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Weather Forecast Cloudy and mild with téemperature around 50 Lowegt tonight about 38. Cloudy and (Full report on Page A-2.) Temperatures Today. today. mild tomorrow. Midnight 34 6 am. 2am 3 B8am. 4am.___.33 10am. _ Late New York Markets, Page A-17. No. 47. Phone NA. 5000. . 96th Year. & Puppet Regime Set Up by Reds InNorth Korea U: S. Official Says Action by Russians Openly Defies Pacts By the Associated Press BEOUL, Feb. 16.—A high Amer- ican official said today a Russian puppet government has been es- tablished in North Korea. He declared it has an army, a flag| and a constitution—in open de- flance of international agree- ments. A radio broadcast from Pyong-| vang, Soviet occupation headqusr-l ters, announced creation of the| “North Korean peoples army,” and & constitution which would “estab-| lish the democratic peoples repub-| lic of Korea.” The American official charged that | Noon .__.44 46 Reds Miss Signal, Laud and Censure Noted Composer Khachaturian Praised By Embassy on Day Of Moscow Attack | By Garnett D. Horner The Soviet Embassy here got its wires crossed with Moscow On Aid Already Given last week. i i A highly laudatory article about Agamsl‘ Guerrlllus Aram Khachaturian, a leading So- EATON WILLING to cut foreign aid viet composer best known for his| fund to get passage. Page A-4 “Saber Dance,” from the Gayne President Truman notified suite, appeared in the Embassy’s Congress today that he intends | “Information Bulletin” distributed t0 ask more money for military | over the week end. laid for Greece and Turkey. The bulletin is dated February, He gave no indication of how | 11—the day the Central Committee much new assistance will be needed, |of the Communist Party published however, in transmitting to Con- in Moscow a resolution censuring|gress a report on use of the $400,- Mr. Khachaturian and six other| 000,000 voted last year to help composers for a “vicious formalistic Greece and Turkey resist Com- trend” in Russian music. | munism. | “The music of Aram Khachatur-, Mr. Truman declared in a letter ian,” says the Embassy bulletin, accompanying the report that| “noted Soviet composer who has Greece has been under “ever-| been awarded the Stalin prize on| increasing pressure by the com- three occasions, is distinguished by Munist minority” drawing support clarity of thought, richness of color| from “foreign influences” since his President fo Ask More Money for Greece, Turkey Reports to Congress WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foeni * WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1948—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. %%k Truman Makes Direct Appeal To Arab Chiefs Efforts to Prevent Spread of Disorder In Palestine Bared President Truman has ap-| pealed directly to some Arab! leaders in an effort to prevent, the spread of disorder over Pal- estine, the White House disclosed today. The White House refused to say to whom the President’s appeals’ Charles G. Ross, White| said they were sent. House press secretary, were “confidential communications” which would not be made public. Mr. Ross disclosed the President's action when asked about reports {that he had sent messages to the| kings of Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Ross Refuses Details. The White House statement said: “In. an effort to prevent the Guide for Readers Page. --A-13 52 Bl14-15 Editorial -..A-8 Editorial Articles A-9 Finance __ _____A-17 Lost and Found.A-3 An Associated Press Newspaper City Home 3 130 s Montn. When 5 Sunaavs, 130, CENTS Rally Confinues In Commodities; Stocks Creep Up One Chain Store Here Cuts Steak Prices 6 to 12 Cents BULLETIN CHICAGO (®.—Corn, rising ‘ ! AREAS E Loy as much as the 8-cent daily A ‘ = i e i . i~ limit, today led renewed ad- | = < vances in grains. Shortly be- ) o 2 = fore 1 p.m. wheat was 54 to 6 | y | cents higher than Saturday's \ 2 ek | o N —— close. Oats were up a few cents. Hog prices soared $1 to | $1.50 in active trading at Kan- sas City. Obituary . Amusements _ Comics Radio Woman's Page._A-12 ng Star YOU SCARE ME TO DEATH/ T W) e 2 [} Chicago grain prices climbed a little today in.continuation of |Saturday’s rally, but midway / 4 - |through the day’s trading they | ¥ 7 =3 y "' | ! \ i began falling slightly from open- | k ’ ing highs. The trend in the New | (h iR i and a fine range of melody. * * * “The composer’s originality, mel- |spread of disorder in the Middle | last report in November. 