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Evening star., 1952-12-09
Sabre Pilot Bags MIG
Flyers Increase Toll
On Red Supply Lines
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Dec. 9.-Allied pilots
tangled with Communist MIG-15
jets deep in North Korea today
and the United States 5th Air
Force said one MIG was destroyed.
Credit for the MIG kill went to
"a British exchange pilot, Flight
1t. Graham F Huse. He and
three other Sabre pilots fought it
out with two MICS. but one of the
Red warplanes escaped back
across the Yalu River.
155 Vehicles Destroyed.
Truck-busting B-26 Invaders
last night racked up their biggest
score in two weeks of continual
attacks in Communist supply
lines in North Korea.
The United States 5th Air Force
reported 155 vehicles destroyed on
roads reaching southwark.
Fourteen B-29 Superforts raineo
Il40 tons of high explosives on foul
targets in Red Korea. An ore
processing plant at Takchon and
the Yongyoncham supply area
bore the brunt of the attacks.
Ground Front Quiet.
The ground front remained rela-
lively quiet. The only reported
fighting centered in the Sniper
Ridge area on the central front
Chinese Reds probed and jabbed
at South Korean defenses there
throughout yesterday and this
morning.
Temperatures stayed just above
zero.
Allied warships and carrier
planes gave the United Nations
infantry hand on the eastern
front. Cruisers, destroyers and a
battleship fired their big guns on
the Communist frontline positions.
Planes from the carriers Bon
Homme Richard. Oriskany and
Essex pounded Chinese and North
Korean Reds all along the eastern
coastline.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
President 10 Leave
Tonight for Capital
By The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 9.-Presi-
dent Truman was at his desk to-
day in the Muehlbach Hotel
catching up on work and talking
to old friends.
The President planned to re-
join his family in Independence
early in the afternoon. They will
board the presidential special
train at 6:15 pm. tCST) for the
return to Washington.
Mr.. Truman took a half-houl
walk at 1880 am. motored te
Grandview to visit the family
farm and his sister. Miss Mary
Jane Truman. and then drove
here.
In the Meuhlebach's penthouse
suite he visited with his brothe,
Vivian Truman and other rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Truman stayed in Inde-
pendence. where her mother,
Mrs. David w. Wallace. 80, was
buried yesterday. Mrs. Wallace
died last Friday at the White
House in Washington.
Close to 80 relatives and good
friends of the Truman and Wal
lace families attended, the private
Episcopal funeral services for Mrs.
Wallace. She was buried under a
slender granite shaft and a tall
cedar tree in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
9 Lighthouse Keepers
Marooned in Storm
Off California Coast
BY the Assoeioted Press

CRESCENT CITY, Calf, Dec.
9.-Nine Coast Guard lighthouse
men spent their 10th day of
storm imposed isolation on a
bleak -wave-battered reef off the
California Oregon coast today as
a new storm howled down from
the North Pacific.
The nine-three lightkeepers, a
relief crew of three and three re-
pairmen-were stranded Novem-
ber 80 on 140-foot high St.
Georges Reef Light.
Raging seas and high winds
prevent them from lowering their
boats. and bar Coast Guard at
temptS to reach the reef, miles
of the rocky coast northwest OF
here.
The Coast Guard says the reef
on which they're stuck is one of
CALIFORNIA; most perilous spots
for ships.
Men Apparently Safe.
Einar Nilsen, commanding Off
Ger of the Coast Guards Hum
boldt Bay Station, said he was in
regular radio contact with the
men. They are apparently all
right, the officer said, but if the
storm keeps up for a few more
days and the men ask for help
We'll have to get to them some
how"
The men have 10 more days
emergency rations on the reef.
The lighthouse normally is op-
Grated by three men from the
Crescent City Coast Guard station
for Today periods. No Novem-
ber 30, a three-man relief crew
and a three-man repair detail ar
rived. BY nightfall when the re-
pair team and the relieved crew
prepared to return to the main
land, they were unable to launch
their 25-foUt motor boat into the
waves.
Plane Crash Explained.
The new storm, due to hit the
coast late today, is not expected
to be as severe as the weekend
blast. in which IA persons lost
their lives in California and Ore
gon. Falling trees killed six: one
drowned, a lineman was electro
cuted while repairing a storm
damaged cable. a fisherman was
swept overheard and five died in
highway accidents.
Many highways were blocked
by fallen trees or snow drifts
Power failures were numerous.
BY yesterday, most of the dam
age was at least partially repaired.
A storm damaged power trans
former, flashing blue lights, pre-
sumably explained Sunday reports
that troubled plane crashed near
Tahoe City, Calf. Witnesses re-
ported seeing distress signal lights.
Power company workers said they
believed the blown transformer
was the explanation. Searchers
found no trace of any crash and
no military or commercial planes
were reported missing.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
.Soviets Grant Visa
lou. ). Catholic Priesi
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Rev. Georges Bissonette has
been issued a visa by the Soviet
Embassy permitting him to enter
Russia and take over as the only
Roman Catholic priest there.
Father Bissonette. now with the
assumption College at Worcester
Mass. will be the fourth priest
assigned to Moscow under the
treaty in which the United States
recognized Russia's revolutionary
government in 1888.
The first treaty priest" was
the Rev. Leopold Braun. He was
relieved by the Rev. Anthony La
Berge, followed by the Rev. Arthur
BrasSard. whose place will be
taken by Father Bissonette.
All have been Americans and
members of the Assumption order.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
Durkin Expects Taft
will Be Reasonable on
Labor Act Changes
BY the ASsocioted Press

