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MOTORCYCLES

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REAL ESTATE LOANS

End TRUSTS. Arlington area: lmmed.
action McCLAINE PROPERTIES
2100 Wilson blvd. Arl IA. 2-330O.
FIRST AND SECOND TRUST LOANS.
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MONEY ON 2Pd IRUST-We will
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TIONAL MORTGAGE a. INVEST
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Ma $3.50
So. 900 Tor less) to be secured by 2nd
trust. available to responsible home
owner; must be good property. Send
data to Box BIS, Star. 20
Ist, End. 3rd TRUST LOANS. covering
D. c.. nearby Md. and Va. proper
ties. Financial relief for all pur-
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additions or improvements.
APEX REALTY CO.
oil N. Z. Ave- NV. ST. s sJe
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2Haee TO 4fS, DISCOUNT
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End TRUSTS
End TRUSTS wANTED-cash today.
RIA 6-22S1. ia. S-6676 day or ewes.
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AUToMoTIVE MISCELLANEOUS
TRAILERS

FOR SALE-Jeep motor. complete
also parts 41-42 WHY'S. DaleyieW
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WEEK-END SPECIALS

ALLIED MOTORS
100 9th st. NV. CO. 5-1496
Evening star., 1954-04-13

Railroad men here said today
that they doubt such a plan
would ever be put into operation
in Washington. The reason, they
said, was the split-level design of
the station. There are no ramps
on which the carts could be
moved between levels.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Pittsburgh Carts
Let Passengers
Roll Own Luggage
BY the Assoeioted PEess

PITTSBURGH. April 10. -
Railroad passengers at the
Pennsylvania station here can
begin rolling their own luggage
tomorrow.
Personal luggage carts, similar
to carriers used in supermarketS,
will be provided for travellers
who carry their own baggage.
The system is a supplement to
red cap service.
1t will cost is cents to rent a
cart, Is cents down and a To-
cent refund when the cart is
returned. Coin-operated racks
with the carts will be placed
throughout the station. They
can be used by passengers who
are boarding or leaving trains.
A similar plan is to be put
into operation by the New York
Central at the South Station in
Boston.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

apartment projects exceeded the
actual cost of the apartments
He said the "windfall'' to the
promoters of those cases alone
was well over $75 million" That
phase Of the investigation is far
from complete and, Mr.. Cole
added, the Governments loss
will be substantial"
Mr.. Cole cited case where the
promoters of an apartment prof.
ect obtained an insured loan ot
$8.380,500 when the cost of the
project was only $3,890,871. The
promoters, he said, split a wind
fall" of $4.489, 900.
Doubts Criminal Action.
He said he doubted if any Grim
inal action could be brought
against the promoters. because
they may have simply out
guessed" the FILA appraiser.
However, he added, it showed
as far as the FILA was concerned
"either collusion or gross negli-
gence."
That promoters Of housing
projects under the old FHA Title
sos" made fortunes from the ven-
lures has been known for some
time. Senator Douglas. Demo
crat. of Illinois, among others
made such charges several years
ago. The rules for the financing
of such projects we're loosely fixed
by Congress so that the efficient
Evening star., 1954-04-13

cash. The homeowner then
was obligated to pay the 1ull
amount even though he might
never see the promised cash
rebate"
This sort of activity, Mr.. Ccle
said, was possible without knowl-
edge of FILA officials. The loans
are made by lending institutions
directly to homeowners and the
Government does not hear of
them until the institution OBJ
tains insurance underwriting the
note.
Hits Inadequate Methods.
But the administrator said he
was dissatisfied with the made
quate investigation and enforce
ment action undertaken by FHA,
despite a flood of complaints
which have come in over a Pc
riod of years. In connection
with the apartment financing, he
said the practice of obtaining
loans larger than property cost
was $50 prevalent and widely
known that it is inconceivable
that responsible FILA officials
could be unaware of it," xfsVf
Mr.. Cole said an intensive
study of FHA's organization
and working methods will be
made in an effort to put into
effect changes to protect home
owners.
He said that the changes in
personnel to be made do not
necessarily imply malfeasance
or incompetence" on the part of
the "senior officials" concerned.
However. if the evidence be-
fore us is correct. the FILA has
obviously suffered from pro-
gressive laxity which is incom-
patible with good government"
he continued. Our primary
purpose is not solely to bring
punitive action where necessary
but to insure against recurrence
of these unethical or illegal de-
vices"
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Housing
Continued From First Page)

