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Evening star., 1952-12-11
Barefoot Brothers,
2 and ;, See City's
NiqhtIife in Rain

A pair of youngsters, described
by police as full of life" slipped
away from their father last night
and wandered around for about
an hour in the chill rain in their
bare feet.
The father was busy with the
family chores while their mother
was in Gallinger Hospital, await
ing the birth of her third child.
Ronald Hardin, 2. and his
brother Richard. 8, apparently
slipped the latch on the door of
their home at 1903 Sixteenth
street NV. about 1890 pm. and
went out into the world.
) They were found. barefooted.
near Scott Circle NV. Police
took them to the Women's Bureau.
After q little more romping, the
tow-headed youngsters were put
to bed. They had barely fallen
asleep when the frantic father.
Lester Hardin. called police to
report his sons missing.
He came to headquarters and
took them home.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
The Bottle Held innocent Milk,
But Drinker Was Really Loaded

tanned milk-unadulterated by
spirits.
The policemen were about to
leave when Minor Robinson. q
cab driver, Of Ais Sampson drive.
Silver Spring, Md, stopped his
taxi at the scene. He put the
finger on the three as the pas
sengers who had yoked and robbed
him three hours before.
In the pockets Of one Of the
men, police found Mr.. Robinson's
house keys, which had been taken
in the robbery In the 500 block
of Oklahoma avenue NE. Other
loot in the robbery included three
streetcar tokens, a package Of
cigarettes and II cents.
The policemen took the three
TO police headquarters for further
questioning.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
State Running Struck Bus Line,
But During Rush Hours Only
All Night Service Cut Out on Arnold System;
Virginia Motorists Add to Traffic Loud Here

driver on charges of being drunk
and for violation of the State
.picketing law.
The man, William David Mans
berry. Al, of route /, Lorton, was
fined $25 and given a 3O-day
suspended sentence when found
guilty on the picketing charge
by Arlington County Judge Hugh
Cregger today. The drunk charge
was nolle pressed and Defense
Attorney William c. Nemeth i'm
mediately filed notice of appeal to
Arlington County Circuit Court
on the picketing count.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Truman Says WSB Vacancies
Will Be Filled by End of Week
Urges Extension Of Controls; DiSoIIe
Considered as Successor to Putnam

Disable was being considered as
Mr.. Putnam's successor.
Mr.. Disable. who resigned as
price stabilizer last winter to run
unsuccessfully for the Senate
from Ohio. has been here for 10
days taking a survey of stabiliza-
ton needs for the White House
The United States Chamber OF
Commerce has openly urged all
businessmen to refuse posts on
the WSB, and both the Chamber
and the NAM demanded that Mr.
Truman kill off both wage and
price controls.
Reuther in Capital.
Walter Reuther, new president
of the CIO, arrived in town to try
to put over the CLOS new anti
wage controls policy. The Ma
tion's other biA organized labor
group. the AFL, so far is saying
controls should be continued.
Mr.. Truman has been insist
ing he should turn over a func-
tioning stabilization program to
President-elect Eisenhower next
month.
The Wage Board has been
stymied in its work, with more
than $4,000 applications pending
for approval of wage increases.
The MANS call for ending all
controls was issued late yesterday
by its new president. Charles r.
Sigh. jr., who said:
The designations of the chair
man and industry members of the
(wage) board underscore the fu-
tility of any further continuation
of the whole wage-price stabili-
zation fiasco."
Evening star., 1952-12-11
By lanes Y. Newton


