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Evening star., 1951-02-22
By the Assoeicted Press

LONDON, Feb. 22.-The House
of Commons took up today the
question of whether British wom-
en- are getting too big for their
undershirts.
Laborite Norman Dodds sug-
gested, conversely, that British
undershirts are getting too small
for British women. He blamed
this on the Board of Trade, which
fixes the standard sizes for cloth
ing of the low-priced kind known
here as utility"
No firm conclusions were
reached.
An undershirt, female type. is
known in Britain as a vest. 1t is
worn with a topless slip over the
gadget known, both here and in
many places abroad, as brassiere.
Vests Too Tight.
Mr.. Dodds said the long cold
snap in the United Kingdom dur
ing December and January dis
closed a chilling fact: Many wom-
ems vests of the utility type are at
least inches too short.
The women could tell because
of piercing winds across their
midriffs.
And what, Mr.. Dodds demanded,
did the Board of Trade intend to
do about it?
Harold Wilson, president of the
board, protested that he had re-
ceived mo evidence" of the sale
of any short vests.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
School Deficiencies
Are Cited by Stassen
BY 'he Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb.
22.-Harold E. Stassen says the
American education system has
"some serious deficiencies.
He says disloyalty convictions
of college graduates and recent
arrests of student athletes on
bribery charges are partly the
fault of American education.
Mr.. Stassen, president of the
University of Pennsylvania and
former Governor of Minnesota,
stated yesterday that these fail
ings can be corrected by: Greater
teaching and emphasis to the
youth of the land of the moral
and ethical values in human life. )"
Mr.. Stassen spoke before the
final general session of the Amer
ican Association of School Ad-
ministrators convention after &C
cepting the American education
award for 1851.
He was cited for strengthening
his university "as a center for
scholarship and research and i.
for his efforts to develop through
teaching deep sense of faith in
American democracy"
Mr.. Stassen said schools should
play strong role in moral train
ing and not leave the job solely
to the home and church.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Commons Debates Problem
OfWomen Too Big for Vests

He said vests are supposed, by
order of the board. to comply
with "minima laid down by the
Lingerie Advisory Committee OF
the British standards institution.
Vested Interest Admitted.
This outfit represents the gov
ernment, manufacturers, whole
salers and retailers Of womens
undies.
rs the minister aware" Mr..
Dodds asked sternly. that the
vast majority of women have a
vested interest in this problem?
Mr.. Wilson replied cautiously
that he was hardly close enough to
the vast majority of women to
say, but remarked that at least
three persons of this sex are men,
bers of the Lingerie Committee.
when I get their views on this
question:" he assured Mr.. Dodds,
IT will consider what action can
be taken"
Elasticity Questioned.
Conservative Gurney Braith-
waite, who had been waiting with
ill-concealed impatience to get his
tuppence worth in, sprang up and
asked:
Does this board order provide
elasticity in the size of women or
is there utility size of woman as
well?"
The house became helpless with
laughter and the speaker CRATE
fully seized the chance to call the
next order of business.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Acc Extracts Uranium
From Phosphate Rocks
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Atomic Energy Commission
disclosed yesterday it has de-
veloped a process for extracting
bomb-making uranium from phos-
phate rocks as a by-product OF
fertilizer production.
The commission said that with
the new development, uranium
contained in phosphate deposits
"can be extracted economically in
the production of highly refined
fertilizer known as triple super
phosphate"
Declaring that it has been
known for some time that uran-
ium occurs "as a very minor
component" in phosphate deposits
in the northwest and in Florida,
the Acc said:
Considerable research work
has been done to develop a
process whereby uranium can be
extracted economically from these
very low-grade sources.
1T is hoped that the new pro-
cess will open up this new source
of uranium. The process is
classified (secret) and cannot be
described"
Evening star., 1951-02-22
High Meat Prices Cut
Buying Here; Eggs Up,
Vegetables Cost Less

