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Evening star., 1951-06-23
By the Asseeiated Press

MOSCOW, June 23.-The Lit
erary Gazette charged today that
a group of American employees of
the United States Embassy here
were drunk, rude and provocative
during recent visit to the grave
of the Russian writer, Leo Toll
stoy. not far from Moscow.
In a scathing article under the
heading "Savages in Yasnaya
Polyana" (Tolstoy's estate, now a
national museum and site of his
grave). the paper compared the
groups conduct to that of the
Nazis who occupied the area in
1941 and desecrated Tolstoy's
grave during their Inflated drive
toward Moscow.
A United States Embassy off,
cial said the Literary Gazette
charges are under investigation,
but he would make no statement
on the case now.
The paper said the group drove
to the Tolstoy Museum-ofSa of
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Boy, 2, Is Killed by Train
As He CruwIs on Tracks
BY the Associated Pres.

CUMBERLAND, Md, June 23.-
Leonard Earl Droll, % months old,
was struck and killed by a Western
Maryland passenger train last
night as he crawled across the
tracks in front Of his home.
State police said the youngster,
son Of Mrs. Grace Droll of Nc
Coole, Md. about 20 miles south
west Of here. had been playing
with an older brother and sister
and was following them home
when the accident occurred.
The engineer, who said he dldn' t
see the boy in time, stopped the
train within a short distance.
DR.. Hubert Deming, medical ex-
aminer Of Allegany County. ruled
the death accidental.
Evening star., 1951-06-23

when, he himself was a kid. He's
29-but he looks older.
The other day in The Star he
saw picture of a little girl. She
was sitting on q back step, with
trash cans below. She looked
lonely.
And her father, he read, was a
veteran who was in the hospital,
with a bad lung.
That's when Mickey Grasso de-
cided to send a kid to camp.
But 1t won't be the Stalag 3b
kind.
This one will mean health for a
Continued on Page A-8, Col. g.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Capital Transit Strike
Voted by Employees il
Contract ParIeys Fail
Union Meeting Authorizes
Executive Bourd to Coll
WuIkout Next Saturday

A strike on the Capital Transit
system was authorized by union
employees early today at a mass
meeting in Turner's Arena.
The unions Executive Board was
given the power. by member
ship vote of 1927 to 73, to order
the walkout any time after the
present contract expires at mid
night next Saturday unless a
peace settlement can be reached.
Meanwhile, wide area of dis
agreement remained between
union demands and concessions
made by the company after nearly
two months of negotiations.
In an effort to avert a strike,
Federal Mediator James A. Holden
called meeting Monday between
the management and representa-
tives of Division $50, Amalgamated
of Street Electric Rail-
way and Motor Coach Employees of
Negotiations Outlined.
The mass meeting opened
shortly after midnight last night
by Walter Bierwagen, president of
the local, who outlined the course
of the negotiations. Several men,
oers spoke briefly before the strike
vote was ordered.
The last general transit strike
occurred here in November of 1945.
Employees remained out for three
days before the Government in
tervened to prevent a prolonged
tle-up of public transportation in
the National Capital. a strike
threatened in 1949 was averted
with the aid of Federal mediation.
A spokesman said today the
union still is seeking Federal ar
Ibitration in event no agreement
can be reached next week.
George Odom. financial secre-
tary, said the proposal was made
to the company two months ago.
Authorization Conditional.
The board was authorized to
call strike only if company and
union representatives cannot agree
and the company refused to sub
init the dispute to arbitration,
Mr.. Odom explained.
While wages are big factor in
the dispute, many other condi-
tionS are involved. The union
made an original demand for a
30-cent-an-hour wage increase.
(See STRIKE, Page A-20
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Car|a Toscanini, Is, Dies;
Wife Of Famed Conductor
By the Assoeioted Pres,