President Truman said today
that he thought economic controls
should be extended and that he
will have new industry members
of the Wage Sterilization Board
by the end of the week.
Present wage and price controls
will expire next April 80 unless
extended by the new Congress.
Mr.. Truman told a news confer
ence he thought that wage and
price curbs would be needed be-
yond that date.
The reference to new industry
members of the Wage Board was
made as a result of the mass
resignation of the six WSB rep
reSentatives from business last
Saturday. Since that time the
United States Chamber of Com
merce and the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers, the two
leading business organizations,
have come out for abandonment
OF all controls. They have re-
fused to go along with Mr.. Tru-
mans planned reorganization of
WSB.
Plenty of Volunteers.
The President told his news
conference that not only would
new industry members of the
Wage Board be appointed before
the week is out, but he added
there were plenty of volunteers
for the job and good men. too.
Mr.. Truman said also he would
name a ucceSsor to Economic
Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam. who
has submitted his resignation.
The President said Michael v.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Don't let this get back to the
youngsters, but a bottle Of milk
brought the downfall Of three men
early today.
PvtS. Paul Meyerhoffer and
Charles Mahoney we're cruising in
their scout car at l am. today
when they spotted three men
looking in store windows in the
1000 block of Nichols avenue Sc.
AS they watched, one Of the
men pulled a container from his
pocket. He lifted the container.
inclosed in a paper bag. to his lips
and drank:
All good policemen know that
drinking alcoholic beverages on
the streets is contrary to the laws
|of the District. They got out Of
their scout car to question the
trio.
The bottle. they learned. con-
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Nunan Enters Not Guilty
Plea in Income Tax Case
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Joseph
D. Nunan, jr.. 54. former United
States Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. pleaded not guilty today
to an indictment charging he
evaded $91 ,086 in income taxes
from 1916 through 1850.
Judge Mortimer ByerS in
Brooklyn Federal Court set the
trial for January S, but said a
postponement could be asked then
if Mr.. Nunan needs additional
time. Meantime, Mr.. Nunan is
free in $500 bail.
Mr.. Nunan resigned as head Of
the Internal Revenue Bureau In
1947 and resumed private law
practice.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Collision Sinks Shin
In San Francisco Bay;
54 Persons Escape
Crash Occurs in Fog;
Only One Minor
Injury Reported
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE
Norwegian combination freighter
and passenger ship Fernstream
sank inside San Francisco Bay
today shortly after colliding with
the freighter Hawaiian Rancher,
but the Fernstream's crew Of AZ
and IL passengers escaped.
The crash occurred just west
of Alcatraz Island in a murky
fog and driZzle.
The Hawaiian Rancher immedi-
ately flashed an sos and the
Coast Guard dispatched three
rescue boats to the scene.
Saved by LifeboatS.
The Coast Guard later reported
that the Fernstream's crew had
taken to the lifeboats when the
ship began to go under.
The IL passengers also escaped
before the Fernstream sank, stern
down, and disappeared in about
100 feet of water. Not a trace of
the ship showed above the bay.
The Coast Guard said that only
one minor injury was reported-a
Fernstream crew member suffered
a wrist injury.
The collision occurred about 7:3O
am. (PSTl the Coast Guard said.
The Norwegian vessel sank at
8:06 am.
The tide was going out at the
time and the Coast Guard said the
sunken ship possibly might block
the shipping channel.
Capt. A. Kristensen commanded
the Fernstream, a 416-foot long
ship of 1890 gross tons.
Other Ship Escapes.
The Hawaiian Rancher had just
crossed in under the Golden Gate
Bridge. She carried 5000 tons OF
raw sugar from Hawaii, consigned
to the California Hawaiian Sugar
Co. refinery at Crockett, Calf.
The Fernstream had picked UP
cargo here and was heading out
for Manila, Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama.
The Hawaiian Rancher escaped
vital damage and was able tc
move under her own power tc
Bethlehem shipyard, in South
San Francisco. for a survey.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Dollars From Hobby
Aid Cancer Study

BENEFlcENT HoBBY-ToIented Mrs.
Polo Roismon turned her hobby Of mok.
ing iewelry into dollars providing future
hope for coneer victims. Writer Ruth
Deon tells about Mrs. Roisnon's ereotivs
and charitable work on poee B-2.
NEW fACE-The newly elected Rep
resentotive from ohio's lst district, Cor.
don n. Seherer, is the incoming Con-
s'essmou described todoy in New
Faces in Congress" on page A-3o.
HERE AND ABRoAD-News Of
Washington oreo men ond women serv-
ing in the ormed forces moy be found
on poee A-20.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Acheson, Other Officials
To FIy to NATO ToIks

Secretary of State Acheson,
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
and Mutual Security Director
Averell Hartman will leave by
air tomorrow for Paris to attend
a North Atlantic Council meeting
beginning Monday.
A State Department spokesman
said they planned to leave at 1880
pm. from National Airport aboard
President Truman's personal plane,
the independence.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