Housewives are resisting high
prices Of better cuts of meat and
declining to buy. with the result
that the demand has slowed down.
food experts here said today.
Eggs are quoted at two to four
cents a dozen higher than they
were last week. as housewives
turned to them rather than meat.
An abundance of fresh vege-
tables sent their prices downward
with lettuce and apples outstand-
ing on the list. One large chain
store here advertised apples at
three pounds for 20 cents. Lettuce
was quoted by another at 8 cents
a pound.
Some Vegetables Abundant.
Fresh peas and carrots from
California and from Florida fresh
strawberries. radishes and celery
were found in Washington mar
kets. Rated as abundant and low
er priced were carrots, snap beans,
cabbage. escarole, onions. peppers,
tomatoes and squash. Mexico.
Cuba and the Bahamas are now
shipping food northward.
Bunch beets, eggplant and Gu
cumbers were considered some
what in short supply.
Agriculture Secretary Brannan
was quoted by the Associated
Press as telling the National Re
tail-Owned Grocers. Inc, at
Chicago this week that retail food
prices probably would go, higher
this year. But he pointed out in
the last half of 1850 food went
up but 5.3 per cent, compared
with 6.2 per cent for clothing and
l0.6 per cent for home furnishings.
Canned Goods May Go Higher.
Higher prices for canned fruit
and vegetables were predicted by
delegates to the National Gamers
Association convention in Chicago.
The 1851 peach crop will total
about 57,315,000 bushels, the
National Peach Council estimated
at its St. Louis convention. While
this would be larger than last
year, it would be IL million
bushels below the five-year pro-
duction average. The hard winter
was blamed for the anticipated
drop.
Due to the holiday. many large
chain grocery stores in the Wash
ington area are closed.
Evening star., 1951-02-22

mer FBI man later advised Mr..
Bohannon to ''lay off" the prospec-
tive transaction, according to the
memorandum.
Some Advice by Connally.
Senator Connally, Democrat, Of
Texas, also gave Mr.. Bohannon
the same advice. the memoran-
dunn added.
Mr.. Young told the subcommit-
tee that Mr.. Skiles sent Mr..
Bohannon to him in January.
1949. Mr.. Skiles, he said. was not
a close friend of Mr.. Bohannon
but had met him at cocktail
party in Dallas. :
The subcommittee later re-
leased Photographic copy Of q
letter Mr.. Young identified as one
he received from Mr. Skiles.
II haven't heard from Ross but
I assume you two got together. :"
the letter said at one point. Mr..
Young said he assumed this re-
ferred TO Mr.. Bohannon.
Earlier in the hearing, Mr..
Young brought UP the subject Of
a beautiful white mink or err
mine coat" belonging to his wife.
Representative Sutton, Democrat,
of Tennessee. declared two weeks
ago that the coat was part of a
fee Mr.. Young got from a furrier
seeking an RFC loan.
Although Senator Fulbright re-
minded him that the subcommit-
tee had not raised the question.
Mr.. Young said he had bought the
coat because he thought he could
afford it. The furrier was not an
RFC borrower, he added.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Report Is Expected
To Show Atom-Driiyen
Plane Can Be Built
By The As,oeiu,ed Pres.

The Atomic Energy Commission
and the Air Force are expected
to indicate shortly that one phase
Of the search for an atom powered
airplane has been completed.
People familiar with the situa-
ton who cannot be quoted by
name said an announcement will
be made soon that the Air Force
Navy Nuclear Energy for Propul-
sion of Aircraft (NEPA) project
is being closed out.
1t will be succeeded by a broader
program under the atomic COM
mission with the General Electric
Co. as the prime contractor. The
NEPA prime contractor is the
Fairchild Engine 81 Airplane Corp
Work Done at Oak Ridge.
The significance Of the step is
said to be, first. that the project
has advanced from the theory and
planning stage to the point where
an engine may be built, and Sec
ondly, that the commission is
taking over the main role from
the military services.
The NEPA phase Of the atomic
aircraft engine project has been
carried o nat Oak Ridge, Tenn.
where Fairchild has directed the
work of several hundred employees
The second phase. leading tc
the construction of test engine
is more likely to be carried on at
Cincinnati. where General Electric
is concentrating its gas turbine
Get engine) activities in a war
built engine plant. General Elec-
trio also is adding millions of dol
lars worth of laboratories and
production facilities at the plant
Services Share Cost.
There have been growing indi-
cations for more than year that
the NEPA project was reaching
the stage where an atom engine
could be built. Gen. Hoyu S. VAN
denberg, Air Force chief of staff,
said recently that atom powered
flight is closer than most people
believe.
The Air Force started the project
at least four years ago. The %,vy
Bureau of Aeronautics has shared
the cost. Fairchild was given the
prime contract and authorized to
bring in other companies.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Hopkins
Continued From First Page,

