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Weatlier Forecast Occasional light rain and drizzle early today. Warmer with some sunshine this afternoon. Yesterday's temperatures: 40; Sports Section, Page 28 1 Siani Pul On Health Road By Hopkins Man: Page 13 iVol. 47 No. PAID CIRCULATION OCTOBER 11 Sunday 305,449 BALTIMORE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16.

194' Entered as second-class matter at Baltimore Post Office Zone 3 188 Panes Price: 10 CENTS SUBURBS; IN BALTIMORE AND 15 CENTS EL6EWHZRS SUM PENH STATE Major Sports Results Truman Urged To Boost Shipping, Shipbuilding Advisers Would 'Pump New Life Into Fast Declining' Industry; 46 Passenger 'Vessels Suggested ALL TAX-FREE ENTERPRISES TO BE STUDIED Congress Plans Hearings On Churches, Schools And Labor Unions U.N. ASSEMBLY MAY MEET IN EUROPE IN '48 Group Votes For Change, But Move Depends On Additional Funds ITALIAN LEFTIST RIOTS SPREAD; FIVE KILLED IN NEW FIGHTING IN SOUTH In France, Ramadier Calls Week-End Conferences In Effort To Strengthen Regime Against Communists And De Gaullists By ROBERT W. RUTH Washington Bureau of The Sun! At least five persons were reported killed yesterday as Leftist riots swept Cerignola, in southern Italy, and a transportation strike tied up Rome. In Paris, Premier Ramadier called a series of weekend conferences to strengthen his regime to meet increasing Communist and de Gaullist threats. Transportation was proposed which in peacetime would report to the Secretary of Commerce.

The administrator would head the executive and operative functions now assigned to the commission. The projected board would comprise five commissioners. Other Recommendations Other recommendations of the President's committee were: 1. A program for new ships for domestic service; 2. Continuance of the Maritime Commission's training program and establishment of a plan for seamen's assistance in foreign ports similar to that of the United Seamen's Service, 3.

Distribution of ship construction; 4. Progressive replacement of war-built tonnage; 5. A study as to whether air-mail contract payments are being used fairly and as to whether air and water transportation services should be co-ordinated. Of Concern To Baltimore The report detailed the plight of the domestic trade merchant fleet, a matter of much concern to Baltimore. In 1939, it said, the seagoing domestic fleet totaled 772 vessels, which contrasted to 316 privately owned ships in March of this year.

This decline was brought about by operating costs almost double those before the war and rates which have remained almost unchanged. In many of the war-built ships are not suitable for replacement of war-lost tonnage. "In July, 1947. the Maritime Commission withdrew from agency operation of domestic shipping in (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) Butler wins Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap at Bowie.

Butler comes from next to last to beat Master Bid, as Flash Burn runs third. Football scores: Penn 20 7 7 7 N. Carolina 19 0 Notre Dame 26 19 17 Yale 0 21 Cornell 13 Columbia. 10 Holy 0 S. Carolina.

0 Duke 0 Syracuse. 7 0 N.C. State. 20 Wake Forest 0 Virginia 6 W.Virginia. 0 Harvard 13 Brown 7 Michigan.

40 6 Illinois 28 Ohio 7 West'rn Md. 19 0 Hopkins 40 13 Catholic 16 Wash. Coll. 0 Texas. 20 T.C.U..

0 Rice 41 Texas 7 PRE? Poly 13 Petersburg. 0 20. St. 0 IDeto.ils in Sports Section' ANTI-RELIGION POLICY FEARED Champaign (111.) School Board Sends Brief To High Court Champaicn. Nov.

15-UP1 The Champaign school board con tended today that if the United States Supreme Court should outlaw religious education in public- school buildings, the nation would be committed to a policy of "hostility to religion." This stand was taken by the board in a brief sent to the Court which now has before it a request that such religious education be pro hibited. The appeal to the highest court was taken by Mrs. Vashti McCol- wife of a University of Illinois professor. She calls herself "an itheist or rationalist." She lost her case originally in the Champaign County Circuit Court. Collateral Results Seen School board counsel contend in the brief that if the Supreme Court hould uphold Mrs.

