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Evening star., 1951-12-27
Ii. Col. Harry Hansen
Named Engineer Aide

Appointment of 1t. Col. Harry
F. Hansen to serve as assistant
Engineer Commissioner of the
District, was announced today by
Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Robinson,
Engineer Commissioner.
Col. Hansen, who comes to his
new assignment from the Armed
Forces Staff College, Norfolk, sue
ceeds Col. Carlin H. Whitesell,
who left the post November 80
after more than three years.
Born in Gulfport, Miss, on May
26, 1910. Col. Hansen is a veteran
of the last war. He landed with
the 4th Infantry Division on
D-Day in Normandy as an intel
ligence officer in the Engineer
Corps. He remained in the Eu-
ropean theater for a year.
Before attending the Staff Col
lege, Col. Hansen was assigned for
more than three years to the En-
gineer Section of American Mill
tary Headquarters in Trieste.
Col. Hansen will take over his
new duties on February 7.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Fire Burns Out Interior
OF Upholsterer's Store

Fire early today burned out the
interior of a one-story brick build
ing at 3415 Eighteenth street NE
and destroyed an undetermined
amount of furniture being uphol-
stored there.
Firemen estimated the total
damage would exceed $4,000.
The blaze broke out about S
am. in the building occupied by
Honeycutt Upholsterers. A local
alarm. followed by a box alarm
brought out IL pieces of equip
ment, including five engines and
two trucks.
Firemen said they had been un-
able to learn what caused the
blaze. The store had been closed
since Saturday during the absence
from town of Walter A. Honey
cut, owner of the business which
operates another store in the 1900
block of Calvert street NV.
Little damage was caused to the
company's building at BAIT Eight
|eenth street NE, next door to the
burned structure.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL. Friday, Dec. 28.-Expi-
ration of the 30-day cease-f1re
line period last midnight Go am
Thursday EST raised the ques-
ton: Will heavy fighting break
out again in Korea?
There is some evidence that it
will not-at least not right away.
There has been no large-Scale
ground fighting in the past month.
The agreement on a provisional
cease fire line signed November
81 said nothing about stopping or
starting ground fighting.
1t simply said that if either the
Communists or the United Nations
took any new ground on either
side of the line, and if an armi-
stice was signed in 30 days. each
side would have to give up its
gains.
The line was based on the bat
tie front as it existed then, and
there have been no important
changes since.
The agreement discouraged
full-scale fighting because no one
wants to fight and be killed for
real estate that has to be turned
back at the end of the month.
The agreement provided that
after 80 days each side would be
able to keep any gains it made
and held until an armistice.
That might seem to throw the
door wide open for an offensive.
But that door has been half open
Evening star., 1951-12-27
7 Mystery Blasts
Heard in Miami Area
After More Threats
Sofety Director Warned
In Coll From Mon
With Foreign Accent
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 27.-Mysteri-
GUS blaSts-four hours apart
shook two suburban Miami areas
today, short time after this city's
elusive dynamiters warned officials
they planned to strike again.
The first explosion. at 1870 pm.
tEST). was heard within a Is
block radius of midtown Hialeah.
The second. at $50 m, awakened
residents of Coral Gables.
At noon, police still were looking
in vain for the location of the
blasts and no damage had been
reported. Churches and a Negro
housing project have been dyna-
mited here in recent weeks.
Police in two patrol cars were
among those who heard the Coral
Gables explosion.
Squad cars checked all houses
of worship, such as have been
targets in many of the II blasts
set off here since last June in the
Hialeah-Miami Springs area, but
found all undamaged.
Warned in 2 Calls.
Safety Director william G.
Kimbrough of Coral Gables re-
Iported two-calls warned him yes
terday that the dynamiters are
planning further acts.
He said a caller with a heavy
foreign accent telephoned him in
the morning and warned:
I'VE just want to let you know
we've got plenty of dynamite left.
We have no preference as to what
kind of church it is. We intend
to go on bombing churches"
At about IL pm. Mrs. Kim
brough answered the telephone
and was told:
We're going to blow up the
Jewish Center at Galiano (street)
and Zamora (avenue) tonight"
She said she recognized the
voice as the same which had de-
livered previous bombing threats.
While authorities were investi-
eating the latest Miami incidents,
Sheriff j. B. Henderson of Dade
County sent two of his top aides
to Minis, Fla. where blast Tues
day night killed Harry Moore.
co-ordinator of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People for Florida, and
injured his wife.
$4,000 i'm Rewards.
New blasts were reported in the
northwest section of Miami yes
terday morning. No damage was
reported.
About $4,000 in rewards have
(See BLASTS, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1951-12-27
u. 5. Plane Carrying 8
Missing in California
BY the Assoeioied Press

