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Evening star., 1952-10-01
Coast Guard Names
New Medical Chief

/. DR.. Joseph F. van Ackeren be-
came chief medical oficer Of the
Coast Guard today, succeeding DR..
Paul M. Stewart, who is retiring.
The change was announced by
DR.. Leonard A. Scheele. surgeon
general OF the public health serv-
ice.
In his new position, DR.. van
Ackeren will hold the rank Of as
sistant surgeon general. compare
BILE with that Of rear admiral.
DR.. van Ackeren was born In
Lindsay, Nebr., and educated at
Creighton University.
Evening star., 1952-10-01

terday for two weeks of tempo
rary duty at Norfolk, preparatory
to becoming skipper of the New
Jersey. now commanded by Capt.
Francis D. McCorkle.
Capt. Nelson had been at An
napoliS since 1850. He came here
after serving for two years as
commander Of destroyer squadron
20. He was succeeded here by
Capt. Howard q. Corey Of Long
Beach, Calf.
Evening star., 1952-10-01

to the superin-
tendent Of the
Naval Academy.
has been de-
tached to take
c o m m and Of
the battleShip
U.S.S. New Jer-
sey.
A graduate Of
the N q v q !
Aca d e m y in
1927 and q ma
tive of Rich
m o n d, Va.
Capt. Nelson
left here yes.
Evening star., 1952-03-14

cupancy and 1O5,0OO more have
been started
BY major agencies, here is what
the committee recommended (the
first figure is the requested budget
total, the second is the approved
figure):
Executive Office of the President
requested; $11,022,-
143 approved.
Atomac Energy Commission
.$1,312.0O0,OOO $1,137,727,500.
Civil Service Commission
$482. $4,000; $342,41O,350.
Federal Communications Com
mission-$8,075, 900; $6,1O8,46O.
Federal Power Commission
$4,540,0OO; $3,935, TOO.
Federal Trade Commission
$4,367, 900; $3,978, 300.
General Services Administra-
tion-$425, ,298. 900; 1919, ,772, $50.
Housing and Home Finance
Agency-$53.6 $4,000; $42,486,0oO
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion-$11,7 ,778.000; $10,506,OOO.
National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics-$75, ,034, 900; $67,-
222,200.
Selective Service System-$39,-
$4,000; $36,597, 900.
Tennessee Valley Authority
5000. .027.000; $185, ,270,00O.
Veterans Administration-$4,-
064,673,500; $3.822,033,13O.
Commerce Department mari
time activities-$2l1, ,4O8, 900;
t$177,814, 300.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Pope Calls on Americans
To Support Bishop S Fund

Pope Plus XII appealed to Amer
lean Catholics to support the 1852
Bishops Fund for the Victims OF
War in message released today
by the Most Rev. Patrick A,
'O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing
ton.
The Bishops Fund, sponsored
by the American Catholic Hier-
archy, will start Sunday and con-
tinue through March %. Collec-
tions for the fund will be taken
in churches of the Washington
Archdiocese on March %. The
national fund goal is SIS million,
of which $4,000 is the quota for
the Washington Archdiocese.
The Bishops Fund is admins
tered by War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference. The Rev. e. Jerome
Winter, pastor of the Shrine OF
the Sacred Heart, is director of
the 1852 Bishops Fund for the
Washington Archdiocese.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Civilian SUGGESTIONS
Sci al Pentagon in
Case Of Disaster

The order Of succession or II
ranking civilians at the Pentagon
has been listed by President Tru-
man in order to insure q contin-
uity Of operations 'in the event
Of disaster"
The executive order, which was
signed March z and recently pub
lished. establishes for the first
time a full line Of precedence and
succession In event top officials
are wiped out in an atomic attack.
The deputy Secretary Of De-
fense. William G. Foster, as pre-
scribed by law, takes Defense
Secretary Lovett's post tempo
rarily In the event of death, dis
ability or absence" of the Secre-
tary. Next in line are the service
Secretaries-Frank Pace, Army:
Dan Kimball. Navy, and Thomas
K. Finletter, Air Force-in that
order, by virtue of seniority Of
their departments.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Anna Rosenberg, only woman in
the top Pentagon hierarchy, is
placed sixth in line. She follows
Assistant Secretary w. i. Mcneil
and is followed by Charles A.
Coolidge. another Assistant Secre-
tary. They rank in the order of
their length Of service.
Next come the Undersecre-
taries Of the three departments,
ranked by the seniority of their
branches-Archibald S. Alexander,
Army; Francis P. Whitehair, Navy,
and Roswell L. Gilpatric, Air
Force.
The chairman of the Munitions
Board and the Research Develop
ment Board are next in line, fol-
lowed by the Assistant Secretaries
Of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Appropriations
Continued From First Page

