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mine. like the rich Hull-Rust-
Mahoning mine in the Mesabi
range of Minnesota. U. 8. Steel
hopes to bring Is million tons
of iron ore out of Cerro Bolivar
each year. It's capacity is rated
at 400 million tons.
Such a radical change Of
scenery requires elaborate prep
arations. And the steel COM
panies need more than an
ocean-going fleet. In the case
Of U. S. Steel's Venezuela ven
ture, for instance. it involves
building a 90-mile railroad from
the Cerro Bolivar development
to the junction Of the Orinoco
and Coroni Rivers. Construction
of this railroad already has
started. The Venezuela govern
ment .also has begun dredging
the two rivers for ITO miles.
U. S. Steel hopes that the rivers
will be made deep enough to &C
commodate its ocean-going YES
sells. If not. however, it is
planned to use barges to carry
the ore to the tidewater port Of
Guiria. Transfer facilities at the
Orinoco-Coroni confluence also
must be constructed.
2.000-MiIe Trip
From Venezuela the heavy
freighters will travel the open
seas 2.120 miles to the Balti-
Philadelphia area, or
2,275 miles to Mobile. Ore
coming in at Mobile will be sent
by rail to the mills at Birming-
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erfeiter Hunts lave Dredged Up Some Character

paintings are there today to at
test the skill Of the famed
counterfeiter.
Gilmour also did a painting
Of a hanging and inscribed the
words. "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
beneath the picture. One Of tho
persons he painted in the scene
was William H. Davenport, for
mer Secret Service agent in
Kansas City. While serving
time, Gilmour painted many
portraits from memory and sent
them to Mr.. Davenport.
The Secret Service has many
more tales Of famed counter
feiters. There was, for instance.
the team Of Nick Petrashkow.
37-year-old toolmaker. and
Narvy l.. Persinger, 38-year-old
sheet-metal worker. They were.
nabbed in Los Angeles, when
they prepared to counterfeit
stamps bearing the inverted
image of a plane. They had
read that this rare postage
stamp was worth nearly $4,000.
Then there was Adam Duzyn-
ski. who operated in a rescue
mission in Pensacola, Fla. not
as safe q haven as he thought.
He made bogus 50-cent coins
at night. while his fellows slept.
An analysis Of paper, inks
and workmanship led Secret
Service agents to a four-time
offender, Marion J. Williams.
He was an expert on IS, $40
and $40 bills. In July, 1851, he
was arrested in a cabin in the
Pacific Northwest and got Is
years in prison.
Expert Mochinist
A man named Starring made
half dollars that were out
standing. When arrested he
gave his occupation as "a
counterfeiter and a good one"
An expert machinist, he used
steel dies, just like the Mint
does, and rolled sheets Of silver
to the proper gauge.
One Of the Treasury Depart
ment's proudest boasts is that
not one employe of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing here
has ever turned counterfeiter.
This isn't as unusual as 1t
sounds. officials say. For these
Bureau Of Engraving specialists
are picked for the pride they
take in their job. They are
provided with the best equip
ment In the world. And tho
pay Is good.
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His neighbors considered
Ninger q model man. They
were aroused over his arrest, for
he had made substantial loans
to those in need.
Some said he should not be
punished-he was a genius. 1t
probably was true that his work
as collectors items. would have
fetched far more than the face
value of his counterfeit bills. as
his admirers claimed.
Another character who is a
legend in the Secret Service is
Walter Barney Gilmour, who
operated in the early 20s Some
credit him with painting the
chapel at the Leavenworth
Prison in Kansas. while he was
serving time on a counterfeiting
charge. And the scrolls and
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By Richord FrykIund


said it was prot Communist.
The group denied both charges.
but admitted to being New
Deal" liberal" or "left-wing."
First Test
The groups big test on the
pro-communism charge came
in the 1948 elections. when
Henry Wallace called for Presi-
dent Roosevelt's old admirers to
follow him into the Progressive
Party. The ADA refused. In
stead, it prepared a bulky re-
port which proved to almost
every ones satisfaction that the
Progressive Party was run by
Communists and party liners.
and that Wallace himself didn't
know which way was up. The
ADA supported Mr.. Truman.
Wallace, meanwhile. found slim
pickings In old New Deal cir
cleS.
