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reserve training and screening of
reserve rolls.
Job Discrimination Cited.
Widespread complaints reach
ing the Capitol and the Pentagon
about job discrimination against
reservistS still in civilian life also
will come up.
First witness will be Brig. Gen.
E. A. Evans, president of the Re-
serve Officers Association.
Meanwhile. President Truman's
support of the Pentagon's man
power proposals was viewed as a
move to head off widespread nib
bling at the program by other
agencies who will send officials
to testify before the Senate group
AS outlined by Pentagon Off
cials, the plan calls for a draft
of 18-year-olds. presumably later
this year, with immediate exten.
sion of present 21-month draft
service and a general Tightening
of deferment policies for the
present draft-liable group between
19 and 26 years of age. A De.
fense Department official said las
night that details of the program
will be ironed out by the tim,
Gen. Marshall testifies Wednesda,
/ "Or a few dayS later
Martin Proposal.
Basic military training for al
18-year-olds and combat duty fo,
many OF them were advocated
yesterday by Senator Martin
Republican, of Pennsylvania, 6
retired major general.
There is no doubt that Con.
gress must completely overhaul
the Selective Service Act quickly,
he declared, adding:
When I was 18, went to tn,
Philippines and before I was 10
was under heavy enemy fire. TIL,
l8-year old makes a grand comba
soldier. He is mentally and physi.
cally alert. When he becomes 6
little older. he is set in his ways
Aside from the 18-year-old ques
ton, however. almost every posi-,
olllty involving removing defer
ments is bound to run into oppo
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Kim Seribner Injured
When Glider Crashes
Al Miami Air Show

