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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22

murder had occurred in 1910
when the Russians held that
territory. The Russians replied
that the Sayings occurred in
1941 after Smolensk had been
taken by the Nazis.
The Polish government in ex-
lie, in view Of the refusal Of
Russian authorities to give any
information as to where the Of
ficers could be found. smelled q
rat. 1t Immediately proposed
an investigation by an impair
tial body-the International
Red Cross at Geneva. Mos
COW became gravely offended by
this act Of bad faith and hos
tility" on the part Of the ire
dictionary" Polish government
in exile and broke of diplo-
matte relations. The Germans
proceeded with the investiga-
ton. They added to their own
observers a number of neutrals
and also American and British
officers who were prisoners Of
war. The two American OIL
GERS were Col. John Van Vliet.
jr.. and Capt. Donald B. Stew
ard. The medical examination
of the bodies and clothing ap-
pears to have established def
nitely that the prisoners were
executed in the fall Of 1910
when Katyn was in Russian
hands and not in the summer
of 1941 as the Russians main
tanned.
In order not to disturb the
unity of the Allies, the Polish
government in exile was urged
by Washington and London to
pipe down and not excite the
Muscovites.
On May 20, Col. Van Vliet,
who had returned from Ger
many, made a full report about
what he had seen at Katyn
to the then chief Of Military
Intelligence in Washington. Maj.
Gen. Clayton Bissell. The re-
port was Immediately CLASH
fed as top secret. and nobody
but a handful Of top ranking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Two Dynamite Blasts
Rock Apartments in
Miami Race Friction
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. 22.-Twt
dynamite blasts tore holes in ar
apartment house early today il
an area already up in arms ovel
plans to permit Negroes to live ir
former white sections.
Police Capt. Ray Brock said two
holes about so feet apart were
found in a building at Northwest
10th court and seth street, a part
OF Carver Village. No one was re-
ported injured.
A box Of dynamite containing
30 sticks was found unexploded
near the building, Capt. Brock
said. A 3-foot fue had burned
down to a dynamite capt but the
cap was defective.
Detective Clarence Hall said
that when police reached the scene
hundreds of persons-white and
Negro-were milling about in con-
fusion.
Police lines were set up quickly
and all electric. water and gas
lines leading into the building were
ordered disconnected.
Carver Village contains 216
apartment units. It was recently
thrown open by developers to Ne
groes in a formerly white section.
Residents protested and on Wed
nesday the Miami City Commits
sion voted. 4 to l, to take over
the village for municipal pur-
poses other than public housing. +"
Police said two Negro families
had been scheduled to move into
the apartment, but had not done
so In view of the City Commission
vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22

ing on this point. Perhaps Con-
gress fears a competitive threat
to United States production, the
goose that has laid the golden
egg Of full employment, pros
perity and military might.
But the nightmare of the
military planners is the day
when the expensive heavy equip
ment being built in America
needs upkeep, spare parts, adj
justment. Europe, they feel,
must and can develop those in
dustries which will insure that
the great planes, tanks, arms,
are in perfect order and supple
mented by small arms and such
lesser weapons as they can build.
Every United States COM
mander has had the experience
in the past year of discovering
that he must understand the
economic and even the social
pattern Of other countries If he
Is to defend America at a cost
she can pay. What is so remark
able and 80 tremendous a tribute
to the American system is that
the American military can de-
velop those qualities of leader
ship. Gen. Macarthur did it in
Japan. which is why the occupa-
ton there was so successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Mcfarland Demands
Flat Ban on Sending
Betting Information
By the Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader McFar-
land wants an outright ban on
circulation of gambling Informal
ton, without exemptions for gen.
Ieral wire services. newspapers or
radio stations.
Speaking at a Senate Commerce
Committee session last night, Sen
ator Mcfarland also said any
licensing of transmission facilities.
aimed at killing off facilities de-
voted to gambling, should be in
the hands of the Justice Depart
ment.
The committee is considering a
bill prepared by the Senate Crime
Committee. The bill grew out Of
the committees 15-month muck
raking tour of the Nations cities,
during which the committee de-
cided crime in the United States
lis big, organized business and
gambling is the heart of it. The
committee put it's finger on gam
bling wire services as the crime
worlds vital nerve.
The bill proposes that the Fed
eral communications Commission
(FCC) be authorized to license
interstate news transmission, with
exemptions for newspapers, wire
services. and radio stations de-
voted to general news gathering.
Services the FEC decided were
principally in business to supply
information on which betting is
based would be denied licenses,
and thus put out of business.
Senators Kefauver, Democrat, Of
Tennessee. and O'Conor, Demo-
crat, of Maryland. urged speedy
passage of the committees bill.
Senator Kefauver was head of the
committee in all but it's final
months. when Senator O'Conor
succeeded him.
Both men said their plan for
licensing wire services is aimed
chiefly at smashing the Cont
mental Press Service. They said
lit is operated by heirs of the old
Capone empire"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Doris FIeeson:
T orQet:: Sustained Effort
Admiral Carney Esenhowes Southern Flank Protector Sees
Need Of Economic Aid to Prod Allied Production