A look at the ADA's 1852 plat
form settles the socialism"
question. The dictionary says
socialism is a theory that aims
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or on river barges, for ship
ment to the steel mills.
U. S. Steel and Bethle-
hem Steel are the two principal
firms now working on plans to
import iron ore in large guam
titles.
ExhoustibIe Supply
Fifteen years ago few people
dreamed that the United States
would have to look to foreign
ranges and mines for its iron
ore. The supply in the Great
Lakes region, in Northern Min
nesota and upper Michigan, was
considered inexhaustible. But
World War II changed this
thinking. Mining Of the ore
increased heavily. The con-
sumption rate remained high
even after the war, as factories
began turning out civilian goods
once more. When civilian de-
mand seemed to be falling off,
the Korean war broke out and
more ore was needed for arma-
ments again.
At present rates, the Great
Lakes ranges will be exhausted
before long. AS soon as the steel
companies realized this they
started a worldwide search for
new supplies. They dispatched
surveying teams to undeveloped
lands.
U. S. Steel landed the big
bonanza when one Of its teams
discovered the Cerro Bolivar in
Venezuela. It will be an open-pit
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Americas Steel Mills Turn to Foreign Fields for Iron Ore

ham. A large amount of the
ore will eventually be sent up the
Delaware River directly to the
planned Morrisville plant of
U. s. Steel. Some will 60 to
Baltimore for reloading onto
barges, which will be sent to
the Morrisville mill through the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
One Of the things u. S. Steel
must work out is the problem Of
dredging the Delaware River.
The Army engineers, responsible
for inland shipping channels.
have not yet said that it will
dredge the river to accommodate
U. S. Steel's big ships.
Baltimore also will get some ore
to be sent by rail to mills which
complete with U. S. Steel. That
city already is operating q new
IS million ore terminal capable
Of handling 5000 tons an hour.
Other terminals there are being
expanded. Philadelphia is plan
ming new ore transfer facilities
to compete with Baltimore.
The large steel mill in Morris
vile will cost hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars. Situated In the
center Of a fat market for steel
products. it is expected to be
completed by the time the first
ore arrives from Venezuela in
1855.
Other Programs
In addition to q. s. Steel's
shipbuilding program, Repub-
lies subsidiary. the Liberian
Navigation Co., is building four
%, 3,500-ton carriers. These will
fly the Liberian flag and will
bring ore from that country.
Bethlehem Steel also has let
contracts to British shipbuilders
for ore carriers.
Bethlehem, which already
is bringing relatively small
amounts of ore from its Ell
Pao development in Venezuela,
is exploiting another major
source there and hopes to bring
out 5 million tons each year by
1860.
The Hanna interests are
building two in England to bring
ore down from the Hanna-Hol-
linger concession in Labrador.
These are scheduled for compile
ton in 1855.
If war should come, these
numbering freighters, which can
go only about Is knots, would be
sitting ducks for subs, planes
and surface warships on their
long haul from foreign ports.
That's why the Government
hopes the foreign ore import
program can be hustled along.
The high-grade foreign ore will
sell at the mills at about the
same price as the domestic ores.
The domestic supply could be
held in reserve for use in the
event the shipping lanes were
cut OF.
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at public collective ownership Of
land and capital and the public
collective management Of all
industries. The ADA platform
does not contain those prin-
ciples. It does, however. call
for government ownership Of
defense plants when necessary
in time of emergency. ADA
leaders say they oppose nation
alization Of industry here-the
road taken toward socialism by
the British Labor Party.
The platform reads like an
amalgam of the New Deal and
Mr.. Truman's Fair Deal. It
is heavy in appeals for civil
rights for minorities and for
"civil liberties" as opposed to
"McC cCarthyism." It recognizes
the threat Of Communist ag-
gression" and calls for an ex-
panded mobilization program
and a pay-aS-we-go tax pro-
gram to support it. The plat
form demands repeal Of the
Taft-Hartley labor law and asks
for enactment Of the Truman
national health insurance plan
and for Brannan Plan "produc-
ton payments" for farmers. It
supports the United Nations and
puts much emphasis on Point
Four technical aid for unde-
veloped countries.
l30 Chapters
The ADA is relatively small.