Kimball (Kim) Scribner, 80,
former Washington flyer and Ma
tional Sailplane champion, was
injured seriously in the Miami Air
Show yesterday when his glider
crashed while flying upside down.
Now chief pilot for Pan Ameri-
can World Airways' Atlantic Divi-
sion. he is a son of Bourbon w.
Scribner, 1901 Connecticut avenue
NV, chief of the Bureau of
Standards paper section. He also
is a Western High School gradu-
ate, a former University of Mary
land student and one time in
structor at Congressional Airport.
The Associated Press said Capt.
Scribner was plotting the power
less Sailplane at low altitude past
the grandstand when something
went wrong. He cut the tow
line attaching him to a powered
aircraft and attempted to rol.
the long winged craft into an up
right position.
It's left wing tore into the
ground, cart-Wheeling the SAIL
plane on its back within 800
yards of the 10000 grandstand
spectators.
In Miami's Jackson Memorial
Hospital, preliminary examination
indicated he had a head injury.
fractured left leg and pelvis and
possible internal injuries.
In his last flying appearance
here, Capt. Scribner put his sail
plane through an outside loop
at an estimated 300 miles an
hour-a difficult maneuver even
for powered aircraft. Taking part
in the Middle Atlantic Soaring
meet at Beacon Field in Septem-
ber, 1949, he also tied for the
meet endurance record of 3 hours
and 3 minutes sustained flight.
His wife, Gloria. and q 81
month-old daughter, Colleen, live
in Flushing. N. Y. He also has a
brother. Bourbon F. Scribner, also
a section chief at the Bureau of
Standards here, and a sister, Mrs
John S. Crook, of Kensington,
Md.
Capt. Scribner attended st.
Anne's parochial school, was grad
uated from Western High in 1896
and then enrolled at the Univer-
sity of Maryland. He was flying
by the time he was Is and had
made several parachute jumps
while still a schoolboy.
During the war, while attached
to Pan American. he served with
the Air Transport Command and
the Navy Air Transport Service.
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Crime
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mittee's questions about his &C.
tivities and his associates.
Accardo. like other witnesses
claimed constitutional protection
against possible self -incrimina.
ton.
Chairman Kefauver disclosed
that the committee had decided
to withhold contempt actor
against three other recalcitrant
witnesses fm two weeks because
of hints they now may be ready
to talk.
Three Others Identified.
He identified the trio as Meye,
Lansky. who is involved in the
committee; New York probe, anc
William Weisberg and Harry
Stromberg. alias Mig Rosen-both
of whom have figured in the COM
mittee's Philadelphia investiga-
ton.
Senator Eefauver said they have
indicated thu ough their attorneys
that they now are willing tc
answer Questions in hopes OF
escaping contempt charge.
The committee has decided tc
give them two weeks to prove it
he said, adding they could supply
important information if they
would cooperate.
Senator kefauver said the COM
mittee also deferred for two weeks
possible contempt action against
Mrs. Charles Fischetti, whose hus-
band. a r"puted Capone gang
leader, is among the missing wit
nesses sought by the committee.
Hearings Will Continue.
He said this was done for a
different reason than in the other
three cases but refused to give
any details. He said Mrs. Fisch-
etti has refused to disclose her
husbands whereabouts.
The committee will hold hear
ings in Cleveland in the near
future.
Senator Kefauver said the hear
ings will continue the probe of
interstate gambling activities in
the Cleveland and Cincinnati
areas. including nearby Newport,
KY.
He said the group also plans
hearings in New Orleans, St
Louis. New York, Los Angeles and
possibly San Francisco in the
immediate future.
The committee expressed it's ap-
probation last night for the work
of three staff members who have
resigned.
1t announced it had adopted
resolutions commencing the serv-
ices of George S. Robinson. who
headed its Chicago staff; Harold
G. Robinson, its chief investigator
and Henry P. Kiley, staff in
veStigator.
George S. Robinson, who was
loaned to the committee by the
Air Force. is returning to his
duties with it; Harold G. Robin
son, is to become the California
attorney generals chief criminal
investigator.
Mr.. Kelly is to become clerk OF
the international Claims Commits
sion.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Sition. Probably the most ticklish
is the question of whether to defer
any of the large numbers of STU
dents in the lower draft-age
bracket.
Move Against ObjectOrs.
Last night a Defense Depart
llent spokesman said new draft
proposals call tentatively for
tightening provisions concerning
conscientious objectorS.
The spokesman told an Asso-
ciated Press reporter that under
present plans conscientious OBJ
jectors may not in the future be
entitled to- deferment because of
their views alone. He said such
Iregistrants probably will be taken
into service for non-combatant
jobs if they qualify otherwise as
selectees.
The department has made plain
that the new proposals call for
very strict screening of eligibles
to determine whether they are
entitled to exemption Or defer
ment.
While the administration has
not directly opposed a student
Ideferment program suggested by
Selective Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey. the Budget Bureau re-
fused to send to Congress a money
request to carry it out, it was
learned. Mrs. Anna Rosenberg,
Defense Department manpoWer
chief. has not committed herself
on the student issue.
Mrs. Rosenberg is expected to
present details of the Pentagon
plan after Gen. Marshall makes
his initial statement Wednesday,
committee spokesman said. In
addition, representatives of other
agencies will testify on civilian
phases of the manpower supply.
I'VE want this to be the most
thorough and comprehensive
manpower, where we are rich in
other resources, and our feeling is
that our judgment is no better
than our foundation about what
we have.
After we get these facts, an
overall manpower program can
be developed"
Military spokesmen, meanwhile,
said they are watching to see if
a post-holiday upsurge in enlist
ments is just a normal, seasonal
rise or if reports of the expanded
draft are responsible.
Each year, they explained, en-
listments usually climb after the
Christmas-New Year holiday, then
drop off. If the current high rate
continues to hold during the next
two weeks, then a volunteering
move really will be on, they said.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Prices
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at this time than thirty 30-day
price freezes" McCarran added.
Senator McCarran asserted that
the only way to straighten out the
confusion and unrest that exists
throughout the country today is
for the Administration to establish
a definite and positive program.
Then and only then" he said,
"will the country unite solidly be-
hind the defense effort"
Mr.. Di Sales plan was about
ready for use when Mr.. Valentine
refused to go along with it. Under
the plan, all business firms in the
country retailers, wholesalers
and manufacturers-would be re-
quired to give the Government at
least 80 days notice before putting
price increases into effect
Both Mr.. Valentine and Mr.. Di
Sale called on Mr.. Wilson sep
arately late Friday
Chairman Ellender of the Sem
ate Agriculture Committee was
shaping another move designed to
check living cost rises.
He said he would ask the COM
mittee for immediate investiga-
ton of price gouging" to pro-
tect the housewife from unfair
mark-ups on groceries and other
purchases.
Profits Comparison Urged.
Senator Ellender said he wants
a comparison made of the profits
of middlemen in normal peace
time and what they are today. He
said his investigation would
smoke out the price gougers and
that he would recommend stiff
penalties for any such offenses.
Some officials other than Mr..
Wilson favor fiat freeze of prices
say for 80, so or 80 days, rather
than the plan worked out by Mr..
Disable. They fear the Disable
plan would bring so many busi-
nessmen to Washington appealing
for the right to raise prices that
the stabilization Offices would be
swamped.
Any action to freeze prices
would mean abandonment of the
present Government policy of at
tempting to control living costs on
voluntary and selective industry
basis. Mr.. Valentine has advo-
Gated that approach. He has taken
the position that the Government
still is not organized so that
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Few Businesses Here
Hit byPriee Increases
Since December 10