The Arnold bus lines, shut
down by surprise strike yester-
day, rolled only on a rush-hour
schedule today. with Virginia
State employees at the wheel.
An emergency schedule, estab-
lished after State seizure of the
system yesterday, put only 38
buses on nearby Virginia routes
where normally 100 would be op-
Grating.
The buses will run from 6 to
10 am. and from 2 to 2 pm,
daily. No night service is pro-
lvided. nor will there be any Sum
day operation. Coming toward
Washington. they run only to
Rosslyn Circle and the Pentagon.
First shock to the public had
worn of slightly by this morn
ling, but it struck hard yester-
day morning and again in the
afternoon when home bound
thousands had to use other trans
portation in a foggy, rainy rush
hour.
Traffic Increases Greatly.
The strike. pulling about 300
drivers. mechanics and mainten-
ance men off their jobs in protest
against what the union says is
company refusal to arbitrate, had
countless by-products.
Traffic, already swollen by down.
town Christmas shoppers, doomed
to new proportions. Parking lots
were doing an even more bustling
business and taxis were getting
long runs into Virginia. Share
the-ride plans popped up on short
notice and motorists were STOP
ping to pick up ride-thumbers at
bus stops.
The Strike-by members of Local
1919 of the AFL's Amalgamated
Association of Street. Electric
Railway and Motor Coach En-
lployes-flared suddenly about S
a m. yesterday.
Wages Are Basic Issue.
Union members had gone into
a 2 am. meeting to consider a
company wage offer. But it was
the unions contention that the
company refused to arbitrate
which actually motivated the
strike.
Basic issue in the dispute since
the old contract expired in late
November has been wages.
A spokesman for the company
admits it is wary of arbitration.
He said It has been "harshly dealt
with" on two previous cases of
arbitration.
State seizure had been prepared
for some time ago when the dis
pute began and Gov. Battle acted
quickly when the strike came yes
lterday. But the emergency driv-
ers. who until 10 days ago had
been training on the Arnold
routes, had returned to their
homes.
Strike Still in Deadlock.
Not q bus rolled all. day yes
terday. Normally the. line carries
$4,000 passengers daily.
The strike was still at an i'm
passe today. No new negotiation
meetings have been scheduled
thus far, union officials said.
The work stoppage was marked
by one minor disturbance last
night with arrest Of q former bus
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Chang Weothermon
Censured for Letting
A Typhoon Get Lost
BY the Associoted Press

TA1PEH, Formosa, Dec. H.
The Control Yuan - watchdog
agency of the Chinese Nationalist
government-today censured the
weatherman, charging he lost a
typhoon.
1t declared Cheng Tze-chung
failed to properly chart the course
of a disastrous typhoon. 50 that
it struck Formosa November IA
without warning. The storm left
161 persons dead or missing. 392
injured, 9,720 houses DESTROYED
and 14,020 damaged.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Three Reported Eisenhower Choices Deny
Knowing Of Appointments. Poge A-3

his New York headquarters
Shortly thereafter he will meet
with Gen. Douglas Macarthur to
discuss the lStter's implied plan
for shortening the Korean war.
That meeting probably will be
held early next week. said source
close to the President-elect.
Gen. Eisenhower did not COM
ment on President Truman's
statement, eff any one has a
reasonable plan for ending the
Korean fighting that plan
should be presented at once to
the President" He did not name
Gen. Macarthur. but his press
secretary. Roger Tubby. said there
was no question that the general
was meant.
/ Messages Exchanged.
! Last Friday Gen. Macarthur
limited to the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers he had a
new plan for solving the Korean
puzzle.
In a message exchange. Gen
Eisenhower and Gen. Macarthur
agreed to meet to discuss it.
On hand to meet Gen. Els
enhower at Pearl Harbor will
be Defense Secretary designate
Charles E. Wilson, who will re.
port on his military conferences
in Honolulu with Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and Admira
Arthur w. Radford. Navy com.
mander in the Pacific.
An earlier plan to have Mr.
Wilson fly to the Helena by hell.
copter was Cancelled.
A source close to the President
elect said no time or place hac
been fixed for the meeting with
Gen. Macarthur. but it probably
would be at Gen. Eisenhower
Commodore Hotel headquarters OF
his Morningside Heights residence
in New York.
i No Post for Macarthur.
The source added that Gen
Eisenhower would consult fire.
lquently with Gen. Macarthur, bu
There are no plans to give him {
formal post in the new admin
listration.
James Hagerty, the President
T elects press secretary, said it /
uncertain when Gen. Eisenhowe
wilt leave Honolulu. Earlier it hat
been announced he would leav
Saturday night, arriving in Nev
: York Sunday night.
] A source close to the President
elect said Gen. Eisenhower and hi
advisers are all pleased with tn
/ progress of the talks and the de
!, velopment of a broad policy out
line for attacking the Korean wa
lsituation.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
De Gusperi Heads Council