groups, at first declined to dis
cuSs the situation.
A little later-aS he was leav-
ing to return to his Virginia
home-he told newsmen his sole
reason for going to Washington
last year was to work for the
administration, about which I
am most enthusiastic"
HOllyday to Be Republican.
Still later. in a statement is
sued here, Mr.. Hollyday said:
I'm recognition of the privi-
lege of working for this admin
istration for a year, I am going
to Towson (Md) in the morning
to change my registration from
Democratic to Republican"
The statement added that Mr..
Hollyday planned to take q
little vacation" and added par
enthetically that "six days in
two years is not enough"
Mr.. Hollyday said he will meet
with Mr.. Cole today-if Mr.. Cole
wants to see him.
Mr.. Powell had no immediate
comment. He said he had been
thinking of quitting since the
first of the year because most of
FHA's key policy jobs were being
taken over by Republicans. Mr..
Powell is a. Democrat.
Lack of Action Charged.
Mr.. Cole. a former Republican
member of the House from
Kansas and a former attache
of the Republican National
Committee, described Mr.. Holly
day as "a good Christian gen.
tlemen." He said. however, that
Mr.. Hollyday twas aware" of
some of the things which had
gone on in connection with the
FILA loan program and that he
did not act
The PHA does not make tfous-
ing loans. 1t inSures loans made
by banks and other private in
stitutions for home improve
ments, for construction of indi-
vidual homes and apartment
developments. All phases of
agency operation will be inves-
tlgated. But Mr.. Cole said the
probe will center on two points.
l. Evidence of serious irreg-
ularities and abuses" in connec-
ton with the home improvement
insurance program under Title I
of the National Housing Act.
2. Evidence of illegal or un-
ethical actions" concerning the
financing of privately owned
rental-housing projects, under
section 608 of the Federal Hous-
ing Act, which expired in 1850.
Fleeced in Repair Loans.
Mr.. Cole said there were hum
dredS of cases where homeown-
ers over the country had been
f1eeced in connection with the
home-repair loans. He added
that some of the owners have
been charged twice the value of
the repair jobs and, in some
cases, for "shoddy" work.
The housing administrator
said investigation already had
turned up 251 cases in which
FILA insured mortgages on
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builders could obtain loans for
100 per cent or more CT the value
of the projects. Under little 608,
the FILA was supposed to guaran-
tee insurance of only 80 per cent
Of the assessed 'aluation. Reg
ulations have been frightened
since 608 expired.
Senator Douglas was in Illi-
noiS and couldn't be reached
for comment, but his Office said
the Senator had had extensive
correspondence with Mr.. Holly
day recently in connection with
reported home improvement
rackets in the Champagne
Urbana (Illinois) area.
Senator Douglas, his Office
said. turned over the complaints
to FILA. The last letter from
Mr.. Hollyday said the FBI was
investigating the matter.
In connection with the alleged
Improvement racket, Mr..
Cole announced the setting up
of a new investigative staff to
look into complaints. He added
that concurrently the FBI will
conduct an intensive probe of
possible criminal violations" in
connection with the cases.
William F. McKenna of Los
Angeles, former chief counsel of
the House Government Opera
tions Committee, was named
deputy administrator of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency to direct the inquiry. He
will be assisted by Lester Con-
don, formerly chief investigator
for the same House committee.
Tells of Rowing Groups.
Mr. Cole said that investiga-
tions already made by the
Justice Department indicated
a widespread activity on the
part of rowing groups of high
pressure home improvement and
repair statesmen which moved
from city to city after using the
forms and facilities of Title I
Of the Federal Housing Act to
exploit families inexperienced in
lending activities.
THE Department of Justice
reports even show" he con-
tinued. "that crews Of from so
to 100 of these 'dynamiters'
openly stayed at the same hotels
to work medium sized cities
one after another.
"The reports indicated that
the actual repair jobs contracted
for by homeownerS were in
some cases auctioned off to local
dealers by these sales groups at
exorbitant profit. Frequently
the work done was characterized
as shoddy.
'In other instances~the home
owners were led to borrow more
than the cost Of the work with
the promise that the difference
would he maid hack tn thnro II,
Evening star., 1954-04-13