MILAN, Italy, June 23.-Carla
Toscanini, rs, wife of world-famed
orchestra conductor Arturo Tos-
canini, died this morning after a
long illness.
Her husband, heartbroken and
sobbing, refused to leave her bed
side for hours after her death.
With him at the bedside were his
son Walter and two daughters,
Wally, the Countess of Castel-
barco, and Wanda Horowitz, wife
of the pianist.
Funeral services were tentatively
arranged for tomorrow in Milan,
with burial in the Toscanini family
pit in Monumentale Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Macarthur Probers May Call
Hartman to Answer Hurley
Gen. O'DonneII, FinoI Scheduled Witness
In Inquiry, Will Go on Stund Monday

in connection with the Atlantic
pact defense plan.
The Connecticut Senator said
he felt Mr.. Hartman should be
called to answer testimony given
by Patrick j. Hurley. former Am
bassador to China, about the 1945
Yalta conference agreement. Mr..
Hartman attended the historic
conference.
Mr.. Hurley blasted the agree
ment as an immoral and coward
ly" pact which gave concessions
to Russia at the expense of the
Chinese government. He also tes-
titled that President Roosevelt.
shortly before his death in 1945,
commissioned Mr.. Hurley to con-
tact Winston Churchill and Joseph
Stain in attempts to soften terms
of the agreement. He said he
thought he was making "a dent
in the British and Russian lead
ers. but was unable to move"
the State Department.
Before Mr.. Hurley's testimony
the committee agreed not to call
Mr.. Hartman. after he wrote
Chairman Russell that he felt his
testimony would be repetitious.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Giant New u. 5. Liner
Will Garry Troops
In Event Of War
81 500 Ton United States
Will Be Christened in
Newport News Today
picture on Page Az
By the Associated Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June
23.-The passenger liner United
States, which was foated in her
Idrydock early today. was con-
|ceived and built primarily as a
troop transport in the event of
war, her operators disclosed today
John M. Franklin, president of
the United States Lines, in
speech prepared for ceremonies
christening the $70,000.000 super
liner. said:
I'VE face the solemn fact
that we are in a period Of world
confusion and crisis. Against the
possibility of such an emergency.
this mighty ship was conceived,
planned and constructed. basically
and primarily. as naval trans
port. for immediate use as a troop
ship If war must come"
The 51,500-ton United States,
largest and fastest passenger ship
ever built in this country, has
many closely guarded secret de-
fense features which make her
readily convertible into trans
port capable of carrying $4,000
troops. She is the third largest
ship in the world, bowing in size
ito Britain's Queen Mary and
Queen Elizabeth.
70 Per Cent Complete.
When the vessel, now 10 per cent
complete, enters transatlantic
service next summer, she will have
accommodation for 1000 passen-
gers and will carry a crew of 1000.
Her rated speed is 80 knots, but
ship experts expect her to exceed
that figure considerably.
Mr.. Franklin. who spoke sew
eral minutes before Mrs. Tom
Connally. wife of the Texas SEN
|ator, was to break a bottle of
champagne on the new ships bow,
said the United States will have
"a wider cruising range than any
other ship of comparable size that
has yet been designed.
He said she will be capable of
transporting an entire division of
troops across the North Atlantic,
in the tropics, or in the Arctic
and return home without refuel-
ing.
Was Built in Drydock.
The 990-foot liner was not
launched from conventional slid
ing ways. Because of her great
size, she was built in drydock.
which was flooded early today to
float the ship off the blocks on
which her keel was laid 16 months
ago.
officials Of the Newport News
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,
which built the United States, re-
ported that never before in Amer
lea has any ship reached 10 per
cent of completion before the
launching date.
Wood will be scarce aboard the.
United States When she is COM
pleted. the only wood aboard will
be in the pianos, in the butchers
chopping blocks and in the ships
bilge keel.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Iran Oil Dispute
TO Be Heard by
Court at Hague
Britain Will Sturt
Presenting Cast
Next Saturday
By the Associoied Press

