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Evening star., 1952-01-06
BY the Associated Press

DOWNEY, Calf, Jan. 5.-The
Army's Oldest active enlisted man,
Sergt. Delbert jenkins, II, is home
from the wars today after nearly
nine years of continuous service
overseas.
With him came his 71-year -old
wife. Maniaetta, who joined her
husband in Japan five years ago
and became known there as the
Mother of Yokohama"
Although still weary after a
stormy crossing from Tokyo on a
transport and 36-hour bus ride
from Seattle, the Jenkinses in
sisted:
We're not ready to retire to a
rocking chair YETI
Sergt. Jenkins, a veteran OF
both World Wars and the Korean
action. is due to report to Fort
Ord, Calf, for reassignment on
January %.
I've still got a lot of mileage
in me-" the sergeant said with a
wry grin as he expressed anxiety
that the Army may want to retire
him. With the world in such a
precarious state. neither my wife
nor I wants to sit on the sidelines, =
he declared.
Sergt. Jenkins began his ARMY
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Governors Queried
About Capitalization

The Nations Governors were
urged yesterday to make tho
rough appraisal of the proper role
and activities" of Government to
determine what Federal functions
should be returned to the States.
The proposal was made by D..
A. Hulcy, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United
States, in a letter to Gov. Val
Peterson of Nebraska, chairman of
the executive committee for the
forthcoming Governors Confer
ence.
Mr.. Hulcy said current scandals
in Government are a result of
centralized Government power"
and declared:
I'm DEPRESSING from a govern
ment of laws into a government
of men and equipping the men
with arbitrary powers over the
day-to-day decisions that we the
people once made for ourselves, we
have multiplied the opportunities
and temptations for favoritism,
influence manipulation, bribe TAX
ing and bribe- giving. Therein lies
our grave national problem and
it will not be overcome by any de-
vice which looks merely to dis
covering and Furnishing the wrong
doers without lessening the op-
portunities and temptations for
future evil"
The executive committee of the
Governors Conference meets Tues
day in Chicago. Copies of Mr..
Hulcy's letter were sent to Gov
ernors Of all other States.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
By George Beveridqe

Demands by Senator Wiley, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, for an ex-
planation of "mystifying and
contradictory" delays in dispos-
ing of the Schering Corp, last
night prompted Attorney General
McGrath to predict that the i'm
portant drug firm will be. offered
for public sale next month.
The Schering Corp, Of Bloom
field, N. j., was seized by the
Government in 1912 as an enemy
alien (German) interest. and is
one of the firms spotlighted by
Senator Wiley in his demands for
a sweeping Senate investigation
this year of. all activities Of the
Office of Alien Property. The office
operates as part Of the Justice
Department.
Senator Wiley yesterday re-
leased letter he sent to Mr., Nc
Grath Thursday questioning the
"mystifying" delays by the Gov
ernment in offering for sale its
100 per cent control of Schering.
Decisions Questioned.
At the same time, he raised
Questions about Government pol
icy decisions-of widespread i'm
portance in the pharmaceutical
industry-concerning valuable pat
ents held by the corporation.
Asked about the status of the
Schering case, the Justice Depart
ment last night released a sharply
worded statement from Mr.. Nc
'Grath, which contained his pre-
diction that the sale offer should
be made in February.
On December %, Mr.. McGrath
released a letter chiding Senator
Wiley for making public state
ments concerning Henry W.
IGrunewald's service with the alien
property Office 10 years ago.
For the second time in two
weeks" Mr.. McGrath's statement
said, Senator Wiley has forward
ed to me letter asking certain
questions containing unwarranted
insinuations about the conduct of
the affairs of the Office of Alien
Property, and then making the
letter public, without waiting for
an answer"
Answers Being Prepared.
A Justice Department spokes-
man said detailed answers were
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Symposium Set Thursday
For U. 5. Fiscal Officials