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf. Dec. 27.-An Air Force
plane with eight persons aboard
was missing today, believed down
in storm blown Northern Cali
fornia.
The Air Force withheld identity
OF the five passengers and three
crewmen, returning on a round
trip flight to Fairchild Air Force
Base. Spokane, Wash.
The CAT plane left Spokane
yesterday. 1t had fuel to operate
until about midnight.
The pilot reported over Klam-
ath Falls. Greg, near the Cali
fornia border, about tbs pm.
(EST.
Then he headed for the Siski-
you Mountains, snowy and rocky.
and the channel-like Sacramento
Valley fanked by ragged peaks.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
0'Conor Suggests kefauver
Head Corruption Inquiry

The name of Senator Kefauver,
Democrat. of Tennessee, who di-
|rected the Senate Crime Commit
tees sensational investigation was
suggested to President Truma to-
(day as the best man to head an
investigation of corruption in gov
ernment.
The suggestion was made by
Senator O'Conor. Democrat, of
Maryland, who was a member and
later chairman of the Crime Com
mittee.
The Maryland Senator said he
has not consulted Senator Ke-
fauver and does not know whether
he would welcome the assignment.
His sole purpose in making the
suggestion. Senator O'Conor said,
was to have the "best man desig-
mated for the PROBE" 4
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Gus Hall Sentenced
To ; Years More for
His Flight TO Mexico
Communist Leader
Already Had 5-Yeor
Term for Conspiracy
BY the Associo'ed Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-Gu.
Hall. one of the IL convicted Com.
munist leaders. was sentenced to-
day to three years in prison fol
criminal contempt of court.
The sentence is to be served ir
addition to a five-year term or.
dered when he was convicted with
the other party leaders of conspir-
ing to teach and advocate violent
overthrow of the United State.
Government.
The contempt conviction wa!
based on charges that he failed tt
surrender last July 2 to begin serv-
ing his flve-year term and that hi
violated a court order in leaving
jurisdiction of the court. Hall f1ed
to Mexico.
-. Seized in Mexico.
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan
imposed the contempt sentence
three years on each of the two
contempt counts, to be served con-
currently when he completes his
five-year term.
Hall was under bail when he
failed to surrender on July Q.
After months of search, he was
seized in Mexico and returned to
American authorities in Texas on
October 10.
Asked whether he wished to say
anything before sentence was
passed, the stocky Hall replied
laconically:
mo statement"
Hair Still Dyed.
He was dressed neatly in a
brown suit and his hair still was
brown from a dye the Govern
ment alleged that he applied as
a disguise. His hair formerly was
blond.
Judge Ryan rejected defense
motion for an arrest of judgment
and a new trial. Defense Counsel
Harry Sacher based his motion
on a claim that the finding of
guilt in Halls juryless trial was
against the weight of evidence.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Gusts Over go M.P.H.
Buffet British Isles
By the Associoted Press

LONDON. Dec. 27-Heavy gales,
with gusts of more than 80 miles
an hour, buffeted the British Isles
today. Coast Guard stations
called 1t the worst sea-going
weather since 1945.
Beach cabins were damaged at
resort cities in the south of Eng
land as huge waves broke over
the Seawalls.
In South Wales Coast Guards
men described the seas as the
highest they ever saw. The st.
AIMS head station reported q gust
reaching 90 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Four Found Shot Dead
In Rich Builders S Home
BY the Associated Press

MANCHESTER, Conn, Dec. 81
-Four persons were found shot tt
death today in the home of w
Harry England, wealthy lumber.
man and builder.
Police identified them as Eng
land himself. his wife, and two o1
their eight children, Jane, "a, anC
Jonathan. 4.
Police Chief Herman o. Schen-
del said that it appeared that Eng
land had killed his wife and two
children and then had committed
suicide.
Mrs. England had a divorce ac-
ton pending.
Last week, the State Supreme
Court upheld a Superior Court
verdict granting Mrs. England
$500 month in alimony and
81 900 for lawyers and court costs
pending the outcome of her di-
vorce action. She filed the divorce
suit in March, 1850.
England's real estate holdings
lalone were then listed as worth
more than 100000.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

