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235. No. 155 WFIL 560 First on Your Dial a THREE CENTS FINAL CITY EDITION ILN. Committee Again Sidesteps Lewis Battle Drags On as Steel Slumps Layoff of Million Is Expected by End of This Week 2 Teachers Missing in Snowstorm Rescue Groups Scale Blue Ridge Hills In Search for Women 20,000 at Meeting Urge Release of Yugoslav Prelate Huge Crowd Jams Convention Hall To Demand Speedy U. S.

Action On 'Unjust' Trial of' Archbishop Illustrated on Pages 3 and 18 More than 20,000 persons the largest throng ever assembled in Philadelphia's Municipal Convention Hall yesterday urged President Truman and the U. S. State Department to "insist on the immediate release" of Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, imprisoned prelate of Yugoslavia, and "cessation of the persecution of Catholics in Yugoslavia." That request was contained in a resolution unanimously adopted at a protest meeting attended by representatives Decision on Veto Votes 33-8 to Let Subcommittee Study Question; Britain Sees Move as 'Passing the Baby' Illustrated on Page 2 LAKE SUCCESS, N. Dec. 1 AP) Britain's assertion that it was a move to "pass the baby," the 54-mem-ber United Nations Political and Security Committee tonight appointed a subcommittee to study all proposals affecting the use of the big power veto voting privilege in the Security Council.

This development came at the close of a three-hour session in which Great Britain submitted seven suggestions of every Catholic parish in Aleman Takes Report to the People; No. 13 Phila. High on List For U. N. Capital Site; Decision Due Today (This is the 13th in a series of reports to the people of Philadelphia, presented by The Inqu rer from time to time on the progress being made on post-war improvements.) PHILADELPHIA'S determined new bid to become the United Nations permanent headquar represented the city's headline effort during November ir.

respect to its post-war improvement program. The results of that effort will be made known today, when the 18 members of the U. N. committee seeking the headquarters will meet to announce their final choice from among the four metropolitan areas that are in the runn ng at this time. Philadelphia's bid, engineered by Edward Hopklnson, chairman of the City Planning Commission, during an official visit here of the U.

N. site committee, moved this city from the role of dark-horse, outside contender to a favDred position as the site of the new World Capital. The long-awaited report of Mayor Bernard Samuel's Water Commission was submitted during November, touching off an immediate controversy. As expected, it recommended that the city's first efforts be devoted to improving of present sources in the Schuylkill and Delaware River. Development of a new upland supply was relegated to the future and placed on an "if" basis.

"If improvement of present sources proves inadequate, the Water Commission recommended development of the Wallpack Bend Project on the Upper Delaware. Major steps were taken in th( urban redevelopment program with launching of a house-to-hotse survey and on the "Chinese project with signing of a agreement between the city and the Pennsylvania Railroad. These were the major developments during the month of November: United Safions Philadelphia's invitation to the United Nations to establish Its permanent headquarters here aiore than a year ago was virtually ignored. After an inspectior of various sites, not including those in Philadelphia, the U.N. voted for the Westchester county area of New York and the Fairfield county section of Connecticut.

But opposition developed and the U.N. again went house-hunting during November! This time, Philadelphia made its bid stick. The U.N. voted to limit inspection of sites to four metropolitan areas: Philadelphia, New York, Boston and San Francisco. A touring committee, headed by Dr.

Eduardo Zuleta Angel, of Colombia, came here for a tour of this city's facilities. In a three day visit, delegates of 14 nations were impressed. The Philadelphia committee, headed by Dr. Robert L. Johnson, president of Temple University, placed the full offer before them.

Twelve square miles in the Belmont Plateau section of Fair-mount Park and in the Roxborough Chestnut Hill area were offered to the U.N., without cost, as a Worl i Capital site. Governor Edward Martin, his elected successor, Attorney General James H. Duff and Mayor Bernard Samuel pledged the full co-operation of Commonwealth ai city. The U.N. delegates toured the proposed areas and gave them their official stamp of approval as meeting all specifications of the U.N.

headquarters. Dr. Zuleta especially praised the sites for their accessibility. By, JOHN C. O'BRIEN Inquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec.