More than 500 accounting, bud
get and operating officials of the
Government are expected to attend
an all-day symposium on internal
financial and management control
beginning at $50 am. Thursday
in the Interior Department Audi
torium.
Speakers will include r. r. Pip
pin, first assistant treasurer Of E.
I. du Pont de Namours q Co.; Eric
Kohler, consulting accountant. and
Irving Tenner, certified public
accountant and fiscal consultant.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
French Blast Towns
Near China in Biggest
Bomb Raid in Months
Nv The Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo- China, Jan. S.
Squadrons of French bombers
launched their heaviest raids in
months today and carried the war
to within a few miles of the Red
Chinese border.
Reports persisted that the Red
Chinese were preparing to invade
Indo-C China and actively support
Communicated Viet-Minh rebels.
Official French sources seemed
to think there was nothing to
indicate such an invasion was
imminent. But an American source
reaching Saigon in southern Indo-
China said the United States con-
Sulate at Hanoi, in the north, had
advised consulate personnel to be
ready to burn their records and
flee in the event of a Chinese
invasion.
The French planes, mostly
American made B-26s, roared out
of Hanoi as far north as Caobang
in a determined bid to smash
supply lines linking Viet-Minh
forces with Communist China.
They battered numerous towns,
including Thai Nguyen, Backan
and Langson with napalm and
high explosives, aiming at towns
straddling the highways leading
from Northern Viet-Minh into
the Kwangsi province of China.
Highway routes north and
northwest from Hanoi have been
used, according to French off,
cials, by the Wet Mimi to bring
up arms, ammunition and other
war material from China in
steadily increasing volume.
Within the last "a hours the
bombers had made 64 Sorties into
the border area.
French officials said the raids
were believed to have blocked
some of the highways used for
Communist supplies.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

life back in 1918 when he was
38 and the breadwinner for his
wife and seven children. He
wanted to do his part, he told
Maniaetta at the time, and he
did: Two years in the service,
one in France.
He was 81 when World War II
broke out, but it didn't matter
He enlisted again and saw duty in
New Guinea, the Philippines in
vasion and with the Army of oc-
cupation in Japan.
1t was then that he wrote his
wife, saying he wanted to remain
in Japan because there's a big
job to be done" !"
Although they had 16 grand
children by that time. Mrs. Jen-
kins again agreed. What's more,
she decided she could do a job in
Japan, too.
She organized discussion groups
for Japanese young people. She
formed the Council of Yokohama
Women's Clubs. She organized
Red Cross projects and, in her
spare time, worked as a Gray Lady
in Army hospitals.
1--WE feel" she said in retrospect
that in our little way, we've been
doing our part in helping this
( troubled world"
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Virginia S 29th Infantry
Plans Recruiting Drive
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 5.-Plans
for the first Statewide unit re-
cruiting drive in the history of the
29th Infantry Division, Virginia
National Guard, were announced
here today by Maj. Gen. William
H. Sands of Norfolk, division
commander.
The drive will affect As units in
more than 20 Virginia communi-
ties between February / and
March 81.
Every regiment, battalion, COM
|pany and battery will participate
in this move to increase their rolls,
as well as the division as a whole.
Gen. Sands said.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

being prepared to the Senator's
queries on the Schering case.
Senator Wiley indicated his
main concern was over the Gov
ernment's failure to sell the Scher-
ing stock. 49,.
Why" he asked. have Fed
eral officials so frequently an
Inounced that all the problems
prior to the disposition of the
Schering Corp. have been salts
Ifactorily resolved and that a sale
was imminent only to have their
statements glaringly refuted by
subsequent delay after delay?"
Under law. it is the Govern
ment's aim to sell the seized inter-
ests as soon as possible. DISPOSE
ton of some seized firms has been
held up by complex legal actions
pending in the courts, officials
said.
The sale of Schering, Senator
Wiley declared, sis obviously 60
ing to have a tremendous impor-
tance to the American pharma-
Iceutical industry"
Wiley Hints of Battle"
The Wisconsin Republican said
he has been told that one major
factor in the sale delay concerns
"a considerable and protracted
behind the scenes battle" in Gov
Iernment over the disposition of
patents controlled by Schering.
One key question, the Senator
said, apparently involves the re-
lease of patents on a royalty
bearing basis to other firms in the
drug field.
The last report of the alien
property Office said patents of
vested firms are licensed ION a
non-exclusive, reasonable royalty
basis" This means, officials ex-
planned. that any firm qualified
to use it can get license to use
la patent, in return for which the
original firm gets royalty pay
ments. However, the report said,
licenses are not issued if they
would be "prejudicial to the main
tenance of competition in spe-.
cif1c field.''
Alien property officials said the
only Schering patents now so Ii
censed are "German-or originated"
patents in force when the firm was
seized. Schering. however, has de-
veloped many new drugs.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Alien Drug Firm to Be Sold Soon, McGroth SAYS

