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Evening star., 1951-03-29
French President Hits
Partisan Propaganda
In Press Club Speech
By james 6. Deone

President Vincent Auriol lashed
out today against charges that
France lacks the will to defend
herself against aggression,
He branded such accusations an
"insult" and asserted his country
men "are doing and shall do all
within our power not only to resist
aggression, should it occur, but to
deter it and to save the peace"
France "is on her feet once
again." Mr.. Auriol said. He added
there was mo reason to be
alarmed by partisan passions
reflected in ministerial crises.
The French Chief of State made
his remarks in an address to the
National Press Club this after
noon. Earlier he laid a wreath at
the statue of the French hero of
the American Revolution. Gen.
Lafayette, in Lafayette Park.
Schuman, Bonnet Present.
Accompanying President Auriol
to White House conference were
Robert Schuman, foreign minis
ter; Henri Bonnet, the French am
bassador and Bernard Beck,
counselor of the Ministry of For
eign Affairs. With President Tru-
man and Secretary AcheSon were
w. Averill Hartman, White House
special adviser on foreign policy
and David K. E. Bruce, ambasSa-
dor to France.
The conference was held in the
cabinet room and at its conclusion,
President Truman gave President
Auriel a set of bookendS fabricated
from stone and wood taken from
the White House reconstruction
program.
Earlier, Mr.. Truman had given
the French president bound vol
ume of photographs of historic
sites in this country associated
with the French republic.
To Dine With Acheson.
Mr.. Auriol and his wife, al
ready wined and dined by Mr..
Truman and recipient of key to
the city, will be entertained at
dinner tonight by Secretary Ache
son, and tomorrow they will visit
Annapolis. They will remain here,
occupied with a busy schedule of
events. until Monday.
Frenchmen resent the accu-
sations made against France
which characterize her as with
out thews and sinews, and with
out the will to defend herself
against aggression" the Presi-
dent declared in his Press Club
address.
1.-The insistence with which
such accusations are made, even
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Another Crime Witness Held
In Contempt for Defying Quiz
Croft, Sought for Months, Refuses to Talk;
Tobey and Wiley Act to Extend Probe

Croft refused to answer questions
about gambling activities in
Northern Kentucky in which
Cleveland operators are said by
the committee to have a leading
part.
Senator O'Conor added that
Croft would be brought before
the full committee tomorrow
along with three other alleged
gambling figures now being helo
under $4,000 bonds each. These
are Morris Kleinman and Louis
Rothkopf of Cleveland and Jacob
GREASY Thumb) GuZik of the
Chicago Capone outfit.
They automatically face con.
tempt citations if they persist In
defying the committee and re-
fusing to answer questions about
(See CRIME, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Girl, 6, Injured by Auto
Near 18Th Street Home

A 6-year-old girl. Mary Lennox
Iof 1929 Nineteenth street NV.
was injured today when struck by
AN automobile near her home.
Police quoted witnesses as say
ing the girl ran into Nineteenth
street in the path of a car driven
by Miss Rebecca Sweeney of 124
IRittenhouse street NV. Passers-
by lifted the child from beneath
the front of the car. She was
taken to Children's Hospital in an
Emergency Hospital ambulance.
Police reported that the girl
was conscious, but that the extent
of her injuries was not imme-
diately determined.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Three Convicted
0fGiiviing Atomic
Secrets TO Reds
Jury Returns Verdict
In Spy Trial After
J Hours DeIiberution
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 29.-Two
men and a women were convicted
today of passing wartime atomic
secrets to Russia in the first atom
spy trial in the United States.
The jury returned it's verdict at
II am, after hours and 18 min
utes of deliberation.
The convicted defendants. who
could receive the death penalty,
Picture on Pooe AS.
are Julius Rosenberg. 34-year-old
electrical engineer; his diminutive.
dark-haired wife Ethel, IS, and
radar expert Morton Sobell, 33.
The prosecutor did not ask for
the death penalty, however, dur
ing summation.
Atom Bomb Drawings Included.
The jury had weighed the fate
of the three defendants for one
hour and two minutes after being
locked up for the night at 12:40
this morning.
The trio was accused of re-
laying atom secrets to an interna-
tional Red spy ring headed by
Klaus Fuchs until his arrest in
England early last year. The
secrets, the Government con-
tended, included drawings of the
atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Japan, in 1945.
The Governments star witness
in the sensational case was David
Greenglass, brother of Ethel
Rosenberg. Greenglass, who
pleaded guilty to the espionage
indictment, is awaiting sentence
for his part in the plot.
The espionage indictment also
named fifth defendant, Anatol
A. Yakovlev, who is now believed
to have fled to the sanctuary
of Russia.
Woman Shows Emotion.
Greenglass is a former Army
technician who served at the
atomic bomb center at Los Ala
mos, N. Mex. He said the in
formation he obtained there was
turned over by him to the Rosen-
bergs for relay to the Russians.
The jury of II men and wom-
an filed back into the courtroom
at 1888 am.
Only Mrs. Rosenberg showed
any sign of emotion as the ver-
diets were announced. She shook
her head slightly, then stared
grimly at the floor.
Sobell and Rosenberg sat calmly
in their chairs, staring intently
at the jurors.
| Federal Judge Irving r. Kauf-
man, after congratulating the
Jurors and extending deep graft
tude" for their services, said:
81 must say as an individual
that cannot be happy because
it is a sad day for America"
Judge Kaufman also congratu-
lated United States Attorney Irv-
ing H. Saypol and members Of
his staff for their capable and
fair presentation" of the case.
Turning to the defendants, the
Ijurist said:
That citizens should lend
themselves to the destruction Of
their own country by the most de-
!structive weapon known is so
shocking that I can't find words
Ito describe the loathesome Of
Ifense."
He then fixed April 5 for i'm
position of sentences.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Feeder Stands Firm
In Charge Of Coercion
In AI|-Night Ride
Printer Agoin -Testifies
He Signed Statement
Through Fear for Life
By W. H. Shippen

