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Evening star., 1952-05-15
Humphrey Calls Steel Dispute
A Plot to Destroy Controls
Industry Trying to Ruin Sterilization
Setup, Union Told; Strike Seen Certoin

dispute with the steel companies
The assurance was given by Vice
President Barkley and Secretary
Of Labor Tobin. 1t bolstered the
unions determination to fight tt
the end for its present wage de.
mandS.
Several things were clear amid
Iall threats. There will be a strike
III the Supreme Court tells the
Government to release the seized
steel mills. There will be no i'm
mediate strike pending an early
court decision. But if the court
does not rule soon, possibly before
its summer recess. the union will
strike.
No Ultimatum Indicated.
There was no desire, the steel
workers said, to put pressure or
the high court or to deliver an ul.
timatum to it. But the rank anG
file of the union was impatient
for a wage increase, and the Of
f1cers said it was questionable il
they could be held in line if a pay
boost is long delayed.
The word here was the Supreme
Court will rule May 26 on the
seizure issue. But even should
the ruling completely favor Preai
dent Truman's action in taking
over the mills, the steelworkers
feel they will have to strike to OBJ
tain their goal from the private
producers.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Bv w. H. Shippen

The Senate committee inquir'
ing into the fitness of Senator
Mccarthy to hold his seat strucl
back today at a witness who tolc
the press the proceedings were
IAN assassination of a Senator'S
character by innuendo and foul
play"
The witness, Clark Wideman
former Columbus (Ohio) news
paper reporter and now real
estate dealer, passed out copies
of his charges against the COM
mittee at about the time Chair
man Gillette received the original
letter of complaint.
Under grilling for an hour and
a half Mr.. Wideman admitted
that while he wrote the statement
this morning it was typed in
Senator McCarthy's Office and he
discussed the contents with the
Wisconsin Republican before re-
leasing it in the hearing room.
Chairman Gillette declared, II
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Nine -Member Advisory CounciIStee| Controls
Planned Under Reorganization, ,0n Construction
CITY Heads Tell Senate GrouDTo Be Relaxed
New Rules to Provide
More for Housing and
Recreation BUILDINGS
By Froncis P. DouoIos

The Government today an
nounced plans for further relaxa-
ton of construction controls to
provide structural steel for hous-
ing and for entertainment and
recreation buildings.
The prospective regulations were
announced by Henry H. Fowler,
National Production Authority ad-
ministrator. Builders said the
regulations would stimulate con-
struction activity in this area.
In Effect July II.
The forthcoming orders will al
low, beginning July /, builders to
have without appeal to NPA:
l. Fifteen hundred pounds of
structural steel for houses and $50
pounds of aluminium per three
month period. No structural steel
is provided now and only small
amount of copper is permitted,
chiefly for electric wiring and
outlets. The structural steel will
be in addition to the present
quantity of non-structural steel
which is allowed, amounting to
about one ton.
2. For buildings for entertain
ment and recreation. at present
prohibited, five tons of carbon
steel including two tons of struc-
tural; 200 pounds of copper and
$50 pounds of aluminium per quar-
ter. Materials in these quantities
will permit the erection of a small
bowling alley or a drive-in theater
Larger structures may be erected
by obtaining the quantities over
two or more quarters.
Plans have been made for con-
struction of six or eight bowling
alleys in this area, but no new
movie theaters are projected.
3. Aluminium for use in all types
of structures. The use Of alumni
mum is now restricted to indus
trial and public utility construc-
ton. The prospective order will
permit builders of commercial
structures to obtain $50 pounds of
in the three months
beginning July without appeal
to NPA.
More Available Oct. I.
Beginning October it is
planned to allow commercial
structures Is tons of carbon
steel, of which all may be struc-
tural shapes: $50 pounds of cop
per, and 1000 pounds of aluminium
per three-month period. Such
are now restricted to
five tons Of carbon steel including
not more than two tons of struc-
tural steel. 200 pounds of copper
and 100 pounds Of aluminium.
Another relaxation will be a
reclaSsification of some CONNER
cial structures to place them in
the industrial category where
more liberal provisions of the
three metals are made.
Mr.. Fowler also announced that
NPA controls are being removed
from the use of four other
metals because of improved supply.
These metals are lead, antimony,
bismuth and cadmium, all with
industrial uses.
Zinc controls were almost en-
tirely lifted. Inventory control
alone was retained and users are
permitted to carry a 60-day in
stead of a 30-day supply.
Evening star., 1952-05-15