McCollum, it also would prohibit tax exemptions for church-owned property and for. bid use of publicly owned buildines for any religious purposes. The McCollum suit on behalf of er son. Terrv. has become a test case for a "weelfdav released-time religious-education program" in Which 2.000.000 children in 46 states participate, the board said.

Mrs. McCollom maintains the nonseciirian courses violate the Federal Constitution hv hrpalcino down the separation of church and state. Set For Oral Argument The case is set for oral argument before the Supreme Court on Thursday or Friday. The board's brief said the case has developed into a far-reachinp judicial interpretation of the First Amendment to the Constitution which prohibits "establishment of a religion." The board said: "We submit that the First Amendment does not use the word establishment as synonymous with promotion or assistance, but is limited by every historical consideration to the preferment by law of one religion over another." Debates On Amendment Cited It contended Mrs. McCollum's nleroretation would eive the clause "the very meaning of hos tility to religion which the debates and congressional historv of the amendment indicate was intended to be avoided.

Owen Rail. Chiraeo attornev re tained hv the Illinois nf Churches, assisted John L. Frank lin, school attornev. in Drenarint? the 168-page brief which emphasizes "this is a religious nation." At one point the attorneys said while the establishment of reli gion required the Government to be neutral between sects, (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) New York. Nov.

15 (JP) The United Nations Assembly voted. 32 to 17, today to hold its 1948 session in Europe. Carrying out of the decision hinges only on approval of additional funds, which most delegates expect will be granted. Britain spearheaded the opposition and announced she would carry on the fight. However, Australia issued a postvote statement switching her backing away from the British.

Sunday Session Called Off Alexandre Parodi, of France, which is leading the drive for the European meeting, called attention in a statement to Australia's switch and appealed for an unanimous vote when the United Nations budget carrying the extra Assembly appropriation comes up for clearance. Russia and the United States sided with France. Before adjournment delegates demanded a ballot on a proposed meeting tomorrow, the first Sunday session scheduled. They voted it down, 22 to 17, and the next plenary meeting then was set for Monday. The vote on going to Europe for one year required only a simple majority for passage and provided that a nine-nation committee would select the city in Europe.

Australia, White Russia. Ethiopia, India. Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama and Uruguay were named to pick Jhe site. Three Cities Named Geneva, Paris and Brussels have been mentioned as possibilities. However, Britain made it clear that she would continue the fight against the move when the budget comes up for decision next week.

Under United Nations rules, budgetary matters require two-thirds vote for approval' and the proposal would be defeated later unless it gained additional support. Under today's vote, the plan was just short of the necessary two thirds. Most of the debate centered around increased costs which United Nations officials estimated would be approximately $1,000,000 more. The figures were $961,679 for New York; $1,863,554 for Geneva, and $2,009,554 for any other city in Europe. Based On Increased Costs Britain based her opposition on increased costs to the United Nations and the subsequent increase in its budget.

France and others supporting the move said delegations would be able to effect savings in dollars in meeting individual delegate expenses which would more than balance any additional payment to be made to the United Nations budget. Several delegations also noted that a change in "atmosphere" might be good for the United Nations. Another argument advanced for the switch was that with the United Nations preparing to establish per manent skyscraper headquarters in Manhattan, this would probably be the last opportunity to hold a General Assembly session in Europe. Evatt Asks Approval Despite Britain's continuing fight, delegates supporting Europe were confident that the Assembly would not reverse its decision at the time the budget comes up. Dr.

Herbert V. Evatt, Australian Foreign one of Britain's original backers, issued a statement calling on the minority to accept "the majority decision in a sportsmanlike way." Sir Hartley Shawcross. British delegate, gave a terse "no com ment" to Evatt's surprise move, but other delegations saw it as a signal for the breakup of the opposition. The voting lineup split for this issue with the Latin American coun tries divided. The Soviet bloc favored the move.

The United States did not speak but backed the switch to Europe. The ballot came after delegates turned down, 27 to 18. a Cuban amendment which would have re- (Continuti on Page 11, Column 2) Pi WIUO-7 Long Runs Decisive As Winners Capture 8th Straight Game By STUART B. McIVER Penn State made five first downs and three touchdowns to defeat Navy. 20 to 7, yesterday at the Stadium.