Representative businesses in the
Washington area reported in a
survey yesterday that there had
been relatively few price increases
in the things they buy since the
Governments appeal for a volun-
tary freeze" on prices Decem-
ber 10.
There was general agreement
that since mid-December price in
creaSes have slowed down after a
rash of price rises for months,
going back to the Korean war out
break late in June.
One businessman here observed
that the threat of price controls
forced most everybody to raise
prices" before December 10. He
said he guessed that from go to
10 per cent of manufacturers got
under the wire" before that date.
Concern Over Freeze.
Several retailers expressed con-
Germ, meanwhile, over published
reports Friday and yesterday that
the Government was planning o
mandatory 30-day freeze on the
prices of nearly all goods and
services.
The reports, retailers point out,
might spur another round of price
increases as some industries and
wholesalers seek to beat the dead
line or any rigid freeze.
Up to the time of the latest
price development, this was the
price picture as reported by buSi-
nessmen in and around Washing
ton:
A large department store
Scattered increases ranging from
S to 10 per cent; items rising in
price wool carpets, mems broad
cloth shirts and some toilet goods.
Scant Change in Hardware.
A big hardware store-Very
few price changes; most changes
for the new year were made some
time ago, an official observed.
A large machine and iron works
NO advances since around De-
cember l when steel prices rose
about S per cent.
A major laundry-Soap prices
up about 5 per cent, but few
other important changes.
One of the major bakeries
Shortening and lard prices in
creased on three occasions since
December 10: cellophane, wax
paper and other auxiliary items
up in price, too.
Electrical Costs Up.
A large electrical contractor
A II per cent increase in trans
formers which occurred around
December %; smaller increases in
the price of stainless steel, bronze
and aluminium. An official esti-
mated his material costs have
risen an average of 10 per cent
in the past 80 days.
The head of one of the city's
largest auto repair shops told of
a rollback by one of his suppliers.
He said he was notified some time
ago that the price of five elec-
trical items were slated to go up
December 81. Later. however, the
factory informed the jobber that
the prices were being returned to
their December l level.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Vice Admiral Harry G. Hamlet
retired commandant of the Coast
Guard, has been elected head o1
the Military Order of Carabao
it was announced last night.
He succeeds Gen. Clifton B
Gates, Marine Corps comman-
dant. The order is composed o1
veterans of Philippine campaigns
It also was announced that the
orders annual dinner would not
be held this year because of the
national emergency.
Col. Claire R. Bennett. secre-
tary and treasurer of the Soldiers
Home, was elected vice chief.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Lonsburgh's Holding
Contest for ; Models

Lansburgh & Bros. Department
Store is sponsoring a search for
three Women-a teen-ager, a gray
haired matron type and a sophis-
ticated young variety.
The three winners in the con-
test will be given scholarships to
the School of Fashion Modelling
directed by Mrs. Gladstone Will
liams, at Southeastern University
The contest opened yesterday and
will close at 6 pm. next Satur-
day.
Application blanks are a con-
test desk on the second floor at
Lansburgh's.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
LANGUAGE HINTS

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Evening star., 1951-01-07
Bur Association to Meet

The District Bar Association
will meet at pm. tomorrow to
discuss proposed new bylaws.
The meeting will be held in the
Medical Society auditorium, 1718
M street NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
already used in the offensive.
Fire Power Inadequate.