freedom for Intellectual develop
ment ). and are capable of do
ing research and creative work
without first completing eight
long years of secondary education
and college.
Freedom to Set Own Speed.
Accordingly, we propose to Gre
ate university in which students
will be given the opportunity to
progress as rapidly as they are
able
Johns Hopkins is classed by
purists as the first true university
in America.
The university has as it's stated
goal the demanding of original
research in the sciences and hu-
manities from its faculty instead
of merely instructing students in
the discoveries of others.
It's benefactor was Johns Hop
kins, wealthy Baltimore merchant
and banker, who left 81 million
In hts will for the founding of
such q school.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Corcoran Cadets
Mark 68th Year

Memories Of colorful uniforms
Of yesteryear will meet with equally
colorful yarns Saturday night. as
the Corcoran Cadets close their
dwindling ranks for their 6Sth
anniversary.
Out of 73 known survivors of
the corps. about IS are expected
to be on hand to swap reminisc-
ences about the days when they
made Washington tingle with ex-
citement over their picturesque
uniforms and snappy parading.
The cadets will get together at
8 o'clock in the Knights of Co.
lumbus Hall. 920 Tenth street
NV, to recall the days when they
drilled with wooden guns in the
vicinity of Vermont avenue and H
street NV.
Capt. C. Eugene Edwards, their
leader for many years. joined the
cadets about six months after the
original meeting in 1882. Under
his direction. they started going
places.
Through the years, the cadets
marched in all the inaugural
parades from President Cleve-
lands in 1885 to the first one of
Franklin D. Roosevelt. In ad-
dition to their marching. the ca
diets excelled in athletics.
The cadets got their name from
William w. Corcoran, the noted
philanthropist. who became in
terested in the group in the 1880s
and helped provide Army rifles
for the members.
Four of the original charter
members will be on hand for the
annual drill" They are j. B.
Corridor, George A. Howe, Sam
uel H. Gwynne and T. o. Pulizzi.
William E. Colburn died at the
age of 81, since last years affair.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Un-Americun
Continued From First Page.)

mittee later released his testimony
without comment. p:
Chairman Wood, when asked
after the committee meeting
whether a full-scale inquiry on
Reds in Hollywood was planned.
was noncommittal. But Repre-
sentative Walter, Democrat. #
Pennsylvania said he didn't see
how it could fail to take place.
The March hearings. in a sense,
will be reopening of the 1947
Hollywood investigation. con.
Quoted under Chairman Parnel
Thomas and cut off after 10 screen
writer's refused to answer COM
mittee questions. These writer's
later were convicted of contempt
of Congress.
Not Put on Stand.
Several actors who had been
subpoenaed, including Mr.. Parks,
never were put on the stand.
Kleig lights, newsreel cameras,
a packed hearing room and a
group of protesting movie stars,
headed by Humphrey Bogart, gave
the 1947 proceedings what some
observers have called "circus at
mosphere." Chairman Wood may
have all of this and television to
contend with.
Committee members refused to
discuss plans for the March hear
ings, but an announcement may
be made after a meeting sched-
uled for tomorrow. Representa-
tive Velde. Republican, of Illinois,
ranking minority member, is ex-
pected to be on hand for the first
time. He recently recovered from
an operation.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Defense Contract Unit
Approved by Senate
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The Senate late yesterday
passed bill to set up a five
member independent board with
power to renegotiate billions Of
dollars worth of defense contracts.
Most of these now are being
rushed to contractors without
competitive bids; the idea of the
Legislation is to talk them over
later with the idea Of recovering
for the Government any abnormal
profits.
The measure got approval by
voice vote after five hours of
voting and debate in which the
Senate completely reversed itself.
It now goes to conference with
the House. which had passed a
different version.
A similar contract renegotiation
board during World War II is
credited with saving more than
$40 billion on about 5000 billion
worth of contracts.
Senator Douglas. Democrat, of
Illinois sought unsuccessfully to
strike out a section giving the pro-
posed new board authority to
exempt any contracts it wished
from the profits-recapture proce-
dure. Senator Douglas said that
would encourage fraud and in
fuence peddlers."
Chairmen George of the Senate
Finance Committee had said his
committee wrote the bill to exempt
from renegotiation contracts for
farm products, livestock, minerals
and other products. He said no
one could with consistency refuse
to give the new board power to
exempt certain contracts, while
ordering it to exempt others.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Correction