Long runs from a single wing formation meant the eighth straight victory for the undefeated Pennsyl-vanians, as the Middies held an 11-to-5 edge in first downs. For Navy the defeat was the fourth in a row, but the Middies at least had the satisfaction of blemishing Penn State's defensive record. Until yesterday's game the Nit-tany Lions had allowed only 61 yards rushing in seven games. Navy gained 124, more than twice the total seven previous opponents had compiled. Scores On 48-Yard Run Yet Penn State won the same and proved again to the satisfaction of many football fans that the single wing is the best formation for muddy field and an all-day rain to it the field was plenty muddy.

The Lions went ahead in the first quarter when JelT Durkota raced 48 yards for a touchdown. In the second period Navy tied the score at 7-to-7 on a 46-yard pass play from Bob Home to Al McCully. Penn State led, 13 to 7. at half time, however, as a 59-yard run by Larry Joe set up another score. Then in the final period Durkota again crossed the goal lineon a 42-jard dash.

A crowd estimated at 25,000 turned out for the game, many of them coming to Baltimore from State College, Pa, Playing Field Drenched Bain was falling steadily, and the field already was drenched by the time the game started. In the early stapes of the first quarter. Navy held a decided edRe and at one time had the Lions in a bad spot. I A jump pass from Home to Art Markel gained 20 yards and a lateral from Horne to McCully picked up 15 more to spark Navy on a drive to the Penn State 29, but the Middies' attack bogged down and, on fourth down, Reaves Baysinger went back to kick. The ball stopped dead one foot from the goal line.

Joe Colone pulled the Lions out of that spot, though, with a 45-yard kick from deep in the end zone. Bob Schwoeffermann returned the punt to the 39, but Navy could advance only as far as the 33 and Baysinger had to kick again. This time the ball went out on the 11-yard line. Quick-Kicked 66 Yards On first down, Colone quick-kicked 66 yards to the Navy 23, and the Middies were no longer in command. Navy's next kick was taken by Bobby Williams on his own 40 and run back to the 48.

Colone plunged for four yards. Then Colone handed the ball off to Durkota. who raced around right end and kept going until he crossed the goal line. Ed Czekaj made good the point after touchdown and Penn' State held a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Early in the second period.

Schwoeffermann ran Colone punt back 11 yards to the Pe. i State 46. On the first play, tossed a pass to McCully in the icft flat, near the 40-yard line. The Middies couldn't have chosen a better spot for a pass. The tenter of the field was nothing but mud, but near the east side lines was a good, firm strip of turf about 5 yards wide, extending from one goal to the other.

Takes Pass On Sideline McCully took the pass near the sideline and ran down the grassy strip. Williams tried to cut through the mud and catch him. but the Penn Stater never could get much of a footing. The nearest (Continued On 3d Sports Page) On Other Pages Editorials 12' Sport Special Section Movies A. Pane 7 Music A.

Page 2 Theater Srction Page! Radio Section Pages 16, 18 Society Pages 10, 12 Of Special Interest Gerald 'Griffin tells of Scotland Yard's plans for handling traffic-on Princess's wedding day. Thursday Page 13 Employment Act needs better administration, Senator Flanders says Page 2 House group asks admission of displaced persons Page 3 The Board of Estimates recommends a cut of 21 cents in the city tax rate Page 28 Food and liquor yield 28 97r of sales tax returns Page 28 VICTOR Washington, Nov. 15 President Truman was urged today to bolster the nation's economy and security by "pumping new life into a fast- declining shipbuilding and shipping industry." The plea was made in the report of the President's Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine, which since March has been studying what the Chief Executive called critical problems facing the United States. Warning Given Warning that the "American shipbuilding industry is rapidly approaching almost complete inactivity," the committee called for a maritime administration under a single administrator, and a mari time board vested with quasi-legis lative and judicial functions. It also recommended construc tion of 46 passenger vessels during the 1948-51 fiscal period under a program averaging $150,000,000 a year.