Chunchon, bastion of the cen
tral front, was abandoned yester-
day Chunchon is a highway huh
Is miles northeast of Seoul
Allies pulled out only after Reds
had fanked the city.
United States Marines plodded
through Chunchon on their way
south from the abandoned. Hwa-
chon Reservoir to Hongchon
Hongchon Is Is miles southeast
|of Chunchon.
Reason for the withdrawal o1
undefeated troops was illustrated
by the remark Of one officer 1t
miles southwest Of Chunchon, al
the confluence of the Han anc
Pukhan Rivers. He said:
"The rate of fire of our ma.
chineguns isn't high enough tc
destroy all of the Chinese facing
us"
American, South African anc
Australian planes hammered Rec
lines and movements continually
The United States heavy cruis-
er Toledo joined the defense Of
Seoul. Her eight-inch guns free
more than ITO rounds at Red.
northwest of the capital yesterday
with excellent results"
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Soyiets Riding High
In Propaganda Drive
Against Americans
BY the Assoeioted Press

The State Department said yes
terday Soviet propaganda is rid
ing high" in Germany, aided by
prolongation of the Korean fight
ing.
One Communist story spread in
Germany, the department said,
has Gen. Macarthur thus adj
dressing his troops outside Seoul:
Men! Before you lies a rich
city with plenty of wine and good
food. Capture it and all the girls
and riches in the city belong to
YOU"
ITO stories of American brutal
. ity in Korea" the department said,
"are added items about the mis-
deeds of Americans in Germany
and the Germans are assured that.
as more American troops arrive
they will be subjected to outrages
of every kind"
The outline of Communist meth
ods was given in a 108-page
pamphlet, illustrated with maps.
cartoons and photographs to doc
ument the struggle between East
and West for the control of Ger
many.
After reporting that at the
moment Soviet propaganda is rid
ing high. the department advised
that "only an increase of power
in the free world as a whole, and
a growing unity among the free
peoples will be likely to change
the picture in our favor"
Outside the native Communist
organization, there are many
thousands of agents in West Ger
many who have been sent in by
the Soviet and East German
authorities" it continued.
"These agents are independent
of the local Communists and may
even be unknown to them. They
are the spearhead of the drive.
They are far less interested in
making converts than in making
bad feeling between German
classes, between West Germans
and the Allies, and among French,
British and Americans.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

features. They are not conducted. No
regimented routines.
You don't lose day of your vacation
time in tedious travel. for all of these
places are but few hours away when you
fly Eastern.
Ask your travel agent or your Eastern
Air Lines Office for complete details Of
these and other sensational bargains.
You'll be delighted with all they included
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Capital Transit Refuses Union Pay Boost

July !. The 13-cent increase
would be effective to July !, 1852.
Pension Rate Increase.
2. An increase of pension rates
of $40 a month for those retiring
after next June 80. This was to
be financed by the company's in
Icreasing its contribution to the
pension fund by $1.60 a month and
the enploye increasing his con-
'tribution 80 cents. The pension
agreement would be effective for
three years.
8. An increase in sick leave
benefits to 10 days year. with
permission to accumulate unused
sick leave for total of so days.
The union workers did not ac-
cept this offer and it was with
drawn April 10.
On April IL the company an
nounced a raise for salaried en-
ployes as distinct from those paid
on an hourly scale under the
union contract. This increase was
approximately 10 per cent and
was given those whose salaries
were not more than $4.545.45 a
year. Employees whose salaries
exceeded that figure were to be
considered on an individual basis.
the company said.
E. C. Giddings. vice-president,
said that costs of the company
have gone up generally. He said
the 10 per cent wage increase given
to salaried employees amounted
to more than $300,00 a year. Gas
|oline costs. he said, are up about
$100.0 900 a year and on March ]
a new tire contract raised costs
another $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
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today. censors blue -penciled all
mileages.
Artillery and warplanes ham,
mered the Reds.
Mr.. King watched them in a
flight over Red lines Monday
afternoon. He reported:
White PHOSPHORUS shell bursts
from Allied guns dotted the whole
tumbled mountainous country
marking the perimeter of the de-
fense of the capital"
Chinese Move South Slowly.
American tank patrols slasheo
at the Reds.
AP Correspondent John Ran
dolph reported the Chinese spent
their time moving slowly south in
one of their typical build-up ma
neuvers.
Gen. Van Fleet emphasized that
the Red build-up was for the
assault to capture Seoul on May
Day. official international Commu-
mist holiday.
He said the offensive is aimed
initially at the capture of the
vital and strategic Seoul area ano
the line o. the Han to its con-
fiuence with the Pukhan River anc
thence to the east coast with the
possible objective date of May l
the politically important world
wide May Day holiday"
Three hundred thousand Reds
attacked Gin human sea tactics. .
Gen. Van Fleet said. However
the determined U. N. resistance
including massive artillery and. all
strikes disrupted the enemy's
long planned offensive by inflict-
ing heavy casualties. At least
10 ,0O0."
Gen. Hoge cautioned that the
Reds are capable of continuing
their offensive with undiminiShed
power They have an estimated
300, 900 more troops than those
Evening star., 1951-04-30