1. With steel production down to the third lowest point of the year and with the prospect of 1,000,000 workers being laid off by next Saturday owing to coal shortages, Government attorneys tonight saw little hope of concluding the court proceedings in the contempt citation against John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers before the end of the week. While the White House, seemingly interested only in maintaining the authority of the Government and of the courts, marked time, there was little or no evidence of behind-the-scenes maneuvers out of court between Lewis and the mine operators to settle the soft coal strike, now in its 11th day. SOUTHERNERS FIRM The Southern coal operators remained adamant in their refusal to deal with Lewis, although a final decision has been postponed until tomorrow.

If the Southern operators, who rebuked their counsel, Edward R. Burke, for moving to open negotiations with Lewis, stand on their present line, Lewis was expected by some observers to seek to make a separate deal with the Northern Mine Operators' Association, which has evinced a disposition to talk things over. Latest reports from the struck mines indicated that the assessment of fines of from $1 to $2 a day on individual strikers for striking "illegally" had failed to start a back-to- the-mines movement. The miners were standing to a man behind their embattled leader. GLOOMY PICTURE Overshadowing the legal fencing in district court on the Government's move to punish Lewis and the miners for contempt of court was the rapid exhaustion of the available supply of coal and the sharp curtailment of production and rapidly mounting unemployment.

The magazine Steel reported that the strike had reduced steel production to the third lowest point of the year and that if it continued another week ingot production would drop to 43 percent of capacity, the level to which production was Continued on Page 11, Column Academy Faces Union Shutdown Listing of the Academy of Music as "unfair" an action that would bar the Philadelphia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Co. and other famous artists from performing there was threatened yesterday by the American Federation of Musicians (A.F.L.). The 89-year-old music hall at Broad and Locust sts. and Camden's city-owned Convention Hall both were given until Aug. 15, 1947, to sign a contract providing for a "union shop" or suffer the with drawal of union musicians from their presentations.

ULTIMATUM VOTED Such an ultimatum was voted by the executive board of Local 77, A.P.M., at its last meeting, it was announced in The Philadlephia Musician, official publication of the union. Union officials declined to elaborate on the decision, but members of Local 77 said the managements of both halls had refused to guarantee that a certain number of union men would be retained at all Continued on Page 8, Column 3 Proletarian Magic U. S. Vetoes For Use in t) view proposed sites in the San The U.N. committee then went on Francisco and Boston areas.

As the committee members prepared to make known their final selection today, Philadelphia had a good chance of being chosen World Capital. New York and Boston were losing: ground, and San Francisco was begging the United states to bolster its offer by giv ing up the historic Presidio. Wattr The Water Commission, comjiosed of leading citizens and Two women school teachers were feared lost in a driving snowstorm on a desolate mountain north of' Harrisburg this morning as a cold wave moved in on the Eastern Seaboard, bringing the winter's first nnow flurries here and driving the hermometer down to 25 degrees. Stumbling through the steadily drifting snow near Lykens in Dauphin county, three parties of searchers totalling more than 40 volunteers were directed by State Troopers in their search for the two school teachers. ERE WALKING IN WOODS The almost hopeless task of combing the lonely woods in the ciark began after the frantic mother of one of the women reported she had waited four hours without Evail for them to return from a hik- ng expedition to obtain evergreens which they planned to use as decorations in their classrooms today.

The missing teachers were identi fied as Miss Marion L. Forney, of Paxtang, a Harrisburg suburb, and Miss Beatrice Watkins, of Wiconisco, rime 35 miles north of Harrisburg. They were sak to be "about 30. WAITED UNTIL DUSK Both teachers drove with Miss Watkins' mother, Mrs. Thomas Wat-kins, on the Carsonville-Lykens road to the Powells Valley side of the Blue Ridge Mountain south of Lykens, arriving in the lonely "green lane section about 2.30 P.

M. The teachers then walked into the woods, assuring Mrs. Watkins they would soon be back with their evergreen boughs. The mother waited in increasing terror until dusk fell and at 6 P. unable to drive the car, obtained a ride from a passing motorist to Lykens, where she asked State Police help.