he said. THE same thing will
happen in 1852 and while I won't
be candidate I'll get out and
do the same thing for the candi-
date on this program I'm talking
about"
At one point the President
charged that the derelictions Of
Government employees always
made headlines while their ac-
accomplishments were overlooked.
The reason for this, he said, is
because it is the aim of 81 per
cent of the headline makers to
discredit the administration.
The President recalled the ills
which beSet agriculture during the
depression; detailed the programs
undertaken in the past two dec
ades, including price support,
farm credit and housing loans,
then added:
I'm these 20 years, we have
brought about a real revolution
"a peaceful revolution-in Ameri-
can agriculture"
Second Attack on Critics.
The speech was the second
within a few hours in which Mr..
Truman had hit at Administra-
ton foes.
At a Civil Air Patrol dinner at
the Shoreham last night, the
President tore into Congress again
for seeking slashes in the $50 bill
lion Mutual Security and defense
appropriations.
1--WE are winning the cold war;"
he said, land I fear very much
that if Congress continues TO fol-
low the attitude it has on these
immensely important appropria-
ton bills, we may lose it - and
then these defense appropriation
bills will look like a drop in the
bucket. hope that won't happen"
Memorial Award Presented.
In addition to the service awards
made today, the William A,
Jump Memorial Award, which
honors the late fiscal officer of
the Agriculture Department, was
presented to two outside employees
for unusual achievement in pub
lie administration" Consisting of
a gold key and certificate, this
award went to Charles B. Stauf-
facher. staff director of the Office
of Defense Mobilization. and Will
liam Henry Hill, statistical CO.
ordinator for naval operations in
the Navy Department.
This presentation was made by
Daniel w. Bell, president Of the
American Security & Trust Co.,
who started his Washington
career many years ago in minor
clerical job in the Government.
Mr.. Bell is chairman of the
Board of Trustees for this award.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Place Want Ads Early
To Avoid Late Rush

Telephone od-tokers ore on duty from
9 ON. II 9 pm. for your convenience
in The Stor's classified department. You
con orde, ads now and schedule them
to appear severol doys hence. Toke
advantage Of this setup. Phone Sterling
5000 now. especially If you plon to od-
vertiss this coming Sunday. Don't woit
sntiI tomorrow or Saturday when coils
to the classified department ore at q
peak.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Truman to Return
To Farm, He Says,
When Term Ends

President Truman plans to
60 back to the farm when he
leaves the White House.
In his speech at the Sylvan
Theater today he called farm
erS and their neighborS in
market towns "the backbone
of our whole free society,""
Then the President added:
And I am one of them-I
want you to know that. AS
soon as I quit being President
I'm going back to the farm"
Mr.. Truman has a farm in
Jackson County, Mo.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
House Votes Compromise
Tide|ands Bill, 1889

The House today adopted a
compromise version of bill CIV
ing the States title to oil-rich
tidal lands. The vote was 248
to 80.
The measure now goes to the
Senate for final congressional &C
ton.
The bill would nullify Supreme
Court rulings that the Federal
Government has paramount
rights" to these lands.
Involved is the ownership of
oil reserves lying under the seas
of California, Texas and Louisi-
ana.
Opponents Of the measure are
looking for President Truman to
lveto it If the Senate passes it.
Evening star., 1952-05-15

United Steelworkers. The union
has served warning that it would
renew a Nationwide strike against
the basic steel industry unless
contract differences over wages
are settled promptly.
"The representatives of the steel
companies" Senator Humphrey
said, have indulged In a cam
paign of propaganda and mis-
representation which has as it's
purpose to undermine and wreck
the stabilization program"
AS for the steel companies de-
mand for a price increase to
match the wage boost requested
by the workers, the Senator said
it represents a type of economic
blackmail which is beneath the
dignity of free American enter
prise"
"Greed Above Need"
"This represents placing greed
above national need" Senator
Humphrey said at another point.
1T is a power play by big indus
try in collusion with the reaction
airy leaders of the American po-
Ilitical scene to kill, once and for
all, the liberal gains of the past 20
years.
Make no mistake about it," he
added, "the attempts of the steel
industry to destroy the stabiliza-
tion program are part of a gen.
eral attack upon social welfare
legislation and the liberal pro-
gressive objectives of the New
Deal and the Fair Deal"
Senator Humphrey said the
steelworkers were undeniably
right in their fight for higher
wages and he urged them to bat
tie to the end.
Strike Seen Inevitable.
AS the Senator spoke an
eventual strike in steel over the
wage strike seemed inevitable re-
gardless of the way the Supreme
Court rules in the seizure case.
That is the definite impression
given at the convention. The
steel workers themselves believe it.
The view Is reflected in nearly
every speech here.
The million member union had
renewed assurance of continued
administration support in its wage
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Japan Drops Recognition
OF Russian Mission
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO. May 15.-Prime Min
lister Shigeru Yoshida said today
Japan no longer recognizes the
Russian mission in Tokyo as a
diplomatic link with the Soviet
Union.
He said negotiations are UNDER
way to determine future relations
between the two countries, ended
when the peace treaty went into
effect. Russia is not a signatory of
the treaty.
Kyodo news agency said further
talks might be conducted through
Sweden.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
6 Blocks in 3OMinutes
Too Slow, Even Here,
Dworshok Declares