5 |East, this Government has, during The communist obstruction, he establishment of the government was| 3 o i r timed to coincide with the United|odic gifts, virtuosity of technique, Nations Commission’s recent an-|inventiveness in harmony and rich- nouncement of failure of its mission | ness of orchestration give his music to Korea. |an exceptionally strong appeal. He made his charges at a news conference, but asked that he not| be named. Russian occupation officials are (See COMPOSER, Page A-5.) | “The -thoughts expressed in this| added, makes it clear that “‘economic| recovery in Greece must await establishment of internal security.” Way Open for More Direct Aid. ‘The President reviewed help al- ready extended by the American mission to the Greek government in| | the three-month period ending last| | October 31, in “prosecution of the, recent months, addressed appeals to certain interested governmsants stressing the importance, in the in- terest of Middle East security and, world peace, of the exercise of re- straint in dealing with the Pales-| tine situation. Some of these ap- peals were made directly by the President.” York Stock Exchange was up- ward. . Retail prices in Washington stores % | featured the lower price tags of Sat- urday with one chain adding a new | lower price for steaks, down 6 and 12 cents a pound. The general trend was strong in commodities other than grains. Wheat opened 2 to 4 cents a bush- el higher but at mid-day dropped charged with governing North Korea. Americans administer South Korea. U. N. Group Refused Entry. The U. N. Commission was refused| entry into the Russian zone to plan nation-wide elections preliminary to giving Korea self government. Chairman K. P. S. Menon is to report | the commission’s failure to the As-| sembly next week. The American source said, “We have ample information” that an/ army estimated at 200,000 North Koreans is equipped with Russian| materials, medium tanks and light| planes. y | He expressed belief the Russians were planning to act unilaterally in| North - Korea, regardless of any| U, N. decision. He added that for-| mation of the puppet government had revived speculation among| United States military officials that the Russians may suddenly with- el el Social Security Urges | warfare against the guerrillas,” and/| Mr. Ross, in handing this state- declared: . |ment to reporters, said he could “If the guerrilla menace should in- not enlarge on it. crease as a result of greater outside; Later, government officials, who assistance, a new situation would be refuse to be named, said a personal > ! House Committee Votes, 18-5, Disabilify Insurance And Medical Benefits: Annual Report Also Sees Liberalization Possible On Old-Age Assistance |American officers. Mr. Truman noted that continued The Social Security Adminis- economic aid to Greece will be pro- tration recommended in its an-|vided under the European Recovery nual report today that the system Program if that program is author- be expanded to provide disability|ized by Congress, but pointed out insurance and insurance againstj;g‘:fitg‘rsl"fifi&‘l?; provide forany the costs of medical care. i GiilsAllor Grescelandi Titkey: Adding these to present provisions “warfare Directed Against People. against wage losses due to unem-| This acditional military assist- ployment, old age and ,death, the gnce, he added, will “be sought from | created which would have to be dealt with in the light of circum- stances prevailing at that time.” This appeared to leave the way sistance than that extended so far through supplies and advise of open for more direct American as-| letter from President Truman went among the Arabs. | |disclose what countries | messages from the President. | (In Baghdad, the Iraq min- ister of education said his gov- ernment had received a personal communication from President Truman appealing for Iraq to use her influence to calm the Pal- estine situation. The council of ministers considered the appeal today. The minister said he could not predict what Baghdad's answer will be, but-that he felt the United States should adopt a neutral attitude toward Arab To Extend Rent Act 30 Days | as much as 2 cents from the earlier prices. Corn was down about 2 cents from the day’s best price and oats fell less