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands.
June 23.-The World Court an
nounced today it will start hear
ings next Saturday in the critical
oil dispute between Iran and
Britain.
The Iranian government has
nationalized the oil industry in
Iran. which is mainly the British
owned billion dollar Anglo -Iranian
Oil Co.. and the British govern
ment has opposed this action with
vigor. The British government
owns SO per cent of the stock Of
Anglo -Iranian.
The courts announcement said
it would first hear the British
government side. Thirteen of the
Is judges are expected to be
present, including Soviet Judge
s. B. Krylov, who is at present
indisposed.
Appeal Filed Yesterday.
The British appeal, seeking
what amounts to an injunction
against Iran, was filed yesterday,
Iran already has declared that so
far as she is concerned the court
the judicial branch of the
United Nations-has no jurisdic-
ton in the case.
Court officials said last night a
copy of Britain's request for in
terim measures in the critical oil
dispute, handed in by British
Ambassador Sir Philip Nichols,
was being airmailed to Teheran.
BY the rules of the court such an
application must be regarded as
an urgent matter and given PRIOR
ity over other matters.
The court was asked to decide
on provisional meaures to be taken
to preserve the rights of the gov
ernment Of the United Kingdom"
In the 27-page request, Britain
asked that Iran be enjoined to
permit the Anglo Iranian COM
pany to continue its operations in
Persia, and not seize any AIOC
property or money earned by the
company.
Treaty of 1888 Cited.
Britain asked that the court or.
der Iran not to require the COM
pany to dispose of it's Iranian oil
earnings otherwise than in ac-
cordance with the treaty of 1888.
The treaty gives Britain oil-pro-
ducing concessions in Iran until
1893, and provides that the COM
pany pay royalties to Iran for the
oil taken out.
The document also asks that
no step should be taken by either
country which might aggravate or
extend the oil dispute. Britain
asks that her rights and the oil
company's rights be preserved in
accordance with international law.
Britain's request said if the find.
lngs OF the court cannot be exc
cuted "the gravest damage would
be done to the undertaking in
Iran by the AIOC."
Evening star., 1951-06-23

an additional $2,847 100000 a
year.
2. Place an additional $1,252.-
100000 in excise taxes on gasoline,
automobiles, cigarettes. liquor
beer and other items.
3. Add $2,855, 100000 a year to
corporation income and excess
profits taxes.
4. Raise $245 million a year
through a variety of changes in
the tax law structure.
Senate Democrats to Confer.
Chairman George of the Sen
ate Finance Committee said he
thought the bill may be unduly
harsh in it's present form, espe-
cially to unmarried income tax
payers who contribute to the sup
port of relatives, but are not per-
mitted to claim dependency deduc-
tions in figuring their taxes.
Senate Majority Leader McFar-
land said taxes and economy
would be major topics before a
conference of Senate Democrats
he has called for Tuesday, the day
before Senator Georges commit
tee takes up the tax bill.
The House passed the measure
by a vote of 233 to 160. after re-
jecting by 220 to lit move to
send it back to committee for ma
jor alterations.
Final size of the bill, Senator
George said, will depend on the
extent to which Congress uses a
pruning knife on multi-billion- dol
lar appropriation bills in the next
several weeks.
He said Congress ''ought to cut
the spending by at least $6 bill
lion," but he was not optimistic
that any such reduction would
be made.
Smaller Boost Held Possible.
However, Senator George said.
"if we can do that we can get by
with q SIS billion tax increase in
stead of the figure proposed In
the House bill"
He expressed doubt that the
Senate will agree to make the
individual income tax increases
effective before about October IT,
"a month later than the House
proposed.
Senator Millikin of Colorado
ranking Republican on the COM
mittee, told reporter: "You can
be sure the committee will ran
sack the bill from end to end, and
that when we get through it viii
be geared to Government spend
ing and what the economy can
stand. 1t may be somewhat less
than the House totals"
Despite it's huge proportions. the
bill as it now stands would raise
less than half Of the $16 billion
additional taxes for which Presi-
dent Truman called last winter
He since has lowered his request
to SO billion increase.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Dewey Flying to Koreo
Only July Pacific Tour
BY the Asseeioted Press

ALBANY. N. Y, June 23.-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey will fly to the
Korean warfront early next month
as part of a 25.000-mile tour Of
critical areas in the Pacific.
The twice-defeated Republican
candidate for President announced
today he would leave July by
plane and would be gone a month.
Gov. Dewey said that on the
trip he would not be representing
the United States Government
"or any one else," adding: 81 am
travelling at my own expense"
Evening star., 1951-06-23