William H. Fedder returned to
the stand today at the Senate in
Iquiry into the Butler senatorial
campaign in Maryland last fall
and repeated his charges that he
was coerced. threatened and in
Inundated during a prediction
ride in Baltimore on the night
Iof November SIS.
The stocky Baltimore printer
was as emphatic as ever that he
took the all-night ride against
his will 10 collect Butler campaign
postcards from the homes of his
part-time employees.
Mr.. Fedder was recalled to the
stand after Senator Margaret
Chase Smith, Republican, of
Maine pointed out last week that
the printers testimony was in
positive conflict with that of
three previous witnesses. the men
he charged took him for the ride.
The witnesses referred to were
Donald A. Surine, an investigator
in the office of Senator Mccarthy
Republican. of Wisconsin: Attor-
ney EWell G. Moore, former part
time employe of Senator McCar-
thy. and George j. Miles, former
real estate man.
Statement Repudiated Again.
The three men testified that Mr.
Fedder fell down on his promise
to have certain number of cards
processed in time for mailing on
the morning of November 6 and
that they accompanied him to the
homes of the workers to recover
the unused stamps and un-
processed postcards. They told
the Senators that they at no time
put any pressure on Mr.. Fedder.
Mr.. Fedder declared again to-
day, however, that Mr.. Surine had
threatened him with mccarthy
investigation" unless he turned
over to him a letter he had re-
ceived from Senator Butler guar
anteeing payment of large bill
for other services rendered by Mr..
Feeders printing firm.
The witness insisted again to-
day that the statement he signed
for Mr.. Surine was a fraud" to
which he agreed only because he
was afraid for his life. He reit-
Grated, however, that he lied to
Mr.. Moore and to Mr.. Miles about
(See BUTLER, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Total Casualties
IOf u. S. in Korea
Rise to 57,72O

Announced American combat
casualties in the Korean war rose
to 57,120 today, including $500
dead.
The weekly summary, based on
notification to next of kin through
midnight Friday, was / ,306 greater
than those for the previous week.
Totals listed 8,511 killed in ac-
ton, 37,918 wounded and 1851
missing. OF those wounded, 1904
later died and of the missing the
Defense Department said 81 have
died.
The Army's casualties numbered
47,450, the Marine Corps 1902,
the Navys 628 and the Air Forces
44O.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Allies Score Big Gain,
In Korea After Reds
Reject Peace Offer
Peipine Broadcast Coils
Macarthur Bid Insulting
And Worth q Laugh
By the kssoeiufed Press