Senator Dworshak. Repub-
lican, of Idaho thrfw a COM
plant about traffic conditions
into the District reorganiza-
ton hearing today.
He related that last week,
during a White House recep-
ton, it took him 80 minutes
to drive six blocks in down.
town Washington.
II Shudder to think what
would have happened if a fire
had occurred" he said.
Many police were there. all
doing a bad job of directing
traffic"
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Picture on Poee Az


F. L. Hayes, were missing ano
presumed dead" The tanker's cap.
tain and five others of the crew
jumped overheard and swan to
shore.
The tanker was still af1ame
some 10 hours after the crash in
its beached position on the canals
north shore, about 20 miles south
of Wilmington. The stern of the
240-foot Hayes settled in the water
Coast Guard officials said the
Hayes, owned by Ira S. Bushley
& Sons, New York, and the 6,1OO-
ton freighter, Barbara Lykes, COL
lided shortly after midnight. They
said the collision was rather
light" but that fire broke out or
the tanker shortly afterwards.
Third Ship Ignites.
A third ship, the Bull Lines
Angelina. also became involved as
blazing gasoline from the tanker
spilled into the canal and sci
her afire. These flames were ex-
tinguished and the Angelina con-
tinued to Philadelphia. Two sea-
men were injured aboard the
Angelina. They were Alexander
Smart, "a, Philadelphia, and Davio
Rivers, Is, Baltimore.
The ships crashed in the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal, which
accommodates ships of ocean
going size.
The missing men from the
Hayes were identified as R. E
Oakes, New York, first assistant
engineer; Wayland c. Ellis, Wad-
dington, St. Lawrence County, N
Y, second assistant engineer; Ole
Landee, Brooklyn, seaman, ano
George Carter, North Dartmouth
Mass.
Captain Can't Swim.
Roger Sears, Jackson Heights
Long Island, captain of the Hayes
said he leaped into the canal al
though he couldn't swim.
"A couple of us-me included
could not swim. We grabbed life
rings as we jumped. We swan
and padded our way to the near
by shore. It took about five min
|utes in the water. Flames licked
lat us some Of the time" he said.
Capt. Sears said five men of his
normal 15-man crew were home
on leave. He identified the others
who swan to safety with him as
Eddie Hoist, So, of Brooklyn; John
IN. TergeSSen, SO, of Brooklyn;
Benny Hetelid, 6. of Brooklyn, and
Name Risvik. As, Staten Island,
N. Y. A cook, Leonard Bouchard,
was picked up in the water. The
rescued suffered only mild shock.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Red to Run in Mexico

MEXICO CITY. May 15.-The
National Elyction Board voted 9-1
last night to register the presi-
Dental candidacy of Communist
backed labor leader Vincente Lom-
bardo Toledano for the July 6
election. 1t brushed aside an argu-
ment that he was ineligible be-
cause he travelled abroad last fall,
Evening star., 1952-05-15
House District Group
Backs Recorder Bill

The House District Committee
today approved the Senate
passed bill transferring appoint
ment of the District Recorder of
Deeds from the President to the
Commissioners.
There was little discussion, no
contest and no amendment.
1T just whizzed through" a
spokesman for the committee said.
1T was unanimous.
The legislation originated after
President Truman said he did not
Evening star., 1952-05-15

propose to send up a substitute
for his nomination of Earl Wayne
Beck, a long time Kansas City
crony, for the $1,000 job.
The Senate District Committee
had blocked Mr.. Beck'S confirma-
ton. Among other things, Mr..
Beck had told the committee he
did not know what the qualifica-
tions for the job were.
Sponsors expect the bill will
meet House approval. Passed
there, it will go to President Tru-
man for signature.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Eisenhower's Farm
Is q Going Concern