It claims 10000 members in 130
chapters in 40 States. But the
members make up for their lack
of voting strength by jumping
enthusiastically into politics on
the national and local levels and
by cooperating with other left
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Counterfeiting Is at low ebb
these days. So says the vigilant
Secret Service, which ought to
know. It has cracked down on
the rings and put some Of the
king counterfeiters behind bars.
A branch Of the Treasury
Department, the Secret Service
is charged under the law with
preserving the integrity Of the
Nations currency. Uncle Sam
wants no competitors in this
field. The exclusive money
making power was granted to
Uncle Sam in the Federal
Constitution by the founding
fathers.
Competitors do crop up, Of
course. And in recent years the
alert Secret Service agents have
swooped down on these illegal
practitioners, with increasing
frequency. The Secret Service
now claims that counterfeiting
is well under control. following
a series of raids this year in
Chicago and other major cities.
War Fooled Them
Counterfeiting of coins, paper
money and stamps reached
its lowest depths in this
country in World War II. That
was because Government re-
strictions on metal were 50 rigid.
The counterfeiters were unable
to secure the highly polished
copper plates needed in their
Illicit art. But in 1948 counter
feiting was on the rise again.
It gradually increased until
about February Of this year.
Now-thanks to recent raids
some of the big operators are
awaiting trial. The Secret Serv-
ice says that it apprehended
the printers and engraverS anu
put the plants out Of produc-
ton.
Lost Years Take
It would be a good idea for
Mr.. Average Citizen to stay on
guard, Of course. u. e. Baugh-
man. chief of the United States
Secret Service, points out that
retail stores were taken" for.
$448, ,560.14 last year. The
Secret Service seized another
$932. .322.30 before 1t could be
passed out.
The uuiet-spoken Secret Serv-
ice has dealt with some fabulous
counterfeiters In the past.
One Of the most fabulous In
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By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

at the Treasury Department.
Ninger came to the United
States in 1879 from Prussia.
He located in Frankfurt, N. j.,
where he was living when he
was arrested In New York City
on March 28, 1896.
Not even his wife was aware
Of his Illicit activities. authori-
ties here recall. He worked
alone in his home. Once q
month he went to New York
City, explaining to his wife that
he made his money in stock
speculation. A grocery store
clerk, whose fingers were wet,
blurred the numbers Of one Of
Ninger's bills-and this led to
his undoing.
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By GeroId Worine

By GeroId Woring
rays given off by the cobalt
kill cancers buried dangerously
deep in the body where radium
rays cannot reach them with
out destroying healthy tissue.
The bomb has been in clin-
ical use in Canada only since
November, so doctors are not
yet certain of its long-term ef-
fectiveness. But case histories
so far are most encouraging.
One government official was
carried to q hospital on a
stretcher in March to take the
cobalt treatment. Now he's back
at work. A member Of the
Canadian Air Transport Board
had an operation 18 months ago.
but the cancer grew again. He
was wracked with pain and con-
tinually doped when he took the
cobalt treatment four months
ago. Now he's back ut his desk,
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the Government approved for
tax write-off purposes a $50
million investment by that firm
for water transportation Of
iron ore"
This obscure item-occupying
one line Of an official Govern
ment report-portends a major
change in the industrial char
acter Of the East. If present
plans are carried out, a new steel
plant will be built at Morrisville,
Pa, to handle imported ore
brought up the Delaware River.
Other ports on the Gulf and
East Coasts are preparing facil-
tiles to handle iron ore imports.
either by putting it on rail cars.
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The District is in the some
what unwelcome position today
Of needing a lot of things, hav-
ing plenty of money on hand
and not being able to buy them.
AS of last July / the surplus
was $11 million.
The surplus exists for two
reasons. District officials un-
derestimated the tax yield. And
Congress cut their budget ex-
penditure requests-balanced by
the conservative revenue esti-
mate-by SITS million.
Don't blame the budgeteers.
Underestimation is a traditional
guard against deficit. A carry
over of a couple of million dol
lars from one fiscal year to the
next is not unusual in this sort
of financing. There has to be
some cushion. But not $11
million.
The inf1exibility Of this sys-
tenn has the net effect of delay
ing badly needed projects for
at least a year because the
money can't be spent without
congressional appropriation. AL
most any department Of mu-
nicipal government you could
mention-schools, health, well
fare, police-could use these
funds to advantage.