TOKYO, Mar. 29.-Australian
and Canadian units rolled up
sizable gains today on the muddy
Central Korean front.
But elsewhere in the central
and western sectors the Com
munistS fought their stiffest de-
fensive action of weeks. They
were dug in about 4 miles south
of the Red Korean border in both
areas.
| The Red stand came as China
rejected Gen. Macarthur bid to
talk peace with the Communist
commander in Korea.
Gen. Macarthur headquarters
told of Red troop and supply
movements which indicated the
Communists might be massing for
"a spring offensive timed to strike
when Aprils seasonal rains bog
down the Allied heavy weapons.
In Peiping broadcast spurn-
ing Gen. MacArthur's offer, Red
China said it was impertinent and
insulting and worth only a single
laugh 1t added:
"The entire Chinese people will
|. fight unrelentingly until the
Iaggressor is completely driven
from Korea"
The British commonwealth
forces racked up their gains in
rugged country northwest of Kap-
yong. Aussie and Canadian troops
forded rushing streams and scram-
bled over hills soggy with three
days of rain.
Kapyong is IL miles south of the
38th Parallel and II miles south
west of Chungchon on the road tc
Seoul.
/ Associated Press Correspondent
Nate Polowetzky reported the ad-
vances were significant. He sale
the distance could not be dis
closed. He added:
only the difficulties of the 60
ing determined the speed of theil
advance.
Field dispatches said the Chi
nese were moving south of the
border in the Chunchon area
They were digging defense posi-.
tionS in the northern hills over
looking the Chunchon basin.
The Reds poured heavy mortar
fire into Allied patrols striking ur
the Pukhan and Soyhan River
Valleys between Chunchon anc
the border, 8 miles away.
Two tank-infantry patrols dis.
covered newly-laid minefields
northeast of Chunchon. Red.
we're watching the area from ma
chinegun and mortar emplace-
mentS.
! Between 1000 and 10000 Reds
were reported dug in along the
central front south of the border
At least 10000 more backed then
up along a 20-mile deep stretch oi
Red Korea.
In the air, 16 F-86 Sabre Jets o1
the United States 5th Air Force
tangled with % Russian-style
MIG-15 jets in three separate en-
counters over Northwest Korea
No damage was reported to either
side.
The 5th Air Force flew 53f
sorties by late this afternoon. O1
these. 81 were in close support o1
ground troops.
Pilots said they killed or wound
ed $50 Reds and destroyed sever
enemy tanks.
Allied artillery fire and grouno
force attack yesterday killed OF
wounded 1,740 Reds.
The Chinese today fought theil
(See KOREA, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Leqionnoire Is go

AUGUSTA, Ill, Mar. 20 (P).-
John E. (Dad) Newcomb, who says
he is the oldest living member of
the American Legion. observed his
Goth birthday today. He is vet
Ieran of the Spanish American
War and served overseas in World
War I.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

The StoF Gorden Book This voIuobIe
96pose illustrated guide eontoins
weolth Of charts, pictures and plonting
information on flowers, shrubs, bulbs.
Towns ond fruits grown in this oreo.
You con get your copy OF the bust
ness counter in the lobby of The Stor,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. The price over the counter
is IS cents. The cost by mail is 81. to
cover moiline and hondlins. A moiI
coupon eppeors in The Stor todoy.
Evening star., 1951-03-29


instructions for Grocers Under OPS Rules
Are Listed. Poee As
Toble Showing Food Prices Allowed RetoiI
Grocers. Poee AS
Sterilization announced three
regulations putting about so per
cent of all foods under fixed
"markup" percentages which Off
cials said were those in effect be-
fore the start of the Korean war
Ia grocer adds the "markup" per-
|centage to his cost in order to de-
termine his ceiling price.
The new price control regula-
tions will apply to food items
costing the public about $40 bill
lion a year. Grocers are under
Government orders to complete
the pricing changeover between
April S and April 30.
Officials said the "markup''
pricing formula will bring a great
deal of fluctuation in food prices.
Price Director Michael V. Disable
said I'VE are sure that there will
be more decreases than in
creases." But he warned that "a
large part" of the net reduction
in prices may be cancelled if
farm prices continue to move up.
Farm Prices Under Study.
A way to halt rising farm prices
and hence consumers food costs,
too, was one of the problems being
tackled by officials charged with
drafting the new anti-infation
policy.
Top advisers have warned Presi-
dent Truman that the admins
tration is losing the fight against
imitation and that living costs will
get completely out of hand unless
strong counter measures are taken.
Framework of the new program
will be revealed by the President
next week in a special
to Congress. He will ask
for changes in the Defense Pro-
duction Act designed particularly
to bring food prices under tighter
control. The present defense law
expires June 80.
Mobilization Director Charles E.
Wilson will deal with the problem
in a report to be issued by his Of
flee of Defense Mobilizati ton Sat-
urday.
Business Profits Face Action.
Sterilization Director Eric A.
Johnston is considering freezing
the farm parity formula at levels
of last January. If that is done,
Mr.. Johnston also will act to can
eel wage escalator clauses after
June 80. Nearly three million
(See PRICES, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Sailor Killed by Car
Driven by Shipmate