The Government's share of the cost would not total more than half. Details of the program of rejuvenation were laid down under an overall policy of "a privately-owned fleet, privately operated on a paying commercial basis, receiving help from the Government only to the extent necessary to put it on a fair, competitive basis in foreign trade and protected from discrimination in domestic trade." Setup Is Blamed The most serious obstacle to velopment of the merchant dae was described as "the deficie r-cies of the statutory organization of the Maritime Commission for administrative action for getting things done." Hence a maritime administration EVIDENCE CURBED, HUGHES CHARGES Senate Group Unfair On His Meyers Testimony, He Says By HOWARD NORTON Washington Bureau of The Sun Washington. Nov. 15- In his final appearance before the Sen ate War Investigating subcommit tee today, planemaker Howard Hughes accused his inquisitors of withholding evidence that would support his story of his dealings with Gen. Bennett L.

Meyers. Hughes was assured by Chair man Ferguson (R. Mich.) that all the evidence eventually would be brought out, and that the inquiry would continue, after the million aire had charged the committee with being unfair to him, because: "You had ample evidence concerning General Meyers's relations with other aircraft companies which would have made it clear that I was telling the truth when I described his relations with me." Eaker Attacks Meyers Hughes was preceded on the stand by Lieut. Gen. Ira C.

Eaker (retired), who accused Meyers of makinR "untrue and misleading" statements concerning an alleged purchase of $1,000 worth of aviation stock by Meyers for Eaker. Still earlier, Neil McCarthy, Los Angeles attorney and former vice president of the Hughes interests, reiterated on the stand his execu tive-session testimony that it was Meyers who proposed a $200,000 loan from Hughes and la postwar job with Hughes Aircraft Company. Insisting that if Meyers honestly thought the deals were "all right," they could not necessarily be called corrupt, McCarthy acknowledged under committee questioning that "It was civil fraud. There is no question about it. No matter what was in his mind.

His Wife Bought Stock Eaker told the committee that he. personally, had not bought or sold any stock in the last sixteen vears. but that his wife had pur chased 100 shares of Republic A via tion through General Meyers in 1940 against his advice. She sold the stock in February, 1945, at profit of $50, he testified. Eaker and Hughes appeared at their own request, and both read prepared statements.

Eaker, who identified himself as a vice president of the Hughes Tool Company, gave a resume of all the stock dealings he has ever had. and outlined the circumstances of his employment by Hughes, to show that he was not approached by the planemaker until after he had left the Army. Meyers Admits, Loan After the session closed. General Meyers said that his only connection with the Aviation Elec tric Company, of Dayton, Ohio which was featured in yesterday's testimony by Lawrence Bell, of Bell Aircraft was through a 000 loan he made to that company in 1939, in return for which he held some stock as collateral. In answer to a question, however, Meyers admitted that he made an additional loan of $20,000 to that company in March of 1942.

He acknowledged that this was after Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols, his immediate superior, had ordered him to "disassociate himself" from the Dayton firm. Hughes, called to the stand at his own request near the close of 'By RODNEY CROWTHER Washington Bureau of The Sun! Washington, Nov.

15 Hundreds of'millions of dollars of tax-exempt income of business enterprises operated by churches, colleges. labor unions and private founda tions will be the subject of an ex tended congressional investigation, it was announced today. In a surprise move the House Ways and Means Committee an nounced that as soon as it finishes investigating tax-exempt farm co operatives, it will "take up foundations, religious, educational and other tax-exempt organizations." Surprise was expressed by the committee that none of these or ganizations many of which operate flourishing business enterprises has asked for a hearing. Do Groups Agree? The committee wonders, the an nouncement said, whether this silence may be interpreted as an agreement that these now tax-exempt enterprises shall hereafter be taxed. "We have had no requests," it said "for time in connection with such hearings, which leads us to wonder if those activities who operate businesses in competition with private enterprise feel that the profits of such activities should be taxed." The silence of all these exempt I institutions is all the more surprising, committee members have said, because definite announcement was made early last summer that Congress would investigate into the income of every institu tion now exempt under Section 101 1 of the Internal Revenue Code.

