it," he said, I'VE could
study, among other things, the
effect of cosmic rays on the hui
man form-an important problem
in space travel"
The United States Government
announced three years ago that Its
experts were working on such q
man made satellite.
Evening star., 1951-09-05

Bronze Star. He served during
World War II in the New Zealand
and Philippine campaigns.
Interior Secretary Chapman
whose department includes the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sena-
tors Gillette of Iowa and Butler
of Nebraska were In front row
at the ceremony
A detail of riflemen from the Sc
Infantry, which fought the last
battle of the Indian Wars SO years
ago at Leech Lake, Mimi, fired
the traditional three volleys and
a bugler blew Taps"
Evening star., 1951-09-05
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Sept. 5.-Scientists of
IL nations puzzled today how to
build themselves a satellite and
set it af1oat 500 miles up in the
air. They want to use it as a
base from which man driven rock
tets can take off for the moon.
The scientists are attending the
Second International Congress OF
AStronautics. Yesterday they
formed an international fedora
ton to set up the satellite.
DR.. Eugen Saenger of Germany
chairman of the congress, said il
might take 20 years to make the
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Senator'S Study Plan
For Tax on Gambling;
George Sees Approval
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Finance Committee
today took up proposed tax on
gambling to round out a tax bill
which Chairman George now says
will not exceed $6 billion.
Tire House already has approved
the gaming levy which would lay
a 10 per cent tax on the gross pro-
fessional take of bookmakerS and
operators of lotteries, such as the
numbers" racket.
Senator George said he didn't
think much of the principle of the
tax. but wouldn't oppose it and
believed it would be approved by
his committee. He was skeptical
1t would bring in as much as the
$400 million a year the House
Ways and Means Committee esti-
mated it would.
He disclosed that the Treasury
Department has been worried
about administrative difficulties in
enforcing such a tax and that
representative of the Internal
Revenue Bureau had asked to be
heard today on the levy. ;,
Discussing the proposed new tax
with newsmen, Senator George
said:
The strength of the United
States system of raising revenue
has been voluntary compliance on
the part of high percentage Of
the taxpayers.
This, however, is a tax that
would not be voluntarily paid.
Therefore you have got to have a
system of compulsion, which, of
course, is not entirely unknown in
our internal revenue laws. The
gaming tax must depend for its
effectiveness on the strength of the
policing job.
While, of course, 1 have no
brief for the bookmakerS and
lottery people, I think this is
bad principle to put into law"
In forecasting that the Senate
will not approve tax increase
of more than Sc billion, Senator
George said an increase of that
size would permit the Govern
ment to end the current fiscal
year next June 80 with an actual
cash surplus.
The administration asked for
$40 billion additional taxes this
year, and the House voted for
S7,2 billion. Senator George said
taxes already have been increased /
some $11 billion since the out
break of the Korean war, and 1
that $6 billion more certainly
would be enough of an additional
load on the taxpayers.
Spending Cuts Urged.
To balance the budget, he de- I
clared. Federal spending must be
held back.
The only way to stop spend .
Ing" he continued, lis just not to
raise the revenue every time the
Pentagon talks the President into
raising his budget x billion dol /,
lars. The President is pretty hard
headed. but he hasn't much ca
pacity to resist the Federal spend
ers in the Pentagon."
The Finance Committee hopes
to complete voting on the bill by
Saturday. Democratic Leader Nc /
Farland hopes to get it through .
the Senate next week if possible.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
School Board Convention

Six nominees for three vacan-
Icies on the Arlington Schoo
Board will be named at the Schoo
Board nominating convention
tonight in Washintgon-Lee High
School.
The six will be selected from
a field of IL candidates who were
presented to convention delegates
last night.
The delegates adopted a rule
however. that If any non-conven-
ton candidate files. the three
convention candidates with th'
lowest convention votes will with.
draw from the race.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
The Weather Here end Over the Nation

District Of Columbia-Rather
cloudy with high near 80. Low
tonight of sc. Tomorrow, con-
tinued rather cloudy.
Maryland-Some cloudinesS to-
night and tomorrow with little
change in temperature. Low to-
night $500 in west, 58-65 in east