A sailor returning from liberty
to the Cheltenham (Md) Nava
Radio Station was killed early
today when struck by a ship.
mates car. The driver also wa.
returning from liberty. Anothel
sailor in his car was hurt.
The dead man was Frank Kroll
%, MM2c. who was hit as he
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

DOOMED TOWN-How would you
feel if your home town were going to
be wiped off the mop? Thot's just
whot the Governments new H-bomb
plant will do to ElIenton, S. c. Stor
Correspondent George Kennedy. poyins
q visit, tells whot EIlenton is like on
Poee B-l.
FIGHTER AGAINST TRYANNY-
Frances President Auriol, epitomizina
his eountry's charm os q Washington
visitor, also hos his tough side. He dis
pIoyed it during frances resistance
osain the Nuzis. Stor Writer Fruneis
P. Douglas tells how on Poee Ais.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Pictures on Poee At.

Pictures on Poee Al.
day, with comment to reporter.
that Inspector Kelly has not beer
we'll recently"
At the same time, the police
chief said he anticipated the rio
unit will be called on in the neal
future. Asked if he had any spe.
cific incident in mind, Maj. Bar.
rett said police had word that 6
small group of Latins would ar.
rive here Saturday from New Yorl
to create disturbance with thu
.Pan-American conference. Thi
tip, it was learned, came in &
confidential note from the State
Department.
The riot squad is composed o.
about 100 carefully selected mer
from throughout the department
who are called to headquarters Il
stand ready at any threat o.
serious civil disturbance. Espe.
cially trained, the riotmen art
Ioutfitted with steel helmets, lonl
riot sticks" machine guns ane
other special weapons.
While the squad is known te
have been modified" severa
times in recent weeks, it was no.
believed that it ever has swune
into full action.
Maj. Barrett gave no reasor
for the command switch excep
for his comment about Inspector
Kelly's health. 1t was noted
however. that Inspector Kelly, tn,
assistant superintendent, usually
works night shifts. Inspector Wall
rodt, who is in charge of police
clothing and equipment, has {
daytime assignment.
Inspector Kelly helped set uI
the riot unit about three year.
ago. and has headed it ever since
Command of the unit is in add
ton to regular police duties.
The State Departments conf
dental memorandum to the po.
lice, it was learned, suggested the
police set up short beats" at al
South and Latin American EN-.
bassies for additional protection
on Saturday.
President Auriol of France, who
arrived here yesterday for a state
visit, is scheduled to address the
Pan-American Conference al
noon Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Its Legal Now, Anyway

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP. N
j., Mar. 20 (P).-The Army Engi-
neer's Office yesterday applied fol
permission to lay a cable here
The Township Committee quickly
granted the request after noting
the Army had installed the cable
10 years ago.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Longfe|Iow Loan
May Studied
By RFC Probe
Civil Action Possible;
Justice Department
Looks Into Financing
By Robert X. Walsh

Reconstruction Finance Corp
loans that helped put up the Long
fellow Building here may be
brought to the attention of Con-
gress because of a Justice Depart
ment investigation of a related
financial setup, it was learned to-
day.
The loans, totallng about 81
million in 1910, through the Ma
tional Home Library Foundation
and the Mount Vernon Mortgs ge
Corp, were repaid and are not iin-
mediately in question.
But a House member who hes
been unusually critical of RFC re.
portedly plans to ask whether that
agency failed to demand strict
compliance with loan terms ard
whether it should have granted
the loan in the first place.
The Senate subcommittee in
vestigating RFC has not studied
loan aspects of the LongfelloW
building, officials said.
Casey Transaction Probed.
Subcommittee Chairman Full.
bright, meanwhile, said he may
ask the Justice Department tt
join in an investigation of the
surplus ship transaction which
Joseph E. Casey. a former Demo
cratic Representative from Mas
sachusetts. refused to talk about
at a subcommittee session yester-
day.
Senator Bricker, Republican, of
Ohio, a subcommittee member
said he would introduce in the
Senate today a resolution for a
Commerce Committee investiga-
ton of that transaction and "ol
all the affairs" of the Maritime
Commission, now the Maritime
Administration of the Commerce
Department.
A company headed by Mr.
Casey bought five tankers from
the Maritime Commission in 1947
and sold them last year. Mr.
Casey said he and his fellow
stockholders would Cooperate
with any "duly authorized" con-
Igressional committee but believed
the subcommittee on RFC lacked
authority to inquire into affairs
of private concern that had nc
dealings with RFC.
The United States Attorneys
office disclosed it is investigating
some angles of the Home Librar,
Foundation matter. A spokes.
man said this could lead to /,
civil suit but that no grand jul.
proceedings are in progress o.
contemplated at this time.
Broader Probe by Justice.
| Other sources said the Justice
Department is conducting broad.
er investigation of it's own. Tht
Department last fall instructed
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay to look into complaint!
that assets might have been di.
verted from the foundation to 9th.
er organizations or individuals.
! The Department also wants tt
know whether taxes were due tht
Government as result of finan.
cial moves or corporate change!
after the RFC loans were obtained
for the History building at Con.
necticut and Rhode Island ave.
nues. The building, completed il
1941 and assessed at more thar
So million, now is occupied by sew.
eral Government agencies, includ.
ing the Public Housing Administra.
ton.
Among questions brought up by
some persons studying the matter
in and out of Congress. is whether
an RFC loan to the National Home
| Library Foundation, as par.
Continued on Page "A, Col. A.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
AurioI Schedule