mittee approved funds for con-
Itinuation of Acc construction
projects already under way but
deferred money for much proposed
new construction.
The Veterans Administration re-
quest for a total of $3,822,033, ,130
for all purposes was cut by $242,-
$40, $40, more than half the re-
duction being in funds for GI
benefit payments. The committee
told the VA it is paying excessive
medical and dental fees and
should dip into its heavy reserve
stocks Of medicines instead of
buying new supplies. The VA re-
quest for $153 100000 for hospital
and domiciliary facilities was ap-
proved in full.
Materials Scarcity Cited.
The committee said the scarcity
of materials justified the reduc-
ton in the number of new hous-
ing unit starts next year by the
Public Housing Administration
Not only should the number be
held to $4,000, the committee said,
but in no future year should it
exceed that number without ex-
IpreSs congressional approval.
| The 1949 Housing Act author
lied the start of 1876, 900 low-rent
units annually for six years start
ing in 1949. Under that act, about
| 5000 units are available for oc-
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Bill Asks Nation Wide
Daylight Saving Time

Nationwide daylight saving time
every summer would be authorized
under a bill introduced In the
House by Representative Rearns
independent, of Ohio. i
The lawmaker said he had been
concerned over the confusion re-
sulting throughout the country by
various kinds of time. some stand
ard, some advanced. ~
He was prompted to introdii0f
his legislation, the lawmaker, said
by the current congressional dis,
pute over fast time in the District
District Commissioners were au.
thorized by the Senate to estab.
lish daylight time every year but
when the bill went to the House
that body cut the city heads au-
thority to one year only.
The measure now Is pending IL
the Senate District Committee ir
the form of the Senate bill, with
House amendment.
Whether the Senate District
Committee will recommend to the
Senate acceptance Of the House
amendment or send the bill to
Ia House-Senate conference re-
mains to be decided.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
LailiInore | testimony
Before Senate Group
Enfering l1th Day

The Senate Internal Security
subcommittee today again turned
Its attention to Owen baltimore.
as the expert on Far Eastern af-
fairs was scheduled for an Elev.
enth day of questioning.
The subcommittee is centering
Its inquiry on the Institute Of Pa
cific Relations. Of which Mr.. Lat
timore IS q trustee. in a sweeping
investigation Of whether subver-
siye influences have been exerted
on this nations Far Eastern pol
icies.
The Senators are returning to
Mr.. baltimore after a three-day
break to question other witnesses.
Book Is Discussed.
Harvey M. Matuso. a 25-year-
old former Communist, told the
group yesterday that Mr.. Latti-
more's book. Solution IN Asia"
was authorized for sale in Com
rmunist Party bookshops in 1948
because IL carried the party line
ON China. /"
Mr.. Matuso. who said he served
as an FBI informer until his ex-
pulsion from the party in Janu-
ary. 1851. testified that he was
working In one of the Red book
shops when the party gave q
green light to the sale of Mr.. Lat
tinore,s book.
Defends Books Views.
MFR. baltimore, now a Johns
Hopkins University professor. has
sworn that he never was a Com
muniSt or q Red sympathizer, and
has strongly defended views In his
1945 book. Since taking the SUBJ
committee witness chair on Feb
rtiary 26. he has clashed repeat
esily with the investigators and
has delivered biting attacks on
the groups operating procedures.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Former Judge Cobb Joins Forces
For Nomination of Eisenhower
ZAP Wirephoto from Life Magazine