MEDALS EVERYWHERE-The Smith
brothers. Bob and Joe. have plenty Of
ribbons and trophies to their credit,
although they're only Is and lS, respec-
lively. Stor Stoff Writer jones Birch
field tells the story Of the skeet shoot
ing ehompion and the horsemon on
poee A-l9.
JURISTs IN PoLlTlcs-The speeu-
Lotions about Chief Justice Wilson'S
possible condidoey for the 1852 Demo-
crotie presidential nomination ore not
the first linking Of Supreme Court
iurists to notionol politics. Stor Stoff
Writer Robert K. Walsh tells of other
coses on pase AHA
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Air Battles Renewed
In Korea; Red JETS
Downed, Another Hit
Allied Infantry Fights
In Knee-Deep Snow
And Neur-Zero Cold
BY the Assoeiofed Press

SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 27.-Amer.
ican Sabre jets shot down two
Red jets and badly damaged an.
other in a renewal of air battle.
over Northwest Korea today, thu
5th Air Force reported.
The MIG-15s were shot dowr
in a Commute battle between 3:
Sabres and so fight minded MICS
Earlier 100 MICS had run fol
cover when a flight of Sabre.
opened up on them. The 5th All
Force said no American plane.
were hurt in either encounter.
The air war broke out anew ir
clear skies as Allied infantrymer
fought in knee-deep snow anc
subzero temperatures near Heart.
break Ridge to regain an advance
position cut off by the Reds.
Reds Battle for Outpost.
The Communists have beer
fighting intermittently since
Christmas night to capture ane
hold the outpost.
A company of Reds attacked
again shortly after last midnight
just "a hours before the end o1
a 30-day truce trial period.
The fight continued through
the bitter cold early morning
darkness. By 7 am. the Reds cut
off the position.
United Nations troops counter.
attacked at 11:10 am, the United
States 9th Army reported, and al
noon were fighting in knee deer
snow to regain the position"
Another Deathless Day.
Chilled infantrymen of bott
sides stayed mainly behind theil
own lines. Patrols, as always
roamed the norman s-land be-
tween. The 9th Army reported
that, for the third day within a
month, no American soldiers were
killed in ground action in the "a
hours ending 6 pm. Wednesday
Temperatures on the eastern
front dropped to an icy S degrees
above zero and were well below
freezing elsewhere.
1t. Col. o. P. Weyland, COM
mander of Far East Air Forces
said in a special communique that
the aerial bombardment of the
last four and one-half months
had shattered the Red rail system
in North Korea.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Congressman Urged
To Tell Sorry Truth
.AboutCampaignCost!
Senator Humphrey Invites
Colleagues to Bare Details
Of Who Pays the Bills
By the Assoeioted Press

Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
of Minnesota today invited fellow
Congress members to tell the
people the sorry truth" about the
high cost Of running for Federal
office, and who pays the bills.
1T would be a good idea if every
member of Congress were required
to go before a subcommittee and
tell how his campaign was
financed" the Senator told re-
porters.
He contended "far too much" is
spent on campaigning. the bulk OF
it raised by contributions from
well-wishers. In exchange fol
their contributions. he added, 80
suspect that some people expect
something besides just good gov
Iernment."
A Senate Rules subcommittee
headed by Senator Gillette, Demo-
crat, of Iowa already is studying
senatorial campaign costs to de-
ltermine whether new laws are
needed to govern spending.
BIames Bad Tax Laws.
Senator Humphrey, noting re-
cent irregularities turned up by a
House, investigation of income tax
collection, said he considers bad
tax laws passed by Congress are
! The base from which this cor
Iruption springs"
! IF we're going to houseclean
let's clean good" he said. Lets
not just clean the top of the rug
Let's check up on some of the big
stealing"
i He said that by "big stealing
he meant inadequate tax laws
and tax-law loopholes" through
which he contends 81 billion OF
potential tax revenues escape
legally every year to the benefits
of LESS than 5 per cent" of the
, taxpayers.
/ The Senator said he considers a
real cleanup of corruption should
be the joint task of Congress and
the administration. A variety OF
steps are needed, he said, includ-
ing closer supervision of lobbyists
and full publicity on the financing
of political campaigns.
Cites Soaring Costs.
Campaign costs have scared in
recent years, he said, and it is
time "to tell the people the. sorry
truth of how much it costs"
In his own case. he said, II
have no idea how to finance the
cost of television programs and
radio and newspaper advertising. "
He called these burdens on cam
paign Golfers. His present Sena-
torial terms will expire in 1855.
Senator Humphrey said he 4ad-
vocates among other cleanup steps
creation of proposed independent
commission to study ethics of
government servants: "rigid Civil
Service rules for tax collectors
whose jobs now are political ap-
pointments. and cancellation of a
reduction in the Internal Revenue
Bureau staff which he said has
cost hundreds of millions" of
tax dollars lost through undetected
evaSionS.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Leaders Of 6 Nations
Meet 10 Draw Plans
For European Army
Agreement Is Seen on
Greeting ne-Mon Job
To Head 43 Divisions
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Dec. 27.-Leaders of six
European countries met here to-
day to devise a plan for pooling
their military strength into a
single, one-uniform Continental
army.
They have several points of dis
agreement on which compromises
must be worked out.
The best guess was that they
would be successful on a compro-
mise agreement to create high
commissioner job that would make
lone man a sort of Eureapean de-
ifense minister. His job would be
to recruit European army of 43
divisions in the next three years.
France and Italy would provide
IL divisions each. Germany S
proposed IA divisions and the five
from the Benelux countries-Bel-
gium, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg-would be striped-do
versions of not more than $4,000
men each.
French Compromise Seen.
They would be merged into
international corps and armies
and their supply lines would be
strictly international.
Optimism that agreement could
be reached was based mainly on
reports that the French would be
willing to compromise simply to
get the European army formed.
The French seem to think or
ganizational differences can be
solved later after a trial period of
one to three years of actual prac-
Itice.
Two main differences confront
the delegates in addition to the
comparatively minor problem of
whether the European army shall
be bossed by a single high COM
missioner or a governing body of
defense ministers of all six ma
tions.
Budget, Veto Head Issues.
The main points are Cd wheth-
er to draft a common budget for
the army and levy +axes against
the six countries to finance it
and CD whether to allow any of
the six member countries to exer-
else veto power over plans for
army expansion or operation.
Belgian Premier Paul Van Zee
land has been Pumping for a plan
that would allow each country to
contribute troops at its own ex-
pense and retain authority to
withdraw them at will.
1t is understood Van iceland
based his stand opposing all-out
merger on his own domestic polit-
ical situation and that France
and other nations might take this
situation into account and yield
here and there.
The big idea of most is to get
Germans troops ready to face the
Soviet East as soon as possible.
Delegates are expected to work
through Saturday getting their
plan ready for consideration at
the meeting of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization council at
Lisbon February 2.
II they make it, the entire
European army would be turned
over to General Eisenhower as
part Of the Allied defense force.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
u. S. to Delay Pressing
For Confiscoted Plane
Until Flyers Are Free

Under the Hungarian court
judgment convicting four
American flyers of violating
the Hungarian border, their
CAT transport plane was con-
flscated. This Government
does not accept the confisca-
ton, but has refrained from
pressing demands for return
of the plane until the flyers
themselves are freed.
American officials pointed
out the first protest by this
Government demanded re-
turn of the plane as we'll as
release of the airmen. They
indicated that after the flyers
are freed demands for return
of the plane will be renewed.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
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Evening star., 1951-12-27
Russion Messing Reported

ROME. Dec. 27 R.-Russian
technicians have assembled 40
Russian planes at airfields near
Tirana, capital of Albania-just
a few minutes fight from Italy
the Albanian Newsletter re-
ported today.
Evening star., 1951-12-27