than a cent from the morning top. Cotton, which opened between $1 Flood Threat Arises On Pofomac as lce to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia,| |asking the king to urge restraint! The State Department refused to| received and $2 a bale higher in New York and New Orleans, ranged from $1.29 higher to 10 cents a bale lower in | the New York market at noon. Soybeans Advance 8c Limit. Soybeans, which have dropped hardest since the price break began 13 days ago, were up the 8-cent limit today. Cottonseed oil slightly higher, Wolcott Predicts Further Controls Later; Supreme Court Upholds Authority reffects the stabilizing recession will ave on rents.” As Mr. Wolcott spoke, the 8u-| preme Court was handing down s‘ Begins fo Break Up Jam in Chain Bridge Area Raises Level of River; Water Front Warned (Picture on Page B-1.) By the Associated Press. The House Banking Committee voted, 18 to 5, today to extend| present rent controls one month | beyond the February 29 expira- tnority. | tion date. Justice Douglas spoke for the| == down 8 little, The committee rejected succes- court in the decision which was| Potomac River ice began break-| Wholesale butter prices at New sive proposals for extensions of 13 unanimous. He said “the war power | ing up today, bripging threats| vork were up as much as 214 cents months and four months, but Chair- sustains this legislation” and added:“,( flood from water backed up|a pound and advanced as fhuch as man Wolcott said: | \“Whatever may be the conse-|py joe jams, |3 cents at Chicago. “I want it distinctly understood quences when war is officially ter-| “one “such jam developed this| Retail foods stores all over the that this was not done with any minated, the war power does not | 1 oming between Brookmont and Nation continued to feature lower |idea of killing rent controls.” necessarily end with the cessnuon‘ Glen Echo, just above Chain Bridge, meat prices, but Government and decision upholding such control au- and hides were but rubber was |report said, “would have the sim- the Congress” at “the appropriate| plicity and economy attainable tjme” | |through the use of a single set of | The President used strong lan-| |records, a single contribution and guage in describing activities of the |a single set of local offices to_ad- Communist-dominated guerrillas in |minister all types of cash benefits.”| Greece. The administration also made a “It is significant,” he said; “that M;It “i,;‘ cgapa:f’r‘l; i:po‘:'(ter;ud"af‘l}l; MT};‘ZS%:;;fiS,: ruling reversed a de | musing a rise above 9 feet, less than llveatt;ck e;tplertsb:‘amed that shon'j | . 3 s r ages due later ear may will continue rent controls at least cision by Federal Judge Paul Jones ‘Cohoznl?e]: wthflaotmt::“:xznak-up will L}Ee prices up a bns. % S for a year in some form.™ in Cleveland that Congress c"m’m!wwnnnue were seen in the Weather, Hogs were about 50 cents to 75 Mr. Walcott said the one-month exercise its war powers to ct_mtrol\numu report for above freezing cents a hundred pounds higher at extension of rent control by his¥ents when “in fact” the Nation is | temperatures tonight and tomogrow. |Chicago in unexpectedly light trad= committee was approved “because at peace. At noon today the reading was 44! ing. In Baltimore, livestock prices draw their occupation troops. He said such a move would be an effort to force similar withdrawal of American troops from the southern zone. issues and toward the partition of Palestine.) U. N. Support Reaffirmed. | The President and other Govern- | ment officials reaffirmed during the Constitution Drafted. | 1ast week this Government's support The Russian broadcast, by Chair-| man Kim II Sung of the North| Korean Peoples Committee; said th army was not for purposes of “staging internecine civil war as cer.