NAPLES. Sept. 2.-The job
of guarding Gen. Eisenhower's
southern flank centers here in
the United States naval forces,
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterra-
mean. In command is calm and
confident officer, Admiral Rob-
ert B. (Mick) Carney, of the
Nays top drawer, from which
its Chiefs of Naval Operations
are taken.
The initial fuss over whether
the British or ourselves name
the top dog of this area has sub
sided. 1t became an acute po-
litical issue in Britain when the
United States proposed to
underline its actual domination
with "a United States overall
COMMAND. Right now, the stu
ationA is rather nebulous and
purposely left so.
What Admiral Carney is
most interested in are rein
forcements, and he is rnoder-
ately we'll satisfied with what
is in prospect in that direction.
He knows, Of course, that Rus
STA is making naval effort,
that German scientists have
been directing the building of
the dangerous snorkel subma-
rines.
He has read accounts of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
AtIee Calls Churchill
Politician Who Poses
Above Party Role
BY the Assecioied Press

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland
Sept. 22-Prime Minister Attlee
launched the Labor Party's fight
to stay in Office today with a pre-
diction that British voters would
refuse to give Conservative Chief
tain Winston Churchill a blank
check in the October Is general
elections.
In an even, firm and almost
complacent tone. the Labor Prime
Minister said his Tory opponent
favored in opinion polls and bet
ting odds-does not have con-
structive program for the nation.
Called Old FashiOned.
Mr.. Churchill is always posing
as if he is something above party
politics." Mr.. Attlee told the an
nual conference of the Labor
Party's Scottish council at this
golfling resort. But he is an old
fashioned politician and he takes
the principle it is the job of the
opposition to oppose. And he
adds to it. it is not the job Of
the opposition to state policy"
Mr.. Attlee said Mr.. Churchill
understands the intelligence
of the British people"
Il think they'll want something
more than harping on grievances.
I don't think they will want to
give him a blank check"
Churchill Silent.
In london, meanwhile, Mr.
Churchill's shadow cabinet'-a
group of Conservative leaders who
undoubtedly would get top gov
eminent jobs if the Conservatives
win-discussed their strategy for
the coming fight. The two-hour
meeting was held at Mr.. Church
ills London home.
The confident Tory chief smiled
puckishly at waiting reporters
when he came to the door to see
his guests off but he refused to
make statement or answer any
questions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22