Phu. The French still held il
today. after beating off violent
rebel counterattacks Sunday
and yesterday.
Fog Hampers French Planes.
Heavy fog under the laden
skies of the threatening spring
monsoon cut the French aerial
assaults against the jungled
hills surrounding Dien Bien Phu
But the Americans supplied
fighters and bombers ranged fa1
to the northeast and north OF
Hanoi, blasting out big sections
of the main highways over
which Red China sends thou
sands of tons Of war equipment
to the rebels.
The worSening weather Of
fered a boon to the Wet Mimi
who still could send in human
waves of foot soldiers where the
French tanks and other mechan-
lied equipment would bog down
as the area grows muddier.
With every brief letup in the
heavy weather, troop reinforce
ments and more supplies were
dropped in by parachute to boil
ster the defenses of Diem Bien
/ Phu.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
FOUND.

RING; Vic: northwest WashinSton. BOX
4oA.H. star.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Today
In
Congress

Baseball-The Senate recesses
until tomorrow and marks the
start Of another baseball season
The House meets in routine ses-
sion, but schedules no major
business. Some legislators join
President Eisenhower at opening
game.
McCarthy-A Army - The Sen
ate Investigations Subcommit-
tee hears two of its aides tell
how they'll present their side of
the row involving Senator Nc
Carthy and Army officials. Chief
Counsel Roy Cohn and Chief of
Staff Francis Carr, close asso-
ciateS Of Senator Mccarthy and
parties to the controversy. dis
cuss how they hope to show the
Army tried to "blackmail" the
subcommittee into dropping an
inquiry into Army affairs.
Taxes-CIO President WAL
ter Reuther teStif1es at a Senate
Finance Committee hearing on
the administrations tax revision
bill.
Health Reinsurance-Welfare
Secretary Hobby tells a Senate
Labor Subcommittee about an
administration bill to reinsure
some private health insurance
plans.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
IIIequI Nickel Shipments

Police in Saltzburg. Austria,
are investigating indications of
illegal shipments of nickel to
points behind the Iron Curtain.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Wet Mimi Guns BIost
French, but Attack Waits

HANOI, Indo-C China, April 13.
N.-Viet Mini artillery blasted
the defenders of Diem Bien Phu
again toady, but the Commu-
nist-led rebels still delayed the
massive all-out assaults which
the French Union forces except
before the week end.
Under a virtual umbrella of
IS and los millimeter barrages.
the Wet Mimi sent out squads
to gather up the hundreds of
their comrades killed or
wounded in vain attempts
earlier to retake the 1,2O0-foot
eastern hill position which the
French seized Saturday.
The vital strongpoint is only
5s of mile from the deeply
bunkered heart of Dien Bien
Evening star., 1954-04-13
French and Laotians
Seal Off Main Pass
On Wet Mini Route
ey The Assoeioied Pres,

SAIGON, Indo- China. April 10.
The French command an
nounced tonight that French and
Laotian forces. executing an en-
veloping movement, had sealed
of the Wet Minis main. COM
munications route into south and
central Laos.
The operation, carried out in
extreme secrecy during the last
10 days. was accomplished with
out fight.
The communications route
which the French and Laotians
stopped up is narrow pass in
the limestone hills of central
Laos which spills out to the
north into the valley of Naphao.
The Communicated rebels had
controlled the pass from the
eminence Of 2,0O0-foot high lime
stone peaks for several months,
but were caught by surprise by
the French-Laotian pincer.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
AftIee Party Leaves
On Trip 10 Red China
By the A,,eeiuiad pra,,