| tain reactionaries maliciously pub-| licize.” The army, he went on, will “move to check in advance any at- tempts on the part of reactionaries to divide and kill the people.” A draft of the constitution, he said, was introduced at the fourth| plenary session of the North Korea} Peoples Council. It was “referred to the people for discussion” and will be voted on at a special council| session in mid-March, he added. | The North Korean flag was described as having a red star in the center, with crossed hammers above and crossed sickles below. | The broadcast was monitored by | the United States Army. | number of - recommendations for the guerrilla warfare is directed not| liberalizing the old age and survi-| against the Greek Army but against| 0rs’ insurance. the people of Greece. The deliber-| Would Cover All Workers. ate and wanton destruction of| Basically it recommended that Greek villages does not result from all gainful workers be covered by‘mfliury engagements. | insurance against “all major risks‘ “It is determined and ruthless to economic independence.” It would | destruction intended to render peo: extend the system to agricultural|ple homeless and drive them from and domestic employes, public em-|the soil * * * and to create for them ployes and members of the armed|conditions of misery and hardship forces, employes of non-profit|in the hope that this will make them organizations, railroad employes and | susceptible to political agitation.” self-employed persons, including| He said the guerrilla bands “which farmers and small businessmen. | traffic in human misery and chaos” President Tryman is expected to are “too small to claim any truly follow up the Teport with a special representative. character.” ‘They message on the subject. “|number, he said, about 20,000, of | Meanwhile, Representative Kean, Which .a large proportion “are| Republican, of New Jersey an- known to have been unwillingly im-| nounced he has drafted a bill to pressed into guerrilla ranks under | extend the coverage from the pres- threat of death to themselves and | ent 40.000,000 persons to about 60, their families.” Such actions, said the American 000,000. The total would be even; spurce, also are in violation of the|greater if the Social Security Ad- Moscow agreement on Korea. He ministration recommendations are| Cites Foreign Assistance. ‘The President said that benefits said the Russians caused the United | States-Soviet joint commission to fail by refusing to consult the large rightist segment of the population. adopted, for they include Federal and railroad workers and members | of the armed forces, whereas Mr. Kean's plan does not. Kean Sees Money Saved. High Court Won't Review |2yt i 25 s Josephson Contempt Cas ong run. The Government spends dollars in matching State long @ |millions of |ald to elderly persons outside the The Supreme Court today re:used‘insurance program, he pointed out. from strictly economic aid being ex- | |tended by the American mission can be fully realized “only when Lhe‘ warfare against the guerrillas has been successfully concluded.” He described as “an act of des-| peration and not of strength” the| |recent proclamation of a ‘“govern- |ment” by the Communist guerrillas. |He said this “transparent device” |has not materially -changed the to review the conviction of Leon|As the system is broadened the| Etl Federal Government could gradual-| Josephson, an avowed Communist, )y \ithdraw its contribution to old- | on a charge of contempt of Congress. age assistance as citizens build up (See GREEK-TURKISH, Pg. A-10.) Business Building Swept of the Uniteds Nations in dealing with the Palestine isste: The United Nations has voted for parti- tion of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, with economic ties, and a U, N. commission has been studying means to implement the decision. Secretary of State Marshall sald in a letter made public Saturday night, in reply to queries from mem- bers of Congress, that this Govern- ment does not yet know what it may do to help carry out the par- tition decision. So far, the administration has resisted appeals from Zionist lead- ers to lift an embargo on arms shipments to Palestine. Questions about whether the United States might agree to contribute American troops to any U. N. force organized to maintain order in carrying out the partition decision have gone unanswered. Large Arab Attack Is Reported by Jews JERUSALEM, Feb. 16 (#).—Jews said hundreds of uniformed, well- Iwe want to look at rents in the Judge Jones said Congress lost| joorees | advanced slightly with steers sell- |light of the changing economic its rent control powers on Decem-| "y 'jce hegan moving before noon ' ing as high as $28.75, up 25 cents. condition. We want to see what' (See RENT, Page A-10.) near Key Bridge in the George-‘ Stock Prices Grow Firm. | town ehnm:;: fiRu.lhmz over #Enlqs:!on; ?ew hYolx;k ?m;l;& ll':)xihm‘g:, I Y 1 Jof d tly | 0 a hesitant sl ul 'S GSI Agrees to Parley Ny g e oyt ot I hestat s bt pegs \Atter Word Truman - ‘l L] Wanis Strike Ended Trustees Vote to Discuss Situation With Mediator Yet to Be Appointed | In response to word that the White House wants the strike of | Thomas of Oklahoma | ice, but there was danger the floes began to advance a point or better. would pile up on downstream bridges. Warns of Ice Danger. Bennett Swenson, chief of the Weather Bureau's River Servioes.’ warned of danger from floating ice| damaging waterfront dwellings and| said there would be a flood threat 2 ? , until"the river breaks free of the ice.| Are ‘Bothered’ Again In the jam above Chain Bridge, | i the river rose 4 feet in five hours, By the Associted Press this morning. The condition was| Senator Elmer Thomas told caused by floating ice ramming into Tells Senators fo Quif Probing His Trades Sees 'Unjustified Attack’! If He or Assistants Economists were watching the markets for a clue to the outcome of the commodity market declines The Great Atlantic & Pacific chain said grade A porterhouse steaks cost 73 cents a pound to= day. They were 85 cents Satur~ day. Sirloin steaks were down from 75 to 69 cents. One brand of ba- con also dropped in price from 69 to 65 cents a pound. The A. & P chain announced a general meat price cut in its stores in the New York area, but the price drops here were confined to the steak and ba- con items. . cafeteria workers settled, mem- Senators investigating grain and|# solid pack above Brookmont. | {bers of the Board of Trustees of cotton speculation today that he| Government Services, Inc., have doesn’t want to be ‘“bothered”| agreed to talk over the situation any more about his “private ac-| with a mediator who presumably | tivities.” will be named by the administra-| Tne Oklahoma Democrat, wha,has |tion, it became known today. |admitted speculating on commodity| | Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills, head | markets, wrote a Senate Appropri- There were still patches of solid| ice between Washington and| Harpers Ferry. There the river, fed| Business Watches Markets. Once again, wholesalers, retailers and business in general were watch- by the Shenandoah, rose 10 feet over night, 5, feet under flood stage, but| the prospects were for receding; water. Meanwhile, the mild weather bol-| ing to see what the commodity and stock markets would do today. The food markets rallied Saturday after a general decline sirce the big break in prices on February 4. armed Arabs attacked three Jewish, settlements early today the| ?Srl:]:; v:;lley. on the shores of me;snomer e ey T . ili | named. Atter & three-hour battle milltary| oy % cyoeq it is understood, were Ships, was slated for the conciliation job, but was unable to serve, and' of the Navy Department’s Bureau of ations subcommittee that that ap-|stered hopes that Washington's fuel plies, too, to his assistants. If he or they are “bothered,” he! said, “then I shall consider such ac-| tivity unjustified and unwarranted | The Agriculture Department con- oil shortage may be overcome this yinieq 1o warn that meat will be in week. 15 _| short supply this spring, probably J. Thomas Kennedy, oil co-ordina: beginning next month, due to the tor, said a state of emergency, sml!mrmal seasonal decline in slaugh- attacks on myself and my assist- existing today, would continue until ants.” L L And he said he would regard any| (See WEATHER, Page A-5) further interference with the bus- M 1 H iness of his Senate office as “an ngher FireS Au'ho"led insult to the sovereign State of units joined the Jewish militia 2 | Hagana in turning back the Arabs informed at a meeting in the office with many casualties, the inform- of John R. Steelman, presidential | ants said. i assistant, at 2 a.m. last Wednesday, t : Ithat President Truman wanted the The attacks stated Bt & &M i1, ple settled. That advice, it is . Josephson, a Trenton (N. J.) law- yer, was convicted last December in Federal Court in New York on charges of contempt of Congress be- cause he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee last March. | Josephson refused to answer com- mittee questions on the ground that the House resolution creating the| committee violated freedom of speech. He was sentenced to one year in jail and $1,000 fine. | Associate Justices Douglas, Murphy | and Rutledge announced that they favored 8 review of Josephson's con- viction. U.N. Committee Picks Paris for "48 Session By the Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 16.