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Truman Forces Lose Major Test On Injunctions

Defeated, 46 to 44, After Earlier Victory On Labor Bill

BULLETIN The administration lost the

second test on the labor bill, 48 to 44, after having won the first round, 54 to 37. Demo- cratic leaders lost the Lucas motion to strike injunction power from the Taft bill. Earlier they had succeeded in blocking the Holland move to write the injunction power into the administration Thomas bill.

The final test will come at 3 p.m. on the Taft plan to give the President both seizure and injunction powers in national emergency strikes.

ty the Associated Press

A closely-divided Senate votes today on the red-hot issue of whether to keep Taft-Hartley Act injunctions against national emer-

gency strikes. Both sides put out victory claims

in advance of the balloting. But Senators in each camp generally expected a nip-and-tuck decision.

Senate leaders said the crucial votes probably would be cast by a

few lawmakers who have kept their plans secret.

Lucas is Lonnaeni.

President Truman’s forces have been battling to knock out the labor-hated injunction provision of the present law. They were more

optimistic about their chances than at any time since the labor law debate started three weeks ago.

“I think we have the votes to win,” said Senator Lucas of Illinois, the Democratic leader.

Among the proinjunction Sen- ators. on the other hand, there was some real concern for the first time. A few in that group were down-right glum.

But not Senator Taft. Repub- lican, of Ohia, quarterbacking the fight to preserve the injunction. He predicted that in the end the court order section would be re- tained by a marsm of spven or

eight votes—a bigger edge than most of those working with him claimed.

Opining the final round of debate on the injunction issue, Sena- tor Taft described as “cowardly and pusillanimou£” the argument of Senators who are unwilling to accept an injunction clause because they believe the President has inherent power to use that weapon in national emergency strikes.

Vote on Three Amendments. Today's test votes centered on

three amendments, and the Sen- ate. met at 11 a.m„ an hour earlier than usual, to get in some extra debate.

The first ballot at 1* p.m. was

slated on an amendment by Sen- ators Holland, Democrat, of Flor- ida; Hoey, Democrat, of North Carolina; Bricker, Republican, of Ohio, and Sclioeppel, Republican, of Kansas. It would keep the Taft-Hartley provision which lets the Government get injunctions against strikes which threaten the national welfare.

The next vote, at 2 pun., was to cover an amendment sponsored by Senator Lucas. It would modify a Taft proposal providing for both injunctions and for Government seizure of struck plants for up to 60 days. The Lucas' plan would knock out the injunction provi- j sion, but keep the seizure section.

The final ballot on the national; emergency issue was to come at 3 p.rfi. on the Taft amendment— either as modified by the Lucas proposal, if adopted, or in its orig- inal Injunction-plus-seizure form If the Lucas amendment was

defeated. Senator Pepper, Democrat, of

Florida, an administration sup- porter, today denounced the mo-

tion of his Florida colleague, Sen- ator Holland, declaring that it “out-Tafts Taft,” by providing for injunctions without seizure. It Is worse than Senator Taft thought the remedy should be, because he combined Government seizure with injunctions, Senator Pepper added.

In a Senate speech late yester- (See~LABOR, Page A-6.)

Settlement Reached In Long Bendix Strike

ly *h» Auociatad Prni

Secretary of Air Symington an-

nounced an agreement today for settlement of the strike that has closed the Bendix Aviation Corp. plant at South Bend. Ind., for 70 days.

Terms agreed to by company and United Auto Workers officials were kept secret pending study and a vote by the workers.

Mr. Symington summoned the union and management spokes- men here for conferences which ran through last night and into this morning. He said he did so

because of the effect of the stop- page on production of airplane engines.

Walter Reuther, president of the UAW, said both parties were

fully conscious “of the compelling needs of the Air Force.”

M. E. Ferguson, Bendix president, said he was happy to see

tha end of the strike. .

Love Affairs Hold Spotlight In Coplon Trial Summing Up

Palmer Assails Prosecution for Failure To Bring Hotel Companion Into Court By James J. Cullman*

and W. H. Shippen, Jr. The tangled love affairs of Judith

Coplon, a Soviet engineer, and a Justice Department lawyer over- shadowed the espionage charges against her as her spy trial entered its final stages in District Court today.

Defense Attorney Archibald Palmer, alternately shaking his fist at the prosecutors and news- papermen, shouted that Miss Cop- Ion had never slept with Harold P. Shapiro, the Justice Depart- ment attorney, as the Government charged. She is the innocent victim of “a filthy frameup," Mr. Palmer insisted.