SNOW SLOWS SEARCHERS Privates John Callahan and Sim Cronrath at once asked for volun teers and at 3 P. M. started out on the search. But snow began falling at 10 P. M.

and when the search was reorganized at midnight, with the snow driving down steadily and tem peratures well below freezing, all hope was centered on the women having somehow found shelter when they realized they were lost. Miss Forney is a teacher in the Continued on Page 3, Column 1 Missing Yacht Arrives Safely While Coast Guard boats and a patrol bomber were searching for him, Jens Christensen, 42, of Yea- don, docked safely at Essington on the Delaware River last night at the end of a 100-mCe voyage in a small boat. He was unreported for two days. Christensen, a veteran Merchant Marine officer, who started his trip last Thursday at West Creek, N. was unaware of the anxiety over his safety until he arrived at Tin icum Yacht Club at 3.45 P.

M. NOTIFIED BY WIFE The extensive search was begun after his wife, Margaret, 31, of 831 Parmley Yeadon, notified the Coast Guard at 11.30 A. M. yesterday that he was overdue by at least a day. Christensen, who has plied the seas on freighters since his youth, set out alone at 10 A.

M. Thanks giving Day in his newly-purchased boat, Cigar et II," from a boatyard at West Creek, on the main land side of Little Egg Harbor west of Beach Haven, N. J. Tracing his course, the Coast Continued on Page 14, Column Barnegat Bay was destroyed by British Say Reds Lag on Polish Vow LONDON, Dec. 1 (UP) The politically conservative newspaper Observer reported from Warsaw to day that Russia has not delivered a single item under her Potsdam pledge to give Poland 15 percent of the industrial equipment received as reparations from Germany.

Nineteen small ships the only items so far earmarked for Polish reparations have not yet been re ccived, according to the dispatch. The Observers Warsaw corre siiondent, quoting "officials sym pathetic to the Soviet Union," re ported that Poland had agreed to accept $10,250,000 worth of Ger man consumer goods instead of the machinery promised by Russia. headed by Robert W. Goodall, tional Bank and Trust studied the city's water problem for more than a year with the advice neers. Its recommendations, when aimed at softening the use of the veto but declared that the big powers must presently retain their special voting privilege because they might be outvoted on some issue of vital interest to them.

The session was marked also by an angry rejection by Russia of all attempts to limit or regulate the use of the veto. Andrei Vishinsky, Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister, said bluntly, "We say that we will agree to no limitation of any kind on the use of the so-called veto." He added that Russia opposed "all factions, political or judicial." He also described the British proposals as feeble. ISSUE SIDETRACKED In sending the controversial issue to the subcommittee, the United Nations once a pain sidetracked any immediate action on the veto problem. Australia, foremost opponent of the veto, contended that it was impossible to obtain an agreement on the various resolutions before the committee, particularly her own and one submitted by Russia. OPPOSED BY U.

S. The Soviet Union, however, readily accepted the proposal for a subcommittee to study the issue. The United States, Britain and Australia opposed the suggestion, but the committee voted 33 to 8 to set up the subcommittee, comprising the Big Five, Australia. Peru, Cuba, the Philippines, Poland, Denmark, India, Argentina and Venezuela. Sir Hartley Shawcross of Britain, in opposing establishment of the subcommittee, declared "this is.

Just passing the baby." MEETING SLATED The subcommittee was instructed to meet tomorrow morning and attempt to work out a resolution on the veto that would be acceptable to both large and small powers. Resolutions have been submitted by Australia, Cuba, Peru, the Philippines, Russia and Argentina. The big powers were agreed that the veto must be retained for the present at least. MODERATION URGED Senator Tom Connally U. S.

representative on the Political Committee, defended the veto but said the permanent members of the Security Council should not use it indiscriminately. In ringing Senatorial tones, Connally warned: "No nation can walk the road of Continued on Page 2, Column 6 Moscow Criticizes U.N. Troop Census MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (AP). Moscow newspapers declared today that British American amendments to the original Soviet proposal to the U.N.

General Assembly for a troop census had reduced the plan, when finally approved, to "a misty, con fused and to a considerable extent, empty resolution." (The Political Committee of the Assembly approved a world-wide census on Nov. 27, but rejected re peated Soviet attempts to have atomic and jet-propelled weapons accounted in the inventory of forces.) Barred Marxist Fable Berlin Schools BERLIN, Dec. 1 (AP). Rumanians Loot American Ships Snrriul to The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Herald Tribune CONSTANZA, Rumania, Dec. 1.