ROME. Dec. II (P.-Prime Min
lister Alcide de Gasperi today was
reelected president of the ruling
Christian Democrat Party's coun-
cil. The reelection conceded with
the start Of the 71-year-old De
Gasperi's eight year as premier OF
Italy.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Bulletin
DeSpirito Suspended

MIAMI, Fla. R. Jockey
Tony DeSpirito, who needed
only Is more winners to tie the
American record Of 38S in a
year. today was suspended for
10 days, effective tomorrow. for
allowing his horse to interfere
with another In yesterdays
fourth race at Tropical Park.
Earlier Story on Page C.l.)
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Milton D. Norman in defense Of
the Districts separate schools for
white and colored children.
Mr.. Norman promised the court
that he would relate the real
reasons" why the segregated sys-
tenn was set up. He declared it
was established during the Civil
War. after congressional abolition
of slavery in the District. 1t was
provided as a means of helping
the Negro, and mot to stamp him
with badge of inferiority," he
icontended.
Before Mr. Norman began
arguing in behalf of the dual
school system. the court requested
more information about congress
isional appropriations for segre-
gated schools in the District.
Davis Mentions Funds.
That point was mentioned yes
terday by John w. Davis in de-
Tending South Cardinals constitu-
tional requirement for separation
of the races in the schools. Mr..
Davis noted that Congress appro-
priated funds separately for white
and colored schools here. Later
this was noted also in a question
raised by Chief Justice Vinson.
At the outset of today's resump-
tion of hearings OH the District
case. Justice Frankfurter as we'll
as the Chief Justice asked some
what similar questions of Attorney
James M. Nabrit, jr. Mr.. Nabrit
is secretary of Howard University
and law professor. He and At
torney George E. C. Hayes. a for
mer member of the Board of Edu-
cation here. represent Negro chill
dren denied admission to the
white SouSa Junior High School in
1850.
Justice Frankfurter asked Wheth-
er. since enactment of the school
esta olishment laws in the l860S.
Congress ever received a specifi-
Ically proposed requirement that
it make appropriations for a
segregated school system.
Mr.. Nabrit replied that Segre-
lgation opponents contend that
Congress never specifically pro-
Ivided for or compelled separate
schools here.
He conceded that Congress
makes separate appropriations,
and, in fact, specifies a salary
item for an assistant Superin-
itendent in charge of schools.
This, he contended. does not
imply that the segregated system
is mandatory here. But. he added.
even if the early laws are inter-
preted as setting up a compulsory
system, such laws violate the Con-
stitution.
Contends System Is Legal.
He maintained that, as a prac-
tical matter he would not object
to salary payments for Negro
school officials. He nevertheless
contended that separate appro-
priations do not have constitu-
tional sanction because segrega-
ton itself is unconstitutional and
unlawful here.
With an hour and 20 minutes
left for the District issue. and
two hours of oral argument sched-
Iuled on a school segregation case
from Delaware, the tribunal late
today expected to take under ad-
visement the five cases it has been
hearing since early Tuesday after
noon.
Decisions in the District, Vir-
ginia. South Carolina, Kansas and
Delaware cases probably will not
come until near the end of the
term in June.
More Questions by Justices.
Debate on the Virginia and Dis
trict cases yesterday provided few
arguments not hitherto stated in
briefs or summarized elsewhere.
But it prompted the justices to
ask many more questions than on
the previous day.
Attorney Hayes and Nabrit did
not press any claim that school
(see SEGREGATION. Page A-5o
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Queen Mury Goes Out

LONDON. Dec. II R.-Queen
Grandmother Mary ventured out
doors today for the first time since
she came down with a severe cold
in mid October. It was a sun
shiny day and the Queen. who is
1856. went for a short ride in her
automobile.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Love and Peace United

NEW YORK, Dec. IL P.-
Samuel L. Love. a 50-year r-old in
|surance man Of Springfield, N. j..
and Thelma j. Peace, 81. a regis
tered nurse of Louisville, KY, took
out a marriage license yesterday.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
|browne|I 10 Fire
Amy One Linked
With Scandal
Justice Department
Employees Doing Good
Job Will Be Kept
BY Don Whitehead
Associated Press Staff Writer