"To be elected" Judge Cobb
said. "the Republican presidential
nominee will have to get the In
dependent and the Negro vote.
Gen. Eisenhower" he declared,
can do this more fully than any
one else"
He said he thought other candi-
dates like Senator Taft, Gov. War
rem of California or Harold E.
Stassen would make able Presi-
dents, but added, the paramount
issue was the nomination of one
who could be elected. Gen. Eisen-
hover is that man, he contended.
His inclusion in the ranks of
the Eisenhower forces here is part
of a continuing drive by Eisen-
hover rebels" against the old
guard Republican District Com
mittee for recognition among
delegates to the July z Republi-
can National Convention at Chi
capO
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Newsmen's S Code Of Ethics
Approved by U. n. Group
BY the Assoeiofed Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Mar
14.-The United Nations Subcom.
mission on Freedom of Informa.
ton today approved a draft code
OF ethics for newspapermer
throughout the world.
The vote was Z to 0, with the
representatives of the Unitee
States, Russia and Britain alb.
staining. The representatives Of
Chile and Uruguay were absent
Voting for the proposed code were
representatives of Yugoslavia
Egypt, India. Nationalist China
Lebanon. France and the Philip
pines. The delegates sit as in
dividual experts and not as
spokesmen for their governments
The code sets forth a set OF
general principles which should
guide neWSmen in their work
but states that no government
should attempt to enforce the
code. In the main, it merely calls
for truthful, conscientious work
and declares that slander, libel
and plagiarism are serious pro-
fesSional offenses.
The United States representa-
tive, Carroll Binder, editorial edi-
tor of the Minneapolis Tribune
contended that the question of
ethics was problem for the
profession itself. He said it was
impossible to draft worthwhile
code in the face of the wide
divergence of opinion now exist
ing in Russia and the Western
countries.
Evening star., 1952-03-14

international economic co-opera-
ton.
"The degree to which the So
Wet Union and the countries un-
der it's domination sincerely desire
to move forward toward a relaxa-
Itlon of international tensions
must be measured by the attitude
they take in forums specifically
designed to bring about such ends.
1t is not and cannot be measured
by the staging of spurious con-
ferences sponsored by Moscow" j"
I'VE cannot foster the myth
that the causes of current inter-
national tension are essentially
economic in character. 1t does
not require detailed knowledge of
postwar international develop
ments to understand that existing
restraints on the shipment of
strategic materials to the Soviet
bloc are a consequence and not
the cause of existing tensions.
Reasonable men throughout
the world agree that the true
causes of current tension may be
found in the aggressive political
and military policies of the
U. S. S. r."
Evening star., 1952-03-14

District supporters of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Re-
publican presidential nomination
today announced the addition to
their campaign forces of a veteran
Negro member of the Republican
State Committee here.
He is former Judge James A,
Cobb of Municipal Court, now in
private practice, who in earlier
years was elected with old guard
District Republicans to the ma
tional conventions.
Judge Cobb solidly indorsed
Gen. Eisenhower, describing him
as a capable man "who can lead
the party to victory" next Novem-
ber.
simultaneously. Robert E. Nc
Laughlin, president of the Dis
trict's Eisenhower for President
Club, announced the appointment
OF the veteran Negro leader as a
member Of the clubs Executive
Committee.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Acheson
Continued From First Page.o