LONDON, Aug. s.-Former
Prime Minister Clement Attlee,
Aneurin Bevan and six other La
Dor Party leaders leave by air
today en- route to Red China
for goodwill visit of about three
weeks.
The group will fly by way Of
Stockholm and Helsinki to Mos
cow for a two-day stay. British
sources In Moscow said Mr.. Att
lee probably will be received by
Premier Georgi Malenkov and
other top Russian officials.
After a tour of China, the La
Dor Party leaders expect to fiy
to Hong Kong September 2, then
to Tokyo for two or three days
as guests Of Japanese Socialists
Evening star., 1954-08-09
n CensurinqS qSenotorMcCor
Senoes Failure Challenge His Seating After the 81 Election
Held One Of Factors Rendering Action Nov Unjustifed

alleged that Mr.. LANCER, while
Governor, had received $4,000
from the Great Northern Rail-
way for stock In some lands IN
Mexico already appropriated
after the railways taxes Had
been cut $150.O0O 1 year. The
Senate refused to approve the
committee report and by q
vote Of 50 to 80 upheld Mr..
Langer's right to his seat in
the Senate. This case involved
personal behavior prior to ad-
mission to the Senate. Hence
it came under the question Of
proper qualifications" for
membership in the Senate.
There have been 16 expulsion
cases involving misdemeanors,
felonies and treason.
In the only three cases in
volving actual censure. one In
volved a physical encounter
between Senator Tillman of
South Carolina and Senator
McLaurin, also Of South Caro-
lima. Another case involved
the practice Of certain Sem
ators who carried firearms
while in the Senate.
The third case involved Sen
ator Bingham of Connecticut.
The resolution Of censure ex-
onerated him from personal
misbehavior by declaring that
what he did was mot the re-
suit of corrupt motives" He
was reprimanded for designat-
ing as one of his clerks on his
committee a man who was an
employe of a manufacturers
association In his own State
interested In the tariff. It Is q
blot on the record of the Sem
ate that it adopted that reso-
luton. Dollar-a-year men have
been employed in executive
agencies in the past and have
sat in confidential meetings.
But even in this instance, the
case was presented to the Sem
ate Immediately upon it's oc-
currence and not as an after
thought three years later as is
happening now with most Of
the charges filed against Sem
ator Mccarthy.
Nearly all Of the acts
charged against Senator Nc
Carthy are alleged to have oc-
CURED prior to the time he was
elected to his present term in
November, 1852, by the people
Of the State of Wisconsin. He
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

Adai Stevenson the Ike administration suffered
devastating loss" in IndoChna It all the Republicans
fault-they couldn't get the Democrats to fight
The State Department the Sovies OF promoting
anarchy in Latin America It won't work Latin Americans will
never tolerate anarchynothing left to revolt against
The Illinois American Legion denounces the Girls
subyerSive charges There's any
finds gathering than at time
a terrifying spectacle. .<.s.
Harry Truman advises Democrats to another give
hell" campaign this fall And why not? It's only
thing left the Democrats haven't managed to give
Joe Mccarthy calls his little boys" Joe
prefers to hang around with the pool hall gangwere the
get ahead putting each other behind the eight ball.
Charles Brannan says farmers 13 cent off
than when he Mr. Trumans Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan is afraid the farmers bad of they
Republican againjust to make the whole country
their misery
Evening star., 1954-08-09
South May Produce q President
SPoon and KefulNer Victories Viewed Proof Thot Dixie
Likes Leaders Who Take National Position on Great Issues

ator Lister Hill Of Alabama,
for example. would probably
be the Democratic leader to-
day had he not held back
years ago lest he be called
upon to sponsor or. at least
defend civil rights legislation.
Senator Kefauver'S availa-
bility as a candidate for Presi-
dent has been strengthened by
his big victory. At the same
time, he and Senator Spark
man have increased the avail
ability of all their Southern
colleagues.
The South then may look
forward again, II the present
trend continues, to q South
erner in the White House. The
last of the planters to possess
the Presidency was Zachary
Taylor who took Office on
March 4, 1849. He was a
Wing President but a slave
owner from Louisiana. After
him, the North, the Midwest
and the West took over. Pres
idents might claim Southern
ancestry but they were not
thereafter Southerners.
Actually the bolt OF South
ern States to President Eisen-
hover was a sign that the old
tabuS no longer held force
Whatever the reasons they
publicly assigned to their
votes, Southerners could have
had no notion that they were
not voting for the candidate Of
the progressive Republican
faction who was opposed to
segregation.
Evening star., 1954-08-09