Mats Catcher Knows of Hunqer
And Suffering of Small Children
Comp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail to
The Evening Star; Washing
ton 4, D. C.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $18.40 for one
week; $500 for two.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
u. 5. Court UphoIds
School Segregation
In South Carolina
Orders State to EquoIize
Facilities for z Races;
Judge Woring Dissents
By the Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S. c., June 23.-
A three-judge Federal Court today
upheld the segregation of white
and Negro students in South Caro-
Ilina's public schools.
The decision, in effect, upholds
the traditional segregated public
school system of the entire South
The 2-to-1 decision was accom-
panied by an Injunction ordering
South Carolina to equalize it.
school facilities for Negro students
Judge John j. Parker of the
Fourth United States Circuit Court
Iof Appeals. and District Judge
George Bell Zimmerman conSti-
|tuted the ma ajority. District Judge
y. Waties Waring. who opened
South Carolina's Democratic pri-
maries to Negroes, dissented.
Suit Brought by Parents.
The judges took the case under
advisement after two days of tes-
timony at Charleston May 20.
The suit was brought by parents
of Negro school children in Dis
trict % of rural Clarendon County
admission of their children
to white schools of the district.
The case had regional sig-
Inif1ance in that it challenged the
foundation of the South's tradi-
Itional doctrine of separate facili.
ties for Negroes and whites.
In previous cases questioning
the legality of segregation itself
the United States Supreme Court
has taken the position that it il
a matter within the police powers
of the individual States.
14th Amendment Cited.
The plaintiffs argued the segre-
cation provision in the South
Carolina constitution was a vio-
lation of 14th amendment to the
United States Constitution which
guarantees equal protection of the
laws to all citizens.
The plaintiffs strategy was di-
rected by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People. Thurgood Marshall
INAACP legal head, contended
segregation itself was a denial OF
equality.
This approach sign, lized a
South-wide NAACP campaign
against segregation in public
schools. In the past, instead OF
(See SEGREGATION, Pig. A-2.)
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Train Crosh Kills Five

BUENOS AIRES, June % (P).-
Police said five persons were killed
and an estimated so injured in a
collision of two commuter trains
in a Buenos Aires suburb this
morning. Some of the injured are
in serious condition.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
9th Mortar Victim Dies

The death toll in the mortar
explosion accident at Camp Le-
jeune, N. c.. rose to nine yester-
day, the Marine Corps announced
after one Of the wounded died. He
was Pfc. James M. Tarleton, jr., of
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Late News
Bulletin
Truman Asks Controls Plan

Truman Asks Controls Plan
President Truman appealed
to Congress again today for
stronger economic controls. He
said committee actions to date
stake the easy way" which he
said is extremely dangerous.
The President sent similar let
ters to Vice President Barkley
and House Speaker Rayburn.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Spy Stays in Deoth House

NEW YORK, June % (P.-
Federal Judge Henry w. Goddard
has ruled that Mrs. Ethel Rosen-
berg, convicted atomic spy, was
not subjected to cruel or unusual
punishment in her confinement in
Sing Sing Prisons death house,
Evening star., 1951-06-23
u. n. Forces Win
Ground and Air
Battles in Korea
Allied Troops Capture
Hill in Boyonet and
Grenade Struggle
By the Asseeiated Press

TOKYO, Sunday, June 24.-The
Allies won a savage. Seesaw fight
with Reds in Central Korea,
bumped into Communist build
up in the west and scored a new
victory in the mountain air battles
yesterday.
United Nations troops in the
center captured a hill in the old
Red Iron Triangle" after twice
being driven off in a bayonet and
hand grenade struggle.
In the West. Allied patrols near
Parallel 38 north of Seoul on
tacted two Red regiments, the
largest force found there in two
weeks. An Allied officer said the
regiments appeared to be OUT
posts of a larger Communist force.
Jets Tangle for 9Th Day.
Over Northwest Korea. AZ to 48
jets tangled for the sixth day in a
seven-day period. One Red jet
was damaged before the enemy
fed back to Manchuria.
The triangle fight, in Central
Korea more than 20 miles north of
Parallel 38, broke out at time
when Allied oahcerS were on the
alart for a Communist offensive,
expected on the wars first an
niversary, June Is.
High ground exchanged hands
five times during the day.
At nightfau the Allies were dug
in triumphantly on the hill. The
Reds pulled back, possibly to re-
group for new blow.
United Nations infantrymenI
pushed into the area south of the
triangle apex of Pyonggang early
today in an attempt to throw off
balance the expected Red smash.
Attack Hurled at Hill.
The Allies hurled a morning
attack on the hill in a broiling
sun.
Hundreds of enemy rifles and
Submachineguns and five ma
chineguns answered their charge.
Allied tanks and artillery splat-
tered the Red bunkers just over
the ridge top. U. N. troops won
their objective at bayonet point
by mid-afternoon.
Thirty minutes later the Chi
neSe struck back with whitening |
tommy-gun. grenade and machine
gun fire. Bayonets were fixed to
their rifles.
The Allies backed down the
south slope of the 500-foot hill.
They regrouped at the base and
doggedly stormed to its summit
again.
With bugles blowing, the Reds
were back again before the Allies
had time to consolidate their po-
sitionS.
Once more the Allies fell back |
down the slope but they were on
top again at darkness.
Planes, Guns Hammer Hill.
Allied artillery and planes ham
mered the rear slope of the hill
while the bayonet-grenade fight
ing see-sawed on the southern
slope.
AS the furious fighting waned,
frontline officers said I'VE believe
we have cracked both the resist
ance and the counterattack. We
will take the ground and hold it,"
The Red force that fought so
stubbornly for the high ground
was a screen to keep Allied prob
ing units from sounding out new
enemy defenseS being formed
north of the former Iron
Triangle"
Elsewhere along the front the
Communists frightened their out
post defense and in some places
drove the Allies back for short
distances.
Allied patrols drew more Red
artillery fire today than they had
in several days.
Aerial observers spotted south
ward troop movements. Traffic
was heavy between Hamhung and
a point southwest of Wonsan on
the east coast. Enemy troop move
ment also increased in the west,
north of Seoul
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Remains Of AirIiner
Reported 50 Miles
From Liberia Field
Doctors and AmbuIonces
On Way to Constellation
With 40 Persons Aboard
BULLETIN