He denounced the prosecution for failing to bring Mr. Shapiro into court and for failing to back up their story with a Mann Act charge against him.

Earlier, Associate Prosecutor Raymond P. Whearty iold the jury that the Government had hoped the love defense would not be invoked in this case

“She explained her maneuver- ing in New York by explaining

she was In love,” Mr. Wheartv said. "The Government didn t bring love into this case—the de- defendant did. 1* was our hope that the issue would be kept out. but since it was brought in. we had no choice but «.o meet it with the sordid facts that were ad- mitted under oath on the stand.'

Mr. Palmer dismissed the fac- simile of hotel registers in Balti- more and Philadelphia, which showed Mr. Shapiro and Miss Cop- Ion had registered as man and wife on January 7 and 8. with the observation that the defendant did not know what her companion wrote on the registers.

Mr. Palmer referred to the 28- year-old defendant as a "fresh and fragrant innocent.” assailed by “pythons seeking to strangle her soul and ruin her reputation."

“They wrant to bury her with half truths." he shouted, “and drive more nails in her coffin.”

At one point the short, rotund defense lawyer compared his cli- ent’s sufferings with those of Christ and went back to ancient

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House Set for Final Action on Housing Bill; Racial Issue Revived

Prolonged Haggling Seen Before Vote Is Taken Late This Afternoon

By Chris Mathisen Final House action on housing

legislation was near today as administration supporters continued to protect their bill from amendment.

A decisive vote on the big meas-

ure—a major Lem in President

Truman's legislative progiam—

probably will come in the late afternoon. Prolonged haggling over remaining change proposals, however, could delay it until to-

morrow.

Representative Marcantonio, American Laborite, of New York was ready with an amendment which would prohibit discrimination in the construction, sale or

renting of public housing facili- ties, constructed under the bill, on account of race, color, creed or national origin.

Says It "Scuttles” Bill.

Chairman Spence of the House Banking Committee declared no

friend of the measure would offer such an amendment. If accepted, it would “scuttle” the bill, Mr. Spence said.

The Kentucky Democrat said such an issue should be brought before the House in separate legislation.

Among other amendments yet to be considered are two which would assure District participa- tion in the bill. One would re-

store the site-acquisition authority of the National Capital Hous- ing Authority, the public housing agency here. The other would allow the District Redevelopment Land Agency to receive slum- clearance assistance on the same basis as a State.

Move Defeated in Senate.

The first of these changes was

included in the housing bill which passed the Senate April 21. The second was not.

The discrimination question fig- ured in the Senate debate, too, but an amendment similar to Mr. Marcantonio’s proposal was defeated.

The Senate measure calls for 810,000 public housing units to be built in six years, instead of the House bill’s 1,050,000 in seven

years. Democratic leaders in the House have promised to support a change to bring their measures

into line with the one alreadv approved by the Senate.

In addition to public housing, the legislation includes Federal

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Two District Women Refuse to Tell Probers If They Were Reds

House Inquiry Witnesses Cite Possibility of Self-Incrimination

The woman proprietor of a

downtown drugstore and the wife of a building contractor refused to answer questions about their possible association with Communist Party activities here when they appeared today before the House Committee on Un-American Ac- tivities in response to subpoenas.

They were: Mrs. Rose Anderson, who said

she has operated the Investment Building Pharmacy. Fifteenth and K streets N.W.. for 22 years.

Mrs. Bella Rodman. 3700 Mas- sachusetts avenue N.W., who said her husband is in the construction business.

Refuse on Lawyer's Advice. Both cited possible self-incrim-

ination as the reasons why they would not say whether they are or ever had been patty members or whether they know any of a number of persons active in Commu- nist circles in the District. The committee today was opening its hearings on Communist Party ac- tivity in the District.

They gave their repeated re-

fusals on advice of their attorney, Clifford J. Durr, a former member of the Federal Com- munications Commission.

Frank Tavenner, committee counsel, asked Mrs. Anderson whether she had made any large contributions for the benefit of the Communist Party.”

She refused to answer. She did the same when asked whether she held Communist Party card No. 53,456 in 1944.

Asked About Acquaintances. Mr. Tavenner inquired whether

she was acquainted with a pre- vious committee witness. Mrs. Charlotte Oram, formerly active in the United Office and Professional Workers (CIO).

"Only like some customers come in and buy a cup of coffee,” Mrs. Anderson replied.

Mrs. Oram also had refused to answer questions about Commu- nist Party membership, but did say she has been a subscriber to the Daily Worker for a number of years.