An error in some early
copies of last nights Night
Final edition Of The Star
resulted in a headline read
ing Bridges Charges Per-
jury in RFC Inquiry" when in
fact the Senator making the
charge was Senator Tobey,
Republican, of New Hamp-
shire, as stated in the story.
The Star regrets the error.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
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Evening star., 1951-02-22
Soviet Reports 99.98Pct.,
OF Eligible Went 10 Polls
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW. Feb. 22.-Today's
election results in the Soviet
Union:
Number voting in the Russian
Socialist Federated Soviet Repub-
lie last Sunday for the Supreme
Soviet QegiSlature)-64, ,821 30
1898 per cent of the total 64.-
832,312 eligible voters.
Number voting for the govern
ment's Communist and non-party
bloc candidates-64. .665 ,587-99.76
per cent of those voting.
Number voting against the gov
eminent slate-155, ,723-0.24 per
cent of the ballots.
Evening star., 1951-02-22

Mr. Moore is O weII-known British jour-
noIist who visited Peipine recently for
the Hinduston Times Of New Delhi.
This is tine first Of series Of ortieles
written for The Stor and North Amer
icon Newspaper Alliance in which he
will ottempt TO answer two questions:
Will the Chinese turn oeoinst Mao
Tze-tune? and Will Moo turn against
Russio?
Evening star., 1951-02-22
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iIOltulueQ FTOul rASt EosC'
RFC examiner, by a Washington
law firm.
. Mr.. Willett said he did not think
Mr.. Steele should, have taken a
SIS, ,000-a-year job with the firm
of Goodwin, Rosenbaum, Meacham
g. Bailen a month after the RFC
directors approved a loan to the
Central Iron and Steel Co. on
recommendation by Mr.. Steele.
That company was one OF the
clients of the law firm. The loan
was granted in June, 1949.
Mr.. Willett defended the loan
approval despite the disapproval
of all other RFC examiners and
reviewers except Mr.. Steele. Mr..
Steele was substituted for another
examiner late in the proceedings,
Mr.. Willett admitted. but this was
done because he was an expert on
steel.
Mr.. Willett's testimony was the
first direct reference to Mr.. Daw-
son at the hearings, which opened
yesterday on reported influence
and favoritism in RFC.
Reading a 21-page statement to
the subcommittee. Mr.. Willett ex-
planned that every one in Gov
ernment service is occasionally
subject to influence and probably
to improper influence. but I have
never consciously yielded to such
influence in any respect"
Also Defends Young.
He added that since becoming
a director, he does not know OF a
single instance where the board
took any action which it did not
feel was justified under all circum-
stances and conditions
Mr.. Willett testified briefly yes
terday in defense of E. Merl
Young. former RFC examiner,
also censured in the report. His
statement today declared that
neither Mr.. Dawson nor any of
the others criticized in the report
had any improper dealings or con-
nections with him.
Mr.. Willett was to be followed
on the stand by officials of the
Kaiser-F Frazer Corp.
The subcommittee summoned
the auto firm officials to ask
whether Mr.. Young tried to give
them the impression he could in
f1uence RFC loans.
Alternated on Stand.
Mr.. Young, husband of a White
House stenographer. and Ross
Bohannon, a Texas lawyer, shut
tied back and forth on the stand
yesterday with conflicting versions
of a disputed offer to get an RFC
loan for the Texmass Corp. at an
$S5, 900 fee in 1949.
The clashing testimony led
three members of the subcommit-
tee today to urge more searching
inquiry. Senators Frear, Demo-
crat, of Delaware and Capehart,
Republican. Of Indiana called
for Justice Department in
vestigation unless the subcom-
mittee can "get to the bottom" of
the matter. Senator Douglas,
declared that either Mr.. Young or
MI. Bohannon obviously is lying. :"
Senator Tobey. Republican, Of
New Hampshire, exclaimed at the
hearing yesterday that lone Of
these two men is liar" and that
"some one is playing ducks and
brakes with this subcommittee" I"
Deeper Inquiry Indicated.
Turning from Texmasss to Kai-
ser-Frazer. the subcommittee
planned to question not only
Mr.. Young, but also Edgar
Kaiser, president of Kaiser-Frazer;
Chad Calhoun, that company's
WASHINGTON representative. and
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Lawmakers Ask Probe
0fReported U. 5. Job
Sale in Mississippi
BY the Associated Press