MONROvIA. Liberia P.-
Reports reaching here today
said a missing Pan American
World Airways Constellation
with 40 persons aboard has been
spotted at Totota, so miles
north northwest of Roberts
Field, the Liberian airport which
was its destination. Doctors and
ambulances were on the way
from a Lutheran mission 13
miles away. I'm New York a
Pan American spokesman said
searching planes ''have identi-
fled the remains of Flight 151."
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Senate Leaders
Hope 10 Soften
Harsh Tax Bill
George Declares Final
Size Will Depend on
Economy Drive
By the Assoeiatsd Press

Senate leaders said today they
hope to soften the impact of a
whopping $7.2 billion tax boost
approved yesterday by the House
But they were cautious about pre-
dieting any siZable cuts.
The tax bill. largest single
revenue measure ever laid before
Congress, would:
l. Add 1212 per cent to the in
come taxes of individuals, to raise
Evening star., 1951-06-23
By the Assoeioted Press

DAKAR, French West Africa,
June 23.-Rain-laden skies today
hampered the vast air and ground
search for a New York-bound
Pan American Constellation with
40 persons aboard, missing in
jungle wilderness since yesterday
Pan American officials called
the hunt "the greatest air search
in history"
Taking part in the quest were
all available civil and military
planes in the region, plus United
States Air Force bombers called
in from far away bases.
Five American Bits arrived
in Dakar during the night from
their Azores base. They took off
in a heavy overcast this morning
to range the trackless wastes
where the giant plane may have
gone down.
Is B-29s to Join Search.
Airport officials said a fight Of
Is B-29s is expected to arrive dur
ing the day. from continental Eu-
rope to help in the hunt.
Yesterday French, American
and Liberian planes flew over the
jungle area, as native tribesmen
hacked their way along crocodile
infested streams into the rain
soaked bush.
A tornado ragged through part
of the Dakar area early yesterday
There was no indication whether
the high winds might have struck
the Constellation as it sought to
land at Roberts Field, Liberia,
during tropical rain.
In his final contact yesterday,
the pilot of the Constellation had
messaged that the radio beam to
his next scheduled stop-Dakar-
had blacked out and he was re-
turning to the Liberian airport
which was built for American mil
itary planes during World War III.
When last heard from, the plane
(See PLANE. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1951-06-23
n additional $2,s47,oOo,ooo

Principal Provisions of New Tox Bill.
Poee Al
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esee PLANE. Page A72.)
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(See FOREIGN POLICY, A-5.)
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(See IRAN, Page A-39
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(See SEGREGATION, Pg. A-2)
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CONTINUED on Page AS, Col. g.,
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An Associated Press Newsp
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(See STRIKE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1951-06-23

Warm, humid, high 80; thundershowers
likely this afternoon or evening. Low to-
night 20. Tomorrow. warm, showers likely
(Full report on Page A-2.)
Midnight 70 am. -72 II am. -82
2 am. I'll am. IA Noon -83