Mrs Rodman was asked by Mr. Tavenner about Communist Party membership and whether she made any contributions to the cause.

To all such queries Mrs. Rodman replied only that she would not answer because to do so “might tend to incriminate me.” She did say, in response to other questions. that she is a member of the Progressive Party and of the Southern Conference^!or Human

(See~UN-AMERICAN, Page A-3.)

Coleman Blasts Scott, Resigns From G. 0. P. Strategy Board

ly th* Auotiatfd Prtti

Thomas E. Coleman, vice chairman of the Republican Strategy Committee, quit today with a blast at Republican National Chairman

£1 ugh D. Scott, jr., for failure to

keep the group •‘moving along." Mr. Coleman, Wisconsin Re-

publican finance chairman, wrote Mr. Scojt that he no longer can

"spend the time or take the re-

| sponsibility for a committee that : is not moving along.

“The responsibility must be yours,” the vice chairman said.

Mr. Coleman’s step was a blow to party “harmony” that Mr. Scott has been publicly stressing since he won a 54-to-50 vote of confi- dence and kept his job at a Janu- ary meeting of the Republican National Committee in Omaha.

The 23-member Strategy Com- mittee, which Mr. Scott heads, was formed at Omaha. It grew out of agreement that the party needed new machinery to put* over its viewpoint.

Mr. Scott had called the group into session here today for the

first time since its organization April 24.

Mr. Coleman said in his letteri to Mr. Scott that he believes the strategy group “has merit because it combines Republican men and women experienced in politics on

State and national levels into a

small enough group to be effec-; tive."

“However,” he said, “your long delay in appointing members of: the committee and the Executive Committee has caused the loss of seyeral months of working time during this session of Congress.

“The Strategy Committee was

created in Omaha in January. Now, at the end of June, it has! had no opportunity to be of any particuler service to the party.”

On the other hand. Mr. Cole- man said, the Republican Senator- ial and Congressional Committees “have been functioning effectively and our State organizations are

doing much more than usual in preparing for the 1950 election which X think we will win.”

Hiss Questioned On Work With Left-Wing Group

Judge Blocks Query About Suicide in Defendant's Family • By Newbold Noyes, Jr.

ond Robert K. Walsh S*or S»oW Correspondents

NEW YORK, June 28.—Bearing down hard in its second day of cross-examination in the Alger Hiss perjury trial, the Government today closely questioned Mr. Hiss about his onetime membership in an organization which subse- quently was branded a “Commu- nist front" by the House Commit- tee on Un-American Activities.

Mr. Hiss, former State Depart- ment official, is accused in a two- count perjury indictment of having lied before a Federal grand jury last December when he de- nied ever having given Govern- ment secrets to Whittaker Cham- bers, self-confessed courier for a

Communist spy ring, or that he had seen Mr. Chambers between 1936 and 1938.

The defendant seemed to have a hard time yesterday -n remem- bering the name of the groyp—the International Juridical Associa- tion—but he told the jury he be- longed to It in 1933 wh^e working as a lawyer in New York. He called it an “editorial” organization specializing hi labor law.

Subject Comes Up Again. Assistant United States Attor-

ney Thomas F. Murphy brought up the subject again when the trial resumed this morning. Gone was his quiet, almost casual, man- ner of yesterday. There was an edge to his voice and Mr. Hiss responded with tight-lipped seri- ousness.

“Do you know where the office of that group was?” Mr. Murphy asked.

The 44-year-old defendant said he did not.

"I suggest to you that your organization had its headquarters in the office of Mrs. Carol King.” Mr. Murphy said.

“No.” Mr. Hiss answered quick- ly. "I think they were in the office of Mr. Polier."

When the prosecutor reminded Mr. Hiss he had just said he did, not know where the headquarters were, the witness explained he did not think the association had a real headquarters office but mere- ly a mailing address.

Attorney for Eisler. Mrs. King has been widely pub-

licized as the attorney for numer- ous known and suspected Commu- nists. Among her recent clients have been Gerhard Eisler and Harry Bridges. Mr. Murphy asked if Mr. Hiss knew Mrs. King.

"I think I met her once or twice.” the witness replied.

He said he was not sure whether Nathan Witt was another member of the association. Mr Witt was one of those named last summer by Mr. Chambers, along with Mr. Hiss, as members during the 1930s j of a Communist apparatus oper- ating in the Government in Wash- ington.

As the prosecutor increased the pressure of his questioning. Mr. Hiss apparently became somewhat reluctant to come forth with pre- cise answers.