—Paris has been selected as the site of this| year's meeting of the General As- sembly, the United Nations an- nounced today. The decision was reached 90 minutee after Secretary-General Trygve Lie went into consultation with a special committee. The French capital was selected over Geneva, Brussels and The Hague. Reporting to a nine-nation Site Committee, Mr. Lie virtually elim- inated The Hague by noting that a meeting of the 57 member nations there would cost $5461,679. Cost estimates for the other three run Just over $2,000,000. Mr. Lie made no specific choice in the report he drafted after recent visits to Geneva, Bern, Paris, Brus-| sels, The Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Assembly will open Septem- ber 21 and may ryn three monms! Lake Success will be virtually shut| down. | The report estimated the cost to the U. N. in Brussels would be $2,134,700 and in Geneva or Paris $2,050,679. Mr. Lie noted the Paris estimate was made before devalua-| tion of the franc. He said the| figyre now could be expected to decrease. i L} By Fire in New York social security credits, he said. against Tirat Zwi, Sde Eliyahu an In liberalizing the old age and survivors’ insurance the Social Se- curity Administration urged an in- jcrease in the maximum benefits | from $85 to $120 a month. business building at 12 East Forty-| The report described the present eighth street shortly after 5 am. scale as “inadequate, even as com- tpday. pared with what was intended when The fire apparently started on it was adopted in 1939.” It cited the|the second floor in a tailor shop,| fact that the cost of living has in- officials said. and it spread upward creased 60 per cent since the pres- and to a restaurant on the ground ent benefit formula was adopted. | floor. | At present an individual's bene-| Three alarms brought 16 pieces |fits are suspended if he earns $15'of fire apparatus and police emerg- | a month or more in covered em- ency squads. | ployment. “The amount of supple-| = The flames lighted up the neigh- mentary earnings permitted may | borhood and dense clouds of smoke well be increased to $40 a month,” poured across the midtown area. the report said. | Firemen pronounced the blaze It also proposed that the qualify- under control at 6:20 a.m. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Fire swept through all floors of a seven-story Ein Hantziv. First reports said a Jew was killed and another wound- (SE@AFS, P}gei—é,» Ralph J. Watkins Gets Resources Board Post By the Associated P Appointment of Ralph J. Watkins as co-ordinator of plans and pro- grams for the Natlonal Security Resources Board was announced today. !said, was conveyed to Maj. Gen Philip B. JFleming, Federal Works Administrator, the - Government's | 'agent in the contract with GSI to feed Federal employes. Mr. Steel-! |man Gen, Fleming and Labor Sec- ‘retary Schwellenbach were at the { meeting See Nothing to Settle. | The trustees took the attitude; |that there is nothing to settle; that | the walkout of some 1,000 workers | |was over an issue which is out o(‘ |their” hands—the non-Communist | Oklanoma.” tering. The short supply normally would force prices back up again. One Washington retailer said to- day that “it all depends on wha the markets do” and he added he personally believes the food price drop “has gone about as far as it's iFor 96 More Railroads By the Associated Press The Interstate Commerce Com- mission today authorized 96 more railroads to raise basic passenger coach fares 13.63 per cent. The authority was given 85 lines generally operating west of the Considers Incident Closed. The subcommittee, headed by Senator Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan, has been inquiring gen- erally into speculation. It began the investigation after President Truman denounced speculation on commodities and blamed it for sharp ¥ rises last year in grain prices. gf,’fi}ffi’,‘.’,msii&:' LAt oRLE uRih As a result of the committee’s in-| ~on five days’ notice to the public quiry, Secretary of Agriculture An-| they may increase basic one-way derson has made public names of coach fares from 2.2 cents to 2.5 | going.” He made an exception for meat prices, however, “because they are still too high.” In connection with the meat price outlook, an