SUMMER WHITE HoUsE?-Gettys.
burg moy hove future claim to fome
besides its battlefield. Gen. Eisen.
hower's form is there. Stoff Writer
George Kennedy tells Of O visit to a
possible future summer White House on
page AIS.
NEWS OF THE sERVIcES-Anothe,
news roundup about Washington orea
men and women in the armed services
is on poee B-6.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Mansfield Bill Urges House Probe Of
Prison Comp "Blunder." Poee A-30

temporary prison camp com.
Imander, since removed, had nc
authority to accept any of the
vicious and false charges" made
by the Reds.
Gen. Colson signed the state
|ment to win the release of Brig
Gen. Francis T. Dodd, former
prison camp commander. North
Korean prisoners held Gen. Dodd
hostage Is hours last week. Com
muniSts are now using the agree
ment for propaganda in truce
negotiations.
Made Under Duress.
Gen. Clark announced today:
"The exchange of communi-
cations between Brig. Gen. Colson
and the inmates of Compound 76
who were holding Brig. Gen. Dodd
by force and violence has no va
lidity whatsoever.
"The circumstances under which
these exchanges took place from
the very beginning were those OF
Iduress involving the physical
threat to the life of a U. N. officer
Investigation made so far in
dicates that this affair was care
fully prepared to manufacture
propaganda for the purpose of
beclouding the whole prisoner of
war issue at Panmunjom (truce)
negotiations.
Gen. Colson's authority to deal
with the prisoners in Compound
76 did not extend to authority for
him to purport to accept any of
the vicious and false charges upon
which the Communist demands
were based"
Seized on at Truce Talks.
Statements which North Ko-
rean Gen. Nam II seized upon
for new verbal attacks on the
Allies in Panmunjom truce talks,
were:
MANY prisoners Of war have
been killed or wounded by United
Nations forces" Prisoners "can
expect humane treatment in the
future" There will be no more
forcible screening"
American authorities quickly
stated: Prisoners have been
killed only in riots instigated by
the Communist prisoners them
selves: prisoners have been
treated humanely. and there
never has been "forcible screen
ing" to determine whether pris-
oners want to 60 back to Red
rule.
The Colson agreement also pro-
vided for prisoner committees.
Gen. Colson has been returned
to his old command as chief of
staff Of the 1st Army Corps in
Korea and Gen. Dodd is back
with United States 9th Army
headquarters.
Reprimand Is Denied.
Rebellious Koje prison camp is
now under command of an old
China hand. Brig. Gen. Hayden
Boatner. He relieved Gen. Col
son Tuesday.
Gen. Clark got a first-hand ac-
count Of the kidnapping and release
of Gen. Dodd from the two for
mer prison camp commandants
yesterday. Gen. Clark said:
Speculative press reports tc
the effect that Gems. Dodd and
Colson were verbally reprimanded
by me at this conference are to-
tally without foundation.
This statement was made sew
eral hours before the U. N. COM
mander repudited Gen. Colson's
Koje agreement.
A high officer explained that in
military usage a reprimand is an
loficial rebuke which closes Q case
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Russians Resume
Partial Ban on Allies
Berlin Road Patrols
Communist Propaganda
BIust Fired at West
Over German Vote
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, May 15.-Russian anc
East German Communists needed
the West in divided, surrounded
Berlin today with partial re-
sumption of their ban on Allied
military highway patrols and 9
propaganda blast at the latest
Western note on Germany.
AS worried Berliners contem-
plated what form the Commu-
Inists' threatened action against
the impending peace contract
would take, the Soviets without
explanation again refused to ad-
NIT the Allied patrol car from
Berlin to the Berlin -Helmstedt
express highway, the city's only
highway link with the West.
The Russians lifted their six
day-old blockade last night shortly
after a conference with the United
States, British and French mill
tary commandants. Today, though
the patrol from Berlin was turned
back, the patrol from Helmstedt
entered the 110-mile autobahn
without opposition.
Later, British patrol car was
admitted through the Berlin
checkpoint. American officials
expressed belief the earlier ban of
an American patrol car was due
to misunderstanding and that
the situation would clear up by
|nightfall.
Other Traffic Continues.
Normal freight and passenger
traffic, including military trucks,
also travelled as usual, as they have
throughout the blockade of the
four -a-day patrols.
American officers said they were
confused" by the latest Russian
action.
Uneasy West Berliners derived
some solace from Secretary OF
State Acheson's declaration in
Washington that the United States
is determined to maintain the
position of the Western powers
in this isolated city. The Com
munist threats continued un-
checked, however.
All East Berlin papers ignored
Mr.. Acheson'S statement, but the
East German information Office
issued a 1,000-word TRADE against
the Allied notes on Germany de-
livered to Russia Tuesday.
It said the Allied proposal okay-
ing Big -Four talks, if Russia
agrees to a neutral commission to
investigate the holding of all-Ger-
man elections, "paves the way for
the final. splitting of Germany.
The aim of the West, it said, was
Ito force a general war treaty and
the military agreement on West
Germany and to throw it into ma
ClO1lal euSlaVemenC.
West Is Undeterred.
The statement accused the West
of preparing new strife and said
a preliminary to this would be a
"murderous civil war of Germans
against Germans"
The West, however, was un-
deferred by the Communist threats
In Bonn, the West German
capital, Allied and German Of
f1cials said Chancellor Konrad
IAdenauer had succeeded in quiet
ing the objections to the proposed
peace contract by rebellious men,
bers of his government coalition
The contract, these sources said
probably would be signed by DR.
Adenauer and the foreign minis
ters of the United States, Britain
and France in Bonn on May 2;
oy "a
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Other Stories Related to Cheekups on
Agriculture Department. Poee A