Senator Wiley said Schering re-
Gently introduced a "non-toxic
sleeping potion" called "Dormi-
sone." and that a product of one
of its subsidiaries is "Tnhiston,
one of the first anti-histamine
drugs. It also is producing corti-
some. the Senator reported.
Company Was Sales Outlet.
A report on Schering which the
Justice Department sent Senator
Wiley last month said the firm
before World War II. served
mainly as a sales outlet in this
country for a parent company. II
described Schering now as "one o1
the substantial producers of hor-
mones and related products"
Assets of the company since
1912, the report said, have in
creased from $2,715,472 to- $14,-
582, ,682, and its net worth has
jumped from $1,3O0,490 to $11,-
388, 1894.
Senator Wiley included in his
letter IA extracts from published
articles or Justice Department
statements, covering the perioc
from September, 1949, to October
1851. Most of them indicated
that the Schering sale was i'm
minent, and several referred tt
the reported policy dispute over
the handling Of patents.
The Senator followed these ref
erences with six specific questions
asking about the delays, the firms
present status and the alleged pat
ent controversy.
In his statement last night, Mr.
McGrath said:
while I seriously doubt my
accountability to Senator Wiley
on this score, the only answer to
which any fair inquirer is entitled
is that the affairs of the Scher-
ing Corp. have been handled by
the Department of Justice. through
it's board of directors, in a man.
ner completely consonant with
law, and for the preservation OF
the paramount interest of the
United States and its citizens.
McGrath Question Sources.
These are facts which the
Senator could easily ascertain il
he would seek his information
through sources more reputable
than those he has chosen X
utilize"
The Attorney General said plan.
for the Schering sale involve
many important and difficult
problems" which were studied
carefully and exhaustively.'
It was not until legal battles
extending over several years-wert
solved, he said, that "the com
plex corporate problems of th'
vested asset, involving grave con
siderations Of public policy anc
national interest, could be at
tackled and resolved" He con
cluded:
"The fact is that the work OF
the necessary registration sta &C.
ment has progressed to the poin
where it is probable that a state,
ment will be filed with the Sc.
curities and Exchange Commission
before the end Of January.
Barring unforeseen difficulties
lit should be possible to make 8
public offering OF the stock of thu
Schering Corp, some time durine
the month Of February, 1852.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

been no Senate action on the
bill.
Another key bill would increase
1.-THE amount of overtime payments
flor Federal employees. This meas
lure has been approved by the Sem
ate Civil Service Committee but
has not been acted on by the
Senate. No House action has beer
taken.
Legislation to increase annui-
ties of retired Federal employees
and those of present workers
when they retire, and to boost
survivorship insurance benefits to
families of Government employees
is before the Senate Civil Service
Committee.
The committee has held hear
Iings on the bill. The group is ex-
Ipected to rewrite it and approve
it for Senate action early in the
session. There have been no hear
tlngS IN the House.
Other retirement bills pending
in Congress include optional re-
tirement after 80 years of service
regardless of age; full annuities al
the age of SO after 80 years Serv-
ice, and tax-exemption of Fedora
Iannuities. There have been nj
hearings either in the House OF
Senate on these bills.
Il X
UNION RECOGNITION-Pend.
ing before the House Civil Service
Committee is the so-called Little
Wagner Act bill which would re.
Iquire departments and agencies tt
IDEAL officially with employe union!
lon all personnel issues. A HOUSE
subcommittee has held hearing:
on the bill, but has not takeT
action. No hearings have been helc
i'm the Senate.
The Senate has approved the
hill to turn over authority for day.
to-day personnel activities to thu
various departments and agencies
The bureaus would conduct theil
own exams and recruitment pro
grams, under the general super
vision of the Civil Service Com
mission and under standards Sc
by the commission. Early Hous'
hearings are expected on the bill
DECENTRALIZATION - An
other important measure is tn
one to decentralize $4,000 EN-
ployes here to other cities. Tn
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Raw Wool Price Cut
I0f Over 70 Pei. viii
Not Help Consumer
By the Associated Press