Perhaps along with other re-
organization changes stream
lining District government it
would be interesting to explore
q new system Of budgeting un-
der which Congress would say:
Here is your budget for the next
fiscal year. Here is a list of
additional projects, rated as to
priority, on which you may pro-
ceed up to authorized limits If
you take in more money than
expected, still keeping a reason
able cushion for emergency or
necessary supplemental appro-
priations that occur annually.
Why not?
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Is This ADA?

Gov. Adlai Stevenson has
been accused many times since
his nomination for the presi-
dency on the Democratic ticket
Of being q captive" Of some
thing called the ADA. Senator
Dirksen. one Of the Republican
campaign leaders, furthermore.
describes the ADA as q threat
to American freedoms" The
G. o. P. House Campaign Com
mittee says the ADA is "a
leading front organization for
Marxist socialism in the United
States"
These charges have led many
persons to ask. just what is this
ADA? How far to the left does
it stand? Who is behind it? And
has it really captured Adlai
Stevenson?
ADA stands for Americans
for Democratic Action. It is
a national organization Of per-
sons who call themselves Glib
erals" and who claim to be a
significant force in American
politics. One of the founders
of the ADA, Wilson wyatt, is
Stevenson's campaign manager.
One Of the groups vice chair
men. historian Arthur M.
Schlesinger. jr.. Is a top-level
adviser to Stevenson. ADA
membership includes eight Sen
ators and 40 Representatives.
It has q finger In the political
pies Of almost every State.
Organized in l947
The group was organized
in 1947 by a few ex-New Dealers
who invited several hundred
persons to come to Washington
and form q new liberal" as
sociation. The meeting was
called because these people felt
their brand Of liberalism was
losing its influence. Their long
time spokesman and leader.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, was
gone. Republicans had just
swept the 1946 elections and
taken control Of Congress. Com
munists were taking over left
wing organizations and bend
ing them to the partys line.
The ex-New Dealers decided
q rallying point was needed
for the mont Communist left"
About $50 persons came to the
Washington meeting Zone in
vitation was addressed to Miss
Adlai Stevenson" but he didn't
Gomez. The delegates elected
Wyatt, former National Housing
director, and Leon Henderson.
former OPA director, to be the
first national co-chairmen.
Present national officers in
clude many labor leaders
among them Walter P. Reuther.
head Of the United Automobile
Workers; David Dubinsky, In
ternational Ladies Garment
Workers; James B. Carey, ma
tional secretary Of the CIO-
and such persons as James G.
Patton, head of the Farmers
Union, Senators Humphrey Of
Minnesota and Lehman Of New
York, and Representative
Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr., Of
New York.
Aeoinst TotoIitorionism
The new group accepted for
membership persons who liked
its platform and who could
answer Eyes" to these two ques-
tions: Are you against all forms
of totalitarianism? Are you for
maintenance of our basic civil
liberties as we fight totalitarian-
ism? Those two questions.
ADA believed, would screen
out Communists; although the
group says no real attempt was
made by Communists to in
Nitrate its organization.
Nevertheless, from the first.
the ADA was accused of being
socialistic, and some persons
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1t Claims to Be Liberal and Says 1t Hasn't Captured Adu
Some O. P. Say It's Morst and Power Among Democrats

Ier Among Democrats
of-center groups particularly
labor unions.
The ADA decided from the
start to get into party politics.
Members were told they would
be wasting their time if they did
nothing but hold meetings and
write manifestoes. They were
urged to run for Office or get be-
hind candidates who supported
ADA views. So they rang door,
bells. made speeches, licked en-
velopes, took voters to the polls
and generally scratched for votes
for ADA friends.
Does ADA Score Voters?
There is considerable differ
ence of opinion over the value
of ADA support. Some politi-
clans say the left-wing ADA
view tends to scare off the pub
lie. The ADA says it has great
influence among independent
voters. It Is, of course, impos-
sible to say how many votes the
ADA can win or lose for its can
didates. The presence of 48 ADA
members in Congress seems to
show that ADA's Endorsement is
not necessarily the kiss of death.
Almost all candidates backed
by. the ADA have been Demo-
Gratis, although the group claims
to be independent of all parties.