The schedule for President
Auriol and Nine. Auriol:
Tonight.
o'clock-Dinner at Ander-
son House given by Secretary
of State and Mrs. Acheson.
Tomorrow.
1890 am. - Presidential
party leaves for Annapolis for
lunch and parade at Naval
Academy.
8 p.m.-Dinner at French
Embassy in honor of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Truman.
1890 pm. - Reception at
French Embassy.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
By Cecil HolIond

Another long-sought gambling
figure was held under $4,000
bond by the Senate Crime 1nvesti-
eating Committee today after re-
fusing to answer questions about
his activities and associates.
The witness was John Croft
who was questioned in a closed
Dewey Orders sorotoea 6omblins In
quiY. Poee A-S
Church Council Coils for Reforms Bosed
on Crime Probe Findings. Poee AS
hearing this morning. Croft,
missing for months, was picked up
by the FBI at fishing camp in
the Florida keys.
Senator O'Conor. Democrat. of
Maryland told reporters that
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Tn e Woshin9-
ton oreo. Soils
and seasons ore
different here
from other sec
tions Of tn e
country.
But there's a
h q n dy guide
oyoiIobIe espe-
cioIly for Wosh
ing ton ore a
gardeners. It's
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Lute News
Bulletin

A 62-year-0ld man was pulled
from the Potomac River this
afternoon at Fletcher's Boat
house a half hour after witnesses
said they saw him leap from a
rock. Identified by police as
Louis G. Mueller of 623 Sixth
street NE, he was pronounced
dead at 1880 o'clock by an
Emergency Hospital physician.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Area Garden Guide
On Sale at The Star

oordeners con woste lot of time
and effort by improper planting ond
core Of their eordens. Certoin types
Of plants grow better thon Others in
Evening star., 1951-03-29


The President of the French
Republic and the President OF
the United States conferred to-
day for one hour on the COM
mon problems OF Gtheir two
countries.
The President of the French
Republic outlined to the PreSi-
dent of the United States con-
ditions in France, the progress
of the French rearmament pro-
gram and the present situation
in Indo-China, where French
forces and the forces of the as
Sociated states are successfully
opposing Communist aggression.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

The tert OF the communique
issued after the White House
meeting today OF President Tru-
man and President Auriol OF
France tollo1US::
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Food Price Curbs Lead
New Hold Line Policy
To Check Initiation
Grocery Morkups Fixed,
But Costs May Vary
With Farm Pority
D. Inv Ak
By jones Y. Newton

The Government today was pre-
pairing a new and tough anti-in-
f1ation policy intended to deal with
all aspects of the critical problem
wages, profits and credit
This new hold the line" policy
was disclosed as the Office of Price
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Mon Dies Of Injuries After Soldiers co
Hits Him on M Street. Pooe Al
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Barrett, Anticipating
Trouble, Names New
Chief Of Riot Squad
WolIrodt Replaces Kelly
AS Police Prepare to
Cope With Latin Protest

Police Inspector George r.
Wallrodt was named today to
replace Inspector Lloyd Kelly as
head of the departments civil de-
fense unit, commonly known as
the riot squad"
Supt. Robert j. Barrett ar
nounced the change, effective to-
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Continued on Page A-3, Col. l.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

(See CRIME, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Cloudy, showers today: high 68. Showers
tonight; low SO. Tomorrow, morning
showers; high 68. "Details on Page A-2J
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
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