man Executive Board for more
than two hours. He emerged smil-
ing but close -mouthed.
The session began with the
union virtually committed to
strike New Years Day in support
of demands for an 1872 cent
hourly wage boost and other con-
tract concessions. Mr.. Murray
and his aides said previously the
$4,000 USW members in basic
steel won't work without a con-
tract. Their pact expires at mid
night next Monday.
Appeal by Truman.
Today's sessions were called
after President Truman issued a
personal appeal to Mr.. Murray to
avert a steel strike. The Presi-
dent turned the steel dispute over
to the Wage Sterilization Board
for recommended settlement.
The union meetings began amid
widespread predictions the USW
leaders will decide against strik-
ing,
The Executive Board makes de-
cisionS and the 170-man Wage
Policy Committee rejects or ap-
proves those decisions.
Possibilities before the union
seemed to be:
l. Acceptance or rejection, COM
plete or conditional, of President
Truman's demand THAT the wage
night between the 700,0 ,0O0-man
union and the steel industry be
turned over to the Wage Stabiliza-
tlon Board for study or settlement.
2. Postponement of the strike at
least until January 3 when a spe-
Icial international convention will
be held at Atlantic City to plot
1.-THE unions future course.
Since Monday when Mr.. Muir
ray, president of both the CIO and
/ the USW, called for the meetings
there has been a virtual cessation
of strike preparations in the local
unions. Talk about walkout has
been at minimum.
Hope to Delay Strike.
Although most industry Off
cials are hopeful the scheduled
shutdown will be postponed, they
lare prepared to start banking fur
InaceS.
The union has asked an 1877
cent hourly pay boost for workers
averaging $1.93. The USW also
wants a guaranteed annual wage,
"a union shop, elimination of geo.
graphical pay inequitieS, improved
premium and incentive pay, and
other benefits. Some authorities
nave estimated the entire pack
Iage would run to 80 or so cents
AN hour.
The union says the pay raise
is necessary because of increased
living costs.
The industry has made no wage
offer. Its spokesmen have ar
gued that any pay raise would
add to the inf1ationary pressure.
Also, they declare, they cannot
raise pay unless they get an in
crease in steel prices.
There is some indication the
Government is considering allow
ing a raise in steel prices-per-
haps not tied to the USW pay
raise.
Economic Stabilizer Roger L.
Putnam said the Government is
talking with steel producers in
Washington about a price increase
(See STEEL, Page A.0)
Evening star., 1951-12-27
YuIetide TripIets Arrive

ST. LOUIS. Dec. az (P.-Trip-
lets were born yesterday to 81
Iyear-old Mrs. Chester johnson
The day-after-C Christmas babies
girls, were named Merry, Caro-.
and Noel.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Voters Aim to Please

NEW DELHI. Dec. 27 {P).-Firsi
voters in remote villages of Rajas.
than State would like to divide
their votes to please all candidates
in 1ndia's general elections, &C
cording to reports reaching here
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Conflicting Reports Raise Doubt
About Release Of a u. S. Flyers;
Hungary Is Considering Offer
No Reply Received
Yet in Budapest on
$4,000 Payment
By the Assoeiated Press

VIENNA, Dec. 27.-The United
States Embassy here said tonight
the Hungarian Communist gov
ernment is still considering" the
American offer to pay a fine for
the freedom of four jailed United
States flyers.
Such stand conflicted with
the announcement of Hungary's
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Legation in Washington las
night that the offer of $l20,000 ir
fines-called ransom in the
West-had been accepted for the
prompt release of the four men
In Washington, the legation
said at noon that no further
word had been received from
Budapest. The press attache,
Nine. zsuzsanna Szucs, said
the only information received
by the minister, DR.. Emil We'll,
was last nights message saying
the American offer to pay the
fines had been accepted but
that the flyers could not be re-
leased before today because of
a three-day Hungarian Christ
mas holiday0
Tonight's development raised
doubts on the status of negotia.
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Flyers FomiIies AnxiousIy Awoit Their Re-
Ieose ond Return. Poee A
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Union Officials
Silent on Ru|inq
In Steel Dispute
Murray Confers
For Z Hours on
Strike Decision
BY the Associoied Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27. -
Strategists of the CIO United
Steelworkers decided the strike or
not strike question in secret to-
day but withheld any announce
ment until ratification later in the
day by the unions Governing
Wage-Policy Committee.
USW President Philip Murray
conferred with the unions &C.
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Trumon Awoits Union Move Before Act
ing TO Avert Steel Strike. Pooe AZ
Evening star., 1951-12-27

(See STEEL, Page A-20
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Continued on Page A-4. Col. f.,
Evening star., 1951-12-27
G uide for Readers

An Associated Press Newspope
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Cloudy, cold, windy today; high IN mid
30s Fair. colder tonight; low % in city,
18 IN suburbs. Tomorrow, no change. Full
report on Page A-20
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