Asked Identity of Man. , Mr. Murphy wanted to know the identity of the man named Polier. mentioned by the witness.

“Can you tell us?” he asked. “I can,” said Mr. Hiss. "Will you tell us?” the prosecu-

tor asked. “I will,” said Mr. Hiss. Now?” the prosecutor persisted. Mr. Hiss finally said Mr. Polier

was a friend of his at Harvard Law School, and that it was he who interested Mr. Hiss in joining the Juridical Association.

Today’s session opened with a

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Arteries Patched By Vein Grafts in New Operation

ty lh« Asiociotcd Ar«»

PHILADELPHIA, June 28.—The *

University of Pennsylvania Hos- pital reported today its doctors have taken veins from one part of j a human body to patch up and j even replace sections of arteries.:

The hospital said it considers this newly developed operation a

major aid in treatment of acci- dent victims, as well as other cases of worn out or injured arteries.

Arteries carry the blood away from the heart.

Although arteries have been used to patch up other arteries, the hospital said, this is the first time veins have been used.

The advantage of vein over

artery grafts, the hospital said, is that a suitable vein can be re-

moved from the patient under- going operation without serious: risk of circulatory difficulties. However, an artery of a sise- suitable for grafting cannot be re-; moved safely from a living person.

In each of the operations per- formed, the smaller, thinner vein has satisfactorily replaced the larger, thicker walled artery without impairing the flow of Mood, the hospital reported.

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GSI to Operate Pools in Dispute If Interior Will Pay Expenses

Recreation Board Staffs to Be Ordered Out At All Places if They Withdraw at One

racea wun an ummatum irom

the District Recreation Board over the segregation issue, the trustees of Government Service. Inc today voted to operate six swimming pools during the morning hours if formally requested to do so by the Interior Department and with the understanding that Interior will reimburse GSI for the additional expenses.

The GSI vote came after the Recreation Board notified the agency that unless free sw'imming and instruction conducted in the mornings by the Recreation De-

partment at these pools is operated on a segregated basis, the recre-

ation staffs will be withdrawn. The GSI trustees were informed

that if the Recreation Board with- draws from one of the pools, the board’s staffs will be ordered out at all the pools. This word came

from Harry Thompson, senior su-

penntenoent of National Capita! Parks. In a memorandum read to the meeting by R D. Lewis associate, general member GSI

Mr. Lewis also quoted Mr Thompson as saying the Interior Department might be able to locate funds" to meet the cost* of GSI operation during the morning periods.

Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III president of GSI, warned that law ause

of the fall In attendance. OSI might have to limit the number of hours or days of the week when the pools would be open in the mornings »

Colored children showed up Itr the free swim" at McK'niey Pool today with the result that recreation officials promptly announced the Recreation Hoard's staff of life guards and instrut tbrs

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Baruch Says Truman Fails to Map Standby Plan ol Mobilization

Will to Decision Lacking, He Tells Graduates in First Public Criticism

By John A. Giles Bernard Baruch, declaring that

“additional delay is a needless gamble with national security." took the Truman administration to task today for failing to have ready a standby total mobilization plan for a possible new war.

“With the cold war dragging into its fourth year," Mr. Baruch told the graduating class of the Armed Forces Industrial College, "we still lack any effective plan for the swiftest possible mobilization of our resources to insure reaching our allies in time.

"The Congress and the American people are entitled to a full report on these plans. The responsibility for this neglect should be made clear—before it is too late.

"Additional delay is a needless gamble with our national security—a needless invitation tc disaster."

First Public Criticism. The 77-year-old elder statesman

and President Truman were reported to be at odds during the last stages of the presidential campaign last fall, but his speech today marked the first time Mr Baruch had publicly criticized the administration.

He also took the occasion—in the Interior Department auditor- ium—to come to the defense of the military “brass hats" who he said always thought of the whole national interest, “which is more than can be said for some of their critics.”

Mr. Baruch noted that when World War II ended Congress created the National Security Re- sources Board to frame a com-

plete wartime mobilization plan, rhat agency, since the resigna- tion of Chairman Arthur W. Rill, has been headed by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman as

acting chairman.

“When this agency attempted to act it was, as you know, pre- sented from doing so.” he said “It has still to be heard from

Mr. Baruch told reporters he was referring to a mobilization

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Waterspouts Kill Girl MANILA. June 21 OP.—Press

reports said today two water-

spouts had killed a 9-year-old girl and injured nine persons on

Bantayan Island, north of Cebu In the Central Philippines. Fire houses were reported blown down and a fishing launch picked up (ram its mooring.

