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Evening star., 1951-07-04
U. 5. investment HaIved
In Farm Products Surplus
BY the Assoeiessd Press

The Governments investment
in surplus farm products on May
stood at $4,000, ,742 900, about
half what it was a year earlier.
More than two-thirds Of the
May l total, the Agriculture De-
partment said yesterday. was in
the form of goods stored under
price support programs. The re-
mainder was in loans to farmers
storing commodities under price
support programs.
The department lost $290,635,-
900 on surpluses in the II months
ending May 81. most Of that on
potatoes and eggs, it said.
The department also announced
sale of 16,800, 900 pounds Of sur
plus dried eggs to the United
Kingdom at a price it said only
was considerably below the aver
/ age of 96 cents a pound it paid
for them.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Strike Over Alexandra
Raise Halls Collection.
OF Trash, Garbage

Trash and garbage collectors for
the city Of Alexandria went on
strike yesterday In an attempt to-
enforce demands for higher wages.
C. Luckett Watkins, director of
public works, said city officials
plan to wait until tomorrow morn
ling to see whether the employees
return to work before considering
alternate methods Of collecting
mounting trash and garbage.
Protest Size of Raise.
City Manager w. Guy Ancell
said the employees. about so in
number, protested because the new
city budget, which went into effect
Sunday, gave police and firemen
Ia greater pay increase than they
will receive.
The budget provides q fat $500
Iannual increase for police and
f1remen and a per cent raise for
all other city employees.
Mr.. Ancell said he had recon-
mended in his original budget
message q $500 increase for the
collectors.
Not Unionized.
The pay scale fol these en-
ployes, Mr.. Watkins said, ranged
from 95 cents to 81 an hour before
the 5 per cent increase went into
effect. The men work a five-day
week, he said.
The employees have no union,
the manager said, but representa-
tives Of the group told their super
Iintendent they had decided to
stay away from their Jobs.
j Trash began piling up yesterday
along King street and other thor
oughfares in the city.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
|2,439 Troops From Korea
Due at Seattle Friday
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEATTLE, July 4.-The Seattle
port of embarkation announced
today the transport Marine Lynx
will arrive here Friday afternoon
with 2,439 troops from Korea.
They are returning under the
Army rotation plan. It is the 10th
shipload to the Pacific Coast un-
der rotation and will raise to 49,
SIT the number that have been
welcomed in Seattle.
Fridays arrivals will include
men from all 48 States and the
District of Columbia, and one each
from Puerto Rico, Cuba and
Ecuador.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Juata Retains Power
Gained in Suppressing
ThaiIand Navy Revolt
BY the Associated Press

BANGKOK, July A four-man
military junta has taken control
of Thailand from Premier Plaek
Pibulsonggram as an aftermath
of an abortive navy rebellion.
The four men who actually
stopped the rebellion hung on to
the power they gained while the
Premier was a prisoner Of the
navy. Now they control Thailand
through the figurehead Of Pibul-
songgram. who returned with
great loss of face.
Heading the junta is son and
father-in-law team which has
been consolidating power for
three years.
No. / is Police Chief Gen. Phao
Sri Yanondh. His 10000 police
men constitute the country's
largest armed force. His control
became complete yesterday when
Pibulsonggram raised him from
deputy to police chief.
No. 2 is Phao'S father-ln-laW,
1t. Gen. Phin Chunhawan, COM
mander- chief of the Thai
army. There are about $4,000
soldiers in the army.
Other members of the military
junta are Gen. Sarit Thannarat,
commanding general of the 1st
army area, and Air Marshal Fuen
Ronapakat.
There are only so to rs planes
in the air force, but it was big
enough to sink the navy's largest
ship with the captive Plbulsong-
gram aboard during the rebellion
The premier had to swim to
safety.
Seventy-five per cent of the
navy's 5000 men has been sus-
pended for six months or longer
Casualties in the navy's at
tempted coup were unofflcially
estimated at around 5000.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Army Reinstates 7 Men
In Defense Contract Probe
BY the Asseciatsd Press