asking for a full-scale investiga-
tion of reports that Federal jobs
are being sold in their State. and
rumors that war contract "influ-
ence" has been offered for sale
The charges and the request
for an inquiry were carried to the
Senate floor yesterday by Sena-
tors Eastland and Stennis. Demo-
Gratis, who bolted the Truman
ticket in 1948 to support the
States Rights Democrats.
Senator Eastlanq said he had
received, reports of widespread
sale of Federal jobs" in Mississip-
pi by people in the pro- Truman
Democratic faction.
In the House, Representative
Frank Smith, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi also called for a "thor-
ough investigation and a complete
housecleaning."
Investigator Is At Work.
Senators Stennis and .EaStland
told the Senate they have had an
investigator at work in the. State
and also have asked the FBI and
the Post Office Department to look
into the reports.
The people of our State are
disguised and dismayed," Senator
Eastland declared. They had no
idea they would be turned over as
the prey for political ee-booters.
The Senate airing was preceded
by an editorial in the McComb
(Miss0 EnterpriSe-Journal Tues
day. Publisher j. Oliver Emmerich
wrote that jobs as county eco
nomic stabilization directors had
been offered in return for contri-
buttons of $500 to $400 for the
pro- Truman Democratic organiza-
ton.
Disable Promises Action.
Price Stabilizer Michael V. Di-
Sale told newsmen that if the
charges are true, persons involved
will be prosecuted.
Chairman William M. Boyle, jr.,
of the Democratic National Com
mittee called in a statement for
pressing these Investigations
to their ultimate conclusion, which
will be the proving or disproving
of these charges"
Mr.. Boyle added that if the evi-
6ence shows the name of the
Democratic Party has been
wrongfully used we will take what
ever steps are necessary to protect
the name of the Democratic Party
in Mississippi"
Since Mississippi delegates to
the last Democratic National Con-
vention supported the States
Rights ticket. congressman from
the State have had little or moth
ing to say in appointment of Fed
eral job holders. Action on some
13 Mississippi postmaster nomina-
tions made by President Truman
has been held up in the Senate
at the request of Senators Stennis
and Eastland
Two Affidavits Offered.
The Senators contend the NOM
nations came from members of
the pro-Truman faction headed
by Clarence E. Hood, Meridian
(Miss) lumberman who is acting
Democratic committeeman for
Mississippi.
Senator Eastland read to the |
Senate two affldavits. In one, w. |
Denny Russ swore he had been
told he would have to contribute
$400 to the Democratic National
Committee before he could get a
joo as personnel supervisor for
the Pearl River ration" Office.
In the other, j. Allen Pickering
of Collins said he gave $3.50 as
guarantee he would hold his job
as rural letter carrier.
Senator Eastland said Attorney
General McGrath and Postmaster
General Donaldson had assured
him and Senator Stennis these
cases would be investigated.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Behind the Bamboo Curtain
By Arthur Moore
North Ameriecn Newspaper AiIionee

AT SEA, OFF THE CHINA
COAST, Feb. 3 (Delayed Il have
just come out of China and now
am sailing south from Tient-
sin. All in all have been
just month in and around China.
The Chinese government re-
fused to accredit me as a corre-
Evening star., 1951-02-22

Lack of funds has held up work
on a railway across northern
Guatemala. .+-.
Evening star., 1951-02-22

two other company officials from