Corp. OF Kansas City, he recalled.
Mr.. Green denied he ever dis
cussed RFC or Lithofold matters
with any one at the White House
or with Mr.. Boyle. Asked whether
he knew President Truman, he re-
piled: Il certainly do"
Mr.. Finnegan, who quit under
f1re last spring as internal rev.
enue collector in st. Louis, RECALLED
the subcommittee with witticisms
and frank admissions of his polit-
ical activities in Missouri and
Washington.
He unhesitatingly verified testi-
mony that he received $4,000 in
salary and $4,000 in expenses
from Lithofold. He revealed that
the Internal Revenue Bureau itself
disallowed some $4,000 expense
items he sought to deduct in in
come tax returns. Those items,
he explained, were for entertain
ment of political figures.
The loudest laugh came when
Senator Mundt. Republican, of
South Dakota asked what income
tax bracket Mr. Finnegan occupied.
i don't know" the former in
ternal revenue collector protested,
I'm not a tax expert"
Insists No Law Violated,
| Mr.. Finnegan insisted he vio-
lated no law or regulations in
taking employment in addition to
his Government job. His duties
with Lithofold, he said, were
strictly commercial and not to in
t1uence Government loans.
Other Finneganisms included:
Il didn't give any gifts to Gov
eminent employees. OF course, I
had expenses for political parties
and entertainment. But you SEN
ators know as well as I do that, if
I went to the Shoreham Hotel in
Washington. I could spend $500
even faster than you think I
could. ;"
"Sure I've known Bill Boyle for
a long time. I even knew him be-
fore Missouri came into its own in
Washington. -"
Il wouldn't say that Cecil Green
was apart of the Pendergast ma
chine in Kansas City. He came
from another part of Missouri, and
you know we Missouri people are
pretty independent. :"
Eyes. l recommended Green for
the Lithofold job. I knew he had
been in Washington II years, and
any one who has been in Wash
ington that long and doesn't know
folks shouldn't be here. :"
"You ask me would have rec
commended Green to the Lithofold
people if he had been an enemy
Of Bill Boyle? Well, wouldn't
have known Green if he had been
an enemy of Boyle. :"
Sure. I was at the Democratic
victory dinner in 1949. If hadn't
been there. it would have been
time for me to quit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Moscow Paper AssoiIs
'Executioner' Ridqwuy
BY The Asseciuted Press

MOSCOW. Sept. 22.-The Lit
erary Gazette vigorously assailed
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway today
calling him general executioner
|of the Korean people"
The paper said he had used the
armistice talks, now stalled, as an
excuse for building up Gen. Van
Fleets U. N. forces for a new Of
fensive.
"Ridgway." said the Gazette,
knows he is not a wise man, but
he's not SO stupid as to fail to
understand that the Government
OF the United States agreed to the
cease-f1re talks because the Amer
lean invaders Of Korea suffered q
military defeat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Constantine Brown:
Krenn|in Gave Evosive Answers
House Probers Soon to Start Hearings Wholesale Murder
OF IS 600 Polish Officers in Koyn Forest Area in 1o4

The House of Representatives
has decided to investigate one of
the most gruesome crimes ever
perpetrated by any government
in history. A select committee
headed by Representative Ray
j. Madden. Democrat, of 1ndi-
ina, soon will start hearings ano
listen to evidence about the
wholesale murder of some $4,000
Polish officers in the Katyn
Forest area near Smolensk in
1910.
The facts, briefly, are as fol.
lows: After the Polish army
was defeated by the combined
forces of Nazi Germany and
Russia. large number of prison.
ers fell into the hands of the
Reds. When in l94l the
U. S. S. R. became the ally of
the Western nations the Polish
government in exile became
automatically Russia's ally. Tens
of thousands of prisoners of war
were liberated from the camp
to form an army under the COM
mand of Gen. AnderS. The
Polish representatives in Moscow
asked the Kremlin about the
whereabouts of this large body
OF officers who, it was known,
had been captured by the Red
armies during the period of
Soviet war against Poland.
The Kremlin gave evasive an
swers, intimating that they had
been dispersed over the vast
Russian territory and it would
take time to assemble them.
Some time after the Germans
captured the Smolensk area in
which Katyn is situated they
discovered three mass graves in
which some $4,000 Polish Off
GERS ranking from second lieu
tenants to generals had been
executed"
On April 10, 1e43, the Ger
man radio disclosed this whole
sale murder. Two days later
the Moscow radio replied by
accusing the Germans of the
crime. Berlin claimed that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Two Army 6ridmen Enter
Missouri, One Will Play
By the Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo-. Sept. 22.-Two
Army football players, dismissed
from West Point in the recent
Icribbing investigation, have en-
rolled at Missouri.
William Rowekamp of Marietta.
Ohio, will major in mathematics
and will be eligible for football
next year, Coach Don Faurot said.
The other ex-West Pointer, AL
Conway of North Kansas City.
Mo-, has no further college foot
ball eligibility, Faurot said. He
will continue his work in engineer
ling at Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
dewey Supersedes
Prosecutor Who Had
His Accuser Arrested
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. %. - Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey has ordered
Richmond County Attorney Her
man Methfessel superseded in all
proceedings related to the State
investigation of alleged crime
politics tieups on Staten Island.
Mr.. Methfessel had a woman
arrested for perjury Thursday
after she testified before the crime
commission that she saw him in a
house where men were playing
roulette. He denied the charge.
The crime investigating COM
mittee said it would protest the
woman's arrest to the Governor
and accused Mr.. Methfessel OF
trying to intimidate witnesses.
| Asks To Be Replaced.
Mr.. Methfessel himself then
asked the Governor to replace him
in the case of the woman, Mrs.
Anna Wentworth, So, a former
domestic who lives on Staten Is
land.
Yesterday in Albany, Gov
Dewey directed State Attorney
General Nathaniel L. Goldstein
to appoint a special prosecutor to
supersede Mr.. Methfessel "in the
handling of this case and of all
other matters that may arise from
the investigation by the crime
commission in Richmond County,
In a statement last night, Mr.
Methfessel said he was glad" the
Governor will appoint a special
prosecutor and that he hoped the
woman's case would get an early
trial.
IF the attorney general desig.
mates competent assistant" Mr.
Methfessel said, Mrs. Wentworth
will be convicted of perjury"
The Governors staten e n
added:
at is clear that the conduct
of the District Attorney, in using
the power of his Office to direct
the arrest and questioning of a
person who testified against him
personally. was a gross abuse OF
power. The use of the Office OF
a district attorney for personal
or political reasons is intolerable. >
Mrs. Wentworth, mother of six
children, charged that she had
seen Mr.. Methfessel in the Staten
Island home of Mrs. Teresa Dales-
sio. mother of three reputed
racketeers. The brothers-Mich-
ael. John and Alexander-are pur-
ported kingpins of gambling and
water front rackets on the island
Mrs. Wentworth took the stand
yesterday and told of being ar
rested without a warrant and
bruised by two detectives who
she said, dragged" her from her
home.
Commission Orders Inquiry.
The crime commission. headed
by former State Supreme Court
Justice Joseph M. Proskauer, has
ordered a complete inquiry into
Mrs. Wentworth's arrest.
| Mr.. Proskauer said he wanted
to know why the woman was pre-
vented from telephoning lawyer
why she was taken to a station
house first. instead of before a
magistrate, and why she was ques-
toned while in a highly emotional
state.
Mr.. Methfessel termed the af-
fair normal in all police sta
tons"
| Mr.. Proskauer replied, This /.
America. not Russia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Money Lost 100 Years