The Army said last night that
two employees of the Birmingham
Ordnance District who had been
suspended during an investigation
Iof defense contracts with the
Elvair Corp, "have been cleared
and reinstated in their positions. u
They were identified as Frank
lLegar and J. F. Mitchell. both o1
Birmingham, "a.
The Army had announced or
June 81 that an investigation o1
contracts by the Jackson Miss.
corporation had been started Il
connection with a report of 9
House Armed Services subcom.
mittee that two inspectors in tht
Birmingham Office had been sus.
pended.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Dr.. Joy Seeks Reelection
To ARLINGTON School Board

DR.. Barnard Joy is a candidate
for reelection to the Arlington
School Board, provided he is in
dorsed by the county's School
Board Nominating Convention in
September.
William Watt, chairman of the
committee on candidates for the
nominating convention, announced
yesterday that DR.. Joy would allow
his name to be considered by the
lconA Aention.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Annapolis Magistrate
Hits Speeders With
Sitter Bond Rate
sy the Asseeiatsd Press

ANNAPOLIS. July A.
Magistrate Samuel Schenker
yesterday increased from 500
to $500 the bond for motorists
arrested for drinking or
speeding in Annapolis.
The rate will apply to
every one, but was aimed
primarily at motorists from
the big cities. Mr.. Schenker
contended IS per cent Of
traffic violators in his court
are from the Baltimore and
Washington areas. Many
forfeit bail rather than face
the Judge.
Evening star., 1951-07-04

American festival which annually
draws many Danish-born persons
from the United States.
Celebrations also were held in
France, Iceland. Austria. Trieste
and North Africa-everywhere
American troops are stationed.
In a special Independence Day
message to his troops, the United
States commander in Europe, Gen
Thomas T. Handy, declared Amer
Iican forces are here to defend
the freedom won for them by theil
ancestors in 1776.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
u. S. Troops in Europe
Parade to Mark Holiday

FRANKFURT, Germany. July 4
P.-United States troops today
staged their biggest parades in
Europe since World War II, cele-
|brating the birth of their home
land of the freedom they are here
to defend.
From the Baltic to Africa,
American forces. and civilians
throughout the Old World cele-
brated their Nations Indepen-
dence Day. Parades where United
States troops we're stationed, and
diplomatic receptions elsewhere,
were on the calendar.
In Stuttgart, Germany-head-
quarters of the United States 7th
Army-6.50C soldiers paraded with
500 tanks, self-propelled guns and
other combat vehicles while big
bombing planes and swift jet
| fighters roared overhead.
The parade reflected the grow
ing might Of United States forces
lin Europe. Under the threat of
Soviet aggression, they have been
swelled by reinforcements to their
greatest size since the postwar re-
deployment ended in 1946.
High German and Allied Of
ficials were invited to join Amer
ican leaders on the Stuttgart re-
viewing stand.
In Moscow many high ranking
Soviet officials were invited to the
independence Day reception at
the American Embassy. AmbaS-
Isador Alan Kinks guest list in
Icluded, among others, Foreign
Minister Andrei Vishinsky anc
Deputy Foreign Minister Andre
lGromyko.
Italy's President Luigi Einaud
and Premier Alcide de Casper
cabled goodwill messages to Pres
ident Truman. q On behalf Of thu
italian people Einaudi sent hi
Ibest wishes for "the ever create
prosperity Of the friendly Amer
Iican Nation"
II The Danes also celebrated tn
american anniversary. Ambassa
! dor Eugene Anderson. speakin
in Dani b. addressed the Danish
Evening star., 1951-07-04
Servicemen
Continued From First Page.