Price Director Michael v. Di-
Sale last night signed an order
rolling back ceiling prices on raw
wool an average of slightly more
than 20 per cent.
It was learned that the rollbacks
ARE not due to take effect until
some future date, probably within
60 to 80 days.
Ofice of Price Sterilization Of
f1cials refused to give details OF
the order, scheduled to be made
public next Wednesday. A COM
Ipanion order will cut back wool
futures ceilings.
Clothing Prices Untouched.
OPS officials, wool growers and
professors and woolen textile
manufacturers all have emphas-
lied that TIE reduction of ceiling
will have no effect on consumer
prices for clothing and other ar.
ticles made from wool.
One OPS official told a reporter
the new ceilings will still be around
40 per cent higher than current
world prices.
The new ceilings will be slightly
more than 20 per cent below those
set in an OPS order issued early
last May. Unofficially, it was re-
ported that the average raw WOO
ceilings would be cut back from
Sab a pound to about $3.37. Fol
average basic type wool. the re-
Iduction in ceiling would be from
$3.35 to about $2.66 a pound.
Applies to All Types.
The ceiling reduction will apply
to all types of wool, alpaca, mohail
and similar products.
Wool prices rose sharply after
the outbreak of the Korean fight
ing. rejecting a heavy demand
Prices reached in the first week oi
April, 1851, were 210 per cent high
er than those in June, 1850.
OPS first issued in April regu-
lations designed to control prices
of wool yarns and fabrics and WOO
futures. Shortly after that, worlo
prices began to drop and last fall
average type wool on the Austria
llian auctions was fiuctuatine
around So a pound compared with
about $4.18 in March, 1851.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

Senate has approved the measure
and it is now before a House Ex-
ecutiye Expenditures Subcommit-
tee which is expected to hold
hearings soon.
Among other bills involving
Federal employees are those to
provide disqualification benefits.
maternity leave, recreation pro-
grams, full appeal rights on
agency personnel actions and
merit promotions. No hearings
have been held on these measures.
TIL Senate Civil Service Com
mittee's special investigating unit,
which is delving into all phases of
the Governments personnel sys-
tenn, will come up with a series
of recommendations for overhaul
ing the civil service system which
also will command the attention
of Congress.
MISUNDERSTANDING personnel
riders to the various appropria-
tion bills have become. a standard
practice in Congress during the
past few years and this year
promises to be no exception.
The economy bloc that pushed
through the Jensen Ferguson
rider limiting agencies from fill
ing more than 80 per cent of the
Jobs authorized in their regular
appropriations, probably will spon-
sor the same amendment again
this year.
Also, other attempts can be
expected to trim personnel in
non defense agencies.
In addition, hackers of the
Whitten amendment which bars
permanent promotions and limits
even temporary advancement in
a number of cases, will seek to
have it continued for another
year.
TOP JOBS-The Civil Service
Commission will urge Congress to
increase substantially the number
of super-grade Is, II and 18 jobs
in Government, which pay salaries
of $4,000 to $14,800 a year.
Also the commission will ask
authority to train promising Fed
Ieral employees for more important
Government jobs. It also will ask
removal from the Classification
Act of maintenance employees in
the crafts and trades who are now
classified as CPC Crafts, Protec-
tive and CustodiaD, and placing
them under wage board setups.
BE sure to listen in to
Joseph Youno's Federal Spot
light radio broadcast at 6::15
pm. eDery Saturday ouer Sta
ton WMAL.J
Evening star., 1952-01-06
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

light rain or snow likely in east
portion late this afternoon or eve
ming. Fair and cool tomorrow.
Virginia - Cloudy and cool,
highest 40 degrees in north and
As degrees in south portion with
some rain in south or light snow
in north portion this afternoon.
Tomorrow. fair and cool.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

District of Columbia-Cloudy
today with high near 40 degrees
and a possibility of some light
rain or snow in the late afternoon
or evening. Tomorrow, fair and
cool.
Maryland-Cloudy and cool,
highest 35 to 40 today with some
Evening star., 1952-01-06
High School to Show
.Virqiniu Artists Work

A collection of prints and draw
ings by Ia contemporary Virginia
artists will be on display begin
ming tomorrow at Washington Lee
High School, Arlington.
The exhibit will be open to the
public from 8 am. to 4 pm. on
school days for two weeks.
The collection, presented by the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in
Richmond, will include engravings,
etchings, wood cuts. lithography
and wood engravings.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
u. 5. Point -Four Aid
To Iran 10 Continue;
Military Help in DoubI
BY the Associated Press