CUNEO, Italy, Sept. % (P).-
Somebody lost some money around
here years ago and it has just been
found. Excavators unearthed $50
Roman imperial silver pieces
coined in the third century AID.
They were turned over to the
Turin National Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Ransom Paid for Governor

MANILA. Sept. a P-Kid-
napers yesterday freed Quezon
Provinces. Gov. Gregoria Santa
yana after his brother went into
the hills and paid them ransom
reported unofflcially to be SIS, 600
Santayana arrived In Manila with
his clothing wet and disheveled
He said the kidnap gang was not
afnliated with the Communist
HukS. He identified the leader
as "Comdr. Malvar." o notorious
outlaw. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22

GAVE CAMERAS Cecil A.
Green, Washington repre-
sentative of the American
LithOfold Corp. of St. Louis,
told Senators yesterday details
of distribution of cameras to
Government officials, includ-
ing Presidential Secretary
Matthew Connolly. His daugh-
ter formerly worked in Mr..
COnnelly's office in the White
House. He was excused tenn
porarily from testifying after
admitting on the witness stand
that he had a drink at lunch.
-AP Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Baltimore Chief Judge
Fined in Housing Case
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 22.-Leo j
Cummings, Chief Judge of the
Orphans Court, has been fined
$40 and costs in Housing Court
because he failed to remove a di-
lapidated fence around a Balti-
more property he owns.
At the direction of Magistrate
Marshall A. Levin, Judge Cum
mings agreed to pay his share OF
removing the fence, taken down
" tenants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22