Martin P. Durkin, who has beer
named to be Secretary or Labor
in the Eisenhower cabinet. said to.
day he is certain Senator Taft
Republican, of Ohio, will be "rea.
sonable and fair minded" about
discussing changes in the Taft.
Hartley Labor Act.
The Secretary-designate sale
he regards Senator Taft, who wa.
sharply critical of the President.
elects choice of Mr.. Durkin, a.
"a fair-minded man." Senator
Taft called Mr.. Durkin a "parti.
san Truman Democrat" and sale
his selection as Labor Secretary
was incredible"
Mr.. Durkin told a reporter he
is hopeful organized labor anc
management can find a middle
ground of agreement on the DO.
tentially explosive question OF
labor legislation.
PeOple'S Welfare First.
Mr.. Durkin, a lifelong Demo.
crat who voted against Gen. Eisen.
hover, said in an interview the
welfare of the American people
not just Of organized labor, would
be his first concern as head OF
the Labor Department and CHIEF
administration labor spokesman
on Capitol Hill.
7 Mr.. Durkin plans a visit this
week to Secretary of Labor Tobin
Tor his first inside look at the bic
department with its thousands OF
employees.
The Secretary designate said he
has plans for enlarging the SCOPE
OF the department but it was toe
early to spell out exactly what he
has in mind.
Nor was he ready, he said. &c
discuss particular sections of the
Taft-Hartley labor law he will
presumably seek to change.
Senator Taft has said there are
some changes which should bf
made IN the Taft-Hartley Act. The
National AFL and CIO have beer
urging outright repeal, but recently
there have been some signs of a
willingness to accept less.
Hartley Sees Accord.
Fred Az Hartley. former New
Jersey House fmember who CO.
sponsored the act, said last night
ne sees in Mr.. Durkin's appoint
ment an indication of close rela-
tlons between the new admins.
tration and labor. "Durkin has
a good reputation" he said in q
talk at Oklahoma City.
Mr.. Hartley said some changes
are needed in the labor law. but
ne added: Il see little more in
dustrial peace. however, until
labor leaders realize the Taft
Hartley bill is here to stay"
Inc Secretary-designate has
taken pains to guard against his
own unemployment no matter
when his new job might end. He
said he told Gen. Eisenhower a
week ago last Friday, the day the
general called him to New York
to offer him the assignment. that
ne could not accept until his wife
gave her approval and until he
mad made arrangements with his
union to take leave of absence
He did both over the week end.
OTHERWISE" he said, II might
lind myself back in nuerallsn
Evening star., 1952-12-09
Rockefeller Grants
TO IPR Defended al
Foundation Inquiry