Occasionally they will indorse a
Republican-like Senator Morse
of Oregon or Representative
Javits of New York, both Of
whom operate under the G. o. P.
label but vote most of the time
with the Democrats. The ADA
prefers the Democratic Party
platform and consequently pre-
fers Democratic candidates, as
a general rule. Most Southern
Democrats, however, are con-
sidered by the ADA to be hope
lessly conservative. The dislike
is mutual. and the ADA has
little strength in the South.
Controversial Influence
The amount of ADA influence
in the Stevenson camp Is a
matter Of great-and usually
party line controversy. Al
though Stevenson himself says
he is not a member of ADA. and
furthermore has never been a
member Of the group, he has
attended ADA meetings and CO.
operated with them on some
projects. He named Wilson
Wyatt, a founder of the ADA as
his campaign manager. But
Wyatt has not been an active
member for some time. Steven
son and the ADA are not too far
apart on platforms. but they do
part company on two issues i'm
portant to the ADA-national
health insurance and the Bran
nan Plan.
The ADA prior to and during
the Democratic convention, was
split three ways between Steven
son. Senator Kefauver and
Mutual Security Administrator
Hartman. Immediately after
the convention the ADA united
behind Stevenson. (In 1948 the
group invited Gen. Eisenhower
to become a candidate, but re-
luctantly turned to President
Truman when Ike declined).
Think Alike
The charge that Stevenson Is
now ADA's captive is a political
weapon. Of course. meant to
imply some sort Of subservience
on Stevenson's part. But there
is no evidence that either the
ADA or Stevenson arrive at any
thing but independent conclu-
slons. On the other hand, 1t is
undeniable that they do think
along similar lines on most sub
jects. And whether the ADA
tint will repel voters Is some
thing nobody is ever going to
find out-even after the elec-
ton.
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Three-and-one-haH tons of
cancer killer will arrive in New
York next month, the first in
stallment on Canada's atomic
debt to the United States.
The cancer killer is a $48. 900
cobalt teletherapy unit or "co-
bait bomb" which destroys cam
GERS more effectively than any
other method yet discovered.
The bomb, of course. Is not the
final cure for cancer sought by
the medical world, but it is the
best thing available.
After the dissolution Of the
wartime Manhattan Project, in
which the United States, Britain
and Canada were partners in
producing the atom bomb, Can
ada turned its atomic scientists
to finding peaceful uses for
atomic energy.
The United States continued
developing and producing atomic
weapons This contributed vast
ly to the security of all free ma
tions, including Canada, and
created a moral debt owed by
Canada to the United States.
Repoying the Debt
The results of Canadian
atomic research. which are being
made available to the United
States, are helping to repay that
debt. And of all the results so
far. none is more important than
the Canadian discovery that
radioactive cobalt go is the best
and cheapest treatment for
cancer.
Before the days of the atom
smasher, cobalt was known
chiefly as an alloy used to
harden metals. It is a silver
white metal slightly heavier
than iron or nickel. When
combined with potassium. it be-
comes the deep blue of the
artists pigment. Cobalt took
on added Importance when the
cyclotron started splitting atoms.
Canada's work with cobalt may
well make it one Of the most
important radioactive agents in
the medical field.
Canadian hospitals and can
Ger research institutes are buy
ing cobalt bombs as fast as they
can get them. The first cobalt
bomb for the United States will
be shipped in September to the
Montefiore Hospital in New
York. Another is on order for
the Cook County Hospital in
Chicago. The new Francis
Delaf1eld Hospital and the
Sloane Kettering Institute, both
in New York, are awaiting pro-
duction Of a new model sched-
uled to make its appearance
next spring.
It would require $45 million
worth Of radium, which no one
has, to equal the power of the
$48, 900 bomb. A $120,000 X-ray
machine would equal its gamma
ray output, but in addition to
being cheaper, the cobalt unit
is superior in other respects to
the X-ray machine.
Cheaper Treatment
Essentially the 1ow-cost CO.
bait bomb means that more
hospitals can afford to provide
better cancer treatment for
more patients at lower costs.
Heart of the three and one
half ton machine is q small
bit Of radioactive cobalt pro-
duced at the Canadian atomic
research center at Chalk River.
Ontario. Only 80 grams are
used-about the weight Of Is
nickeIs - yet the penetrating