he had had only one martini for
lunch.
After an hours respite, Mr..
Green returned to the stand.
Senator Mccarthy and others then
commended him for better CO.
Operation in answering questions
and remembering past events con-
corning his association with Mr..
Boyle and the Lithofold Corp.
Mr.. Green's attorney, Robert T.
Murphy of Washington, informed
the subcommittee that Mr.. Green
suffers from a stomach ailment
which apparently was aggravated
by the emotional strain of the
hearing.
Vague on Gifts.
In view of testimony by Robert
u. Blauner. Lithofold president,
earlier yesterday that Mr.. Con-
nelly was one of four Government
or Democratic National Commit
tee employees given cameras by
the Llthotold Corp. Mr.. Green
disclosed he probably distributed
other gifts to several of the same
people.
He told the subcommittee he
would not deny he gave turkeys,
IN behalf of Lithofold, to Mr..
Connolly, Mr.. Boyle and Turney
Gratz, a Democratic National
Committee assistant to Mr.. Boyle.
But he explained he could not
remember definitely that he had
done so. He said he might have
given gifts of perfume to Mr..
Boyle's wife and daughter.
Mr.. Connolly, Mr.. Boyle, Mr..
Gratz. and Frank Prince, former
RF'C official, were given Polaroid
Land cameras last year by Litho-
fold, Mr.. Glauner testified earlier.
Mr. Connolly told The Star the
camera in question was given him
last Christmas by Mr.. Green at
"a time when Mr.. Green's daughter
Shirley worked at the White
House The camera was intended
for his son, Mr.. Connolly ex-
planned. Mr.. Connolly said he did
not know until a week ago that
Mr.. Blauner had any connection
with the gift.
Mr. Blauner. whose company
got $14 million in Government
printing contracts since 1943, said
the gifts were merely for good
will and not to influence Govern
ment business or RFC loans.
Introduced Boyle.
Mr.. Green testified he intro
duced Mr.. Boyle to Mr.. Blauner
early in 1949. and recommended
Mr.. Boyle when Mr.. Blauner de-
cided to retain legal counsel in
Washington. The witness said he
also recommended that Lithofold
retain Max SiSkind, Mr.. Boyle's
former law partner, when Mr..
Boyle gave up law practice on
becoming a paid official at DEM
ocratic headquarters in April,
1949.
Repeatedly addressing his ques-
TONERS as Your honor, Senator"
Mr.. Green related how he also
suggested that Mr.. Blauner seeI
Mr.. Boyle in February, 1948, after
RFC rejected the company's first
application. Mr.. Boyle, he said,
met Mr.. Blauner and arranged al
the same afternoon
with Harley Hise, then, RFC chair
man. Three years later, accord
ing to RFC records, Lithofold got
an $4,000 working capital loan
Despite his job with Lithofold
Mr.. Green admitted he was paid
a total of about $1,000 by three
other concerns whose officials he|
referred to RFC in connection
with loan matters or other Gov
business in 1949 or 1850
Two of those companies were the
McPike Drug Co. and the Vendo|
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Evening star., 1951-09-16
Students to Speak
At Club Luncheon

Young women from the Wash
ington area who plan to enter
Smith College as freshmen this
fall will be guests of honor at a
luncheon to be given by the Smith
College Club at 1915 pm. Tuesday
at 1884 / street NV.
Five scholarship girls will be
speakers. Miss Olive Gibson of
the 1852 class will report on her
recently completed Junior year in
France; Miss Anne Schafer, class
of 1851 and recipient of a Full
bright award, will discuss her
plans for a years study in Lyons,
France; Miss Lee Booth, class of
1852, will report on the College
Relief Committee, and Miss Mi
nerva Heller and Miss Phyllis Rust,
both of the class of 1854, will give
a freshman's impressions of the
Smith College campus.
Mrs. Charles G. Glover III
chairman of the country fair to be
sponsored by the club on October
% at Normandy Farm, will an
nounce plans for the event.
Mrs. Carl Goodson is handling
luncheon reservations.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

The National Association OF
Postmasters convention gets under
way here today and the tempta-
ton to talk to persons SO newly
arrived from home has proved too
much for several of the State So
cieties.
Arkansas. California and Okla
homa letter experts will be ten
dered dinners by their fellow
State-Siders here.
The Arkansas shin-dig will be
held at 8 o'clock Tuesday in the
Wardman Park Continental
Room. Dress optional, probably
leaning toward informality. Re-
servationS should be made by
noon Tuesday with Mr.. Steele
Hays. National 312O, extension
1904; or Mr.. Marcus Hollabaugh.
Republic 8400. extension SIT.
Also Tuesday, Californians here
will fete their home postmaster
at s o'clock in the National Press
Evening star., 1951-09-16
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