lined the red-carpeted steps Of
the Cathedral-Americans on the
south side, British on the north.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
DIR. Godfrey Fisher - said in
the main address "in humility
we must think Of those whose
sacrifice is here commemorated." "
He called Anglo American
friendship vital to the true well
fare of the world"
The roll of honor handed to
the Very ReY. Walter r. Mat
Ithews, dean of st. Paul's, by Gen.
Eisenhower is a 70-pound book
of 473 handwritten pages. It's
covers are ornately bound in red
leather.
Eventually it will be placed in
an American memorial chapel
being built by British public
subscription as part of the recon-
struction of blitzed st. Paul's.
Meanwhile, it wills be kept in a
glass case in the north transept
of the cathedral. Each day a
verger will tremendously turn
one page.
Gen. Eisenhower told Dean
Matthews:
ION behalf Of the American
people. I present to you. for safe
keeping in the Cathedral Church
of st. Paul in London, this roll of
honor wherein are inscribed the
names of those men of the
United States forces who. living
and serving amongst you here in
Britain, gave their lives in the
common cause of freedom. justice
and truth.
And I ask you to dedicate it
to the glory OF God and to be
their perpetual memorial in this
place"
Veterans Kin Attend.
Representing relatives Of the
fallen service men were two Jew
Iish, two Protestant, two Catholic
and two Negro families choser
by American veterans groups
They were:
Samuel Frank and his sor
Daniel of Los Angeles, son ane
brother of Staff Sergt. Malvir
Frank.
Walter Cornwell and his daugh'
ter, Mrs. Gilbert Tunison of So
quel, Calf, father and sister o,
Staff Sergt. John Cornwell.
Mrs. Mary Shea and her daugh'
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiebold o
Brightwater. Long Island, mothel
and sister of Navy Ensign Don
aid Shea.
George L. Washington and hi
daughter, Mrs. Elease N. Love O
Hamtramck, Mich. father and sis
ter of Pvt. George T. Washing
ton.
AS he presented the roll o
honor to the Dean Gen Eisen
hover was fianked by some Of hi
wartime associates. They includ
ed Gen. Carl Spaatz, retired Al
Force Chief of staff; Gen. Hoyt s
vandenberg, SpaatZ's successor
1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker, who com
manded the 9th Air Force her
during part of the war; and Il
Gen. Curtis LIE May. wartim
commander Of the 9th Air Fore
I3rd Bomber Division, now head O
the United States Strategic Al
Forces.
The lesson for the day was rea
by the Most Rev. Henry Kno
Sheriff.. presiding bishop of tn
Protestant Episcopal Church i
= the United States of America.
Evening star., 1951-07-04
The Weather

District of Columbia-Rather
cloudy, warm and humid with
scattered thundershowers this aft
ernoon and tonight ending tomor-
row morning. High today of 85
Low tonight of 72.
Maryland-Rather cloudy with
scattered thundershowers today
and tonight ending tomorrow
morning. High today of rs on
the coast; 80 to IS in the interior
Low tonight Of 10.
Virginia-Scattered showers to.
day and tonight. Showers in thf
north and west portions tomorrow
High of 80 to IS today; 10 tonight
Wind: South at 10 miles ar
hour at 10 am.
River Report.
(From U. 8. Ensineerso
Potomac River clear ct HarperS Ferr!
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear a
Harpefs Ferry.
Evening star., 1951-07-04

one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-07-20

business clinic Of CHS This Is
Broadway" He is something of
a one-man clinic on show bust
ness himself.
Kaufman has been feeling the
mercurial pulse of Broadway and
diagnosing it's ills for more than
80 years as a critic, chronicler,
script doctor, director, and, of
course, as a master playwright.
His bravura touch, the answer to
the many of the eternal riddles of
the legitimate theater, is aptly
epitomized in Broadwayite's OBJ
servation that he is a great prac-
teal theater mind with no philos-
ophy except that the theater is
entertainment and good enter
tainment pays"
The ability to contrive good en-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-07-20
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
The Story Of Geo. Kaufman

BY LEON GUTTERMAN
Copyright, 1851, Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD
Dramatist George S. Kaufman
is right in his milieu on the show
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-07-20