"Astounded By Magnitude" Members have been saying pri vately on the basis of information which has come to them through staff investigations--that they are astounded by the magnitude of businesses which are operated tax free by colleges and universities, foundations, labor tmions and; churches. Not only are the Ways and Means members anxious to find out about the tax-free income of some of the large and rich labor unions but they would like to get the facts about colleges, churches and private foundations which operate office buildings, hotels, textile mills, department stores, automobile accessory stores, lumber mills, grocery stores and other business enterprises. The Treasury Department stated a few weeks ago when it was called to testify about the problem of tax exemption for farm co-operatives that it could offer no advice about the farmers' tax-free income until it had an opportunity to look into this even greater avenue of tax escape represented by foundations, associations, religious institutions, labor unions and others. Scattered Facts Only So far there are nothing more than scattered facts as, for example, information about a cough syrup factory run by a church, the great department store owned by the University of Pennsylvania, and the department store building in the same city owned by Yale, Cornell, of Rochester and other schools. New York University owns an accessory store in St.

Louis, and some of the great universities are supported largely from foundations which operate hotels, apartment houses and manufacturing plants. The Ways and Means members are wondering whether these enterprises ought not to bear some taxes. Some of the members are particularly concerned about the busi- (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) Slap At Dewey Snow Turns Back Stassen's Plane By DEWEY L. FLEMING Denver, Nov. 15 Fog and a local snow squall at Grand Junction.

prevented Harold E. Stassen from landing his chartered airplane there this evening, where he was to address a rally in behalf of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. The adverse weather compelled him to return to Denver, from which point he planned to speak to the western Colorado audience by telephone. On the return trip over the mountains at an altitude of 18.000 feet the passengers went without oxygen to conserve the supply for the use of the pilot and copilot Neither the candidate nor the pas sengers with him suffered dis comfort. too" label which the late President Franklin D.

Roosevelt, sought to hang on the New York executive in their fight that year. "There is nothing in America's political history to recommend an evasive policy followed at an Paris 'Political Luncheon' Today To Be Key Parley Paris, Nov. 15 (JP) Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier today called a series ot important meetings oi political leaders for this week end in an effort to strengthen his middle-of the-road Government as a 'third force" to meet the rising threat of Communist violence on the Left and de Gaullist opposition on the Right. The call went out after the Communists had presented a grave new threat to the Government by ordering "action of the popular masses" against Cabinet decrees raising gas, electricity and railroad rates, and had stirred riotous trouble in Marseille. Industrial sections in France's second largest city were 80 per cent strikebound.

Extended To Nice The strike was extended today to Nice, where dockworkers walked out on instructions from Marseille union headquarters. High spot of the week-end con ferences scheduled by Ramadier is to be a "political luncheon" tomor row. The Premier's aides said the luncheon list would include: President Vincent Auriol. who is reported by some politicians to be determined not to allow Gen. Charles de Gaulle to have the premiership; Ramadier, Leon Blum, and Guy Mollet, party secretary, all Socialists; Georges Bidault.

Foreign Minister; Robert Lecourt. Parliamentary leader, and Pierre-Henri Tietgen, Minister of the Armed Forces, representing the Popular Republicans (MRP); Edouard Herriot and Deputy Vincent Badie, representing the Radical-Socialists; and Marcel Roclore. Minister of Agriculture, and Deputy Ren representing the Independent Republicans. Broadened Cabinet All have been working together since the municipal elections of October 26 to" set up a strong "third force" to oppose the Communist and de Gaullist giants on either side. Ramadier's followers said he hoped to be able to announce a strengthened and broadened Cabi net, which might even have a new Premier, before the important de- bale Tuesday in the National As sembly on the Marseille rlol.