Each appearance of an American merchant ship here gives Constanza a much-needed economic boost, In which apparently the entire Rumanian population shares. As soon as an American ship puts into port and the task of unloading begins, all those employed on the docks, with groups of friends, have themselves a huge time, looting what Is nearest to their hands. An army of absolutely impeccable police would be required to prevent the looting. E. G.

Budd Dies; Industrialist, 75, A Transit Pioneer Edward G. Budd, whose pioneering vision gave America its first all- steel automobiles, streamlined rail road trains and stainless steel airplanes, died Saturday night. Mr. Budd, founder and president the Budd who came to this city as an a ice machinist and turned a corner metal shop into a giant industry, succumb to acute heart EDWARD g. bcdd diiatation a his home, 157 Pelham road, Mt.

Airy. He was 75. It was he who "sold" automobile makers on the merits of steel bodies by rolling cars down cliffs, posing live elephants on their shiny roof and having them driven off virtually undamaged. And it was he. too, who pioneered the use of steel wheels and four-wheeL brakes on highway vehicles, who started the Nation's railroads clamoring; for lightweight steel coaches and who proved that freight could be delivered in glistening, steel aircraft.

SUPPLIED ARMS IN WARS Through two World Wars his plants supplied the armed forces with such fighting needs as helmets, bombs, shells, rifle grenades and the world's first "bazooka" guns. The Budd formed last June bv the merger of the Edward Budd Manufacturing 2450 Hunting Park and the Budd Wheel Detroit, had long ago outgrown a rented circus tent in wnicn it once did business at I and Ontario sts. BORN IN DELAWARE Todav his plants are sprawled over 4,000,000 square feet in Philadelphia, Bustleton and Detroit, And the. thousands of men ana women who "work at Budd's" have been an economic mainstay of this city ana Detroit. Edward Gowen Budd was a small town boy.

He was born Dec. 28, 1870. at Smyrna. where he was graduated from the public nign school at 17 and went to work as an apprentice in a machine shop. START OF SELF-TRAINING Two years later, in 1899, he came to Philadelphia to finish his appren ticeship with the Bement Machine Co.

But the achievement or Journeyman's rating was only the start of his self-training. He studied at the Franklin In stitute Schools, took correspondence courses as fast as the postman could deliver them and crammed his spare time with experimentation ana scientific reading. In 1900 he went to work with the American Pulley Co. here, rose to the position of shop superintendent Continued on Page 13, Column 5 Britons Warned On American Loan LONDON. Dec.

1 (UP). The fl nancial editor of the London news paper Observer said today that the American loan might be exhausted by the end of 1948 and charged it was not being used lor its primary purpose to aid in re-equipping British industry. The writer said 4 percent of Brit ain's dollar expenditures were go ing for food and drink, 15 percent for raw materials, nine percent ior manufactured goods and the re mainder mainly for oil and films. Inquirer News On WFIL Today MO FIRST ON YOCR DIAL Regular Inquirer broadcasts of general news and sports will be heard at the following times: 1 P. M.

and Midnight Other highlights: 10.25 A. M. Hymns of all Churches 2.30 P. M. Bride and Groom 8.00 P.

M. Lum and Abner 11.15 P.M. Mary Biddle Interviews hiladelphia and many be yond the city limits. The huge meeting, held under the auspices of the Philadelphia County Chapter, Catholic War Veterans, was one of 1100 protest meetings which have been held or which will be held throughout the country within the next few weeks by Catholic veterans' and other organizations. CARDINAL ATTENDS The protest rally was attended by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and the Most Rev.

Hugh L. Lamb, Auxiliary Bish op of Philadelphia and it was held with the Apostolic benediction of Pope Pius XII, telegraphed to Cardinal Dougherty by the Apostolic Delegate in Washington, D. C. The mass protest was keynoted by Judge Clare Gerald Fenerty, who asserted that religious and other persecution had arisen in Yugoslavia because "Allied leadership" had "faltered" and had adopted a policy of appeasement toward Moscow. We must act promptly to halt appeasement," he said, "so that we shall retain the peace which our comrades fought to achieve." AUDITORIUM JAMMED The protest meeting was held on such a massive scale that the con trol of traffic and crowds in the vicinity of Convention Hall and the University of Pennsylvania campus became a major problem for more than 100 policemen under Inspector Herbert Kitchenman.