A Rockefeller Foundation spokes.
man today defended grants tha
have been made to the Institute O.
Pacific Relations but said chance.
are very remote that further
grants will be considered.
The testimony came from Dear
RuSk, former Assistant Secretary
of State and now president of tn,
1921 million foundation. He ap
peared before the special HOUSE
committee investigating tax-ex.
empt foundations.
Mr.. Rusk said grave question:
had been raised about the insti
Itute and its influence on Ameri'
can policy by the long inves'
tigation by the Senate Interna
Security Subcommittee, and HI
added:
Il do not believe that at thi.
time those grave questions have
been answered"
Reds Aided by Activities.
The Senate group, in a forma
report some months ago, charged
that the activities of the institut.
had served the Communist inter.
est. and that some officials o.
the institute had engaged in sub
versive activities.
/ Mr.. Rusk testified that thu
foundation began to have some
misgivings about the institute ane
it's work long before ANY ex'
preston of anxiety by the Gov
ernment." He said this concerr
grew out of controversies abou
articles in IPR publications ant
remarks dropped at institute con
Iferences.
In 1916. Mr.. Rusk testified. tn,
foundation decided on a dimin
ishing level of support for th'
institute. In line with this deci'
sion. the foundation approved {
grant of $233.0O0 over a five-yeal
period. Additional grants total
ing $4,000 were made in. 1874!
iand in 1850, Mr.. Rusk said, in ar
effort to help salvage" the insti-
tute as an organization for objec-
tive studies.
No Such Aid, knowingly.
He y emphasized that the
foundation would never support
knowingly any individual or Or
ganization aiding the Communist
cause.
MI. Rusk was asked about a
1910 grant to Hans Eisler, Aus
trian-born musician and brother
of Communist Gerhardt Eisler
who fled from this country tc
Germany while facing deporta-
ton proceedings. He said criti-
cism of this grant was based or
Judgment through hindsight."
He pointed out that Hans EiSle1
received a grant of $3.50 from a
$20,l60 grant to the New School
for Social Research for a project
on experimental film music. AT
the time, Mr.. Rusk added, the
foundation had no knowledge OF
Eisler's political associations.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
Pilgrims Church Opens
$3.50, 900 Seminary Drive

A drive for $3.50, 900 for Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond
Va, was launched last night at
The Church OF the Pilgrims. Twen-
ty-second and P streets NV.
About $50 persons heard the
Rev. James A. Jones Of Charlotte
N. c.. urge greater contributions
for endowments and new construc-
ton at the Presbyterian seminary
The drive aims at collecting SIS
million in the Virginia, North
Carolina. West Virginia and Appa-
lachian Synods.
Evening star., 1952-12-09
u. ). Fails 10 Return
Auto Taxes 10 States,
Gov. KohIer Declares
BY the Associoied Press

Americas multibillion- dollar road
system is being depleted by a
loss Of SIPS billion in motor
vehicle taxes that are not used
for building highways, it was re-
ported here yesterday.
Gov. Walter j. Kohler of Wis
conSin. addressing the Western
Governors Conference, said the
Federal Government in the 1851
fiscal year returned to the States
only $400 million of the $1.66 bill.
lion 1T took from the motoring
public.
His remarks were the high point
OF a panel discussion on the
thorny issue Of obtaining financing
for needed roads.
Reclamation Prospects.
Earlier, the 10 governors at
tending the two-day meeting
heard Reclamation Commissioner
Michael Straus report that the
83d Congress would receive a ST.
billion blueprint for building
reclamation projects during the
next seven years.
Gov. Kohler. member of a spe-
cial committee on Federal and
State taxation, set up by the Ma
tlonal Governors Conference
pointed out the loss in highway
revenue came from two sources:
1.-The Federal gas tax. Some
$3.50 million is collected and only
$400 million is returned to the
States.
2-Federal excise taxes on such
things as tires. tubes, batteries
and other automotive equipment
An approximate ST billion is col
lected and none of it is returned tc
the States for building highways
Would Gain Money.
| Gov. Kohler maintained that
practically every State, with the
exception of sparsely-populated
Nevada and Wyoming, would have
more highway money if all this
revenue were given to the States
He warned, however, that the
problem of retrieving this lost
money for the States would be
complicated, and was part of a
larger problem-that of getting
the Federal government to aban-
don f1ve fields of excise taxation
that he felt rightfully belonged to
the States.
The five fields are taxes on gaso.
line, distilled spirits, matted bev-
erages. cigarettes and motor We
hicle equipment.
The loss in revenue would be
about 2 per cent of the Federal
income" Gov. Kohler said. In
return, I think we should give up
Federal aid of all types. I for
one don't want any handouts at
ALL"
Warren Outlines Problem.
Gov. Earl Warren of California
pointed out that if the Govern
ment did step out of the five
fields Of taxation, the problem of
States entering these fields would
still exist. State laws would have
to be passed and some industries
might fight against re-imposition
OF such taxes, he said.
Would we get better high
Ways?" he asked.
In his statement which came in
a panel discussion, Mr.. Straus also
revealed: ~
l. There is no present Federal
law under which reclamation
projects built with Government
money can be transferred to State
control once the original invest
ment is repaid.
z. The II Western States want
a clearer understanding of how
they can gain more control over
the distribution of hydroelectric
power generated in their own
areas.
3. The States fear the Federal
Government has no intention of
stepping out of the public power
picture regardless of whether the
costs Of reclamation projects are
repaid or not.
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If tax audits were separated
from tax findings, responsibility
for final determinations of tax
liability could be placed in re-
view board of a central agency
like the one now in use in the New
York State tax structure.
z. Higher pay for all classified
tons would go a long way toward
making T-Men bribe-proof. The
present base pay of a revenue
agent is $4,205 per year with
annual raises of SIPS. 40.
This rate of pay isn't in line
with present living costs or with
the prevailing scale for account
ants and tax specialists in private
employment.
We need to keep highly quail
fed men on the job instead of
driving them out of government
service by low pay. Give the men
on the job a good, living wage and
enough extra revenue will accrue
to Uncle Sam to more than foot
the bill for such pay raises.
3. Shift tax-fraud prosecutions
from the Treasury Department to
the FBI, as another way of pro-
viding an outside check on bureau
operations.
4. Require complete disclosure
by T-Men OF all income and
sources of income. About half of
the bureaus $1,000 employees are
now being required to answer
questionnaires about their fnan-
cial status. This is fine but it is
limited to front-line enforcement
and supervisory officials. Make
every member of the department
account for every penny of his in
come and it will go long way
toward showing up corrupt prac-
tees and forcing grating officials
into the open.
s. Give T-Men sense of pres
tige and dignity as public servants.
This is where the public can rise
and shine. If you treat your tax
collector as a snoop and a meddler,
he can have very little idea of his
own worth and of the worth of the
job he is trying to do.
The tar brush of the current
scandals has smeared thousands
ofhonest men. Let's give them our
confidence and encouragement.
6. Congress must be a watch
dog over the tax-collection system.
Its Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation founded in
1926, turned out to be sleeping
dog instead of an aggressive and
vigilant guardian.
L MYSELF will never again occupy
a position of public trust. Neither
will those other T-Men of high or
low degree who went wrong. But
single housekeeping is no good
without day-to-day maintenance
and vigilance of the 100000
taxpayers who want a tax-collec-
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Continued from page twenty-eigM