The advocates of a "third force' have made no secret they hoped to persuade Paul Reynaud, a former wartime Premier, to join the Cab inet along with Blum. Losing Adherents The MRP and Radical-Socialists have been losing adherents rapidly to General de Gaulle's new Rally of the French People (RPFI since its show of strength in the munic'. pal elections. But most observers believed the Government's most immediate peril came from the Communists and the rash of plaguing strikes and threatened strikes all over the country since formation of the nine-nation Comin-form (Communist information bu reau) at Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Many persons believed that the disturbances at Marseille, where the Communists had just lost the mayoralty to a de Gaullist.

were staged in the hope of forcing the (Continue--' on Page 11, Column 4'. newspaper center, Fleet street, was snarled. Moslev told his audience of about 900, many of them women that western Europe should unite to save the world from "oriental communism." Listed As "Sales Conference" he finished the audience cheered. There were cries, "We want Mosley our leader," The meeting was listed as the "Winter Sales Conference" of the Mosley Publications, which Mosley heads, Mosley, replying to questioners after the meeting, said he would decide "within a fortnight" whether tc return to politics He said he would consult asso ciates and "if a new movement is started it will be called the Union Movement The Communist Daity Worker said in a Page 1 story in its early Sundav edition that it had upset plans for the meeting by its story (scheduled for tonight. In Rome Tied Up By Sudden Strike Rome.

Nov. 15 (JP) Riotous fighting swept the southern Italian city of Cerignola tonight, with at least five persons reported killed and many wounded, and a sudden transportation strike tied up Rum lor 12 hours as the Leftist ault ou Premier Alctde de Csp-ri Government leaped from city to city on a nation-wide scale. Reinforcements of armored cars. police and troops were rushed Cerignola. near Foggia.

where demonstrators were said to have gained control of the main square. The Interior Ministry said it hal received word that the mob had attacked the police barracks there with machine-gun fire and har.d grenades. The assistant police chief was gravely wounded and three" enrabinieri and a police agent were slightly wounded. Roads Into City Blocked There are "numerous dead" in the city, the Rome newspaper Momentosera reported. It added that the roads into Cerignola were blocked and telegraph and tele phone lines were cut.

A general strike also gripped Ceriznoia. where many members of the United States 15th Air Force lived during the war. Dispatches from the city said the milling demonstrators attacked the headquarters of de Gasperi's Christian Democratic party and wrecked the offices of the Democracy of Labor and of the University Association. "She disorders began last night. Jl Giornale d'halia said there were five known dead in Cerignola, bringing to at least ten the number of persons killed in Italian political disorders during the past week.

Truck Picks Up Casualties By nightfall the reinforced po lice vre reported making some headway toward restoring order. II Giornale d'ltaHa said that at noon the only vehicle allowed to circu late freely in the city was a truck flying a while flag which picked up a harvest of dead and wounded. The newspaper said the entire re gion of Puglia, in which Cerignola is situated, was "in tumult. The province of Lecce. south ef Puglia in the heel of the Italian boot, also was experiencing a strike of peasants, discern and tobacco workers.

The Interior Ministry said that in some areas the strikers hd cut down telephone poles. Several arrests were maoe. Arrest Protested The streetcar and bus workers union called the transportation strike to protest the arrest of a streetcar conductor during a Left- st raid on an anti-Communist mat ing or Italian war veterans. The polite Identified the conductor as a Communist. Rome's Chamber of Lahor met to discuss calling a general strike, but its decision was not known im mediately.

The Communist-dominated Gen eral Confederation of Labor sent Alcide de Gasperi, Christian Demo cratic (Catholic Premier, a let ter professing a desire to "avoid any peril of civil ic." The letter said the confederation could act to restore tranquillity only on these conditions: 1. Dissolution of what the federation called "neo-Fascist organizations," chief among them the Italian Social Movement. Publication Curbs 2. "Adequate provisions' for repression of "neo-fascism" in general. 3.

Suppression of "the more openly Fascist and anti-democratic publications." Given those conditions, said the letter, the confederation coufd "with greater efficiency take moderating action for the return of calm." Robert Luscifero. a Liberal deputy, declared in the Constituent Assembly that the transportation strike was an example of the Leftist attacks on de Gasperi's middle- of-the-road Government from which the Communists have been excluded. Papers Not Printed In a pattern similar to that followed in other riot-torn cities of Italy. Leftist -controlled labor elements in Rome also struck at bob-sympathetic sections of the press. Printers refused to put out today's edition of the Liberal Conservative) party organ Risorgimtu-to Liberate hecause its director rejected an ultimatum to in its entirety a resolution of tb typographies! union wt (Continued on Page Column 2) FOREIGN-AID BILL TO HAVE PRIORITY Speaker And Senate Leaders Will Put Plan First Hangover llofplny Chicago, Nov.