we, did not regard misrepresenta-
ton of this sort as a strategem to
lure unsuspecting men of good
reputation to participate in the
Moscow proceedings in order to
misuse their names and their pub
lie standing.
What are the real purposes of
this conference? The evidence
leads inescapably to the conclusion
that the true purposes of the or
ganizers of this conference are to
confuse and weaken our unity of
purpose.
They wish to organize pres
sures in non-Communist coun-
tries against current restrictions
on the export of strategic mate
rails to the Soviet bloc. They wish
also to discourage us from carry
ing forward our program of Gre
ating strength-strength which is
indispensable to maintaining our
independence, indispensable to
maintaining peace itself.
Growing Strength Acknowledged.
"The sponsors of this confer
ence clearly acknowledge the
growing effectiveness both of our
joint program to build defensive
strength and of the program of
security trade controls which we,
in cooperation with other ma
tions. have established to prevent
increased growth of the Soviet
war potential. We should all
make sure that our hard-earned
security gains are appropriately
safeguarded.
And now a word about the
publicity attending the confer
ence. A major theme of this
publicity is that by restoring nor
NAL East-West trade relations the
conference at Moscow will relax
current international tensions.
1--WE, together with all peoples
united in the constructive task
of laying the foundations of a
peaceful. prosperous and orderly
world, sincerely desire and are
actively working for the relaxa-
tion of international tensions.
'The people of the world have
an institution before which hon.
est proposals furthering construc-
tive steps for the relaxation of
international tensions may be laid
with confidence.
U.N. Is Natural Forum.
1.-The U.N.. with its specialized
agencies, is the legitimate and
natural forum for such proposals.
For example, the Economic and
Social Council was established
precisely to foster constructive
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Finnegan Bribe Case
Goes 10 Jury Today;
Arguments Completed
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Mar. 14.-A Fed
eral court jury takes over today
in the trial of James p. Finnegan,
former internal revenue collector
and personal friend of President
Truman.
Federal Judge Rubey NJ. 'Hulen
will instruct the IL men and one
woman before they retire to de-
eide on two bribery and three
misconduct in Office charges
against Finnegan.
Maximum penalty on each
bribery count is three years In
prison and a fine three times the
amount of the bribes plus perma-
Inent disqualification from holding
Federal Office.
The highest possible penalty
under each of the other counts
is $4,000 fine and two years I'M
Iprisonment.
Conduct Called Vicious.
In his closing argument yest6r-
day Thomas E. De Wolfe, special
assistant United States attbrney
general, described Finnegan,S con-
duct in Office as vicious. He said
Finnegan sold the high prestige
Of his Office"
when he was supposed TO BE
collector for the Government, he
actually was collector for James
P. Finnegan," Mr.. De Wolfe de-
|clared.
In contrast, Harry c. Blanton
chief defense counsel, told the
jurors that the "overwhelmine
weight of the evidence" shows
Finnegan to be innocent.
Payments Declared Legal.
He argued that money which
the Government claims Finnegar
took either as bribes or las Illegal
fees represented legal compensa-
ton to which Finnegan was fully
entitled.
Finnegan is charge with &c
cepting two $3.50 bribes from the
now defunct Karol Kell Garment
Co., which had a delinquent tai
case pending in his Office.
He also is charge with accept
ing $641 in furniture from the
same company for representing Il
in connection with a ReconStruc-
ton Finance Corp. loan applica-
ton; with receiving $4,000 from
the American Lithofold Corp. foi
helping the st. Louis printing
firm get an RFC loan, and with
taking $4,000 from the Warwick
Hotel Corp. in connection with
a damage claim against the Coast
GJ1ord NJ
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Language Teachers
Are Needed by Zoo
For 7 New Parrots

The Zoo needs some language
teachers.
Two new gray parrots took up
quarters in the Bird House today.
Potentially they're among the
worlds best takers, Zoo Director
William NJ. Mann said.
But this pair hasn't been ed
lucated yet. They were obtained
in a swap for some tinamou-a
bird related to the oStrich-with
the Cleveland Zoo, and Cleveland
didn't bother to teach them, DR.,
Mann explained.
''The public" he said, will
take care of that"
Evening star., 1952-03-14

tion Candidate Jones but repeat
Jail his well-publicized sales talks.
And, some experts say. there's
nothing to keep these corporations
from charging these advertise
lments of as legitment business ex-
Ipense on their income tax.
| Other Loop Holes in Law.
There are other wide e-open holes
in the Federal election laws, open
enough to conceal donors and
make the spending limits wholly
artificial. For example:
Primaries are not included in
1.-THE requirements for reporting
donors or limiting q candidates
expenditures. A House committee
last year found that exclusion
absurd" because its investigation
showed more money was spent in
the primaries than in the elec-
tions in more than 1870 of the 435
congressional districts in 1850. It
was pointed out that getting the
nomination Is tantamount to be-
ing elected in many districts.
Candidates for President, Vice
President and presidential elec-
tors do not have to file reports of
contributions and expenditures al
though a large chunk Of the money
goes into their campaigns in a
presidential election year. OF
course. political committees, !"
have to report but many of them
can get out of it by claiming they
operate only in one State.
Franking Privilege Cited.
The man who is running for re-
election has the franking privilege.
AS a member of Congress, he gets
free postage. The man running
against him has to put. stamps
on his letters to voters.
The SO million limitation on
what a political committee" can
spend a year probably was in4
tended to apply to all contributions
in behalf Of a particular national
party ticket. It has been inter-
|preted to mean any political
committee" leading to the growth
LOT innumerable committees out
side the control of responsible ma
tional parties.
On that score, a 1916 Senate
committee observed: Evidence
presented indicates these COM
mittees are a deliberate evasion or
avoidance of the spirit of the Fed
eral Corrupt Practices Act"
And a House committee COM
mented the same year: The COM
mittee feels that 1t is improper to
retain a law which is being con-
stantly violated and regarding
which there is no apparent effort
toward enforcement"
Things haven't changed much
since then.
The nert and final article In
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Election Low LoophoIes
IEleetion-Ldw Loopholes
Weak Stotutes Give Rocketeers
Free Reinin u S. Campaigns

Racketeers. special interest
groups and even subversive char
acters can pour Eillions Of dollars
into this years elections and sue
cessfullyd hide every cent Of it.
That's what Attorney General
McG Grath was getting at when he
Evening star., 1952-03-14

The nert and final article In
the series 1DiH appear Sundau.
Evening star., 1952-03-14
FOUND.