tertainment has made Kaufman
the most successful playwright Of
the American stage and its big
gest money maker. Since 1921. at
least one and sometimes two and
three of his plaYs-with few ex-
ceptions all co-authored-have
festooned the Broadway boards.
one Of them invariably a hit. More
than fifteen Of these vehicles have
run close to or over 200 perform
ances. and 20 Of them have been
sold to Hollywood. Two. "Of Thee
I Sing" and you Can't Take It
With YOU" won the Pulitzer
Prize.
The whole of the American
landscape is Kaufman's dramatic
oyster from its pleasant va
carries and follies to it's political
roilings and its social fermenta-
tons. AS a supreme satirist, he
has almost consistently made
sport of them, too. His irony and
wit, delivered with dead pan and
a look of utter mournfulness, are
equally as famous off paper, as
evidenced in his ad libbed spark
lets on his radio and television
programs.
Some of Georges well known
lines are: 1T takes nature years
to make a man. and it only takes
a woman a few minutes to make a
monkey out Of him:" or: Money
doesn't always bring happiness. A
man with ten million dollars is
no happier than a man with nine
million dollars" or: "A girls face
may be her fortune. but the other
parts draw interests" or: Since
women have been wearing short.
er skirts. there have been so per-
cent fewer car accidents. Why not
prevent such accidents entirelY?"
There was nothing apparently
in Kaufman's heritage or early
gifts to anticipate his future dex-
terity in the playmaking art. He
was born in 1889, in Pittsburgh,
the son Of a prosperous tailor.
Driven by an unquenchable
thirst for work. George quit
school at II to work for awhile as
a stenographer for a coal COM
panY. Then he was a newspaper
man. a hat bank salesman. and a
law student. AS pastime. he had
been jotting down odd bits of
Continued on Page LAY
Evening star., 1951-05-08
kefauver Probe Figure
Freed Of Bookmakinq
BY The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, May 8.-Tony
Gizzo, who recently testified before
the Kefauver Senate Crime In
vestigatmg Committee. was freed
yesterday Of bookmaking charges.
GiZzo, Mel H. Levitt and Robert
S. Holmes were charged with TAX
ing bets on five college basketball
games.
A directed verdict of innocent
was returned for all three in State
circuit court. Judge John F. Cooke
ruled the testimony of two prose-
cution witnesses was inadmissible
because police had failed to OBJ
tain a search warrant in gathering
evidence.
Gizzo once was an aide to
Charles Binaggio. Kansas City
Democratic faction boss who was
shot to death in a gangland-style
Staying a year ago.
Evening star., 1951-05-08

Chairman Russell-What order
or regulation did they violate,
these statements?
Secretary MarShall-CommentS
in relation to matters that pertain
to our foreign relations, our rela-
tionS with our allies and the gen.
eral Government decisions as to
policy to be followed in the cam
paign.
Chairman Russell-As I under
stand it, Gen. Macarthur was re-
moved from his several commands
because of the finding of his supe-
riorS that he had violated direc-
tives that had been issued.
What instances, if any, arose after
the receipt of this order of De-
cember 6, wherein Gen. MacAr-
thur violated those instructions?
Evening star., 1951-05-08
Issue of Bombing
Chinese Bases

Senator Lodge. But you have
no objection to having your belief
stated that in your judgment the
bombing of Chinese bases would
not bring victory?
Secretary Marshall. That is
correct, sir.
Chairman Russell. General,
K. how will we ever bring the
Korean episode to a conclusion?
Secretary Marshall. Now what
I am going to say now must not
all be released because I can't
afford to advertise my conclu-
sions as to that to the enemy.
They have had tremendous
losses. We speak Of their very
large forces, but when you take
the percentage of the losses that
they have suffered, they are tre-
mendous.
Now the question is how long
can that go on unless they are
assisted by the Soviet govern
ment. If they renew the attack
Evening star., 1951-05-08
Marshall Tells How Truman
Decided to Gust Macarthur

man, Secretary Acheson, Gen.
Marshall and Gen. Bradley.
With the unanimous concur
renee of all those present" Gen.
Marshall related, "the President
at that time took his decision to
relieve Gen. Macarthur.
The same group held another
meeting at pm. April 10. with
President Truman to pass on the
form of messages to Gen. Mac
Arthur and Gen. Matthew Ridg-
way, who was selected to succeed
him, as we'll as the public release.
Timing Moved Ahead.
"Originally," Gen. Marshall re-
lated. 1T was decided to transmit
the notification to Gen. Mac
Arthur at pm, Washington
time, Wednesday. April II, that is
10 am. Tokyo time. How
ever, late on Tuesday, April 10,
there were indications that the
action to be taken had become
known publicly, and it was then
decided by the President to &C
celerate the transmission Of the
official notification to Gen. Mac
Arthur by approximately 20 hours.
The exact timing of the public
release was made so as to coincide
with the arrival of the communl-
cation in Tokyo in mid d-afternoon. !"
AS already known, Washington
correspondents were summoned to
the White House to receive the
announcement at am. on
i Wednesday. April H.
i Gen. Macarthur testified. dur
) ing his three days before the
, committees, that he received the
first word of his dismissal through
his wife and an aide who had
heard the announcement on the
radio.
Evening star., 1951-05-08