Agriculture Departmen:, meat expert said that “there can- not be any change in the existing | supply of livestock for the next & to 10 months” despite the deqll ign\ln prices. The mrtfile‘:}fi | aticking to its previous estimates o: a major meat supply shortage this Mr. Watkins, who has held various |affidavit required of union officials speculators’reported to the Agri-|cents a mile, make proportionate year, certainly in the third quarter | Government assignments, is director |under the Taft-Hartley Act. They}culture of the marketing and research divi- sion of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. He is being “loaned” to the board, Chairman Arthur M. Hill sald. ing age for all women beneficiaries be reduced from 65 to 60. Lump-Sum Payment Asked. A lump-sum payment in the case of the death of every insured wage earner also was recommended. The administration also | | (See SOCIAL SECURITY, Pg. |Doris Duke in New York NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (#).—Doris Duke Robirosa, tobacco heiress and | wife of Porfirio Rubirosa, Domini- |can Ambassador to Argentina, ar- |rived by plane today from Ciudad | Trujillo, Dominican Republic. Late News sug-| A-3) In a 2-to-1 decision, the Court of Appeals held today that a policeman | peeping through a transom into a | room in seeking gambling evidence was not “gentlemanly,” but that the constitutional rights of the men The ruling affirmed the District Court conviction last year of Earl H. ington, 48, colored, on charges of promoting a lottery, possession of for betting on race horses. McDonald’s room, in the 2800 block . ' Bulletin of Thirteenth street N.E., on which | Foreman Ban Upheld | the policeman spied and in which The Supreme Court today | | the two were arrested. upheld in effect the Taft-Hart- | Tne two were tried before Justice ley Act's exclusion of foremen Henry A. Schweinhaut, who sen from collective bargaining | tenced McDonald to 6 to 18 months |and Washington, who lived in the privileges of the Iabor relations 2300 block of Twelfth street N.W., law. The court refused to con- | ©rie ho have been fr A N e two men, who have been free sider an attack on the consti- {on bond, appealed their conviction, tutionality of the provision |contending illegal search and seizure. g i- | The majority appellate court de- madeiBythelFo emen Ao cision was written by Justice Wilbur ation of America (independ- g " jller with Justice Bennett ent). Champ Clark siding with him. The spied on “were not thereby invaded.”| McDonald, 38, and Joseph F. Wash- | lottery tickets and keeping a table| It was| Peeping Ruled ‘Ungentlemanly’ But Gambling Arrest Is Upheld By William G. Pollard | dissenting opinion was written by Justice Henry W. Edgerton. | Justice Miller's opinion related |that Detective Sergt. Howard E. |Ogle had entered the house in which {McDonald roomed through a win- {dow withoutsa warrant. Once inside | he admitted two other detectives by unlocking a door. After gaining entrance to and looked over the transom into McDonald’s room, the opinion said. {He saw McDonald and Washington, adding machines, numbers slips and | money. policemen were justi land arresting the defendants. “It was not gentlemanly to spy Justice Edgerton, in dissenting, said the “search of the house was unreasonable and therefore illegal. | “Search of a dwelling without a warrant is never reasonable except when incidental to a lawful arrest,” he wrote, adding that in this case, “instead of being incidental to the arrests, the search led to the ar- rests.” .1 [ Department ‘by brokers.| |also insisted on retention of em-| These included Senator Thomas, ployes hired. to replace the strikers. the Senator's wife, Mrs. Edith| 1to hear what the conciliator might retarial staff, Miss Beth Gage. increases in round-trip rates and'and quite possibly by mid-summer, increase the minimum coach fare| This expert pointed that thers from 10 to 15 cents. |was an unusually heavy slaughter This will bring them into line of hogs in January—vartly due to with higher coach fares set by all|farmers who had waited until after house, Sergt. Ogle stood on a chair| | Nevertheless, they ultimately agreed | Thomas, and a member of his sec-‘ |advance. | The Wednesday meeting followed | |publication a day previously of a news story to the effect that Presi-| dent Truman had instructed Gen.! Fleming to bargain with the GSI| Philodelphie Subway | \Is Paralyzed by Fire | By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16.