COCKER PUPPY, black male. about 8
Sndria. Cali KI. 9-3959.
KEYS, corner Conn. and Cathedral aves..
March 13. CO. 2026.
Evening star., 1952-03-14

Third Il . Series.
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Stock Exchange Board
Votes Today on Issue
|0f Altering Sessions
BY The Assoeio,ed Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-The
question Of changing trading
hours on the New York Stock Ex-
change comes before the Board Of
Governors today for decision in
one Of Wall Streets bittterest
fights.
Governors Of the exchange in
a meeting at 8 pm. must decide
on one Of six courses.
The basic question Is whether
to eliminate trading on Saturdays
from 10 am. to noon and extend
the hours Monday through Friday
to 10 am. to $3.50 pm. from the
present 8 pm. closing. Elimira-
tion Of marginal holidays, such as
New York election day, also was
on the agenda.
Alternatives were varied COM
binations Of these three proposals.
At the same time the board in
cluded maintenance of the status
quo among the proposals.
Even before the board disclosed
its intention. the question arose
how long will the decision stick?
Last year a proposal to have q
fiye-day week was de-
feated twice in membership polls.
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. "a R.-The grain
market got on to shaky start, evidently
hs sosaa & soGq qads sfsh toa way ddn
Ish q downward trend.
se Tie narse q aboat minutes s after
the opening. That sent all prices lower
and they weren't ABLE to Tssain Ia,,ins the ioss @
concentrated in any one commodity.
WhsAt near the end Of the frst hour,
was Ma cent lower March $2.57 Y;
oats were u to j cent lower. March a0ss.
Soybeans were A-234 cents lower. March
S2:9$a, and lard was TO 10 cents
A little buying. ct the start IN corn and
oats soon petered out. Apparently It was
based mainly on subzero Temperatures IN
crease farm consumption OF fed grains.
Cash corn recetpts totaled 146 cars,
which was not particularly heavy. -.
production e and % Marfetins Ing Administration @ lon
had issued an order practically prohibit
hs sale Of any
real emergencies. The House thought this
would force consumption Of high-moisture
n Traders n in A wheat were disappointed
over the inability of the market to re-
spond in recent sessions to export, buying
million bushels remained to be shipped
under the international wheat agreement
The detailed Kansas weekly crop report
the need for moisture IN West
err sections.
Several South American countries re-
portedly were showing interest in buying
hour. but domestic business was nothing
to excite the miilers.
Without the inspiration provided by
strength In the January contract, In
which trading ended yesterday. soybeans
paid more attention TO the
possibility that import restrictions on fats
and oils would be removed. The March
backed down quickest under the
eariy lQuidation.
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Stock Trading Quiet,
With Prices Mixed;
'Radio-Tv Post Gains
By lie 5Assosio.sd Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Trading
was quiet in the stock market to-
day and prices generally were q
mixture of gains and losses.
However, there were q goodly
number of point -or-more advances
among the copper and radio-TV
stocks.
Trading picked up a little as
the gains grew in number but the
volume did not reach toward any
unusually high figures.
Coppers were an early favorite,
with Kennecott. Cerro de Pasco,
Miami and Phelps Dodge advanc-
ing around a point. AS the ses-
sion wore on. Zenith and Motorola
showed gains Of around point.
The interest in radio and Tv
stocks followed reports from
Washington that the Government
would reconsider its freeze on
production Of color TV sets.
Advances included Bethlehem
and Youngstown steel. Stude-
baker. General Tire and Rubber
(up better than two points at
one tine), Boeing, American Cyan
amid, American Woolen, Nickel
Plate, Socony- Vacuum, Skelly Oil
and Paramount Pictures.
Among the declines were q. S.
Steel, General Motors. Mont
gomery Ward, Case (which drop
ped more than a point at one
time) Allied Chemical, Du Pont,
Union C. bide, international
Paper, American Tobacco, Union
Pacific, Standard Oil (N. j. and
u. S. Gypsum.
On the bond market corporate
liens were a fairly even mixture
|of gains and losses with price
changes narrow. Governments
showed easier tendencies In over
the-counter dealings.