ABOARD U. S. S. HELENA EN-
ROUTE TO HAWAII, Dec. IL
An authoritative source disclosed
today that Attorney General-des-
ignate Herbert Brownell has COM
pleted plans for a giant house.
cleaning in the Justice Depart
ment.
Mr.. Brownell, the informant
said, plans to fire any one whose
name has been even remotely
linked with Government scandal
and is determined to restore
prestige to every division of the
department.
Attorney General James p. Nc
Granery has fired or accepted the
designations of a number of key
officials recently.
Mr.. BroWnell's first move after
taking office January 20, the
source said, will be to sweep out
of office virtually all those in the
policy-making level of the de-
partment. The cleanout also will
affect attorneys in the Washing
ton Offices, and United States dis
trict attorneys and United States
marshals.
If he finds good career man
who has been doing a good Job,
Brownell will keep him whether
he's a Democrat or a Republican, /"
the informant added.
viii Investigate Subversion.
Mr.. Brownell was one of Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower's top politi-
cal advisers in the presidential
campaign.
1t is understood he will give
top priority to investigating cases
dealing with communism and
SubverSion.
Next on the list will be whole
sale review of tax fraud cases
in which no action has been
taken.
He also will dig into pending
ANTITRUST cases.
Mr.. Brownell has told friends
he intends to prosecute wherever
there is any evidence of fraud.
He is said to feel that the Of
flee of Attorney General has been
permitted to sink in prestige and
he intends to restore it to a new
and higher level.
Civil Service Not Affected.
The Justice Department has
about $1,000 employees. Most of
them are civil service workers
who will not be affected by the
turnover.
Those who have done a good job
and have not been involved in
scandal will be retained, one source
said
Mr.. Brownel has made only two
ppointments-Wi William Rogers to
be his deputy and j. Edgar Hoover
to continue as FBI chief. His next
major appointment will be a soli-
citor general-the man who will
handle appeals to the Supreme
Court.
No Changes in FBI.
No change whatever is antici-
pated in the FBI. But it is said
personnel changes can be expected
in such agencies as the Bureau of
Prisons. the immigration Appeals
Board, the Parole Board, Alien
Property Office. Claims, Customs
and Administrative offices.
Changes can be expected. too,
in the departments three main
divisions - Antitrust, Criminal
and Tax.
Mr.. Brownell will recommend
the appointment of some 100
United States district attorneys
and as many United States mar
shals.
There are about 10 vacancies
i'm federal judgeships. It is Mr..
Brownell's idea. it is said, to make
ian effort to lift the prestige Of
federal judgeships and remove
their appointments as far as pos
Isible from politics.
Mr.. Brownell is said to be
planning a conference soon with
Senator Williams, Republican Of
Delaware. on tax fraud cases to
be prosecuted.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Eisenhower Arrives
In Honolulu Today
For Further Talks
Then Will Fly Back Home
And See Macarthur
Next Week on War Plan
BY the Associated Press

ABOARD U. S. S. HELENA. en-
route to Hawaii, Dec. 11.-Rested
and relaxed, President-elect Ell
senhoWer arrives in Honolulu to-
day g pm. EST for more Of
the vital conferences that will
shape Americas policy in the
Far East.
Gen. Eisenhower will remain
until the week end, then fly to
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Truman Blasts Eisenhower Trip,
Doubts MacArthurHas Anythinq
New to Offer on Korean Solution
President Sees
No Good Purpose
In 3-Wuy Talk
By joseph A. Fox

President Truman today de-
nounced President-elect Eisen-
hower's trip to the Korean battle
front as a piece of demagoguery
but said he hoped some good might
develop from it.
The President also assailed Gen.
Macarthur and said the general
had given him misinformation on
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Digest Of Arguments Given to Court on
D. c. School Segregation. Poee AS
Mother OF Boy in RoeioI Suit Volts in
Line in Court Corridor. Pooe AS
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Macarthur Settlement Avoided Direct
cloim to Koreon Solution. Poee A-3
Evening star., 1952-12-11
District Argues
Real Reasons
For orSegregation
Constitution, Law
And History Cited
By Defense Counsel
By Robert K. Welsh

The Supreme Court was told
today that the District govern
ment gladly accepts the chal-
lenge" to prove that the dual sys-
tenn of public schools here is justi-
fled and legalized by history. stat
utory law and the Federal Consti-
tuition.
This was the opening statement
of Assistant Corporation Counsel
Evening star., 1952-12-11

(See SEGREGATION. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Extra Hour for Ads

Telephone ad-takers are on duty an
extra hour-to 10 p.m.-tomorrow night
for the convenience of classified adver-
tisers. Order classified ads in The Sunday
Star before Saturday and help avoid jam
OF calls as the noon deadline approaches
Phone Sterling $4,000.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Milton D. Norman in defense Of
the Districts separate schools for
white and colored children.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

(See MACARTHUR. Page A-30