ing and Christmas) for operators
and six for shop men (Thanksgiv-
ing, Christmas. New Years. Deco
ration, independence and Labor
Days.. Proposed. eight. the six
already mentioned plus Washing
tons Birthday and Armistice Day.
Uniforms-now. none. Proposed,
coat, two pair Of trousers, six
shirts, cap, two ties; four coveralls
for shopmen including laundering.
Vacations and Passes.
Vacations-now, one week after
la years service, two weeks after
three years and three weeks after
Is years. Proposed. one week aft
Ter one year, two weeks after two
years, three weeks after five years.
Passes for families-now. none.
Propose, unlimited.
Report and turn-in time-noW,
20 minutes allowed. Proposed,
40 minutes.
Straight runs-now 40 per cent
of all runs. Proposed, go per
cent. A straight run one in which
/ the operator works continuously
and is not split between morning
and afternoon hours. The COM
lpany said under present practice
SO per cent of the runs are
straight runs.
Skilled mechanics-now no ra-
ton. Proposed, no less than three
times the number of employees in
|unskilled grades.
43 Pages of Proposal.
The union proposals were made
in a letter from Mr.. Bierwagen.
The company said the requested
changes consist Of 43 typewriter
pages which would require the re-
writing of the entire contract. It
said detailed analysis of additional
costs of each item would require
several weeks.
The company has about 4,300
employees, about 3,400 of whom are
covered by the union contract.
A l0-cent pay increase, with
some other benefits. was granted
lin 1949 by five-man arbitration
board. This board was appointed
after the company had rejected
the unions demands for pay in
Icreases and a strike was threat
ened.
Last March 80. while the COM
pany and the union were dis
lcussing terms of a new contract.
the company made this offer:
l. An increase of 13 cents an
hour across the board. A raise
of 5 cents an hour was to become
effective April l and the addi-
| tional 8 cents would be added
Evening star., 1951-04-30
|vogeler and Family
Take Off From Vienna
For Return 10 u. 5.
BY the As.oc;oted Pres.

VIENNA, Austria, April 30
Robert A. Vogeler and his family
left Vienna by plane today for the
United States.
The 39-year-ol American busi-
nessman. released last Saturday
after II months in a Communist
jail in Hungary, was taken to the
airport with his family by Ambas-
sador Walter j. Donnelly, United
States High Commissioner in
Austria.
With his handsome Belgian
born wife Lucille, her sister Pia,
and the Vogeler's two sons, Bob
by. II, and Billy, 9. Mr.. vogeler
boarded a Pan American Always
plane at Tulln airport. in the
Soviet occupied zone of Austria.
First Stop Is Frankfort.
The first stop is Frankfort,
Germany.
Mr.. Vogeler mustered his shat
tered strength to deliver a message
to the American people yesterday
before a televiSion camera and mi
crophone. He broke down once but
insisted on continuing.
II am convinced" he said, that
my incident (arrest by Hungarian
Communists as spy and sabo-
teur) is just one of a series of
planned attacks on democracy.
"What Can Happen"
THE American people must be
made aware of what can happen.
I feel that every individual Amer
lean should realize that what
happened to me can happen to
them if we don't all band together
to destroy these enemies of in
dividual freedom"
Mr.. Vogeler was so weak and
nervous after that effort that he
was forbidden to talk by tele-
phone last night with his father,
Willy r. Vogeler. in New York.
His wife substituted for him on
the telephone while he was put
to bed with Sedatives.
Today, however, after "a good
nights Sleep" he was reported
improved.
HE is beginning to collect his
life again." Col. Williams said.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
U. 5. Embassy Still Awaits
Permission 10 Visit 0atis
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Apri
30.-The United States EmbasS
in Prague reported today it wa.
still awaiting a reply to its re.
quest for permission to visit Viii.
liam N. Oats. imprisoned ASso.
ciated Press Bureau chief.
Embassy Counselor Tyler Thomp.
son said no answer had been re.
ceived yet from the Czechosloval
government. The request wa.
made orally and in writing April
26.
Mr.. Oats has been held incom.
municado since April %. After
secretly OBTAINING him two days
Czechoslovak authorities disclosed
he was accused of "anti-state ac-
tivities."