the accountant had been nabbed
by the special agents and had
agreed to help them get the goods
on me in return for a milder plead
ing and sentence for himself.
Invent to the accountant s house
and held out my hand. My fingers
were just closing around the wad
of bills when a Treasury Special
Agent stepped out from behind a
window drape and arrested me.
l was sentenced to year and a
day.
Okay, it's over now, for me.
I've had it. I'm not complaining.
But there's a lesson in my story -
for other tax men, and for the
general public, too.
Major Reforms
AT PRESENT writing, Congress
has before it a plan for feorgani-
cation of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. At least two of the major
reforms the plan proposes should.
l think, get the full support of all
honest T-Men and of a public
sickened by tax scandals.
The new plan proposes to abolish
the Offices of "a Collectors of In
ternal Revenue and place bureau
operations in Is district offices,
each headed by District Com
missioner selected by ciril-se7pice
APPOINTMENT.
Only one man in the entire
bureau - the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue - would
be appointed by the President.
Any organization is only as good
as it's leadership and it is certainly
a long overdue reform to fill high
supervisory Offices with men of
proven merit instead of with a
group of political pets.
In my opinion, the morale of the
men on the lower levels would re-
ceive a powerful lift if they knew
that their supervisors came up
through the ranks rather than
from political patronage list.
The second valuable point of
the reorganization plan is the
establishment of an inspection
service which will operate COM
pletely independently of the rest
of the bureau.
/ believe regular audits and un-
announced spot checks of district
Offices will certainly show up at
tempts at influence-peddling and
bribery.
Higher Pay
c
30 FAR so good. But | had long
time to brood over my service in
the bureau, and have a few ideas
of my own - which at least have
the merit of objectivity. since I'm
never going to be Than again.
/. Tighten up on the discre-
tionary powers of the revenue
agents.
AS far as possible, agents should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10

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Evening star., 1952-08-03
Miss FrienneI,
INr. Purdy
Are Married

The marriage Of Miss Harriet
Friemel to Mr.. Byron w. Purdy
took place on August 2 at North
minister Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. William Kepler ofiiciating.
The home Of the brides sister,
Mrs. Herman Walker. was the
scene of the reception.
The former Miss Friemel is the
daughter of Mrs. William Friemel
of Hyattsville and the late Mr..
Friemel. Mr.. Purdy is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. Purdy of
Baltimore.
Mrs. Walker was matron Of
honor. The attendants were Mrs.
Robert Fraught Of College Park,
Mrs. Gerard Gaudreau of Balti-
more and Miss Carolyn Middleton
of Kentucky. Mr.. Purdy served
his son as best man. The Messrs.
Joseph Frolo. Raymond Cyphers,
William Fitchett and j. Ross
Myers. all Of Baltimore. were
uSherS.
The bride is q graduate Of Cor
nell University and this June re-
ceived her masters degree at the
University Of Maryland. Mr..
Purdy was graduated from the
University of Maryland where he
was a member Of Delta Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity.
After a wedding trip to the
Cloisters, Sea Island, Ca, and Mi
ami Beach, Fla, the couple will
live In Levittown, Pa.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Mr.Chopin
Murries in
New JERSEY