ment was issued, the clearance of
the proposed presidential declara-
ton with the other 13 nations
having forces in Korea had very
nearly been completed. In view
Of the serious impact of Gen.
MacArthur's statement on the
negotiations with these nations, it
became necessary to abandon the
effort, thus losing whatever
chance there may have been at
that time to negotiate a settle
ment of the Korean conflict.
Reminded of Order.
A meeting was held at once by
the Secretary of State and men,
bers of his staff, the Deputy Secre-
tary of Defense, Mr.. Lovett, and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at which
the matter was fully discussed.
Later in the same afternoon this
group met with the President. As
"a result of this discussion the
Joint Chiefs of Staff were directed
by the President to call Gen. Mac
Arthur's attention to the PreSi-
dents order of December 6, 1850,
which, in effect, required that all
officials of the United States Gov
ernment, military as well as civili-
an. should not release any speech,
press or other public statement
concerning foreign policy without
prior clearance by the Department
of State. or if concerning military
policy. with the Department of
Defense.
Chairman RuSSell-You stated,
Mr.. Secretary. that all of the Joint
Chiefs and the Chairman were
consulted with respect to this &C
ton of the relief of Gen. MacAr-
thur, and that they passed on it
from a purely military standpoint,
that was the Joint Chiefs? :,
to make this record perfectly clear,
and will you state again the names
of those who were present. with
the President, when this decision
was taken?
Secretary Marshall-His Special
Assistant, Ambassador Hartman;
Secretary of State. Mr.. Acheson;
Secretary of Defense, myself; and
General Bradley.
Evening star., 1951-05-08

,OVlet gOVernment,
Evening star., 1951-05-08
Censored Remarks on Bombing
MADE Public by Marshall

Gen. Whitney-R-a-c-i-n. That
is the closest can come to it.
Gen. MacArthur-If you have
a map of Korea, l can point it
out to you.
Generators Removed.
I OF course, the hydro-electric
plants were also-we were for
hidden to bomb Now, the ones in
the Northeast there were of little
efficacy. When we overran them.
they had been. many OF the gen.
orators had been removed and it
looked as though the plants hadn't
been in operation for several
months. The destruction of them
much of the machinery had
been removed from the plants, but
our operations had been so rapid
the Soviets had been unable to get
| it across the border.
Up in the Northwest, along the
Yalu itself, the Air on number
of occasions wished to bomb it.
but we never had authority to do
so. Just how much those plants
contribute to the Manchurian in
dustry would be speculative
The Chairman-Going back to
this place of Rashin, general. was
| it possible to bomb that objective
without crossing the Soviet from
tier?
Gen. MacArthur-Oh, yes. sir.
No one would have been more op-
posed to doing any bombing in
Siberia than I would.
Well Within the Area.
The Chairman-I didn't mean
bombing - mean on your ap-
proach and after delivery of the
bombs.
| Gen. MacArthur-No, sir: there
was no possibility of crossing the
border. It was we'll within the
area. and had We bombed. we
would have been solicitous to do so
in clear weather so there could
have been no mistake.
had the most definite assur-
ances from the Air that there
could be no possibility of error.
The Chairman-Have you ever
formally submitted request to
bomb that objective until this re-
quest just prior to your return to
the States?
Gen. MacArthur-Yes, sir; that
was formally submitted. I sub
mitted in a radio the entire rec
ommendation of Gen. Stratemeyer
and asked. in view of changed
conditions, if we could not proceed
to bomb.
| There was no explanation given
and whether that decision was
made in the Defense Department
or the State Department is a mat
ter of conjecture on my part.
The Chairman-About when was
that request first submitted, gen.
eral?
Gen. MacArthur-I should say
that request was probably sub
mitted some time IN February,
perhaps in March. I haven't my
lfiles with me, so I couldn't tell YOU.