TETIERAN, Iran, Jan. 5.-The
United States and Iran reached
an understanding today for con-
tinued economic aid to Iran un-
der President Truman's' Point
Four program. Whether American
military aid to Iran will continue
was left in doubt.
Premier Mohammed Mossa-
degh's refusal to agree to condi-
tions for aid under the Unitee
States Mutual Security Act had
Threatened both the United States
military and economic aid pro-
grams. in strategic Iran.
Under the American legislation
which set up the Mutual Security
Agency. countries receiving aid
must agree to the required condi-
tons by next Tuesday. or the aid
will be suspended.
Details Not Disclosed.
Details of today's understanding
were not disclosed. However, il
was learned that the Point Fou1
program of technical assistance
for underdeveloped countries will
continue in Iran. The Congress
has appropriated $24 million un-
der this program for aid to Iran
in the current fiscal year.
A reliable source said the Point
Four aid agreement was mad'
final in an exchange of letters
between Premier Mossadegh anc
United States Ambassador 10y
Henderson. BY this account
Premier MossadeghS letter re-
stated Trans full support of the
United Nations Charter. Mr.. Hen
Iderson was reported to hal ac-
|cepted this pledge as sufficient
to meet United States require.
|ments for continued economic anc
technical help.
The mutual security legislation
permits President Truman tt
soften the conditions for economic
aid to strategic nations, but il
permits no such modification fol
military aid. Countries receiving
United States military aid aftel
January 8 must agree to six con.
ditions committing them to CO.
operation with the West.
Barring a. last-minute agree.
ment. no new appropriations fol
military aid to Iran can be made
after Tuesday. 1t is estimated
that 500 million worth of guns
tanks. planes, and other military
equipment and supplies had beer
earmarked for Iran as part o1
the recent 1896 million appropria.
ton for Greece. Turkey and Iran
Also in doubt is whether Irar
will agree to renew contracts with
the United States military mis-
|sions. A contract for a mission
of nearly 100 men to the Iranial
army expires March 20.
Meanwhile. Premier Mossadegl
agreed to permit two World Banl
representatives to visit the ma
tionalized refinery of the Anglo
Iranian Oil Co. at Abadan an.
the Southern Iranian oil fields
Hector Prudhomme, loan. Office
for the bank, and Torkild Riebel
oil consultant, plan to leave to
morrow or Monday by plane TO
Ia five-day -the-spot inspection
of the oil properties taken owe
from the British-controlled AIOC
Evening star., 1952-01-06
sac Alumni to Meet

The Washington Alumni As
ISOLATION Of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
will be addressed by Albert M. Day,
chief of the Biological Survey and
Wildlife Service of the Interior De-
partment, at its monthly luncheon
meeting at 1880 pm. Tuesday in
Bonat's Cafe, 1922 Vermont ave-
nue NV
Evening star., 1952-01-06

ment workers.
Last year this
bill was ap-
proved by the
House Ways and
Means Commit
tee but failed to
get through the
House. It's Spon-
sor, Represent
ative Forand,
Democrat, of
r h ode Island
says he will seek
House approva
early in the ses-
sion There has
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Dr.. Dublin to Address
Virginia Health Council
By the ASsocioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 5.-Dr.
Thomas D. Dublin, executive di-
rector of the National Health
Council, will address the Virginia
Council on Health and Medical
Care at its annual meeting here
January IA.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Key Government EmpIoye Bills
Due for Action During Session
By Joseph Young

The Of Congress interesting
for Government employees There number bills
the agenda.
Some Federal employe talking
ernment drive because continually
but Congress expected pay year
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Breed Cast Upon Waters

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Jan. 5
R.-A pawnshop reported to po-
lice that it had loaned $5 to a
man on a Holy Bible.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

urrieS forecast for tomorrow in the Eastern
Great Lakes region and occasional expected in the
Northern Rockies the Columbia Plateau and the Great Basin
The central portion of the Pacific States have showers
1t will the central third the Nation and colder
over New England the Middle Atlantic States and the Ohio
and Tennessee Valleys. ZAP WTephoto.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
River Report.

River Report.
(From U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry,
Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy at Harpers
Ferry.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

High on the list of employe
bills is one to give unemployment
compensation benefits to Govern
Evening star., 1952-01-06

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81, on January /.
Lowest, 81, on January 4.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

READINGS at Washington Airport1
Evening star., 1952-01-06

FURNISHED by United States Coast an
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1952-01-06

DECENTRALIZATION - An
other important measure is the
one to decentralize $4,000 em-
ployes here to other cities. The
Evening star., 1952-01-06

This edition contains This
Weeks Magazine of 20 pages, a
12-page comic section and is
pages of rotogrdUure.