Committee Approves 3-Crop 'Trial Run’ for Truman Farm Plan

17-9 Vote Finds G. 0. P.

Heavily Opposed to Price Support Bill

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The House Agriculture Commit-

tee today approved a brand-new

farm bill authorizing a three-crop "trial run" for the Truman ad-

ministration s controversial production payment" program for agriculture

The measure went through on a

17-9 vote against virtually solid Republican opposition

It sets up a major issue as Dem- ocrats and Republicans scramble for the Midwest farm vote* In the

(Congressional elections next year Some farm groups already are as-

sailing the administration's idea as a "subsidy” and a dole

The measure would maintain rigid price supports, at higher levels for most crops than under the present price prop program.

It would repeal the farm bill enacted by the Republican-con- trolled 80th Congress, with its 60 to 90 per cent of parity props.

Some committee Republicans battled for continuation of the present farm program into 1950 They objected to even the 1950 "trial run” for production pay-

ments" which the bill would per- mit.

Kirk Arrives in Moscow MOSCOW. June 28 ^—Ad-

miral Alan O. Kirk, the new American Ambassador, arrvled in Moscow today on a special plane

Suit Against Realtors To Enjoin Fee-Fixing Dismissed by Holtzoff

Ruling in Civil Action Reports No Violotion Of Antitrust Low

Judge Alexander Hojuofi today dismissed the Government* suit to enjoin lire Washington Real Estate Board from fixing brokerage fees in real estate transac- tions here

In a lS-minuie opinion deliv- ered from the bench In Dis'rtct Court. Judge Holuoff held that the Washington board ha* not been violating the Sherman Anti- trust Act In It* brokerage fee- flxtng practices emploved here for many year*

The civil Ktlon was brought by the Justice Department, charging that the Washington Real Estate Board, the National Association of Real Estate Boards and IS Indi- viduals conspired to fix commis- sions for the sale and leaae of real estate In Washington

Government Claim Rejected. The Government had asked an

Injunction against the Nadflhai Association of Real Estate Board* as having "encouraged the local hoard in Its fee fixing

Judge Holtaoff rejected the Government a claim that whether the brokerage fee* were unreasonable or otherwise, the fixing prac- tice is illegal "In and of Itself ."

Touching on the reasons for the inception of the Sherman Act. the judge declared It* Intent was to prevent the fixing of prices of commodities snd articles of trade.

I am of the opinion the act was not drawn to prevent the fixing of compensation for persona) services, he said

In ion Action Cited An important basic point is

that the labor of a human being is not a commodity, and this includes intellectual labor as well as manual labor the judge declared

He pointed out that the fixing of wages by labor union* ha* never been regarded a* a violation of the Anti-trust Act

"The combining to regulate compensation for personal ser

vices hss long been a recognised right of manual laborers, and has been held entirely legal by other courts." he said.

"There l* no reason why this theory should not be equally ap- plicable to thoae who work for a commission." the judge added

He further said that the caae might be different if the rate* fixed by the Real Estate Board were shown to be unreasonable or oppressive.” or that the methods unduly restrained competition between broker* to an adverse effect on real estate sales

Judge Holtcoff declared that on

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Cool Winds Break Heat Wave; Low of 66 Expected Toniaht

Cool winds began blowing into

Washington shortly before noon

today, breaking the heat wave. Two more owl masses are ex-

pected before nightfall to drop the temperature to about M. the Weather Bureau said.

At 1 pm. the thermometer read 75 degrees.

The forecast calls for a high temperature near M this afternoon. compared with yesterday’s 91. Tomorrow u scheduled as fair, less humid, with temperatures in the mid-Ms.

Respite from 90-degree temperatures which have kept Wash- ington sweltering and out of sleep since Saturday are coming m

through what the Weather Bureau;! calls the "back door”—the North- east—becauae of a high-pressure area over Maine and the at Law- ( renew and a low area trough run- , ning east-to-west from a point north of 43rrmula to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 1

Although yesterday t high of 91 was five degrees under Sunday s 9€. three persona were treated for heat exhaustion and an autop«7 was being held on a M-year-old carpenter today to determine whether heat Induced his death

He is Louis R Granger, of «M East Capitol street, who colls peed and fell down the steps at hi* home

Two unidentified persona were treated at Gallinger Hospital tad s man identified as Claddtn Dur- ham. IS, colored of 71J Fourth street S W was treated mi it*