was not questioned as to his
qualifications" on these or
any other Of the same matters
before the Senate accepted his
credentials in January, 1858.
Thus, the episode involving his
sale Of q book for $4,000 to
the Lustron Corporation relat-
ing to housing and veterans
occurred In 1851. The hearings
by q Senate committee looking
into his personal financial
transactions about which he
declined to testify because he
considered the committee polit-
ically inspired. occurred before
the election Of 1852. The Nc
Carthy speech attacking Gen.
eral Marshall also was made
before the junior Senator
from Wisconsin presented his
credentials In 1853. He is as
immune from censure or pun
ishment for what happened In
his senatorial term. since ex-
pired, sas Mr.. Truman was
when he refused early this
year to answer questions about
) Harry Dexter White in re-
sponse to q subpoena from q
House committee:
AS for the charges Of dis
courteous handling Of two
alleged Communists and his
resentment over General
Zwicker's refusal to cooperate
as witness after falling to
prevent the honorable dis
charge of a Communist from
the Army. these open up new
questions about how polite
committee chairmen have to
be with recalcitrant witnesses.
There are no standards or
rules now.
So far as other charges are
concerned that relate to the
conduct Of a Senator as a
committee chairman or as
speaker In the Senate, there
isn't a single. instance COM
planned of that hasn't a paral-
lei in the acts Of many other
Senators. Democrats as well as
Republicans. If the Senate
ever passes q resolution CEN
suring the Wisconsin Senator
on any Of those points, a flood
Of censttre resolutions con-
demning at least a third OF
the. members of the Senate
could be offered on the basis
OF such an unconstitutional
precedent,
Reproduction Rishts Reseryed.l
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Dovid Lowrence

There isn't the slightest
shred Of Constitutional au-
thority to back UP q resolution
Of censure on the basis Of the
charges filed against Senator
Mccarthy of Wisconsin-and
most Of the members of the
Senate know 1t.
The Constitution has three
provisions that could possibly
be invoked to censure or ex-
pei members. These read as
follows:
Each House shall be the
judge Of the elections, returns.
and qualifications Of its own
members
Each House may determine
the rules Of its proceedings,
punish members for disorderly
behavior, and with the concur
renee of two thirds, expel a
member
1he Senators and Repre-
sentatives shall in all cases
except treason. felony, and
breach Of the peace, be priv
ileged from arrest during their
attendance at the session of
their respective Houses, and in
going to and returning from
the same; and for any speech
or debate in either House they
shall not be questioned in any
other place"
There have been 121 cases in
which members of the Senate
have been involved in contests
over elections or over the i'm
proper use of money in their
campaigns and some have
been seated and others have
been denied seats. But in
every instance, the question
was raised only when the new
member presented his creden-
tials for admission. y
Thus in the case of Senator
William LANCER, at present
. chairman Of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, an issue was
presented in the 1e41 session
Immediately after his election
In 1910 and the majority of a
Senate committee recommend
ed that, "inasmuch as the
charge Of moral turpitude'
had been proven beyond all
reasonable doubt, 1.-The integ-
rity Of the United States Sem
ate be upheld by denying
william LANCER the right to
be a Senator from North
Dakota"
In that case 1t had been
Evening star., 1954-08-09

hour and shouting: Come and
get your babies"
Police said Guinta was SELL
ing wine at rs cents a bottle.
I They booked him on a charge
of selling liquor without a liz
cense.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Life in the U. S.
This BigOne
Got Away and
Away yAgoin
By the Assoeicted Press

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-. Aug. 9.
L. j. Carr hooked a 3A-pound
big mouth bass. in Prairie Lee
Lake yesterday but the fish got
away twice before he finally
landed it.
There were several boatloads
of fishermen, including a divinity
student, to verify the story.
The bass broke Carr's line after
a 1O-rninute fight. A few minutes
later the fish began breaking
water trying to shake the plug
|. from its mouth.
firing, the bass lay on the sur
face. Mr.. Carr started to lift 1t
into the boat but it broke away
and repeated the acrobatics.
Mr.. Carr borrowed a net and
scooped up the bass when ii
stopped to rest the next time.