15 (JP) The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union urged today that the special session of Congress declare a "holiday from hangovers" to save grain for Europe. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, W.C.T.U. president, advocated iegislation to "close distilleries and breweries indefinitely, plus voluntary puolic abstinence to conserve grain." By WILLIAM KNIGHTON, JR.

WashtTigton Bureau of The Sun Washington. Nov. 15 Joseph W. Martin, Speaker of the Iloise. today joined with the Senate Republican leadership in giving the emer gency foreign-relief bill right of way over other legislation.

"We will see that no other legislation interferes with it," he de clared. Meanwhile, at 1.30 P.M. Monday. President Truman will place be-lore Congress his ,000.000 pro gram for over-the-winter relief for France, Italy and Austria, along with his anti-inflation recommendations. While the Senate is scheduled to recess until Thursday after hearing the President, Speaker Martin said his chamber probably would be in session each day during the week.

In doing this, he added, it might mean that debate on the stopgap aid bill would be reduced, for he expects that with so many members of the House having toured Europe during the recess, many of them will "want to get some things" relating to the European situation "off their chest" next week before the bill reaches the floor. Debate Expected Soon Both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee expect to complete their action on the legislation by the end ef next week. Debate on the measure probably will begin in the Senate a week from Monday, while it might not reach the House floor until two days later, as debate on contempt citations of the nineteen Hollywood personalities is set for that Monday. As the interim-aid program already has been detailed before the committees and is not expected to meet much opposition in either chamber, most congressional attention is centered upon the price-control recommendations Mr. Truman will make.

Speaker Martin said in all probability a joint meeting of the Senate and House Republican steering committees will be held next week after the Administration's program is announced. While members have little idea as to how far these control recommendations will go, they anticipate they will produce con siderable controversy. Truman Drafting Message The President, meanwhile, spent the day with his advisers drafting the message which he will person ally deliver on Monday. Tonight, Carroll Reece, chairman of the Republican National Commit tee. took the air and found himself in "complete agreement" with Mr.

Truman as to the existence of a crisis in the world. "For fourteen years." he said "the Administration over which Mr. (Continued on Page 3, Column 3) Stassen Welcomes Warren's' Mosley Anti-Communist Talk Draws Brick-Throwing Crowd Decision With By DEWEY L. FLEMING Chief of the Washington Bureau! Denver, Nov. 15 Harold E.

Stas sen today welcomed Gov. tan Warren of California into the fold of declared candidates for the Re publican presidential nomination and made the incident of Warren's entry the vehicle for another stinging slap at the man generally regarded as their chief rival for the prize Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. He did it in the form of sharp, criticism of "all leaders" (potential presidential candidates) who are being coy, or evasive, or designedly dilatory about staling their position in tiie contest and their views on the issues on which the campaign of 1948 will be waged.

What the ex-Governor of Minnesota had to say about the men so described could have been intended for any and all of the leading GOP figures who are rated as likely contestants but who have not yet seen fit to join Stassen, Warren and Senator Taft on the list of declared candidates. Clearly Aimed At Dewey Clearly, however, it was aimed at just one of the undeclared Governor Dewey for Mr. Stassen dredged up from" Democratic campaign propaganda of 1944 the "me London, Nov. 15 (JP) Sir Oswald Mosley, Britain prewar Fascist leader, touched off a brick-throwing demonstration tonight with his first political speech since being jailed as a Nazi supporter. Crowds rushed the hall in which Mosley, former head of the British Union of Fascists, was addressing a ascisl-saiuung auoience anu clashed with black-shirted guards at the door.

Bricks from near-by bombed buildings were tossed into the hall, followed by clouds of pepper. Two Are Arrested Police, reinforced to more than a hundred, rushed at the mob. The demonstrators, two of whom were arrested, retreated across the street There thev remained for more han an hour shouting "d( wn with Mosley." There were noreports of in juries. Rut traffic at the scene. Farrineton street, in London Oldithat a "Dig fascist garnering was City and a half block from the (Continued on Page 3 Column 5) (Continued on Page 2, Column 5).

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