Since June 11. temperatuna; base averaged thrbe degree* owur* normal and have not been under n degrees since last Tuesday The

sing last Tuesday were:

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Home Rule Fight Is Pressed at House Hearing

Subcommittee. Cool To Change, Hears Two Proponents

T-'if fight tat at * wanted farm of home > ule t«r Wad .r.ihwi <t) user. Uvt*» !'*

* bipartisan eon* rrm. am*, * Us * House stiboommiUee bkm.1 of * hose members Uu oppywed ten si suffrage

SUoth support for btiu n- ins She Own let an elected and re-

organised esty government »*»

placed before the House Dtatmi Judiciary Subcommittee by Hepre. sentative AurhittcUsa* ttrp ib « »* of Ne* Jersey «nd hr i.a tor Kefauvet tiemooat of Imnesaee, authors of two hU*y to give s measure of self-rule to vote less W ashing U4)

Mt AochUKkvo * a • nrt House District Committee sp- Pi oral of a similar, hut longer ai«l more campl touted b !a*t >eat. **> subjected to * barrage at questions from subcommittee members when he aptwsied a* today * first alines,* As fie left the stand howete: Krfenentattt* Harris Democrat of Atfcanaaa, subcommittee chairman an op- ponent of home rule announced

We ate ah sincere in out efforts to resolve thu piohlem one war or another

He added that lie I toped when the tieanng* aeie ended the subcommittee could meet to deal With the issue* espediUouab

Red Issue Raised list* The question of communism

«g»m U*ia\ «*s tied to the l«»me lule issue bv RepirsenUUve Mr* Mtitan. l>emm i at of South t‘tra* Jma chaliman of the futi District Committee

Don't you think this u • rather had time «Uh alt the unrest all over the country. U> consider a bill of tht* kind” he shot at Mr. Auclnmioa* in quv&uontng him after his foimsl ie*umony sal over

When the witness indicated ha dtdn t agree Chairman McMilla n then said

"Nothing would please tie* Reda and Socialists more than to tet control of Uie seat of Government of the United flutes tan t that so’"

Again Mr Aurhlnclos* disagreed. M lines* hemes ( smmsnltm At the outset of his testimony.

Mi A ur hint toes told the subrom- ntlttee, "Id like to suggest that I'm not a Communist although I am in favor of home rule

This was a reference to a statement by Chairman McMillan in a lettei to a South Carolina resi- dent biought to light last Sun- day- that most of Uie people who had written him in favor of hum* rule had communistic tended* cte*

Mr Hants responded Uiat ha had known Mr A uc hint loss a

long time and he was sure Uiat the witness did not have to make such a declaration Mr Aurhln- cloas replied that fie had mad* the remark "in all good humor **

Mr McMillan who came in late, asked Mr Auchincloa* what lie thought of an idea of re ceding to Maryland all of the private property in the District and leav- ing a* the Nation*! Capital only the areas occupied by Rederal properties He asked whetlter that wouldn l give the people here a

chance to vote Mr Aurhlnclos* dismissed the

suggestion with the remark it was worth study McMillan Attendance Argued Chairman McMillan also look

issue with Mr Auchlncloas on hi* statement that Mr McMillan last year never attended one meeting of the Auchlncloas Home Rule Subcommittee He read from printed hearings from last year to show that on one occasion ha had questioned a Dutnct Com- mtaskmer who was testifying

If I were wrong about that. I'm glad to have it corrected replied Mr. Auchinrioa* Then, after a pause. i»e added Rut I don't think you were at eery many hearings Mr McMillan agreed that was the case

Representative OHsri Repub- lican of Minnesota did moat of the questioning of Mr Aurhm- rioss He brought out that the •Continued on Rage A-A Col 3 i

Hil-and-Run Speedboat Cuts Off Girl's Feet

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RXHQ, Re*.. June 3*—A hit- and-run mmulfMMit pilot amputated a 13-year-old girl taunts*** a fe« Rderday

Imogen# Witter!* and Janet Lota each 13 and from ftoae*siie. Calif vert mumming ta Laa* Tahoe Then «Md Deputy PArnff r W Brenarl

The apewdhoat roared clone to the beach and *hot bet wen the gula Janet barely got out of the way

One af taaagenr t feet vaa cat ag pwaiawi &iy by the propeller. The other foot *a* amputated later at a boapttai

The pilot did am atop Idr. •newel mid an arrea* would Ml matt* today

labourer* la a mow of Loa AaeriM County * widely font retaran thmff Eugene atecaUtm

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