Not only was the great hall of the Municipal auditorium filled to capacity, but also its ballroom upstairs and its exhibit room downstairs. Thousands of additional persons listened to the proceedings brought them by loud speaker on the huge parking lot of the nearby Commercial Museum. And thousands more who were unable to gajn admission to the meeting were reluctant to leave the scene. Two large parades, one forming at 24th and Sansom sts. and the other at 48th st.

and Lancaster ave converged on the meeting place, which was filled to capacity fully an hour before the meeting was called to order. The P.T.C. report ed a record day for the chartering of buses. Some 193 such buses were chartered by representatives of various parishes. The resolution adopted stated: "That our heartfelt sympathty and Continued on Page 3, Column 4 Airliner Sets N.Y.-London Mark LONDON, Dec.

1 (UP). A four- motored Constellation operated by American Overseas Airlines landed at Heathrow airport this morning 10 hours and 12 minutes after leaving New York, establishing a new transatlantic speed record between the cities. Its average speed was 324 M. P. H.

The previous record 11 hours, 35 minutes was held by a British Over seas Airways plane. The American plane carried a 1629-pound freight load while the British speed record was set by an empty plane. The Constellation carried a seven- man crew, headed by Captain Carol Robertson. There were no passengers. Conversion Unit Seeks Vet Homes The establishment of a "conver sion center" to spur changing of single-family dwellings and vacant buildings into apartments for vet erans and other home-seekers was announced yesterday by H.

Walter Graves, newly appointed chairman of the Conversion Committee of the Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee. Graves, who Is head of the Philadelphia Real Estate Board, said the plan "was developed at the request of Mayor Bernard Samuel to create more housing units" for residents here in the current crisis. COMMITTEE APPOINTED It was adopted, he added, "because the conversion of dwellings into apartments provides the quickest means of obtaining additional accommodations, uses the smallest amount of material possible and provides an action program during the winter months when construction of new buildings Is normally slowed down by weather conditions." Graves also announced the ap Continued on Page 7, Column 3 for a three-step program of improvements. First was the immediate overhauling of the filtration and dis tribution systems and installation of additional chemical treatment to eliminate taste and odors. This part of the program, al ready begun, will cost $12,000,000.

Presidential Oath In Mexico City Illustrated on Page 18 Special to The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Keio York Herald Tnhume MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1. Miguel Aleman was inaugurated today as the fifty-eighth President of Mexico in a simple one-hour ceremony in the Palace of Fine Arts. Official representatives of thirty-nine countries, many of which fnt missions extraordinary, attended. The American delegation was headed by Walter Thurston, Ambassador to Mexico.

The delegation included Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder, General Jonathan M. Wain- wright, hero of Corregidor and now commander of the United States Fourth Army, and several other of ficials and high-ranking officers. CONGRESS ASSEMBLES At 11 A. after members of both Houses of Congress had assembled on the stage of the Fine Arts Palace, which is normally used for symphony concerts, the retiring president.

Avila Camacho, entered with his aides from the rear of the auditorium and took a seat on a raised platform at the rear of the stage. Soon afterward the new President mounted the platform with his escort. Camacho. removing the green, white and red presidential band which he has been wearing for six years, turned it over to Aleman. At that moment, with the symbol of the Presidential mandate fixed over his head and across his chest.

Aleman assumed the office of President. ECONOMICS STRESSED In his inaugural address. Aleman dealt principally with th extensive irrigation program involving an investment of $1,300,000,000 pesos ($300,000,000) during the next six years. He said the program would reclaim an additional 1,400,000 hectares (3,459,400 acres) of land. He promised businessmen "prudent protection" against "ruinous1 foreign competition" in order to ad- Continued on Page 4, Column 4 Missing Girl, 17, Reported on Coast Chicauo Tribune Prcs Service MEMPHIS, Dec.

1. Pefrgy Land, 17, daughter of a Memphis banker, who has been missing since Thursday morning, was believed located in Los Angeles, tonight, through a tip supplied by a girl friend in Ames, la. The gil daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert E.

Land, left home while her mother was in New York and her father was in Arkansas on a hunting trip. She left two notes, saying she was unhappy and intended to go away. The Ames. friend telephoned the girl's mother tonight that she had talked with Peggy earlier today and that she asked her to send her money so she could take a plane to Ames. The girl's father is vice president of the Union Planters Bank Trust Co.