The marriage OF Miss COrnella
Bonner Clarke, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Francis Mann Clarke Of
New Brunswick. N. j., to Mr..
Frederic Lincoln Chaplin, son of
the United States Ambassador to
the Netherlands and Mrs. Selden
Chaplin, took place yesterday at
Christ Church in New Brunswick.
The Rev. Canon Walter H. Stowe
officiated. with the Right Rev.
Norman B. Nash assisting. A
reception followed the ceremony
at Woodstock. home of the brides
parents.
The bride. given in marriage by
her father. wore a gown of
antique ivory italian silk with an
insert of rosepoint lace at the neck
line. Her veil, worn by her mother,
was Of Brussels lace. She carried
a white spray Of orchids and
gardenias.
Maid Of honor was Miss
Katharine Kerney yelling of
Trenton, N. j. She wore a gown
of pale blue organdy. ballerina
length, and carried spray bou-
quet Of white geraniums and ivy.
Other attendants were Miss Bar
barba McAfee of st. Louis, Mo-,
Miss Sheila Schermerhorn Of New
York and Washington. Miss Pa
tricia Wainwright, New York
City; Mrs. Robert F. Schelling,
Princeton. N. j.. and Mrs. Ronald
I. Metz, sister of the bridegroom,
from Washington. Their dresses
were the same as the maid Of
honorS.
Serving Mr.. Chaplin as best man
was Mr.. Philip Won Stade Of West
bury, Long Island. Ushers were
the Messrs. Allan Ramsay. New
York City: Leo Martinuzzi, Gar
den City, Long Island; Robert l..
Walsh, jr., Washington: Robert F.
Schelling, Princeton, N. j.; Mr..
Albert G. Tilt III, Greenwich,
Conn, and John c. and Francis
M. Clarke, jr., brothers of the
bride.
The former Miss Clarke at
tended Miss Fines School inI
Princeton and was graduated
from Vassar College. Mr.. Chaplin
studied at st. Paul's School inI
Concord, N. H.. and Harvard Col
lege, where he was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. He is now Third
Secretary and Vice Consul of the
United States Embassy in Vienna.
After a wedding trip to Paris
the couple will reside in Vienna.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Miss Mcpherson
Engaged to
lMr. Bennett

Announcement is made by DR..
and Mrs. Archibald T. Mcpherson
|of Kensington Of the engagement
|of their daughter. Jean Louise, to
Mr.. Harold Earl Bennett Of Mis-
soula, Mont.
Miss Mcpherson was graduated
from Mount Holyoke College and
lis continuing her graduate work at
Pennsylvania State College. She
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa
and Sigma Pi Sigma. honorary
physics fraternity. Mr.. Bennett is
an alumnus Of Montana State
University and is also doing gra-
duate work at Pennsylvania State
College. He is a member of Theta
Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma and Kappa
Tau. honorary scholastic frater-
nifty.
The wedding will take place
August II in MiSSoula.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
October Wedding
For Miss OWinqs

Mr. and Mrs. c. Watson Owings
Of College Park announce the
engagement Of their daughter,
Ruth Louise. to 1st 1t. Robert F.
Cutting. He is the son Of Mrs.
Harry o. Cutting.
Miss Owings, formerly Of Pitts
burgh, was an airline hostess with
Capitol Airlines. She is now a
dental assistant in College Park.
Her f1ance was formerly with the
4th Infantry Division Artillery
near Frankfurt, Germany and is
presently in Washington waiting
further assignment.
The wedding will take place in
October.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Miss Holman
To Be Bride
Iford nsd Bachrach Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Holman
of Silver Spring announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter Mar
garet Ann to 1t. William s. Bo-
dine. U. s. A., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
william Earl Bodine of Phoenix,
Ariz.
Miss Holman attended the Uni
versity of Maryland. where she
was a member of Alpha Delta Pi
Sorority. She Is now attending
the Cleveland Clinic School Of
Physical Therapy, from which she
will be graduated this September.
1t. Bodine was graduated from
the University of Arizona, where
he was member of the American
Society Of Engineers.
They plan an October wedding