chief counsel, Paul j. Cotter.
Mr.. Cotter related unhappily
that the Brownwood (TexD She'll
ing Co. stored the peanuts under
Ia Government-sponsored loan in
I1948.
Under the plan, the New York
Terminal Co. was supposed to
make sure the peanuts stayed in
storage-but they didn't.
In 1949, Brownwood turned UP
short 325 tons of peanuts. The
company paid $4,000 for the
missing COOLERS.
A year later, Brentwood again
was discovered short. This time,
$50 tons were missing. Brown
wood paid up with a check for
I$32, ,408.
There was one difficulty: Brown
wood didn't have that much
money in the bank. So Brown
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Late News
Bulletin
House Posses Pay Bill

The House passed, 333 to 0,
and sent to the Senate today a
bill raising the pay of service
men nearly half a billion dollars
annually.
Earlier Story on Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Gas-Laden Tanker
ExpIodes After Crash;
-Four Believed Killed
Skipper and 5 Men Leap
Overheard in 3-VesseI
Mishop in Delaware
BY the Associated Press

WILMINGTON. Del, May IS
An oil tanker loaded with 100000
gallons of high octane gasoline
exploded in flames early today
after colliding with a freighter in
the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal.
Four men are believed to have
been killed.
The United States Coast Guard
said four crewmen of the tanker,
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Clark Repudiates Pac'
Made by Co|son With
Reds 10 Free Dodd
Declares General Had
No Authority to Yield
To Vicious Demands
By the Associated Pres.

TOKYO, May 15.-Gen. Mark
w. Clark today repudiated the
much criticized "Colson agree
ment" with Red prisoners of war
on Koie Island. 1T has no va
lidity whatsoever" he said.
The United Nations commander,
said Brig. Gen. Charles Colson,
Evening star., 1952-05-15
By jones Y. Newton
Sior Stoff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-
Senator Humphrey, Democrat, of
Minnesota, said today industry
was using the steel wage dispute
as part of "a grand strategy to
destroy" economic controls in the
country.
The Senator addressed the BIZ
Iennial convention of the CIO
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Truman Goinq
To People With
Facts, He Says
Sees Another Victory
In WhistIe-Stop Trip;
Farm Foes AssuiIed
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today pre-
dicted victory for the Democratic
Party this fall and reiterated his
intention of going to the people
with "the facts" about 20 years
of the party's rule.
The President spoke at a Sylvan
Theater ceremony where 14O Agri-
Trumon Tells Flying Anecdotes at CAP
Dinner. Poee AS
Text Of Trumon Speech at Agriculture
Aword Ceremony. Poee A
culture Department employees re-
ceived achievement awards.
A crowd of several thousand de-
partmental employees and visitors
gave the President a standing ova-
tion at the end of a 15-minute
speech in which he defended his
farm program as a crusade for
economic strength and condemned
criticism as bunk and hokum."
In one of numerous departures
from his prepared text, the Presi-
dent recalled that in 1948 you
heard lot of talk about what
we had done to the country"
Then he jocularly recited the de-
tails of his own back platform
counter-offensive which covered
nearly $4,000 miles and put him
in touch with millions of people.
Same Campaign Planned.
when the people heard the
facts, you know what happened"
Evening star., 1952-05-15
By jones {. Roper

The case was peanuts-5,000
tons of peanuts.
What happened to them was a
circus.
The Senate Agriculture Com
mittee heard the story from its
Evening star., 1952-05-15

Other Bills Approved by the House Dis
trict Committee. Poee AIS