She is a freshman at Southwestern University here. 3u tlje Snqtrirer MONDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1M Departments and Features Amusements 24 Bridge 22 Business and Financial 36 Church News 12 13 Comics 23 Death Notices 29 Editorials 16 Obituaries 13, 14 Port in Storm 20 Puzzles 22, 23 RAdio 23 Ration Dates 20 Short Story 34 Sports 25, 26, 27. 28.

29 Women's News 19. 20 Feature and Picture Page 18 Arthur 'Bugs' Baer Capital Capers John M. Cummings Paul Mallon Lourlla O. Parsons Portraits Victor Riesel George E. Sokolsky Mark Sullivan Washington Background Walter Winchell Page 18 Page IS Page 16 Page 18 Page 23 Page 1 Page 8 Page 18 Page 10 Page 18 Paje 23 president of the Tradesmens Na ol the Board of Consulting Engi su omitted to City Council, called of the supply from the Delaware plus an additional $25,000,000 if the Indefinite future, the Water that the controversy quickly de ftoc of councilmen, including L.

finance committee, urged that the ubmitted to public referendum on new upland sources, the city Second was the long-range proiTam of expanding and improv ing the present water system, including increased storage facilities and taking a larger proportion River. This will cost $62,568,000, the Schuylkill is abandoned entirely and all water taken from the Delaware. As the third step, relegated to Commission recommended the $284,588,000 Wallpack Bend project as a new upland source. It was on this third point veloped. Mayor Samuel and one Wallace Egan, chairman of the question of a new upland source be Another strong group of councilmen called for City Council to make the decision, on the basis of the expert advice available to the Water iFlames Wreck Bridge jOver Barnegat Bay Special to The Inquirer SEASIDE PARK, N.

Dec. 1. Nearly 300 feet of the long Penn sylvania Railroad bridge across flames this morning, forcing suspension of all through train traffic A MARXIST fable about the Russian revolution vetoed by American educators as ideologically unfit for reading in Ber lin schools was fuel today for another controversy between United States and Soviet Military Government officials. Commission. Whatever the final decision Continued on Fare 2, Column 7 Alert Detective Nips Gem Theft The suspicions of a city detective led to the recovery of $5000 worth of stolen jewelry 6ome pieces dating back to Revolutionary days in West Philadelphia yesterday.

Detective Max Berg was cruising by 38th and Filbert sts. at 11 A. M. when he saw a man struggling under the weight of two handbags and carrying a woman's fur coat over his arm. DROPS BAGS AND RUNS Berg stopped, approached the burdened man and asked his name.

Harry Glenn, 28. of Arch st. near DeKalb, the man revealed, adding that he and his wife had a disagreement and he was moving out. The detective asked what the bags contained. With that Glenn dropped the bags and fled.

Berg caught him after a short chase. With the bags and coat. Glenn was taken to the WcKxiland ave. station. One of the baxs contained an assortment of jewelry.

Expensive clothing made up the rest of the contents. A few minutes later the station Mrieant received 8 telephone mes- Continued on Pace 3, Column 1 between Camden and coastal points as far north as Long Branch. Firemen from Ocean Gate and Seaside Park battled the stubborn fire from seven boats which converged upon the flaming mid-section the two-mile span and by walking nearly a mile on open railroad ties over the water to cope with the blaze on the bridge itself. BATTLE FOR HOURS The flames were not completely extinguished until more than four aid one-half hours after the fire was first discovered at 2.20 A. M.

Seaside Park's Fire Chief Clifford Brown, who led the "rail-walkers" er the span, estimated the damage thousands of dollars. He said that the cause of the fire was not determined. It appeared certain that it would be at least Continued on Vtt 14, Column I Titled "How Lenin and the Tsar Divided the Russian People Between Themselves," the story relates the triumph of a "black-boned" proletariat over a worthless 'white-boned" bourgeoisie. The story was one of 45 selected from world literature by a German publisher. The stories were compiled into a book for children, with Soviet approval, and submitted to the four-power Kommandantur which rules Berlin.

SOVIET, British and French members of the Kommandantur's education committee approved the reader. The American committeeman, Paul F. Shafer, blocked acceptance. The dispute has reached Continued on Page 2, Column 6.