—The |Broad Street subway was paralized |a fire that burned through every | power cable in a control station at| | Fairmount avenue. | | Thousands of Philadelphians were late for work. Hastily mobilized emergency bus and trolley service | The opinion continued that Lhe:aided in the traffic snarl, but crowds food theft was widespread when he! fied in knocking |gathered at almost every section of [came to the hospital in 1945, but lat the door, demanding entrance|the 56-block North Philadelphia'had been practically eliminated. |route. * | Extra details of police were re- on McDonald in that manner but quired to control the crowds and which he referred is still u.xmg‘m.rm. his constitutional rights were not|prevent men and women from run- place, “unless it has stopped in thellinger were being instructed to| thereby invaded,” the opinion said. ning into the street to thumb ridesA’]asL day or so, since all the publicity make their own locks. began.” | Emergency crews were rushed to the control station to begin putting' in new cables, but' could not finish the work before the morning rush| |ended. | The fire itself was minor, Phila- delphia Transportation Co. officials said. It started in the heavy in- sulation of a power cable in the con- trol station. Senator Thomas gave reporters| Eastern railroads last June and| (See SPECULATION, Page A-10.) |latér by most Southern lines. December 31 because of income taxes. Gallinger Food Thefts Reported Equivalent to 300 Meals a Day Thefts of food from Gallinger no investigator from mel elzisthry'cz Hospital patients amount 300 Budget Office had consult im during the reported food inquiry, QRS i8 day DistEict Budgel mur‘md said he could not understand Walter L. Fowler reported today. |nhow Mr. Fowler had obtained his He estimated that many servings information that losses amounted to were disappearing from the hos- 300 meals a day. the | during this morning’s rush hours by pital Jarder and from food carts en| Mr. Fowler said he recommended route to the wards when he made|to Commissioner Guy Mason and to a survey of the situation early this|Dr. Sweeney that food containers be month. fitted with padlocks, since the cost The budget officer's stalement[ol putting extra guards on each| flatly contradicted that of Ga.\ungeric.r would be prohibitive. | Supt. Alvin R. Sweeney, who md\ Dr. Sweeney reported he had con-| sidered this step more than a year| |ago, when he wrote food cart manu-| | facturers of the desirability of mak- Mr. Fowler made it clear the ing locks for the carts. So far, he| epidemic of food disappearance to'said, none have appeared on the| He said workmen at Gal-| Asked whether the cost of safety Dr. Sweeney today repeated his|equipment on the locks might not/ assertion that “we thi we have exceed the value of the food be- achieved really maximun® protection ing stolen, Commissioner Mason re-, againss food thefts.” |plied that the important thing was “I think I would challenge that/to put an end to the thievery. figure,” he said. “I think perhaps he may not the real situation is.” |be the provision of extra dietitians ‘ The hospital superintendent said!in the wards. High Court Réjécls Mrs. Fisher's Demand By the Associated Press The Supreme Court today re- fused to order a Negro woman ad- mitted at once to the all-white University of Oklahoma law schoo.. The court issued an order rejecting a demand by Mrs. Ada Lois Sipue Fisher for immediate admission a: a student. Justice Rutledge dissented. He said she should be admitted at once. The court’s order said the cass was in the hands of the Oklahoma State courts and that they must rule before the Supreme Court could take any further steps. Mrs. Fisher made the demand for immediate admission in a petition filed with the Supreme Court Jan- uary 26—three days before begin- ning of the school’s new term. She requested a writ of mandamus. The Supreme Court ruled January 12 that Oklahoma must provide law school facilities for Mrs. Fisher, equal to “and as soon as” those it provided for any other group. Dr. Sweeney said an important Oklahoma officials at once appointed be fully advised as to what factor in checking food loss would|a three-man, all-white faculty to conduct a law school for Negroes, but Mrs. Fisher did not apply. [}